Future Communications: People, Power and Performanace

通信行业是英国经济的重要组成部分，该领域的收入总额约为1290亿英镑。通信被认为是电信、广播和信通技术的关键推动因素，也有望成为能源、环境、卫生和交通等领域的一项变革性技术。英国处于有利地位，充分利用通信和对CDT的投资所带来的全部经济和社会效益，拥抱这一学科的气息和覆盖范围，将有助于促进我们的经济复苏和增长，并提高我们的全球地位。人们对英国未来是否有合适技能的员工在通信业工作感到严重和日益关注。国际竞争激烈，竞争对手国家在研究和人员培训方面进行了大量投资。英国的IT和电信公司报告称，在吸引具备合适技能的应聘者方面存在困难。在这种情况下，美国国家微电子研究所和信息和通信技术研究所警告说，信息和通信技术部门正面临着日益严重的招聘危机，他们对这一问题在短期或中期内会得到改善缺乏信心。许多组织(如DC-KTN和皇家工程院)在工业界的支持下正在解决这个问题，但他们承认，如果没有相关的高质量本科生和研究生学位，通过这些学位可以获得专业技能，就不可能实现这一目标。为了解决这一短缺问题，有人提议成立一个新的博士培训中心(CDT)，专门研究未来通信。布里斯托尔大学在这一领域享有世界领先的声誉，专注于其通信研究中心(CCR)，但建立在来自数学、计算机科学、安全系统和工业的同事之间的密切合作基础上。我们的愿景是建立一个世界领先的研究伙伴关系，专注于需求，坚定地立足于商业背景，但拥有开展学术领先蓝天研究的自由。布里斯托尔CDT将专注于人：不仅是作为研究提供者，而且作为技术消费者，更重要的是，作为英国技能短缺的解决方案。它将培养未来熟练的创业型工程师，为通信界提供一个得到国际认可的连贯的高级培训网络，并为关键的新出现的研究挑战提供创新的解决方案。在接下来的八年里，CDT将以布里斯托尔在高效系统和使能技术方面的核心专业知识为基础，设计新的解决方案，提供更高的性能、更低的成本和对环境的影响。该课程的教学部分将建立在我们的通信系统和信号处理硕士课程的基础上，该课程在英国被公认为领先，并辅之以统计、优化和人机交互方面的其他高级材料。这一方法将利用现有的承诺和教学专业知识。企业将构成该方案的核心部分，包括：项目管理、企业家精神、公共传播、市场营销和研究方法。通过其研究计划和大约50名新的博士生，CDT将承担通信理论、优化和可靠性方面的基础工作。这将以我们行业合作伙伴的商业需求为指导，并受到智能电网、交通、医疗保健、军事/国土安全、安全关键系统和多媒体交付方面的应用驱动因素的推动。虽然通信技术是推动者，但就其更广泛的应用而言，人类是消费者、使用者和受益者。在这方面，我们的研究计划将重点放在人、权力和绩效等关键领域内的挑战和相互作用上。

The Communications sector is a vital component within the UK economy, with revenues in this area totalling around 129B. Recognised as a key enabler of telecommunications, broadcasting and ICT, communications is also poised to be a transformational technology in areas such as energy, the environment, health and transport. The UK is well placed to reap the full economic and social benefits enabled by communications and investment in a CDT, embracing the breath and reach of the discipline, will help to facilitate our economic recovery and growth and enhance our global standing.There is a serious and growing concern over the future availability of suitably skilled staff to work in the communications sector in the UK. International competition is fierce, with large investments being made by competitor countries in research and in the training of personnel. IT and telecoms companies in the UK are reporting difficulties in attracting candidates with the right skills. In this context, the National Microelectronics Institute and the IET have warned that the ICT sector is facing a growing recruitment crisis with little confidence that the problem will improve in the short or medium term. Various organisations (eg DC-KTN and Royal Academy of Engineering) with support from industry are addressing this issue but acknowledge that it cannot be achieved without relevant high quality under- and postgraduate degrees through which specialist skills can be obtained.To address this shortage, a new Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in 'Future Communication' is proposed. The University of Bristol has a world leading reputation in this field, focused on its Centre for Communications Research (CCR), but built on close collaboration between colleagues from Mathematics, Computer Science, Safety Systems and industry. Our vision is to establish a world-leading research partnership which is focused on demand and firmly footed in a commercial context, but with freedom to conduct academically lead blue skies research.The Bristol CDT will be focused on people: not just as research providers, but also as technology consumers and, importantly, as solutions to the UK skills shortage. It will develop the skilled entrepreneurial engineers of the future, provide a coherent advanced training network for the communications community that will be recognised internationally and produce innovative solutions to key emerging research challenges. Over the next eight years, the CDT will build on Bristol's core expertise in Efficient Systems and Enabling Technologies to engineer novel solutions, offering enhanced performance, lower cost and reduced environmental impact. The taught component of the Programme will build on our MSc programme in Communication Systems & Signal Processing, acknowledged as leading in the UK, complemented by additional advanced material in statistics, optimisation and Human-Computer Interaction. This approach will leverage existing commitment and teaching expertise. Enterprise will form a core part of the programme, including: Project Management, Entrepreneurship, Public Communication, Marketing and Research Methods. Through its research programme and some 50 new PhD students, the CDT will undertake fundamental work in communication theory, optimisation and reliability. This will be guided by the commercial imperatives from our industry partners, and motivated by application drivers in Smart Grid, transport, healthcare, military/homeland security, safety critical systems and multimedia delivery. While communications technology is the enabler it is humans that are the consumers, users and beneficiaries in terms of its broader applications. In this respect we will focus our research programme on the challenges within and interactions between the key domains of People, Power and Performance.