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Jonathon Clark
Business and Technology Manager – LCR Activate
@LCRActivate
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)
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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.
@LCRActivate
Digital Creative
Manufacturing of computer, electronic, optical products 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 related activities 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 and television)
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Recruitment
SMEJourney
Existing networks, agencies and
incubators
Awareness raising
Events and
workshops Delivery Partners’SME networks
Marketing and branding
Eligibility Checked
Growth hub
Project panel
Diagnostic of business needs and innovative capacity
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Project p a ne l
SME al located to a del ivery
p a r t n e r
Bus iness proposit ion a n 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
Adv. Product Dev. àMinimum viable product
Low innovation level
Sandpits, workshops, demonstrators;Work towards proof of concept
Grant schemePrototype delivered
Intensive assist
Up to c. £10,000
• High Performance Computing
• Cognitive computing
• Cloud computing
• Big & Open Data
Our procurement officer will guide you through an ERDF-compliant procurement process, whereby you can receive a rebate of 50% of the costs you incur when procuring a commercial solution in:
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Aftercare
OutputsAccess to financeCommercialisation
Evaluation of outcomes
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“My Story begins with apiece of paper.” -
Mohammed Kteish
ThankYou
Followusat:www.futurealeppo.com
Facebook:@futurealeppoInstagram:@futurealeppo
Dr Paul Marrow
Research Developer – Data Science, LCR Activate
VR, AR & MRWhat the LCR Activate project can do for you
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Computing: where have we come from?
2 /12
• Large terminals...• To small devices
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What is this event about?
VR – Virtual RealityComputational replacement of subjective reality (e.g. put on a headset)
AR – Augmented RealityAdding (augmenting) information from subjective reality (e.g. head-up route display)
MR – Mixed RealityProviding augmented reality that you can truly manipulate without obstructing subjective realityHarder than it looks…
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What do we need to do this?
Hardware-Examples of what FACT can offer in support to SMEs follow on the next slide, including sometimes associated software
Software-VR, AR or MR technology does not drive itself
-Later will talk about the computer science and applied maths support from LJMU
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FACT support for VR, AR, MR& related techology
SensorsBiosensor supportIoT sensor technology
VROculusHololens
High-resolution display & rendering4K screens & monitors
Production capabilities360°video captureMotion capture3D scanning
MakingLaser cutter3D printerResin printer
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LJMU technology support
Computer Science/Applied Maths identifying software solutions/algorithms for business
• Artificial Intelligence (AI)• Data scienceAcademic expertise in many other areas• Cybersecurity• Internet of Things• VR
Links to other Departments and FacultiesLinks to• Cloud computing• High performance computing
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AI
History of computingIf computers can process series of instructions (programs), why can’t they respond to general commands (like humans)? (c.1950)
The assumption of general Artificial Intelligence (or AI)
It’s harder than originally anticipated, but great progress has been made in narrow or specific AI
Great increase in computing capability means LCR Activate can offer some support in AI (CC BY-SA 3.0) 2012 A. Taveneaux
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AI today
Making computers learn like people
- Machine Learning- Deep Learning• Image & Video Processing• Natural Language Processing
- Cognitive ComputingConnects with the world through data…
© 2017 O’Reilly Publications. AI Newsletter
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Data Science
People, computers, businesses, the environment, the world all produce data…
Data science is a means of understanding data through:
- Statistics and probability theory- Software tools- Domain knowledgeThese need to be combined
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High Performance Computing
If you are interested in digital products/services that- Process very large amounts of data- Refresh high-resolution visualisation very
rapidly
You may need high performance computing tools- Use cloud computing (processing power
and memory away from user machine): next slide
- Use dedicated supercomputing services- STFC Hartree Centre at Daresbury (CC BY-NC 2.5 SCOTLAND) The University of Edinburgh 2010-2016
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Cloud Computing
Cloud Computing is a means of delivering computing services by hosting them in data centres, away from your/our machines.
