Applied Network Research (ANR) was created in the early 1990s to encompass projects at the boundary between network research and infrastructure. It presently focuses on collaborative interdisciplinary and multi-institutional research, development, and deployment related to wireless infrastructure, sensor networks, and data visualization. Its current main activities center around the High Performance Wireless Research and Education Network (HPWREN) infrastructure and networked sensors, with a focus on building collaborative cyberinfrastructure for research, education, and public safety activities.

