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Highlights and OpportunitiesInformation SessionOctober, 2014
Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program 2006-2017
An Education, Research and Innovation Ecosystem
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Mission:Create new knowledge in key focused areas of information and communications technologies by means of cutting-edge research, world-class graduate education, and a close connection with Portuguese Industry, thus placing Portugal at the forefront of Science and Innovation.Strategic Areas:
Knowledge CreationTalent Development
Instruments:inRes –
Entrepreneurshipin Residence
Dual DegreePrograms
Faculty Exchange Program
Entrepreneurial Research Initiatives
Partners:
Research Institutions
Portuguese Universities
Public Organizations and Companies
Carnegie Mellon University
Early Bird Projects
Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program
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Pioneer in the development of collaboration and partnership models
Innovation
Undergraduate InternshipsPrograms
+What the Program Is
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An Education, Research
and Innovation Ecosystem
14 Dual Degree
Programs~300 Dual
Degree Students
> 200 Alumni
17 Undergraduate Internship
Members
> 400 Faculty
Members
~60 Faculty Exchanges
from Portugal to CMU25
Collaborative Projects
6 Entrepreneurial Research Initiatives
10 Early Bird Projects
Impact in 90 Organizations
Creation of 10
Startups
4 Portuguese
inRes Teams
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Research
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+Calls for Collaborative R&D
200810 projectsConcluded in 2012-2013
200912 projectsConcluded in 2013-2014
2009 - Math3 projects funded in Applied MathematicsJoint call with the UT Austin Portugal Program
2013 - ERIs6 ERIs funded / 21 ProposalsApproximately 6 million Euros for 4 years
2013 - EBPs10 / 38 Proposals300 thousand Euros for typically less than a year
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+2013 Project Review
• Leadership in R&D involving academia and industry in an international setting
Community Building
• DRIVE-IN – Competence aligned with future vision, results with high application potential, spin-offs, strong CMU and industry cooperation
• Vital Responder – Excellent interdisciplinary team, prototypes used in the real world and ready for deployment, follow-up projects
Large Projects
• REAP.PT – Computer Aided Learning of Portuguese – cooperation with Instituto Camões for learning of Portuguese as a second language.
• PT-STAR – Translation to and from Portuguese – strong position in world research scene, technologies with strong potential for commercialization and broad usage.
Clusters of Small
Projects
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“The international co-operation has proved instrumental in advancing the current position of Portuguese research in ICT.”
+Industry Involvement in R&D
New solutions for industry problems
SENODs toolset for energy efficiency on datacenters, used by PT
Technology platforms for startups
Feedzai, Dognaedis, Veniam’Works, and Sentilant
Strengthening of product pipelines
VitalResponder for Biodevices
Improvements to existing products
Project Interfaces and the security component of Outsystem’s Enterprise Application Platform
Management and policy insights in ICT
Orange Bird and Patient Innovation Platform
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+1st Call for Entrepreneurial Research Initiatives (ERIs) in Numbers
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• Six proposals were approved for funding, among 21 submitted for evaluation, with a total budget of approximately € 6 million, half in Portugal and half at CMU, for approximately 48 months.
• Industry participation:
• > 50 companies participated in the consortia with > 60 participations
• Level of commitment > 3 million Euros in the 21 proposals
• > 1 million Euros in the six proposals recommended for funding
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2nd Call is open until Dec. 16, 2014
1st Call for ERIs at a Glance
Proposal PIs
Portuguese
Institutions
Industry Partners
AHA: Augmented Human Assistance
Alexandre Bernardino (IST/UL)Daniel P. Siewiorek (HCII)
IST/UL, FMH/ULFCT/UNLM-ITI
Plux, YDreams
Hyrax: Crowd-Sourcing Mobile Devices to Develop Edge Clouds
Fernando Silva (INESC Porto)Priya Narasimhan (CS/ECE)
INESC PortoFCT/UNLIT
Geolink, YinzCam, Wavecom
Innovation dynamics in aeronautics and Embraer in Évora
Joana Mendonça (IST/UL)Granger Morgan (EPP)
IST/ULINESC PortoIDMEC
Embraer, CEIIA
Intelligent Networked Robot Systems for Symbiotic Interaction with Children with Impaired Development
Francisco Melo (INESC-ID)Manuela Veloso (CS)
INESC-IDIST/ULFCT/UNL
H. Garcia Orta, IDMind, PLUX, VoiceInteraction
Technology, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Policy Lab
Pedro Oliveira (UCP)Lee Branstetter (SDS/Heinz)
UCPIMM/ULIST/UL
innosabi, Microsoft, Novartis
Towards a Mobile Wearable Health Surveillance Product for First Response and other Hazardous Professions
João P. Cunha (INESC Porto)Fernando de la Torre (RI)
INESC PortoITUA
BioDevices
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+AHAAugmented Human Assistance
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Portuguese PIAlexandre Bernardino(IST-UL)
CMU PIDaniel P. Siewiorek (HCII)
This project proposes the development and deployment of a novel Robotic Assistance Platform designed to support healthy lifestyle, sustain active aging, and support those with motor deficits.
