NSF IUCRC WISPER

The Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI) plays a major role in WISPER, an Industry-University Cooperative Research Center (IUCRC) focused on pioneering transformative 6G wireless and networking technologies.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded funding to the partnership between Virginia Tech, the University of Arizona, and George Mason University, and facilitated by CCI, to create WISPER (Wireless Innovation towards Secure, Pervasive, Efficient and Resilient NextG Networks), which is the first NSF IUCRC devoted to 6G research.

The WISPER research center will coordinate a concerted effort between academia and industry to bring transformative research on 6G wireless and networking technologies.