Empowering Innovation at the Edge

HIVE is an early stage research sandbox where industry and academia establish new hardware paradigms maximizing edge intelligence.

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History of HIVE

HIVE traces its history back to 2014 with the inception of the MIST Center.

Multi-functional Integrated System Technology (MIST) Center

Founded in 2014, the Multi-functional Integrated System technology (MIST) Center is also an NSF I/UCRC. With guidance from its Industry Advisory Board (IAB), the MIST Center leadership envisioned a new center focused on hardware for edge intelligence.

HIVE leverages the MIST Center’s more than 10 years of success through iterative best practices and its extensive network of leading researchers, alumni from three engineering universities, government officials and industry representatives.

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Pre-publication Reports

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HIVE Mentality

Explore our three strategic thrust areas impacting edge intelligence.

Hardware Intelligence

• Low-power switching
• Emerging/quantum computing
• Architecture optimization/specialization
• Custom hardware for AI
• High-density storage
• Reconfigurable Memory

Device Ruggedness

• Harsh environment
• Hardware security
• Strategic vs. opportunistic energy harvesting
• Packaging
• IC and system integration

Data Fidelity

• Saliency detection
• Microconductors
• Metamaterials
• Novel actuators
• Lab-on-a-chip

Our Team

Explore our range of innovative hardware intelligence solutions designed for versatile edge applications.

Toshikazu Nishida

HIVE Center Director and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering

Swaminathan Rajaraman

HIVE Center UCF Site Director and Associate Professor, UCF Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Avik Ghosh

HIVE Center UVA Site Director and Professor, UVA Department of Electrical and Computing Engineering and Department of Phsyics

Faculty Expertise

HIVE draws on the expertise of more than 90 leading researchers at three top universities.

What is an I/UCRC?

The NSF’s IUCRC program generates breakthrough research by enabling close and sustained engagement between industry innovators, world-class academic teams and government agencies.

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Value to Industry

• Access to Industry
• Access to research, results and IP
• Leveraged research dollars

Value to Universities

• Funding
• Industry insight
• Student placement

Value to Government

• Leveraged research dollars
• Network
• Training

Membership Fees

Membership fees are pooled to fund pre-competitive research projects. Members vote to select projects and have access to the entire HIVE Center research portfolio. More than 90 percent of membership fees go directly toward research expenditures.

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Unmatched Value Proposition

Discover how HIVE’s cutting-edge technologies and collaborative research approach can elevate your hardware intelligence and data management strategies.

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Research

• Leverage your money. Access a $1M+ annual research portfolio for only $65,000
• Unlock IP. Enjoy royalty-free, non-exclusive licensing for all center intellectual property.
• Slash overhead. Over 90-percent of industry membership fees go directly toward research expenditures.

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Recruiting

• Discover rising stars with a vested interest in your organization.
• Recruit familiar, proven engineers and scientists.
• Development targeted internship opportunities for our more than 25,000 highly skilled engineering students.

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Relationships

• Join with the right people at the right time at the right places.
• Connect with the HIVE Center’s powerful conglomerate of intellectual minds.
• Build relationships with more than 100 cross-disciplinary research at UF, UCF and UVA.

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HIVE Timeline

August 1, 2024

Strategic Roadmap

Complete a strategic roadmap with industry input to guide the HIVE proposal

August 1, 2024

September 1, 2024

Recruitment

Recruit members and solicit letters of commitment required by the NSF

September 1, 2024

October 1, 2024

Draft Proposal

Prepare a draft proposal for review by faculty and industry members

October 1, 2024

December 11, 2024

Full Proposal

Submit the completed proposal to NSF