An overview of the TSSG, Telecommunications Software & Systems Group, Waterford Institute of Technology.

1. Overview
of
TSSG
(revised
Feb
2011)

4. Waterford Institute of
Technology (WIT)
• WIT is a state-sector, university-level college funded
directly by the Irish government, originally founded 1969.
• Wide range of vocationally oriented courses, which lead
to internationally recognised awards at both
undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
• Delegated authority from NQAI to award its own
qualifications (to PhD level in Science) within this
framework.
• Over 10,000 students of which 6,500 are full-time and
over 4,000 are part-time.

5. TSSG
Research
&
Innova1on
• Teaching
and
Learning
(WIT)
Taught
Undergraduate
and
Postgraduate
Courses
• Basic
Research
-­‐The
Science
(HEA
&
SFI)
Postdocs,
PhD
students,
Journal
papers
• Applied
Research
-­‐The
Engineering
(EUFP7)
Industrial
partners,
Prototypes,
Conference
papers
• CommercialisaDon
-­‐The
Entrepreneur
(EI)
Quality-­‐driven
soMware,
Patents,
Licensing
,
Spin-­‐out,
Spin-­‐in
companies

6. TSSG
Balanced
EcoSystem

7. TSSG
Funded
Projects
Total
Projects 154 projects
of
which
TSSG
led 73 %
AcDve
Projects
Jan
2011 34 projects
Completed
Projects
Jan
2011 120 projects
Average
project
=
€396k,
Total
=
€61
Million
1996-­‐2010
Staff
number
=
120
(20
PhDs,
5
Faculty,
12
Postdocs)
Spin-­‐in/Spin-­‐Out
company
job
number
=
60
Partners
=
425
in
35
countries
-­‐
academic
&
industrial
partners
working
on
funded
projects
Enterprise
Ireland
InnovaDon
Vouchers
=
52
from
2007-­‐2010
*
*
Not
counted
as
projects
-­‐
small
scale
€5k
engagements
with
Irish
SMEs

8. TSSG
Posi1oning
• Basic
Research
(HEA,
SFI)
 One
of
TOP
3
academic
centre's
in
Ireland
in
telecommunica1ons:
WIT
(TSSG),
TCD
(CTVR),
DCU
(RINCE)
•
Applied
Research
(EU
FP7)

Irish
winner
of
EU
FP7
funding
-­‐
twice
nearest
compe1tor

Ranked
Top
10
insDtute
in
Europe
in
Future
Internet
research
(i.e.
on
a
par
with
Nokia,
Ericsson,
FhG
FOKUS)

Engaged
in
many
EU
Technology
Plaborms
at
board
level
(eMobility,
NEM,
NESSI)

9. TSSG
Posi1oning
Contd…
• CommercialisaDon
(EI)
 One
of
the
top
research
groups
for
commercialisaDon

Leading
edge
innova1on
&
technology
development
in:
 IMS
 Web
2.0
 Mobile
Commercial
‘Spin-­‐offs’
(Separate
from
TSSG)
 Early
stage
technology
clusters
emerging
based
around
TSSG
 60
jobs
created
in
14
‘Spin-­‐Out’
and
‘Spin-­‐In’
companies
linked
to
TSSG
(since
2001)
 Con1nue
to
develop
other
companies
in
the
marketplace

10. TSSG
Research
&
Innova1on
Philosophy
• Research
and
innovaDon
is
non-­‐linear:
good
ideas
come
from
ALL
parts
of
an
ecosystem
-­‐
requiring
a
balance
of
funding
to
maintain
the
flow
of
the
ecosystem
• Equal
value
across
all
parts
of
ecosystem:
basic
research,
applied
research,
and
commercialisaDon,
build
exper1se
in
VC
funding
and
following
stages
• Build
research
teams:
u1lise
non-­‐tradi1onal
staff
(professional
researchers)
in
applied
and
commercial
research
-­‐
fight
academic
norms/assump1ons

