Dr. Derek Gillespie Senior Portfolio Electronic Systems Research Supporting excellent research and impactful ideas

Societal Trends for the Future

Explosive population growth from 1800s onwards o 1804: ~1 billion people o 2010: ~ 6.85 billion people Projections for 2040 predict 9 billion people on Earth Age bracket % population Population demographics are changing. By 2020: o Increasingly ageing population o ‘Generation Y’ increase Over 35% of ‘Generation Y’ is predicted to live in India and China – almost 1 billion year olds.

Societal Trends for the Future

There are more mobile phone connections than there are people on the Earth. Mobile data traffic is growing at 92% (CAGR). By 2010, the number of text messages sent in one day exceeded the global population. In 2012, there were over 4 billion YouTube videos streamed daily. In one second on the internet, there are: 463 photos uploaded to Instragram calls made using Skype tweets posted on Twitter. 11,574 files uploaded to Dropbox. 33,330 Google searches carried out. 46,330 videos watched on YouTube. 52,083 posts ‘Liked’ on Facebook.

Societal Trends for the Future “Global economic activity [as measured by GDP] has increased by a factor of forty since the start of the industrial revolution.” IPCC (2001) Robotics & Autonomous Systems Agri-Tech Satellite Networks BiotechnologyNanotechnology Production Technologies

The Transistor and the Integrated Circuit First transistor invented in Miniaturization of the technology, in line with Moore’s Law, is astounding – fast approaching the point whereby quantum considerations need to be taken into account. Complexity of integrated circuits has increased more than a billion- fold since the 1960s. The price of an individual transistor is now less than one millionth of the cost in the late 1960s. o Had the cost of automobiles fallen at the same rate, a new car today would cost less than one pence.

The UK Electronic Systems Community 850,000 “At the heart of many societal advancements are the enabling technologies of electronic systems” Warren East ESCO Executive Steering Group People working on electronic systems in UK industry £80Bn Contribution to the UK economy, or 5.4% UK GDP

UK Universities: Excellence in Research Excellence Worldwide UK 1% World population 5% World research spending 9% World research publications 12% World citations 14% World most-cited papers

EPSRC’s Electronics Research Portfolio >£150M EPSRC portfolio of active grants in electronic design and devices 125 Active programmes of research involving electronic design and devices

EPSRC’s Electronics Research Portfolio Over £150M of active grants investigating electronic devices and design Photonic Materials & Metamaterials ~£108M Optoelectronic Devices & Circuits ~£107M Electronic Structure ~£81M Sensors & Instrumentation ~£43M Magnetism & Magnetic Materials ~£68M Architectures & Operating Systems ~£57M ICT Networks & Distributed Systems ~£100M Digital Signal Processing ~£39M

Knowledge Base Technology Base System Integration Societal Requirement Fundamental Knowledge Enabling Technology System Requirements Societal Drivers The Research System

Knowledge Base Technology Base System Integration Societal Requirement Recent Major EPSRC Investments Power Electronics – The EPSRC National Centre for Power Electronics Many-Core Computing – EPSRC Programme Grants ‘PRiME’ and ‘PAMELA’ Plastic Electronics – EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Large Area Electronics EPSRC Programme Grant ‘The Multicorder’ – Sensing for Healthcare

Knowledge Technology System Society Where could the community act? Novel materials for electronic applications Quantum physics & electronics Additive manufacturing Communication devices & networks Large area, flexible electronics Power electronic devices Neurological and bio-sciences Bio-compatible electronics Future information infrastructure Distributed or integrated sensor systems Energy harvesting Material security & sustainability Autonomous systems & robotics Silicon photonics Energy sustainability Novel healthcare technologies ‘Smart’ cities Knowledge & Technology ‘Push’ Challenge & Application ‘Pull’

Grant Funding: Pathways to Impact Funding to Facilitate Potential Impacts Since 2009, applicants can ask for project-specific, impact-related costs as part of a grant proposal. Applicants can ask for funding at the point of application, in order to provide the opportunities or required skills that allow the team to promote the potential impacts of their research. To make use of this, applicants have to consider which impact activities or training they might require when planning the research proposal. All costs must be outlined and justified, as with other requests for funding.

Grant Funding: Pathways to Impact Funding to Facilitate Potential Impacts Some specific examples of activities that could be requested are: Secondments Increased investigator time Training activities Employment of specialist staff Marketing and publicity Workshops, seminars and networking Public engagement Early-stage commercialisation exploration Evidence shows that these resources are heavily under-used by applicants!

Institutions: Impact Acceleration Accounts Accessible funding for tailored impact activities Account-based funding given to universities on the basis of a peer-reviewed submission. Allows institutions the flexibility to operate tailored schemes that facilitate increased likelihood of impact from research. Retain key benefits of KTA & KTS Schemes: Secondments Proofs of Concept Follow-On Funding 95% Percentage of EPSRC portfolio, by value, covered by Impact Acceleration Accounts.

What Can We Do Together? Grand Challenges in Silicon Technology There are challenges to be tackled. Where does the UK electronic systems research community ‘want to go’? What are the technologies of the future that need electronics at their heart? Who needs to be engaged outside of the electronics community for the UK to take a lead? Engage strongly with the eFutures network. Work in partnership with the ESCO team to make the importance of electronics clear. Partner with EPSRC – planning for the future starts now.

 : EPSRC ICT Theme