Commercialisation of R&D Output in ICT Industry – A University Perspective

Prof. Dr. Noraieni Hj. Mokhtar, Bureau of Innovation & Consultancy.

Prof. Dr. Azlan Abdul Rahman, Research Management Center.

UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA

Seminar on

Investment Opportunities for GLCs in Enhancing Competitiveness

for ICT Industry, 14 Dec 2004, Equatorial Hotel, Bangi, Selangor

Outline

Raise the level of debate among key stakeholders and influencers

Observations & re-affirmation Mechanisms & related issues University scenario General recommendations

Macro View of National Vision

ICT Research & Production

Malaysia will struggle to be competitive in global market if we do not focus on continually improving domestic capacity in ICT innovation and production.

Without ICT research & production capabilities, we may well lose the capability to be intelligent purchasers of ICT goods, let alone become pioneers of technologies.

Relative Importance of University Research OECD Report :

the role of technology & innovation as drivers of economic growth

the positive impact on productivity growth of strong industry-university links and science-industry collaboration

the contribution of ICT particularly on the service sector

“A New Economy? The changing role of Innovation and Information Technology Growth”, OECD/DSTI, 2000.

Relative Importance of University Research

OECD Report : Research on national and

regional systems of innovation had shown the importance of universities as sources of highly trained manpower and as generators of knowledge

“National Innovation Systems”, OECD/DSTI, 1997: and Local and Regional Systems of Innovation, edited by J. dleaMothe & G. Paquet, Kluwer Academic Pub. 1998

Aerospace/Defense

Industrial Machinery

Home & Lifestyle products

Fashion, Apparel

& Textiles

Health ServicesConsumer

Product/Services

ElectronicsBio-medical

Products

Automotive Advanced

Manufacturing

EducationalServices

Info/Media & Entertainment

Businessservices

Transport &Distribution

Tourism &Recreation

Financial Services

Business

Services

Agricultural &

FoodProcessing

ConstructionMaterials

Energy &ProcessedMaterials

ForestProducts

Metals

Resources

ICTAs

EnablingTool

Engines of the US Economy

ICT in Business In the K-economy, ICT is the enabling tool and talented

knowledgeable people sharing business creativity progress ahead of others

The internet has emerged as an increasingly important information channel for computer-literate businesses

Internet firms tend to be particularly well-networked and informed, which gives them a certain advantage over other firms

Internet portals and databases are also becoming increasingly important support delivery channels for university-based start ups.

Technology has a short life-cycle for commercial sustainability, fierce competition in the globalisation era, innovation and product quality, first market entry and low price

Players in ICT R&D Commercialisation

Basic researchers & knowledge creators

Developers, sellers of knowledge-embedded technology

Individual & organizational users of knowledge and tools

Entrepreneurs – building wealth generating platforms

Resource suppliers – financiers, governments, collaborators

All of us are either one, or all simultaneously

Connectivity between Industry & Academia

Commercialization of R&D has not been traditionally a high priority of universities

During the last decade these efforts have been restructured in leading universities

Increased emphasis has been put on connecting R&D capabilities to the commercial strengths and responsibilities of business

Connectivity between Industry & Academia

Efficient transfer of academic knowledge to industry is required due to :

the relative importance of university R&D in the country’s system of innovations;

the increasing amount of industry-funded research done in universities;

the public pressure on universities to show the short-term relevance of their research activities

Government-University-Industry

R & D Projects Collaboration and Sponsorships

Technology Incubation and Spin-Outs

Product Development & Commercialisation of IP

Consultancy & Testing Services Professional Training Programs Curriculum/Modules Development

for Marketable Graduates Alumni/Professional Bodies

Government-University-Industry When the government acts to

champion excellence in R&D and endorse university-industry alliances, the ICT capabilities in our universities benefit both university & industry.

Industry, university and government collaboration would attract outstanding researchers, train graduate students, and develop the technology needed to support and drive a broad range of leading edge initiatives.

