Assaf Schuster, Prof
TCE head
Israeli leadership status
Universities
applied CE
V Theory
V x Systems
[Storage,
OS,
HW-SW,
Runtime,
Virtualization…]
V Vision
V Networks
V Learning
V Security
V Languages
V Scalable Computing
V x Architecture
x HPC
x Human-Computer
Interaction
Industry
V Systems
V Architecture
V Human-Computer
Interaction
V Security
V Languages
V Search
USA comparison
From knowledge transfer to knowledge sharing
Top universities
V Systems
V Architecture
V Programming
V Human-Computer
Interaction
V Scalable Computing
V Security
V Networks
V Learning
V Theory
V Vision
Knowledge Sharing
• Constant shift of scientists
between universities and
research-oriented industry
(comparable salaries,
no career barriers)
• Flow of ideas, problems,
solutions and funding
between hi-tech industry
and academia
• University-originated
startups making it to
commercialization.
Supported by new IP rules.
Israeli hi-tech industry worries
Chindia
• They deliver projects in increasing levels of complexity
• Without the technology edge
(that keeps getting heightened),
we may lose more and more business
SOLUTION for a small country:
Join academic and industrial strengths
Vision
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Draw from industry strength into academic domain
Collaborate on high-risk, challenging R&D
Allow industry to continue build edge with limited risk/resources
Smooth path from innovation to commercialization
Center of academic excellence, academic-industrial
synergetic activity, and entrepreneurship awareness
METHOD: Bridging the
Academy-Industry Gap
A different type of
academic-industrial
ecosystem
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Pool Academic-Industrial resources
Academic-Industrial synergetic research environment
Mechanisms and education towards A-I collaborations
Let industry influence research agenda
Academy as a “neutral zone” for industry collaboration
Attract international scholars and students
Collaborate with similar EU- and USA-based institutes
IMPLEMENTATION:
Promoting Academic-Industrial
Collaboration
Quantum leap in faculty
“cone of influence”
Mechanisms
Activities:
• Joint center management
• Visitor exchanges
• International visitors
• Joint project supervision
• Workshops, tutorials, lectures
• Graduate studies plans/exchange
• Annual joint conferences
• Joint research
• E-learning
Resources, funding, commerc.:
• Resources and labs
• Magnet, Magneton, other
• Governmental tools/support
• Map and match researchers
• EC projects and funding
• Commerc. education/atmosphere
• Relaxed IP barriers
• Incubation support
SUMMARY:
What do Israeli academy get?
Engagement
Excellence and visibility in
neglected areas of CE
• Co-location and interaction with
Industry experts and researchers
• Knowledge exchange
• Coverage
• Visibility
• Relevance
• Resources and grants
• Students, postdocs, funds, etc.
• Teaching
• Co-supervision
SUMMARY:
What do Israeli industry get?
corporate value
Environment and support for
high risk research
• Collaboration with
knowledgeable faculty
• Resources and labs
• Supervision of research students
• Student projects
• Co-location with
“complementing” industries
• Containable IP rules
• Incubation support and experience
TCE Vision
(from site)
• Become a top-rated and highly visible academic research center
in applied areas of computer engineering.
• Conduct cutting-edge research in computer engineering.
• Bridge the industry-academia gap and drive Israeli high-tech
industry towards international leadership.
• Educate the next generation of world-class leaders in
computer engineering.
TCE Values
(from site)
• Recruit best faculty and students, and conduct leading research
in computer engineering
• Collaborate on high-risk, challenging research and development
• Enable industry to continue maintaining its edge
with limited risk and resources
• Cooperate with experts, researchers and students in target areas
• Create a smooth path from innovation to commercialization
• Host visitors, workshops, tutorials, lectures, conferences and
graduate student exchange
Milestones (June 2012)
2010 Summer – TCE conceived (deans+assaf)
• Fall - Technion mgmt. approve TCE establishment
• Allocate 4 tkanim
• Winter - I-Core submitted, failed, still negotiating
• Construction begin
• Technion sets target funding - $35M, still pending
• Inauguration committee 4XCS+4XEE+deans, bi-weekly
2011 Spring – Meetings with industry executives
• June – 1st TCE conference (Arch., Systems, Vision)
• Writing documents for ATS fundraising
• Fall – recruited Ruth
• 1st TCE faculty – Yoav Etzion
• Increasing academic activity - visitors, schools, conf’s.
