The semi-annual Industrial Advisory Board meeting of the NSF Net-Centric Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (NCSS I/UCRC) was held at the Gateway Center on the UNT campus in Denton, Texas on October 14, 2015. The meeting was very successful with more than 50 attendees, to include current IAB members, potential industrial members, students, faculty and a National Science Foundation (NSF) evaluator. There were thirteen formal presentations, with several poster presentations included in the program.  In addition, the meeting used video conferencing for the first time, which allowed participation by students and industry members from remote locations.  Additional photos from the event can be found at the UNT Computer Science and Engineering Facebook page.  

I/UCRC Director and UNT CSE Professor, Dr. Krishna Kavi, welcomed everyone to the Industrial Advisory Board meeting.

Thyagaraju (Thyga) Nandagopal from the National Science Foundation (NSF) gave an Overview of I/UCRCs.

Dr. Andreas Spanias from Arizona State University (ASU).

Patrick Kamongi, Dr. Kavi’s PhD Student, made a presentation for a new project.

Dr. Kavi’s PhD Student Charles Shelor

Srujan Kotikela, PhD Student of Dr. Kavi

Dr. I-Ling Yen from the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) presented a project.

UTD PhD Student Gilmore Lundquist reported on a continuing project for Dr. Kevin Hamlen.

Guang Zhou, UTD PhD Student, presented a continuing project for Dr. Farokh Bastani.

UTD Professor Dr. Henry Braun reported on a project in-progress.

Alan Wisler presented an in-progress report for Jongmin Lee at ASU.

Another in-progress report via video came from Dr. Kavi’s PhD student Mahzabeen Islam.

PhD Student Jiwei Yuan reports for UTD professor Dr. Kang Zhang.

Tom Hill presented for UTD professor Lawrence Chung.

Chase Cunningham, Manager of Firehost/Armor, talked about Industry Roadmap Presentations.

Craig Scott, NCSS Center Evaluator from the NSF, asked for project feedback.

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                               Following reports, PhD students made poster presentations

UNT CSE PhD Student Charles Shelor explained his project.

UNT CSE PhD Student Patrick Kamongi explaining his project to other students.

UNT CSE PhD student, Shashank Adavally on the left, with UTD’s Gilmore Lundquist on the right.

SMU Professor Dr. Jeff Tian on the far right wtih his PhD Students.

Tom Hill in the center with his UTD students.