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The University of Houston ATT Technology Lab



Located in the University of Houston's College of Technology, the UH ATT Technology Lab (also known as the UH ATT Lab) was inaugurated in November 14, 2006 (see inauguration). The UH ATT Lab was the result of more than two years of collaboration between the University of Houston and Southwestern Bell Communications, Inc (now AT&T, Inc. ) in the areas of telecommunications, networks, and education. The purpose of the Lab is to serve as a hub for the international educational and research community and to facilitate the exchange of ideas and information. To achieve its goals, the Uh ATT Lab has been equipped with state-of-the-art networking and communications equipment which include a campus-wide three-node SONET/MPLS and gigaethernet testbed that connects four UH research labs to regional and international research networks, wireless internet, and high-definition videoconferencing.



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April 2008: The University of Houston College of Technology Telecommunications Network, with the collaboration of UH Network Services (UH-IT), The Texas Learning and Computational Center (TLCC) and our partner AT&T, has been successfully connected its network testbed to regional and international research networks such as Lonestar Education and Research Network (LEARN), National Lambda Rail (NLR) and Internet2. This connectivity enables the University of Houston and more especifically faculty of the College of Technology to expand research and training initiatives. The UH CoT Telecom Network, which links research labs such as the Intelligent Sensor Grid and Informatics (ISGRIN), Intelligent Smart Sensor Networks (ISSnet), Wireless and Optical Networking (WON) and the UH ATT Labs, provides 1 Gbps, and soon 10Gbps, connectivity to the high-speed fiber optic networks. For more information about the network go to the network page or contact the system administrator Sergio Chacon.


UH ATT Lab Upcoming Events - June and July 2008

Wednesday June 4, 8:30am to 5:30pm - Workshop "NSF-CCLI 2008 Concept Maps Workshop."

Tuesday June 24 to Thursday 26, 8:30am to 5pm - ISA Workshop "TS00 - Certified Control Systems Technician (CCST)." Room 110-H. More information

Tuesday July 8-9, 9:00pm to 4pm - Meeting " NORDUnet and possible international research activities" by Jerry Sobieski, Director International Initiatives, NORDUnet.

Thursday July 10, 3:00pm to 5pm - Meeting "Greater Houston Education Collaboration (GHEC) Focus Group."

Friday July 11, 11:00am to 12m - Meeting "VoIP and IP Telephony" by CoT, AT&T, TLC2.

Tuesday July 15, 8:30am to 5pm - Workshop "Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Fundamentals and Security."More information.

TBA, July 2:00pm - Visit to the UH AT&T Lab by Debbie Griffith, AT&T Regional VP - LA/Texas.

Monday July 21 - Friday July 25 - ISA certification course "TI25 - Installing, Callibrating and Maintaining Electronic Instruments."More information

Monday July 28 - Friday August 1 - Workshop "Robot Discovery Institute for Educators."


UH ATT Lab News

July 2008- Dr. Deniz Gurkan, Assistant Professor, and Sergio Chacón, UH AT&T Lab Manager, have been invited to attend the University Collaboration Symposium 2008 at the prestigious AT&T Labs in Morristown, New Jersey, previously known as Bell Labs. Two research projects from faculty of the University of Houston College of Technology were presented in the symposium (see pdf of agenda): "FT-DAS: Fault Tolerance Data Aggregation Scheduling for Tree Networks" by Dr. Xiaojing Yuan and Haoying Liu and "Optical Layer Measurements" by Dr. Deniz Gurkan and R. Krishnappa. With this visit to the AT&T Labs, the University of Houston and, more especifically, the College of Technology plans to augment its research collaborations with its partner AT&T.

July 2008- The UH AT&T Lab is planning to offer workshops in Dynamic Circuit Networks (DCN) and, more especifically, DCN software. As part of our participation in DCN technology and as members of the DCN Workgroup, the University of Houston through the AT&T Lab is playing an important role in the development of dynamic resource allocation using GMPLS optical networks (DRAGON) technologies with Internet2. In addition, the College of Technology Telecom network (UH COT Net) will be used as testbed for beta testing and future research projects related to DCN.

