Carlos Caicedo is the director of the Center for Convergence and Emerging Network Technologies (CCENT).

The mission of the Center for Convergence and Emerging Network Technologies (CCENT) is to understand the future of networking technologies and to engage students and faculty in the process of defining and shaping that future. The Center’s research is interdisciplinary and applied, focusing on the management and use of networks and communication as well as relevant public policy and industrial organization issues. The Center serves three distinct constituencies: it is intended to provide a platform for faculty research on digital convergence and networking; to provide experiential learning for graduate and advanced undergraduate student teams; and to serve as a mutually beneficial learning interface between networking technology industries and the School of Information Studies (iSchool).