Proposed Areas

High performance networks; Advanced simulation and visualisation

software; Data, information, and knowledge repository,

storage, access and synthesis; Software engineering; Computer-supported collaborative work; Data and network security; Social science; Entrepreneurial business networking in the

ICT sector.

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IP Committee

IP Unit & BIP IP Unit & BIP

Commercialisation committee

Bringing ICT Product to Market Short competitive life span of

ICT products/services. Successful commercialization of

ICT is critically dependent on bringing products to market quickly.

Delay can reduce the useful market life of product and hence reduce the income needed to recover prior investment in R&D.

High Risk“We think that commercialization of university research is very very high risk – high risk for the university and high risk for the companies, and the success very much depends on the type of company and our technologies are 10 to 15 years away. So the companies have to consider the long development time before they take on our projects.”

Katherine Ku, Director of the Office of Technology Transfer, Stanford University

Network Issues & Gaps Lack of entrepreneurship culture among

students and university staff; The public sector provides major portion of

finance; The public sector is unable to develop new &

innovative financing as effectively as the private sector;

Frequent organizational change; Fragmented initiatives; Lack of interaction/cooperation between

universities , Research Institutions and private sector.

NATIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEM

Noraieni, 2002

Key Success Indicators for MSCas Test Ted for R & D Commercialisation

RM 124.61 million approved for 56 R & D projects

785 research personnel employed 37 completed projects 15 ICT local and foreign awards won by 9

MGS recipients 6 patents pending in Malaysia/US 5 MGS recipients listed at MESDAQ and more

listings to comeSource: Ravee MDC

Some Success Stories5 MGS recipients with market capitalisation of 5 MGS recipients with market capitalisation of

RM 740 million listed atRM 740 million listed at MESDAQMESDAQ

MGS recipient Project name Product

Redtone Telecommunications

Total Enterprise Communication System (TES)

CTI Solution to support Unified Messaging, Internet telephony and automatic call distribution

PUC Founder (MSC) Finger tecAuthentication terminal that verifies a person’s identity through registered fingerprints

Willowglen MSC SCADAHardware and software based on SCADA system that captures processes and field information

Infotech Alliance Biz –Engine & E-BizSoftware engine that allow users to build mobile and internet based business applications

Ingenuity MPredictive CRM for

financial applications

Customer behaviour analytical engine and financial application data interchange

Source: Ravee MDC

Some Potential Impacts Growing international presence (China, US, Japan) Increase international sales partners and distributors Established foreign R&D company relocated to MSC

(US, Singapore) R&D Collaboration with foreign universities (China,

Spain) Establishment of World Class R&D Facility Recruitment of R&D personnel with Masters/PhD Increase in patent disclosures and publications Create a pool of software engineers and IC designers National IC Design Institute

Source: Ravee MDC

MSC Hubs and Clusters of R&D

MSC Central Incubator

UTMJB

Kulim Hi-Tech Park

TPM

USM

UPM

UKMMMU

UMUTMKLCC

UNIMAS

UMS

MSC boundary

PETALING JAYAKLCC

KLIA

AIRPORT CITY

Technology Park

PUTRAJAYA

KL Tower

CYBERJAYA

MSC – Status in the Southern Corridor IHL & Technopreneur Flagship/Incubator Management

UTM City Campus, CoEs, BIP Branch Office for Tech Comm

UM UiTM

MMU

UPM

UKM

University Incubators-MSC/TDF

KULIM Hi-Tech

USM

UUM

Northern Corridor

UTM

UTM-Techno-Park

Industry Center

New Proposed

KUTKM,Melaka

KUITHO, Batu Pahat, Johor

RESEARCH COLLABORATIONSRecipients of MGS

Name of Companies I-Power Technologies Sdn Bhd Multimedia Prospect Sdn Bhd iNavigate 3ntity MSC Trustgate I-Systems Group Sdn Bhd Inter nexus Protocol Chronos Airstair PUC Founder Pintar Media Ingenuity Machinery Performance Ambersoft

