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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=132414703-26022006>Here is a description
of an effort led by the Irish government to promote value chain research.
This an example of how government can contribute in a major
way to combine academic research with industrial partners.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Centre for Telecommunications Value-Chain
Research (CTVR) is focused on applying a value-chain perspective to research
aimed at realizing the next generation of telecommunications
networks.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>It brings together a multi-disciplinary group of
researchers drawn from many Irish Universities together with a carefully chosen
set of industrial partners to work on those engineering and scientific
challenges that will make the most difference to the telecommunications networks
of the future. The cent<SPAN class=132414703-26022006>e</SPAN>r is headquartered
at Trinity College Dublin and is directed by </FONT><A
href="http://www.ctvr.ie/partners.php#management"><FONT face=Arial size=2>Prof.
Donal O'Mahony</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>The initial funding for the centre and the associated
</FONT><A href="http://www.lucent.ie/bell-labs"><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bell
Labs Ireland</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2> Research Centre comes from the
Irish Government via </FONT><A href="http://www.sfi.ie/"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Science Foundation Ireland</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2> and
</FONT><A href="http://www.ida.ie/"><FONT face=Arial size=2>IDA
Ireland</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2> as well as from our industrial
partner </FONT><A href="http://www.bell-labs.com/"><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bell
Labs</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>.</FONT></P>
<P><SPAN class=132414703-26022006><FONT face=Arial size=2>There are five strands
of research: </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=132414703-26022006><FONT face=Arial size=2>1) Optimization and
Management</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=132414703-26022006><FONT face=Arial size=2>2) Emerging Network
Architectures</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=132414703-26022006><FONT face=Arial size=2>3)
Photonics</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=132414703-26022006><FONT face=Arial size=2>4)
RF</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=132414703-26022006><FONT face=Arial size=2>5) Testing and
Reliability</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=132414703-26022006><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you want to find
out more about this effort, the website, <A
href="http://www.ctvr.ie/index.php">http://www.ctvr.ie/index.php</A>, has more
information and you can also contact me at <A
href="mailto:blowe@lucent.com">blowe@lucent.com</A>.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><B><FONT face="Century Gothic" color=#000080 size=2>Ben Lowe</FONT></B>
<BR><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Supply Chain Networks</FONT> <BR><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Lucent Technologies</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Tel: 908-582-4064</FONT><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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