Advanced Digitization, Sustainable Growth and Next Generation Technology Development for Hamilton Region Community Partners

安大略省汉密尔顿曾经是加拿大制造业的中心，现在已经发展成为该国最多元化的经济体之一，跻身科技人才十大城市之一，加拿大顶级医疗保健集群之一，拥有充满活力的信息和通信技术和数字媒体行业。莫霍克学院有着支持该地区合作伙伴需求的自豪历史，当地公司、医疗保健组织和非营利性员工是莫霍克23,000名活跃雇主合作伙伴的一部分。在过去的12年里，莫霍克学院的应用研究和创新部门IdeaWorks与汉密尔顿地区和其他地区的合作伙伴合作，支持他们的组织目标和客户。IdeaWorks在8个战略领域的应用研究重点-先进制造、能源和电力、数字健康、健康技术、数字可访问性、物联网、无人传感器系统和可持续发展-已根据社区创新需求而开发和发展。在NSERC动员计划的支持下，莫霍克学院将扩大和加强其与社区合作伙伴的应用研究合作，重点是先进的数字化，帮助合作伙伴在过程和产品开发中变得更高效和更准确，加快新产品的开发，提高产品和过程质量，并在私营、公共和非营利部门创造高质量的技术就业机会。IdeaWorks还将为多达300名学生创造高质量的有偿就业机会，为他们在汉密尔顿和加拿大各地的高质量职业需求做好准备。这笔资金将用于加强现有的研究计划，增加分析、系统集成和应用开发方面的三个新的技术职位。IdeaWorks还将增加三个额外的角色，以支持当前和未来的合作伙伴需求；这三个角色都与IdeaWorks的关键合作伙伴价值主张--“在您的研究项目中发挥带头作用”有关，学院提供专家项目管理，一种使合作伙伴的投资最大化的实践方法，并引导赠款和资助过程。最后，这笔资金还将用于创造小额赠款机会，以支持时间紧迫的短期应用研究项目。

Once known as the centre of the Canadian manufacturing industry, Hamilton, Ontario has now grown to be one of the most diversified economies in the country, ranking as one of the top 10 cities for tech talent, one of the top healthcare clusters in Canada and home to a vibrant Information and Communications Technology and digital media sector. Mohawk College has a proud history of supporting the needs of partners across the region and local companies, healthcare organizations and not-for-profits employees are part of Mohawk's 23,000 active employer partners.In the last 12 years, IDEAWORKS, Mohawk College's Applied Research and Innovation division has worked with partners in the Hamilton region and beyond to support their organizational goals and their clients. IDEAWORKS's applied research priorities in 8 strategic areas - advanced manufacturing, energy and power, digital health, health technology, digital accessibility, Internet of Things, unmanned sensor systems, and sustainability have been developed and grown in response to community innovation needs.With the support of the NSERC Mobilize program, Mohawk College will grow and enhance its applied research collaborations with community partners with a focus on advanced digitization that helps partners become more efficient and more accurate in process and product development, accelerating the development of new products, improving product and process quality and creating high-quality technology job opportunities in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. IDEAWORKS will also create high-quality paid employment opportunities for up to 300 students, preparing them for in-demand quality careers in Hamilton and across Canada.The funding will be used to enhance the existing research programs with the addition of three new technical positions in analytics, systems integration and application development. Three additional roles will also be added to IDEAWORKS to support current and future partner demand; these three roles are all linked to IDEAWORKS's key partner value proposition of `taking the lead on your research projects' where the college provides expert project management, a hands-on approach to maximizing the partner's investment and navigating the grants and funding process. Finally, the funding will also be used to create small grant opportunities to support short, time-critical applied research projects.