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Center for Integrated Access Networks
The National Science Foundation awarded a ten-year grant, thus far receiving over $32 million to maintain an Engineering Research Center based at the University of Arizona. The Center for Integrated Access Networks (CIAN) is a multi-institutional research effort consisting of the University of Arizona (lead) and its partner institutions, the University of California at San Diego, the University of Southern California, the University of California at Berkeley, Columbia University, Cornell University, Norfolk State University, Marist College, and Tuskegee University.
CIAN’s focus is removing one of the last internet bottlenecks by developing optoelectronic technologies for high-bandwidth, low-cost, widespread access and aggregation networks.
The vision of CIAN is to create transformative technologies for optical access networks where virtually any application requiring any resource can be seamlessly and efficiently aggregated and interfaced with existing (and future) core networks in a cost-effective manner. CIAN's ultimate goal is to provide the technological foundation for an advanced optical network that simultaneously achieves efficient high data rate aggregation to amortize the cost for end users, while providing the necessary flexibility to support diverse end user requirements. The development of these technologies is essential for delivery of single-user data rates approaching 10 Gb per second, and provision of the associated services to a broad population base regardless of the "last-mile" technology. Attainment of these goals will enable affordable, flexible access to any type of service to anybody, anywhere, at any time.
To learn more about CIAN, visit their website at www.cian-erc.org.
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Opportunities for Undergraduate Students
- School-Year Undergraduate Research
- Summer Undergraduate Research
- Summer Undergraduate Research for Native Americans
Opportunities for Graduate Students
- Research Opportunities for Veterans (undergraduate and graduate)
- Travel Grants to Conferences & for Research (CIAN students only)
Opportunities for Pre-College Students
Opportunities for Educators
- Curriculum Resources
- Summer Research Opportunities for Teachers
- Summer Research Opportunities for Teachers of Native Americans
- Outreach and Classroom Visits for your Students
Opportunities and Resources for Anyone
- Curriculum and Optics Resources
- Higher Education Opportunities – Master’s Degree
- Higher Education Opportunities – Professional Graduate Certificate
- Outreach Opportunities