Suresh Subramaniam Is the Lead PI on a $500,000 NSF Collaborative Grant Awarded to GW and MIT

Prof. Suresh Subramaniam is the lead PI on a $500,000 NSF collaborative grant awarded to GW and MIT for the project “WDM-based ultra-scale data center networks: architectures and control algorithms.” Conventional data center network architectures use power-hungry electronic switches and struggle to keep up with bandwidth demands as data centers scale in size to hundreds of thousands of servers. This project aims to explore novel alternative architectures for data center networks that are based on several optical switching technologies. The project also involves two key (unfunded) partners, Microsoft—which will share its expertise and data from operating large data centers—and Infinera, a company that designs and manufactures optical components and systems. GW and MIT will each receive $250,000 from the grant.