Australian Innovation and Research presentations
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Introducing CSIRO
Australia Business Week in India
Craig Roy, Deputy Chief Executive
14 January 2015
CSIRO Australia’s national research agency
Australia – Innovation Destination
CSIRO: Who we are
2000 doctorates 500 masters, Hosting 839
postgraduate research students
3111 publications, 3400 patents, work with
2000 companies every year
Top 10 applied research
agency globally
Top 1% of global institutions
in 14 of 22 research fields
Darwin
Alice Springs
Geraldton 2 sites
Atherton
Townsville 2 sites
Rockhampton
Toowoomba
Gatton
Myall Vale Narrabri
Mopra
Parkes
Griffith
Belmont
Geelong
Hobart Sandy Bay
Wodonga
Newcastle
Armidale 2 sites
Perth 3 sites
Adelaide 2 sites Sydney 5 sites
Canberra 7 sites
People 5500
Flagships 9
Sites 56
Programs 500
Budget $1B+
Murchison
Cairns
Irymple
Melbourne 5 sites
Werribee 2 sites
Brisbane 6 sites
Bribie Island
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CSIRO: Our distinct roles
We manage facilities on behalf of the nation
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We are a connector and collaborator
CSIRO: Our distinct roles
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Global connections: impact partnerships
80+ countries
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Australia-India Strategic Research Fund
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CSIRO’S Research Flagships and Lines
BIOSECURITY DIGITAL PRODUCTIVITY ENERGY
FOOD & NUTRITION FUTURE
MANUFACTURING MINERAL RESOURCES
AGRICULTURE LAND & WATER WEALTH FROM OCEANS
SERVICES
FACILITIES & INFRASTRUCTURE
Flagships – Impact Science Lines
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How we operate
• Scientific experts in relevant fields • Research centres and facilities • Equipment
We look at company & industry challenges:
CSIRO contributes:
We create solutions and inventions
• Productivity • Safety • Competitiveness
We find partners to help undertake the research:
• Government • Universities • Research institutes • Industry companies
Minerals Down Under
We work with industry companies to help them apply, and realise results
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CSIRO and India
• Agriculture (since the 1950s!)
• Water (pollution & resource management)
• Energy (renewable; oil & gas; coal)
• Health technologies
• Radio astronomy
• Ocean & atmospheric sciences
• Global Research Alliance – with CSIR and President Ramesh Mashelkar
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CASE STUDIES CSIRO’s expertise
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Agriculture
Developing new wheat varieties with longer roots for increased water use efficiency
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Extra 0.5 tonnes grain ha-1
Current wheat varieties
New wheat varieties
Partners: Directorate of Wheat Research Indian Agricultural Research Institute Agharkar Research Institute
10 cm deeper roots for 10 mm water at grain development
Funding: Australian government
Energy
SolarGas technology – using the sun’s energy to transform natural gas and water into a higher energy product
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Partner: Solar Energy Commission of India Funding: Australian government
Resources
Indian partners • Indian Institute of Petroleum
(synthetic fuel production and stranded gas)
• Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research (highwall mining design)
• Singareni Collieries Company Ltd and Central Mine Planning and Design Institute Limited (coal mining research and technology)
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Water
Water resource management in the Brahmani-Baitarni river basin
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Partners: Indian Ministry of Water Resources Central Water Commission State governments of Orissa, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh
Funding: Australian government
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Health technologies
Point-of-care diagnostic tool for tuberculosis
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Partner: CSIR’s Indian Institute of Microbial Technology
Funding: Australia-India Strategic
Research Fund
Radioastronomy
Partners in the Square Kilometre Array
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Partners: National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA) Tata Research, Development and Design Centre
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Oceanography and climate science
Robotic floats for ocean measurements
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Partners: CSIR’s Indian National Institute of
Oceanography Indian National Centre for Ocean
Information Services Funding: Part funding from the Australia India Strategic Research Fund
MANUFACTURING FLAGSHIP CSIRO’s expertise
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Manufacturing Flagship Research Programs
High Performance Metal Industries
helps organisations capture
opportunities in the face of a changing metals industry,
through innovative sustainable
processes and high performance alloys and technologies.
