Engineering and Applied Science

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• Engineering and Applied Science
• Richard M. Murray
• Chair, Division of Engineering and Applied
  Science
• http//www.eas.caltech.edu/

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• Visible impact, out of proportion to size
• Best faculty attracted to Caltech
• Best students enrolled at Caltech
• Unique approach, emulated by others

GPS
PMA

• 84 faculty
• 5 undergraduate programs, 317 students (46 of
  total)
• 13 PhD programs, 408 grad students (39 of total)
• Ranked in top ten in Ae, AMa, APh, CE, EE, ESE,
  ME
• http//www.eas.caltech.edu/

Materials Devices
Mechanics Aerospace
Environment Civil
Information Communications
Biology Medicine
CCE
BIO
HSS
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Integration of Research and EducationCaltech
provides unique environment for
multi-disciplinary research

• Applied Physics
• Applied and Computational Mathematics
• Mechanical Engineering
• Computer Science
• Electrical Engineering
• Materials Science
• Civil Engineering
• Aeronautics
• Applied Mechanics
• Control and Dynamical Systems
• Environmental Science and Engineering
• Biological Engineering
• Computation and Neural Systems

N rough head count of faculty in each area,
based on current research activities
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High Level Strategy
Question How do we continue to maintain a
leadership position in engineering and applied
science in an increasingly competitive (academic)
world?

• EAS Principles
• Visible impact, out of proportion to size
• Best faculty attracted to Caltech
• Best students enrolled at Caltech
• Unique approach, emulated by others

• EAS Strategies
• Focus research thrusts on selected areas with
  large potential impact
• Hiring plan that balances research opportunities
  with discipline needs
• Exploit the strengths of Caltech and integrate
  EAS into CIT (85 ? 280)
• Support plans for teaching, facilities, outreach,
  and administration

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Current Thrusts

• Information Science and Technology
  (BIO/CCE/HSS/PMA/EAS)
• Hardware, architectures and software for novel
  substrates
• Analysis and design of complex, interconnected
  systems
• Biological Engineering (BIO/CCE/EAS)
• Analysis and design of biologically-based systems
• Nanoscale Systems (BIO/CCE/EAS/PMA)
• Design and fabrication of materials, devices, and
  systems at atomistic scales
• Global Environmental Science (CCE/EAS/GPS)
• Fundamental understanding of the earths
  environment
• Computational Science and Engineering
  (Institute-wide)
• Modeling and analysis through simulation and
  computation
• Integration across scales, model validation,
  uncertainty mgmt

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Computational Science and Engineering

• Vision
• New architectures and algorithms for petabyte
  scale computing
• Integrative multi-scale modeling and simulation
• Tight linkage to experimental science
• Strengths
• Center for Advanced Computing Research (CACR)
• Broad interest in computation around the
  Institute
• Approach
• Maintain leading edge infrastructure
• Tight ties to modeling activities
• New educational program for training students and
  researchers

• Connections and Linkages
• CACR, ASCI, Env. Sc. Eng. (ESE)
• LIGO, Digital Sky, SIRTF, GriPhyN
• GALCIT, TeraVoxel, MRSEC, CIMMS
• MSC, Atmospheric chemistry (CCE)
• Protein Synthesis, Biological Imaging

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Information Science and Technology

• Vision
• Fundamental research program in information
  science
• Span computing, communications, storage,
  interfaces, sensors, acqui-sition, displays, and
  interfaces
• Engineering principles for design of large-scale,
  interconnected systems
• Caltech Strengths
• Integrated comms, computing, control
• VLSI /architectures devices
• Emerging substrates (PMA, BIO, CCE)
• Approach
• Fundamental research in information substrates
  and networked systems
• New IST Initiative to tie together research,
  education, and outreach

• Faculty involvement
• EAS Applied physics, applied math, computer
  science, electrical engineering
• PMA condensed matter physics, quantum,
  nanoscience
• CCE biological synthesis, chemistry
• BIO neurobiology, developmental biology,
  genomics
• HSS economic systems, electronic commerce

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Information Science and Technology Initiative
Bio / Info
Phys / Info
Econ / Info
IST
Math / Info
Lee Center for Advanced Networking
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Lee Center for Advanced Networking
Rrom Lawrence Roberts, Beyond Moores Law,
Computer magazine, January 2000

• Center established in 1998 through the generous
  support of David Lee
• Provides seed funding for new research, support
  for visitors and workshops
• Ten faculty from five departments APh, CDS, CS,
  Ec, EE
• Serves as a model for other IST centers

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Econ/Info Social and Information Systems
Laboratory

• Goals
• Understand how markets aggregate information
• The role of technology in that process
• Use that understanding to
• Design large-scale, interconnected, information
  aggregation and decision-making systems
• Make markets and organizations efficient and
  robust
• Create new mathematics, algorithms, and
  technology for markets, business enterprises, and
  electorates.

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Math/Info Center for Information Mathematics

• Goal
• Develop a common language for analyzing and
  synthesizing large scale information systems
• Requires new mathematics
• What are the fundamental objects that describe
  informational rep-resentations?
• Is there a dynamics of infor-mation?
• What is the best topology to use for analyzing
  information proces-sing systems?
• Provide glue between other Centers

Devices ? Components ? Systems ? Markets
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Example Information Dynamics for Networked
Feedback Systems

• 2003 NSF Medium ITR Proposal
• Michelle Effros, EE
• Babak Hassibi, EE
• Steven Low, CS/EE
• Richard Murray, CDS/ME
• Leonard Schulman, CS
• Main research thrusts
• Real-time information theory
• Theory for robust control of networks
• Packet-based control theory
• Computational complexity of networked systems
• Demonstration Testbeds
• Multi-Vehicle Wireless Testbed
• WAN in Lab

Figure 2. Multi-Vehicle Wireless Testbed
Figure 3. Caltech WAN in Lab Architecture
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EAS Space Plan
http//www.eas.caltech.edu/strategic_plan
Existing
Proposed
CS

• New Information Science Building
• Location near current Moore building
• Co-locate CS and ACM, near EE/CNS
• Expansion of MS/APh into Steele
• Shift of MS from Keck to Steele
• New/expanded nanofabrication facilities
• Expansion of Bio-Eng into Keck
• Co-location of BE activities in Keck
• Shift some ESE activities to Robinson
• Transfer of Jorgensen to ITS/CACR
• Expand CACR machine room space in basement of
  Jorgensen
• Possible steady state home for ITS
• Rehab of Mechanics Quad
• Upgrades for TOM, GUG, FIR, KAR
• Relocation of ME shop from Spalding

EE
(CNS)
ACM
(CDS)
Info/(Bio)
134K sq ft
APh
135K sq ft

• Nano
• APh
• MS
• (BE)

ESEBE (CNS)
Nano/Bio/Env
ITS/ CACR
CACR
40K
ChE
ME CE (CDS)
126K sq ft
Mechanics
ME/AM
GALCIT
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EAS Principles

• Visible impact, out of proportion to size
• Best faculty attracted to Caltech
• Best students enrolled at Caltech
• Unique approach, emulated by others

WANin Lab