Collaborate to Innovate

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1 Collaborate to Innovate

2 Dublin City University 30 years old! 10,600 students 3000 postgraduates 700 by research 1300 staff 400 academic 300 research Annual research expenditure ~ 40M in 2010 Invent DCU leading Technology Transfer Office 2009 & 2010 for licensing Office of the Vice President for Research

3 Highly Collaborative Environment Office of the Vice President for Research

4 Research Expenditure PRTLI PRTLI III III SFI SFI BDI BDI II CSET CSET NGL NGL CSET CSET BDI BDI II II CSET CSET PRTLI PRTLI II Office of the Vice President for Research

5 Invent DCU Ltd DCU s Commercialisation Gateway Limited liability company established Sept Patrons DCU, AIB and Enterprise Ireland 9.3 million investment in the centre 2800 sq.m incubation centre 210 sq.m bio labs 9 Invent staff 16 resident companies Office of the Vice President for Research

6 National Commercialisation Policy Mandate to Technology Transfer Offices manage an exploitation plan that offers the best return to the Irish economy wherever possible, understanding that this would be shown by the growth of companies in Ireland rather than the financial return to institutions Ref: Enterprise Ireland May 2011 Office of the Vice President for Research

7 Roles of a Technology Transfer Office Capturing and Protecting IP Incubator to New Start-Ups 7

8 Collaborate to Innovate University Research Innovative Technologies Commercialization New Business Opportunities Bringing Research to Market for Economic Impact 8

9 CSET Model of Collaboration 9

10 10 Traditional Research Value-Chain Inputs Transformation Ad Hoc Scientists In the Lab Post Hoc Business people Separate Office

11 11 Ireland s Research Value-Constellation Ideation Iteration Value Creation Strategy Validation

12 CNGL Commercial Strategy 12

13 Commercialization of ICT Research in DCU 13

14 List of Centres of ICT Research in DCU Research by Faculty DCU Business School Faculty of Engineering & Computing School of Computing School of Electronic Engineering School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering School of Health & Human Performance School of Mathematical Sciences School of Applied Lang&Intercultural Studies National Research Centres/Institutes National Centre for Sensor Research (NCSR) Research Institute for Networks and Communications Engineering (RINCE) SFI Centres for Science, Engineering and Technology (CSETS) Centre for Next Generation Localisation (CNGL) CLARITY: The Centre for Sensor Web Technologies University Designated Research Centres (UDRCs) Materials Processing Research Centre (MPRC) Centre for Digital Video Processing (CDVP) Centre for Translation and Textual Studies (CTTS) Scientific Computing and Complex Systems Modelling (Sci-Sym) 14

15 It Can Seem Complicated 15

16 Simplified View - DCU Research in ICT Emerging Multimedia & Sensor Web Networks & Communications Engineering Image Processing & Analysis ICT Research Areas Health & Human Performance Information Systems Modelling & Scientific Computing Language Research 16

17 Promoting DCU - What has Worked to Date! Own Promotion James May Big Ideas TV Programme led to current engagement with Sponge It an Irish market research company Targeted Marketing & Partners Selected partners like ISIN providing matchmaking DTI helped licence in UK when no Irish companies Academics Own Network Strong links with Joe Marks head of Disney Research led to multiple collaborative projects Innovation Voucher Original voucher established relationship New project planned in new area with new start-up 17

18 Possible Ways to Engage DCU 18

19 Innovation Voucher Scheme to promote small business and universities to work together Requirements: 1. Limited company 2. Problem or challenge that needs investigation 3. Interested college Simple Process: Fill in standard form (15 mins!) Submit by Calls usually run 3 times per year - Feb, April, Sep in 2011 All terms and conditions at website Easy, low-risk way to leverage DCU to benefit your business 19

20 Innovation Partnership Model Research & Expertise Idea & Market Funding & Supports 20

21 Innovation Partnerships Flagship Programme within Enterprise Ireland Funding available to subsidize collaborative research projects Typically 80% of the project costs for small companies (<50 employees) Rolling call with submission every month Early stage companies limited to 125k ( 100k EI) Established companies up to 250k ( 200k EI) Terms & Conditions Apply - See for more information 21

22 Case Study #1 Jaliko New DCU spin out from CIPA at DCU Core Focus: Calibrating and Correcting Optical Aberrations and Enhancing Digital Images Founded 2010 and located at Invent Vignetting; Lens Distortion; Lateral Chromatic Aberration (LCA); Axial Chromatic Aberration (ACA); Sharpening Campus Start Up Two founders worked on an EI funded research project for > 3 years Near term : Online tool for calibrating lenses (professionals + ) Long term: In supply chain of digital imaging devices CIPA Founders Dr. Aubrey Dunne & Dr. John Mallon 22

23 Case Study #2 Scientia Sports ProVue online tool to manage athletic teams Scientia Sports Ltd. Based in Dublin New start up from investment company Venturise Focused on sports technologies Licence E Diary technology originally developed in DCU Tool used by DCU sports teams and the All Ireland Winning Dublin Football Team Scientia Sports already successful in Australia and France Dept. of Health and Human Performance + School of Computing DCU Research Leaders Prof. Niall Moyna and Dr. Mark Roantree 23

24 Case Study #3 Sponge It Sponge It Ltd. Innovative Digital Market Research Company based in Dublin Members get paid for completing online surveys on multiple topics Innovation Partnership Images captured using line of sight camera Novel DCU software searches for images, logos etc. Overlay images with GPS to provide accurate records of exposure to outdoor adverts Clarity at DCU Research team led by Professor Alan Smeaton (Deputy Director Clarity at DCU) & Dr. Neil O Hare 24

25 Case Study #4 Mincon Mincon International Ltd. Based in Shannon, Ireland World leading manufacturer of rock drilling equipment Mincon drill bits were used in the rescue of the 33 Chilean miners Innovation Partnership DCU Research Team developing a novel surface treatment process to make Mincon drill bits harder and more robust Same technology may be used in other fields e.g. turbine blades Faculty of Engineering and Computing DCU Research Leaders Dr. Dermot Brabazon and Dr. Sumsun Naher Mincon support led by CEO Joe Purcell 25

26 Case Study #5 Reprodoc Ltd. Reprodoc Ltd. Successful established specialist in bovine fertility and preventative health management Based in Fermoy and led by Dr. Dan Ryan who has extensive international experience in the field Ambitious plans to grow the business internationally Based on Ultrasonography Innovation Partnership Centre for Image Processing and Analysis (CIPA) in DCU developing algorithms to automatically detect embryo features Computer software allows business to be scaled quickly Huge export market opportunity CIPA in DCU DCU Research Leaders Prof. Paul Whelan and Dr. Tarik Chowdhury 26

27 For more information please contact: Paddy O Boyle Invent DCU paddy.oboyle@invent.dcu.ie +353 (1) (0)

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