Chemicals and Fibres
supports the long term
competitiveness of Australia’s cotton, carbon fibre and
chemical industries through strategic
partnerships and the delivery of resource
efficient breakthrough technologies.
Industrial Innovation
supports the adoption and integration of
transformational technology in
Australia’s manufacturing
industry, through the development of
advanced manufactured
devices and integrated systems.
Biomedical Manufacturing leverages our
expertise in biological and materials science to develop materials and processes that
provide growth opportunities and
commercial competitiveness for
Australia’s high value medical technology
sector.
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EBM is an additive manufacturing process that uses an electron beam to melt each layer of metal powder (eg Ti) to the desired geometry.
Electron Beam Melting (EBM)
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Traditional Batch Processing Continuous Flow Processing
Continuous Chemical Processing
Photochromic Dye Production • 90% reduction in energy • 90% reduction in solvent waste • Safety
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Advanced Materials & Processes
The Manufacturing Flagship partners across a wide range of industry segments:
• Aerospace, automotive, wind energy, oil & gas
• Light weighting
• Functional properties
• From simulation to synthesis and ‘self healing’ materials
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Boeing 2011 Partner of the Year - Academia
The Australian National University
First to learn the nature of things
Naturam primum cognoscere rerum
Professor Ian Young, Vice-Chancellor and President
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History and growth
> Established in 1946
> Undergraduates admitted in 1960
> Seven Colleges formed in 2006
> ANU now has:
– 18,700 students
• 44% graduate
• 26% international
• 30% part-time
– 3,800 staff
• 1,600 academic
• 80% PhD qualified:
highest percentage in the Go8
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Strategic directions Australia’s national university
• In our profile
• In our student body
• In our hosting national facilities
• In our focus on national policy issues
• In our partnership with government
• In our focus of Australia’s place in the world
Australia’s finest university
• In research intensity
• In educational effectiveness
• In our role as a policy resource
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Research > Australian government assessment of research quality (ERA)
– 80% research rated above world standard
> ARC research income per capita 60% above
any other university
> Number of publications per
capita 20% above any other
university
> 60% of ANU budget research-
related
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Research
ANU has produced highest number
of Australian Nobel Prize winners
> 2011 – Brian Schmidt (Physics)
> 1996 – Rolf Zinkernagel and Peter Doherty (Medicine)
> 1994 – John Harsanyi (Economics)
> 1963 – John Eccles (Medicine)
> 1945 – Howard Florey (Medicine)
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International rankings
Times Higher Education 37
QS 24
ARWU 64
TOP 10 in the world • Philosophy (6)
• History (7)
• Earth and Marine Sciences (8)
• Environmental Science (9)
• Geography (9)
• Linguistics (9)
• Politics and International Studies (10)
TOP 30 in the world
• Sociology (14)
• Law (14)
• Modern Languages (18)
• Mathematics (19)
• Accounting and Finance (20)
• Psychology (24)
• Economics (27)
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Alliances
International Alliance of Research Universities > The Australian National University > National University of Singapore
> ETH Zurich > University of California, Berkeley
> Peking University > University of Copenhagen
> University of Cambridge > The University of Tokyo
> University of Oxford > Yale University
Group of Eight Australian Universities > The University of Adelaide > The Australian National University
> The University of Melbourne > Monash University
> The University of New South Wales > The University of Queensland
> The University of Sydney > The University of Western Australia
National alliances > Charles Darwin University > James Cook University
> University of Canberra > University of Newcastle
> University of South Australia > University of Southern Queensland
Industry Partnerships
Examples of our numerous industry partners include:
• Space Environment:
EOS Space Systems, Lockheed Martin (USA), Optus, RMIT University, NASA Ames
Research Center, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
(Japan).
• Solar Energy partners:
CSIRO, UNSW, NEP Solar, Trina Solar, Solar Energy Research Institute of
Singapore, Zhenfa, CIEMAT, US National Renewable Energy Laboratories.
