Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL - Industrial Relations Viviane Boutinard Rouelle, Deputy Head of Corporate Relations- VPIV VPIV ech 21.04.2016 1
EPFL s three missions according to the Federal Act Education of scientists, engineers & architects Research Advanced, fundamental & applied Technology Transfer to industry & society Background Missions VPIV ech 21.04.2016 2
EPFL presentation Campus 10,124 students, of whom 2,077 PhD students (2015) 338 faculty (2014) 4,508 staff (scientific & technical) (2014) Spending (2014) CHF 645M from State budget CHF 251M other funding (EU, SNSF, private...) Total: CHF 896M Overview Facts & Figures VPIV ech 21.04.2016 3
A budget of CHF 896 million (2014) 72% 10.2% 93.4M 91.2M Swiss National Science Foundation & CTI 644.7M State budget 1 6.4% 6.7% 57.6M European Programmes 60.2M Private sector and other ( 20.0M mandates + 40.2M 2 ) Industrial mandates 1.4% 12.3M Public sector contracts Other mandates 2.4% 21.5M Other income 3 0.9% 8M Tuition fees 1 Including construction expenses 2 Not including industry or public sector mandates (foundations, not-for-profit companies, etc.) 3 Primarily the central part of the overheads and financial revenues (not including revenues from the DII or from technological platforms, etc.) Overview Finance VPIV ech 21.04.2016 4
MOOCs: Massive Open Online Courses 47 MOOCs online September 2012 October 2015: 1,065,000 registered participants in 185 countries + 28 territories 66% are not students (continuing education), out of which 78% are employed full time 36% of the MOOCs are in English 64% of the MOOCs are in French Headquarters Education MOOCs VPIV ech 21.04.2016 5
Research VPIV ech 21.04.2016 6
Scientists recruited at international level Overview Faculty VPIV ech 21.04.2016 7
High Level of Research in 5 Schools and 2 Colleges Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering Architecture, Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering 65 Faculties, 605 Collaborators*, 2189 BS/MS Students and 290 PhD Basic Sciences Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics 136 Faculties, 1173 Collaborators*, 1437 BS/MS Students and 474 PhD Life Sciences Bioengineering, Brain Mind Institute, Cancer Experimental Research, Global Health Institute 52 Faculties, 715 Collaborators*, 701 BS/MS Students and 255 PhD College of Technology Management, Technology & Entrepreneurship, Financial Engineering Engineering Materials, Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical and Micro Engineering 113 Faculties, 1277 Collaborators*, 1567 BS/MS Students and 657 PhD Computer and Communication Sciences Computer Sciences, Communication Systems 55 Faculties, 444 Collaborators*, 1161 BS/MS Students and 243 PhD College of Humanities Social & Human Sciences, Area & Cultural Studies, Social Ontology, Digital Humanities *Including faculties, scientific collaborators, technical and administrative staff, FTE, data 2015 Excellence in research VPIV ech 21.04.2016 8
Computer and communication sciences - IC School Computer Architecture Data Science Image Processing and Graphics Programming Language and Graphics Security and Privacy Signal Processing Systems and Networking Research Faculty VPIV ech 21.04.2016 9
Management of Technology- CDM College Management of Technology & Entrepreneurship Finance Technology & Public Policy Research Faculty VPIV ech 21.04.2016 10
Ranking 2015 The EPFL is well-placed Ranking EUROPE WORLD QS Eng. & Technology Global performance 6 5 Eng. & Technology Global performance 17 14 THE (2014) Eng. & Technology Global performance 8 5 Eng. & Technology Global performance 34 12 Shanghaï Eng./Tech. & Computer Science 3 Eng./Tech. & Computer Science 14 Global performance 37 Global performance 103 Leiden PP (top-10%) indicator 2 PP (top-10%) indicator 15 Research Ranking VPIV ech 21.04.2016 11
Innovation Technology Transfer VPIV ech 21.04.2016 12
History: Early and continuous commitment of EPFL 2013: The Forge 2011: VPIV moves to Innovation Park 2010: EPFL Innovation Park 2009 : The Garage 2008 : Seed fund 2007 : Revised TT regulations & overhead policy 2006 : New partnerships (endowed chairs, indus. incubators) 2005 : Centers, Programs, Innogrants, TT Alliance 2004 : Vice-Presidency for Innovation and Tech. Transfer (VPIV) 2003 : Legal framework adapted for efficient TT 2000 : First equity deals 1999 : Entrepreneurship courses / rules for remuneration of inventors and labs 1998 : Technology transfer : Creation of the TT office (SRI) 1997 : Coaching for early stage start-up projects 1995 : Pre-seed money for start-up projects : Foundation FIT 1993 : IP strategy / licensing 1991 : Science park created : Foundation PSE 1988 : Policy for research contracts & partnerships 1986 : Industrial liaison program : Cast / association (Alliance) Overview Commitments VPIV ech 21.04.2016 13
