Skoltech Overview

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The MIT-Skoltech Initiative
Building the Future of the Skolkovo
Institute of Science and Technology
Overview
➜ MIT is enthusiastic about Skoltech’s vision, mission and concept.
➜ MIT is working closely with Skoltech to help build its faculty, students,
research, education, entrepreneurship and innovation, and
administrative structures and programs.
➜ We encourage others to join and help Skoltech in this effort.
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Skoltech Mission and Vision
➜ MISSION
➜ To have educational, scholarly and economic impact in the Russian
Federation and around the world,
➜ By educating leading graduate students and conducting research
programs to address key challenges in science, technology,
engineering and innovation,
➜ Using a fusion of exceptional talent, and building the university to be
an integral part of the Skolkovo innovation ecosystem.
➜ VISION: Bridges from Science to Innovation
➜ Research with both a firm foundation in fundamental research and a
consideration for innovation that bridges functions to bring ideas to
impact
➜ Education for innovation that grounds students in fundamentals and
the innovation process, so that they can be leaders in bridging ideas
to impact
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Skoltech Concept
➜ CONCEPT
➜ Creation of the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology
(Skoltech) in Russia—an independently-governed, researchintensive, graduate university integrating science, engineering,
technology, and innovation
 KEY COMPONENTS: Triple Helix
 Graduate educational programs organized around broad themes
rather than traditional academic disciplines, integrating science and
engineering
 Multi-university, multi-disciplinary research focused on important
problem areas
 Industrial impact by integrating education, research, and practice in
entrepreneurship, innovation and commercialization
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Skoltech—Integrating Education, Research,
and Innovation
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Research with a Consideration of Innovation
➜ GOAL
➜ Discover new ideas and develop new technologies that address the
pressing needs of members of society and society as a whole, and
which build upon fundamental science and technology, yet are guided
by a consideration for innovation
➜ STRATEGY: Create at least 15 Centers for Research, Education, and
Innovation (CREI)
➜ Collaborative efforts partnering Skoltech with
Each center funded
both international and Russian institutes
at $6-12m USD/year
(universities and Russian Academy of Sciences)
➜ Concentrated excellence in one of five strategic
themes, solving real problems in biomedicine,
energy, IT, nuclear, and space
➜ Building capacity at Skoltech and attracting top
talent
➜ Integrating education and accelerating innovation
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Skoltech Center for Entrepreneurship
and Innovation
➜ Engage Skoltech with industry,
both existing and new (startups)
➜ Adapt and implement best practice
models, policies, and mechanisms
from MIT and elsewhere at
Skoltech
➜ Education and student programs
➜ Administrative and interface
functions
➜ Commercialization paths
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Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
MIT Skoltech Initiative:
Collaboration Framework and People at MIT
➜ MIT has committed the energy, attention, and time of faculty, senior
administration, key offices, and staff to the collaboration.
➜ 35 staff, led by 10 faculty: the core of the MIT Skoltech Initiative
➜ MIT headquarters: Building E70, 12th Floor, Cambridge, MA 02139
➜ Over 70 additional faculty across MIT, with senior administrators
from Technology Licensing, Sponsored Programs, Campus Planning
and Design, VP Research, School of Engineering, Center for
Entrepreneurship, and many other key offices and departments
throughout MIT.
➜ Working closely in collaboration to create and build up Skoltech as a
new, unique, world-class research university in Russia.
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MIT Skoltech Initiative—2012-2013 Highlights
➜ Lead partner in design and establishment of Skoltech
➜ Administration structure, governance, leadership
➜ Skoltech faculty recruiting and development
➜ Advice on campus planning and laboratory design
➜ Design and transfer of graduate MS and PhD degree programs
➜ Core master’s degree curricula in 5 program areas
➜ CREIs contribute to advanced curricula development in multiple tracks
Administration
& Faculty
Education &
Students
➜ Design, and participate in a subset of, joint research centers (CREIs)
➜ Build Skoltech through globally distributed research centers that create
presence and capacity in research connected to education and innovation
➜ Establish Skoltech as a leader through joint research with
Research
international and Russian universities and institutions
➜ Create a culture of entrepreneurship and innovation at Skoltech
➜ Education & students: cross-cut or shared degree requirements, clubs,
business plan competitions, venture mentoring
➜ Administrative functions and mechanisms: Technology Licensing
Office, Office of Sponsored Programs, Industrial Liaison Program…
➜ Commercialization paths: innovation research funding as step in the
pipeline leading to Techopark startups, venture funding, etc.
