Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers
A briefing on NSF I/UCRC Activities at UNC
Research Focus Area:
Simulation, Modeling, and Analytics of Complex Systems
Prepared for:
RENCI, VCR, College of Arts & Sciences
Prepared by:
Brian Blanton, PhD
Director of Environmental Initiatives
RENCI
Version 0.95 : 21 Jan 2015
I/UCRC - part of NSF IIP Division
Match University Research Capabilities with Industry Research Needs
Part of NSF’s Division Industrial Innovation and Partnerships (IIP)
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Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR)
Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI)
Collaborative Opportunity for Research Between I/UCRCs (CORBI)
Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers (I/UCRC)
I/UCRC centers are supported by these NSF organizations:
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Directorate for Engineering (ENG)
Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE)
Directorate for Geosciences (GEO)
I/UCRC - Value
What value does an I/UCRC offer?
Outcomes from a
cooperatively defined and
managed research portfolio of
industry-relevant precompetitive fundamental
research
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Value to
IAB
I/UCRC
Research
Activities
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Means to achieve institutional mission of
diversified funding sources
New research and education program dimensions
Leverage research results for new funding
Value to
Ready partners for translation of discoveries
UNC
Trusted relationships with industry
Student recruitment and placement to industry
Organize industry sector relationships
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High value/return research projects
Access to students (recruitment pool)
Investment leveraging
Sector networking
Learning from industry peers and customers
Access to intellectual property
Pre-publication access to research
Center/Site (UNC) researchers and facilities
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I/UCRC - Flowchart
NSF
Matching
Funds
Industry
Membership
Fees
University
Matching
(reduced overhead,
admin, etc)
Research Pool Monies
Project 1
Project 2
Project 3
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Project N
I/UCRCs throughout Nation
Examples:
Visual and Decision Informatics (CVDI)
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Drexel University
Dynamic Data Analytics (CDDA) - Rutgers, SUNY-SB
High-Performance Reconfigurable Computing (CHREC) UF, BYU, GWU, VT
Security and Software Engineering Research Center (S2ERC) Ball State, Iowa
State, VT, Georgetown
I/UCRC Funding/Revenue
NSF
Matching
Funds
Industry
Membership
Fees
University
Matching
(reduced overhead,
admin, etc)
Research Pool Monies
Project 1
Project 2
Project 3
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Project N
I/UCRC Generic Structure
I/UCRC
NSF
Evaluator
Research Sites
Industry 1
Industry 2
Industry Advisory
Board
Center Director
University 1
Colleges
Schools
Departments
Deans, VPs, VCRs
Faculty + Students
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Center Co-Director
University 2
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Colleges
Schools
Departments
Deans, VPs, VCRs
Faculty + Students
Industry N
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University N
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Revenue
From NSF:
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80K/yr for lead (ULL)
55K/yr for other
25K/yr/site supplemental for membership fees > $300K
From Industry:
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Sum of all membership fees
Must exceed 150K/yr per site
Other Supplemental Funds:
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Varies
I/UCRC Projects
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Faculty propose projects to IAB
○ brief (1 page, 5 minute) proposals
IAB votes (prorated by membership level)
Ranking determines funded projects
Projects most aligned with IAB interests go forward
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Not a 1-to-1 mapping between industry members and projects
Incentives for Industry
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Highly leveraged research investments
Access to research capacity at Universities
Support of NSF and Universities
Recruitment of students into industry
○ internships
○ post-academic careers
Incentives for Faculty
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Student support
NSF funding
Exposure to Industry research needs
Relationships with industry that can yield projects
outside of I/UCRC
● Develop experience “pitching” to different type of
client
● Student placement into industry
● Feedback as to “real world relevance”
Incentives for University
● Student support (all membership fees support
students only)
● NSF funding
● Relationships with industry that can yield projects
outside of I/UCRC
● Diversifies funding
● Support new opportunities
UNC Joining an existing I/UCRC
Center for Visual and Decision Informatics (CVDI)
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Drexel University (Philadelphia)
http://www.nsfcvdi.org
“The Center for Visual and Decision Informatics conducts research on next generation visual and
decision support tools to improve the the interpretation and analysis of information”
ULL
Center Director (PI):
Vijay Raghavan
Drexel
Center Co-Director:
Xiaohua (Tony) Hu
CVDI Mapping (Planned)
CVDI
NSF
Evaluator
Don Price
Research Sites
IMS Health
Incorporated
Johnson & Johnson
Thomson Reuters
Lockheed Martin
Institute of Museum
and Library Services
Microsoft
plus 9 others
Industry Advisory
Board
Brian Richmond,
Chair
CTO,
Louisiana Health
Care Quality Forum
Center Director
Vijay Raghavan
(ULL)
Center Co-Director
Tony Hu
(Drexel)
Center Co-Director
TBD
(UNC)
Uni of Louisiana
@ Lafayette
Ramesh Kolluru
(Site Dir)
Drexel University
Il-Yeol Song
(Site Dir)
Finnish
University
Consortium
University of
North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
School of Computing and Informatics
Chemistry
Center for Advanced Computer Studies
Elec. and Computer. Eng.
