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SMEs in the EU R&D context . Dr Marta MARTÍNEZ-VÁZQUEZ. Dinner Debate , European Parliament , 29 January 2013. A personal experience. About me About IMST VISTA: another COST Action on antennas?! IMST’s COST & EU experience Wishes for future R&D Conclusions. Presentation Overview. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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SMEs in the EU R&D context
Dr Marta MARTÍNEZ-VÁZQUEZDinner Debate, European Parliament, 29 January 2013
A personal experience
Presentation Overview About me About IMST VISTA: another COST Action on
antennas?! IMST’s COST & EU experience Wishes for future R&D Conclusions
About me... PhD Electrical Engineering, UP Valencia
(Spain) Senior Engineer & Project Manager at
IMST GmbH (Germany) Chair of IC1102 VISTA Previously: COST Actions 260, 284,
IC0603 EU Projects Networking & teaching activities
About IMST Foundation: 1992 Staff: 180 Headquarters: Kamp-Lintfort,
Germany
IMST Services
Research & development Design of RF components &
systems Transfer to manufacturing Test services & type approval
IMST
Public funded research projects
Customised design
of radio systems, antennas,
microelectronics
Products& Services
Target markets Telecom / IT Automation Automotive Medical devices Security
IMST & publicly funded R&D Strategy:
Know-how through targeted R&D projects Technology transfer in industrial projects
Germany Regional (NRW) National (BMBI/BMBF)
EU FP6/FP7IP: STREP, NoE, Coordinating Actions,
InterRegio Eureka/Medea+ ESA
COST 259 “Wireless Flexible Personalized Communications” COST 260 “Smart Antennas” COST 273 “Towards Mobile Broadband Multimedia Networks” COST 281 “Potential Health Implications from Mobile Communication
Systems” COST 2100 “Pervasive Mobile & Ambient Wireless Communications” COST IC0603 “Antenna Systems & Sensors for Information Society
Technologies (ASSIST)” COST IC1004 “Cooperative Radio Communications for Green Smart
Environments” COST IC1102 “Versatile, Integrated, and Signal-aware Technologies for
Antennas (VISTA)”
IMST & COST Actions
Once upon a time… in 1998
What is COST?
Dates COST Action Countries1973-1977 25-1: Aerial network with phase control 5
1980-1984 204: Phased array antennas and their novel applications
8
1984-1988 213: Electronically steered antennas for future satellite and terrestrial communications in the 90s
12
1993-1997 245: Active arrays and array fed reflector antennas 17
1997-2001 260: Smart Antennas: Computer Aided Design & Technology
18
2002-2006 284: Innovative Antennas for Emerging Terrestrial and Space-based Applications
20
2007-2011 IC0603 ASSIST: Antenna Systems & Sensors for Information Society Technologies
27
COST IC1102 VISTA…Yet another COST Action on Antennas?!
Still needed?
RF-Electronics:(Microwaves, optoelectronics)Signal Processing…)
“Interfacing” activity
Channel propagation, Navigation systems, Global Integrated Networks , Atmosphere; Meteorology
Antennas:From guided to radiated signaland viceversa
The engine
The tyres !!
The track
Antennas are everywhere…
Source: BMW
Source: Airbus
Wireless systems of tomorrow
Cost-efficientReconfigurableFrequency agile
AdaptiveMultifunctional
MIMO
Cognitive Radio
Wireless Sensor
Networks
SatCom
THz Imaging & Radar
Intra/on/off body
comm.
Vision of VISTA
WG2
WG4
WG1 WG3HOW
Systems & Applications
Information harvested and delivered:whenever neededwherever neededhowever needed
Understand & predict the possibilitymodelling &
characterisation
Create the possibility
People and society
Make it physically possible
Enabling technologies & applications
VISTA & industry
Human resources
(researchers, networking)
Exchange of ideas (blue sky research)
VISTA participants
Industry (incl.
SMEs)
Research centres
University European Bodies
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
1812
58
1
1
5
Industry9%
SMEs9%
Academia66%
University66%
European Bodies1%
VISTA outputs• Mobility through STSM (>15/year)• Courses• Teaching material
Training and education
• Industry-University• Spin-off projects
Durable cooperation
• Recommendations for future applications• Technical documents• Algorithms & measurements• Benchmarking activities
Technical outputs
Societal
aims
Attract female
students
Capture the attention:
events for & with children
Correlate education efforts with industrial
requirements
Improve MSc and PhD students mobility
COST experience for IMST
PROS CONS
No direct benefits
Heavy weight of university
“Academic thinking”
Limited tools
Networking
Reputation/Excellence
Links to academia / HR aspects
Flexibility
IMST experience in EU projects
Good support for internal R&D Long-term projects International presence Financial security during project
lifespan
IMST experience in EU projects Complete system solution expected ‘Academic thinking’: expectations, planning,
etc. Too high-tech / ‘fashion-driven’ Consortium building: who to call?
- i.e.: Linknovate, a ‘LinkedIn for science' On-line information confusing Proposals: costly procedure Accounting issues
Wishes for future R&D Exploitation: product definition, business cases, market
introduction Gap research/product:
Industrialisation Standard conformance, testing etc.
Possibility of small proposals (small consortium/single partner)
Short proposal cycles / quick start Limited time for innovation Support in IP protection
Stable financial basis: funding schemes that match SMEs’ costs over the project time
Conclusions
COST as ‘way of life’ SMEs need more attractive
conditions EU-funded project vital for SMEs Framework should be improved
Dr Marta MARTÍNEZ-VÁZQUEZIMST GmbHCOST Action IC1102 ‘VISTA’[email protected]
Thank you andHasta la !
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