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NREN: Towards Creating Prosperous & Smarter Societies December 10, 2014 e-AGE 2014, International Connectivity of the Pan Arab Network 10-11 December 2014, Muscat, Oman Slide 2 Strategic Vision After Oil Strategic Vision for UAE To achieve a long-term sustainable, prosperous & productive lifestyle after oil for UAEs next generations Slide 3 Introduction & Vision Requirements for Achieving Smarter Cities A.Leadership & Innovation B.Smarter Society Eco-System 1.Education: UD as an Example 2.Research & Business Development (R&BD)- Innovation & Entrepreneurship 3.ICT Infrastructure: NREN (Ankabut: A Project for R&E) C.Future Trends My Speech Slide 4 Leadership & Innovation Leadership & Innovation Slide 5 I want you, young leaders, to be lions and work towards leading lions, who initiate, suggest, debate and achieve. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Leadership for Innovation Slide 6 Thinking is progress. Non-thinking is stagnation of the individual, organization and the country. Thinking leads to action. Knowledge without action is useless and irrelevant. Knowledge with action, converts adversity into prosperity. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Former President of India Leadership for Innovation Slide 7 We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things not because they are easy but because they are hard. - John F. Kennedy Leadership for Innovation Slide 8 "Leadership is a function of knowing yourself, having a vision that is well communicated, building trust among colleagues, and taking effective action to realize your own leadership potential." Prof. Warren Bennis Leadership Skills Source: Jon Boyes, Employability and Graduate Development, University of Exeter Slide 9 Management is doing things right, leadership is doing the right things (Warren Bennis and Peter Drucker) Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality Warren Bennis Warren Bennis, Author of: On Becoming a Leader Peter Drucker: Author of: Innovation & Entrepreneurship Peter Drucker Warren Bennis Leadership for Innovation Slide 10 The job of the leader today is not to create followers. It is to create more leaders Ralph Nader Leadership for Innovation Slide 11 In a Smart City Citizens are placing increasing demands on leaders.. Leaders must innovate across services to meet and exceed citizen expectations For the first time in human history the majority of the worlds population lives in urban areas. WorldBank.org 3 billion people half the worlds population live in cities Two-thirds of all people will live in cities by 2050 Almost 180,000 people move into cities each day Source: IBM Slide 12 A leader should have a vision A leader should know how to plan to reach the vision A leader should be ambitious and innovative A leader should lead by example A leader should empower A leader should enable (provide necessary tools) A leader should produce leaders A leader should be bold A leader should think out of the box Leadership Characteristics Slide 13 Education Towards Innovation Education Towards Innovation Slide 14 Innovation Eco-System Meeting the Trends Education A Trained Workforce Instill a love of subject in the young students Instill a love of subject in the young students Ease them towards subject related higher education Ease them towards subject related higher education Encourage pursuit of advanced degrees in subject related fields Encourage pursuit of advanced degrees in subject related fields Bold Imaginative Action Oriented Creative Made Locally Sold Globally Basic & Applied R&BD Innovative Breakthroughs Enable Academic and Private sector research institutions Enable Academic and Private sector research institutions Create an environment that facilitates breakthrough thinking applied to real- world issues Create an environment that facilitates breakthrough thinking applied to real- world issues Encourage Government, Academia & Industry Collaboration in UAE Encourage Government, Academia & Industry Collaboration in UAE Fund Applied and Basic Research in the subject area Fund Applied and Basic Research in the subject area Incubation & Startups Commercial Success Fund Govt. and Private incubators, incubatees and startups Fund Govt. and Private incubators, incubatees and startups Create a framework of support for transforming ideas to commercial success Create a framework of support for transforming ideas to commercial success Ensure Home Grown knowledge creation and market acceptance Ensure Home Grown knowledge creation and market acceptance Knowledge creation is not restricted to technology: Book: to be sold globally Literature: global standards Art: performed or done in UAE exported abroad Technology: made in UAE as per global standards Cinema: produced in UAE watched globally Medicine: produced locally & treated globally Industry: innovating in UAE competing globally Franchising: Boutique, Restaurant, etc Slide 15 University of Dubai An Example of Quality Education Slide 16 www.ud.ac.ae College of Laws College of IT College of Business Administration Center of Executive Development Slide 17 Research & Business Development- Innovation & Entrepreneurship Research & Business Development- Innovation & Entrepreneurship Slide 18 R&BD: A Value-Added Concept Towards Innovation Element One Element Two Element Three Academia Culture Industry Identify the constituents Plan for activities and events to change & adapt the R&BD culture Find research areas applicable to all the constituents Collaborate with local & international institutes for technical creation Set mechanisms for knowledge