These resources include a high-speed networking laboratory with a fiber connection to a long distance network connection; DSP, digital
radio laboratory including design and fabrication capabilities; an integrated, diverse networking environment; a leading-edge photonics
research laboratory; and a 384 processor computing cluster with 37 TB of storage (see
http://www.bioinfo.ittc.ku.edu for details). Complementing the hardware resources, the Center uses some of the best-in class design, and software development, and bioinformatics tools.
ITTC resources are categorized into six research areas, described in more detail below. In addition to the research function of the
Center, great emphasis is placed on realizing the commercial potential of the technologies and expertise developed. Therefore, many of
the software and hardware facilities that are in use in research are also used in the technology transfer function of the Center.
Common resources shared by all laboratories include over 350 networked computers running Linux or XP, a Center-wide file server
supporting 37 TB of on-line storage, and a Gigibit Ethernet connection to the Campus network.
Artificial intelligence development tools and languages:
- Lisp, CLOS, CLIPS, Prolog, GBB, OPS, MEM-1
Computational clusters; Linux cluster with 64 dual processor 3.2 Ghz Xeon processors and 64 dual dual core 2.8 Ghz Xeon processors for a total of 384 processors
37 TB of on-line storage
Reconfigurable floating-point gate arrays
Bioinformatics software including:
- ClustalW, Emboss GENSCAN, hmmer, Ncbi toolkit
Data mining tools:
- SNOB, Cobweb, ID3, C4.5, statistical analysis packages, LERS Genomics Unified Schema installation
Information retrieval and Web tools:
- KUIR Information Retrieval Library
Parallel development tools including
- MPI, Pfortran, and PC
Parallel GROMOS for molecular dynamics
Optical spectrum analyzer
50GHz microwave network analyzer
40GHz digital oscilloscope
Tunable laser sources and optical filters
40Gb/s and 12 Gb/s BERTs
Electro-optic modulators, WDM multiplexers, demultiplexers
High-speed photodetectors
Commercial WDM systems at OC192 and OC48 data rates
High-speed digital T/R rooftop antenna
360 km of fiber installed for systems-level testing
DSP rapid prototyping system
Circuit board fabrication facility
Logic analyzers
Network analyzers
Spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes and function generators
Prototype PC board fabrication tools
RF signal generators
Variety of DSP platforms and evaluation tools
Extensive wireless LAN (Wi-Fi) networks
RFID performance benchmarking facilities
Bluetooth evaluation facilities
Connection to Sunflower Broadband's cable modem and TV Network
Extensive high-speed networking infrastructure: connected to high-speed, wide-area networks; Sprint testbed connection at 40 GB/s; Internet2, CAIRN testbeds for coast-to-coast experimentation; wide variety of routers, switches, and network interfaces
Hardware and software design experience: developed 622 Mb/s ATM switch hardware, network testing and measurement tools, network simulation and modeling tools, early Web applications and servers, integrated wireless mobile systems with fixed networks
KU Real Time (KURT) Linux
Smart GDB debugging environment
C, C++, GDB and associated support tools
Rosetta specification language
Raskell evaluation environment
PVS, SPIN, Isabelle, HOL and SAT analysis software
Protocols for ad hoc sensor networks
Network testing and measurement tools
Network simulation and modeling tools
Xilinx and Altera FPGA/SoC prototyping systems
Synplicity and Xilinx FPGA synthesis tools
ModelSim VHDL/Verilog simulation tools
Bugzilla and CVS project management tools
Hardware and software design experience:
- Specification languages and semantics
- Language interpreters, analyzers, and compilers
- Real-time and distributed operating systems
- Distributed simulation systems
- Embedded software and hardware systems
- FPGA-based OS primitives
- Reconfigurable Systems-on-chip
- VHDL/Verilog modeling, simulation and synthesis
Module creation tools
- e-Learning instructional design
Authoring tools
- Online assessment tools
- e-Learning evaluation tools
Multiagent development tools:
- ACCS, C++, CORBA, Java
Information retrieval and Web tools:
- KUIR Information Retrieval Library, Php, XMLSpy, MySQL, Perl
Data Mining Tools:
- SNOB, Cobweb, ID3, C4.5, statistical analysis packages
Artificial intelligence development tools and languages:
- Lisp, CLOS, CLIPS, Prolog, GBB, OPS, MEM-1
Image processing and computer vision tools:
- KUIM Image Processing Library, high-speed video, and data cable/fiber link
Human-intelligent system interaction tools:
- Mobile robots, VR user interface, head-mounted display, force feedback joysticks
- PoepleBot, two Nomad Scouts, three Kheperas, and one Pioneer robot
Software packages for virtual prototyping and kinematics and dynamics modeling, such as the visualNastran 4D and Working Model.
Network analyzers (two 40 GHz, one 6 GHz, one 1.8 GHz)
RF signal synthesizers (two 20 GHz, one 2 GHz)
Spectrum analyzers (one at 50 GHz, one at 22 GHz, one 1.8 GHz)
High-speed oscilloscopes (one 50 GHz, one 20 GHz, two 1 GHz)
Frequency counter (one 26 GHz)
High-speed, digital bit-error-rate testers (one 40 Gb/s, one 10 Gb/s)
Direct digital, arbitrary waveform synthesizers (one with 2.4-GHz sampling frequency, one with 800-MHz sampling frequency, five with 200-MHz sampling frequencies)
Roof-mounted antenna measurement range (10 MHz to 20 GHz)
Indoor ground-penetrating radar test facility
Fiber-optic delay lines
Printed-circuit-board milling machine
Infrared soldering/rework station
Video-equipped inspection microscopes (one with 600x magnification, one with 60x)
