Wireless Internet Center for Advanced Technology ( WICAT)

WICAT is a multi-university R&D center sponsored by the National Science Foundation under its program of Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers (I/UCRC). Polytechnic University is the lead institution in WICAT and Columbia University and the University of Virginia are current associate members.

The mission of WICAT is to collaborate with industry research partners to create flexible, efficient, and secure wireless networks that satisfy communication needs in businesses, in the home and in the lives of individuals. WICAT researchers work closely with industrial sponsors through the Industrial Affiliates Program. The research programs help the sponsoring industries to increase the value of their investments in wireless technology by providing them with insight into leading edge technologies, and strategies for leveraging technology investments. Research is carried out by faculty members working with undergraduate students, graduate students and post-docs, thereby contributing to the training of next generation of wireless professionals.

Thrust areas of the research at Polytechnic University are to increase network capacity and battery life of terminals, enhance network security, and structure applications to run efficiently over wireless networks. The research at Columbia University deals with the organization and capacity of ad hoc and sensor networks, while that at the University of Virginia deals with rapidly reconfigurable wireless networks.

David Goodman
6 MetroTech Center
Brooklyn, NY 11201
wicat@poly.edu
phone: 718-260-3221
fax: 718-260-3906