transfer initiatives (e.g labs, R&BD, BTIC, etc) Identify industrial needs & requirements Link them with the academia Create the R&BD Culture: Through well prepared Strategic plans & actions R&BD Constituents Private Element Four Government is a very essential constituent to initiate funds and create the culture Government Element Five The private sector should play the role of what is known in the industry as: Partner, VC or CSR, (Corporate Social Responsibility) Slide 19 "Never underestimate the value of an idea Every positive idea has within it potential for success if it is managed properly Innovation & Entrepreneurship Slide 20 The biggest risk is not to take the risk Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid You miss 100% of the shots you didnt take You miss 100% of the shots you didnt take Innovation & Entrepreneurship Slide 21 The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it Innovation & Entrepreneurship Slide 22 Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value. -Albert Einstein Innovation & Entrepreneurship Slide 23 Understanding A Success Story The Success Recipe of Silicon Valley: 1.Universities and R&BD: Stanford University & UC Berkeley 2.Skilled Knowledge Workers: Graduates of the aforementioned universities 3.Early Adopters: US military were too willing to buy new and unproven products 4.Service Infrastructure: Interconnected network of firms such as law firms, investment banks, recruitment agencies, marketing agencies, accountancy firms and other highly specialized service providers 5.Available Venture Capital: By 1974 there were more than 150 VC firms in Silicon Valley 6.Complementary Organizations: Outsourcing is easy & possible Source: Sand to Silicon, Jeffrey Sampler & Saeb Eigner Slide 24 ICT Infrastructure Ankabut: An NREN Project Idea & Concept Design: By Eesa Bastaki ICT Infrastructure Ankabut: An NREN Project Idea & Concept Design: By Eesa Bastaki Slide 25 Ankabut an NREN Project Idea & Concept Design: Eesa Bastaki Vision: Create an opportunity for the UAE to be a global leader in Research and Education. Mission: Provide Leading Edge Network Infrastructure to centers of Learning and Research within the UAE to foster collaboration and co-operation between them. Provide for connectivity with peers at the international level to effectively participate and collaborate in research activities. The Name: The name proposed for the UAE Research and Education Network is ANKABUT. ANKABUT means Spider in Arabic. Slide 26 Ankabut an NREN Project Ankabut has 26 institutional members and applicants with connections to over 70 campuses throughout the UAE. Advisory Board Members Slide 27 ANCHOR Slide 28 BASN Ankabut: Possible R&BD Areas of Interest Wireless Technology Security and Encryption Broadband Technology Satellite Communications Wireless Sensor Networks Body Area Sensor Networks (BASN)* Next Generation Wireless Communications Next Generation Internetworking Software Engineering E-Health Applications Areas of vital National Interest *Source: University of Virginia-Engineering Slide 29 Anakbut: ICT R&BD in Medicine Internet of Medicine (A Special Case of IoT) Healthcare Telematics (ICT) Medical Records & Archiving Medical Warehousing (Reporting & Data Analysis) Digital Imaging Telemedicine Medical Virtual Reality (Ankabut) Mobile Medicine Smart Medicine (MEMS & NEMS) BASN (Body Area Sensor Network) Slide 30 Ankabut Virtual Reality Slide 31 Future Technologies The technology that is miniaturizing, converging, integrating, going beyond the imaginative boundaries, penetrating the unknowns and emerging to unprecedented scientific innovations Eesa Mohammed Bastaki Slide 32 Mobile Towards 5G 1.Design of radio networks taking into account both energy efficiency and spectral efficiency 2.Base station processing is moved to the Internet cloud (C-RAN approach) 3.Moving from cell-centric toward device-centric (cognitive) and focus on the needs of user terminal 4.More intelligent terminals that are capable of mitigating interference and communicating directly with other devices without network assistance 5.The adoption of new technologies such as massive MIMO, full duplex technology and machine-to-machine communications Source: IEEE Communications Magazine, February 2014, Volume 52, No, 2 Slide 33 Machine IQ Machine Intelligent Quotient 1.Thinking humanly, i.e. to be conscious of thinking 2.Acting humanly, i.e. to make decisions and take actions by applying evolved moral reasoning, as well as appear to be human- like in the action 3.Thinking rationally, i.e. processing information in a rational manner 4.Acting rationally, i.e. producing outcomes that comply with rational reasoning Source: Turing Dreams Slide 34 Machine IQ Machine Intelligent Quotient 1.Television 2.Coffee Maker 3.Refrigerator 4.Air Condition 5.House 6.Car 7.Road Navigator 8.Phones 9.Any Device Slide 35 35 Improved Connectivity Source: Dr. Khaled Ben Letaief, HKUST, 2012 Slide 36 36 Communications: From Person-to-Person to Machine-to-Machine Source: Dr. Khaled Ben Letaief, HKUST, 2012 Slide 37 Fortune Favors the Bold Fortune Favors the Bold By Lester Thurow I have Ambitions For Innovations The Future Favors the Bold The Future is what our imagination Leads us to The Future is What We Create Now And the Imagination of the Future is Limitless Slide 38 Who are the learned? They who practice what they know. The ink of the scholar is more holy than the blood of the martyr. Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) I have great knowledge towards innovation Slide 39 ... THANK YOU Dr. Eesa Bastaki President, University of Dubai eesa@ud.ac.ae eesa@bastaki.ae