• Oil and Gas Consortium partners: Shell, Total, Whiting, Saudi Aramco, ExxonMobil, Chevron, Schlumberger, Baker Hughes, Abu Dhabi, Onshore, BHP, BG, BP, Conoco, EOG, FEI, JOGMEC, Maersk, OMV, ONGC, Petronas, PetroBras.
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Case Study
Digital Rock Technology
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Digicore Research Consortium
BG Group
BP
Conoco
EOG Resources
FEI
Japan Oil Gas and Metals National Corp (JOGMEC
Maersk
OMV Group
Oil + Natural Gas Co (ONGC).
Petronas
PetroBras
Primarily in field of oil/gas but inclusive of all materials
research. Conventionals, Unconventionals, Carbon
Capture & Storage
• A joint industry consortium
• Established 2006
• Subscription membership
• >$1M in untied funding pa
Members
Shell
Total
Whiting
Saudi Aramco
ExxonMobil
Chevron
Schlumberger
Baker Hughes
Abu Dhabi
Onshore
BHP
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Digitalcore Pty Ltd
2009 Company founded ANU, UNSW and Researchers seed fund ($2.5M)
Prof Mark Knackstedt (CTO) and Dr Victor Pantano (GM) on leave
from ANU
Lab and office space on ANU campus
2010 Technology recognised Mark Knackstedt, ENI Award
2011 New Investment ANUCV, ANU Enterprise, ACVL , ANU and founders invest $3M – pre
money $10M
Move to off campus office – Labs on campus
Collaborative research projects with ANU
2012 Growth ANU/UNSW/Digitalcore jointly won Eureka Award
In top 60 Australian Start-ups
2013 Merger to create Lithicon
New Investment
Merge with Numerical Rocks AS
New investment ($10M) – combined pre money $24m
2014 Lithicon acquired by FEI Company sold to FEI for $76M
Deliver digital rock services to Oil and Gas Industry
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QUT
A leading Australian university
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QUT – AT A GLANCE One of Australia’s largest Universities with 47,000 students :
11,800 postgraduate students, of whom 2,500 are research students
16% of QUT students are international - from 120 countries:
North Asia 40%, SE Asia 14%, South Asia 28%, Europe 10%, Americas 6%
High quality faculties of Science and Engineering, Health, Business, Law
and Creative Industries
Graduates achieve high levels of full-time employment outcomes
Research is consistently in Australia’s top 10 on many measures
Ranked 9th for Australian Government performance-based research block
grant funding - the best performing university without a medical school
88% of QUT research is assessed at world standard or above (Excellence in Research
Australia)
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SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING CENTRE
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• Institute for Future Environments • ARC CoE Maths and Stats Frontiers • ARC CoE Robotic Vision • World-class research facilities • State-of-the-art analytical facilities • The Cube – 2 storey high interactive digital display
• Prime Minister Modi writes a message of support on the QUT AgBot II
• Potential to change global farming practices
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SUPERBANANAS TIME Magazine Top 25 Invention of 2014
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• Research partnership between QUT and the Indian Government
• Developing Indian bananas high in iron and provitamin A
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PULSES 5 pillar strategy to address world food crisis
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• Collaboration with National Institute of Plant Genomic Research
• Developing new varieties of pulses to enable farming of land currently considered unsuitable for production
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• Collaboration with the Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), Mumbai
• Reducing costs of producing bio oils and chemicals from agricultural waste
• Minimising investment risks and encouraging diversification in farming
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• Local, national and international productions, exhibitions and events that showcase emerging digital and new media works
• Exhibitions, live performances, screenings, festivals and seminars a university for the real world
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• Creative Industries customised training for Indian Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (IMIB) staff
• Improving knowledge of digital communications to reach masses in the New Media landscape
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MEDICAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH FACILITY
• Supports the full research cycle • Meets emerging needs in orthopaedic and
artificial organ research • Comprehensive suite of research and training
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Deakin University CRICOS Provider Code: 00113B
Laying the foundations for innovation at Deakin University
Carbon Revolution Phase 2
Composites Future Centre
ManuFuture Geelong
Carbon Revolution Phase 1
CADET
Carbon Nexus
CSIRO Fibre Processing
IFM CISR
School of Engineering
AFFRIC
The Geelong Innovation Precinct
World first open access CF pilot production line for research
55 T Commercial scale pilot line
Single Tow Research line
Commissioned Dec 2013
Purpose built for maximal flexibility
Partnership between Despatch Industries and Australian Furnace Engineering
Fully Equipped Laboratories
Training Facilities
Access to World Class Fibre Expertise
Carbon Nexus ... internationally significant carbon fibre and composite research
Jane den Hollander Vice-Chancellor
Carbon Revolution is a Victorian
company that, with support from
Deakin University, has produced
and commercialised the world's
first one piece carbon fibre wheel.