EPFL Technology Transfer 140 120 100 In 2015 7.5 % Research contracts/budget 157 inventions, 88 priority patents filed 18 start-ups 80 60 40 Invention & technology disclosures Priority patent applications Licenses, TT agr. & options Start-ups 20 0 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 VPIV TTO VPIV ech 21.04.2016 14
Diversity of Collaborations with EPFL CUSTOMIZED WORKSHOPS for companies CHAIR SPONSORING Food/Space/ EcoCloud/. CENTERS RESEARCH CONTRACTS EVENTS INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS VISITING SCIENTIST EUROPEAN R&D PROJECTS Large corporations EPFL EVENTS SPONSORING TedX Booth @ForumEPFL START-UPS TEACHING FROM INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS INTERNSHIPS FOR STUDENTS GRANTS FOR STUDENTS Master Excellence Grants, Innogrants EPFL Industrial Relations VPIV ech 21.04.2016 15
EPFL Research collaborations: Defined IP Policy Company pays for a specific research project GENERAL RULES Research contracts Company priority to patent interesting results IP ownership transferred to Company if patent filed by Company Subject to specific cases, no royalties are due later by Company in case of commercial exploitation of results Company and EPFL may freely use unpatented results, subject to possible special clauses on software Free license from Company to EPFL on patented results outside of a defined Field of Use, with the right to grant sublicenses. No restriction of Field of Use for scientific research and education Right for EPFL to publish its scientific results - No secret results Background IP to be discussed if any 40% overhead on direct costs and expenses Company is interested in the field and wish to have a first insight GENERAL RULES Industrial grants All rights on results remain with EPFL Company is regularly informed about the results (reports, meetings, etc) Option for Company, limited in time, to negotiate exploitation rights or transfer of IP (no obligation for EPFL to conclude) Right for EPFL to publish its scientific results provided company is given the opportunity to exercise its option (rel. short delay to decide) Background IP to be discussed if any 20% overhead on expenses and direct costs RESEARCH/ SERVICE CONTRACTS Collaborations Collaborations Research VPIV ech 21.04.2016 16
Internships of students at companies Internships for students Compulsory Internships (before Master thesis) 8-24 weeks work in the company companies define the content of their internships, it has to be aligned with the respective master program no EPFL supervision Master thesis project in industry 25 weeks, full-time work in the company defined research topic which can be suggested by the company, but needs approval by the concerned master program supervision by an EPFL professor Semester project 12 weeks, part-time work in the EPFL laboratory subject provided by industry and accepted by the laboratory supervision by an EPFL professor Collaboration example Students & Companies VPIV ech 21.04.2016 17
Transdisciplinary initiatives and Centers CENTERS, PROGRAMMES as facilitators Opportunities Companies Participation VPIV ech 21.04.2016 18
Center Ecocloud Headed by Prof. B. Falsafi Innovation in sustainable cloud computing technologies Cloud Applications & Services Cloud Data Management Sustainable Data Centers Trustworthy Cloud Systems http://www.ecocloud.ch/ VPIV ech 21.04.2016 19
Nano-Tera Headed by Prof. G. De Micheli The Nano-Tera initiative aims at using engineering and information technology to develop complex systems for health, security, energy and the environment http://www.nanotera.ch/index.php VPIV ech 21.04.2016 20
EPFL new Initiatives: 2017-2020 Digital Health Initiative 2030, Prof. Didier Trono, Head of Laboratory of Virology and Genetics Swiss Data Sciences Center, Prof. Edward Bugnion, Head of Data Center Systems Laboratory (ETH Board) EDEN-Applied Computational Intelligence, Prof. Matthias Grossglauser, Head of Computer Communications and Applications Laboratory (national thematic networks (NTNs) ) Advanced Manufacturing, Prof. Christian Enz, Director of Institute of Microengineering VPIV ech 21.04.2016 21
Swiss Data Science Center Develop a network of data science support work closely with research groups, foster collaboration between users and data scientists. Offer end-to-end data science services target the research community in Switzerland, provide a set of software and platform stacks provided as-a-service, backed by academic and commercial cloud services. Develop standard agreements w. private and commercial get access to valuable, proprietary data for research purposes, experiment with new platforms from commercial vendors. Create a data science community gather users of data science and innovators in data science methods; organize knowledge and tools produced by the community. 22 VPIV ech 21.04.2016 22
