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Bridging the Industry-Academia Gap for Computing Excellence in Israel

Learn how Israel's Technion Center for Computing at Scale leverages academic-industrial collaboration to drive high-tech industry leadership, innovation, and commercialization. Through a synergistic ecosystem nurturing research, resources, and intellectual exchange, the center aims to bridge the gap, attract top talent, and amplify computational engineering excellence.

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Bridging the Industry-Academia Gap for Computing Excellence in Israel

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  1. Assaf Schuster, Prof TCE head TCE – Technion’s Computer Engineering Center Computing at Scale

  2. Israeli leadership status Industry applied CE V Systems VArchitecture V Human-Computer Interaction VSecurity VLanguages VSearch V x Systems [Storage, OS, HW-SW, Runtime, Virtualization…] V x Architecture x HPC xHuman-Computer Interaction Universities VTheory VVision V Networks V Learning V Security V Languages V Scalable Computing

  3. USA comparison From knowledge transfer to knowledge sharing Knowledge Sharing Top universities V Systems V Architecture V ProgrammingV Human-Computer Interaction V Scalable Computing V SecurityV NetworksV Learning VTheory VVision • 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.

  4. 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

  5. SOLUTION for a small country: Join academic and industrial strengths Vision • 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

  6. METHOD: Bridging the Academy-Industry Gap A different type of academic-industrial ecosystem • 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

  7. IMPLEMENTATION: Promoting Academic-Industrial Collaboration Quantum leap in faculty “cone of influence” Mechanisms • 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 • 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

  8. SUMMARY: What do Israeli academy get? Engagement • Co-location and interaction with • Industry experts and researchers • Knowledge exchange • Coverage • Visibility • Relevance • Resources and grants • Students, postdocs, funds, etc. • Teaching • Co-supervision Excellence and visibility in neglected areas of CE

  9. SUMMARY: What do Israeli industry get? corporate value • 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 Environment and support for high risk research

  10. 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.

  11. 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

  12. 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 – YoavEtzion • 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

  13. The future (already here) • 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 • 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.

  14. 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

  15. IP issues • IP rights will be part of the center bylaws • Special care will be given to make them simple • Clearly stated IP rules will be set to all participants: • Phase I: Public Domain • Phase II: Contractual • Strategy: Industry support, then negotiation with T mgmt The Globalisation of Technology Transfer • “Conclusion: • Licensing and spin-out equity income should not be the primary purpose of tech transfer • Financial returns are like a lottery: tech transfer should not be considered a promising business investment for the university • BUT…..” Income to UK universities Dr David Secher Chairman, PraxisUnico Principal, Cambridge Knowledge Transfer Recife 1528 April 2010

  16. Collaboration Opportunities for TCE (examples) • 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

  17. Preliminary long list for advisory board 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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