This world’s first technology offers
huge weight savings and therefore
efficiency and performance
benefits to the global automotive
industry
An Innovation Incubator set
within the Geelong Innovation
Precinct for Victoria’s Future
Industry.
Supporting Start Up, Small to
Medium and Innovation
enterprises to establish a vibrant
Advanced Manufacturing sector
and Victorian Jobs.
ManuFuture Geelong … creating a manufacturing innovation hub
The $A55 million Centre for Advanced Design in Engineering Training (CADET) will provide some of the best future-focused engineering and design facilities in Australia.
A Teaching/Learning Centre for new engineering skills integrating design & product development in Engineering training.
From secondary school to PhD, seamlessly linking education, research and industry
• prototyping, additive manufacturing, building new SME areas of manufacturing & capability
Hands on experience in next gen computer controlled manufacturing systems
CADET …21st century approach to engineering training
Bringing together core disciplines with world class facilities and over 300 researchers to address discovery science & industry solutions in …
Steel & Light Metals for Manufacturing
Electromaterials for Batteries & Anti-Corrosion
Fibre Sciences : Natural through Manmade Fibres especially Carbon Fibre & Composites
Nanotechnology & Nanofabrication
Materials Design & Modelling
High end computer modelling & CAE
Institute for Frontier Materials … from molecules to products
A Strategic Research Centre with a team of 60 multidisciplinary researchers …mechatronic, mechanical and software engineers;
State-of-the-art robotics, haptics, simulation and visualisation facilities
Process Modeling and Analytics
Virtual factories and supply chain analysis
Virtual training and product development
Centre for Intelligent Systems Research
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THE UNIVERSITY
OF QUEENSLAND
Ian G Harris
Director Research Partnerships
28 January 2015
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A LEADING UNIVERSITY
• Established in 1910
• More than 400 degree programs
• A$1.67 billion total operating revenue
• A$381m research income (#1 in Australia)
• Leading Australian university in research and its commercialisation
• More than 50,000 students
• More than 11,500 international students from 142 countries
• More than 12,000 postgraduate students
• Over 4600 research higher degree students (India 104)
• More than 7,300 staff
• 220,000+ Alumni in 160 countries
• More than 10,000 PhD graduates
St Lucia
ONE UNIVERSITY – THREE CAMPUSES
ONE UNIVERSITY – THREE CAMPUSES
Gatton
Herston
A COMPREHENSIVE UNIVERSITY
1. Humanities and Social Sciences
2. Business, Economics & Law
3. Engineering, Architecture &
Information Technology
4. Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
5. Health and Behavioural Sciences
6. Science
(including Vet Science & Agriculture)
Six Faculties
1. Australian Institute for Bioengineering
& Nanotechnology
2. Institute for Molecular Bioscience
3. Queensland Brain Institute
4. UQ Diamantina Institute within the
Translational Research Institute
5. Queensland Alliance for Agriculture &
Food Innovation
6. Sustainable Minerals Institute
7. Institute for Social Science Research
8. Global Change Institute
9. Mater Research Institute
Nine Research Institutes
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A TOP 100 UNIVERSITY
Ranking Body 2012 2013 2014
Academic Ranking of World Universities
90 85 85
TimesHigherEd World University Ranking
65 63 65
QS World University Ranking 46 43 43
Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities (Nat Taiwan U)
72 67 56
LEARNING
UQ fosters excellence in teaching, and
quality of the student learning environment
LEARNING DISCOVERY ENGAGEMENT
EQUITY AND DIVERSITY
DISCOVERY
UQ is a global leader in finding solutions
to society’s problems
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• The 2012 Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) exercise
confirmed UQ as one of the nation’s top three universities
• Research at UQ is well above world standard in more specialised
fields than at any other Australian university
• Focus on quality across a broad range of fields
• Encourages technology transfer and commercialisation
• Interdisciplinary research that addresses major research themes
DISCOVERY AT UQ
Major Industry Partnerships
• Dow Chemical Company – Dow Centre for Sustainable Engineering Innovation: A$10 million over six years
– Dow also funds several individual research contracts
– Part of an overarching UQ-Dow Strategic Partnership that will expand into training and education activities, and international collaboration with Sadara, and KAUST in Saudi Arabia
• Baosteel Ltd – Baosteel-Australia Joint Research and Development
Centre • A$25 million over 5 years
• world-first joint venture between Baosteel (China) - and four Australian universities – UQ, UNSW, Monash and Wollongong.
