David Hutches, Director, Engineering Computing, Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California, San Diego

David Hutches is the Director, Engineering Computing, Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California, San Diego.

As such, he's been involved with a number of past and on-going research projects, including some sponsored by the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology, also known as Calit2.

One of those projects is the CyberShuttle, described in this Calit2 briefing paper, "CyberShuttle Enables Mobile High-speed Internet Access," and reported on in this NetStumbler.com re-purposing of an article by Cheryl Meyer that originally appeared on Wi-Fi Planet (here) entitled "CyberShuttle: Mobile Hotspot On Campus."

David Hutches spoke today, February 28, 2005, with Modern Transportation World about the origins, operations, and implications of the Calit2 CyberShuttle and about other, related issues involved in the rapidly-evolving wireless space.

Of particular note in this conversation were his comments about the fruitfulness of interdisciplinary research teams as a means of exploring the wireless space and developing new and innovative concepts for its use.

Another form of collaboration much in evidence in the projects with which Mr. Hutches is involved is that between academia and the private sector, facilitating interchange between which is the raison d'etre of Calit2.

During his interview, Mr. Hutches commented on the possible unwiring of the new Los Angeles County Metro Rail Orange Line through the San Fernando Valley, which has been previously covered on Modern Transportation World in an article dealing with potential Orange Line passengers being "onboard and online" like those already using the UCSD/Calit2 CyberShuttle.

You can listen to David Hutches' enthusiastic, detailed, and compelling discussion of the latest wireless research now going on at UCSD in its entirety by clicking here.

A major point made during this conversation was that communicating about the innovative research and deployments being pioneered at UCSD plays an important part in accelerating the future development of wireless and related technologies. For that reason, everyone visiting this article is urged to communicate about it to their friends and colleagues at their convenience.

Just send them a link to:

http://www.etopiamedia.net/mtw/pages/mtw6-5551212.html.