Digital Enterprise Research Institute – Connecting with Industry
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Digital Enterprise Research Institute
Digital Enterprise Research Institute –
Connecting with Industry
Mr. Michael Turley, CEO
[email protected] October 2009
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DERI - Some Statistics
• Located at the National University of Ireland, Galway
• Founded June 2003 as a CSET (Centre for Science, Engineering and Technology) funded by SFI (Science Foundation Ireland)
• Status August 2009: about 120 members and growing
• Largest Semantic Web Research Institute in the World
– Research Publications > 550. Participate in 12 standardisation groups
– Over 70 PhD’s /Masters in the pipeline
– 2 Professors, 14 Post Docs (PI’s) and 15 Research Assistants. Others are support
• Core Industrial Partners:
– MNC’s: Cisco, Nortel, Ericsson, Fidelity…
– SME’s: Storm, Celtrak, Cyntelix, Slidepath……
• Total Research Grants: about €48 million from SFI (€33m) EU Framework (€10m), EI (€5m), Industry (€1m)
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DERI – What DERI does
• Research and Applied Research i.e. SFI, EU, EI
• Produces PhDs and Masters
• Business Development - Project Acquisition and Delivery
• Finds Industry Partners for Projects
• IP and Licence generation
• Bizstart – Spin outs/ins and potential CEO engagement
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Our Mission and Vision
DERI Galway’s vision is “to be recognised as being among the leading international web science research institutes interlinking technologies, information and people to advance business and benefit society”
The Mission of the Digital Enterprise Institute is“to exploit semantics for
•People•Organisations•Systems
to collaborate and interoperate on a global scale”
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Getting to work: The DERI House
Semantic RealitySocial SemanticInformation Spaces
• Web 2.0 and collaborative systems• Semantic Web• Web Science• Linked Data
• Sensor Networks• RFID• Mobile computing• SOA
• eBusiness & Financial Services• Health Care & Life Sciences• eLearning• Telecommunications• eGovernment• eScience
Application-Oriented Research Domains
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DERI – Research Approach
• Academic Research– Go beyond state of the art– Publish and contribute to Standards
• Industry Collaborations– Joint projects (SFI, Enterprise Ireland, EU, Companies)– Patents and Licensing
• Open Source Prototypes– Social Semantic Information Spaces (SIOC)– Social Semantic Desktop– Global Sensor Networks
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Opensource - Adoption of SIOC
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DERI - ECOSYSTEM
DERI LAB– bridging the gap between research and industry
DERICore
INDUSTRY-LED PROJECTS
DERI LABDERI LAND
END USERS
DERI LAND: A network of companies exploiting joint opportunities with DERI – aka “Semantic Galway Bay”
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DERI – Academic and Industry Engagement model
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DERI – Funding mechanisms
SFI - Funding for a 5 year period multiple projects in 1 plan
• 2 yearly reviews by an International panel• Must have Industry partners (DERI has 8)• Industry Partners must contribute 25% of funding (36% for
DERI)• Governance Board must include Industry Partners (4 on DERI
Board)• Collaborative Research agreement that covers IP and
Commercialisation• The Consortium has its own IP Committee
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Enablingnetworkedknowledge
CSET – Industry Partners
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DERI – Funding mechanisms
EU - Funding by Project
• Funding typically for 3 years
• Multiple European academic and industry partners
• Consortium agreement that covers IP and commercialisation
EI – Funding by project
• Funding typically for 18 months to 3 years
• Single or multiple Irish industry partners
• Project agreement covers IP and commercialisation
Private Industry – Funding by Project
• Typically 12 to 18 months
• Single industry partner
• Industry Partner owns IP
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Selected Enterprise Ireland Projects
• eLite– Enterprise Ireland ILRP, ~ 3 Million Euro over 3 Years, 8 Irish eLearning companies in consortium
• MAARS– Scaleable financial fund management solution, EI Commercialisation funded – Spin Out early 2010
• Firefly– Time based eLearning environment, EI Technology Development with commercialization planned
• Sedici– Zero-knowledge proof security in Fair Rights Management, Investor found – at business plan stage
• Pegasus– Semantic Search in Sharepoint (Storm Technologies)
• PPePR– Plug and Play Electronic Patient Record system – Licenced to Irish start up (Slidepath)
• Widgelix– Widget Platform (Cyntelix)
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NUIG - The Technology Transfer Office (TTO)
What the TTO does:
• IP filing and patenting
• Project Proposal assistance e.g. legal
• External Contract and Licencing deals
• Entrepreneur seeding programmes e.g. CCP and Business potential reviews
• Individual Spin Out deals
• Services the Start up Incubation space
• EI Mentorship Programmes e.g. Business Partner
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The TTO Business model
IDEA
RESEARCH
Proof of Concept
DEVELOPMENT
Technology Development
Industrial Led Research Programs
Innovation Partnerships
MARKET PLACE
Commercialisation Plus
Commercialisation of Research & Development
Patent Fund Patent Fun d Patent Fund
Industry/third level Linkages
TechnologyLicensing
Business/TeamDevelopment
Product Definition
Market/ Competitive analysis
Building Networks
Intellectual property strategy
IncubatorSpace
INDUSTRY
Key
= Financial Supports
= Non Financial Supports
IDEA
RESEARCH
Proof of Concept
APPLIED RESEARCH& DEVELOPMENT
Technology Development
Industrial Led Research
Programs
Innovation Partnerships
MARKET PLACE
Commercialisation Plus
Commercialisation of Research & Development
Patent Fund Patent Fund Patent Fund
Industry/third level Linkages
TechnologyLicensing
Business/TeamDevelopment
Product Definition
Market/ Competitive analysis
Building Networks
Intellectual property strategy
IncubatorSpace
INDUSTRY
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The GAP
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DERI – Governance
Governance
There are three key groups that are involved in the governance of DERI:
– Oversight Board
– Scientific Advisory Board
– Senior Executive Committee.
DERI Oversight Board
• The Oversight Board provides governance, guidance and advice to the centre to ensure that its activities are consistent with its vision, goals and management plan.
• Representation from NUIG, Industry Partners, other Academic Institutions, other business representatives, DERI management
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DERI - Governance
DERI Scientific Advisory Board• Provides scientific and technical guidance, advice and evaluations on the strategic direction and
performance of DERI.
• Identifies opportunities and promotes DERI when possible and appropriate.
• Represenation from international research bodies. Member of the Board is Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the Internet
DERI Senior Executive Committee (SEC) • The SEC ensures the effective running of the CSET operations, including management of the following
activities: Scientific, Administrative, Financial, Business Development, Outreach, Knowledge Transfer, Human Resources, and Organisational Development, and External Relationships.
• The SEC’s membership consists of the CEO, Director and Vice Director, and Operations Manager