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Entrepreneurship
& Innovation
Administration and Operations
MIT experience &
know-how connected
to Skoltech
Collaboration office
opens at MIT
2011
Outstanding initial
board with Russian,
MIT, and international
leaders
Skoltech Board of
Trustees recruited
Capacity built in
administrative
skills at Skoltech
First MIT immersion
(ACEP) training of
senior Skoltech staff
Attract staff, serve
as university model
39 initial
policies
drafted
2012
Search for key
Skoltech officers
Executive VP, Senior VP for
Research & Innovation
hired (Fall 2012)
2013
MIT campus design
& EHS advising
Ensure campus
facilities will function to
enable world-class
research and education
at Skoltech
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Operating plan,
financial model,
organization structure
Business model, ramp-up plan
at Skoltech
Skoltech Staff Training at MIT:
Administrator Capacity Enhancement Program (ACEP)
1
Grant Administration
Office of Sponsored Research (OSP)
2
Intellectual Property Protection/Licensing
Technology Licensing Office (TLO)
Industrial Outreach
Industrial Liasion Program (ILP)
Entrepreneurship Programming
Venture Mentoring Services (VMS)
Deshpande Center
Martin Trust Center
Graduate Student Support Services
Dean for Student Life (DSL)
Graduate Student Council (GSC)
Graduate Student Office (GSO)
(Others TBD)
6
Environmental Health & Safety
Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S)
7
Information Technology
Information Services and Technology (IS&T)
Finance
Office of the Vice President for Finance (VPF)
Human Resources
Human Resources (HR)
Fundraising/Development
Resource Development
Communications/Events
Office of Institute Affairs:
Institute Events/News Office
(Others TBD)
3
4
CEI Areas
MIT Host Office(s)
Original Functions
Administrative Function
9
10
MIT
Exec VP
Areas
8
Additional Functions
5
11
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Faculty
By July 2012, 400
applications, 20
interviews at MIT
International Skoltech
faculty recruitment
launched
2011
780 total applications
through December;
50 interviews planned
for early 2013
20+ MIT faculty, 9 FFF, and 3
firms recruit top candidates;
First faculty hired at Skoltech
Skoltech faculty search committees
established; expanded for CREI
director/senior faculty search
2012
Fall round of
Skoltech faculty
applications
2013
First 3 Skoltech faculty begin
faculty development program
(FDP) posting at MIT
First Skoltech Founding
Faculty Fellows recruited
(17 total)
Experts from around the world
engaged by Skoltech for
advice and network-building
Customized FDP design
to build careers of
Skoltech faculty
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Initial design of
MIT/Skoltech
postdoctoral program
Recruitment effort
launch in 2013
Faculty—International Search and Recruiting
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Faculty—International Search and Recruiting
More than 25 MIT faculty, Skoltech faculty, and Skoltech Founding Faculty Fellows
serving on search committees for junior and senior faculty, CREI director searches.
