APPENDIX B

PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS

The academic programs of The University of Texas at Austin are administered through thirteen colleges. This proposal principally mentions five of the major colleges with the following profile in terms of faculty, undergraduate, and graduate students. Computer Sciences is contained within the College of Natural Sciences and Computer Engineering is housed in the College of Engineering.

All of the academic programs of these colleges are nationally ranked, in some cases in the top five in the U.S. The 1996-97 enrollment of UT-Austin was 35,789 undergraduates and 12,219 graduate students . Many of the research activities of The University are carried out through centers and institutes, and academic computing and networking infrastructure is provided by ACITS (Academic Computing and Instructional Technology Services). Brief descriptions of the organizations participating with the Intel proposal are given below.

Academic Computing and Instructional Technology Services (ACITS)

ACITS supports The University's academic and research programs. Services provided include access to information-technology-based environments, technological capabilities and desktop systems, services, and high-performance computing training and consulting services, facilities management, information on standards and practices, and software tools a state-of-the-art, reliable, secure, and ubiquitous telecommunications infrastructure and related networking services for data, voice, and video systems. See http://www.utexas.edu/cc/

Texas Institute for Computational Mathematics (TICAM)

TICAM is an organized research unit established by The University of Texas at Austin in 1993 to foster interdisciplinary research in broad areas of computational and applied mathematics. Its major mission is to develop, organize, and administer programs in basic and applied research in areas of applied mathematics and computational sciences that deal with mathematical modeling and computer simulation. Three affiliated centers of TICAM include the Institute of Computational Finance (see below), the Center for Computer Visualization (CCV), and the Center for Subsurface Modeling (CSM). See http://www.ticam.utexas.edu/

Institute for Computational Finance (ICF)

Established in the fall of 1996, ICF is an interdisciplinary institute that is dedicated to research and education in computational finance. The ICF supports a research program that focuses on financial engineering with a unique emphasis on the integration of high end computing and graphical representation of data for advanced decision making tools in the securities and financial industries. See http://www.utexas.edu/research/icf/

IC2 Institute

IC2 Institute is a major international research center for the study of innovation creativity, and capital. The institute is a globally interactive virtual organization that uses modern telecommunications and multimedia technologies to link research universities, businesses, and other institutional and individual resources. See http://www.utexas.edu/depts/ic2/main.html

Center for Advanced Studies in the Arts (CASA)

CASA was founded as a unit within the College of Fine Arts to serve those faculty, students, and staff whose research, performance and teaching interests transcend traditional boundaries and intersect with technology.

Center for Instructional Technology (CIT)

CIT, a division of ACITS, provides campus-wide assistance to faculty, staff and students to explore new and effective uses of digital media in teaching, learning and research applications.

Center for Media Arts and Sciences (CMAS)

As part of the College of Communication, CMAS provides a physical and virtual environment for research programs and production projects that link digital technologies with the content and audience requirements of the media industry.

EDS Financial Trading and Technology Center (FTTC)

Housed within the College of Business Administration, the FTTC provides a state-of-the art classroom and trading room dedicated to the development of research and educational programs that relate information technology to financial management. It includes real-time financial data feeds (such as Bridge, Reuters, Bloomberg, Telerate), and databases such as Oracle and Informix.

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