- Advantage: you can gain more computing resources as required for specific projects without having to search for new equipment
- Disadvantage: you have to pay cloud computing provider
- but innovation is reducing costs rapidly- Hartree Centre may offer alternative- LCR Activate project offers grant scheme
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We are here to help you
LCR Activate contact [email protected]://lcractivate.co.uk/with contact form @LCRActivate
My contact detailsDr Paul [email protected] 231 2864Research Developer – Data Science, LCR ActivateDepartment of Applied MathsFaculty of Engineering and TechnologyLiverpool John Moores UniversityByrom StreetLiverpool L3 3AF
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INVISIBLE FLOCK
Global connections
I Dream of Lagos - Lagos Theatre Festival 2016 - Site specific Mobile App
Collaborative processes
Someone Come Find Me - in Collab with Digital Nativ, Jakarta UK/ID 2016 Digital Public Art Installation
If You Go Away 2014 - V&A, MIMA, John Hansard Gallery Augmented Reality City Game, Mobile App
New forms of art practice
105+db Hull City of Culture 2017Sonic Installation
An exploration of physical and emotional isolation through creative uses of sensory mixed reality technologies
“She doesn’t respond as much, I’m holding her hand right now but she’s not holding back, but she’s letting me hold her hand she’s not pulling back, not so long ago she would put her hand over mine.”
“Now when we walk we hold hands, but it’s more for the practical reasons, but we always walked
and held hands.”
“We are always hugging and kissing, very tactile,
we always have been. Very tactile, love him to
bits”
I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND
RETHINKING THE MOBILE PHONE
MEMORY ALBUM
Create and foster relevant and contemporary practices with a long lasting transformative effect
INVISIBLE FLOCK
INVISIBLE FLOCK
@invisibleflock | invisibleflock.com
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Amanda Ordish
Research Developer – Business and Enterprise, LCR Activate
Business Support
@LCRActivate
Areas of support
Business planning and business development:• Strategy planning• Market Research• Marketing strategy• Costings • Capacity planning• Feasibility plan• Route to market plan
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Areas of support
Finances:• Full financial forecasts including cash
flow forecasts, profit and loss sheets and balance sheet
• Funding applications
• Identify potential funding opportunities:• Business bank loans• Local lending initiatives
Signposting:• LEP
• Business support and growth programs
• Networking
• Incubation spaces
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Collaborative working, research and experts
Developing relationships,accessing the range of academic knowledge within the university, for example from:• The Business school• Computer science• Applied mathematics• Built environment• Electronics and Electrical engineering
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KRTS International
• Developing a digital E-health solution
Support:• Undertaking a feasibility study• Collaborative support to identify potential funding streams• Funding application support• Accessing specialist digital knowledge within the university
• Advice and consultancy• Problem identification• Problem resolution• Possible prototype
https://powertorecover.com/
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We are here to help you
LCR Activate contact [email protected]
My contact detailsAmanda [email protected] 231 2010Research Developer – Business and Enterprise, LCR ActivateThe Business SchoolFaculty of Engineering and TechnologyLiverpool John Moores UniversityByrom StreetLiverpool L3 3AF
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FACT9th November2017
S3AFutureSpatialAudioforanimmersiveListenerexperienceathome
JamesWoodcock&[email protected]
@JamesSWoodcock
Thegoalof S3A istoenableimmersive
audiotoworkoutsidetheresearchlaboratory
in everyone’shome.
• TheBBCAudioResearchPartnershipwaslaunchedinJuly2011asawayofbringingtogethersomeoftheworld'sleadingaudiotechnologyresearchers.
• ItbringstogethertheUK'stopaudioresearchlaboratoriesfromUniversityofSurrey,UniversityofSalford,QueenMaryUniversityofLondon,UniversityofSouthampton,UniversityofYorkandBBCR&D.
TheAudioResearchPartnership
Thelab
Thereality
Whatisobjectbasedbroadcasting?
S3Aworkstreams
Objectcentred
production(BBC)
Practicalreproduction
(Soton)
Audio-visualcapture(Surrey)
Listenerexperience(Salford)
• Originalpieceofcontentwascommissionedtoinvestigateobject-basedbroadcastworkflows
• Workedcloselywithwriter,sounddesigner,andBBCR&D
• Aimsoftheexercisewereto:
• Answerprojectresearchquestions• Generatehighqualitydemonstration/testmaterialfortheproject• Createimpactfortheprojectthroughdatarelease
• Threeradiodramasceneswereproduced
Contentcreationasresearch
•Object-basedproductionand3Daudioconsideredfromtheoutset
•Writeraskedtoconsiderwhattheywoulddowith3Dsound
Scriptdevelopment
Recording
Recording
Recording
Recording
Mixing
Mixing
• Knowledgeofobject-basedaudioworkflows
•Materialforinternaldemonstration
•Materialfortesting
• Datasetthat’sbeingusedbyacademicandindustrialcolleagues
Mainoutcomes
TurningForestVR
VRproduction