Major Industry Partnerships
• Rio Tinto Group – Rio Tinto Centre for Advanced Mineral Separation: annual funding of A$2.5-$3
million for five years
– Rio Tinto Alcan Centre: A$2 million over 5 years to fund core research and staff.
– Rio Tinto Education Partnership: A$2.5 million that includes 39 scholarships, two post-doctoral fellowships, creation of new bachelor’s degree in geotechnical engineering, and initiatives to increase female engineering enrolments
• Anglo American
– Anglo American Centre for Sustainable Communition
• A$10 million over five years
Major Industry Partnerships
• QGC, Santos and Arrow Energy
– Centre for Coal Seam Gas • A$15 million investment
• leadership in research and skills training essential to ensure cost effective establishment of the CSG industry and its sustainable future
• develop capabilities to deal with community concerns over the industry’s environmental and social impacts
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COMMERCIALISATION
• UniQuest Pty Ltd is one of Australia’s largest and most successful university
commercialisation groups
• From an intellectual property portfolio of 1500+ patents it has created over 70
companies
• Since 2000 more than A$450 million has been raised to take university
technologies to market
• $3B annual sales of UniQuest-licensed products based on UQ research
outcomes
• UniQuest – global top 10% of university commercialisation companies
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COMMERCIALISATION IMPACTS
Product / Partnership Details
Gardasil • World’s 1st cervical cancer vaccine
• 100M+ doses in over 120 countries
Triple P Positive Parenting Program • Used in 23 countries & 18 languages
Superconductor image correction
technology
• Installed in 2/3 of the world’s MRI machines
Spinifex Pharmaceuticals • A$55m Series C investment in neuropathic pain treatment
Vaxxas - nanopatch vaccine delivery • A$15M investment
Renewable Energy Venture Capital Fund
(REVCF) investment in Brisbane Materials
Holdings Inc (BMHI)
• Established to commercialise anti-reflective coatings which provide a
3-4% watts peak increase when applied to glass, plastic, and other
substrates.
Shen Bo Energy in Australia China
BioEnergy Pty Ltd
• Established to develop and commercialise sugarcane yield enhancing
technology developed at UQ.
Hydrexia • Magnesium alloy hydrogen storage A$9m Series B funding
Our goal is to make The University of Queensland
the most globally connected university in Australia
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Peter Leihn
Director, Security and
Environment
28 January 2015
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NICTA Overview
Profile
• Australia’s Centre of Excellence in
ICT Research
• Not for profit company since 2003
• Labs in Sydney (HQ), Canberra,
Melbourne, Brisbane
• 750 people - 450 staff, 300 PhD
students with 22 partner universities
• Funded by Federal, State &
Territory Governments and industry
plus contributions from universities
Key Activities
• Research Excellence in ICT
• ~600 research papers per year
• Wealth creation and national benefit
• Engaged with industry and government
• Collaborative projects
• Licenses of patents and software
• Contract research
• Spinouts
• International engagement
• Collaboration, contracts
• Research exchanges
• Student internships
• Grant funding
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NICTA Innovation Model
Making sense of the ever increasing amounts of data available around the world
Understanding the world using images and image sequences
NICTA Research Groups
Design, implementation, and verification of software systems
Using scientific results to model any organisation or system, simulate and optimise it
Improve the experience of users when accessing online information and services, including wireless networks
NICTA Business Teams Connected Life: mobile, NBN and broadband applications Digital Productivity: big data analytics, e-business, e-government, Software Tools: business process compliance, cloud tools, vocab management, static code analysis
Smart Infrastructure: bridges, smart grid, water pipes Transport: roads, traffic management and public transport Logistics: trucks, ports, rail and distribution networks.