Name of Universities MMU, UM USM USM UTM UKM USM UPM MMU UTM Peking University UKM UKM UTM UKM

Source: MDC

University-Cradle Program (U-CIP) under MAVCAP

Allocation of RM 100 million Grant of RM 50 K for Pre-Seed Funding

towards Idea Bank From research idea to product

development to proof of concept 1st Beta Institutions: UTM, MMU, APIT,

LIMKOKWINGOther universities in the process…

Current Focus Areas in ICT of University R&D Projects Artificial Intelligence/Neural

Network : Facial/Pattern Recognition/Image Processing

Robotics Photonics Wireless Communication and

Broadband Antenna RFID Open Source Internet Protocol (IPV6) Bio-informatics and Tele-

Medicine Database Management IT Security; Firewall,

authentication, encryption, decryption

Financial and Management tool; ERP/CRM

IC Design and prototype development

Microelectronics and Digital Signal Processing

Visualisation Multi-Media Education Software

Web-Based learning software Specialised engineering

/industrial design software (Life-cycle cost, info-forecasting, waste management, process and energy management)

Indicators for Universities’ Achievement

No. Invention Disclosures: No. Patents Filed: No. of IP granted: No. of National Awards: International Awards: No. Number of Projects Commercialised: Amount of Revenue received by University from Technology Licensing: No. of projects prioritised listed for commercialisation: No.of prioritised ICT projects : (TDF/MDC & U-CIP/MAVCAP program): Number of anticipated projects commercialised

Licensing:JV: Start-ups:Spin-outs:Tech Incubators: Amount of Research Grants/contract Research received from Industry: MoU & MoA (Consultancy, Testing Services and Research Contract) Number of Researchers (Professors,PhDs, MScs.) Number of Research Assistants Growth/increase of Scientists and Technical Personnel State of The-Art Facilities Sponsored/Shared facilities

ICT Projects Management (UTM Case)1. Research Management Centre

2. Centres of Excellence and Faculties

3. Bureau of Innovation and Consultancy

4. R&D Focus Group: Aerospace, IT and Telecommunication

Aerospace: GIS, GPS, Remote Sensing Information Technology: Bio-info & Software Engineering,

Computing System,IS and K Management, Security, IM Pro Telecommunication: Wireless Communication, Switching

and Optics

State-of-the-art Facilities and Niche Programs Computer facilities and network Infra-structure Computer Laboratories

Super-Computers, Servers, PCs, Training Labs; CAD/CAMS

R&D Equipment Training ; Post-Grad Programs; (MSc & PhD, by

Coursework and by Research: Software Engineering, IT Entrepreneurship, Professional Courses

NUDP-Technopreneurship Development MSC Technology Incubator Management Program Undergraduate course in Entrepreneurship Alumni & Students Entrepreneur Clubs Library (ISO and E-Library)

UTM ICT Project 1WIDEBAND SUSPENDED MICROSTRIP ANTENNA

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ir. Wan Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ir. Wan Khairuddin Bin Wan AliKhairuddin Bin Wan Aliwankhai@fkm.utm.my

An antenna using square microchip patch antenna with suspended parasitic An antenna using square microchip patch antenna with suspended parasitic element that can give broader bandwidth in the order of 6 to 10 times that of element that can give broader bandwidth in the order of 6 to 10 times that of a normal antennaa normal antenna

Frequency bandwidth of between 4.72 GHz to 6.02 GHz. A 24.21% Frequency bandwidth of between 4.72 GHz to 6.02 GHz. A 24.21% bandwidth against a 2% - 4% narrow bandwidth with normal antenna.bandwidth against a 2% - 4% narrow bandwidth with normal antenna.

Applications include Satellite and Mobile Communication. Radio Applications include Satellite and Mobile Communication. Radio Astronomy. Aeronautical radio-navigation, satellite services, satellite earth Astronomy. Aeronautical radio-navigation, satellite services, satellite earth exploration, Radiolocation, 3G multi-point indoor application. Marine Radio-exploration, Radiolocation, 3G multi-point indoor application. Marine Radio-navigation and Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) spectrum.navigation and Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) spectrum.

