US-Egypt workshop on Industry/University Collaborative Research, Alexandria, Egypt, January 2014

1346945伊斯坎德尔。该项目支持一个关于工业/大学合作研究和技术转移伙伴关系的美国-埃及讲习班。组织者是夏威夷高级通信中心主任、夏威夷大学NSF产学研合作中心主任Magdy Iskander博士和埃及开罗科学研究与技术学院Amr Farouk Abdelkhalik博士。该研讨会定于2014年1月在埃及亚历山大举行，目的是将工业界和学术界的研究人员和同事聚集在一起，讨论刺激和促进有效的合作研究伙伴关系的途径，从而产生重大的研究成果，并为技术转让、商业化、创造就业机会和社会带来更广泛的利益。会议将安排邀请论文和全体会议报告，描述建立工业/学术界合作研究的首要问题，描述联合资助的机会和可用的NSF项目，以及建立伙伴关系和初创企业的途径。在两个特定的研究领域，包括无线通信和电子设计和封装技术的机会将被描述和使用作为建立成功的工业/大学合作研究活动和中心的途径和程序的代表性例子。来自学术界和工业界的15位美国研究人员和主要专业人士被邀请展示研究成果，并就产学研合作这一更广泛的主题讨论观点。将讨论知识产权问题、商业化的途径/障碍、初创公司的程序以及NSF/埃及在工程研究和教育方面的国际合作项目。知识价值：在美国和埃及都有强烈的兴趣和公认的需求，将创新的学术研究转移到工业中，以实现商业化、经济增长，并使更广泛的社区受益。实现这一目标的一个途径是刺激、促进和促进工业界和大学在共同感兴趣的研究活动中加强合作。研讨会将提供演讲和小组讨论环节，并提供开放式问答论坛的机会，主题包括产学研合作、其益处/挑战以及成功合作伙伴关系的有效实施程序。无线通信和电子设计与封装这两个领域很受欢迎，未来也会有兴趣和增长，并将用于帮助集中讨论具体的路线图，以便在美国和埃及的科学家和工程师之间实施和形成成功的伙伴关系。其目标是发展埃及公司和大学之间的技术转让，促进教师和行业合作，并加强与美国科学家和工业研究人员的合作。15名美国科学家将在研讨会上就(a)知识产权问题、(b)技术转让经验、(c)创造就业机会和(d)商业化发表演讲。其目标是：加强科学家和工程师之间的合作，增加美国科学家对埃及科学需求的了解，在埃及发展知识产权文化，促进美国和埃及公司之间更好的合作和信任关系。预计该研讨会将为两国科学家之间的国际多学科合作创造机会。更广泛的影响：该研讨会为美国和埃及的科学家和工程师提供了一个开始新的国际合作的机会。讲习班将重点放在工业/大学在研究和经济发展方面的合作上，预计将有助于促进技术转让和学术研究的商业化。它将有助于为研究人员提供资源，以实现工业界/大学合作研究活动和伙伴关系所带来的预期收益。对于双方的参与者来说，这将是一次积极的经历，可以帮助促进美国和埃及科学家和工程师之间的国际合作。如果成功，讲习班将在推动埃及从学术界向工业界的技术转让方面产生更广泛的强大影响。埃及是一个大国，有强大的商业化和经济增长潜力，与美国建立公司和科学伙伴关系是非常有益的。该项目由美国-埃及联合基金资助，由美国国家科学基金会/国际科学与工程办公室以及电气、通信和网络系统部门共同资助。

1346945Iskander. This project supports a US-Egypt workshop on Industry/University Collaborative Research and Technology Transfer Partnership. The organizers are Dr. Magdy Iskander, Director, Hawaii Center for Advanced Communications and Director NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center at the University of Hawaii and Dr. Amr Farouk Abdelkhalik, Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, Cairo, Egypt. The workshop, scheduled for January 2014 in Alexandria, Egypt, is to bring together researchers and colleagues from industry and academia to discuss avenues to stimulate, and promote effective collaborative research partnerships that will result in significant research outcomes and in technology transfer, commercialization, job creation and broader benefits to the community. Invited paper and plenary presentations describing the overarching issues in establishing industry/academia collaborative research will be scheduled, opportunities and available NSF programs for joint funding will be described, and avenues towards establishing partnerships and start-ups will be described. Opportunities in two specific research areas including wireless communications and electronic design and packaging technologies will be described and used as representative examples of avenues and procedures for establishing successful industry/university collaborative research activities and centers. Fifteen US researchers and leading professionals from academia and industry have been invited to present research results and discuss views on the broader topic of industry/university collaborative research. Intellectual property issues, avenues/barriers towards commercialization, procedures for startups, and available NSF/Egypt programs for international collaborations in engineering research and education will be addressed. Intellectual Merit: There is a strong interest and recognized need in the US, and also in Egypt, for transferring innovative academic research to industry for commercialization, economic growth, and benefits to the broader community. An avenue for achieving this goal is to stimulate, promote and facilitate stronger collaboration between industry and universities in research activities of mutual interest. The workshop will provide presentations and panel discussion sessions and opportunities for open Q&A forums on the topic of industry/university collaborative research, its benefits/challenges and effective implementation procedures for highly successful partnerships. The two areas of wireless communications and electronic design and packaging are popular and of future interest and growth and will be used to help focus the discussion on specific roadmaps for implementing and the formation of successful partnerships between scientist and engineers in the US and Egypt. The goal is to develop tech transfer between companies and Universities in Egypt and foster faculty and industry collaborations, and to enhance collaboration with US scientists and industrial researchers. Fifteen U.S. scientists will make presentations at the workshop on (a) intellectual property issues, (b) tech transfer lessons, (c) job creation, and (d) commercialization. The objectives are to: enhance collaboration between scientists and engineers, increase understanding of Egypt's scientific needs by U.S. scientists, and develop an IP culture in Egypt and foster improved collaboration and trusted relations between the U.S. & Egyptian companies. The workshop is expected to create opportunities for international multidisciplinary collaboration between scientists in the two countries. Broader Impacts: The workshop offers an opportunity for scientists and engineers in the US and Egypt to start new international collaborations. The workshop, through focus on industry/university collaborations in research and economic development, is expected to help stimulate technology transfer and commercialization of academic research. It will help provide researchers with resources for realizing the much anticipated benefits from a collaborative industry/university research activities and partnerships. It will be a positive experience for the participants on both sides and can help act as a catalyst for international collaborations between the US and Egyptian scientists and engineers. If successful, the workshop will have a strong broader impact in pushing the technology transfer from academia to industry in Egypt. Egypt is a large country and there is strong potential for commercialization and economic growth, and forming company and scientific partnerships with the U.S. is highly beneficial. The project is funded through the US-Egypt Joint Fund with co-funding from the NSF/International Science and Engineering office and the Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems.