Awards given to researchers will be used for further advancements in the ability to analyze and calculate large datasets — a prominent challenge in the IT world.
The National Science Foundation awarded the largest IU grant of $6.6 million to the Pervasive ?Technology Institute.
NSF awarded this grant for the PTI, led by its executive director Craig Stewart, to create the foundations for the first science and engineering cloud called ?Jetstream.
This cloud system will be designed to allow students and researchers constant access to computing resources.
During the next five years, IU is expected to receive about $11 million from the NSF to create the ?program.
Technology programs on campus received five other grants alongside these in 2014.
“IU has grown in national stature as an innovative IT leader and partner of choice with other leading universities,” Brad Wheeler, IU Vice President for Information Technology, said in a press release. “These large IT research grants and many others demonstrate the growing technology research ?prowess at IU.”
Maia Cochran
