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Florida Center for Excellence
in Pattern Recognition
2006 COST
PROPOSAL
Volume II

7. COST VOLUME – COST PROPOSAL
Summary Information
Principal Offeror(s):
Robert Chang, PhD
Vice President for Research
Division of Sponsored Research
University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Avenue
Tampa, Florida 33620-5950
Florida Center of Excellence in Pattern Recognition
The goal of the Center is the development of advanced and innovative technologies in pattern
recognition that enhance the security, health and quality of life of citizens of the state and the nation.
These technologies would result in products and services in the information technology, security,
and healthcare industries.
Principal Technical Personnel:
Rangachar Kasturi, PhD, Director David Morgan, PhD, Co-Director
Professor and Chair
Professor of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology
Computer Science and Engineering College of Medicine
College of Engineering 813/974-3949
813/974-3561 scientist.dave@gmail.com
chair@cse.usf.edu
Principal Business Personnel:
Principal Offeror(s):
Priscilla Pope
Associate Vice President for Research
813/974-5555
ppope@research.usf.edu
Robert Chang, PhD
Vice President for Research
813/974-5481
chang@research.usf.edu
______________________________
Date of Submission: September 15, 2006
Period of Performance (base effort and option(s)): 11/16/2006 – 11/15/2009
Total Cost (base effort and option(s)): $6,800,000
Base: $5,800,000
Option 1: $1,000,000

CEPR MASTER BUDGET
Year 1 Year 2
Year 3
Total
CEPR Match CEPR Match CEPR Match CEPR Match
Domestic Security
Competitive projects $400,000 $400,000 $400,000 $1,200,000 $0
New faculty hires' salary (2) $100,000 $100,000 $200,000 $0 $400,000
Start-up packages for faculty $250,000 $250,000 $0 $500,000
Total $400,000 $350,000 $400,000 $100,000 $400,000 $450,000 $1,200,000 $900,000
Enhancing Quality of Life
Competitive projects $400,000 $400,000 $400,000 $1,200,000 $0
New faculty hires' salary (1) $100,000 $100,000 $0 $200,000
Start-up packages for faculty $250,000 $0 $250,000
Total $400,000 $0 $400,000 $350,000 $400,000 $100,000 $1,200,000 $450,000
Improving Healthcare
Competitive projects $400,000 $400,000 $400,000 $1,200,000 $0
New faculty hires' salary (3) $100,000 $200,000 $300,000 $0 $600,000
Start-up packages for faculty $250,000 $250,000 $250,000 $0 $750,000
Total $400,000 $350,000 $400,000 $450,000 $400,000 $550,000 $1,200,000 $1,350,000
Center Programs
Visiting Faculty + Postdocs $200,000 $200,000 $200,000 $200,000 $200,000 $200,000 $600,000 $600,000
Facility Renovation + Operation $700,000 $200,000 $200,000 $0 $1,100,000
Administration and Management $100,000 $100,000 $100,000 $100,000 $100,000 $100,000 $300,000 $300,000
Major equipment $800,000 $400,000 $800,000 $400,000
Support technical staff $100,000 $100,000 $100,000 $0 $300,000
Education and Training Programs $100,000 $200,000 $200,000 $500,000 $0
Graduate Education Support $250,000 $250,000 $250,000 $750,000
USF Incubator Support $700,000 $700,000 $700,000 $2,100,000
FHTCC ($100k/yr)
City of Tampa ($200k/yr)
Hillsborough County ($400k/yr)
Support Services (DPL) $200,000 $300,000 $300,000 $800,000
Anticipated New Contracts/Grants $2,000,000 $3,000,000 $4,000,000 $0 $9,000,000
Total $1,200,000 $4,650,000 $500,000 $4,850,000 $500,000 $5,850,000 $2,200,000 $15,350,000
Grand Total (Base Program) $2,400,000 $5,350,000 $1,700,000 $5,750,000 $1,700,000 $6,950,000 $5,800,000 $18,050,000
Option 1
Endowment for chair $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000
Chair's salary $150,000 $150,000 $0 $300,000
Chair's start-up package $500,000 $0 $500,000
Total $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $0 $650,000 $0 $150,000 $1,000,000 $1,800,000
Grand Total (Option 1) $6,800,000 $19,850,000
Total CEPR $5,800,000
Total Match $18,050,000
Total CEPR with Option 1 $6,800,000
Total Match with Option 1 $19,850,000
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CEPR Budget Narrative
Competitive Research Projects – A total of $3.6 million is requested for 3 years to fund 12
research projects that will combine collaborative approaches with innovative research
techniques to advance pattern recognition in 3 key areas: domestic security, improving
healthcare, and enhancing quality of life. An advisory board will review proposals and
recommend projects for funding. Funds are requested to support the effort of investigators,
graduate students, tuition, research materials and supplies, and travel. Each research project
is expected to be funded at approximately $300,000 for a 3 year period.
