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Overview

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R&D activities at University of Zagreband Horizon2020

Prof. dr.sc. Zoran Vuki

University of Zagreb

Faculty of ElectricalEngineering and Computing

IPSIT2012ZAGREB, 27.03.2012.

Department of Control andComputer Engineering

Laboratory for Underwater Systemsand Technologies


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Importance of Net-Centric Systems

The world has changed (globalization, grids, way of ...).

We are living in an increasingly networked society: Government

Health

Industry (offshore, process, ...)

Education (e-learning,...)

Defence systems

Financial institutions, e-commerce

Individuals

We are increasingly dependent on these networks

Interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary are a requisit!

Cooperation becomes inevitable and essential forprogress


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Net-Centric Systems some characteristics

Net-centric systems offer opportunities for increased

robustness. Load balancing in the electric power grid

Net-centric systems have possibility for cascading failures

We need survivable systems Response to natural disasters

Response to faults

We need thrustworthy systems Hardware and software realiability

System reliability

We need interoperable components of the system Components (agents) must stand-alone and yet interoperate with other

components


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Robotics - Complex Systems IntegrationNice example of multidisciplinary activities

&n-electronics Storage & Computing Sensors and actuators Interfaces Intelligence & Cognition Embedded Software Communications

ICT

Bio-informatics

Energy

Material Science

EnergySupply

Robotic Systems

HMI

MechanismsActuators

Control(Decision making)

CommunicationsSmart

Sensors

Environment

From Sectorial to Open Architectures (real time, fault tolerant, reconfigurable, Standardised platforms modularisationplug-and-play robotics, ...Software engineering methodologies custom oriented, cloud computing, ...

New methods in large scale systems integration and systems engineering, ...

Cognitivescience


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Deep waterdrilling vesse

CollaboratingAUVs

Research

vessel Researchvessel

Seabed topographicsurvey with sonar

Long distanceffshore survey

Maintenance

Repair

Intelligent buoy

New scenarios evolving today


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FP7 success rates by countryExtracted data (March 16th, 2011)

Country Submitted proposals Retained proposals Successrate

Applicants in eligibleproposalsfromcountry

EC financial contributionin elgible proposals toapplicants from country

Number of applicantsin retained proposalsfrom country

EC financial contributioninretained proposals toapplicants from country

Applicants fromcountry

Belgium 11.134 3.602.932.528 2.995 880.808.469 26,91%

Nederlands 14.800 5.614.928.224 3.844 1.369.598.355 25,97%

France 25.170 8.884.206.818 6.529 2.357.507.104 25,94%Italy 33.015 11.009.546.489 6.057 1.750.607.099 18,35 %

Portugal 5.764 1.426.347.772 1.138 226.769.970 19,74%

Slovenia 3.042 694.267.517 491 77.931.884 16,14%

Croatia 1.238 312.628.814 219 33.567.827 17,69%

Macedonia 372 83.028.136 66 8.007.471 17,74%

Montenegro 134 19.881.687 32 2.636.184 23,88%

Serbia 1.157 338.795.627 174 30.198.916 15,04%

B&H 233 29.210.499 29 1.864.432 12,45%


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Overview of financed Croatian partnersaccording to type of institution (1/2)

Source: E-CORDA data base March 2011

33%

26%

25%

16%

broj sudjelovanja

Sveuilita

Industrija

Vladine ustanove,udruge,gradovi,

Instituti

Participation by sector

Univeristies

Industry

Governmentinstitutions,NGOs, cities

Institutes


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Overview of financed Croatian partnersaccording to type of institution (2/2)

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2.000.000

4.000.000

6.000.000

8.000.000

10.000.000

12.000.000

14.000.000

sufinanciranje EK (EUR)


Source: HIT, may 2011

EC financial contribution (EUR)


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Statistics Universities (1/2)

May, 2011.

Institution No. ofprojects

%participation

EC contribution(EUR)

% financing

UNI Zagreb 45 83,3% 8.561.754 71,08%

UNI Rijeka 5 9,3% 3.093.890 25,69%

UNI Split 3 5,6% 384.832 3,20%

UNI Dubrovnik 1 1,9% 4.000 0,03%

Total 54 12.044.476


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University of Zagreb (2/2)

-200.000400.000600.000800.000

1.000.0001.200.0001.400.0001.600.0001.800.000



Source: HIT, May 2011

EC contribution (EUR) /


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UNIZG is dedicated to improve R&D activities of all its stakeholders

In its R&D strategy up till 2013 the key goal was strengthening ofresearch profile by improving the quality of research

For this purpose it was stated that for high quality R&D work it isessential to ensure

improving research quality,

upgrading of research infrastructure,

enlargement of number of research assistants,

enlargement of number of Ph.D. students and postdocs,

increasing the number of R&D projects especially international ones,

augmenting the investments in infrastructure,

framework (organizational, financial and legislative) for monitoring andimproving R&D productivity and quality of research results

The centre for R&D and technology with offices for research and fortechnology transfer were established to help in reaching stated goa

UNIZG research policy


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R&D activity is directly related to investments from the budget

and industry, Croatia invests ~0,73% of its GDP to R&D which is far from the

stated goal of EU of 3%, moreover the industrial support is weak.

Drastic cuts in last two years (~35%) of financing of R&D projectsin Croatia,

Finance support for keeping present research infrastructure isnot adequate,

Difficulties in employment of researchers (with Ph.D.) outside ofuniversities or institutes,

High drop out from the system - around 30% of assistantresearchers left the system without obtaining their Ph.D.

