Project Grant 2504469
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $540,000 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) for the "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: NETS:MEDIUM:RACK-SCALE DISAGGREGATION AND CONSOLIDATION OF NETWORK FUNCTIONALITIES" project. This collaborative research initiative explores the benefits of network disaggregation in data centers by pooling network functionalities into a system layer...
- This $300,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) supports research at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) on developing consolidated data plane management tools for network functions (NFs). The project aims to design efficient algorithms and data structures to automatically manage the deployment and resource usage of multiple co-existing NFs, which are crucial for managing...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) provides $370,495 to the University of Texas at Austin to develop "NICOS", a new operating system designed to transform programmable network interface cards (NICs) into efficient, shareable resources for multi-tenant cloud computing environments. Key objectives of the 5-year project include: Designing novel abstractions and runtime management...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) provides $600,000 over 3 years to the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) to develop a next-generation framework for in-network lookup engines. The project, titled "NETS: SMALL: Develop Core Techniques and Applications of Learned and Disaggregated In-Network Lookups," aims to replace traditional hash functions with machine learning...
- This Project Grant award of $287,308, issued by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) federal grant program, supports research on a new data center architecture called "resource disaggregation." The project aims to leverage application-level semantics, such as memory access patterns and data object ownership, to improve the cost-efficiency and performance of resource disaggregation in cloud and data center...
- This three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems provides $1.2 million to develop a granular, scalable and secure network functions virtualization (NFV) framework for high-performance packet processing at 100 gigabits per second and beyond. The Regents of the University of Minnesota, through its Office of Sponsored Projects Administration, will deliver a new NFV platform to support investigator-initiated research and education in...
- This $500,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) supports the development of a prototype for a load-balancing switch that uses a weighted-cost multi-path scheme to distribute and load-balance workloads in science data center networks. The project aims to overcome limitations of current software-based load balancers and provide accelerated, high-speed load balancing capabilities using...
- This $300,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program supports the "EAGER: ACCELERATING SCIENCE ACROSS BORDERS WITH NEXT-GENERATION SMARTNICS/DPUS" project. The project aims to enhance international exploratory research by strategically deploying next-generation smart network interface cards (SmartNICs), specifically data processing units (DPUs), at four existing international fabric sites. This...
- This $206,097 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) aims to develop virtual laboratories and instructional resources on the use of advanced network interface cards known as "smartNICs" in cyberinfrastructure. The project will create hands-on virtual labs and companion materials, such as guided experiments and interactive booklets, to educate cyberinfrastructure professionals,...
- The University of Washington received a $205,296 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems under the federal Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070). The grant supports research to develop a new programming model for energy-efficient packet processing in network interface cards. The project aims to streamline and improve network input/output and energy efficiency for data-intensive applications in today's data...
This $540,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program supports a collaborative research effort between the University of California San Diego and the University of Washington. The project, titled "Collaborative Research: NETS:MEDIUM:Rack-Scale Disaggregation and Consolidation of Network Functionalities," aims to develop a rack-level disaggregated network solution called NetFusion. NetFusion consists of a pool of programmable network interface cards (NICs) or SmartNICs that can execute network tasks on behalf of end-host applications, enabling the consolidation and statistical multiplexing of networking demands. The project will address challenges in realizing this vision, such as supporting safe and fair sharing, addressing both long-term and short-term traffic needs, and providing fault tolerance and resource allocation across the SmartNIC pool. The goal is to optimize network-intensive data center applications used by billions of people daily by leveraging the benefits of network disaggregation.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $148.0k | 9/12/25 | ||
| Not listed | $392.0k | 7/24/25 |