Dean s Report: Building the Digital Future. Albert P. Pisano, Dean 5 May 2017

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1 Dean s Report: Building the Digital Future Albert P. Pisano, Dean 5 May

2 Jacobs School Ranks #13 #8 Among Public Engineering Schools #1 Public for Research Expenditures Per Faculty Member Largest Engineering School in California, By Far 2

3 Strategic Plan Grow Faculty to Increase Research Breadth in Focus Areas and Meet Intense Demand for Engineering Talent. Fuel Initiatives that Address Grand Challenges and Spawn Industry Clusters of the Future for the San Diego Region. Augment Infrastructure to Accommodate Growth and Accelerate Faculty Research Productivity. 3

4 Jacobs School Trajectory 228 Professors 50 faculty hired over last 3 years 34% Female and URM hires, AY open searches AY17 18 faculty to be hired over next 3 years. 8,696 Students (6,061 ugrad, 2,635 grad) 42% Increase in Graduate Enrollment over last 2 years $168M Annual Research Funding 11% increase in 2 years YTD Research Up 17% over last year 4

5 Campus Wide Data Science Initiative Education: Undergrad, Graduate, Professional Research Agenda: Machine Learning and Data Analytics to Fuel Digital Future Distinguished Lecture Series: Rick Rashid, founder Microsoft Research Taner Halicioglu $75M Pledge to Launch Institute 5 5

6 10 Agile Research Centers Machine Integrated Computing and Security (MICS) Center for Wearable Sensors (CWS) Center for Extreme Events Research (CEER) Center for Visual Computing (CVC) Sustainable Power and Energy Center (SPEC) CHO Systems Biology Center Cali Baja Center for Resilient Materials and Systems Center for Microbiome Innovation (CMI) Deep Decarbonization Initiative (DDI) Center for Engineered Natural Intelligence (CENI) 6 6

7 Institute for the Global Entrepreneur Innovation Corps Training Site Receives 3 Year Renewal o 100 Teams Trained during First Three Years o 17 Companies Launched and Raised More Than $2.45 M Technology Accelerator Launched o Business Advising and Funds for Proof of Concept/Prototype o Prototype to be Tested/Verified with Industry Partner o Commercialization Pathway Defined o Selection o 60 Teams Applied o 14 Teams Participated in Bootcamp Training o 9 Teams Presented to Technology Review Panel o 5 Selected o Second Co Hort Fall

8 We Are Building the Digital Future DATA ANALYTICS IN REAL TIME Data Streams. Cognitive Computing. Actions and Agents. Faculty, Students and Strategic Industry Partners Working Together in a Building Designed from Ground Up for Collaboration. 8

9 9 Thank You to the Council for Your Advocacy, Advice and Investment!

10 Compelling Case for Building Campaign You Said Focus on the outputs: how will we solve grand challenges? Be specific about what will go in the building This building will be the center of innovation that strengthens areas important to our economy We Did Inspired articulation of the research vision, and motivation for this multidisciplinary building Tested theme with a variety of constituents 10

11 Technology Drivers for the Digital Future Research, Development and Commercialization (RD&C) 11

12 Research Themes and Potential Partners You Said Consider Industry leaders who are transitioning their technology roadmap Include Security and Materials as focus areas We Did Launched Materials Discovery Acceleration research theme Launched new center with Security as a focus, and added consideration for security in other themes Deepening discussions with industry partners 12

13 Industry Partner Visits Since November Council Meeting ASML/Cymer Benbough Foundation Bloomberg Cognex Corning Cubic Genentech Helix Hologica IBM Illumina Intel Leidos Samsung Teradata ViaSat Yahoo 13

14 Urgency for Building Campaign Building Investment Goal: $180M Commitments (Campus, Jacobs School, Donors) $123M Private Support Needed $57M 14

15 Building Milestones and Anticipated Timeline Milestones Estimated Date Architect Selection 9 May 2017 Detailed Project Programming June Sept 2017 Preliminary Plans (Regents Approval Item) September 2017 Project Planning Guide (PPG)/Budget Complete November 2017 Budget and Financing (Regents Approval Item) January 2018 Design & Environmental (Regents Approval Item) October 2018 Construction Begins Summer 2019 Building Opens Fall

16 Today s Agenda Council Advice on Building Programming Faculty Presentations George Tynan: Programming Process and Sampling of Ideas Submitted Tajana Rosing, Henrik Christensen: Large, Collaborative Projects Breakout Discussion 1. Building Vision and Programming Which collaboratories do you consider to be most compelling? What are we missing? What requires more clarity, where do you want to know more? 2. Industry Collaboration How can we create an atmosphere/destination that enables companies to collaborate with our faculty/students, and with each other? 16