1. 1Rockin All over The World How Education-Supporting ICT Research Can Make Norway A Leading Global Innovation Player Geir E. ien Dean, Faculty of Information Technology, Mathematics, and Electrical Engineering, NTNU The VERDIKT Conference 2013 16.10.2013

2. 2Key points to remember after the talk (1 of 4) Education-supporting research (ESR) is defined as research that supports and strengthens recruitment quality relevance strategic development to/of higher education (typically within strategically selected fields of knowledge). 3. 3Key points to remember after the talk (2 of 4)ESR has been crucial in establishing several of Norways most important innovation and commercialization success stories within the ICT area. 4. 4Key points to remember after the talk (3 of 4)There is a direct connection between a countrys innovation capability, i.e., overall competence level times the number of inhabitants possessing that competence, and its potential for successfully realizing knowledge-based innovation for the future. 5. 5Key points to remember after the talk (4 of 4) Future public Norwegian ICT research funding schemes needs to put a strong (as in added) emphasis on ESR, in order to sustain and strengthen Norway's global position within ICT innovation, and to ensure sufficient innovation capability for the future. 6. 6 ~500 MSc students/year ~60 PhD students/year ~550 publication points/year ~500 MNOK annual turnover ~20 % external funding (decreased from almost 30 % 4-5 years ago)My background IME@NTNU Research and researcher education Comittee Education ComitteeElectrical power engineering Faculty permanet15Electronics and telecommunication29Faculty of Information Technology, Mathematics and Electrical EngineeringEngineering cybernetics15Computer and Information Science39AdministrationTelematics14Mathematical sciences47 7. 9IME spin-offs, student/ex-student entrepreneurship, and associated companies (selected) 8. 10At the core of IMEs mission:Education-supporting researchResearch-based educationInnovation, industrial development, dissemination 9. 11What IS education-supporting research, really? 10. 12The university as a black box system A simplistic 1st order approximation of IME could be:500 MNO KIME500 MSc and PhDs 11. 13Inside the black box Supervision, teaching and research MSc studentsPhD studentsPost docsProfessorsCollaboration 12. 14Inside the black box Supervision, teaching and research MSc studentsEducation-supporting research is the engine in this complex system!PhD studentsPost docsProfessorsCollaboration 13. 15Why is ESR so important for society? Capability = Competence x Capacity (Volume) a necessary (but not sufficient) condition for innovation International networking Access to/import of state-of-the-art cutting-edge knowledge from the whole world, through academic networks Continued industrial growth - The safest way to ensure that there will be no demand for engineers is to stop educating engineers! [paraphrase, Sir Robert Telford] 14. 16InnovationMSc and PhD educationJob marketEducation demandJob creation 15. 17ESR: The multiplication effect Products Companiesx1Public agenciesServicesx1Research funding Institutes Technology transferx 10 Universites Peoplex 100 16. 18William J. Dally, Stanford University, From Science to Technology, TSW 2011 17. 19The Knowledge triangle 18. 20Three contributions to innovation and value creation from a university and their relative importance Patents and licence agreementsNB: At Stanford University: Only 4 % of spin-offs are based on university IPRSpin-off companiesCandidates NTNU is the university that built the modern Norway -Jens Stoltenberg, 2010 If we did, how did we do it? 19. 21Three contributions to innovation and value creation from a university and their relative importance Patents and licence agreementsNB: At Stanford University: Only 4 % of spin-offs are based on university IPRSpin-off companiesCandidates NTNU is the university that built the modern Norway Close to 40.000 engineers -Jens Stoltenberg, delivered from NTH/NTNU 2010 to Norwegian society since If we did, how did we do it? 1910! 20. 223 examples of ICT-related global innovation successes from Norway and their connection to ESR 21. 23The microelectronics and computer engineering exampleProf. Einar Aas with his former students Vegard Wollan, Alf-Egil Bogen (founders of Atmel Norway) and Geir Frre (Chipcon, Energy Micro). 22. 24The microelectronics and computer engineering example: Capability is the limiting factor for further growth![Teknisk Ukeblad, 24/9-12] 23. 25Engineering cybernetics, example I: Dynamic positioning systems 24. 26Engineering cybernetics, example II: Ultrasound and blood stream measurements 25. 27Engineering cybernetics, example II: Ultrasound and blood stream measurements 26. 