EPFL Innovation Park: a model of integrated collaborations Interactions EPFL Innovation Park Proximity EPFL Innovation Park EPFL Campus VPIV ech 21.04.2016 23
An ecosystem of 150 companies and 1 700 employees The Innovation Park an ecosystem of 150 companies and 1 700 employees 13 buildings for companies partnering & collaborating with EPFL, including 6 buildings for start-ups, offering a variety of value-added services (coaching, training, funding, ) The Garage (opened in 2008) for very early stage ventures La Forge (opened in 2014), a co-working open-space for early projects http://epfl-innovationpark.ch/ VPIV ech 21.04.2016 24
Startups More than 100 start-ups in 2016 EPFL Innovation Park Start-ups VPIV ech 21.04.2016 25
Supports for start-ups Start-ups Surroundingss VPIV ech 21.04.2016 26
EPFL spin-offs supported by EPFL Innogrants All EPFL start-ups on http://tto.epfl.ch//epfl-spinoffs Innogrants Start-ups VPIV ech 21.04.2016 27
Large companies INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FINANCE COMPUTING HEALTH NUTRITION ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT, MATERIALS EPFL Innovation Park Large companies VPIV ech 21.04.2016 28
A Biomedical research Institute based at EPFL The challenges of a growing and aging population Mission «Add life to years and not years to life» Development of personalized nutrition to prevent and cure diseases, based on an understanding of genomics and metabolomics of each individual Research Area Diabetes Obesity Aging Dementia AGEFI, 28.9.2010 EPFL Innovation Park Company Research Center VPIV ech 21.04.2016 29
Nitto Denko at the Innovation Park EPFL Innovation Park Company Research Center VPIV ech 21.04.2016 30
Interdisciplinarity serving solutions Driving assistance systems Human-machine interface Materials Energy and Environement Mars 2014 - Emotion detectors could make driving safer. VPIV ech 21.04.2016 31
Flexibility of set-up models at EPFL Innovation Park Research Center Who: Scientists Why: Excellence in Research, acquire new skills, new people How : Adjunct professorship, joint PhD, common publications Open innovation - New products objective Who:Transdisciplinary team : technical, business dev.,marketing Why: Scouting new technologies, go to market through network How: Research projects, centers sponsoring, events, internships Business units with Innovation cell Who:Transdisciplinary team for technical interaction with EPFL Why: Out of the box culture for the whole business unit How: Centers sponsoring, demonstrators, events, ideation, internships of students, CTI projects Open innovation - Leverage R&D efficiency Who: Scientist and Engineers Why: Scouting new technologies for R&D transfer How : Research projects, IP, internships EPFL Innovation Park Set-up Models VPIV ech 21.04.2016 32
Key Account Management Exclusive to Innovation Park VPIV Corporate Relations team acts as a privileged interface between your company and EPFL Help companies for maximizing the benefits of their presence Help in identifying research expertise Organize events to network with other companies Support in recruiting talents through access to EPFL career center Connect with Startups Connect to the Cantonal authorities if necessary VPIV ech 21.04.2016 33
Access to Events and Networking Innovation on Board Managerial Event on innovation dedicated to executives Managers Lunch Business Lunch between the managers of the large companies established at the Innovation Park Demo Day @ La Forge Meeting with Start-ups and discover their exciting products, connect with Founders Pizzas & Start-up Networking Lunch on 4 startups based at Innovation Park presenting their business to the Innovation Park and EPFL community Venture Ideas Conferences organized on Entrepreneurship Social Events: Happy Hours & X-Mas Drinks, Other Opportunities Networking Events VPIV ech 21.04.2016 34
An inspiring campus Alberto Hernando, SthAR (software), EPF Lausanne Algorithms that draw on large quantities of telecommunications data to identify where and when to deliver a message most effectively. The software product could be useful in both electoral and advertising campaigns and Alexandre Catsicas, Artmyn (software), EPF Lausanne Andreas Hempel, embotech GmbH (software), ETH Zurich Mathias Haussmann, Uepaa AG (web, mobile), ETH spin-off Olivier Hamel, Prodibi (web, mobile), Geneva Timo Steitz, ShoeSize.Me AG (web, mobile), St. Gallen and 14 other startups VPIV ech 21.04.2016 35
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne - EPFL Vice-Presidency for Innovation and Technology Transfer VPIV Innovation Park Bâtiment J 1015 Lausanne Switzerland Contacts for Corporates Relations: Viviane Boutinard Rouelle Deputy Head of Corporate Relations Senior Industrial Liaison Officer/ viviane.boutinard@epfl.ch Thank you for your attention VPIV ech 21.04.2016 36