Annual Report 2010 - Fachgruppe Informatik an der RWTH Aachen ...

Cluster of Excellence
”Ultra High-Speed Mobile Information and
Communication” (UMIC)
Overview
“Ultra High-Speed Mobile Information and Communication (UMIC)” is the only cluster of
excellence in the areas of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science approved under the
excellence initiative of the German Federal and State government.
UMIC is funding three Endowed Professorships that belong to the Computer Science
Department. These include the post of Prof. Ulrike Meyer, and those of the two junior
professors James Gross and Bastian Leibe.
The focus of UMIC research is on mobile information and communication systems of the next
decade. The service quality as perceived by the users must be at least an order of magnitude
over that of today's systems with lower cost. This goal can only be achieved by joint
interdisciplinary research, taking all aspects into account from mobile applications to ultrahighly
integrated implementation. Key pillars of the cluster research include
• Mobile Application and Services,
• Wireless Transport Platform,
• RF Subsystems and SoC (System on a Chip) Design.
The close interdisciplinary cooperation of the participating teams is essential for the success
of the cluster (see figure below).
Research targets of “Wireless Transport Platform” are smart, mobile, broadband and low-cost
systems, which provide adaptive configuration and seamless connectivity, balancing between
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