Turing Innovation Catalyst Manchester (TIC).

图灵创新催化剂(曼彻斯特)(TIC或TIC-M)旨在加快提高生产力的人工智能(AI)和数字信任技术在大曼彻斯特(GM)的商业开发。为期两年的创新加速器项目将为区域企业和研发利益相关者的创新活动提供资金，作为艾伦·图灵研究所在英国经济和社会中增加数据科学和人工智能应用的好处和加速影响的国家战略的一部分。曼彻斯特大学领导的项目建立在城市地区现有优势的基础上，由领先的人工智能企业(包括Graphcore、BAE系统、Matillion和Peak AI)、区域研发组织(曼彻斯特大都会大学、索尔福德大学和哈特里中心)、加速器(资本企业和概念X)、投资者和专业技能提供商组成的联盟。它将为企业提供尖端研发能力、高规格的协作场所、创新融资、技能培训以及专家支持和建议。TIC将创建一条可商业利用的深度数字技术管道，以实现英国成为全球人工智能研究和创新超级大国的雄心。它将加快人工智能在转基因关键增长行业的使用，包括医疗创新、先进材料和制造、创意和净零-所有这些都是该技术的关键应用领域。这将有助于创建一个有弹性且值得信赖的国内人工智能行业和供应链，增长出口并保护英国免受未来威胁。总部位于曼彻斯特市中心的新ID曼彻斯特创新区，TIC将催化一个充满活力的企业家、商业领袖、科学家、工程师、投资者和创意人员的集群-通过道德、多样性和开放的文化团结在北方数字经济的核心。它将在市中心位置配备辐条，以帮助整个城市地区发展新兴的数字集群。它将把当地人与机会联系起来，并创造一个包容和多样化的人工智能从业者渠道，拥有行业所需的技术和商业技能。TIC项目预计将直接刺激2400万GB的共同投资，创造多达200个就业机会，使GVA提高3500万GB，在中期内产生7：1的公共投资经济回报。它将有助于将旅游业议会建立为一个独立和以商业为主导的卓越数码深度科技中心，从而产生长远的影响。

The Turing Innovation Catalyst (Manchester) (TIC or TIC-M) aims to accelerate the commercial exploitation of productivity-enhancing Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digital trust technologies in Greater Manchester (GM). The two-year Innovation Accelerator project will fund innovation activities with regional businesses and R&D stakeholders, as part of the Alan Turing Institute's national strategy to increase the benefit, and accelerate the impact, of the application of data science and AI across the UK economy and society.The University of Manchester-led project builds on existing strengths in the city region by bringing together a consortium of leading AI-focused businesses (including Graphcore, BAE Systems, Matillion and Peak AI), regional R&D organisations (Manchester Metropolitan University, University of Salford, and the Hartree Centre), accelerators (Capital Enterprise and Conception X), investors, and specialist skills providers. It will provide businesses with access to cutting-edge R&D capabilities, high-specification premises for collaboration, innovation finance, skills training, and specialist support and advice.TIC will create a pipeline of commercially exploitable deep digital technologies needed for the UK to realise its ambition to be a global AI research and innovation superpower. It will accelerate the use of AI in key GM growth sectors including health innovation, advanced materials and manufacturing, creative and net zero -- all of which are critical application areas for the technology. It will help create a resilient and trusted domestic AI sector and supply chain, growing exports and protecting the UK against future threats.Headquartered on the new ID Manchester innovation district in Manchester city centre, TIC will catalyse a dynamic cluster of entrepreneurs, business leaders, scientists, engineers, investors, and creatives -- united by a culture of ethics, diversity, and openness -- at the heart of the north's digital economy. It will have spokes in town centre locations to help grow emerging digital clusters across the city region. It will connect local people to opportunities and create an inclusive and diverse pipeline of AI practitioners with the technical and commercial skills demanded by industry.The TIC project is expected to directly stimulate £24 million of co-investment, create up to 200 jobs and give a GVA uplift of £35 million, generating 7:1 economic return to public investment over the medium term. It will have a long-term legacy by helping to establish the TIC as an independent and business-led digital deep tech centre of excellence.