Faculty Search
Committee
Biomed
Energy
E&I
IT/Hardware
Nuclear
IT/Software
Space
Faculty Search “Pipeline”: first round (early 2012)
Faculty Search “Pipeline”:
second round (2012–2013)
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Skoltech Faculty Development at MIT
➜ Skoltech Faculty Development Program (FDP) at MIT:
➜ Research collaboration
➜ Participate in Skoltech/MIT
curriculum & education
development
➜ Entrepreneurship and
innovation development
50 new
Skoltech
Faculty
Hires
Master’s and PhD educational
programs at Skoltech
…
Join/teach in education
program at Skoltech
1st year posting
Move to Skoltech
at MIT
2-year collaborative
research project
with MIT faculty host
…
Join a Skoltech
CREI
Skoltech
Center for
Research,
Education &
Innovation
Time
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…
Faculty Development Program—
Skoltech Faculty Engaged at MIT
Year-Long Posting at MIT
1. Education/
Teaching Skills
12.S680/16.S899 Spring
2013: Space Physics, Space
Environment, and Space
Hazards
Yuri Shprits, Kerri Cahoy
16.89J/ESD.352 Spring
2013: Space Systems
Engineering
Jeff Hoffman,
Alessandro Golkar
15.S12 Spring 2013
SSIM: Systems Optimization,
Models, and Computation
Brian Anthony,
Victor Lempitsky
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2. Research
Collaboration
& Mentoring
(Two-year
joint research
with host MIT
faculty)
3. Develop
Innovation,
Entrepreneurship,
Leadership
Skills
Education
Skoltech education
outcomes identified to
meet Russian needs with
world-class standards
Skoltech Educational
Outcomes Workshop in
Moscow
2011
Skoltech best practices
developed as model for Russia
Skoltech educational quality
assurance system initiated
2012
First courses in IT
and Energy ready to
be taught at
Skoltech in fall 2013
New and adapted
Skoltech courses
piloted at MIT
2013
Russian undergraduate education interface
visit & workshop at MIT
Influence Russian undergraduate
engineering education reform, to prepare
students for Skoltech graduate education
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Skoltech learning outcomes,
degree requirements, academic
year structure defined
Learning outcomes for first
Skoltech master’s programs
(IT, Energy)
Skoltech Master’s and PhD Education
➜ Education is deeply entwined with Research and Innovation
➜ Skoltech education depends on both MIT core/E&I and advanced tracks with CREIs
➜ MIT also engaged in some Skoltech CREIs in order to help develop/transfer Skoltech curricula
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Organizing Streams of a Skoltech Master’s Program
Scientific and Technical Specialization, Knowledge and Experience
➜ Provide solid foundation of the scientific and engineering fundamentals
Sector, Knowledge and Experience
➜ Orient the students to how a sector works, and how innovation works in the
sector
➜ Technical aspects of the sector
➜ Ecosystem aspects of a sector
Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Knowledge and Experience
➜ Orient the student in the process of, provide skills for, and experience with
innovation—so that graduates know how to innovate and are prepared to
take the risks necessary to be successful
➜ Innovation, Design, Manufacturing, Entrepreneuring
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Curricular Elements in a Skoltech Master’s
Program
Scientific and Technical Specialization, Knowledge and Experience
➜ ~8 courses
➜ Research project in CREI (~2 course equivalent)
Sector, Knowledge and Experience
➜ ~2 courses
➜ Development project in sector-based entity
(~2 course equivalent)
Capstone
Thesis
(prior project + ~4
course equivalent
extension)
Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Knowledge and Experience
➜ ~3 courses
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Education—2013 Goals/Plans
➜ Delivery of first classes at Skoltech
(IT & Energy) in Fall 2013
➜ MIT faculty/staff to assist in teaching
5 of these first 6 courses at Skoltech
2013
Fall
Spring
2014
Fall
Spring
2015
Fall
Spring
2016
Fall
Spring
Energy – Track 1
➜ Pilot and transfer courses for
Spring 2014 at Skoltech
Academic Programs
IT – Track 1
➜ Define, develop and pilot Biomed
and Manufacturing courses (to
start delivery in Fall 2014 at
Skoltech)
➜ Host Skoltech Biomed Year 0
students at Skoltech partner
universities, including MIT (Fall ’13)
Energy – Track 2
IT – Track 2
Mixed Programs (e.g., Energy + IT)
Bio – Year 0
➜ Pilot the Manufacturing and Product
Realization program (Fall ’13) with
Skoltech students hosted at MIT
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Bio – Track 1
Internal Candidate Doctoral Program
Space Year 0
Space
Nuclear, Y0
Nuclear
Students
13 MIT students travel with
Skoltech for entrepreneurial
student recruiting (Moscow,
St. Petersburg, Kazan univ.)