28From research to innovation: What was important in these examples? Strong individual professors Long-term public funding (NTNF), to high-risk research projects, performed in an education-focused environment (MSc + PhD) Strong, research-based teaching environments, attracting many excellent students Ability to recruit the best MSc students to PhD studies Recruitment of the best MSc and PhD students to spin-off companies and established industry insight transferred through people! Ability to deliver quality Patience, timing, collaboration and cross-disciplinarity 27. 29From research to innovation: What was important in these examples? Strong individual professors Long-term public funding (NTNF), to high-risk research projects, performed in an education-focused environment (MSc + PhD) Education Strong, research-based teaching environments, attracting supporting many excellent students research Ability to recruit the best MSc students to PhD studies Recruitment of the best MSc and PhD students to spin-off companies and established industry insight transferred through people! Ability to deliver quality Patience, timing, collaboration and cross-disciplinarity 28. 30Future examples? CrayoNano? Mazemap? Kahoot? Surf Technology? 29. 31Future examples? CrayoNano? Mazemap? Kahoot? Surf Technology? 30. 32Future examples? CrayoNano? Mazemap? Kahoot? Surf Technology? 31. 33Future examples? CrayoNano? Mazemap? Kahoot? Surf Technology? 32. 34Future examples? CrayoNano? Mazemap? Kahoot? Surf Technology? 33. 35The unique key strength of ICT is that it is an enabler of innovation, improvement and development across all societal sectors and scientific fields Capability within the ICT area advanced as well as practical - is thus essential for continued development within ALL areas of society (IKT Norge: 9 out of 10 jobs will require ICT competence by 2015) 34. 36 and the associated risk is If we limit the development of ICT technologies, we limit the development of society at large! 35. 37 The annual number of graduated BSc and MSc candidates within ICT was almost halved from 2004 to 2010! Steadily decreasing emphasis on public funding of PhD studies within ICT since 2008 Demand for PhD competence within technology and the natural sciences (including ICT) expected to grow significantly towards 2020 (a negative annual surplus of 6800 PhDs across technology fields). [Kunnskapsdepartementet og Universitets- og hgskolerdet: Ettersprsel etter og tilbud av stipendiatstillinger i Noreg frem mot 2020] 36. 38 The annual number of graduated BSc and MSc candidates within ICT was almost halved from 2004 to 2010! In order to sustain Steadily decreasingour innovationpublic funding of PhD emphasis on capability, we studies within ICT since 2008 need more heads with knowledge, not just Demand for PhDmore knowledge puttechnology and the competence within natural sciences (including ICT) old into the same expected to grow significantly towards 2020 (a negative annual surplus of 6heads! 800 PhDs across technology fields). [Kunnskapsdepartementet og Universitets- og hgskolerdet: Ettersprsel etter og tilbud av stipendiatstillinger i Noreg frem mot 2020] 37. 39 38. 41 39. 42Recommendations for a future educationsupporting ICT program (1 of 4) Capability Set a strategic national goal for a minimum annual number of new doctoral students within ICT to be recruited and funded. (Suggested average number over 3 years should be at least at the 2008 level) 40. 43Recommendations for a future educationsupporting ICT program (2 of 4) Integration Introduce (or reinforce) as a requirement that a significant portion of doctoral education should be integrated into all researcher, competence, and innovation projects funded by the RCN within ICT (percentage might vary with type of project, but the average should be significantly higher than today) [In VERDIKT: Overall, 40 % of RCN funding, 27 % of all funding has been used for PhDs (cf. Olaug Rds talk)] 41. 44Recommendations for a future education-supporting ICT program (3 of 4) Evaluation Introduce an additional criterion in the RCNs project evaluation procedure: Assessment of the quality and national impact of the associated PhD and MSc education environment and the research project's relevance as support for the PhD and MSc programs. 42. 45Recommendations for a future educationsupporting ICT program (4 of 4) Concentration Set a strategic target for a minimum amount of allocated funds to go to longterm strategic support of major research milieus that are responsible for strategically important MSc and PhD programs of significant volume and who thus are potential bottlenecks in terms of strengthening national innovation capability, unless they are properly supported. (This minimum amount should be higher than current share) 43. 48 44. 49An overarching goal for integration of research and education should be added 45. 51If we limit the development of ICT technologies, we limit the development of society at large!