state of the art: artificial intelligence · 3/22/2018 · • design, fashion and wearable...
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Roger McKinley
Head of Innovation, FACT
LCR Activate - Overview
• £5m (£2.5m ERDF + £2.5m partner / SME match funding)
• 3-years (July 2017 - July 2020)
• To promote and support innovation by the Liverpool City Region DCI sector
Partners:
Technology Areas
• Artificial Intelligence
• Internet of Things
• Big and Open Data
• Cloud Computing
• Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality
FACT Specific Areas
•Visual arts
•Film, broadcast, music, audio
•Games and interactive media
•Immersive environments (VR / AR, Mixed Reality)
•Design, fashion and wearable technology
•Big and open data including data visualisation
•‘Tech for good’ (health and well-being; education; social, environmental & cultural impact)
Support and Engagement in:
•Collaborative concept and ideas development
•Creative co-design opportunities
•Access to specialist team, creative community, networks and facilities
Through:
• 121 Consultancy tailored for you and your company
• Technology to test your ideas
• Finance to support your growth
• Artists’ Residency Programme to take a critical look at our relationship to technology in the 21st Century
Schedule
Simon Wilkinson - Director Circa69 - gaming, virtual spaces and GAI
Martyn Spink – IBM Watson, Programme Director Hartree Centre
Peter Bloomfield – Digital Catapult and the Machine Intelligence Garage
Jonathon Clarke – LCR Activate and LJMU
The Extraordinary Club - Workshops
Lydia Nicholas (Screen 2) – Keynote in collaboration with Binary Festival
Summary
• Establish a network culture connecting artists, entrepreneurial academics and entrepreneurial companies together
• Consolidate high level partnerships in the LCR - LCC, Hartree, Sensor City, HEIs - that enable Innovations in products and services that have a measurable effect on the
economy of the Liverpool City Region and reach beyond
• Create new and innovative opportunities for SMEs to work in the areas of AR/VR/MR, Big and Open Data, AI and IoT
Thank You
Digital Catapult introduces Machine Intelligence Garage
PeterBloomfield
INTELLIGENT
Driving the UK Economy through digital innovation
@digicatapult#wheredigitalinnovationlivesdigitalcatapult.org.uk
INTELLIGENT
• Here to grow the economy• Applied R&D to accelerate economic growth and productivity for the UK• Combines tech and business expertise• A not-for-profit, private limited company• Completely neutral
Digital Catapult explained
INTELLIGENT
• We focus on key technology layers – which can make a commercial difference• We work at the intersections of emerging technologies and target markets• Working with startups and scaleups, academics and corporates
What we do
INTELLIGENT
• ArtificialIntelligence – machinelearningandartificialintelligence
• Futurenetworks – Internet of Things, 5G, low-power wide area networks• Immersive – virtual reality, augmented reality, haptics,
new forms of human machine interface• Futurescanning - Blockchain,DLT
Key enabling technology layers
INTELLIGENT
• Creative industries (particularly content markets)• Digital manufacturing (supply chain and product life cycle)• (Digital Health, wellbeing,early diagnosis and decision making)
Segments of economic opportunity
INTELLIGENT
• Open Calls • Pit Stops• Live events• UK & EU Research Projects• Convening communities• Technology feasibility trials• Collaborative R&D projects• Policy Development
Get involved
• Core Projects• Hackathons• Innovation Workshops• Researcher in Residence• Boost Programme • Sponsors and Supporters• Showcase in our Centre• We are hiring
INTELLIGENT
• London
• Brighton
• NorthEastandTeesValley
• Yorkshire
• NorthernIreland
OurCentres
INTELLIGENT
WORLD LEADING RESEARCH
4ofTop20GlobalUniversitiesfor
ComputerSciencebasedinUK
46EPSRCfundedinstitutionsin
AI&ML
£69mEPSRCfundsinAI/ML
projectstodate
134EPSRCgrant
fundedprojects
3rdGloballybyno.ofcitationsinAI&ML(behindChina&US)
2ndGloballyafterUSfor
Impact(asmeasuredbyH-index)
4thGloballybynumberofpublicationsinAI&ML(behindUS,China&
Japan)
https://www.mmcventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/The-State-of-AI-2017-Inflection-Point-Summary.pdf
UK AI+ML EARLY STAGE LANDSCAPE
HIGH PROFILE ACQUISITIONS
$500M 2014
$250M 2016
$150M 2016
$50M 2016
CHALLENGES
Machine intelligence companies face specific barriers:
● Access to talent● Access to training data: cost, quantity & privacy● Access to computation: speed, cost & expertise● Industry adoption● Ethics
Machine Intelligence Garage‘hello world’
www.migarage.ai
Garages hold a special place in the history of tech. They are the beginning of great things; a place where game-changing innovations are born and incubated.
