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ISTITUTO SUPERIORE MARIO BOELLA Overview and Activites www.ismb.it Introducing ISMB ISMB is a non profit Research & Innovation Center operating in the Information and Communication Technologies domain in cooperation with private enterprises, institutions and Public Administration. ISMB has been set up by the two Founding Members (Compagnia di San Paolo and Politecnico di Torino) in 2000 and then joined by industrial partners: ST Microelectronics, SKF, Telecom Italia. Today it counts 150 researchers expressing high competences on the main ICT areas and their related applications working on about 55 R&D projects. Compagnia di San Paolo is one of the Europe’s most important private foundations. 17/07/2015 ISMB – Copyright 2011 2 ISMB Mission Operate on technology and process innovation following the paradigm of Knowledge Management - from the creation to implementation of innovation. Act as reference institution for the elaboration of a vision of the future (including social and economical aspects) producing concrete outputs and roadmaps enabling the decisionmaking process. 17/07/2015 ISMB – Copyright 2011 3 ISMB Targets • To contribute reinforcing the innovation processes in Piemonte, in Italy and Europe increasing the competitive strength of the local and European economy. • To become a research partner for ICT-using and ICT-producing industries and an active advisor of the Public Administration for e.g. strategic support on social welfare and environmental policies. • To pursue excellence in applied research through a continuous cooperation with Politecnico di Torino, a constant scientific production and cooperation of international relevance. 17/07/2015 ISMB – Copyright 2011 4 Research Areas Navigation Technologies • Galileo and GPS receivers, environmental applications Pervasive Technologies • Internet of Things technologies: WSN, embedded systems, wireless secure networks, services management Information System Architectures and SW Technologies • Cloud and grid computing, mobile applications Photonics Multi-Layer Wireless Solutions • TLC optical systems, special optical fibers • VANETs and Broadband Wireless, Antennas and EM-Modelling, Multimedia Interaction Information Management • New web tools, user experience Innovation Development • Business models, IPR management, scouting Researchers are also involved in several higher education initiatives in partnership with international institutions 17/07/2015 ISMB – Copyright 2011 5 Strategic Programs SP are interdisciplinary programs, focused on process innovation oriented to sectors in which economical and environmental sustainability drive changes. Objective is to build up a complete answer to the innovative demand of the sector. • Each SP is continuously updating a strategic roadmap in close synergy with local and international initiatives. 17/07/2015 ENERGY ISMB – Copyright 2011 Smart CITY Smart Smart • ISMB starts in 2011 with three Strategic Programs: HEALTH 6 Approach to Innovation Smart ENERGY Smart CITY Smart Navigation Technologies HEALTH Pervasive Technologies Information System Architectures and SW Technologies Photonics Multi-Layer Wireless Solutions Information Management Innovation Development 17/07/2015 ISMB – Copyright 2011 7 ISMB in Figures • 21 cooperations with industries 21 National funded projects 14 European funded (success rate of the last 2 years: 28%) Patents • 22 (at 31-12-2010) Overall number of papers (journal and conferences) • • 440 (at 31-12-2010) 110 in 2010 ISMB staff + collaborators (at 31-12-2010) • • 121 researchers (71 ISMB; 50 under grant) 35 Ph.D. students, Doc with grants, Master students Overall number of active • projects (at 31-12-2010) • 17/07/2015 ISMB – Copyright 2011 8 Financial Support ISMB receives a yearly contribution from Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation. Industrial Partners support ISMB with an yearly association fee. Research Areas as well as Strategic Programs create research perspectives through public and private projects coming from: • European Commission (FP7) • European (ESA) and Italian (ASI) Space Agencies • National (e.g. Ministry of Development) and regional (e.g. Poli d’Innovazione) calls • Contracts with industries and SME • Ad-hoc training courses 17/07/2015 ISMB – Copyright 2011 9 ISMB Value Coherently with its mission, ISMB produces a multiplying effect on its ordinary funding. But more important, in the process of competitive budget creation, ISMB generates a measurable value for its ecosystem of partners. Total: over 23 M€ ISMB Budget 5 M€ Ordinary funding CdSP 17/07/2015 6 M€ + Competitive budget ISMB (self-funding) Partners network impact 8 M€ 4 M€ Enterprises and national institutions ISMB – Copyright 2011 Enterprises and international institutions 10 Cooperation Model Concrete support to partners in the product, processes, services innovation. Generation of knowledge and knowledge management in the whole value chain. Together with ISMB 1 •Support in the definition of the innovation roadmap. Generation of the idea on the basis of the competences in the specific domain (by the company). 2 •Selection of the most suitable approaches, HW/SW platforms, tools and instruments. 3 •Project financing: ISMB contributes to project proposal preparation to EC or to other institutions. 4 •Contribution to project development and implementation taking into account also sustainability aspects. 5 •Participation to product/process development with a focus on innovation aspects. 17/07/2015 ISMB – Copyright 2011 11 Initiatives with Enterprises MIC-ISMB Torino is a research and innovation unit of Microsoft ecosystem operating on new embedded and cloud technologies Industrial Partner of ISMB. Joint development of new technologies and services for IoT Joint development of Galileo + GPS high-end terminals for professional applications Scouting on technologies and services in the banking domains Consolidated network of more than 20 large enterprises, 15 institutions, 60 SMEs and 20 international research institutions 17/07/2015 ISMB – Copyright 2011 12 ISMB – THE KNOWLEDGE FACTORY “Our motivation is to create a dynamic environment in which researchers are addressed to innovation of process and systems in close cooperation with industries and institutions with the goal of generating concrete benefits for the community”. Giovanni Colombo – ISMB Director Member of the Governing Board and Executive Committee of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology - EIT ISMB – Copyright 2011