The Department for Computing’s research center has received £10.5m of funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
The Communications Hub for Empowering Distributed Cloud Computing Applications and Research (CHEDDAR) was established with £2m of funding from the EPSRC and aims to research tomorrow’s communications technologies. The hub will bring together researchers, drive innovation in cloud computing systems, and connect Empire experts with the broader academic, business, and international communities.
UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) £70m Technology Missions Fund (TMF) Future Telecoms Mission is supporting the development of technologies that will be essential to future communications networks, such as 6G. CHEDDAR is a Federated Communications Hub with £40m of research investment, working alongside two of his other platforms: TITAN and HASC.
CHEDDAR research strives to investigate and design proofs of concept for 6G technologies that enable interconnection between people and devices at any scale. It is important that these technologies are supported and powered by a communications infrastructure that is safe, secure, reliable and sustainable.
Next-generation technologies such as AI and the Internet of Things do not operate in isolation, but are powered by the communications infrastructure that supports them. CHEDDAR aims to better understand the protocols, optimizations, and network decisions that enable the near-instantaneous connectivity required for a truly digital society. Research on intelligently connected telecommunications management and control, dynamic programmability, and integrated sensing and communication is central, as is reducing energy usage.
CHEDDAR leader Professor Julie McCann said: “The CHEDDAR research program was already ambitious, but with the UKRI/TMF increase we will not only advance core 6G research technologies, but also explore how AI-powered 6G can support ultra-low latency. We can strengthen our research portfolio for applications such as autonomous driving and holography, how networks become sensors, and the implications of security and privacy in this 6G world. We will welcome new academics, stakeholders and industry to the hub through a broad public funding call. ”
Co-researcher Professor Weisi Guo said: “This uplift funding represents an intensive research-intensive effort to identify and synergize the UK’s best research in cloud and distributed computing to enable both future 6G and its application areas. I am.”
“CHEDDAR will develop interdisciplinary innovations across 12 exciting research projects in the thematic areas of 6G: Emergent, Sustainable, and Human-Centered Systems. 6G will integrate new technologies ranging from AI, integrated sensing and communications to 6G.
“Along with other hubs and the UK National 6G Infrastructure Fund (JOINER), it is expected to have a significant impact on critical application areas such as autonomous transport, the metaverse and cyber security.”
The CHEDDAR Hub is led by Imperial College London, and its core partner universities include Cranfield University, Durham University, Glasgow University, Leeds University and York University.
