CETIC Centre of Excellence in Information and Communication Technologies Damien HUBAUX General Manager 2016 Centre d Excellence en Technologies de l Information et de la Communication
Agenda Overview Composition Expertise / Research Services International
Overview
Mission Supporting regional economic development Through the development of a strong expertise in ICT By helping companies to integrate ICT technologies faster and more easily in their products, services and processes 4
Positioning APPLIED RESEARCH FEASIBILITY STUDIES PROOF-OF-CONCEPT TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER 5
Specificities Cutting-edge Expertise Continuous Technological Watch State-of-the-Art Research Technological Independance IP Transfer Knowledge Transfer Pluridisciplinary Innovation Trusted Third-party 6
Context Founded in 2001 by 3 universities Located on the Aeropole in Charleroi Support from European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Accreditation: Applied Research Centre by the Walloon authorities International Development European Research Area 7
Accredited research centre Non-profit organisation Significant self-funding Max 50% of direct funding by Regional authorities Only for R&D projects A majority of Industry members in the board Focused on a specific industry (ICT) In line with the needs of the regional actors Dissemination of research results 8
Key Figures SOURCES OF REVENUE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER Turnover: 4.570.000 23% Technology transfer 18% European framework programs 15% Convergence ERDF 30% Wallonia 12% Federal 2% Other Volume of activity: 63% SME 13% GE 23% Public / Non-profit 9
Key Figures R&D Projects PARTNERSHIPS SOURCE OF FUNDING APPLICATION DOMAIN 175 partnerships, With 151 different entities: 45 Wallonia/Industry 41 Wallonia/Research & Innovation 4 Wallonia/Other 38 Europe/Industry 40 Europe/Research & Innovation 7 Europe/Other Number of projects : 3 Structural funds in Wallonia 6 Competitiveness clusters 8 Walloon programs 5 International programs 7 European Framework Programs 2 Other Number of projects : 8 Software industry 7 Health 5 Transport & logistics 3 Manufacturing 2 Energy 2 Computer Security and Trust 2 Digital and co-creation 2 Other 10
Composition
Human Resources 12
Board of Administrators 13
Collaborations 14
Expertise / Research
Range of expertise SOFTWARE & SYSTEM ENGINEERING PROCESS & PRODUCT QUALITY METHODOLOGY & QUALITY REQUIREMENTS & MODELLING CODE ANALYSIS OPTIMIZATION SECURITY USER INTERFACES (METHODOLOGY) SOFTWARE & SERVICES TECHNOLOGIES FUTURE INTERNET CLOUD COMPUTING SEMANTIC WEB BIG DATA OPEN SOURCE & OPEN DATA USER INTERFACES (TECHNOLOGIES) EMBEDDED & COMMUNICATING SYSTEMS INTERNET OF THINGS PROGRAMMABLE SYSTEMS SMART OBJECTS WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK 17
Software quality (processes and products) Help IT companies to produce high quality software products and services. Methodological research, with a view to enhancing the quality, efficiency, security and safety of new and increasingly complex ICT systems. Focus on the use of lightweight approaches specifically adapted to SMEs, while ensuring compliance with international standards. Requirement engineering, effort sizing Practices assessment, with a focus on SME s (ISO29110) Software code analysis Safety, reliability, formal methods Process Modelling CBLS optimisation User interfaces (usability, principles) SOFTWARE & SYSTEM ENGINEERING 18
Future Internet CETIC provides companies with advanced expertise by taking advantage of the newest distributed, scalable architectures, technologies to automate IT systems management and tools for data management. Cloud automation Deployment, configuration, adaptation Integrated and scalable software architectures Data management Big Data, semantics Open Source and Open Data Ecosystems, licenses, standards SOFTWARE & SERVICES TECHNOLOGIES 19
Internet of things CETIC has developed exceptional prototyping skills in embedded systems and wireless technologies to help industry build new and innovative products. Analyse new application fields New wireless communication standards (Zigbee, 6LowPan, Bluetooth Low Energy, SigFox ), Network management (self management, routing algorithms, ) Energy management Intelligent objects (IoT) EMBEDDED & COMMUNICATING SYSTEMS 20
Application Domains Software Media Manufacturing Healthcare METHODS, LANGUAGES, GENERIC TECHNOLOGIES, SOFTWARE COMPONENTS ICT OTHER SECTOR-SPECIFIC ICT INNOVATIONS Energy Aerospace Transport & Logistics Telecommunications 21
Working with CETIC
How to work with CETIC Research project Collaborative Mid term Technological risk Subsidy (partial) Shared intellectual property Service Custom Short term Innovation / strategic need Paid by the company TECHNOLOGICAL GUIDANCE SUPPORT TO INNOVATION PROCESS TECHNICAL AUDITS Intellectual property transferred 23
Technology Readiness Level SYSTEM TEST, LAUNCH & OPERATIONS TRL 9 TRL 8 MARKET SYSTEM / SUBSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT TRL 7 TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH TO PROVE FEASIBILITY TRL 6 TRL5 TRL 4 TRL3 TRL 2 INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH BASIC TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH TRL 1 FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH 24
Entreprises trusting CETIC 27
Entreprises trusting CETIC 28
International
International visibility CETIC is representing Belgium in ISO JTC 1/SC 7 Software & System Engineering Standards JTC 1/SC 38 - Distributed application platforms and services Strategic Research Partnership since 2007 with LIST (Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology), Luxembourg Previously Centre de Recherche Public Henri Tudor ETS (Ecole de Technologie Supérieure), Canada Part of the University of Quebec Accredited by French Ministry for Research as R&D Expert (Crédit Impôt Recherche) 31
Involvement in European programmes H2020 BEACON * TANGO FP7 PaaSage POLCA Evidence Redirnet Ascetic Bonfire RESERVOIR Deploy-IP PONTE * S-Cube Other European Projects Numericanal (Interreg) NWERide (Interreg) I2MSTEEL (RFCS) ComodIT (Era-Net) SPES (Central Europe) AMACS (Era-Net) Dapcare (Era-Net) Extra (Cornet) C2A (Interreg) FP6 Oldes BEinGRID CoreGRID EverGrow QualOSS * GridTrust * AssessGrid HPC4U * Coordinator 32
In conclusion CONTEXT Created in 2001 Accredited Research Centre ~40 researcher in 3 departments MISSION Applied Research at EU and Regional level Technology Transfert Agent to (inter-) Regional Industry SERVING INDUSTRY SotA/Techno Evaluation and Coaching (HW/SW) Trusted Third Party Connect Industry to latest research results INTERNATIONAL INVOLVEMENT EU: FP7 Coordinator and Participants EraNets and Interreg Regional Research project (Plan Marshall 2.vert) REGIONAL FUNDING FOR CONTRACT RESEARCH Technological Checks Feasibility Studies R&D 1-1 Projects 33
Going further Aéropole de Charleroi-Gosselies Avenue Jean Mermoz 28 B-6041 Charleroi - Belgique twitter.com/@cetic twitter.com/@cetic_be linkedin.com/company/cetic info@cetic.be Damien Hubaux General Manager Tel : +32.71.490.733 damien.hubaux@cetic.be +32 71 490 700