Consortium
IST-ID
FMH-UL
FCT/UNL
M-ITICMU
PLUX
YDreams Robotics
+HyraxCrowd-Sourcing Mobile Devices to Develop Edge Clouds
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Portuguese PIFernando Silva(FCUP)
CMU PIPriya Narasimhan (CS/ECE)
The Hyrax project proposes a novel vision of a hyperlocal edge-cloud, i.e., a computational/storage cloud comprised solely of a collection of nearby wireless edge devices, with the purpose of pooling these devices’ data and processing power to support a new class of proximity-aware applications that benefit the owners of these devices.
Consortium
INESC TEC
FCT/UNL
IT
CMUGeolink
Wavecom
YinzCam
+E4ValueInnovation Dynamics in Aeronautics and Embraer in Évora: Towards a Distributed Platform for Entrepreneurial Initiatives, New Employment and Skills Development
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Portuguese PIJoana Mendonça(IST-UL/IN+)
CMU PIGranger Morgan(EPP)
This project looks at the increasing complexity and uncertainty of technological advances and related value chains and business configurations in aeronautics.
Consortium
IN+/IST-UL
INESC TEC
IDMEC
CMU
CEIIA
Embraer Portugal
+INSIDEIntelligent Networked Robot Systems for Symbiotic Interaction with Children with Impaired Development
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Portuguese PIFrancisco Melo(IST-UL/INESC ID)
CMU PIManuela Veloso(CS)
INSIDE strives to develop new hardware and software solutions that will support the aforementioned research towards the final deployment of a real-world interaction scenario where children with impaired development interact with a networked robot system in a joint cooperative task with terapeutical purposes.
Consortium
INESC-ID
IST-ID
FCT/UNL
CMUHospital Garcia da Orta
IDMind
PLUX Biosignals
Voice Interaction
+TEIPLTechnology, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Policy Lab
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Portuguese PIPedro Oliveira(CLSBE)
CMU PILee Branstetter(SDS/Heinz)
The Technology, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Laboratory (hereinafter referred to as The Lab) is a new multidisciplinary organization that brings together leading academic and corporate partners. We aim to create a world class research and policy center that investigates technological innovation by both users and producers in order to achieve socio-economic wealth. Its mission is to conduct research and policy analyses on the development and diffusion of entrepreneurship and innovation to unlock Portugal’s global competitiveness.
Consortium
UCP
IST-UL
IMM-FMUL
CMUinnosabi
Novartis Farma
Microsoft
+VR2MarketTowards a Mobile Wearable Health Surveillance Monitoring Product for First Response and other Hazardous Professions
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Portuguese PIJoão Paulo Cunha(FEUP)
CMU PIFernando De la Torre(RI)
The Vital Responder (VR) system has been developed under the CMU Portugal Program between 2009 and 2012. Being designed for fire-fighters (FF) – the most demanding professional scenarios among first responders – the VR project has generated a large number of devices, methodologies and know-how that are fostering other newly funded projects for some other hazardous professionals, such as Policemen or Paramedics.
Consortium
INESC TEC
IT
UA
CMU
Biodevices
Hospital de Gaia
Petratex
Future Cities - UPorto
+2nd Call for ERIs
International innovation engine that integrates research, education, innovation and industry collaboration, fulfilling the mission of the Program - establishing Portugal at the forefront of Science and Innovation in Information and Communication Technologies
Link scientific discovery to technological innovation, to advance technology and to produce graduates who will be creative innovators in a global economy.