www.migarage.ai87
Access to computation is a barrier to Machine Intelligence innovation
60%of startups agreed that they were computation constrained
Takealookatthereport;
Hosted hardware (NVidia DGX-1 and Graphcore IPUs)
Cloud computing vouchers
Access to existing UK HPC infrastructure
Demo and Experimentation Space with new ML chips
www.migarage.ai
Core components
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Partners
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Rolling open call, applications assessed every 6-8 weeks; Criteria:
• AI-Enabled Product or Service Idea • Strong Tech Team• (Early Stage)• Immediate Need for Computation• Data Ready• Ethical Use of AI
www.migarage.ai
Startup programme
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MeasuringImpact.Indicators:
• Newproductsorserviceslaunched
• Increaseinrevenue
• Increaseinturnover
• Investmentreceived
www.migarage.ai
Impact
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Ourfirstcohort;
www.migarage.ai
Impact
94
First cohort Second cohort
19 applications 10 applications
5 on boarded 6 on boarded
2 cambridge, 3 London 1 Cambridge 5 London
Good range of sectors Good range of sectors
Ourfirstcohort;
www.migarage.ai
Impact
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Company Sector
Cambridge Bio-Augmentation systems Health
Intellisense.io Manufacturing
Predina Tech Limited Manufacturing
GTN Ltd Health
Bloomsbury.ai Text processing
Cometoourmeet-upsandworkshops
ApplytoourOpenCallhttps://www.migarage.ai/application-open-call/
Readourreport
Signuptoournewsletter
www.migarage.ai
Getinvolved
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Thank you
www.migarage.ai
Running until Summer 2020, we can offer…
1-2-1 consultancy & mentoring
Development of a value proposition
Mapping a technical solution
Access to regional & national funding
Procuring platform providers
Match-funded grant scheme (50% rebate on costs)
We’re looking to...
• Open up the expertise and networks we have at LJMU, FACT and the LEP.
• Help you introduce new products and technologies to your business and customers.
• Help you grow and employ more staff.
• Help you build relationships with higher education, sector organisations and fellow businesses.
Digital Creative
Manufacturing of computer, electronic, opticalproducts
Advertising
Wholesale of digital equipment Architecture
Publishing Art and antiques
Motion pictures and music Crafts & design
Programming and broadcasting Designer fashion
Telecommunications Video, film and photography
Computer programming, consultancy and relatedactivities
Music and the visual and performing arts
Information service activities Publishing
Repair of computers and other goods Software, Computer Games & Electronic Publishing
Digital and Entertainment Media (including radio andtelevision)
Faculty of Engineering and Technology
Examples of expertise includes…
• Human behaviour data
• Bioinformatics data
• Clinical diagnosis and prognosis
• Public health data
• Shopping basket analysis for digital marketing
• Football match analysis
• Quantitative systems pharmacology
• Network and information security
• Networking and distributed systems
• Computer games technology
• Applied computing
• Critical infrastructure protection
Liverpool Business School
Examples of expertise includes…
• Finance, Economics Operations and Evaluation
• Management Learning, Knowledge, Organisations
• Human Resources and Evaluation
• Marketing, Consumption, Social Engagement and Entrepreneurship
• Business planning, cashflow and strategy
FACT can provide assistance across the following areas:
• Visual arts
• Film, broadcast, music, audio
• Games and interactive media
• Immersive environments (VR / AR, mixed reality)
• Design, fashion and wearable technology
• Big and open data including live data visualisation
• ‘Tech for good’ (health and well-being; education; social, environmental & cultural impact)
FACT can also assist SMEs seeking the following types of support and engagement:
• Collaborative concept and ideas development
• Creative co-design opportunities
• Access to FACT specialist team, creative community, networks and facilities
• Engagement with FACT’s wider programme (e.g. exhibitions, talent development, learning, research)
Recruitment
SMEJourney
Existing networks, agencies and incubators
Website
Events
Eligibility Checked
Diagnostic of business needs and innovative
capacity
Growth hub
ProjectPanel
Project panel
SMEallocated to
a deliverypartner
Business proposit ion an d mapped technological
specif icat ion ‘TheBrief’
FACT - Product development
creative sector LEP -Partnerships and supply chain
ALL - Open data
LJMU FET - product development digital
sector
High innovation level
Prototype delivered
Intensive assist
Adv. Product Dev. à Minimum viable product
Low innovation level
Sandpits, workshops, demonstrators;Work towards P.O.C
Grant scheme
Up to c. £10,000 rebate value, based on the SME submitting a case for procuring the solution to Project Panel and the Project Panel approving it.
• High Performance Computing
• Cognitive computing
• Cloud computing
• Big & Open Data
SMEs will be guided through an ERDF-compliant procurement process, whereby they can receive a rebate of 50% of the costs they incur when procuring a commercial solution in areas such as:
Aftercare
OutputsAccess to financeCommercialisation
Evaluation of outcomes