New Faculty Hires – A total of 6 new faculty members will be hired by USF over the 3 year
project period in the key areas of domestic security, improving healthcare, and enhancing
quality of life. These new faculty will add to the existing University strengths in these areas
and enhance Florida’s status as a center for high technology enterprise. The new faculty
hires will receive start-up packages to assist them in transferring and/or establishing their
laboratories. The start-up funds will be used for research-related items such as equipment,
supplies, and salary funds for research assistants. We have committed a total of $2,700,000
of matching institutional funds for this purpose for the 3 year project period.
Visiting Faculty and Postdoctoral Fellows – The CEPR will bring to campus leading experts
in the field of pattern recognition for short-term, and possibly longer-term, visits to share
their expertise with our investigators and students and to focus on specific projects with
CEPR faculty. We anticipate that these visitors may be drawn from both the academic and
the corporate sectors in order to bring expertise to CEPR in emergent and fast-developing
areas. We are requesting $600,000 to support these activities, and we will provide $600,000
of matching institutional funds, for a total cost of $1,200,000.
Facility Renovation and Operation – CEPR will operate a research and laboratory facility
located at the Interdisciplinary Research Building in USF’s Research Park. The size of the
facility is estimated at 5,000 sq.ft. USF will provide matching funds to renovate this facility
with the cost of $500,000 ($100/sq.ft) during the first year, and matching funds for
operations of $200,000 each of three years for a total of $600,000. The total institutional
match USF will provide for this purpose is $1,100,000 for 3 years.
Administration and Management – CEPR will be managed by the Director, Deputy
Director, and a Board of Advisors, chaired by USF’s Vice President for Research. Other
members of the Board of Advisors will include the deans of the USF College of Engineering
and the College of Medicine and 3 at-large members from industry and government. The
Director will manage the day-to-day operations of the Center and oversee the work of the
Education and Training Coordinator and the Technology Transfer Coordinator. We are
requesting $300,000 for these administrative costs; USF will provide matching institutional
funds of $300,000, for a total project cost of $600,000.
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Major Equipment – We are requesting funds to supplement existing computing capabilities.
The planned equipment purchases will provide advanced, cluster computing systems that
will enhance significantly our abilities to find information patterns in large volumes of data.
The budget will pay for the purchase of the components for 244 processor cluster computer
system based on dual-core 2.0GHz AMD Opteron 870 processors, Myranet 2Gbs
interconnect, and running the ROCKS version 4 is a cluster operating system. It also pays
for the components necessary for building a 9 terabyte RAID disk system on which we will
run RAID5. This system will provide Center for Pattern Recognition with state-of-the art
computing facilities available for research and developments partners as well as for training
exercises. It should be noted that such cluster computing systems have become de facto
standard in both computing and bioinformatics laboratories. In addition, we request funds
for advanced PC-based computer workstations to access the computer server and for
visualization, funds for pattern recognition sensing devices, and a suite of pattern
recognition software. We will set up two distinct facilities: the Advanced Pattern Recognition
Research Laboratory for research and evaluation of pattern recognition systems for domestic
security, and the Training Facility in applications of Pattern Recognition Technologies. An
Optos tri-color laser imaging system will be purchased to upgrade imaging capabilities for
retinal pattern analysis. A multiphoton infra-red laser microscope will be purchased for
inclusion in an imaging core facility being developed in the College of Medicine. This will
serve as a resource to all researchers in the Tampa Bay area, as it will be the first such
instrument in the region.
We are requesting $800,000 for these purchases, which will be matched with $400,000 of
institutional funds.
Support technical staff – The University will provide institutional matching funds totaling
$300,000 over the project period to support information technology staff members who
provide technical support for the computer systems used by CEPR researchers and students.
IT personnel who will provide these services to CEPR include system administrators,
software professionals, and hardware technicians.
Education and Training Programs – To ensure the realization of the Center’s goal of
developing a well-trained workforce, CEPR will build upon relationships the University has
established with other colleges in the Tampa Bay area to assist students in the transition
toward a baccalaureate degree. CEPR will add a focus on pattern recognition to these
programs. Funds are requested to provide summer programs that combine research and
academic courses with significant computer programming and math components.