First student exchange through
MISTI-Russia program
2011
Skoltech students absorb classes
and E&I culture
Inaugural Skoltech master’s students
spend 2012-2013 academic year at
MIT, ICL, HKUST, ETHZ
2012
2013
Skoltech admissions
campaign launched
First Skoltech
student selection
weekend
MIT faculty/staff ensure
rigorous standards to attract
top students to Skoltech
Inaugural class of
20 Skoltech
master’s students
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PhD admissions process and
website developed
First Skoltech PhD student
admitted (enrolls in early 2013)
Students—Admissions, Recruitment
➜ Spring admissions cycle for Skoltech master’s programs
➜ Rolling admissions for Skoltech PhD students
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Students—Pilot Year (Year 0) at MIT
Skoltech students join/excel in
entrepreneurship contests and
activities, MIT classes, student life
Students absorb MIT innovative
culture to bring to Skoltech
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Research
Strategic target
areas and partners
for Skoltech
impact identified
New connections
between potential
research partners
Skoltech 2030 Workshop
and strategy
development
Initial 25 planning
grants (PGs)
awarded
2011
Targeted collaborations
synchronized with Skoltech
strategy for future CREIs
CREI-2 Proposers’
Conference attracts
600+ to Moscow
Stem Cell Center
launched (2013)
2012
CREI-1 Proposers’
Conference at MIT
attracts 300 participants
129 CREI-1 white
papers received from
260 institutions
New collaboration
unites researchers
in Russia,
Netherlands, US to
build Skoltech
2013
First 3 CREIs
selected via
international peer
review process
Outstanding CREI-1
centers to attract
faculty and launch
Skoltech research
First 9 Strategic
Development
Projects (SDPs)
launch
Joint research
networks seeded to
build Skoltech
capacity
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143 CREI-2 white papers
from 381 institutions
(and 10 Nobel Laureates)
Skoltech CREI process
attracts international
participants
Skoltech Centers for Research, Education
and Innovation (CREIs)
➜ Each Skoltech CREI brings together, in a globally distributed model,
leading institutions focused on a shared strategic problem or
research area important to Russia. The Skoltech CREIs will
accelerate development of, and provide transitional Skoltech
capacity in:
➜ Research expertise and research infrastructure
➜ Educational programs: both formal and informal
➜ Entrepreneurship and innovation: to move ideas to economic impact
➜ Faculty: attracting, recruiting, mentoring Skoltech faculty
➜ Students: admitting and nurturing top Russian and non-Russian talent
➜ Industry capacity: to engage, understand needs, enlist involvement
➜ Convening capacity: define agendas and enlist world community
➜ Funding: attract non-Russian international funding
➜ Reputation
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Defining the Skoltech 2030 Strategy:
Summary of High Priority CREI Investments
➜ Biomedicine
➜ Computational and systems biology
➜ IT
➜ Machine learning and AI
➜ Immunology and infectious disease
➜ Advanced computing systems
➜ Gene- and nano-medicine
➜ Big Data
➜ Regenerative medicine
➜ Energy
➜ Hydrocarbon fuel production and
transportation
➜ Electronics materials and device
➜ Quantum physics/technology
➜ Space
➜ Supporting humans in long term
➜ Hydrocarbon processing
space exploration
➜ Electrical power systems generation
➜ Small satellites
➜ Utilization of space data
➜ Cross-cutting
➜ Advanced materials
and distribution
➜ Electrical energy storage
➜ Nuclear
➜ Nuclear energy safety
➜ Computational and data-intensive
➜ Materials for extreme environments
➜ Non-energy applications
science & engineering
➜ Human engineering and cognition
* Topics in italics are under negotiation
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Call For CREI Proposals
Skoltech as Russia’s Gateway to International Scientific Excellence
CREI-1 Proposal Round
o 129 white papers from 260 institutions
o 13 finalists
o 3 CREI awards
• Stem Cell Research
• Infectious Disease & RNA Therapeutics
• Electro-Chemical Energy Storage
CREI-2 Proposal Round
o
o
o
o
143 white papers from 381 institutions
15 finalists
Industry CREI candidates identified
CREI awards to be selected in May 2013
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Strategic Development Projects
Building Capacity & Networks for Skoltech
MIT / Irkutsk RAS (2013)
Turitsyn/Voropai
MIT / MSU
Chakraborty/Nedospasov
MIT / NSU
Leeb/Fedoruk
Efficient and reliable energy networks with
distributed and heterogeneous resources
Vaccine Design and
Development
Advanced Modeling and Control of
Intelligent Power Systems
MIT / MSU
Poggio/Konushin
MIT / MEPhi (2013)
Li/Strikhanov
Brains, Minds and Machines
Nuclear Systems and Materials
MIT / MAI
Young/Efremov
MIT / MIPT
Barzilay/Vorontsov
Space Exploration
