Network Systems Center [NSC]

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Related People: Magda El Zarki, Michael Franz, Stephen Jenks, Scott Jordan, Ray Klefstad, Sharad Mehrotra, Philip Sheu, Kevin Tsai, Gene Tsudik

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We develop tools, techniques, and models to enable the design and implementation of hardware and software for efficient, reliable, secure networked systems. The last decade has seen an explosion in the number and types of computing devices: laptop and desktop PCs, wireless phones, PDAs, vehicles (planes, trains, and automobiles), appliances, sensors, and even the buildings where we live and work. At the same time, the need for computing devices to communicate and interact has exploded: consider internet communications such as web surfing, e-commerce, email, and chat; teleconferencing; transportation networks; and all kinds of defense vehicles and devices. We see a future in which all kinds of these intelligent devices are networked. Our vision is to advance the science and technology of networking to meet the challenges of this future.