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Engagement in EU projectsProfessor Roger Woods
CTO27 May 2014
About me
CTO of Analytics Engines Ltd.• Accelerated Analytics for Big Data • Technical company direction for company• Monitoring/engaging in funding opportunities for
company
Professor of Embedded Systems, Queen’s University• Leads a research group of 10 people in embedded
systems for image processing and telecommunications
• Considerable experience of computer platforms particularly Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) based acceleration
• £2.4M of current grant support
ContentsAnalytics Engines
Review of current EU projects• Handhold• Panorama• Nanostreams
EU project journey• Nanostreams
Misconceptions
Final thoughts
Who we are
Analytics Engines is a leading provider of acceleration products, focussed on providing optimal performance without technology bias.
Our Mission
To improve application performance by enhancing the speed and efficiency of software algorithms through hardware acceleration.
What we do
We provide our suite of accelerators, which can be easily integrated with existing software to provide increased application performance. This performance boost leads to significant commercial advantage, allowing increasingly complex analytics and enhanced real time processing of Big Data.
Our History
• Company founded in 2008• Spun out of world leading ECIT Institute at Queens
University Belfast• Commercialising output from a long-term advanced
research programme in hardware acceleration and FPGA processor design
• Deep capabilities in high performance system design, and hybrid data processing platforms
ContentsAnalytics Engines
Review of current EU projects• Handhold• Panorama• Nanostreams
EU project journey• Nanostreams
Misconceptions
Final thoughts
EU projectsHANDHOLD (HANDHeld OLfactory Detector) • Use of sensors/low power embedded computing for improved
mobile detection devices to complement dogs in security. • Security Theme of FP7
Partners • Ireland (NUI, UCC, Irish Revenue Commissioners, Scorpion Net.) • UK (QUB, Analytics Engines)• Germany (Karlsruhe Inst. Of Tech)• Portugal (Instituto de Novas Technologias)• Defendec Ou (Estonia)
Details• Total cost: 3,495,805€ (April 2012 – August 2015)
EU projects (cont’d)
PANORAMA: Ultra Wide Context Aware Imaging • A ENIAC framework 7 project (Public-private partnership on
nanoelectronics that brings together ENIAC Member/Associated States, EC and AENEAS (an association representing European R&D actors in this field)).
• Highly sophisticated image processing technology has now has an established role in our lives, • move from ‘single-’ to ‘multi-view’ -> performance
Partners Armines, Analytics Engines, Bosch Security Systems, CMOSIS, CycloMedia Technology, Eindhoven Univ., Grass Valley, IBBT-FMI, INRIA, Medisys, Philips Healthcare, Q-Free, STMicroelectronics, Technolution, Thales Angenieux, University of Catania, University of Leeds
Details• Total cost: 22,800,000€ (April 2012 – August 2015)
EU projects (cont’d)Nanostreams: A Hardware and Software Stack for Real-Time Analytics on Fast Data Streams• A framework 7 ICT project• Data deluge is an unprecedented challenge for the computing
ecosystem• Micro-server architecture and a scalable software stack that
addresses the unique challenges of real-time analytics on streaming data.
Partners QUB, Analytics Engines Ltd, Neueda Consulting Ltd (UK) ACE Associated Compiler Experts B.V., (Netherlands)IBM Research GMBH, Credit Suisse Bank, (Switzerland)Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (Greece)
Details• Total cost : 4,676,795€ (Sept. 2013 – Aug. 2016)
EU projects (cont’d)Nanostreams: A picture worth a thousand words
ContentsAnalytics Engines
Review of current EU projects• Handhold• Panorama• Nanostreams
EU project journey• Nanostreams
Misconceptions
Final thoughts
How did Nanostreamsstart?Approach from academia at Queen’s University Belfast
Neither an EU ICT Work Programme nor targeted call• Clearly identified challenge that merits investigation from
strong consortium
Critical mass in the financial trading sector in Belfast• Extreme performance requirements, at odds with technology
trends towards energy‐efficient servers
Solutions considered required disruptive changes that span the entire computing software & hardware stack• Not be solved by a university, SME, or even multi‐national• First hint to consider an EU project
How did Nanostreamsevolve?Context• Real‐time analytics on streaming data require extremely high
performance and low latency
Critical for important markets: capital markets, forensics • Currently supported by servers with high total cost of
ownership
Idea• Can a low‐cost server be used instead?
How did NanostreamsEvolve into an EU project?
Contemplated several funding alternatives• Hard to involve SMEs and industry as funded partners in RCUK• Limited funding, small “demos” supported from instruments like
TSB
Critical mass of expertise available in the UK but important components missing• Compilers for application‐specific processors• Major server vendors not UK‐based
The consortium
ContentsAnalytics Engines
Review of current EU projects• Handhold• Panorama• Nanostreams
EU project journey• Nanostreams
Misconceptions
Final thoughts
Misconceptions
Is EU project involvement too difficult?• Network
• Projects actively need SME involvement• Identify clear goals
• Remain focused on your company’s priorities• Use as opportunity for future R&D
• Avoid major involvement • Don’t lead an EU project (or even workpackage)• Plead admin poverty!
Is EU funding too hard to get?• Projects need SME involvement• Identify strong partners with EU experience
Misconceptions
What are the financial implications?• May fund your proposed R&D plans• Be aware of the funding regulations• Shift towards partial payment upfront
Doesn’t EU projects take too much work/time? It can do but you should…• Focus of what you want/can offer in terms of partnership• Don’t be badgered into doing something you don’t want! • Avoid leading a EU project• Set sensible achievable objectives
ContentsAnalytics Engines
Review of current EU projects• Handhold• Panorama• Nanostreams
EU project journey• Nanostreams
Misconceptions
Final thoughts
Final thoughts
Getting involved• Cordis (http://cordis.europa.eu/)• InvestNI
… more involved• InvestNI• Networking e.g. Linkedin• Attend focused meeting event• Engage with local/national research units
Numerous advantages• Customers• Funding ‘cushion’
Final thoughts
Go for it!
Engagement in EU projectsProfessor Roger Woods
CTO27 May 2014