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Contents

Executive Summary

1. Introduction

2. Background

3. Pervasive Computing

4. IPCRES Laboratories

5. Economic Development Program

6. Advanced Research and Technology Institute and Economic Development

7. The IPCRES Education Program and the IU School of Informatics

8. Location of IPCRES

9. Management and Organization of IPCRES

1. The Problem for Indiana

1.1 The Information Economy and its Growth

1.2 The Situation in Indiana

2. Providing a Solution: IT Research, Economic Development, and Employment in Indiana

2.1 Details of the IPCRES Proposal

3. The Opportunity: Pervasive Computing

3.1 Pervasive Computing and Software Technologies

3.2 Pervasive Computing and Advanced Telecommunications

3.3 Social and Ethical Implications of Pervasive Computing

4. Information Technology and Indiana University

4.1 Indiana University and the National Information Technology Research Agenda

4.1.1 Research in Pervasive Computing and Software Technologies

4.1.2 Research in Pervasive Computing and Advanced Telecommunications

4.2 Indiana University, the IT Industry, and Other Partnerships

5. The Indiana Pervasive Computing Research Initiative

5.1 The IPCRES Laboratories

5.2 Leveraging IPCRES Research for Economic Development

5.3 IPCRES, the Advanced Research and Technology Institute, and Economic Development

5.4 IPCRES and the National Information Technology Research Agenda

5.5 IPCRES — A Unique Undertaking

5.6 Visiting Scholars and Faculty: Bringing New Technologists to Indiana through IPCRES

5.7 Collaboration with Other R&D Laboratories

6. The Research and Development Agenda of IPCRES

6.1 Pervasive Computing and Software Technologies

6.1.1 Information Grids and Portals

6.1.2 Human-Computer Interaction: Collaboration, Telepresence, Remote Operation

6.1.3 Smart Devices

6.1.4 Network Agents

6.1.5 Open Software

6.2 Pervasive Computing and Advanced Telecommunications

6.2.1 High Performance Networking

6.2.2 Wireless Networks and Mobility

6.2.3 Convergence

6.2.4 Security and Privacy

6.2.5 Distributed storage

7. IPCRES and Economic Development in Indiana

7.1 Innovation and Modernization of the State's Industries

7.2 Services to Business and Industry

7.3 Collaborative Arrangements: IPCRES and Industry

7.4 IPCRES and the Advanced Research and Technology Institute

7.5 Enhancing Economic Development by Creating a Capital Seed Fund

7.5.1 An IPCRES Capital Seed Fund

8. The IPCRES Education Program

8.1 Educational Mission: The School of Informatics at Indiana University

8.2 Informatics and IPCRES Activities

8.3 Affiliated Training Programs and Technologies

9. Where IPCRES Will Be Located

10. The Organization and Management of IPCRES

11. Milestones

Attachment 1: Biographies

Attachment 2: IPCRES Proposal Planning and Drafting Taskforce

Printing the IPCRES Proposal