"The I.T.R. is intended to push the frontiers of computer science and engineering while at the same time helping to push the envelope in other disciplines," said Peter A. Freeman, head of the agency's computer and information science and engineering directorate.
"Data, in my view, is a transformative new currency for science, engineering, education, commerce and government," said Farnam Jahanian, head of the National Science Foundation's computer and information science and engineering directorate.
Cornell's plans are more tailored to New York's particular economy, with four hubs: technology for cleaner and more efficient building; information science and engineering for health care; social mobile networking, particularly in fields like media and advertising; and what it calls "intelligent trustworthy systems," which include areas like cloud computing and information security.
He received his Bachelor of Technology degree in Information Science and Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University, Bangalore, India.
Deborah L. Crawford, deputy assistant director for computer and information science and engineering at the National Science Foundation, pointed out the importance of broadening participation in the IT workforce, a necessity, she said, if the U.S. is to maintain its technological edge.
The university's globe-spanning headhunting campaign covers the fields of biology, medicine, information science, and engineering; this effort has been so successful that more than half of the scholars currently joining the faculty have been trained abroad, Hu says.
[H.T. Yeh, H.M. Sun, T. Hwang, Efficient three-party authentication and key agreement protocols resistant to password guessing attacks, Information Science and Engineering 19 (6) (2003) 1059 1070.] proposed two secure and efficient three-party EKE protocols.