Up to € 5.200.000, half to support Portuguese research institutions and half to support complementary activities at CMU.
The maximum budget for Portuguese research institutions in each ERI will be of € 650.000,00.
Depending upon the quality of the proposals, four to seven new ERI awards are expected to be financed.
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2nd Call is open until Dec. 16, 2014
+2nd Call for ERIs: Consortium
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Portuguese Research
Teams
CMU Research
Team
Industry Team
ERI Consortiu
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For a maximum period of 4 years.
Two Portuguese research centers, belonging to distinct higher education institutions.
2nd Call is open until Dec. 16, 2014
+Key Features of an ERI
A vision for bridging research to innovation and developing innovative and competitive talent;
A strategic plan for research, education and innovation, with a path to sustainability;
A cross-disciplinary research program enabler of innovation;
Cross-cultural global research, education and innovation experiences;
An education program that uses CMU Portugal’s dual degree programs;
An innovation program that includes partnerships with startups and/or established companies.
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2nd Call is open until Dec. 16, 2014
+Academia Participation in ERIs
The proposals must have at least two Portuguese research centers, belonging to distinct higher education institutions, one company, and Carnegie Mellon University.
Principal Investigator: The lead Portugal PI should be a faculty member, with a doctoral
degree relevant to ICT, or with substantial career experience in ICT. The lead Portugal PI shall be dedicated to the project, according to
the duration of the proposed activities, at no less than 35%. The lead PI at CMU must hold a faculty appointment at CMU.
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2nd Call is open until Dec. 16, 2014
+Industry Participation in ERIs
Contributions Guidance on planning, research, education and innovation; Promote a culture of innovation and internationalization; Knowledge of product/service design and manufacturing/delivery; Complementary support: financial and/or in-kind (people, data, facilities,
equipment).
Benefits Solutions for industry problems; Creation of competitive or complementary products and services; Development of capabilities and best practices; Insights on performance improvement; Visibility and access to international knowledge networks.
Collaboration framework Supported by scope, function and IP agreements.
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2nd Call is open until Dec. 16, 2014
+Early Bird Projects (EBPs)
Assist small teams of researchers from Portuguese institutions, Carnegie Mellon University and industry partners, to jumpstart high-impact potential activities of strategic relevance for the Program.
The proposals should be high-risk/high-reward and show promise and a strategy for significant future expansion of project goals and support from government agencies, companies, industry consortia, foundations or financial investors.
May be focused on setting off new advanced education activities, new research collaborations and areas, or new technology commercialization initiatives, among others.
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2nd Call: expected to open mid-Nov. until mid- Dec., 2014
+Illustrative Examples of EBPs
Examples
Development of new and innovative
high-risk/high-reward research directions.
Development of new productive research
collaborations.
Technology proof-of-concept to enable seeking sponsored research funding.
Technical validation to move a technology
towards commercialization,
including exploratory experiments, data
gathering, and/or the development of a working prototype of an invention.
Business validation to move a technology
towards commercialization,
including the development of go-to-market strategies and initial development of
business plans.
Preparation of new advanced courses,
materials and textbooks, based on
recent, state of the art research advances.
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+EBPs Consortium
The proposals must have at least one partner Portuguese research institution, at least one CMU faculty team, and possibly company team.
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Portuguese Research
Team
CMU Research
Team
EBP Consortium
Portuguese Research
Team
CMU Research
Team
Industry Team
EBP Consortiu
m
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Talent Development
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+Dual Degree Doctoral Programs
One diploma from a Portuguese University and other from CMU
Typically 2 years at CMU, and up to three years in Portugal
Fields: Computer Science Computer Science – Robotics Software Engineering Electrical and Computer Engineering Human Computer Interaction Language Technologies Applied Mathematics Technological Change and Entrepreneurship Engineering and Public Policy
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Call
More information at www.cmuportugal.org.
The dual degree Ph.D. positions to be associated with each ERI will be awarded through future CMU Portugal Program Calls for Applications for Doctoral Program Scholarships.
+Faculty Exchange Program
Accelerate the adoption of best practices in research, education and innovation, through cultural immersion at Carnegie Mellon University.
