technology strategy: ict developing uk capability and creating wealth development of an ict strategy
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Technology Strategy: ICT
Developing UK capability and creating wealth
Development of an ICT Strategy
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Electronics and Photonics
Information and Communication Technologies
Advanced Materials
Bioscience and Healthcare Technologies
Emerging Energy Technologies
Design Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing
Sustainable Production and Consumption
Key Technology Areas
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Today
A brief overview of where we have got to;
Short presentations on key topics;
A reminder of the criteria against which the strategy will be judged;
A chance for us to get your views.
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Consultation to date
Input from 200 players already,
Wider input by end May – please,
Detailed discussion documents can be found at:-
www.dti.gov.uk/technologystrategy
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Definition of ICT
The software and communication services needed to handle data and information including:-
Gathering Storing/Recovering/Maintaining/Managing Transmitting Processing Interpreting Presenting Protecting (in house and in transit)
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The Topics
The following six topics address these tasks
Pervasive systems,
Digital telecommunications,
Inter enterprise computing,
Intelligent systems,
Modelling and simulation,
Cyber security.
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Assessment Criteria
UK’s Capacity to Develop and Exploit the Technology,
Potential for Impact and Timescale,
The Size of the Global Market Opportunity,
A Clear Technology Strategy Board Role.
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Pervasive Systems: Definition
An environment:
with billions of intelligent or pre-programmed devices
in a networked environment, providing people with services and information when, where and how they need it.
Other terms used to describe this future include ambient intelligence, transparent computing and ubiquitous computing
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Pervasive Systems: Drivers
business consumer creative / media environmental facilities
healthcare home industrial power retail transportation
Always on Consumer-centric solutions Invisibility Increasing productivity
Life-enhancing Long-term vision Omnipresent Ubiquity
Potential users …
… demanding
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Pervasive Systems: Recommendations
by 2010 the Technology Programme, with other stakeholders, deploys a 1 million node platform that will allow projects run on it to address the issues of building and operating pervasive systems.
over the 3-5 year period the UK focus should be on collaborative R&D focused on interoperability of pervasive systems and on larger-scale user-trials / demonstrators
a challenge be developed around a concept like “Living and learning in a pervasive world” as a focus for R&D and demonstrators.
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Digital Telecommunications: Definition
Digital communications (telecommunications) is the underpinning technology that will support innovation in, among others
e- health intelligent transport e-commerce, e-government e-learning the digital content sector.
and remote access to all such services.
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Digital Telecommunications: Drivers
The drivers of change include: disintegration, where different economic drivers
in the industry causes pressure to separate, convergence of ICT, and fixed, mobile and
broadcast technologies, globalisation of the internet and competition from
the far east e.g. China, transformational technologies, including UWB, ad
hoc/mesh networks, software radio, all IP networks, Voice over IP, and pervasive ICT.
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Digital Telecommunications: Recommendation
Key observation
The UK needs to focus its efforts on developing the higher levels of the communications stack where the most value is being created and where customer needs can be discussed.
This does not necessarily require DTI funded collaborative R&D, but better co-ordination and exploitation of the existing underpinning research capability.