Defence: secure and reliable software systems, cyber security Bio-security: hyperspectral analysis Environment: resource characterisation, disaster response, pollution analysis, spatial analytics, NationalMap
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Spin-out companies Industry research engagements
National outcomes
Environmental Monitoring: Air Quality Prediction Service
Project client New South Wales Environment Protection Authority NICTA capability Machine learning, software development Problem addressing Prediction of air quality standard exceedance in mining region limiting production
nationalmap.nicta.com.au
Project client Department of Communications Collaborators • Geoscience Australia • Bureau of Meteorology • Department of Finance • Bureau of Statistics • State Governments NICTA capability Software development Problem addressing Accessing and making sense of open Government data
Spatial Analytics: National Map
Disaster Management: Evacuation Optimisation
Project client Infrastructure NSW, State Emergency Service NICTA capability Optimisation, visualisation, software development Problem addressing Platform to determine constraints in evacuation scenarios and modelling of infrastructure upgrade impacts on evacuation times
Spatial Analytics Groundwater Visualisation
Project client NSW Office of Agricultural Sustainability and Food Security Collaborators • NSW Office of Water • NSW Resources and
Energy • University of New South
Wales NICTA capability Machine learning, software development Problem addressing Quantifying coal seam gas extraction impacts to groundwater systems
Australian Renewable Energy Mapping Infrastructure (AREMI)
Key functionality and benefits • Hosted web-based spatial data
infrastructure to provide open access to Australia's past, present and and future renewable energy data
• Platform for industry and Government to search, visualize and download data in a geospatial context to assist in decision making
• Hosting of legacy datasets and serving of up-to-date datasets from data custodians
aremi.nicta.com.au
…
Decision Support
Probability Distribution
Magnetotellurics Seismic Temperature Gravity
Uncertainty in Quantity of Interest
Candidate Model Candidate Model
Spatial Analytics: Large Scale Data Fusion
Probability of Pretty Hill Formation versus Location
Spatial Analytics: Resource Characterisation
Digital Productivity: Privacy Preserving Analytics
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MAGIG
•Enables organisations to gain new
insight from sensitive data including
information classified as commercially
valuable or protected by legislation (ie.
privacy and medical laws).
•Instead of data being centralised
before processing, MAGIC takes
computation to the data and safely
aggregates the results, removing trust
issues and ensuring autonomy for all
parties including data providers, data
consumers and service providers.
Infrastructure Management: Structural Integrity Monitoring
Project client NSW Roads and Maritime Service NICTA capability Machine learning, software development Problem addressing Structural health of world’s widest bridge
Infrastructure Management: Port Optimisation
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• 120 interactions to move a
container
• Hundreds of supply chain
participants
• Many different IT systems
Infrastructure Management: Transport Analytics
Infrastructure Management: Transport Analytics
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Curtin: An international university
Curtin delivers programs through more than 90
universities in 20 countries, in conjunction with our global
partners
More than 44,000 students from 110 countries
More than 19,000 international students, with around half
studying in Australia and half studying elsewhere in the world
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Join the global network
Curtin International Campuses and Programs
• Campuses in Sarawak, Singapore and Sydney
• Degree programs in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Mauritius and Vietnam
• Study Abroad and Exchange programs available
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Campus Locations
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Why Curtin? • The largest university in Western Australia
• Nine campus locations including Perth, Sydney, Singapore and
Malaysia
• Courses designed in collaboration with industry
• Courses combine theory with practical study to ensure our
graduates are career-ready
• In the top 50 young Universities around the world
• Consistently ranked among the top 300 universities in the world
by QS World University Rankings
• Ranked in 300-400 band of ARWU (Shanghai Jiaotong) and
climbing.