Massive Data Analysis and Processing
MIT / INM RAS, MSU
White/Tyrtyshnikov
MIT / New Economic School
Micali/Izmalkov
Comprehensive Computational
Engineering
Secure Markets and Services
MIT / A.M. Prokhorov Institute, RAS
Baldo/Tikhodeev
MIT / Institute of Applied Physics, RAS
So/Sergeev
Low Energy Information Technology
Next Generation Biophotonics for Biology,
Pharmacology, and Medicine
➜ Nine teams of 3 MIT + 3 Russian researchers launched in mid-2012
➜ Seeds network for research and capacity building for Skoltech across all
five thematic areas (biomed, energy, IT, nuclear, space)
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Entrepreneurship and Innovation
82 pre-proposals, 11
semifinalists, and 4 finalist
projects launched to improve
research commercialization
Russia-wide call for proposals for
pilot Skoltech Innovation
Sponsorship Program (ISP)
2011
Workshop
to design
CEI@Skoltech
Strategy and
plans defined to
create unique
Skoltech model
Russian university/institute
entrepreneurs receive
mentoring to speed
development
Successful US-based
entrepreneurs recruited
as pilot Skoltech Catalysts
2012
Phase 1
benchmarking
study of university
based E&I
Best practice
sites identified
Resolution of key
governance and IP
ownership, license,
revenue share issues to
enable research-innovation
Template CREI contract
(Master Partnership
Agreement – MPA)
2013
First month-long intensive
“Innovation Workshop” at
MIT for Skoltech students
60 MIT contributors,
200+ hours of lectures,
and 40 off-campus
activities create new
Skoltech E&I content
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CEI expansion to include
Manufacturing Systems
Skoltech to address
invent-to-manufacture
full value chain
Innovation Workshop at MIT
➜ Intensive month-long program for
Skoltech students
➜ Develop an experiential learning
curriculum
➜ Hands-on, team-oriented activities
➜ Fuses multiple MIT approaches to
innovation
➜ Reconciles technology & vehicles
(company, startup, paper, grants, …)
➜ Empower students and develop the
student culture of Skoltech
➜ Intensity, curiosity and adventure,
centers on innovation, founded on
firm disciplinary fundamentals
➜ Refine a Mens et Manus (Hand and
Mind) approach to innovation
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Over 62 people from 15 MIT
labs and departments
contributed to the delivery of
the workshop
Intangible Value of MIT Collaboration
➜ Brand and Platform
➜ Attracts world-wide involvement and people to Skoltech, in all areas and activities
(faculty, students, research, education, industry, innovation, …)
➜ In addition to direct Collaboration activities, indirect or independent activities of
Skoltech are enabled and amplified by the association with MIT
➜ Culture
➜ Fundamental: a leading model for a high-impact, economically generative,
research university—tying research, education and industry/innovation together
➜ Impact not only Skoltech, but culture of other Russian universities, research
institutes, and industry: innovation, collaboration
➜ MIT engagement accelerates transformative changes that might otherwise take
much longer to develop on their own
➜ Networks
➜ Bring Skoltech into contact with all corners of MIT, and with MIT’s partners
throughout the world (universities, industry, policy) to build and foster Skoltech
communities (internal, Skolkovo, region, and world)
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Impact of MIT-Skoltech Collaboration
➜ Contribute to a potentially high impact social/economic initiative in an
important country
➜ Gain exposure to new problems and approaches
➜ Experiment with integrated research, education, innovation models
➜ Provide MIT students and faculty with new opportunities for
international engagement and experience
➜ Design and use new, state-of-the-art research facilities at Skoltech
➜ Help educate future global leaders
➜ Connect to Russian industry and multinational companies in Russia,
including technology companies (established & startups) in Skolkovo
➜ Interact with a deep Russian talent pool of scientists/engineers
➜ Create a key hub or portal for long-term MIT collaborations with
multiple Russian and international universities
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Summary
➜ MIT is committed to the success of Skoltech
➜ Unique opportunity for research, education and innovation
collaboration with existing and new researchers and industries in
Russia
➜ MIT assisting with:
➜ Faculty (and students, postdoc) recruiting and development
➜ Novel educational program development
➜ Adapting known models for research contracts, IP management,
commercialization to Skoltech and Russia
➜ Powerful concept and international collaborations in the Centers
for Research, Education and Innovation (CREIs)
➜ MIT encourages others to join with Skoltech in this unique
opportunity
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