Bulgarian Technology Platform NESSI Mission Goals and Perspective
Bulgarian Technology Platform NESSI – Mission, Goals and Perspective Roumen Nikolov, Assoc. Prof. , Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics NESSI ETP, BCI 2007, Sofia, 29 October 2007 1
Contents o Background o The Bulgarian NTP NESSI main goals o Activities so far o Perspectives o The role of Sofia University as a NTP NESSI catalyst NESSI ETP, BCI 2007, Sofia, 29 October 2007 2
Background See presentation of Mr. Josema Cavanillas, Director Atos Research – Atos Origin, Vice-Chairman - NESSI Steering Committee; See presentation of Ms. Totka Chernaeva, SAITS; “Expanding NESSI Across Europe” decision of NESSI General Assembly – 08/06/2006 Mechanisms for expanding NESSI: MSC : Member State Committee NTPs : National Technology Platforms ONESSI: channel towards Open Source Community other NESSI ETP, BCI 2007, Sofia, 29 October 2007 3
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NTP NESSI – main goals Opening wide channels for cooperation with the EC, ETP NESSI and its members Building a large network of prospective stakeholders in Bulgaria and SEE Supporting R&D activities in cooperation with knowledge intensive SMEs Building links and joint investment between public research and industry Building a knowledge hub in the area of software and services; Exchange and dissemination of information related to NESSI; Training and competence building; Establishing of working groups on different NESSI topics Defining a national roadmap and Strategic Research Agenda (SRA), based on the NESSI SRA, for the future evolution of the national R&D and innovation program related to S&S Implementing the NESSI principles at a national level; Coordination of existing research activities in S&S and promote their deployment to i 2010 NESSI ETP, BCI 2007, Sofia, 29 October 2007 5
NTP NESSI Goals (2) Supporting the implementation of the national ICT strategy in the area of S&S and providing valuable feedback for improvements; Developing S&S related strategies for Bulgaria and SEE and bridging them with the EC strategies and policies; Opening new channels for participation in EC projects; Exchange R&D results in S&S with other member states Nominating national projects to the NESSI Steering Committee for a NESSI label Searching for new opportunities and capacity for development of a competitive Bulgarian and SEE ICT and service industry; Working for improving ICT infrastructure and for providing global access to S&S; Identifying and promoting best practices; Promoting new service oriented business models; Making the NTP NESSI a reference point for end-users (national, regional, global); Creating a common virtual workplace on the internet for supporting the above mentioned goals and activities. NESSI ETP, BCI 2007, Sofia, 29 October 2007 6
Activities so far – Awarness phase + Established cooperation under the ETP NESSI (3 -4 years ago); Contribution to the ETP NESSI strategic development and documents preparation, development of EC FP 7 proposals, organising conferences and workshops, etc. The State Agency for Information Technology and Communication (SAITC) nominated Bulgarian representatives for a “MSC enabler” – member of the NESSI Member State Committee; A network of National Agents to support the Bulgarian “MSC enabler” under preparation Identification of the NTP NESSI stakeholders: Large ICT companies and SMEs; State institutions - State Agency of IT and Communications, Ministry of Economy and Energy, Ministry of Education and Science, Council of Ministers, etc. ; Universities and research organisations; NESSI ETP, BCI 2007, Sofia, 29 October 2007 7
Activities (2) Identification of a network of networks as mediators for NTP NESSI: ICT Cluster, Bulgarian Association of Software Companies - BASSCOM, European Software Institute - ESI Center Eastern Europe , Bulgarian Association of Information Technology - BAIT, Confederation of Empoyers and Idustrialists in Bulgaria – CEIBG; Association Telecommunications - ASTEL, Open Source related associations, etc. National Academic Network (link to GEANT); Bulgarian Virtual ICT Department (a network all ICT departments in the Bulgarian Universities and Bulgarian Academy of Sciences) Initial meetings, awareness rising events, nominations of NTP NESSI members: NESSI ETP, BCI 2007, Sofia, 29 October 2007 8
