Kevin
Short stands before a trajectory used in chaotic compression,
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UNH
Spin-Out Wins NHIRC Grant to Develop Next-Generation Video Compression
Research
With New UNH Center Also Has Homeland Security Applications
By Bob
Emro, CEPS
Chaoticom Technologies, the R&D division of the University of
New Hampshire’s first spin-out company, has received a $50,000
grant from the N.H. Industrial Research Center (NHIRC) to develop
the next generation of video compression technology.
Chaoticom
Technologies will match the grant with in-kind support. The Durham-based
division is part of Groove Mobile, formerly known as Chaoticom and
based in Andover, Mass. It is headed by UNH Math Professor Kevin
Short, who discovered cupolets—the new class of nonlinear
waveforms in chaotic systems which lies at the heart of the company’s
compression technology.
UNH math Professor Marianna Shubov, co-director of UNH’s new
Center for Dynamics Research, will collaborate with Short. Besides
video compression, they will also investigate new audio compression
technologies as well as new tools for signals and security analysis.
“The signals analysis tools have applicability well beyond
music and video compression, especially in homeland security applications,”
said Short, co-director of the Center for Dynamics Research. “Capabilities
such as these have already attracted the interest of Northrop Grumman.
It gave the center a $25,000 grant last December and we expect further
cooperation with Northrop and other companies in the future.”
Three student researchers are already at work on the project, and
the Center for Dynamics Research hopes to add more in the future.
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