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The existing staff already has demonstrated noteworthy advances in these
interface areas. In the first five months of 2003, CST achievements included the
licensing of two technologies, the filing of several patents, and the launch of
a startup. The CST is deploying its research within a large metropolitan area
representative of key security issues and providing field test validation.
The Center transitions these technologies at the optimum point of
development to achieve maximum impact. This transitioning is almost always most
effective when University researchers aid in the transition process, making sure
the underlying science and technology are completely understood by those that
are developing the application systems. The CST is particularly effective and
fast at creating the knowledge base underlying the science and technologies of
security systems and has demonstrated expertise and appreciation for the steps
necessary to bring the technology to practical use. Entrepreneurial technology
transfer examples include:
- Magneprint ™
A University-licensed technology based on
the understanding of the physics of magnetic materials and having a multibillion
dollar impact to object verification and authentication. Early adopters have
been in the financial industry with MasterCard International taking the lead.
Other applications include tamper-evidence seals for containers (an estimated 19
million containers cross our borders every year) and document authentication
(plans for transitioning to the Government Printing Office are now being
developed).
- Global Velocity
A startup network security company that
employs novel hardware incorporating high-speed electronics and associated
technologies to scan, parse, encrypt, and authenticate digital information at
network link rates. Applications include scanning for viruses or other
contaminated communications, securing communications, protecting sensitive
information from leaving an organization’s network, and scanning a network to
enable rapid response by intelligence agencies.
- Data Search Systems
A startup company that is
transitioning a University-developed technology for rapid hardware search in
dense data storage systems . Increased search speeds of 100-fold have been
demonstrated in the CST laboratories. Intelligence data, now collected at the
rates equaling the entire printed collection of the US Library of Congress every
day, can be searched with unprecedented speed to exploit information in a timely
manner.
- Wavelet-based compression algorithms for fingerprint identification
Now at the heart of FBI, Interpol, and many other automated
fingerprint identification systems, this system is used to process hundreds of
millions of fingerprints worldwide. |
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