| Holly Mullin
Office of Information Technology
Georgia Tech, Cingular Wireless and Siemens Communications
are kicking off a new research program in wireless applications.
This initiative brings the students and faculty of Georgia
Tech an opportunity to gain early, first-hand access
to the latest telecommunications application architecture.
Researchers will be working on the IP Multimedia Subsystem
(IMS) platform.
The IMS program is a joint effort of the Georgia Tech
Research Network
Operations Center (GT-RNOC) in the Office of Information
Technology and the Georgia
Electronic Design Center (GEDC). During the summer,
Siemens will install the IMS technology platform in
GEDC labs in the Technology Square Research Building.
A technology demonstration showing examples of IMS applications
is planned for October.
The competition, open to all Tech undergraduate students
in any field of study, is an opportunity to compete
for $100,000 in prizes while creating multimedia applications
on an emerging telecommunications platform. Students
will be able to sign up for a class in the College of
Computing that provides them with specific training
on IMS architecture and platform development.
The IMS Research Competition will kick off with a special
event — April 25 at 6 p.m. — in the Technology
Square Research Building. Georgia Tech students and
faculty are invited to attend this event to learn more
about the technology and get details on entering the
competition.
The competition is open to all Georgia Tech undergraduate
students enrolled in any field of study.
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