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the past few years, technology has cut the wires that once tied
us to our technology. Cellular phones, wireless Internet "hot
spots," and palm-sized computers allow us to access a wealth
of information from virtually anywhere in the world. At Cornell,
a group of undergraduate research assistants is working to broaden
the influence of wireless technology. They are working with Johannes
E. Gehrke, Computer Science, on the Cougar Project to improve
wireless devices that mine and monitor the material world. The
Cougar System is a distributed database system for sensor networks
and is part of the DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency) SensIT program.
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 The
undergraduate research experience is often stereotyped as an activity
conducted within the confines of libraries and labs and the associated
paraphernalia of bulky books and test tubes. However, the eighteenth
annual Undergraduate Research Forum, hosted by the Cornell Undergraduate
Research Board (CURB), portrayed participation in university research
as exciting as life itself. Keynote speaker Robert C. Richardson,
1996 Nobel Prize Winner in Physics and Cornell's Vice Provost for
Research, highlighted Cornell's major research endeavors both on
and off campus; and students from a variety of disciplines showcased
unique and thought-provoking projects during a poster session. CURB's
Spring Forum proved that research transcends the boundaries of the
university and has a home in the real world.
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