July 2008- Faculty, staff and graduate students from the University of Houston College of Technology and the Computer Science Department visited the prestigious AT&T Labs in Austin, Texas. During the visit, they were introduced to on-going research projects in the areas of IPTV, VoIP, Speech Recognition, Cellular and Human Factors to name a few. Future plans to further research collaborations between the ATT Labs and University of Houston were discussed.

May 2008 - The University of Houston has joined several universities and research institutes in the United States to work in Dynamic Circuit Network (DCN) project research. Currently under development, the Internet2 DC Network uses community-developed, standards-based technologies and protocols to provide on-demand, dedicated optical paths between endpoints across heterogeneous network technologies. A demonstration of DCN was prepared with the participation of UH AT&T Lab, TLC2, Internet2, and LEARN for the LEARN Board meeting May 30, 2008 @ UT Arlington.

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April 2008 - This month the UH AT&T Lab welcomed IOCOM, a Chicago based visual collaboration software company, as a new industrial partner. IOCOM creates innovative solutions that allow multiple groups to communicate anytime and anywhere. IOCOM offers the first collaboration software to integrate multiple high performance video and data windows with high performance audio; creating smooth, realtime interactions.

March 2008 - This month UH AT&T Lab had the honor of new UH President Dr. Renu Khator visit this month. During her visit she videoconferenced with Associate Professor Dr. George Zouridakis who introduced her to some of his ongoing research in the areas of 3D imaging and Biotechnology.

March, 2008 - The article "University of Houston AT&T Lab Supports Best in Class Innovation" was released to the press this month. The origins, present and future of the UH AT&T Lab as a Tier 1 research and training facilty are discussed (press release, pdf).

internet2 attlabNovember 2007 - The UH AT&T Lab in collaboration with the University of Houston Information Technology (UH-IT) and the Texas Learning and Computational Center (TLCC) has extended its fiber optic network as part of a plan to expand the lab's research and training capabilites and include it in local and international fiber optic networks such as RENoH, NLR and Internet2.

September, 2007 - The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration has awarded a grant to the College of Technology for its proposal Center for Technology Literacy: An Upward Mobility Strategy for Economic Growth" that focuses on communities technology's literacy. The EDA review panel recommended the proposal in the top 3 for a new EDA/University sponsored center. The UH AT&T Lab will organize and host a series of workshops in the areas of Telecommunications and Computer Networking.


September 2007 - the AT&T Southwest President Mr. Chuck Rudnik and Mr. Ed Cholerton, vice president and general manager of AT&T's Houston and Southeast Texas, visited The UH AT&T Lab. Also present in this ocassion were Jim Segovia and Kathleen Beedon (AT&T), Dr. William Fitzgibbon, Dean of the College of Technology, Fred Lewallen, Associate Dean for Academic Afffairs, Dr. Enrique Barbieri, Chair of Enginnering Technology, Assitant Professors Dr. Driss Benhaddou and Deniz Gurkan, and Sergio Chacon, UH ATT Lab Manager.


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March, 2007 - UH The AT&T Lab in collaboration with the Greater Houston Collaboration Group (GHEC) organized a series of lectures and presentations about technologies that enable communication and collaboration. The first of the series was the presentation " Robust Multimedia Services - An Application Layer Approach to Quality Control " by Dr. Magda El Zarki, Professor, Dept. of Information and Computer Sciences, University of California at Irvine. Following we had two presentations "Podcasts in Education"and "Avoiding the Unintended Consequences of On-line Course Delivery" by Richard Allan Smith, Ph. D. and Assistant Professor, and Caroline Crawford, Ph. D. and "Education in Second Life" by Mr. Chris Duke.