Assaf Schuster Prof TCE head Israeli leadership

Assaf Schuster, Prof TCE head

Israeli leadership status Universities applied CE V Theory V x Systems [Storage, OS, HW-SW, Runtime, Virtualization…] V Vision V Networks V Learning V Security V Languages V Scalable Computing V x Architecture x HPC x Human-Computer Interaction Industry V Systems V Architecture V Human-Computer Interaction V Security V Languages V Search

USA comparison From knowledge transfer to knowledge sharing Top universities V Systems V Architecture V Programming V Human-Computer Interaction V Scalable Computing V Security V Networks V Learning V Theory V Vision Knowledge Sharing • Constant shift of scientists between universities and research-oriented industry (comparable salaries, no career barriers) • Flow of ideas, problems, solutions and funding between hi-tech industry and academia • University-originated startups making it to commercialization. Supported by new IP rules.

Israeli hi-tech industry worries Chindia • They deliver projects in increasing levels of complexity • Without the technology edge (that keeps getting heightened), we may lose more and more business

SOLUTION for a small country: Join academic and industrial strengths Vision • • Draw from industry strength into academic domain Collaborate on high-risk, challenging R&D Allow industry to continue build edge with limited risk/resources Smooth path from innovation to commercialization Center of academic excellence, academic-industrial synergetic activity, and entrepreneurship awareness

METHOD: Bridging the Academy-Industry Gap A different type of academic-industrial ecosystem • • Pool Academic-Industrial resources Academic-Industrial synergetic research environment Mechanisms and education towards A-I collaborations Let industry influence research agenda Academy as a “neutral zone” for industry collaboration Attract international scholars and students Collaborate with similar EU- and USA-based institutes

IMPLEMENTATION: Promoting Academic-Industrial Collaboration Quantum leap in faculty “cone of influence” Mechanisms Activities: • Joint center management • Visitor exchanges • International visitors • Joint project supervision • Workshops, tutorials, lectures • Graduate studies plans/exchange • Annual joint conferences • Joint research • E-learning Resources, funding, commerc. : • Resources and labs • Magnet, Magneton, other • Governmental tools/support • Map and match researchers • EC projects and funding • Commerc. education/atmosphere • Relaxed IP barriers • Incubation support

SUMMARY: What do Israeli academy get? Engagement Excellence and visibility in neglected areas of CE • Co-location and interaction with Industry experts and researchers • Knowledge exchange • Coverage • Visibility • Relevance • Resources and grants • Students, postdocs, funds, etc. • Teaching • Co-supervision

SUMMARY: What do Israeli industry get? corporate value Environment and support for high risk research • Collaboration with knowledgeable faculty • Resources and labs • Supervision of research students • Student projects • Co-location with “complementing” industries • Containable IP rules • Incubation support and experience

TCE Vision (from site) • Become a top-rated and highly visible academic research center in applied areas of computer engineering. • Conduct cutting-edge research in computer engineering. • Bridge the industry-academia gap and drive Israeli high-tech industry towards international leadership. • Educate the next generation of world-class leaders in computer engineering.

TCE Values (from site) • Recruit best faculty and students, and conduct leading research in computer engineering • Collaborate on high-risk, challenging research and development • Enable industry to continue maintaining its edge with limited risk and resources • Cooperate with experts, researchers and students in target areas • Create a smooth path from innovation to commercialization • Host visitors, workshops, tutorials, lectures, conferences and graduate student exchange

Milestones (June 2012) 2010 Summer – TCE conceived (deans+assaf) • Fall - Technion mgmt. approve TCE establishment • Allocate 4 tkanim • Winter - I-Core submitted, failed, still negotiating • Construction begin • Technion sets target funding - $35 M, still pending • Inauguration committee 4 XCS+4 XEE+deans, bi-weekly 2011 Spring – Meetings with industry executives • June – 1 st TCE conference (Arch. , Systems, Vision) • Writing documents for ATS fundraising • Fall – recruited Ruth • 1 st TCE faculty – Yoav Etzion • Increasing academic activity - visitors, schools, conf’s. 2012 Spring - Intel center • Website, pamphlet, logo, etc. • Recruited Rafi and Eli, industry liaisons • TCE home populated • June – 2 nd TCE conference (Networking, Cloud) • IP guidelines document