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Inter Enterprise Computing: Definition
Set of independent resources combined through a unified software system and networking technologies
Provision for dynamic change of independent resources to enable robust and secure capabilities
“ Ability to pool and share IT resources in a global environment in a manner which achieves seamless, secure, transparent, simple access to a vast collection of many different types of h/w and s/w resources through non-dedicated wide area networks, to deliver customised resources to specific applications”
– NSF Cyberinfrastructure
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Inter Enterprise Computing: Drivers
The drivers of change include:
More effective use of resources
Enabling capabilities not afforded in-house e. smaller companies access to large-scale resources for specific peak work – to solve large-scale computing challenges
New business models: outsourcing of computing tasks, utility computing, catastrophe planning, and new model for service provision
Enabling disparate teams to collaborate – e.g engine modellers in France, with wing designers in the US
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Inter Enterprise Computing: Recommendations
Three technology areasVirtualisationWeb ServicesAutonomics
The underlying technology areas will require further development, including in areas of:SecurityReal-time data integrationPersonalizationManagement Tools
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Intelligent Systems: Definition
Intelligent Systems (IS) encompasses:
Cognitive systems Knowledge representation Feature extraction Image processing Natural computing Intelligent Agents
Simulation Real-world analysis Real-time analysis Data mining Data fusion Autonomy & self
management / healing Abnormality detection
Disease management Medical diagnostics Industrial monitoring &
diagnostics Image processing Autonomous vehicle control
eLearning Virtual reality Games – entertainment and
professional training Identity fraud protection Agent applications
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Intelligent Systems: Drivers
Improved security demands– Technologies for identity card applications– Fraud prevention– DRM– Safety systems– Internet filtering
Aging population– healthcare requirements– home living
Accessibility– Restricted access to data and services– Natural language interaction
Information overload Productivity shortfalls
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Intelligent Systems: Recommendations
Requirement for Collaborative Research & Development Projects that bring together R&D and end users:
Applications would be sought which addressed technology development issues within:– Cognitive systems– Natural computing– Intelligent agents– Intelligent image processing– Data mining
and provided applications within:– Intelligent agents within ‘serious games’ and simulations– Applications of ICS within tourism and leisure– Applications within Robotics and Human Interfaces– Applications within financial modelling and trading– Intelligent Transport systems
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Modelling and Simulation: Definition
Modelling and simulation underpin quantitative prediction in support of innovation in products, processes and services, and the acceleration of design cycles.
Modelling is the formulation of mathematical frameworks or ‘models’
Simulation uses analytical and numerical techniques to solve models.
Scope: Applications in all sectors of the economy Established use in aerospace, automotive, energy, process
industries, … Major opportunities in logistics, finance, healthcare, construction,
…
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Modelling and Simulation: Drivers
Drivers of change include the needs for:
modelling business processes; supporting strategic decision-making and capital projects; responding to new regulatory environments; planning for extreme or catastrophic events; exploiting the possibilities of Grid and High-Performance
computing; creating coherence among providers of modelling and
simulation.
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Modelling and Simulation: recommendations
High-profile demonstrator and benchmarking projects to
– develop emerging applications in high-value areas of opportunity, such as financial services, retail, healthcare and construction.
– integrate the provider supply network of university groups, corporate centres of excellence, specialist consultancies, and public sector computing facilities.
Capture case studies of the benefits of a more connected supply network, especially where users move collectively in response to new technology or regulation.
Develop, in conjunction with management schools, the discipline of “mathematics for commerce” to support the growing service sector industries.
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Cyber Security: Definition
Cyber security is the ability to secure electronic ‘cyber’ transactions end-to-end across heterogeneous networks, technologies and information services. It must necessarily consider the security solution holistically involving the end human users engaging in transactions and the supporting network, physical, training and social security measures
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Cyber Security: Drivers
Growth in appetite for devices, consumer services, mobility
Growth in business need Governance, regulation and legislation Decentralisation and de-perimeterization Growth in e-crime and novel tech-enabled crimes Critical National Infrastructure and societal
dependence on ICT IPR, digital rights management and New Media.
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Cyber Security: Recommendation
Develop metrics for threats and protection capability
Cost effective compliance Cost effective risk management Secure software development Trusted applications ID management process governance Human issues in security Anti-malware in mobile devices Seamless security across heterogeneous devices
and networks
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Discussion Point
Are these the right technology priorities, have we missed something?
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UK’s Capacity to Develop and Exploit the Technology
The presence of a UK centre of gravity, both in terms of significant research capability and the capacity for UK-based firms to exploit opportunities.
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Potential for Impact and Timescale
The area in question is sufficiently in flux to require further research and innovation, of a scale likely to have significant impact, and in a timescale relevant to the business community. Competitive activity will be a key benchmark to test whether we are doing the right things in the right place.
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The Size of the Global Market Opportunity
The opportunity to create value added in the UK and/or EEA, taking account of the global market potential
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A Clear Technology Strategy Board Role
The ability of the Technology Programme to add value in a potentially crowded market, and where business may itself be investing considerable resource to achieve its goals, e.g. by identifying and addressing barriers to progress, and to tip it in favour of UK business.
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How to get in touch
Please provide your feedback and suggestions by the end of May
Please direct all comments through:
www.dti.gov.uk/technologystrategy