Infosys will fund the Centre for Research and Educaiton in Advanced Software Technologies (CAST) on the USC campus. CAST will facilitate joint research and education in such areas as software architecture, service oriented architecture and information integration, intelligent systems and agents, mobile wireless systems, sensor networks and CAD frameworks and tools for hardware and software.
The agreement will explore a model of interaction in research, education and training in areas of interest to both Infosys and USC. The collaboration will include joint research, bilateral visits by researchers, student internships and distance education among other activities.