NexGeN Lab (CDM-009)
NexGeN Lab is documented in the DePaul Resource Map as center at DePaul University, Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media, School of Computing, Loop. Documentation is partial or indirect, so the listing is treated as likely current. Networking and IoT research lab for information-centric networking and tactile internet themes. Access: 🟡 Yellow — Needs an appointment or affiliation.
Summary 🟡 ~
- College / school: Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media
- Sub-unit: School of Computing
- Campus/Location: Loop
- Last Verified: July 1, 2026
Access (availability): 🟢 Green — open or routine · 🟡 Yellow — appointment or affiliation · 🔴 Red — restricted · ⚪/⚫ White/Black — not yet classified
Verification: ✓ confirmed · ~ likely · ? needs review · ✕ archived
Description & capabilities
Networking and IoT research lab for information-centric networking and tactile internet themes.
Access status
- Access: 🟡 Yellow — Needs an appointment or affiliation
- Rationale: NexGeN Lab is associated with a faculty page; no public access policy or open hours for lab systems were found.
- Access URL: www.depaul.edu/news/inaugural-innovation-day-2020
- Contact name: Sharief Oteafy
- Contact email: soteafy@depaul.edu
- Verification date: 2026-07-01
- Source URLs:
- www.depaul.edu/news/inaugural-innovation-day-2020
- www.depaul.edu/faculty/sharief-oteafy
Verification
- Status: ~ Likely current
- Rationale: Documented from an archived institutional source. primary source: https://www.depaul.edu/news/inaugural-innovation-day-2020
- Last verified: 2026-07-01
- Evidence:
- Sharief Oteafy discussed his project, "Next Generation Networking NexGeN Lab," which will establish the very first Internet of Things lab on campus. (https://www.depaul.edu/news/inaugural-innovation-day-2020)
- Supplementary lab reference: https://www.depaul.edu/faculty/sharief-oteafy
Equipment
Find this resource from the Equipment catalog or site search by instrument or lab name.
| Category | Specific equipment |
|---|---|
| Networking and wireless testbeds | IoT and information-centric networking testbeds |
| Electronics benches and prototyping | IoT development kits |
Source: CDM resource map (May 2026). Last verified: July 29, 2026.
Contacts (resource-level)
- Website: Sharief Oteafy (NexGeN Lab)
- Email: Sharief Oteafy
Last verified: May 28, 2026.
People & contacts
Named contacts when publicly documented.
- Sharief Oteafy (Faculty lead) — soteafy@depaul.edu · Profile
Source URL
Official links and email are listed under Contacts above.
Documented Relationships
Related to DeMobile testbeds and external networking partners.
Related listings
- None explicitly linked yet.
Notes
Lab profile. Internal AGIF award GRA-878 (Next Generation Networking Lab: NexGeN, $100,000, FY 2018-2019, PI Sharief Oteafy) names this facility in the ORS AGIF appendix — evidence in archived institutional source; grant→facility edge GRL-017.