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Overview of TSSGOverview of TSSG(revised Feb 2011)(revised Feb 2011)
Waterford Institute ofTechnology (WIT)
• WIT is a state-sector, university-level college fundeddirectly by the Irish government, originally founded 1969.
• Wide range of vocationally oriented courses, which leadto internationally recognised awards at bothundergraduate and postgraduate levels.
• Delegated authority from NQAI to award its ownqualifications (to PhD level in Science) within thisframework.
• Over 10,000 students of which 6,500 are full-time andover 4,000 are part-time.
TSSG Research & Innova1on• 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
• CommercialisaDon -‐The Entrepreneur (EI)Quality-‐driven soMware, Patents, Licensing , Spin-‐out, Spin-‐in companies
TSSG Balanced EcoSystem
TSSG Funded Projects
Total Projects 154 projects
of which TSSG led 73 %
AcDve Projects Jan 2011 34 projects
Completed Projects Jan 2011 120 projects
Average project = €396k, Total = €61 Million 1996-‐2010Staff number = 120 (20 PhDs, 5 Faculty, 12 Postdocs)Spin-‐in/Spin-‐Out company job number = 60Partners = 425 in 35 countries -‐ academic & industrial partners working on
funded projectsEnterprise Ireland InnovaDon Vouchers = 52 from 2007-‐2010 ** Not counted as projects -‐ small scale €5k engagements with Irish SMEs
• Basic Research (HEA, SFI)One of TOP 3 academic centre's in Ireland intelecommunica1ons: WIT (TSSG), TCD (CTVR), DCU(RINCE)
• Applied Research (EU FP7) Irish winner of EU FP7 funding -‐ twice nearest compe1tor
Ranked Top 10 insDtute in Europe in Future Internetresearch (i.e. on a par with Nokia, Ericsson, FhG FOKUS)
Engaged in many EU Technology Plaborms at board level
(eMobility, NEM, NESSI)
TSSG Posi1oning
TSSG Posi1oning Contd…
• CommercialisaDon (EI) One of the top research groups for commercialisaDon
Leading edge innova1on & technology development in: IMS
Web 2.0
Mobile
Commercial ‘Spin-‐offs’ (Separate from TSSG)
Early stage technology clusters emerging based around TSSG
60 jobs created in 14 ‘Spin-‐Out’ and ‘Spin-‐In’ companieslinked to TSSG (since 2001)
Con1nue to develop other companies in the marketplace
TSSG Research & Innova1on Philosophy
• Research and innovaDon is non-‐linear:good ideas come from ALL parts of an ecosystem -‐ requiring abalance of funding to maintain the flow of the ecosystem
• Equal value across all parts of ecosystem:basic research, applied research, and commercialisaDon,build exper1se in VC funding and following stages
• Build research teams:u1lise non-‐tradi1onal staff (professional researchers) inapplied and commercial research -‐ fight academicnorms/assump1ons
TSSG Standards and Memberships
TSSG Research
Sample Projects Basic and Applied
FAME
FAME Strategic Research Cluster (SRC) will develop autonomic managementsolu1ons incorpora1ng new seman1c analysis techniques, that can beapplied to build federated network and service management systems thatunderstand changes in the environment and coordinate their ac1ons toreconfigure network resources and services to effec1vely deliver services onan end-‐to-‐end basis.
www.fame.ie
TSSG NGN Test Centre
TSSG has setup a NEW interna1onalNext Genera1on Networks (NGN) testcentre for services and infrastructure,using carrier-‐gradetelecommunica1ons equipmentprovided by Ericsson Ireland Ltd.
hhp://www.ngntestcentre.com/
4WARDThe 4WARD project is looking to the newarchitecture and design for the FutureInternet and has set itself the task ofcrea1ng a new approach to networkingarchitecture that is more flexible andbeher adapted to present and futurerequirements.
www.4ward-‐project.eu
* IP EU FP7 ICT
Panlab II
PII addresses the need for large-‐scaletes1ng facili1es in the communica1onsarea by implemen1ng an infrastructurefor federa1ng testbeds.
www.panlab.net
* IP EU FP7 ICT
SOCIETIES• Societies: Large FP7 IP led by TSSG
“Creating an integrated Community Smart Space(CSS), which extends pervasive systemsbeyond the individual to dynamic communities ofusers.”
• www.ict-societies.eu
TSSG Research
Sample Commercial Projects
1) hhp://www.headwaysoMware.com
The 'Oscars” of Software DevelopmentIndustry Honor Innovation & Technological
Achievement
Winner: Structure101 for Java
(March 2008)
JOLT Award San Francisco
2) hhp://www.zolkc.com
• Sunday Telegraph, 24th February 2008“It was all a long ,me ago, but the voices and images
conjured by the new ,me machine at Culloden lingerhaun,ngly in the memory.”
3) hhp://www.muzu.tv/
4) hhp://www.feedhenry.com
5) hhp://www.zimbie.com
6) hhp://www.gomonews.com
Testimonials
Final Remarks
• 15 Year track record, EUR 61 Million 1996-‐2010• Strong integra1on with WIT teaching (especially MSc(taught) Communica1ons SoMware)
• Strong Basic Research and Research Student trackrecord: 28 MSc (research), 5 PhD graduated; 21 PhDenrolled
• Strong Applied Research network with links par1cularlyin EU27
• Strong CommercialisaDon culture
• Happy to answer any ques1ons
Ques1ons?
TSSG Offices:
TSSG (Waterford, Ireland) Headquarters
ArcLabs Research & Innova1on Building
WIT West Campus, Carriganore
Co. Waterford, Ireland
TSSG (Dublin, Ireland) Customer MeeDngs
Digital Depot, Roe Lane
The Digital Hub
Dublin 8, Ireland
Mícheál Ó Foghlú
ExecuDve Director
Research
TSSG, WIT
+353 51 302963 (w)
+353 86 8044640 (m)
Barry Downes
ExecuDve Director
InnovaDon and Commercial
TSSG, WIT
+353 51 302932 (w)+353 87 9075535 (m)
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