Nano-Tera - Engineering the Future

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Swiss Research Program

Engineering Multi-Scale Systems

in Health and the Environment

Engineering the Future

Giovanni De Micheli

Program Leader


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Nano-Tera.ch

A very successful Swiss research program

funding large collaborative multi-discipline projects

aiming at the engineering of complex systems

for applications in the domains of Health

and the Environment


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Mission

Research, Design & Engineering of complex tera-scale systemsusing nano-scale devices and technologies

Main application domains are Health and Environment,

with Energy and Security as transversal support areas

Develop new markets

Improve living standards

Better the quality of health and environment Foster a vision of engineering with social objectives

Promote related educationl programs

Foster research and crossbreeding of technologies


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Why Nano-Tera.ch ?

Major innovation is likely to happen at the intersection

of disciplines

Need large research groups

Need multi-discipline competence

Collaborative research is effective in Switzerland alsobecause distances are small

Leverage combined expertise of the Polytechnics, Universities,

Research Centers and Hospitals

Funding size and long-term objectives enablechallenging projects

Unique opportunity in Switzerland

Interaction with industry and end-users


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Nano-Tera.ch evolution

First phase: 2008-2012

Research and develop enabling technologies and

experimental systems

Second phase: 2013-2016 Integrate new technologies into systems, demonstrating the

possibilities of new products and markets

Third phase: 2017-2020

Consolidation of results and deliverables of those projects thathave a strong societal and industrial impact


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Nano-Tera.ch: key figures 2008-12

75 projects

15 MCHF/year in cash + ~15MCHF/year institutional matching

31 Swiss research institutions involved

155 research groups

~700 researchers

~180 PhD thesis supported

~ 575papers published

~ 1000presentations

Current reporting period (2012) TOTAL since beginning of the program

Journals,

books

Conf.

ProceedingsTotal

Journals,

books

Conf.

ProceedingsTotal

RTD 2009 48 69 117 144 133 277

RTD 2010 44 77 121 82 147 229

RTD add-on 1 3 4 1 3 4

NTF 6 10 16 14 36 50

SSSTC 6 915

6 915

105 168 273 247 328

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Large projects by theme

Health

Security

Environment

QCrypt

X-Sense

OpenSense

NanowireSensor

PlaCiTUS

TecInTexNexray

IrSens

GreenPower

LiveSense

CMOSAIC

CabTuRes

i-IronIC

NutriChip MIXSEL

SImOS

ISyPeM

SelfSys

PATLiSci

19 RTD projects

3-4 years


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31 Swiss participating institutions(2008-2012)

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ETH-Board

Parto

f

OPET(BBT

)

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SUK

/CUS


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Distribution of research groups


Node size ~ Nb. of involved research groups Line size ~ Nb. of collaborations

155 research groups

31 institutions


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Node size ~ Nb. of involved research groups Line size ~ Nb. of collaborations

155 research groups

31 institutions


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Nano-Tera strategic action to foster Sino-Swiss research collaborations within Nano-Tera.ch thematic areas

November 2010: Exploratory phase

Great interest for the Nano-Tera concept

from major Chinese research institutions

in the fields covered by the program

Shenzhen institute of Advanced Technologies,

Shanghai Institute of Microsystem

and Information technology,

Shanghai Jiao Tong University,

Fudan University,

Wuxi Center of Internet of Things

Spring 2011: Joint call with SSSTC(Sino-Swiss Science & Technology Cooperation)

for Sino-Swiss collaborative projects

(Pilot Grants)

6 projects selected for about 1.5 MCHF

October 2011 September 2012

Chine

se

Ins

titutions

Peking University

University of Science and Technology

of China, Suzhou

Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics

Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology

Partner Institute for Computational Biology,

Shanghai Institute for Biological Sciences

Partnership with China (2011-2012)


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Nano-Tera.ch: key figures 2013-16

18 large projects (+~5 large projects to be allocated)

4 small projects (+~4 small projects to be allocated)

13 MCHF/year in cash + ~13MCHF institutional matching

28 research institutions involved as Co-PIs

>100 research groups

3 strategic actions:

Increasing usability of sensor-generated data

Pervasive Health

Thermal-aware design for energy-minimal datacenters

2 transversal actions:

International collaboration

Technology transfer


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28 Swiss participating institutions(Phase 2)

Parto

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ETH-Board

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OPET(BBT

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SUK

/CUS

Federal Institute of Metrology METAS

REMSMED AG


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Node size ~ Nb. of involved research groups

Distribution of research groups (Phase 2)


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Initial Phase

Second Phase

Topic distribution


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Conclusions

Nano-Tera.ch is a very successful research program

It integrates most of the Swiss top researchers

Provides framework for large collaborative projects

Tangible high impact results in the fields of Health, Energy and

the Environment

We look forward to the next four years of success!


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Mark your calendars!

Nano-Tera Annual Meeting 2014:

May 20, 2014

Swiss Convention Center, EPFL


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