Collaborating with the Institutes of Technology

ISA/ISIN Seminar on the Business Case for Collaboration between Academia and Industry

Andrew Brownlee

19th June 2013

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There has been significant development of research and innovation capability over the last few years...

46 specialist research groups or centres

521 researchers and support staff (all actively engaged with research)

665 postgraduate research students

€250mn in research funding generated between 2006 and 2011

33% for mostly collaborative research in ICT related areas

Increased proportion of funding drawn from European Programmes

15 on-site innovation and incubation centres which provide dedicated

space, support, facilities and access to research expertise for up to

300 new and growing companies at any one time

Over 1,000 innovative new businesses have been supported by the IoTs over

the last few years

The experience in starting and growing businesses ensures real market focus

to all of our RDI activities

Run New Frontiers, the largest start-up programme in the country, with a spin-in

effect apparent in driving innovation capability in new enterprises

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Research centres of scale and expertise have developed around ICT specialisms...

Strand 1

Investment

Capability

Development

Industry

Solutions

Scale &

Impact

Strand 1 supported 10

postgraduates under

PIs Dirk Pesch, John

Barrett, Martin Hill,

Susan Rea and Martin

Klepal

Strand 3 supports project

led by Dirk Pesche on

Adaptive Wireless Systems

and John Barrett on Smart

Systems Integration

PRTLI 5 funds NIMBUS

centre which brings these

two areas of expertise

together with TEC to

focus on embedded

electronic systems

Enterprise Ireland support

Technologies for Embedded

Computing (TEC) Centre

under Applied Research

Enhancement programme

SFI TIDA award secured by

Martin Klepal research around

support for radiolocation

systems

Collaboration with 75 Irish

companies to date

20 formal invention

disclosures, 3 licenses

and 2 patents

€14.7mn in funding

between 2006-10

Includes 700k from

EU, 370k from

industry and 500k

philanthropic

7 Senior Research

Fellows, 1 Fellow, 7

postdocs, 13

Research Assts, 20

PhD, 2 technical, 3

admin & 1 manager

8 Books/book

chapters

112 International

conferences

28 journal pubns

Development and Application of Embedded Systems

Research Capability in CIT

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The IoT key research capabilities are closely aligned with National Priorities and offer scope for further collaboration...

Future

networks

& comms

Data

Analytics

Managmt

Security &

Privacy

Digital

Platforms,

Content &

Applicatns

Connected

Health &

Independt

Living

Medical

DevicesDiagnostics

Therapeutic

Synthesis,

Formulation

Processing

& Drug

Delivery

Food for

Health

Sustainable

Food

Production

&

Processing

Marine

Renewable

Energy

Smart

Goods &

Smart

Cities

Manufactg

Technology

Processing

Technology

& Novel

Materials

Innovation

in Services

& Business

Processes

Athlone Institute of

Technology

Institute of Technology

Carlow

Cork Institute of

Technology

Dundalk Institute of

Technology

Galway-Mayo Institute

of Technology

Institute of Technology

Blanchardstown

Institute of Technology

Tallaght

Institute of Technology

Sligo

Limerick Institute of

Technology

Letterkenny Institute of

Technology

Institute of Art, Design &

Technology

Institute of Technology

Tralee

Waterford Institute of

Technology

SRI (SUNAT) MRI

STORC (CASALA)

TSSG(FAME/3CS)

SMRC (ICBC)

BRI

MFWRC

BIOEXPLORE(MEDIC)

CiSETGMedTech

GameCORE EnviroCORE

CREDIT

NIMBUS (TEC) CAPPA

DesignCORE

ITSGNSCFRG

CASH (CREATE, MICRA)RFTC

CIDS Shannon ABC

Shannon ABC/CELLS

MCP/SEAMPMBRC

GOG/CIMMS

CCTA CPCCCTA

MBRR Sustainability/CfDIGRG

WiSAR/Epicentre CAMBIO

REMEMBER

RIKON

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Future

networks

& comms

Data

Analytics

Managmt

Security &

Privacy

Digital

Platforms,

Content &

Applicatns

Connected

Health &

Independt

Living

Medical

DevicesDiagnostics

Therapeutic

Synthesis,

Formulation

Processing

& Drug

Delivery

Food for

Health

Sustainable

Food

Production

&

Processing

Marine

Renewable

Energy

Smart

Goods &

Smart

Cities

Manufactg

Technology

Processing

Technology

& Novel

Materials

Innovation

in Services

& Business

Processes

Athlone Institute of

Technology

Institute of Technology

Carlow

Cork Institute of

Technology

Dundalk Institute of

Technology

Galway-Mayo Institute

of Technology

Institute of Technology

Blanchardstown

Institute of Technology

Tallaght

Institute of Technology

Sligo

Limerick Institute of

Technology

Letterkenny Institute of

Technology

Institute of Art, Design &

Technology

Institute of Technology

Tralee

Waterford Institute of

Technology

SRI (SUNAT) MRI

STORC (CASALA)

