Digital Enterprise Research Institute Digital Enterprise Research Institute – Connecting with Industry Mr. Michael Turley, CEO 21 st October 2009

Digital Enterprise Research Institute

DERI - Some Statistics Located at the National University of Ireland, Galway Founded June 2003 as a CSET (Centre for Science, Engineering and Technology) funded by SFI (Science Foundation Ireland) Status August 2009: about 120 members and growing Largest Semantic Web Research Institute in the World –Research Publications > 550. Participate in 12 standardisation groups –Over 70 PhD’s /Masters in the pipeline –2 Professors, 14 Post Docs (PI’s) and 15 Research Assistants. Others are support Core Industrial Partners: –MNC’s:Cisco, Nortel, Ericsson, Fidelity… –SME’s:Storm, Celtrak, Cyntelix, Slidepath…… Total Research Grants: about €48 million from SFI (€33m) EU Framework (€10m), EI (€5m), Industry (€1m)

Digital Enterprise Research Institute DERI – What DERI does Research and Applied Research i.e. SFI, EU, EI Produces PhDs and Masters Business Development - Project Acquisition and Delivery Finds Industry Partners for Projects IP and Licence generation Bizstart – Spin outs/ins and potential CEO engagement

Digital Enterprise Research Institute Our Mission and Vision DERI Galway’s vision is “to be recognised as being among the leading international web science research institutes interlinking technologies, information and people to advance business and benefit society” The Mission of the Digital Enterprise Institute is “to exploit semantics for People Organisations Systems to collaborate and interoperate on a global scale”

Digital Enterprise Research Institute Getting to work: The DERI House Semantic RealitySocial Semantic Information Spaces Web 2.0 and collaborative systems Semantic Web Web Science Linked Data Sensor Networks RFID Mobile computing SOA eBusiness & Financial Services Health Care & Life Sciences eLearning Telecommunications eGovernment eScience Application-Oriented Research Domains

Digital Enterprise Research Institute DERI – Research Approach Academic Research –Go beyond state of the art –Publish and contribute to Standards Industry Collaborations –Joint projects (SFI, Enterprise Ireland, EU, Companies) –Patents and Licensing Open Source Prototypes –Social Semantic Information Spaces (SIOC) –Social Semantic Desktop –Global Sensor Networks

Digital Enterprise Research Institute Opensource - Adoption of SIOC

Digital Enterprise Research Institute

10 DERI - ECOSYSTEM DERI LAB – bridging the gap between research and industry DERI Core INDUSTRY-LED PROJECTS DERI LAB DERI LAND END USERS DERI LAND: A network of companies exploiting joint opportunities with DERI – aka “Semantic Galway Bay”

Digital Enterprise Research Institute DERI – Academic and Industry Engagement model

Digital Enterprise Research Institute DERI – Funding mechanisms SFI - Funding for a 5 year period multiple projects in 1 plan 2 yearly reviews by an International panel Must have Industry partners (DERI has 8) Industry Partners must contribute 25% of funding (36% for DERI) Governance Board must include Industry Partners (4 on DERI Board) Collaborative Research agreement that covers IP and Commercialisation The Consortium has its own IP Committee

Digital Enterprise Research Institute Enabling networked knowledge CSET – Industry Partners

Digital Enterprise Research Institute DERI – Funding mechanisms EU - Funding by Project Funding typically for 3 years Multiple European academic and industry partners Consortium agreement that covers IP and commercialisation EI – Funding by project Funding typically for 18 months to 3 years Single or multiple Irish industry partners Project agreement covers IP and commercialisation Private Industry – Funding by Project Typically 12 to 18 months Single industry partner Industry Partner owns IP

Digital Enterprise Research Institute 15 Selected Enterprise Ireland Projects eLite –Enterprise Ireland ILRP, ~ 3 Million Euro over 3 Years, 8 Irish eLearning companies in consortium MAARS –Scaleable financial fund management solution, EI Commercialisation funded – Spin Out early 2010 Firefly –Time based eLearning environment, EI Technology Development with commercialization planned Sedici –Zero-knowledge proof security in Fair Rights Management, Investor found – at business plan stage Pegasus –Semantic Search in Sharepoint (Storm Technologies) PPePR –Plug and Play Electronic Patient Record system – Licenced to Irish start up (Slidepath) Widgelix –Widget Platform (Cyntelix)

Digital Enterprise Research Institute NUIG - The Technology Transfer Office (TTO) What the TTO does: IP filing and patenting Project Proposal assistance e.g. legal External Contract and Licencing deals Entrepreneur seeding programmes e.g. CCP and Business potential reviews Individual Spin Out deals Services the Start up Incubation space EI Mentorship Programmes e.g. Business Partner

Digital Enterprise Research Institute The TTO Business model

Digital Enterprise Research Institute DERI – Governance Governance There are three key groups that are involved in the governance of DERI: –Oversight Board –Scientific Advisory Board –Senior Executive Committee. DERI Oversight Board The Oversight Board provides governance, guidance and advice to the centre to ensure that its activities are consistent with its vision, goals and management plan. Representation from NUIG, Industry Partners, other Academic Institutions, other business representatives, DERI management

Digital Enterprise Research Institute DERI - Governance DERI Scientific Advisory Board Provides scientific and technical guidance, advice and evaluations on the strategic direction and performance of DERI. Identifies opportunities and promotes DERI when possible and appropriate. Represenation from international research bodies. Member of the Board is Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the Internet DERI Senior Executive Committee (SEC) The SEC ensures the effective running of the CSET operations, including management of the following activities: Scientific, Administrative, Financial, Business Development, Outreach, Knowledge Transfer, Human Resources, and Organisational Development, and External Relationships. The SEC’s membership consists of the CEO, Director and Vice Director, and Operations Manager