ITAC Information Technology Academia Collaboration Amr Safwat Ph

ITAC Information Technology Academia Collaboration Amr Safwat, Ph. D ITAC Manager

“ “ Not only has ITAC stimulated collaboration between academia and industry but has in many cases led to the development of very successful products on the international level. The ITAC program is one of the most flexible and efficient programs supporting innovation, however its scope is limited to ICT industry and the amount of funding is also limited compared to the STDF for example. United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), National Technology Development and Transfer System in Egypt, 2017

ITAC Structure within ITIDA (Who we are) ITIDA CEO VP Industrial Development VP Innovation ITAC TIEC SECC EME Several Departments Other Departments

ITAC Steering Committee Dr. H. Othman ITIDA VP Dr. A. Safwat ITAC Manager Prof. Aly Fahmy Cairo Univ. Eng. W. Gad Telecom Expert Dr. F. Daigham NTRA Prof. S. Elkhamy Alexandria Univ. Dr. H. Elshishiny IBM Dr. H. Hamza ITIDA SECC Dr. A. Ibrahim Orange Lab. Prof. H. Ibrahim Assiut Univ. Prof. M. Elsoudani Dr. H. Eltahawy Cairo Univ. Mentor Graphics Dr. T. Nabhan ITworx. Prof. M. Fahmy Ain Shams Univ.

ITAC Team Heidi Hussien Senior projects manager Shaimaa Kamal Senior projects specialist Tamer Aly Operations Manager Rania Mansour Operations executive Mostafa Hadi Senior operations specialist

ICT for Health ICT for Agriculture Areas Wireless and Cyber Security ICT for Energy Gamification Mobile Applications & Computing Strategic Smart Machines Technology. Trend ICT for Homeland Security Electronics & Embedded Systems Internet of Things Blockchain ICT for Education Cognitive Computing ICT for Transportation ICT for Disabled Cloud Computing Data Analytics and Big Data

ITAC Programs and services Collaborative funded projects Policy Market Undergraduate students • Summer internships (1 KEGP/Student) • Graduation projects support (10 KEGP/Project) Human Capital Finance • Preliminarily research (250 KEGP) • Advanced research (1. 5 MEGP) • Product development (2. 5 MEGP) • Collaboration with Spain (2. 5 MEGP) • PDP Electronics (5 MEGP) • Patents filing (10 K US$) Culture Newsletters and workshops ITAC Supports • Tech Days • Write IT • Newsletters • ICT R&D news

Egypt Makes Electronics is a national strategy to foster and develop electronics industry in Egypt and positioning Egypt as a regional hub for electronics manufacturing and global destination of choice for electronics design and innovation. One of the main executive programs of EME strategy is Research and Development and Innovation, which is aiming to develop innovative and competitive Egyptian electronics products, systems and IC Chips (ASIC). 9

ITAC Collaborative Funded Projects (CFPs) • • 158 Projects 98, 4 MEGP 22 Universities 84 Companies Programs and Beneficiaries Graduation Project Support (GPS) • 960 Projects • 4. 47 MEGP • 33 Universities Summer Internships Support (SIS) • • 5492 students 3. 2 MEGP 26 Universities 102 Companies

ITAC Calendar ITAC Yearly Calls January Call for graduation projects April Call for CFPs May - June Call for summer internships October Call for CFPs ITAC Special Calls Nov. – Jan. CFP with Spain

CFPs Idea Product Definition Preliminary Research Project (250 KEGP) Paper/ Patent Advanced Research Project (1. 5 MEGP) Prototype TRL 2 Product Development Project (2. 5 MEGP) TRL 7 NASA TRL Scale Product

ITAC NASA Technology Readiness Level (TRL) TRL 9 ITAC TRL 7 TRL 8 TRL 7 7 - System Prototype Demonstrated in Space Environment TRL 6 TRL 3 6 - System/Subsystem Validation Model or Prototype Demonstrated in Relevant Environment 5 - Component and/or Breadboard Demonstration in Relevant Environment 4 - Component and/or Breadboard Validation in Laboratory Environment 3 - Analytical and Experimental Critical Function and/or Characteristic Proof-of-Concept TRL 2 2 - Technology Concept and/or Application Formulated TRL 1 1 -Basic Principles Observed and Reported TRL 5 TRL 4 TRL 2 9 - Actual System “Flight Proven” Through Successful Mission Operations 8 - Actual System Completed and “Flight Qualified” Through Test and Demonstration (Ground or Flight)

ITAC NASA Technology Readiness Level (TRL) TRL 9 Elec TRL 9 TRL 8 TRL 7 7 - System Prototype Demonstrated in Space Environment TRL 6 TRL 3 6 - System/Subsystem Validation Model or Prototype Demonstrated in Relevant Environment 5 - Component and/or Breadboard Demonstration in Relevant Environment 4 - Component and/or Breadboard Validation in Laboratory Environment 3 - Analytical and Experimental Critical Function and/or Characteristic Proof-of-Concept TRL 2 2 - Technology Concept and/or Application Formulated TRL 1 1 -Basic Principles Observed and Reported TRL 5 TRL 4 TRL 7 9 - Actual System “Flight Proven” Through Successful Mission Operations 8 - Actual System Completed and “Flight Qualified” Through Test and Demonstration (Ground or Flight)

2 -6 Weeks • Start of Submission 4 Weeks • 2 -3 Independent reviewers/pro posal • Presentation of shortlisted proposals in front of SC. 3 -4 Weeks • Contracts preparation and signing 6 -8 Weeks Project Evaluation Time Line (5 -6 months)

MS Check Release Contract Signing Closure Report Project Closure MS Technical Activities Last tone s e l i M MS Report Progress Evaluation Project Termination Project Execution MS Review Meeting

CFPs Funding

CFPs Funding

CFPs Beneficiaries – Academia

CFPs Beneficiaries – Industry

CFPs Impact- Academic

CFPs Impact: ROI

CFPs Success Stories - Industry 2007 - 2011 2007 - 2013 Virtual Tutor 2011 - 2016 Clever Page Self Compensating Oscillator Bluetooth Low Energy Zigbee IP

CFP-PDPs Success Stories - Industry Timing Chip DIGISON-Q Acquired by Bahgat group 2015 - 2017 Accident detection (MIT, Arab Mobile Challenge) Competitions

ITAC Graduation Projects

ITAC Summer Internships

ITAC ICT R&D News In Egypt

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