2012 Spring - Intel center
• Website, pamphlet, logo, etc.
• Recruited Rafi and Eli, industry liaisons
• TCE home populated
• June – 2nd TCE conference (Networking, Cloud)
• IP guidelines document
The future (already here)
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IP guidelines document (industry, Technion mgmt, legals)
Bringing in the industry researchers, create culture
Open to non CS+EE faculty
Fundraising (government, Angels)
Inauguration guidelines document
Finalize administration (pending funding)
Academic activity
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workshops, schools, postdocs, grad students, visitors…
High-profile visitors
Over-oceans postdoc plan
Acceleration greenhouse for seeds and sprouts
Partnering with sister inst’s, European, US, Eastern
Recruit more faculty
More construction
Etc.
Membership Policy
• CS+EE faculty
• Any relevant Technion faculty
• Relevant CE faculty from other universities
• Industry researchers
• (approved by membership committee)
• Visiting intl. scholars, academic+industry
IP issues
The Globalisation of Technology Transfer
Dr David Secher
Chairman, PraxisUnico
Principal, Cambridge Knowledge Transfer
“Conclusion:
Income to UK universities
• Licensing and spin-out
equity income should not be
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• Clearly
stated
rules
will be set to all participants:
lottery:
tech transfer
should
• Phase
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Domain
not be considered a
• Phase II: Contractual
promising business
• Strategy:
support, then negotiation with T mgmt
investment
for Industry
the university
Recife 1528 April 2010
• BUT…..”
Collaboration Opportunities for TCE
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Technion-Cornell Innovation Institute
Berkeley
INRIA
Barcelona Supercomputing Center
EPFL
Israeli hi-tech industry, IATI, etc.
Intl. research centers. Their Israeli proxies
Startups. Startup accelerators
East-based institutes
• Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, etc.
• Others abound
Preliminary long list
for advisory board
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Alon Halevi, Google, Dr.
Avigdor Wilentz, founder Galileo
Ayal Bar David, Qualcomm
Ayal Itskovitz, VP Oracle, Dr.
Bart Miller – UW Madison, Prof.
Benny Schneider, Entrepreneur (Qumranet)
Bill Freeman (MIT)
Chemi Peres, Pitango
Dadi Perlmuter, Intel
David Dobkin, Princeton
Eyal Waldman – Mellanox CEO
Fernando Pereira, director in Google research
Gera Strummer - ex mediguide CEO
Gil Goren, EMC
Giora Yaron, Entrepreneur (Itamar)
Guillermo Sapiro - UMN, Prof.
Hugo Krawczyk (IBM)
Jennifer Rexford (Professor - Princeton)
John Platt, Microsoft
John Shawe-Taylor, UK, EU projects
Kai Li – Princeton, founder Data Domain, Prof.
Leonard Kleinrock (Distinguished Professor - UCLA)
Mark Horowitz, Stanford, Prof.
Mateo Valero, UPC-BSC, Prof.
Maurice Herlihy, Brown, Prof.
Mendel Rosenblum - Stanford, founder of Vmware.
Michael Kearns, University of Pennsyivania, ties with Industry
Mooly Eden, Intel
Paul Siegel, Prof. UCSD (formerly director of the Center for Magnetic Recording Research, a leading storage researcher with a special affinity to Israel).
Randy Katz, UC Berkeley, Prof.
Roch Guerin (Professor - UPenn, EiC - IEEE/ACM ToN, Co-Founder – Ipsum Networks)
Ronen Shilo - founder, CEO and chairman of Conduit. His bio indicates he received a BSc in Computer Science from the Technion.
Satoshi Matsuoka, Tokyo Inst. Tech., Prof.
Scott Shenker (Professor - Berkeley, Co-Founder - Nicira)
Shimon Ullman (Weizmann)
Shlomo Merkel – VP Broadcom, Dr.
Shuki Bruck, Caltech, Prof.
Shuki Gleitman, ASCEND
Stephane Mallat - ecole polytechnique Paris, Prof., and founder of let it wave (sold to zoran) and known as one of the wavelets founders... Also comes from a family of Technion donors.
Willy Zwaenepoel, EPFL, Prof.
Yair Weiner, RadVision
Yale Patt, U Texas, Prof.
Yehuda &
Zohar Zisapel, RAD
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