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The Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology Creating Wealth through Research and Innovation Godfrey Gaston ECIT Operations Director. Overview September 2004. Background - QUB. In past 20 years QUB has created over 50 spin-out companies - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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OverviewSeptember 2004
The Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology
Creating Wealth through Research and Innovation
Godfrey Gaston ECIT Operations Director
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Background - QUB• In past 20 years QUB has created over 50 spin-out companies
• UK no 1 university for spin-off company revenues - £90M p.a.
• No 2 after Cambridge in terms of jobs created
• Leading Knowledge Transfer Programme in UK
• Extensive involvement with InvestNI over many years supporting FDI activity
• Developed the vision that led to the creation of the NI Science Park• Previously a derelict site on H&W Shipyard• 1500 new jobs created on Science Park since 2004• Generating at least £60m pa, ( est. £13m PAYE p.a.) to local economy• Significant numbers of other jobs in wider economy
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Institute of Electronics Communications and Information Technology
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ECIT Background
• Project began April 1st 2003 – initially £37M over 6 years – InvestNI - £8.5M – Department of Education and Learning - £5.5M– QUB £24M commitment over first 5 years
• £18M in new Research funding since
• ECIT building opened in September 2004 flagship for Northern Ireland Science Park
• Now houses around 160 people
• QUB researchers plus 21 early stage companies
• Also new £30M Centre for Secure Information Technologies
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The NISP estate 2007The Legacy Building
The site for The Concourse
The Pump-House
ECIT
The Innovation Centre
White Star House
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International Advisory Board
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Mission
“To stimulate major opportunities for economic growth, by pioneering future directions and innovation in key areas of advanced technology through the integration of complementary research expertise in a world-leading facility”.
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Approach to Innovation
Ideas Money
Research
Innovation
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Research Commercialisation
Globally Leading Research
New advanced technology Products and Business Opportunities
Professional Business
Infrastructure
Senior Industry
ExperiencedEngineers
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Key Attributes - Combining Research with Economic Development
• Globally leading research - in carefully selected areas that provide new exciting and potentially disruptive market opportunities
• Critical mass of innovative industrial and academic partners – aligning opportunity with key research expertise – Membership scheme/ international advisory board– Research links with industry and universities world-wide with comparable interests
• Work with industry - share longer term road-maps
• Over-the-Horizon” research in areas with strong market potential relevant to expertise – NOT “Me too” R&D
• Ambitious, “mission and team orientated” research that addresses major real-world problems
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Key Attributes - Combining Research with Economic Development
• Essential not to compromise speculative “blue –skies” research
• Senior Engineering Staff with many years in high tech industry in addition to university research staff in the same environment.
• Bridge the gap between novel ideas and industrial application
• An “Open Innovation” Environment – Inflows and outflows of knowledge to/from collaborators used to
accelerate the innovation process
• New thinking/New Paradigm
• New support mechanisms
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Mission Driven Grand Challenges
Examples
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WP2. Multimodal Sensor System
WP1. System integration, user interaction and results exploitation
WP6. Re-usable implementation software toolkit
WP3. RF Modelling and counter measures
WP4. Multimodal dialogue management
WP5. Opportunistic, self-organising, wireless network development
Figure 1: ISIS System and Work Packages
ISIS: Intelligent Surveillance Sensor network for Public Transport
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Centre for Secure Information Technologies
Anything that can be connected and would benefit from being connected will be connected
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Institute of Electronics Communications and Information Technology
You see things and say “Why?” but I dream things
that never were and say “Why not?”
George Bernard Shaw
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Dr Godfrey GastonCSIT Director
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CSIT Mission
• To be the UK’s National Centre for Innovation and Knowledge Transfer in Secure Information technologies – globally connected
• Build on existing UK international industrial capability (global market currently £50bn p.a.)
• Radically change the way UK university based research, innovation and industrial commercialisation are coupled
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CSIT Overview
Information Security CSIT - MAP
Systems Integration
People Security
Enabling Technologies e.g. Cryptography, Classification, Content Inspection, Video Analysis, RF Scanning etc.
Digital Media Public
Transport
Connected Health Financial Services
Event Security (e.g. Olympics)
e-Businesses
Home Security
Public Records
Counter Terrorism
Data Security Systems
Network Security Systems
Intelligent Surveillance
Systems
Wireless Enabled Security Systems
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Strategic UK importance
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£30M Funding – 5 years
• EPSRC (UK Government)– £4.7M research programme– £2.2M Core research staff
• Technology Strategy Board– £2.5M Core commercialisation support
staff• Industry
– To £7M cash and in kind• QUB
– £8.8M • InvestNI (Economic Development Agency)
– £5.4M targeted
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Enterprise/Professional Education
• Entrepreneur in Residence Scheme (UK, US, EU) – mentors assigned to PoC teams etc.
• Enterprise Forum – business plan presentations to entrepreneurs, business
leaders etc
• Courses in entrepreneurship and business skills in Engineering
• Coupling of ECIT/CSIT with MBAs • Masters in Entrepreneurship – practical based
• Masters in Electronic Security
• QUB Innovation Lectures/Chief Executives Club – International Business Leaders
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University links - Some examples
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Grand Challenge Themes
• Convergence of physical and information security
• As applied to:– Security in a hyper-connected world– Secure corridors– Cloud computing
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Open Innovation Process
DIRECTOR
Operations & Finance
IP and External
Contracts
Business Development Executive x 2
ProjectMgrGC1
Commercial Director
Academics,Post-docs,
PhDs:QUB & Other
Partner Universities,
eg UCL, Bristol, RHUL
InterestedMember
Companies
DSS
NSS
WESS
ISS
Thales
AirwaveSolutions
Other
WP1
WP2
WP3
WP4
WP5
WP6
WP7
WP9
Grand Challenges: Hyperconnected World & Secure Transport Corridors
ProjectMgrGC2
BAE
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Outcomes Metrics Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Total
Research outputs Research income (£)Publications Keynotes
University engagement
Partnership agreementsJoint proposals
Industry engagement
Full membersAssociate membersContract research (£)Industry delegates trainedIndustry researcher visits
Knowledge transfer
Licensing dealsSpin outsSpin ins (new)IP donationsPatents filed
Financial performance
Total income (inc. IKC) £
Economic activity Jobs created
Metrics
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Working with CSIT
• CSIT Membership• PhD Student sponsorship• Contract research• INI programmes• Knowledge Transfer Partnership• FP7 EU proposal
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CSIT Membership
• Full (£30k) and Associate (£5k) levels of membership• Full membership
– Seat on CSIT Industrial Advisory Board• Guide and oversee research agenda• Define project areas• Set training agenda
– Early access to results• Early sight of IP with commercialisation potential
– Up-front license to use results for internal use– Leadership position at CSIT meetings/colloquia
• Network potential– Access to facilities – Leverage potential
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Summary
• QUB long reputation of innovation and entrepreneurship
• ECIT playing a leading role in innovation– Excellence in research and commercialisation
• CSIT to take this to the next level
• Consistent with recent UK government review on national centres.