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Wireless Grids Corporation

Director – Lee McKnight
Location – Center for Science and Technology 2-218
Phone number – 315-443-6891
Email – lee@wgrids.com
 
Mission:
The Virtual Markets and Wireless Grids project investigates the tremendous value proposition that wireless grid networks offer to both increase access to wireless communication services, and to develop new economic sectors utilizing ubiquitous networks to access grid services. The research takes place through the TeleCom City University Consortium which brought together academic researchers and commercial partners such as BTexact Technologies, Cisco System, Novell, French Telecom (Dr. Norman Lewis) and Hitachi (Mitsuo Yamaguchi). The first segment of this project took place through the NSF PFI project, entitled “Virtual Markets in Wireless Communication and Computation Grids.”
 
Projects:
  • Innovaticus beta trial in SU residence hall
    • McKnight and his young company, Wireless Grids Corporation, are testing out their new wireless grids software on SU students living in Boland Hall. This new software enables collaboration and sharing of files and hardware using a variety of devices across different networks: Bluetooth, Wimax, Wi-Fi, etc. Students will be able to share files, speakers, printers, cameras, and screens.
Convergence Center

This research center focuses on exploring “digital convergence,” which refers to the profound changes in the structure of media caused by the emergence of digital technologies as the dominant method for representing, storing, and communicating information. A major initiative is the Internet Governance Project.
Kauffman Initiative on Entrepreneurship

Enitiative is the Syracuse Campus-Community Entrepreneurship Initiative, made possible by a grant awarded to SU from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. Grants have been awarded to several iSchool faculty and students to fund a variety of entrepreneurial projects.