Additional programs that seek to attract undergraduate students to study pattern recognition
and computer science, as well as prepare them for graduate-level study, will be developed in
concert with existing University programs. Related workshops and advising and mentoring
programs will be developed to complement the summer and academic year programs. An
Education and Training Coordinator will work with local colleges and industry
representatives to facilitate this aspect of the project. We are requesting $500,000 to support
these activities.
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Graduate Education Support – The University will provide institutional matching funds of
$750,000 to support the graduate education of students engaged in training and research in
CEPR key areas. The support may include stipends, tuition, research equipment and
supplies, and travel to professional meetings to present the results of their research.
USF Incubator Support – Significant investment in the University’s developing start-up
companies will be provided from 3 sources: the Florida High Tech Corridor Council
($100,000/year), the City of Tampa ($200,000/year), and Hillsborough County
($400,000/year). These funds will be used to further develop the technology, speed the rate
of its successful commercialization, and foster new venture formation in technology-based
business opportunities. This investment package is anticipated to total $2,100,000 over 3
years.
Support Services: Patents & Licensing – The University’s Division of Patents & Licensing is
responsible for the technology transfer process at USF and promoting the commercial use of
intellectual property. The Division has initiated an aggressive program to license the
technology developed by University researchers, which has resulted in the doubling of
licenses to the private sector in the last 4 years. These licenses drove the creation of 22 startup
companies since 2001. The Division of Patents & Licensing will provide a Technology
Transfer Coordinator to work with industry representatives and the Florida High Tech
Corridor Council to promote the rapid transition of technology to the marketplace. USF will
provide $800,000 in patents and licensing services to CEPR researchers.
Anticipated New Research Funds – The faculty members affiliated with the CEPR have
established successful track records with a wide range of sponsoring agencies in support of
their research programs. They currently receive funding from federal agencies such as the
National Institutes of Health, Sandia National Laboratory, Department of Defense, and the
National Science Foundation. Other sponsors include state agencies such as the Florida
Department of Health, and many state national and international private industry partners,
including STS International, Video Mining, and Konica Minolta; some of these have
included SBIR/STTR awards. The CEPR expects to continue to improve its success with
external funding agencies and private sector partners over the project period. We anticipate
garnering $9,000,000 in new research projects over the 3 year project period.
Option 1 – Endowed Chair. The University will establish an endowed chair in order to
attract a world-class researcher in the related subject areas of pattern recognition. An
endowed chair can attract faculty who are leaders in their fields. The request of $1,000,000
in funds will be matched with $1,000,000 in institutional funds in order to establish the
endowment. The University will provide additional matching costs in the second and third
years of the project for the endowed chair’s start-up package and to meet salary costs.
Altogether the University will provide $1,800,000 in institutional match to establish and
support the position.
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CEPR Center Development, Commercialization and Core Budget - Summary
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
CEPR Match CEPR Match CEPR Match
1. Administration and Management $ 100,000 $ 100,000 $ 100,000 $ 100,000 $ 100,000 $ 100,000
(see note 1)
2. Rent - Facilities Operation $ 200,000
$ 200,000
$ 200,000
(see note 2)
3.Visiting Faculty + Postdocs $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 200,000
(see note 3)
4. Support technical staff $ 100,000
$ 100,000
$ 100,000
(see note 4)
5. Education and Training Programs $ 100,000
$ 200,000
$ 200,000
(see note 5)
6. Graduate Education Support $ 250,000
$ 250,000
$ 250,000
(see note 6)
7. Support Services $ 200,000
$ 300,000
$ 300,000
Patents/Licensing (see note 7)
8. USF Incubator Support $ 700,000
$ 700,000
$ 700,000
FHTCC ($100k/yr)
City of Tampa ($200k/yr)
Hillsborough County ($400k/yr)
(see note 8)
Total Center/Commercialization/Core $ 400,000 $ 1,750,000 $ 500,000 $ 1,850,000 $ 500,000 $ 1,850,000
Total CEPR $ 1,400,000
Total Match $ 5,450,000
Total Core Budget $ 6,850,000
Note 1: Administration and management includes partial support for Director and Deputy Director, secretary, accountant, office supplies and
equipment. Costs to be divided equally between CEPR and USF match.
Note 2: Rent for lab space in Interdisciplinary Building paid by USF matching funds totalling $600,000
Note 3: Visiting faculty and postdoctoral fellows from academia and industry will be supported evenly between CEPR and USF matching funds,
for a total of $1.2 million
Note 4: Support technical staff for informational technology will be supported by USF match of $300,000 for the project period.
Note 5: Education and training programs, including a training coordinator, will be supported by CEPR funds totalling $500,000 over 3 years.
