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Cross-Domain Research
Nitin VaidyaElectrical and Computer Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Sept. 18. 2008
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General purposeprocessor
FPGA
Application-specific IC (ASIC)
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ElectricMotors
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Application Domains eHealthEnergy Environment Homeland Security Critical Infrastructures Transportation & Mobility Future Internet
Mobile Computing
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Cross-Domain Trade-Off
Limited capacity Sufficient incentive to be “domain-specific” ????
Performance
Simplicity,Versatility
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With higher “raw capacity”,the balance tilts the other
way
Performance
Simplicity,versatility
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Applications
Network
Link
Phy
Transport
Mostto lose
Cross-layerTo UtilizeSpectrumEfficiently
Cross-Layer
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Applications
Network
Link
Phy
Transport
Better interfaces
Cross-layerTo UtilizeSpectrumEfficiently
Cross-Domain ??
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What Not To Do
Fine to do “cross-domain” research where deemed desirable
But …
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What Not To Do
DO NOT promote narrow research programs
Narrowly targeted programscreate false demandunnecessarily fragment research
community
Not healthy for basic research
Mobile Computing + eHealth/HomelandSecurity/Energy