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2014 ARWU (Shanghai Jiaotong) Ranking
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Curtin’s strategic growth advantages
• A strategic commitment from Curtin’s executive.
• Curtin is already on an exceptional growth path.
• There is a huge concentration of Growth in the
Western Australian economy.
• Curtin has the critical mass to provide resources.
• Strong engagement with industry and community.
• Strong local, national and international recognition.
• An exceptional multicultural staff and global reach.
• The imminent Curtin Medical School.
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Curtin University Academic Profile
The University has four faculties:
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Curtin Business School
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Humanities
In addition
Centre for Aboriginal Studies
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Research strategy
"The great university ... should look ever forward; for it the past
should be but a preparation for the greater days to be"
John Curtin, former Prime Minister of Australia:
Build on the University’s research strengths (institutes)
Focus on building overall activity through PhD student numbers,
National Competitive Grants, and quality research outputs
Building our global collaborative research networks, to
increase the quality and impact of research.
Work with our strategically important research and industry
partners
Think big. Need to build large scale research ventures and
partnerships
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Research and Development
• Four areas of strategic research focus:
• ICT and Emerging Technologies,
• Resources and Energy,
• Sustainable Development
• Health,
• Over A$73 million per year in research income.
• Ranked amongst the top 30% of Australian Universities for
research income, research publications, and research
student enrolments.
ICT and Emerging Technologies
Petascale Supercomputing in Western Australia
(The Pawsey Centre, iVEC)
Projects Enabled
• National Geo-sequestration Laboratory (NGL)
• Sustainable Energy for the SKA (SESKA)
• Murchison Widefield Array (MWA)
• Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP)
• National Resource Sciences Precinct
• Numerical Modeling in Science and
Engineering
Australia’s Petascale
Supercomputers
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Curtin Minerals & Energy
Launched in October 2009
Builds on precinct investment
Positions Curtin within the State and globally
Multiple research centres with complementary
capabilities
Cross Faculty engagement
International engagement
High potential for ROI
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Curtin Resources and Chemistry Precinct
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Five academic areas with teaching and
research activities
Applied Geology
Exploration Geophysics
Metallurgical Engineering
Mining Engineering
Spatial Sciences
WA School of Mines
Kalgoorlie campus
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Recent major research
initiatives: examples
Energy
Department of Mines and Petroleum ‘Tight Gas -
Whicher Range Project’ Curtin CSIRO, UWA
($0.75million)
Australia China Natural Gas Technology Fund, first
research contracts awarded ($0.5million)
Aust Centre for Natural Gas Management: new
contract for training Chinese Executives
Woodside Chair in Building Information
Management.
Fuels and Energy Technology Institute
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Australian Sustainable Development Institute
(ASDI)
We’re changing today for tomorrow
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Research activities in sustainability
• 11 Programs
• 16 Research Centres and Institutes
• ~ 250 researchers and 436 projects
Energy 15%
Water 9%
Climate 6%
Asia 3%
Indigenous 10%
Information 10%
Regional Dev 9%
Education 1%
Food 6%
Resources 22%
Urban Dev 9%
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Examples of successful projects
• Centre for Crop and Disease Management ($29m over 5 years)
• Remote Economic Participation CRC ($7m – 7 yrs)
• CSIRO Coastal Flagship Cluster ($3m over 3 years)
• WA Oil Mallee – Bio-fuels project ($2.3m over 3 years)
• Centre of Excellence – Sustainable transport fuels ($1.7m over 3
years)
• National Centre of Excellence Desalination ($1.5m)
• Chair in Sustainability ($1.1m over 5 years)
• Western Power Chair – Smart grids ($500k over 5 years)
• Centre of Excellence – Geothermal Energy ($225k over 3 years)
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Health Sciences
• Biomedical Sciences
• International Health
• Nursing and Midwifery
• Occupational Therapy and Social Work
• Pharmacy
• Psychology and Speech Pathology
• Public Health
• Actively pursuing a Medical School
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Potential collaboration Curtin University and Indian Universities
Curtin University and the Indian University and Industry sectors
share a combined strength in research and education.
