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Friday, 16th September

0900 Welcome & Presentation; questions from ‘critical friends’; Glasgow sensor activity: present and future - John Chapman

0930 Breakout for consideration of feedback and case enhancement1015 Coffee/tea1030 Feedback, wrap up and next steps1145 Close of day 2

Timetable for day 2

Aims of Day 2

• Obtaining feedback on the plans developed during Day 1 with particular emphasis on:

- our strengths, weaknesses, unique selling points and ideas for filling gaps in our capabilities,

- identification of external threats,- our perceptions of what are user communities want and the ways we

propose to increase the effectiveness of our interactions with them,- how we might grow our user communities;

• Ascertaining our credibility (technical expertise, critical mass, etc) for playing a leading role in a TIC bid and what was needed for significant improvement;

• Identifying the next steps forward and an appropriate timetable.

Aims of the Workshop - 2

School of ChemistrySchool of Computing ScienceSchool of EngineeringSchool of Geographical & Earth SciencesSchool of Mathematics & StatisticsSchool of Physics & AstronomySchool of Psychology

Research Institute in Neuroscience and Psychology

www.glasgow.ac.uk/colleges/scienceengineering

About the College - 1

The College structure allows us to:

grow our multidisciplinary research programmes thereby enabling us to play a larger role in tackling societal challenges,

offer a wider range of choice to undergraduates while delivering a smaller number of courses,

provide new vocational PGT programmes on topics of high demand,

develop an increased number of effective partnerships with leading international institutions.

About the College - 2

Research funding circa £35 million per annum provides unique facilities that also support our postgraduate researchers

~270 academic staff, ~70 research fellows, ~200 PDRAs

~4250 FTE undergraduate students

~600 PhD students

>300 postgraduate taught Masters students

Four of the UK’s top ten Research Units in the RAE 2008 – Computing Science, Electrical Engineering, Physics, and Psychology

About the College - 3

Addressing major societal challenges

As well as being a major player in single discipline science and engineering, the College embraces major societal challenges faced worldwide and engages in multidisciplinary research. Included are:

Digital economyEnergy & sustainabilityEnvironmentHealthcare technologyInfrastructure & transportMaterialsNanotechnologySensors and intelligent imagingSustainable high value manufacturingSystems & synthetic biologyUnderpinning capabilities

www.glasgow.ac.uk/colleges/scienceengineering/research/

• Aim: to rationalise diverse activities into a coherent programme

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Sensor system functional model

A single model defines interfaces across the system

• £42M research and contract income associated with staff in sensors space

£21M

GU activity – measured by income

• 700 papers since 2008 associated with staff in sensors space

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GU activity – measured by publications

Industrial partners: providers and users

2009: $12.5B (Europe)

2016: $18.9B (Europe)

• High diversity• CAGR = 6.7%• Analysis considers: Field Instruments,

MEMS, Personnel Protection, Motion & Position, Others

• Growth driven by increased applications

• Global value estimate $69B (2013)

Market data: Europe

• Market Opportunities: drug discovery; point of care diagnostics; SMART grid; offshore, renewables, oil & gas and shipping; intelligent transport; environmental; CBRNE (defence)

(SE Study 2010:PA Consulting Sensors Foresighting)

• The world-wide sensors component market is estimated to grow from its current global value of $44bn to $69.2bn by 2013

(Frost and Sullivan Sensors Market report 2009)

• The market for sensor systems is estimated to be 7 times the market for sensor components of ~$490bn

(EPoSS Strategic Research Agenda 2009 – European Union Commission)

Market data (continued)

Glasgow Leadership

• The Scottish Sensor Systems Centre (S3C) responds to the Scottish Funding Council’s call for Knowledge Exchange proposals

• SFC funding of £1.2M /3 years received for terrestrial and subsea activities

• Demand identified through meetings between academic and industrial partners. A coalition of 23 contributing industrial partners has been established

• University of Glasgow is leading the terrestrial work stream

Towards a more coherent programme

• The University has:– an extensive portfolio of sensor systems activity– good industrial linkages to sensor companies– been awarded an SFC grant for the S3C in sensor systems– good linkages with RCUK to inform strategic direction

• Taking the above as our starting point we want to play a larger role in sensor systems to the mutual advantage of the University and UK plc

• For example, how can we provide leading support for a sensor systems TIC bid in the event that the opportunity arises?

Where now and where next?