College of Information Science and
Tech
School of Public Health
Tampere University of Technology
Teito (Cloud Business)
Digile Digital Services
Geography
City & Regional Planning
Gillings
Sociology
CVDI Research Areas
Identified through surveys of potential industry
members
Areas that are most important to them
that energize them to invest (i.e., commit)
membership funds
Research Areas:
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Visual Analytics
Predictive Analytics
Deep Pattern Analytics
CVDI IAB and Research Projects
Industry membership
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
First Call Network, Inc.
IMS Health Incorporated
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Johnson and Johnson
Lockheed Martin
Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals
Louisiana Department of Revenue
Louisiana Health Care Quality Forum
Louisiana Immersive Technologies Enterprise
Microsoft Corporation
Stuller, Inc.
SunGard Availability Services LP
The SI Organization, Inc.
Elsevier
Thomson Reuters
2013-2014 Research Projects
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Semantic Information Extraction, Integration, and
Visualization for Big Data Analytics
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Large‐scale Social Media Analytical Tools with Application to
Detecting Emerging Events
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Visual Analytic Approaches to Mining Large‐scale Time‐
Evolving Graphs
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A Spatio‐Temporal Data Mining Approach for Fraud
Detection
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Scalable Visualization and Gap Analytics for Multiple Big
Data Industry Sectors
UNC’s Trajectory
Now
Workshop grant
funded
UNC Workshop Proposal to NSF
PI: Luettich
focused on coastal hazards, secure
workspace, genomics
BB & AK
attend 2014
I/UCRC Annual
Directors’
Meeting
Full Proposal
to NSF
Blanton attends Spring 2014
CVDI IAB Meeting at Drexel
to join CVDI as
new research
site
I/UCRC Annual Meeting @ NSF
I/U Round Table #3
I/U Round Table #2
Refocus on ABM/SD/Complex
Systems across UNC campus
September 2015
Early April 2015
Mid March 2015
Late February 2015
Mid-June 2015
UNC IUCRC Workshop @
RENCI
I/U Round Table #1
7-9 January 2015
October 2014
BB & AK attend Fall
2014 CVDI IAB Meeting
at ULL
April 2014
March 2014
BB & RL attend 2014
I/UCRC Boot Camp
for new Centers and
Sites
January 2014
September 2013
Spring 2013
Initial discussions
with Drexel re: data
sciences
October 2013
RENCI (CL &
MW) attends
Fall 2013 CVDI
IAB Meeting at
ULL
Upcoming Activities
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2015 Industry/University Cooperative Research (I/UCRC) Annual Meeting
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January 7-9, 2015
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Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel - Arlington, VA
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Register for the event here.
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Faculty Workshop
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5 Feb 2015
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At RENCI
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Industry/University Roundtable #1
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26 Feb 2015
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At RENCI
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Industry/University Roundtable #2
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26 March 2015
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At RENCI
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Industry/University Roundtable #3
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16 April 2015
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At RENCI
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UNC I/UCRC Planning Workshop
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Mid June 2015
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At RENCI
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Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. proposer's local time)
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September 26, 2015
Roundtable Format
5-10 industry representatives
5-10 faculty members
Pitch 5-10 research ideas (1 per faculty)
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5 minute presentation
○ follow quad-chart, <= 2 follow-up slides
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5 minutes Q&A
Roundtable Presentation Quad
5-10 industry representatives
5-10 faculty members
Pitch 5-10 research ideas (1 per faculty)
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5 minute presentation
○ follow quad-chart, <= 3 follow-up slides
○ See next slide for Quad Chart template
○ See this powerpoint for examples from Drexel
○ IUCRCRoundtableExampleSlidesFromDrexel.pptx
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5 minutes Q&A
Project Title
PI Name
PI Department
OBJECTIVES
APPROACH/TECHNIQUES
DELIVERABLES
BENEFITS TO INDUSTRY
Web Resources
Main NSF IUCRC Page
● http://www.nsf.gov/eng/iip/iucrc/
I/UCRC Program Solicitation
● http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/nsf13594/nsf13594.htm