Princeton’s School of Engineering and Applied Science has launched a corporate affiliates program as part of its NextG Initiative to create collaborations with industry leaders and policymakers in the development of next generation intelligent networks across wireless, backbone networking and cloud systems.
American Tower and Crown Castle joined the inaugural class of the corporate affiliates program, which included Ericsson, Intel, InterDigital, MediaTek, Nokia Bell Labs, Qualcomm Technologies, Samsung Research America and Vodafone. These companies will receive academic research work from Princeton students and faculty members and put it to work in the real world.
“The membership-based program aims to increase the flow of knowledge and innovation between industry and academia and to engage policymakers to ensure the greatest impact of these advances,” said Andrea Goldsmith, Dean of Princeton’s School of Engineering and Applied Science.
The NextG Initiative, which was formed by Princeton in 2023 to accelerate the adoption of new technologies, covers a range of research areas, including cloud and edge networks, intelligent sensing, terahertz and sub-terahertz communication, security and privacy, and network resilience.
“Our NextG program aims to foster those deep collaborations around wireless technology, as well as policy, that are required to drive meaningful innovation and global leadership in an era of rapid change,” Goldsmith said.
By J. Sharpe Smith, Inside Towers Technology Editor
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