11. TSSG
Standards
and
Memberships

12. TSSG
Research
Sample
Projects
Basic
and
Applied

13. FAME
FAME
Strategic
Research
Cluster
(SRC)
will
develop
autonomic
management
solu1ons
incorpora1ng
new
seman1c
analysis
techniques,
that
can
be
applied
to
build
federated
network
and
service
management
systems
that
understand
changes
in
the
environment
and
coordinate
their
ac1ons
to
reconfigure
network
resources
and
services
to
effec1vely
deliver
services
on
an
end-­‐to-­‐end
basis.
www.fame.ie

14. TSSG
NGN
Test
Centre
TSSG
has
setup
a
NEW
interna1onal
Next
Genera1on
Networks
(NGN)
test
centre
for
services
and
infrastructure,
using
carrier-­‐grade
telecommunica1ons
equipment
provided
by
Ericsson
Ireland
Ltd.
hhp://www.ngntestcentre.com/

15. 4WARD
The
4WARD
project
is
looking
to
the
new
architecture
and
design
for
the
Future
Internet
and
has
set
itself
the
task
of
crea1ng
a
new
approach
to
networking
architecture
that
is
more
flexible
and
beher
adapted
to
present
and
future
requirements.
www.4ward-­‐project.eu
*
IP
EU
FP7
ICT

16. Panlab
II
PII
addresses
the
need
for
large-­‐scale
tes1ng
facili1es
in
the
communica1ons
area
by
implemen1ng
an
infrastructure
for
federa1ng
testbeds.
www.panlab.net
*
IP
EU
FP7
ICT

17. SOCIETIES
• Societies: Large FP7 IP led by TSSG
“Creating an integrated Community Smart Space
(CSS), which extends pervasive systems
beyond the individual to dynamic communities of
users.”
• www.ict-societies.eu

18. TSSG
Research
Sample
Commercial
Projects

19. JOLT Award
San Francisco
The 'Oscars” of Software Development
Industry Honor Innovation & Technological
Achievement
Winner:
Structure101 for Java
(March 2008)
1)
hhp://www.headwaysoMware.com

20. 2)
hhp://www.zolkc.com

21. • Sunday
Telegraph,
24th
February
2008
“It
was
all
a
long
,me
ago,
but
the
voices
and
images
conjured
by
the
new
,me
machine
at
Culloden
linger
haun,ngly
in
the
memory.”

22. 3)
hhp://www.muzu.tv/

23. 4)
hhp://www.feedhenry.com

24. 5)
hhp://www.zimbie.com

25. 6)
hhp://www.gomonews.com

26. Testimonials

27. Final
Remarks
• 15
Year
track
record,
EUR
61
Million
1996-­‐2010
• Strong
integra1on
with
WIT
teaching
(especially
MSc
(taught)
Communica1ons
SoMware)
• Strong
Basic
Research
and
Research
Student
track
record:
28
MSc
(research),
5
PhD
graduated;
21
PhD
enrolled
• Strong
Applied
Research
network
with
links
par1cularly
in
EU27
• Strong
CommercialisaDon
culture

28. Ques1ons?
• Happy
to
answer
any
ques1ons

29. Contact
Details
TSSG
Offices:
Mícheál
Ó
Foghlú TSSG
(Waterford,
Ireland)
Headquarters
ExecuDve
Director ArcLabs
Research
&
Innova1on
Building
Research WIT
West
Campus,
Carriganore
TSSG,
WIT Co.
Waterford,
Ireland
+353
51
302963
(w)
+353
86
8044640
(m) TSSG
(Dublin,
Ireland)
Customer
MeeDngs
Digital
Depot,
Roe
Lane
Barry
Downes The
Digital
Hub
ExecuDve
Director Dublin
8,
Ireland
InnovaDon
and
Commercial
TSSG,
WIT
bdownes@tssg.org
+353
51
302932
(w)
+353
87
9075535
(m)