WISPER NSF IUCRC
Wireless Innovation towards Secure, Pervasive, Efficient and Resilient NextG Networks
Pioneering transformative NextG wireless and networking technologies
The NSF IUCRC for NextG Research
WISPER is a Center founded on the National Science Foundation Industry-University Cooperative Research Center (IUCRC) model by Virginia Tech, George Mason University, and The University of Arizona, and facilitated by the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative, to pioneer transformative NextG wireless and networking technologies.
Mission
WISPER will coordinate a concerted effort between academia and industry to bring transformative research on NextG wireless and networking technologies, founded on world-class faculty, cutting-edge research facilities, and workforce development. WISPER aims to:
- Grow U.S. competitiveness and innovation capacity in NextG wireless by developing close, sustained partnerships among leading industry innovators and world-class academic researchers.
- Identify key drivers and barriers across societal and technological requirements and catalyze breakthrough pre-competitive research to enable secure, pervasive, efficient, and resilient NextG.
- Contribute to the emerging North American vision for the next generation of networks, coordinated by the Next G Alliance.
- Train a workforce that is prepared to tackle complex NextG challenges.
- Conduct breakthrough, pre-competitive research with social and economic impact in four key research thematic areas.