University of applied Sciences western Switzerland

School of management - Sierre

Information Systems Institute

Prof. Laurent Sciboz - June 6th 2014

HES-SO in brief

• More than 18,200 students

– The largest UAS in Switzerland

• 27 schools in 7 cantons

• About 10,000 employees

– The equivalent of more than 3,000 full-time positions

• 6 Education fields

• 41 Bachelor degree programs

• 16 Master degree programs

• 170 recognized continuing education courses

Information Systems

• Bachelor & Master Degree Courses

– Software Development

– System Architecture

– Business & Economics

http://tinyurl.com/sierre2013

Sierre, a software factory

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LE VALAIS, PREMIER POLE DE SUISSE DEDIE

AUX TECHNOLOGIES DE L'INFORMATION

Le TechnoArk développe des opportunités d’affaires liées aux

nouvelles technologies de l’information et de la communication,

en particulier dans le domaine de l’Internet des objets.

Il favorise les synergies entre les instituts de recherche et

les entreprises, afin de développer des solutions

informatiques innovantes.

Pôle technologique créé en 1989 à l'initiative d'entrepreneurs

sierrois, le TechnoArk réunit aujourd'hui quelques 60

PME, start-up et 4 instituts de recherche. Plus de 480

personnes créent la dynamique de ce site unique en Suisse.

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Sur ce site, les PME et les start-up profitent également des

services:

Incubateur: un encadrement professionnel au démarrage de

projets d’entreprises

Accélérateur: un accompagnement à la valorisation des

technologies

Innovation: un soutien au développement d’innovation

d’affaires

LE VALAIS, PREMIER POLE DE SUISSE DEDIE

AUX TECHNOLOGIES DE L'INFORMATION

A Software Factory

SME

(jobs)

Incubator Ra&D

TechnoArk

Influence on SME

economic development Process

start-up SME

Attraction for ICT Start-Up

Economic

growth

Industrial

reputation

Innovation

reputation

Attraction for

start-up

"co-sourcing"

Research

partner

Spin-Off

Technopole

Image

Start-

Up locaux

480 emplois

60 entreprises

52 Entreprises 480 Emplois

Media/communication

Technologique

Services

NTIC

PME

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Pôle technologique

310 projets de Ra+D et transfert de technologie

10.3 mio CHF de fonds obtenus

85 chercheurs et collaborateurs scientifiques

92 publications scientifiques

Projets de recherche

Internationaux EU FP7

Nationaux CTI - Hasler – FNS Nano Terra

Open Innovation pour grandes entreprises

RA+D pour PME (CTI)

Progression - 2013 : résultats des instituts d’informatique

eHealth eEnergy

BPM

Cloud Computing

Data Intelligence

Ergonomy, Usability

Intelligent Agents

Internet of Things

Medical Information

Processing

Semantic Web

Software Engineering

eGov ERP eServices

15 years of applied research

Royaume-Uni

University College of London

University of London

Imperial college of Science,

Technology and Medicine

The University of Sheffield

Irelande

Dublin City University

Pays-Bas

Motek Medical

Portavita BV

Stichting Vu‐Vumc

Technische Universiteit Delft

Universitair Medisch

Centrum Utrecht

Belgique

Katholieke Universiteit

Leuven & University Hospital

Luxembourg

University of Luxembourg

France

CNRS

Ecole des Mines d’Albi

ELDA

INRIA

RunMyProcess

Gnúbila France

Italie

Biomolecular Research Genomics

Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù

Istituto Gianna Gaslini

Lynkeus

Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”

Slovénie

Jozef Stefan Institute

Allemagne

Empirica Gesellschaft für Kommunikations

und Technologieforschung

Fraunhofer‐Gesellschaft zur Förderung

der Angewandten Forschung

Bodytel Europe

Deutsches Forshungzentrum

für künstliche Intelligenz

Institute of Robotics and

Mechatronics

SIEMENS AG

Univerität Duisburg-Essen

University of Heidelberg

Pologne

Medical University of Lodz

République Tchèque

Charles University

Autriche

Medizinische Universität Wien

Technische Universität Wien

Society of Physicians in Vienna

Roumanie

Universitatea Transilvania din Brasov

Bulgarie

Ontotext

Servie

Ericsson

Grèce

Athena Research and

Innovation Center in Information

Espagne

Atos Research Spain

Universidad de Murcia

Catalan Agency for Health Information, Assessment and Quality

European collaboration (2014)

International National

Industrial and economic

partners

eHealth unit HES-SO in Sierre

Henning Müller

Michael Schumacher

A successful team!

• 1st place at the BHI 2014 Student Best Paper

Rapid Fire Session

– “Multi Atlas-Based Segmentation with an Intensity

Feature Refinement” by Oscar A. Jiménez del

Toro and Henning Müller

Prof. Michael Schumacher

• Context of an aging society and an increasing number

of patients with chronic diseases

• Shift of paradigm is needed towards a sustainable

management of health, in order to enhance:

– Early detection and prevention of diseases

– Healthy behaviors & nutrition

– Patient empowerment & health literacy

– Seamless and coordinated care

– Chronic disease management

– Socially integrated care and independent living

– Rehabilitation

Motivation:

Sustainable Health

Inter-disciplinary

Center for Sustainable

Health Technology

• Molecular diagnostic assay and systems development

• Sensor developments & integrated devices

• eHealth applications & data analysis

• Healthy food

Strategic Axes