Activities (3) Identification of a regional for South-Eastern Europe network of perspective stakeholders: BCI 2007 conference and workshops, e. g: ETP NESSI workshop; “Bridging the Digital Divide in South-Eastern Europe” workshop, Network and GRID Infrastructure workshop, Multicore computing workshop, etc. SEE IT - South-Eastern Europe: Mo. U for Regional cooperation for ICT industry excellence, promotion and branding, signed on September 27 th, 2007 in Skopje. Endorsement and accession letters are to be added to the mentioned Memorandum as new organizations or groups of organizations from the different pillars (ICT industry, Investment promotion institutions, Governmental and executive bodies, Universities, academies and technology training centers, Business support organizations and donor programs). NESSI ETP, BCI 2007, Sofia, 29 October 2007 9
Perspectives Continue the intensive discussions and meetings with prospective stakeholders; Active participation in ETP NESSI related initiatives and projects; Official establishment of the Bulgarian NTP NESSI and Core Management Board; Development of a common virtual working place; Establishment of the NTP NESSI stakeholder network; Establishment of the NTP NESSI Working Groups; NESSI ETP, BCI 2007, Sofia, 29 October 2007 10
Sofia University v Over 35, 000 students v 80 Bachelor’s and over 200 Master’s degree programmes v Over 3000 teachers and researchers v 17 Departments (Faculties). A new department – Faculty of Medicine (July 2006) v Very important role for the development of the country v Challenges: economic and social changes, new models of education, new role of universities, brain drain v European Higher Education Area v A Challenge - Sofia University to become a National and Regional Centre of High. Technologies, Innovations and Entrepreneurship NESSI ETP, BCI 2007, Sofia, 29 October 2007 11
Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics Established in 1889 BSc Programs: Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Mathematics and Informatics, Computer Science (2004), Information Systems (2006), Software Engineering (2006), Statistics (2007) More than 25 MSc programs Ph. D Programs Over 2500 students; Over 180 instructors Gradual increase of number of students and instructors NESSI ETP, BCI 2007, Sofia, 29 October 2007 12
Basic changes Open to the needs of the country Stronger links between education, training, R&D and innovations – towards a research university model Stronger links with industry – students’ internships, training, cross -sector mobility, innovations, technology transfer, entrepreneurship, start-ups, joint projects, etc. Cooperation with Industry Associations, SMEs, Atos Origin; Intel, Cisco, HP, Oracle, Microsoft, SAP, Siemens, Software AG, etc. Active international cooperation - more than 60 projects related to the European Higher Education Area, FP 4, FP 5, FP 6, FP 7, Tempus, Leonardo, Phare, etc Building a Knowledge Triangle model (education, research, innovation); NESSI ETP, BCI 2007, Sofia, 29 October 2007 13
The need of new ICT programs NESSI ETP, BCI 2007, Sofia, 29 October 2007 14
E-Skills Summit, Kopenhagen, 17 -18. 10. 2003 NESSI ETP, BCI 2007, Sofia, 29 October 2007 15
E-Skills Summit Industry Consortium NESSI ETP, BCI 2007, Sofia, 29 October 2007 16
E-Skills Summit: Documents & Guidelines Curriculum Development Guidelines New ICT curricula for the 21 st century: designing tomorrow’s education Determining the future demand for ICT skills in Europe ICT Job Profiles Etc. NESSI ETP, BCI 2007, Sofia, 29 October 2007 17
The importance of ICT for Europe NESSI ETP, BCI 2007, Sofia, 29 October 2007 18
USA – Report of the 21 st Century Workforce Commission NESSI ETP, BCI 2007, Sofia, 29 October 2007 19
ACM/IEEE Computing Curricula Vice-President, IEEE-CS Education Activities Board Carl Chang Chair, ACM Education Board Peter J. Denning IEEE-CS delegation James H. Cross II (co-chair) Gerald Engel (co-chair and editor) Robert Sloan (secretary) Doris Carver Richard Eckhouse Willis King Francis Lau Susan Mengel Pradip Srimani ACM delegation Eric Roberts (co-chair & editor) Russell Shackelford (co-chair) Richard Austing C. Fay Cover Gordon Davies Andrew Mc. Gettrick G. Michael Schneider Ursula Wolz http: //www. computer. org/education/cc 2001 NESSI ETP, BCI 2007, Sofia, 29 October 2007 20
ICT Standards – ACM/IEEE Computing Curricula 2005 (CC 2005) NESSI ETP, BCI 2007, Sofia, 29 October 2007 21