Award:

2nd Prize,INATEX,

UTM 2002/2003

1st UTM recipient of CIP (MAVCAP)

SHOWCASE- EXHIBITION

ICT Project 2:FLAT ANTENNA FOR POINT-TO-POINTMICROWAVE LINK

Prof. Dr. Tharek Abdul Rahmantharek@fke.utm.my

www.fke.utm.my/wcc

AwardAwardGold medal, INPEX Gold medal, INPEX 2004, Pittsburg, 2004, Pittsburg, United StatesUnited States

Application: Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), 5.4 -6 GHz

Access Point

Mobile Stations

Switch

IndoorUnit

Backhaul

IndoorUnit

TRIAL AT KOLEJ PERDANA, UTM

ICT Project 3:

ADVANCED CYTOGRAPHIC PROCESSOR IC CHIP PROTOTYPE FOR NEXT-GENERATION SMART CARDS AND SECURITY DEVICES

Elliptic Curve Crypto-Processor SoCElliptic Curve Crypto-Processor SoC

VLSI_ECAD LaboratoryFaculty Of Electrical EngineeringUniversity Teknologi Malaysia

NIOSPROCESSOR

TIMER

PIO

MEMORYMODULE

AV

AL

ON

BU

S

UART

USB

Advance Encryption Standard(AES) Core

DESIGN INTERFACE UNIT

Control UnitInterfaceControlle

r

RegisterFile

data

Key

Status

Control Bits

KEY GENERATOR UNIT

Rotate

SubByte

RCon

InvMixColumn

Registers

Enc/Dec

Registers

KeyBit

KeyBit (From Key Generator Unit)

Key

Key(From Design Interface Unit)

Ctrl

Ctrl

Status

Enc/Dec

Reset

Start

Output DataInput Data

Result

data

ChipSelect

Address

DataOut

DataIn

ENCRYPTION/DECRYPTION UNIT

SUBBYTES MIX COLUMNS

AffineINVERSE MULTIPLICATION

Square Multiply

Inverse

InverseAffine

XOR Blocks

CTime Blocks

SHIFT ROWS ADD ROUNDKEY

Output Data

Input Data

Elliptic Curve Cryptography(ECC) Core

Control VectorControl

Status

Status

Opcode

CONTROL UNIT

Microsequencer Iteration Counter

Control Logic

Microcode Memory

Loop Register

Counters

Ctrl

Status

Datai_field

en_ECC

Control

Status

DATA MODULE UNIT

Arithmetic Unit

LSD-firstMultiplier

ParallelSquarer

Register File

Accumulator

Zero Detector

Datai_field

dataBus

16 x mRAM

pBus

DATA INTERFACE MODULE

Input MUX Interface register Output Buffer

Interface Controller

Rst

Read En

Write En

Data

Data_in Field

Data_in Bus

Data_o Field

Data_o Bus

SpaceRdy

DataRdy

SHA-1 Hashing Core

SHA ENGINE ITERATION COMPUTATION UNIT

RegA

RegPFt

RegPE

RegPWt

<< 5

+

+

RegD

RegC

+

Mux

Ft

H

SigB

Wt Kt

+

<<30

Counter

MESSAGE EXPANSION UNIT

MessageExpansion

DPUInput

Handshaking

SelMtWtMt

clkCtrlClk

CONSTANT MULTIPLEXER

MuxCounterEncoder

t Kt LOGICAL FUNCTION GENERATOR

Function Generator& Multiplexer

CounterEncoder

Word_1Word_2

tFtclk

Ft

Word_3

FEED FORWARD UNIT

OutputHandshaking

Control

FeedForwardControl

FeedForwardDPU

MD

H

ReadNextMDWord

Rst

t

MDWordRdy

Version 1.1

Modular Arithmetic Processor (MAP)

Control

Status

MODULAR ARITHMETIC UNITDPU UNIT

Control Unit

Operand_1

result

Start

DataCtrl

Operand_2

Operand_3

Operand_4

ConditionSignal

MuxA

Reg U Reg V

Add1

Shifter1

Operand_1 Operand_2

MuxB

Mux1 Mux2

Mux3

Slave

Add2

Shifter2

Operand_3

result

Master

Operand_4

MuxU MuxV

Reg A Reg B

Mux4 Mux5

Mux6

DESIGN INTERFACE UNIT

InterfaceController

RegisterFile

Rst

Read En

Write En

Data

Data_in Field

Data_in Bus

Data_o Field

Data_o Bus

SpaceRdy

DataRdy

Control

Data In

Data Out

Version 1.1

Prof. Dr. Mohamed Prof. Dr. Mohamed Khalil Hj Mohd Hani Khalil Hj Mohd Hani khalil@fke.utm.my

The IC prototype is an advancedThe IC prototype is an advanced cryptographic processor, designed for improving security cryptographic processor, designed for improving security and performance for elliptive curve public-key cryptographic (ECC) operations, and performance for elliptive curve public-key cryptographic (ECC) operations, that are essential in smart card Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Digital Signature and advanced that are essential in smart card Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Digital Signature and advanced security requirements. It is prototyped in a single FPGA IC chip.security requirements. It is prototyped in a single FPGA IC chip.

Application: Application: Wireless communication, electronic government, Wireless communication, electronic government, transportation and health/telemedicine systems.transportation and health/telemedicine systems.

AwardSilver medal, IENA 2004, Germany

ICT Project 4:MEMS FIBER ALIGNMENT SYSTEM (PROTOTYPE)

Prof. Dr. Abu Bakar Prof. Dr. Abu Bakar MohammadMohammadbakar@fke.utm.my

surface micromachined MEMS.surface micromachined MEMS.Specification: For SMF diameter 7-9µm, Specification: For SMF diameter 7-9µm, Operating voltage 0-20V, Actuation range 100µmOperating voltage 0-20V, Actuation range 100µm

AwardSilver medal,IENA 2004, Germany

Advantages: Advantages: Efficient optical signal coupling, Efficient optical signal coupling, Eliminate conventional off chip alignment submount,Eliminate conventional off chip alignment submount, Integrated on chip alingment solution, Integrated on chip alingment solution, Simple packaging and assembly workSimple packaging and assembly work Reducing production time while maximizing yield for optical MEMS deviceReducing production time while maximizing yield for optical MEMS device

Application : Application :

Active alignment of fiberActive alignment of fiber with up-down control, Passive alignment of fiber,On chip with up-down control, Passive alignment of fiber,On chip

integrated alignment for optical device packaging (i.e. switch, router), integrated alignment for optical device packaging (i.e. switch, router),

Field test of fiber communication system, Laboratory optical device characterization Field test of fiber communication system, Laboratory optical device characterization

and measurement & Photonic components manufacturing equipmentand measurement & Photonic components manufacturing equipment and automationand automation

Waste Water Treatment Plant design (WASDA)Design of Storm Filter, Hybrid membrane reactors

Prof. Dr. Zaini Ujang zaini@fka.utm.my

Other Technologies for Commercialisation

KAQ 60KAQ 60

Intelligent Solutions

by

VisionPlateComputer Database

Prof. Dr. Marzuki Khalidmarzuki@utmkl.utm.myFuzzy Logic/Artificial IntelligenceVisual/Facial Recognition and Licence plate CAIRO/AISB

WASDA Licensed to DOE

Final Remarks

Having a local ICT research & production capacity would enable rapid take-up & deployment of ICTs across the economy.

Important to realise that ICT production & trade play a significant role in driving employment & productivity growth.

Need to create an environment that is globally competitive through world-class R&D in ICT sector.

Develop effective government-university-industry advisory group.

To promote commercialisation, there is a need to make university R&D more visible to private sector and encourage IP guidelines

Thank You