HP Labs: Innovation Research Program (IRP) - 3-page abstract submission

3-page abstract submission. IRP sponsors collaborative research with HP on a range of topics. Funding: typically in the range $50K-$75K, renewable up to 3 years at HP's discretion. Multiple proposals from one researcher ARE accepted. Research topics for 2012:
Cloud & Security
Topic 1: Cloud Platforms and Services
Topic 2: Security for the Enterprise and the Cloud Information Analytics
Topic 3: Analytics for the Enterprise
Topic 4: Intelligent Storage -- Big Data, the Cloud and New Technologies
Topic 5: Live AnalyticsIntelligent Infrastructure
Topic 6: High Performance Computing in Cloud
Topic 7: High Performance Electro-Optic Materials
Topic 8: High Radix Photonic Routers
Topic 9: Nanophotonic Coherent Optical Sources Mobile and Immersive Experience
Topic 10: Client/Cloud Multimedia Computing
Topic 12: Novel Sensors and Associated Applications for Mobile Devices
Topic 13: Immersive Displays and Immersive Environments Nanoelectronics
Topic 14: CeNSE
Topic 15: CMOS-nanoelectronics Hybrids for Terascale ICs Printing and Content Delivery
Topic 16: Distributed Personal Archives
Topic 17: Material Appearance Characterization and Reproduction for Soft Proofing (MACREP)
Topic 18: Multimedia Understanding, Composition and User Analytics
Topic 19: Numerical Simulation of Plasma Discharges Services Research
Topic 20: Research in Support of Enterprise 2.0
Topic 21: Social, Human-focused Processes in the Enterprise
Topic 22: Research in the Dynamic Support of Future Business Environments
Topic 23: Technologies for Distributed Enterprise Services
Topic 24: Research in Support of Vertical Services Social Computing
Topic 25: Attention Allocation in Information-rich Environments
Topic 26: Mobile Services for Personalized and Localized Information Access Sustainability
Topic 27: Sustainable Ecosystems
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