TSSG(FAME/3CS)

SMRC (ICBC)

BRI

MFWRC

BIOEXPLORE(MEDIC)

CiSETGMedTech

GameCORE EnviroCORE

CREDIT

NIMBUS (TEC) CAPPA

DesignCORE

ITSGNSCFRG

CASH (CREATE, MICRA)RFTC

CIDS Shannon ABC

Shannon ABC/CELLS

MCP/SEAMPMBRC

GOG/CIMMS

CCTA CPCCCTA

MBRR Sustainability/CfDIGRG

WiSAR/Epicentre CAMBIO

REMEMBER

RIKON

The IoTs are now looking to industry, EU and international collaboration to drive further development in key areas...

ICT

networks,

software

and

systems

Pharma,

Medical

devices

and

diagnostics

Food,

marine

and

biotech

Manufact’g,

Materials

and green

technology

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We have also attempted to make our research expertise more accessible to industry through website profiles and case studies...

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One of the most notable products of the development of capability has been the establishment of EI funded ARE/Technology Gateways...

• Enterprise Ireland

funded Technology

Gateways in IoTs

(4/12 relevant to

ISA)

• Model that engages

SMEs in innovation

for 1st time &

deepens research

partnership

• Typifies flexibility &

responsiveness

which underpins

approach to

research &

innovation across

IoTs

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It is this flexibility and responsiveness which has allowed the development of strong partnerships with industry...

ICT networks, systems & software

Manufacturing, materials & green tech

Pharmaceuticals & medical devices

Food marine & biotechnology

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Vidatum Technologies and IADT working in partnership around user interface design...

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Vidatum Technologies provides IT solutions and technology

management to educational institutions

Flagship product Vidatum Academic helps institutes publish online profiles of

researchers, showcase research achievements and measure research outputs

Keen to promote product in UK market, with user interface design key

to competitive advantage

IADT focus on convergence of creativity, technology & enterprise

Significant expertise in interface design and usability

Used EI innovation vouchers to get IADT to reconfigure layout & flow

of tasks for user & test usability

Produced product significantly more attractive to target market

Immediate success in securing new Irish clients

Now proactively targeting UK market

Basis for long-term research and innovation partnership

The partnership illustrates the value of using small focused innovation voucher projects to deliver real business value...

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The development of Zolk C also highlights how collaboration can drive business growth...

Spin-out from Waterford Institute of Technology

Located in ArcLabs at WIT

as incubator

Company expands with base established in

Canada and 500k VC investment to facilitate

move into North American market

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As well as facilitating industry access to national innovation funding the IoTs can also help lever access to EU Framework Programmes...

Strong focus on Research for the Benefit of SMEs in FP7

Shorter term project durations (2 years) and reduced consortium partner

requirements typically 5-10.

Typical Budget of €0.5 m to €1.5m, 100% Funded for RTD partners, 75%

Funded for SME partners with 65% pre-financing

Ran very successful mentoring programmes for researchers and their

SME partners

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Many of our FP7 projects developed via small focused initial engagements like ROTABOT in Tralee…

Innovation

Voucher

€5,000

EI Feasibility

Study

€15,000

Development

of a Next

Generation

Robotic Milking

Parlour

Initial problem-solving around

manufacturing process

FP7

R4SMEs

€1.6million

Innovation

Partnership

€160,000

Feasibility study on auto-

washer re-design to

reduce water, detergent &

energy consumption

Product

development to take

solution to market

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Please contact me if you require any further information…

Andrew BrownleeDirector of Research, Development and InnovationInstitutes of Technology Ireland1st Floor, Fumbally SquareFumbally LaneDublin 8Tel. 00353 1 708 2953Mob. 00353 876203405 E-mail: andrew.brownlee@ioti.ieTwitter: andrewbrownlee7