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TSSG Executive Management• Willie Donnelly

– Director, TSSG• Also Head of Research in WIT

• Mícheál Ó Foghlú– Executive Director Research, TSSG

• Also director of Irish IPv6 Centre

• Barry Downes– Executive Director Innovation & Commercialisation, TSSG

• Also director of 3CS ‐ Converged Communications Services

• Eamonn de Leastar– CTO, TSSG

TSSG is in ArcLabs• ArcLabs: building, centre, idea ‐ a catalyst for innovation

– Combines R&D and Innovation in WIT under one roof– A formal structure in WIT to link research and innovation

• But it’s really about the people (and our track record)– Willie Donnelly et al (Director TSSG ‐ 150 staff/students, 125 projects, 14 companies, 60 jobs in the companies)

– Kathryn Kiely (WIT Manager Industry Services)– Tom Corcoran (Centre Manager, ArcLabs ‐ 21 companies)– Bill O’Gorman (Centre for Entrepreneurship)– Eugene Crehan (SEEPP ‐ 18 participants, historically 130 companies creating 320 jobs regionally)

• TSSG/SEEPP co‐location since 2001 in Confederation House “Research & Innovation Centre” opened

TSSG Research & Innovation• Teaching and Learning (WIT)

Taught Undergraduate and Postgraduate Courses

• Basic Research ‐The Science (HEA & SFI)

Postdocs, PhD students, Journal papers  

• Applied Research ‐The Engineering (EUFP7)Industrial partners, Prototypes, Conference papers 

• Commercialisation ‐The Entrepreneur (EI) Quality‐driven software, Patents, Licensing , Spin‐out, Spin‐in companies

• Commercial Activity ‐ (Separate from TSSG)Customers, VC Investment, Revenue

TSSG Macro Model

TTILO

CompaniesCommercial Experimental Development

Funding  of  projects

Institutional support and internal links

Spin‐out, Spin‐in,and Licencing

Incubation &Training

Enterprise Ireland

RSU CFM CFE

IP

TSSG Organisational StructureOther

Company

EI Client orMultinational

SEEP

P

TSSG Knowledge Management

CF‐POC

Basic and Applied Research

Centre for Converged Services

Validation

Mícheál Ó Foghlú Barry Downes (3CS)

CF‐POC

CORD /Feasibility

Funding

Operations  Infrastructure

& Design

CIMMiguel Ponce de 

Leon

PCSKevin Doolin

CSG

IMIS

ETA

projects78Completed Projects Jan 2009

projects37Active Projects Jan 2009

%75of which TSSG led

projects125Total Projects

Average project  = €450k,  Total = €60 Million 1996‐2009

Staff number = 140 (20 PhDs, 5 Faculty, 12 Postdocs)

Spin‐in/Spin‐Out company job number =  60

Partners = 150 academic & industrial partners working on funded projects

TSSG Funded Project Stats

Other1%

EI29%

EU31%

SFI21

HEA18%

approx 50 projects

approx 50 projects

5 projects

6 projects(4 capital)

Total: €60 M Funding (1996 – 2009)     Total: 125 Projects

A Balanced Portfolio:

• Basic: HEA & SFI (39%)

• Applied: EU (31%)

• Pre-product: EI (29%)

(Basic includes capital expenditure i.e. buildings)

TSSG Funding Mix: All Projects

TSSG Positioning • Basic Research  (HEA, SFI)

One of TOP 3 academic centre's in Ireland in telecommunications:  WIT (TSSG), TCD (CTVR), DCU (RINCE)

• Applied Research (EU FP7)Irish winner of EU FP7 funding ‐ twice nearest competitor

Ranked Top 10 institute in Europe in Future Internet research  (i.e. on a par with Nokia, Ericsson, FhG FOKUS)

Engaged in many EU Technology Platforms at board level

(eMobility, NEM, NESSI)

TSSG Positioning Contd…• Commercialisation (EI) 

One of the top research groups for commercialisation

Leading edge innovation  & technology development in:IMS

Web 2.0

Mobile

Commercial ‘Spin‐offs’ (Separate from TSSG)

Early stage technology clusters emerging based around TSSG work

60 jobs created in ‘Spin‐Off’ companies linked to TSSG

Continue to develop other companies in the marketplace

TSSG Research & Innovation Philosophy

• Research and innovation is non‐linear:good ideas come from ALL parts of an ecosystem ‐ requiring a balance of funding to maintain the flow of the ecosystem

• Equal value across all parts of ecosystem:  basic research, applied research, and commercialisation, build expertise in VC funding and following stages

• Build research teams:utilise non‐traditional staff (professional researchers) inapplied and commercial research  ‐ fight academic norms/assumptions

Stokes’ Pasteur’s QuadrantA detailed Analysis of Vannevar Bush, NSF, OECD Frascati and other ways in which basic and applied research have been split by funding mechanisms, to the detriment of technological innovation.

Stokes, Donald E. [1997] Pasteur's Quadrant: Basic Science and Technological Innovation. Washington D.C., USA: Brookings Institution Press.

Stokes’ Pasteur’s Quadrant

Pure Applied Research

(Edison)

Taxonomies and Tools

Researchers are the users

Use‐Inspired Basic Research

(Pasteur)

Pure Basic Research

(Bohr) Quest for Fundamental understanding?

Considerations for Use ?No Yes

No

Yes

(Adapted from Pasteur’s Quadrant: Basic Science and Technological Innovation, Stokes 1997, p. 73).

TSSG Industrial Engagement• Multi‐national (examples)

– Ericsson, IBM, Cisco ‐ partners SFI SRC FAME– Intel ‐ partners EU FP7 projects

• Irish Indigenous (examples)– Eircom, Rococo, Mobile Aware ‐ partners EI ILRP– Meteor, Druid ‐ partners IMS Testbed

• TSSG Spin‐out (examples ‐ see next slides)– Headway, Zolk C, Feedhenry

• TSSG Spin‐in (examples ‐ see next slides)– MUZU

Headway Wins ‘Jolt Award’

The 'Oscars” of Software Development Industry Honor Innovation & Technological

Achievement

Winner: Structure101 for Java

JOLT AwardSan Francisco

Zolk C

MUZU

Feedhenry

Carrier SDP & Web services

Layer

Contact Details TSSG Offices: TSSG  (Waterford, Ireland) Headquarters

ArcLabs Research & Innovation Building

WIT West Campus, Carriganore

Co. Waterford,   Ireland

TSSG  (California, USA) Investment/VC Network

101 California Street

Suite 2450

San Francisco

CA 94111 , USA

TSSG  (Dublin, Ireland) Customer Meetings 

Digital Depot, Roe Lane

The Digital Hub

Dublin 8,  Ireland

Mícheál Ó Foghlú

Executive Director Research

TSSG, WIT

mofoghlu@tssg.org

+353 51 302963 (w)

+353 86 8044640 (m)

Barry Downes

Executive Director 3CS

TSSG, WIT

bdownes@tssg.org

+353 51 302932 (w)

+353 87 9075535 (m)