The future (already here) • • IP guidelines document (industry, Technion mgmt, legals) Bringing in the industry researchers, create culture Open to non CS+EE faculty Fundraising (government, Angels) Inauguration guidelines document Finalize administration (pending funding) Academic activity • • workshops, schools, postdocs, grad students, visitors… High-profile visitors Over-oceans postdoc plan Acceleration greenhouse for seeds and sprouts Partnering with sister inst’s, European, US, Eastern Recruit more faculty More construction Etc.

Membership Policy • CS+EE faculty • Any relevant Technion faculty • Relevant CE faculty from other universities • Industry researchers • (approved by membership committee) • Visiting intl. scholars, academic+industry

IP issues The Globalisation of Technology Transfer Dr David Secher Chairman, Praxis. Unico Principal, Cambridge Knowledge Transfer “Conclusion: Income to UK universities • Licensing and spin-out equity income should not be • primary purpose part of the. IP rights will beof tech the center bylaws transfer • Special care will be given to make them simple • Financial returns are. IP rules will be set to all participants: • Clearly stated like a lottery: Phase I: Public Domain • tech transfer should not be considered a • Phase II: Contractual promising business • Strategy: the university investment for Industry support, then negotiation with T mgmt Recife 1528 April 2010 • BUT…. . ”

Collaboration Opportunities for TCE (examples) • • • Technion-Cornell Innovation Institute Berkeley INRIA Barcelona Supercomputing Center EPFL Israeli hi-tech industry, IATI, etc. Intl. research centers. Their Israeli proxies Startups. Startup accelerators East-based institutes • Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, etc. • Others abound

Preliminary long list for advisory board 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. Alon Halevi, Google, Dr. Avigdor Wilentz, founder Galileo Ayal Bar David, Qualcomm Ayal Itskovitz, VP Oracle, Dr. Bart Miller – UW Madison, Prof. Benny Schneider, Entrepreneur (Qumranet) Bill Freeman (MIT) Chemi Peres, Pitango Dadi Perlmuter, Intel David Dobkin, Princeton Eyal Waldman – Mellanox CEO Fernando Pereira, director in Google research Gera Strummer - ex mediguide CEO Gil Goren, EMC Giora Yaron, Entrepreneur (Itamar) Guillermo Sapiro - UMN, Prof. Hugo Krawczyk (IBM) Jennifer Rexford (Professor - Princeton) John Platt, Microsoft John Shawe-Taylor, UK, EU projects Kai Li – Princeton, founder Data Domain, Prof. Leonard Kleinrock (Distinguished Professor - UCLA) Mark Horowitz, Stanford, Prof. Mateo Valero, UPC-BSC, Prof. Maurice Herlihy, Brown, Prof. Mendel Rosenblum - Stanford, founder of Vmware. Michael Kearns, University of Pennsyivania, ties with Industry Mooly Eden, Intel Paul Siegel, Prof. UCSD (formerly director of the Center for Magnetic Recording Research, a leading storage researcher with a special affinity to Israel). Randy Katz, UC Berkeley, Prof. Roch Guerin (Professor - UPenn, Ei. C - IEEE/ACM To. N, Co-Founder – Ipsum Networks) Ronen Shilo - founder, CEO and chairman of Conduit. His bio indicates he received a BSc in Computer Science from the Technion. Satoshi Matsuoka, Tokyo Inst. Tech. , Prof. Scott Shenker (Professor - Berkeley, Co-Founder - Nicira) Shimon Ullman (Weizmann) Shlomo Merkel – VP Broadcom, Dr. Shuki Bruck, Caltech, Prof. Shuki Gleitman, ASCEND Stephane Mallat - ecole polytechnique Paris, Prof. , and founder of let it wave (sold to zoran) and known as one of the wavelets founders. . . Also comes from a family of Technion donors. Willy Zwaenepoel, EPFL, Prof. Yair Weiner, Rad. Vision Yale Patt, U Texas, Prof. Yehuda & Zohar Zisapel, RAD

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