Note 6: Graduate education support totalling $750,000 will be provided by a University match.
Note 7: USF's Division of Patents & Licensing will provide a licensing coordinator and specialized P&L services to CEPR researchers. USF will
provide $800,000 for these services.
Note 8: Matching funds are provided by the FHTCC ($100k/yr), City of Tampa ($200k/yr) and Hillsborough County ($400k/yr) to support
USF's incubator and commercialization activities. These funds total $2,100,000 for the 3 years.
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CEPR Research Projects
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
CEPR Match CEPR Match CEPR Match
1. Competitive projects $1,200,000 $1,200,000 $1,200,000
(see note 1)
2. Anticipated New Contracts/Grants $2,000,000 $3,000,000 $4,000,000
(see note 2)
Total Research Projects $1,200,000 $2,000,000 $1,200,000 $3,000,000 $1,200,000 $4,000,000
Total CEPR $3,600,000
Total Match $9,000,000
Total Research Projects $12,600,000
Note 1: CEPR will fund competitive research projects in domestic security, quality of life, and improving healthcare, totalling $3,600,000 for 3 years.
Note 2: New externally sponsored awards for CEPR researchers are expected to total $9,000,000 over 3 years.
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CEPR Infrastructure Budget - Summary
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
CEPR Match CEPR Match CEPR Match
1. Facility Renovation $500,000
(see note 1)
2. Major Equipment $800,000 $400,000
(see note 2)
3. New faculty hires' salary (6) $200,000 $400,000 $600,000
(see note 3)
4. Start-up packages for faculty $500,000 $500,000 $500,000
(see note 4)
Total Infrastructure $800,000 $1,600,000 $900,000 $1,100,000
Total CEPR $800,000
Total Match $3,600,000
Total Infrastructure $4,400,000
Note 1: Facility renovations total $500,000 for the buildout of lab space in new Interdisciplinary Building at USF.
USF will provide match for these costs.
Note 2: Major equipment will be purchased to enhance cluster computing capability. $800,000 to be paid by CEPR
and $400,000 by USF match.
Note 3: 6 new faculty will be hired at USF using USF match for a total of $1,200,000.
Note 4: Start-up packages for the new faculty hires will total $1,500,000 over 3 years and will be provided by USF
match.
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SAMPLE CEPR RESEARCH PROJECT BUDGET
CEPR will award 12 research projects for the 3 year project period. Each project is expected to be
funded at $300,000 total for 3 years. The following sample budget of a typical project is presented
in round figures, for illustration purposes.
Annual
Budget
Cumulative
3 Yr Budget
Principal Investigator $25,000 $75,000
20% effort, with 27% fringe benefits
Graduate students $60,000 $180,000
2 students, plus tuition
Research materials, supplies $12,000 $36,000
Travel - attend professional meeting $3,000 $9,000
Total $100,000 $300,000
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“Best Value” to State
“The objective for the establishment of the 21 st Century Technology Research and
Scholarship Enhancement Act provides for the establishment of university-based
Centers of Excellence to give Florida clear position of leadership in key emerging
technology areas with the unique potential for economic and societal impact in the years
to come.” The “Best Value” to the State should have far reaching and long-term results
for the local region as well as the State. This can be demonstrated in the following ways:
• USF’s research funding exceeded $300 million this fiscal year consisting of federal,
state and industrial funding.
• USF’s proven record to recruit top research scholars and outstanding students to
achieve its present stature as one of the fastest growing research institutions in the
country in only 50 years.
• USF’s proven ability to recruit top faculty and world class scholars to build
a national presence and reputation.
• USF’s annual economic impact on the Tampa Bay region of $3.2 billion dollars.
• The Tampa Bay Technology Incubator, built on the USF campus, provides a single
point of contact for businesses and entrepreneurial communities. The USF
Incubator exists to support technology research as a catalyst for economic
development. The primary purpose is to stimulate the economy of the State of
Florida through the development of technology industry while alleviating the
government of some of its economic burdens.
• The construction of the Interdisciplinary Research Building, which is designed to
house large research projects and Centers of Excellence to conduct cutting-edge
research and to attract world class scholars.
• USF is a founding partner of the Florida High Tech Corridor program established by
the high tech industry to help develop the workforce to support industries in a 21
county service area.
• The drive of Florida’s Center of Excellence in Pattern Recognition (CEPR) to
translate laboratory research into commercialized products will enhance domestic
security, and improve the quality of life and healthcare for our citizens. CEPR’s
success will positively impact the Tampa Bay regional and State economic
development through technological innovations.
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