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Naren Ramakrishnan, DAC director and professor of computer science.[/caption] DAC director, Naren Ramakrishnan, takes part in a

VT Engineering

team leading a three-year, $1.4 million

National Science Foundation (NSF)

grant to develop a new planning framework for smart, connected, and sustainable communities.  The team wants smart cities to features zero energy, zero outage, and zero congestion.  They are utilizing big data and interdisciplinary technology as tools to meet that goal.  Click

here

to read more about the project.