DQW News Bureau
New Delhi, Sep 8
Sun Microsystems Inc is to run Collaborative Research Program with leading
Indian technology institutions. MoUs to this effect have already been signed
with IIT Delhi, IIT Kanpur and IIT Kharagpur. Talks are on with Indian Institute
of Science and IIT Mumbai.
The Program is aimed at focused research in cutting-edge and emerging
technologies such as protocol verification of mobile systems, replication of Web
resources and server selection, mobile agent based transcoding framework,
compilation issues in Java software, high performance digital design using
asynchronous micropipelines, advanced research on Java card technology and
simulator for microarchitecture.
Sun will be teaming up with faculty and students from the various institutes.
Program co-ordination will be done by "Campus Champions"--Sun
employees and alumni of the respective institutions.
Rangu Sampath, Director (Technology), Sun Microsystems, said, "The
Program will provide Indian educational institutions with the technology
infrastructure and knowledge and thus help them turn out students with skills
relevant to today’s network age."
The Program will function on the "Virtual Teams" concept followed
by Sun worldwide, where team members from Sun Labs across the globe, work in
tandem on projects located in their respective Labs including India —
"virtually". Similarly, CRP researchers in India work in close
partnership with Sun Labs technologists in US & Europe.
According to Dr Avinash Agrawal, Director, India Engineering Center,
"Sun & Indians worldwide have a recognized reputation for being thought
leaders in the technology arena and this new partnership has immense
possibilities."
Dr Jeff Rulifson, Director (Laboratories, Europe), Sun Microsystems, said,
"Indians have been pioneering new technology development all across the
globe and we see India as becoming a key development site and growth area for
us. We are very excited to work with the brightest brains in the country and
pave the way for more collaborations between Sun and Indian technology
institutions."
High-end technology infrastructure will also be provided by Sun including a
state-of-the-art Enterprise 10000 server stationed in the US with accompanying
software, which will be exclusively used for this collaboration.