A shared capability in technical and applied research.
Recognised excellence in research, both included in the Shanghai
Jiaotong index, QS rankings and climbing.
A shared vision and capacity for growth.
Strength of the Indian and Western Australian economies.
An established and growing relationship.
In the same region on the Indian Ocean rim.
Alignment of economic and research interests (eg: resources,
energy, sustainability).
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Macquarie University Overview
AT A GLANCE
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A Comprehensive University
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Research Strengths
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ERAS
Earth Sciences – geochemistry, geology, geophysics, physical geography and
environmental sciences
Environmental sciences – ecological applications, environmental
science and management
Physical sciences and Engineering – astronomical and space
sciences, quantum physics, optical physics, digital communications
Biological sciences – evolutionary biology, ecology, microbiology
and plant biology
History and archaeology – historical studies
Law and legal studies – law
Language, communication and culture – communication and media studies,
linguistics
Philosophy and religious studies - philosophy
Lead institution for two Australian Research Council (ARC) Centres of Excellence and a major node in three
18 Concentrations of Research Excellence (CORE) – high performing research areas
1 of only 2 Australian universities to be rated at the highest level for research in Earth, environmental and physical sciences
#1 in Australia for citation impact of environmental sciences and ecology research and #22 in the world
$25m invested in Higher Degree Research (HDR) scholarships annually
More than 2000 HDR candidates
First Australian university to introduce the Master of Research
4th in Australia for research publications per academic staff member
5th in Australia for international research publication collaborations
Research Excellence
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Research Excellence –
International Collaboration Some Examples
Big History Project – the Big History Institute provides a hub for global scholars
interested in interdisciplinary research on the history of the Cosmos, Earth, Life
and Humanity (co-founded with Bill Gates)
Wireless 5G network – MQ is the only Australian university involved in the three-
year multi-million dollar program led by Intel. Other university partners include
Princeton, Stanford, Cornell, IIT Delhi, New York University.
Synthetic Biology – MQ is part of a global partnership focused on utilising
synthetic biology tools (genome sequencing,
computing and nanotechnology to build the world’s
first eukayotic genome. Other partners include
New York University, Johns Hopkins, BGI China,
and Imperial College London
IDEALAB – MQ is the only non-European partner
university in the Erasmus Mundus International
Doctorate for Experimental Approaches to Language
and Brain (IDEALAB) PhD program. Other partners are
University of Groningen, University of Potsdam,
Newcastle University and University of Trento
Rankings
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Ranked 239th globally in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU, 2014)
Among the top 10 universities in Australia (ARWU, 2014)
Among the top 40 universities in Asia-Pacific (ARWU, 2014)
5 QS stars in teaching, employability, research, internationalisation, facilities,
innovation, access and specialist subjects (QS, 2014)
> 50% of our subjects are ranked in
the top 100 worldwide, with Earth and
marine sciences, linguistics and
psychology in the top 50 (QS World
University Rankings by Subject)
9th most international university in the
world (Times Higher Education, 2014)
MGSM MBA ranked #49 in the world and
#1 in NSW, #3 in Australia and #5 in the
Asia-Pacific (The Economist Which MBA?, 2014)
Key Objectives
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ONE: ACCELERATE WORLD-LEADING RESEARCH PERFORMANCE
TWO: PREPARE WORLD-READY HIGHER DEGREE RESEARCH CANDIDATES
THREE: ENGAGE AS A WORLD-RECOGNISED RESEARCH COLLABORATOR OF CHOICE
FOUR: DELIVER RESEARCH WITH WORLD-CHANGING IMPACT
ABIZER MERCHANT, REGIONAL DIRECTOR, SOUTH ASIA
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