The Information Infrastructure Institute (iCUBE) is a multidisciplinary initiative at Iowa State University that promotes the development of new information technologies and their applications to solve real-world problems. The iCUBE initiative addresses both research and educational needs in accordance with the land grant mission of the university.
The institute was developed in 2002 in response to national- and state-level needs to protect critical infrastructure in Iowa and throughout the United States in areas such as information techonolgy (IT), energy distribution, public transportation and communication, as well as food, water, and agricultural production and distribution systems.
The goal of iCUBE is to understand infrastructure problems and develop solutions through cross-cutting research where seemingly disparate applications can benefit from common overarching information technology techniques, iCUBE IT experts work with domain experts to develop tools and techniques for creating solutions that are characterized by high computational efficiency, tailored algorithms, and accelerated turnaround times. iCUBE projects have motivated exploration of novel hardware and software technologies such as novel sensors, wireless technology, specialized microcontroller architectures, parallel algorithms, operational decision-making, and tools for analyzing and transforming complex software. The research conducted by iCUBE is of growing interest to a broad spectrum of companies and fosters collaboration between Iowa State University researchers and industry.
Website URL: http://www.ece.iastate.edu/research/research-centers/information-infrastructure-ins/new-home.html