NSF Award
0091900
Nebraska EPSCoR, in cooperation and collaboration with research universities in<br/>the state of Nebraska, seeks to build research infrastructures in several areas of<br/>informatics. The effort will be directed at three primary areas that are consistent<br/>with the Nebraska EPSCoR Strategic plan as well as plans and strategic<br/>directions of the participating universities including: (1) development of wired and<br/>wireless network technologies that will more effectively link ongoing inter-campus<br/>efforts within a secure distributed information infrastructure, (2) development of a<br/>test-bed to research next generation Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)<br/>systems architectures that are viable and efficient for e-commerce through<br/>collaboration with the private sector, (3) development of inter-campus capabilities<br/>in newly emerging research areas of bio-informatics and computational biology.<br/>The proposed infrastructure initiative in informatics complements the developing<br/>information technology industry in the state, involves scientists and engineers<br/>from four university campuses (University of Nebraska, Lincoln (UNL), University<br/>of Nebraska Medical Center, University of Nebraska, Omaha (UNO), and<br/>Creighton University. It provides for an integrated plan to accomplish goals that<br/>are considered crucial for establishing competitiveness in computational-based<br/>informatics research within the state of Nebraska. In addition to the major<br/>development effort for the interdisciplinary informatics infrastructures, the<br/>proposed project will greatly enhance the computational capabilities available to<br/>a broad range of fields of research and instruction.<br/>Additional components of the project will support educational activities and<br/>research experiences for underrepresented groups, internships for science and<br/>technology students to work in private industry, a small grants program for faculty<br/>early in their careers, technical assistance and faculty travel, and outreach to<br/>other Nebraska colleges and universities.
