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Academia and Industry Oil and Water or Bread and Cheese? Michael Kirby Department of Mathematics Colorado State University
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Two Cultures? Expand frontiers Open discussions Basic research Run overnight Make Money Mission Statement Pillage Plead 5th Time to market Every op counts Make Money Mission Statement
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Potential Benefits of Relationship between University and Industry Impact on Education Impact on Research Program Development: CSU niche?
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Industry and Education Real World Problems Very practical definition of an “answer” Non-traditional class: industrial seminar Introduction to Intellectual Property Student Benefit: Get a job.
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Program for Industry Applied and Computational MS Computing skills (4 courses) Modeling (2 courses) Statistical tools (2 courses) Project development and communication(1) Area of specialization (2 courses)
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Industrial Seminar 2003: SRC Brain Storming Group activities Patent Literature Software Project Mathematical Analysis Innovation
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The Problem When is a sensored system behaving nominally? Failure modes. Time to failure. Examples of systems –Nuclear power plants –X-ray tube data –Turbines –Space shuttle
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The Solution Explore Data Representations (E.g.) –MSET (Patented) –SVD –MNF –CCA –PLS –Wavelets
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The Implementation Matlab: not ideal but fast implemenation Graphical User Interface: Platform for discovery Data Structure: function handles Distributed code development Code development system
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Matlab code demo
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Code development system
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Summary: Course Goals Simulate industrial work environment –Interacting groups on large project –Exercise ability to contribute in group brainstorming –Innovation –Interim reporting –Code development and documentation –Frustrations of having an idiot boss
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Industry and Research Real World Problems Student Research Support Technology Transition
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Research Interests Optimal Modeling of Massive Data –Model reduction –Geometric and Nonlinear Signal Processing –Image processing and visualization
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Industrial Collaboration Honeywell Corporation Technical Concepts Management Inc. IBM Euclid Discoveries, LLC Siemens Corporate Research US Forest Service Raytheon
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Oil and Water Short term support (no 3 year contracts) Problem a good match? Academic freedom Publishing results, Intellectual property Patent ownership Basic research versus development Can’t talk about results (NDAs)
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Bread and Cheese Real World Problems –Drives mathematics –Develops problem solving ability Support for Research in Mathematics Realistic Preparation for Students
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