Implementing ACM/IEEE CC 2001/CC 2005 at Sofia University Adapted to European context Adapted to Sofia University specifics Top-down process BSc, MSc & Ph. D Programs in: Computer Science Software Engineering Information Systems NESSI ETP, BCI 2007, Sofia, 29 October 2007 22
• Programming • Hardware-software • Software specifications andand tools environments • Designing and reasoning about • algorithms Business value of • Development of new information technology • software Strategic technologies use of • Design of technology information languages • programming Business processes • Evaluation of emerging • Databasetechnologies design information • Info storage and retrieval • Artificial intelligence • Intelligent decision systems interfaces design • Operating design • Softwaresystem methodologies, • Project management standards and metrics • Documentation • Software performance, • Human-computer interaction security and safety • Programming • Databases • Networks • Hardware concepts NESSI ETP, BCI 2007, Sofia, • Legal 29 October 2007 and ethical issues 23
Some new topics, e. g. Social and Professional Issues (SP) Professionalism, ethics, and law courses. These courses are one semester long and expose students to issues of professional practice, ethical behavior, and computer law. Topics could included also history of computing, impact of computers on society, computing careers, legal and ethical responsibilities, and the computing profession. SP 1. History of computing [core] SP 2. Social context of computing [core] SP 3. Methods and tools of analysis [core] SP 4. Professional and ethical responsibilities [core] SP 5. Risks and liabilities of computer-based systems [core] SP 6. Intellectual property [core] SP 7. Privacy and civil liberties [core] SP 8. Computer crime [elective] SP 9. Economic issues in computing [elective] SP 10. Philosophical frameworks [elective] NESSI ETP, BCI 2007, Sofia, 29 October 2007 24
MSc Programs at FMI Artificial Intelligence Bio-Medical Informatics Computer Graphics Computational Science and Engineering e. Business and e. Governance e. Learning Information Systems Mathematical Logic (and Applications) Mobile Technologies and Distributed Systems Software Engineering Information Security Mechatronics and Robotics Mathematical Modelling in Economics Probability & Statistics Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation in ICT Nano & Information Technology Etc. NESSI ETP, BCI 2007, Sofia, 29 October 2007 25
Ph. D Program Mathematics Applied Mathematics Informatics and Computer Science NESSI ETP, BCI 2007, Sofia, 29 October 2007 26
ICT Curricula Dynamics Computational Science and Engineering (towards interdisciplinary education) Intel Multicore Curricula (following recent advancements in technology) CISCO Academic Initiative (up-to-date technology knowledge and skills) NESSI ETP, BCI 2007, Sofia, 29 October 2007 27
Science and Industry Advance with Mathematics (SIAM) Working Group on Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) Education NESSI ETP, BCI 2007, Sofia, 29 October 2007 28
Intel Multi-core Curriculum Program Sofia University joins the Top Tier University Club NESSI ETP, BCI 2007, Sofia, 29 October 2007 29
Regional Cisco Academy NESSI ETP, BCI 2007, Sofia, 29 October 2007 30
Education and Research as a ‘Meta-Industry’ ICT is the main instrument for turning education and research in an industry (e. Learning, e. Research, e. Work, e. Infrastructure); this industry could be considered a ‘meta-industry’ since it could positively influence all other industry sectors; It could become the most important asset of Bulgaria on their way to the Knowledge Economy; Bulgaria is an attractive destination foreign direct investments (FDI), that have radically changed many industry sectors, e. g. the food and beverages sector, cement industry, non-ferrous metallurgy, wholesale trade and banking in Bulgaria; Need of large investments in Higher Education: FDI could radically change the ’knowledge sector‘ of the industry which should be built around the real knowledge producers – universities and research institutions; We might expect a radical change in building sustainable ‘universityindustry-government’ partnerships in Bulgaria; This is a real chance for Bulgaria to leap forward into the ‘Knowledge Economy’, and Sofia University is prepared to take a leading role. NESSI ETP, BCI 2007, Sofia, 29 October 2007 31
Thank you for your attention! NESSI ETP, BCI 2007, Sofia, 29 October 2007 32
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