Software Partnerships in NYC: Identifying and Developing New Ideas

该奖项授予纽约市立大学，以支持下文所述的活动24个月。该提案是对创新伙伴关系计划(NSF-03521)的响应。合作伙伴包括纽约市立大学(牵头机构)和纽约软件行业协会(NYSIA)。NYSIA在信息技术行业拥有大量的小公司，这项提案的使命是促进纽约市经济区先进软件技术和软件工程方法的开发和商业化。重点将放在软件行业的三个方面：1)安全，2)成像和可视化，3)软件开发和系统设计。为了实现这一目标，纽约城市大学(CUNY)的教职员工将与纽约软件行业协会(NYSIA)的软件行业专业人士结成伙伴，开发和促进新技术的研究和开发，提供专门的开发课程，创造就业机会，并建立CUNY的声誉。该组织是一个大学范围内的联盟，因此可以接触到所有的学院和200名专门从事计算机科学的教职员工。预期行业团体将向大学传达软件的商业需求和用途，而大学将通过参与者的适当配对来传达现有技术和创新的设计方法。将通过由商业发展专家和营销人员组成的大学/工业伙伴关系联合小组向小公司提供技术援助。预计的结果是与至少50家公司合作，深入了解30家公司，并与其中15家公司深入合作。潜在的经济影响该提案提供了一种与行业协会合作的独特方法，一种更标准化的方法，即围绕行业需求举办研讨会和研讨会，以及与行业开发联合项目的方法。该项目将帮助业界接触到纽约州立大学校园的软件专业知识，为学生提供学习如何与软件公司合作的潜力，并允许与较小的软件公司进行重要工作。通过为小公司提供研发软件帮助来发展软件行业，这些小公司负担不起大学的研究经费，也无法聘请像学生和教师这样有技能的人进行开发，这是NY和NYSIA的主要好处。这项活动的智力价值在于通过纽约市立大学与区域公司的合作，创造、转让和应用信息技术，并对有技术素养的劳动力进行新颖的教育和培训。该项目将帮助业界接触到纽约州立大学校园的软件专业知识，学生有可能学习如何与软件公司合作，特别是与规模较小的软件公司合作。通过为那些无力资助大学研究或雇用像学生和教师这样有技能的人进行开发的小公司提供研发软件帮助，软件行业的发展将对纽约产生重大的经济影响。从更广泛的影响来看，这项提议是非常好的。该项目预计将对将参与扩大到服务不足的人群和校园产生重大影响，从而可以发展更强有力的行业关系。在广泛参与和集中实施选定的高成功概率参与者之间取得了很好的平衡。纽约市立大学为负担不起私立学校教育费用的贫困城市年轻人提供教育机会的历史由来已久。在该系统内的近20所学院和大学中，有14所学院被正式视为少数民族院校

0332596BrownThis award is to the City University of New York to support the activity described below for 24 months. The proposal was submitted in response to the Partnerships for Innovation Program Solicitation (NSF-03521).PartnersThe partners include the City University of New York (Lead Institution), and the New York Software Industry Association (NYSIA). The NYSIA has a large number of small companies in the information technology industry.The mission of this proposal is to spur the development and commercialization of advanced software technologies and software engineering methods in the NYC economic region. The focus will be on three aspects of the software industry: 1) security, 2) imaging and visualization and 3) software development and system design. To accomplish this, the City University of New York (CUNY) faculty will be paired with software industry professionals from the New York Software Industry Association (NYSIA) to develop and promote the research and development of new technologies, provide specialized development courses, create job opportunities and build upon CUNY's reputation. The group is a university wide consortium and thus can reach all the colleges and the 200 faculty members specializing in computer science. The expectation is that the industry groups will convey to the university the commercial needs and uses for software while the university will convey the technologies available and innovative approaches to design through appropriate pairing of participants. Technical assistance will be provided for small companies through joint university / industrial partnership teams involving experts in business development and marketing people. The expected outcome is to work with at least 50 companies, to get to know 30 well, and to work intensively with 15 of them.Potential Economic ImpactThe proposal provides a unique outreach approach with an industry association, a more standardized approach with seminars and workshops around industry needs, and an approach of developing joint projects with industry. The project will help to provide industry access to software expertise at CUNY campuses, a potential for students to learn how to work with software companies, and allows important work with smaller software companies. The development of the software industry by providing software help in research and development for small companies that cannot afford to fund research at the universities or to hire people as skilled as students and faculty for development are the major benefits to NY and NYSIA. The intellectual merit of the activity lies in the creation, transfer and application of information technologies and novel education and training of the technologically literate workforce through collaboration of the City University of New York with the regional companies. The project will help to provide industry access to software expertise at CUNY campuses, a potential for students to learn how to work with software companies, especially with smaller software companies. The development of the software industry by providing software help in research and development for small companies that cannot afford to fund research at the universities or to hire people as skilled as students and faculty for development will have a significant economic impact in New York.This proposal is excellent in terms of Broader Impacts. This project is expected to have significant impact on expanding participation to underserved populations and among campuses that could then develop stronger industry relations. There was a good balance between broad involvement and focused implementation on selected high-success probability participants. The City University of New York has a long history of providing educational opportunities to minorities, poorer City young people who cannot afford private school educations. Of the nearly 20 colleges and universities within the system, fourteen the colleges are officially considered minority institutions