• Technology Strategy Board (TSB) are tasked with delivering TICs in the UK; 3 have already been selected:

– High Value Manufacturing over 6 sites (not preferred model)– Cell Therapies (full applications by 2nd September)– Offshore Renewable Energy (25 August for EOI)

• Second phase - 3 new areas are being considered from: Complex systems Digital media/creative industries Future citiesFuture internet systems Resource efficiency PhotonicsSensor systems Smart grids and distribution Space Transport systems and integration 

• TSB will down-select 3 in December 2011 for further work:– Favourites(?): Sensor systems, Space, Transport systems

Technology Innovation Centres

RCUK support for the Hauser report

• Scottish Enterprise are closely aligned with TSB activities– In part, they represent TSB activities in Scotland

• SE have been actively supporting TICs and possible TIC bids from Scottish companies

• SE supported the SFC Horizon bid for the S3C proposal and will be a board observer to the S3C

• SE, similar to Universities, cannot lead a TIC bid but can facilitate the process– They have held a TIC workshop, attended by UoG along with other interested

parties– Presently forming a small working group to focus on the challenges of preparing a

bid

• SE understands that sensor systems are critical to Scotland’s economy

Scottish Enterprise involvement

Breakout session 1

1. What are the user communities we interact with today and what do you think our future users want/need?

2. What are the strengths of the sensor systems activity in the University of Glasgow at the moment and what are our unique selling points?

3. What are the weaknesses of the sensor systems activity in the University of Glasgow at the moment?

4. What are the significant potential threats external to the University? (eg. reputational, leadership, capability...)?

Breakout session 2

5. What are the most cost-effective ways of filling gaps in our capabilities?

6. How should we best organise ourselves at the University of Glasgow?

7. How can we position ourselves with industry in the context of a TIC?

8. If we have a new sensors systems DTC, what projects would you offer in collaboration with external organisations?

Key questions considered yesterday

James Watt Nanofabrication Centre & Kelvin Nanocharacterisation Centre

Lab on a chip, lab on a pill

Internationally leading expertise within the sensor stack• Nanofabrication for sensors• Transduction electronics and sensor integration• Human computer interaction, information retrieval, inference

‘Virtual’ sensors

System integration both at monolithic level and at heterogeneous level (albeit not as extensively as we would like)

Strengths and unique selling points

Principal user communities• Medical Community – hospitals, (GP surgeries)• Utility Companies – water, (electricity)• Device Companies• Security, environment, energy• Other colleagues in GU

Translation of data to information. Potential new users and applications

Existing users – reduction of cost.

Access to highly trained, skilled people and multidisciplinary teamsProvision of trained manpower, (anticipating industry needs)Education

Our ‘users’ and our assessment of their wants and needs

Filling the capability gap

Identify an inspirational and credible leader for the activity; buy out his/her time

Be prepared to recruit to key linking areas

Organise internal sandpits, networking and discussion events

Jointly supervised PhD/interns – build on Kelvin Smith scheme

Use College funded buyouts more widely to develop specific aspects of sensor activity

Perform ‘partner searches’ for filling in the gaps both in the academic sphere and commercial sphere

Engineer serendipitous meetings

Organisation of sensor-related activity

Consider the formation of a Centre, noting the importance of being responsive and able to reconfigure rapidly

Promote summer schools/workshops/ joint activities

Ensure management and staff in the University share the same vision and that team playing is rewarded.

Align incentives with objectives – demonstrate the importance of collaboration.

Help researchers see the bigger picture

If the opportunity to bid for a DTC arises, take it!

Develop a coherent outward facing sensors profile; keep it updated

Understand but do not downplay our capability

Understanding our industrial partners better – push activity with them that meets their longer term requirements.

Utilise our links, developed at all levels and including industrial alumni, to foresee opportunities.

We want to explore further the possibility of playing a leading support role in a sensor systems TIC!

Our positioning with respect to a TIC bid

The TSB will examine the applications based upon the following selection criteria:

– the potential global markets which could be accessed through the centre are predicted to be worth billions of pounds per annum

– the UK has world-leading research capability

– UK business has the ability to exploit the technology and make use of increased investment to capture a significant share of the value chain and embed the activity in the UK

– enable the UK to attract and anchor the knowledge intensive activities of globally mobile companies and secure sustainable wealth creation for the UK

– should be closely aligned with, and essential to achieve, a national strategic priority (energy, ageing population, ICT etc)

TIC selection criteria