Research Centers

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IT Related Research Centers at Purdue
Research Center Description
Advanced Computer Systems Laboratory (ACSL)

Rudolf Eigenmann
eigenman@purdue.edu
ACSL's mission is to support a strong group of researchers at Purdue University who take leadership in advancing computer systems knowledge and technology. ACSL includes faculty and research groups from both the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Department of Computer Science. The center's current focus includes compilers for chip and system level parallelism, advanced micro architectures, highperformance and network computing, and foundations of computer systems research.
Center for Education & Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS)

Eugene H. Spafford
spaf@purdue.edu
To advance the knowledge and practice of information assurance and security through worldclass research, the highest quality education, and by serving as an unbiased source of information.
Computing Research Institute (CRI)

Rudolf Eigenmann
Interim director, ECE
eigenman@purdue.edu
The CRI promotes and seeds disciplinary and interdisciplinary research that has a strong computational component. In close collaboration with the Cyber Center and ITaP, the CRI helps to develop research initiatives for high performance computing and to articulate strategic directions for evolving computing infrastructure for use in research and education. CRI is affiliated with the Cyber Center in Discovery Park.
e-Enterprise Center (e-EC)

Joseph F. Pekny
pekny@purdue.edu
The eEnterprise Center’s mission is to seed, nurture, and execute large multidisciplinary projects that involve applying computing and information technology to address realworld problems and challenges. Due to the pervasive role that information technology plays in modern research efforts, eEnterprise has developed synergistic activities with all of the other Discovery Park centers as well as academic units and organizations across and beyond the Purdue campus.
Envision Center for Data Perceptualization (ECDP)

Gary Bertoline
bertolig@purdue.edu
Envision is an ITaPfunded interdisciplinary, highperformance scientific and information visualization facility to support research and teaching at Purdue University. This Center's resources and staff are available to faculty and staff who have a need for scientific and information visualization services and to collaborate on research proposals that have a perceptualization component. facility allows Purdue the opportunity to advance the scientific fields of visualization and perceputalization through research and development of computer graphics hardware and software.
Indiana Center for Database Systems (ICDS)

Ahmed K. Elmagarmid
ake@cs.purdue.edu
ICDS takes an interdisciplinary approach to solving practical problems in a wide variety of database systems and their applications. Several largescale, multiyear efforts bring research from ICDS and elsewhere to bear on realworld problems giving students training in database development techniques in a much greater depth than is possible in the classroom.
Production, Robotics, and Integration Software for Manufacturing & Management (PRISM)

Shimon Y. Nof
nof@purdue.edu
The general purpose of the PRISM Program is the investigation, development, and experimentation of how to apply computer intelligence and information technologies to most effectively improve the performance and quality of industrial systems. PGRN (Purdue Global Research Network) integrates collaborative projects with affiliated PRISM labs and centers in four continents.
Digital Enterprise Center (DEC)

Mileta Tomovic
tomovicm@purdue.edu
DEC is focused on the Product Lifecycle Management and Product Realization, through applied research and learning.
Purdue e-Business Research Center (PERC)

Alok Chaturvedi
alok@purdue.edu
PERC occupies a unique position within the many e-commerce/ e-business centers presently emerging, since it brings to bear a truly multidisciplinary perspective on e-commerce issues by integrating perspectives from computer science, engineering, technology, economics, agriculture, psychology and management in a unique simulation environment created at Purdue University specially for the purpose - the Synthetic Environment for Analysis and Simulation.
Purdue International Center for Entertainment Technology (PICET)

Dennis R. Short
drshort@purdue.edu
The Purdue International Center for Entertainment Technology (PICET), devoted to the research, development, education, and technological advancement of the entertainment industry.
Purdue Research and Education Center for Information Sciences in Engineering (PRECISE)

Karthik Ramani
ramani@purdue.edu
Our research lies at the intersection of design, shape analysis, and information sciences. The increase in 3D data in engineering, biology and medicine has given rise to many new problems for 3D content based search. We focus on developing new representations for (3d and 2d) shapes for engineering and proteomics. We also develop new interaction paradigms, interfaces for querying, interacting, orienteering, and navigating intelligently. Another area of focus is computer support for early design and configuration.
   

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