Brain drain is still strong

What is the real state of affairs?


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Priorities in our society (state level, university level,

faculty level, ... ) about development policy in R&D, andnew technologies are not backed by financial supportthat clearly shows seriousness of these proclamations

Our R&D scene is atomized in many small projects with

small financial support. Example 1: 1134 projects at UNIZG were financed by

MZO in 2009 with 74.140.000 HRK (~ 10 mil. EUR) peryear. Total number of professors at UNIZG: 2639 (full

time employ) + 335 (part time) = Total 2974 (status2009) Example 2: ~45 EU projects at UNIZG are worth ~8,5

mil.EUR.

Where are priorities?


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Statistics of Ph.D. students at UNIZG

Source: University Report for 2009 and 2010

N f d f d d Ph D di t ti t UNIZG


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No. of defended Ph.D. disertations at UNIZGfor 2009

Horizon 2020 new EU programme for R&D


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Horizon 2020 new EU programme for R&D(Europes flagship initiative aimed at securingEurope's global competitiveness) - Key features

Clear set of objectives based on Europe 2020andInnovation Union

Integrating research and innovation in a seamlessprogramme

Focus on overall policy prioritiesgrand challenges

Programme structured by objectives (not topics)

Radically simplified funding for research and innovationwith common rules & funding schemes

Horizon 2020 is part of the drive to create new growth andjobs in Europe


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Horizon 2020 - Key Features

Multiannual Financial Framework (2014-2020)

Proposed amount for Horizon 2020: 80 billion(46% increase compared with FP7)

R&D increases to ~8,5% of overall EU budget

Three priorities:

1 Excellent science

2 Industrial leadership (~25 b)

3 Societal challenges

H i 2020 bj ti d t t


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Horizon 2020 objectives and structure

Creating Industrial Leadership andCompetitive Frameworks

Leadership in enabling and industrialtechnologies

ICT

Nanotech., Materials, Manuf. and Processing

Biotechnology

Space

Access to risk finance

Innovation in SMEs

Excellence in the Science Base

Frontier research (ERC)

Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)

Skills and career development (Marie Curie)

Research infrastructures

Shared objectives and principles

Common rules, toolkit of funding schemes

Europe 2020 priorities

European Research Area

Simplified access

International cooperation

Dissemination & knowledgetranfer

Tackling Societal Challenges

Health, demographic change and wellbeing

Food security, sustainable agriculture and

the bio-based economy

Secure, clean and efficient energy

Smart, green and integrated transport

Climate action, resource efficiency and raw

materials

Inclusive, innovative and secure societiesEITJRC


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The European knowledge society is entering a new phase of

development where ICT is providing the key basic infrastructures forall vital social and economic processes and is the most influential keytechnology in most innovations across all industries.

All private and public services are being provided through andshaped by these infrastructures.

ICT is becoming indispensable to address key social challenges andcontinues to play a defining role in EU economy, providing a criticalinfrastructure for the global economy.

The ICT infrastructure thus becomes an issue of the highest socialconcern. Therefore, in this new phase social innovation will be a keydriver for ICT development.

Role of ICT in Horizon 2020


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I f ti d C i ti T h l i


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Information and Communication Technologies(ICT) Part 1

1. Components and systems Smart embedded components and systems, micro-nano-biosystems, organic electronics, large area integration, systems ofsystems and complex system engineering

2. Next generation computing

Processor and system architecture, interconnect and datalocalisation technologies, cloud computing, parallel computing andsimulation software

3. Future Internet Networks, software and services, cyber security, privacy and trust,

wireless communication and all optical networks, immersive

interactive multimedia and connected enterprise

Information and Communication Technologies


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Information and Communication Technologies(ICT) Part 2

4. Content technologies and information

management Technologies for language, learning, interaction, digital preservation

content access and analytics; advanced data mining, machinelearning, statistical analysis and visual computing

5. Advanced interfaces and robots Service robotics, cognitive systems, advanced interfaces, smart

spaces and sentient machines

6. Key Enabling Technologies: Micro- nano-electronics and photonics

Design, advanced processes, pilot lines for fabrication, relatedproduction technologies and demonstration actions to validatetechnology developments and innovative business models

Innovation is the bridge between R&D and the market.Custome


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gIt is the process which gets technology into the field

Research

Development

Manufacturer

Service provider

Custome

C f IST Ad i G (ISTAG) d


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Common message of IST Advisory Group (ISTAG) andHigh Level Group on Key Enabling Technologies (HLG KET)

End-to-End value chain from R&D & innovation in ICTis needed

Special for ICT

+ Services+ Systems

Source: High Level Group on Key Enabling Technologies


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For Horizon 2020 EC is investigating areas like:

Advanced Computing including exa-scale ICT for manufacturing and enterprises High Performance Computing (HPC)-based research & innovation

infrastructures

Innovation measures bridging the gap between research

and the market are key under Horizon 2020 EC is preparing FP7 WP 2013 addressing transition to

Horizon 2020

Consultations with experts are already going on or

organised(e.g. HYCON2-FP7 NoE, PlanetHPC-FP7 SA, )

I d f l i


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Instead of conclusion

For R&D the infrastructure is needed

R&D turns money into knowledge

Innovation turns knowledge into money, but

Without knowledge of markets, and access to markets,R&D cannot be utilised, innovation cannot be applied

To innovate we must first understand the marketnew skill that must be learned by researchers

Anchor from the shipwreck from 16th century (Kornati Croatia)


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Anchor from the shipwreck from 16 century (Kornati, Croatia)

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