Turing Innovation Catalyst Manchester (TIC).

图灵创新催化剂（曼彻斯特）（TIC或TIC- m）旨在加速大曼彻斯特（GM）提高生产力的人工智能（AI）和数字信任技术的商业开发。这个为期两年的创新加速器项目将资助与区域企业和研发利益相关者的创新活动，作为阿兰图灵研究所国家战略的一部分，以增加数据科学和人工智能在英国经济和社会中的应用的效益，并加速其影响。由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，汇集了领先的人工智能企业（包括Graphcore、BAE Systems、Matillion和Peak AI）、区域研发组织（曼彻斯特城市大学、索尔福德大学和哈特里中心）、加速器（Capital Enterprise和Conception X）、投资者和专业技能提供商。它将为企业提供尖端的研发能力、高规格的合作场所、创新融资、技能培训以及专家支持和建议。TIC将为英国实现其成为全球人工智能研究和创新超级大国的雄心，创造一条可商业化开发的深度数字技术管道。它将加速人工智能在关键转基因增长领域的应用，包括健康创新、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和值得信赖的国内人工智能行业和供应链，增加出口，并保护英国免受未来威胁。TIC总部位于曼彻斯特市中心的新ID曼彻斯特创新区，将催生一个充满活力的企业家、商业领袖、科学家、工程师、投资者和创意人士的集群，以道德、多样性和开放的文化团结在一起，成为北部数字经济的核心。它将在市中心地区设有辐条，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，并创造一个具有行业所需技术和商业技能的包容性和多样化的人工智能从业者管道。议会项目预计将直接刺激2400万英镑的共同投资，创造多达200个就业机会，并使GVA提升3500万英镑，中期公共投资的经济回报率为7:1。它将有助于议会成为一个独立的、以商业为主导的卓越数字深度技术中心，从而为议会带来长远的影响。

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.