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Call will be open until October 30, 2014
56Faculty member
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+Undergraduate Internships Program
2014 8-12 weeks research experience for talented undergraduates
Participation in projects, interaction with research teams, and mentoring from faculty and researchers, at Carnegie Mellon
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New Call will open in 2015
17Undergraduate Internship
MembersCLSBE FCTUNL FCUP FEUP ISEC IST-UL UC
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+UIP: Spring & Summer 2014
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Albert Linde, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCT/UNL)Host at CMU: Umut A. Aca, Computer SciencesSponsor in Portugal: Rodrigo Rodrigues, UNL
Mariana Oliveira, Faculdade de Ciências of the Universidade do Porto (FCUP)Host at CMU: J. Zico Kolter, CSSponsor in Portugal: Luís Torgo, FCUP/INESC TEC
Salomé Azevedo, Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics (CLSBE)Host at CMU: Pedro Ferreira, EPPSponsor in Portugal: Pedro Oliveira, CLSBE
Tiago Cardoso, Faculdade de Engenharia of the Universidade do Porto (FEUP)Host at CMU: David Garlan, Institute for Software ResearchSponsor in Portugal: Rui Abreu, FEUP
Francisco Torres, Faculdade de Engenharia of the Universidade do Porto
(FEUP)Host at CMU: Shawn Blanton, ECE
Sponsor in Portugal: Vitor Grade Tavares, FEUP/INESC TEC
César Carpinteiro, Faculdade de Engenharia of the Universidade do Porto
(FEUP)Host at CMU: Shawn Blanton, ECE
Sponsor in Portugal: José Machado Silva, FEUP/INESC TEC
1st Call: From 14 applications, six were selected.
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Innovation
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+Startups
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+Startups
About one hundred highly qualified jobs have already been created by the ten startups born within the Program.
In 2013, a tenth startup emerged from the Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program – Sentilant, a spinoff from the Universidade de Coimbra.
Mambu received in early 2013, 2 million dollars (around 1.5 million euros) from Runa Capital, Point Nine (PNC) and Kizoo (three technology - focused venture capital companies).
In early 2013, FeedZai achieved profitability, and added two new U.S. investors, SAP Ventures and Data Collective, as part of a $2.4M investment.
Veniam’Works won the first place at the 3rd Edition of Building Global Innovators.
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2014 inResVery Early Stage Acceleration Program
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+2014 InRes Edition at a Glance
inRes, short for “in Residence,” is a very early stage acceleration program for entrepreneurial teams working in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), in Portugal, offered by the Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program.
inRes provides entrepreneurial teams a training period in Portugal, followed by an eight-week structured immersion period in Pittsburgh, in the U.S., anchored at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU).
The participating teams are benefiting from the exposure to a highly dense environment of world-leading research groups, and market and industry specialists, in a variety of high-tech areas.
A new edition is expected to be launched in 2015!
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+inRes Teams
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displrSpinoff from University of Minho, technology partially developed in the ProgramGlobal service of interactive public screens for which any user can create and publish contents.FollowpricePT’s BlueStart StartupAdvanced digital marketing tool which, upon store integration, allows customers to be notified on followed product price changes
Xhockware - youbeepStartup incubated in UPTECSmartphone-based shopping & checkout solution for retail stores.
AddVolt - WeTruckStartup created by FEUP ECE MSc alumni, incubated in UPTECElectric portable kit capable of recovering, producing and storing electric energy, applied to cooled freight transport.
14 applications
+Challenge
Leadership in the creation of international innovation engines through strong
Entrepreneurial Research Initiatives.
www.cmuportugal.org :: [email protected]
The information on these slides does not replace or override any requirements set forth in the Regulations or the Announcement of the Call
for Proposals.
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Mission:Create new knowledge in key focused areas of information and communications technologies by means of cutting-edge research, world-class graduate education, and a close connection with Portuguese Industry, thus placing Portugal at the forefront of Science and Innovation.Strategic Areas:
Knowledge CreationTalent Development
Instruments:inRes –
Entrepreneurshipin Residence
Dual DegreePrograms
Faculty Exchange Program
Entrepreneurial Research Initiatives
Partners:
Research Institutions
Portuguese Universities
Public Organizations and Companies
Carnegie Mellon University
Early Bird Projects
Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program
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Pioneer in the development of collaboration and partnership models
Innovation
Undergraduate InternshipsPrograms