Smart & Connected Innovation On-Ramp Programme: Building long term relationships between industry and academic stakeholders in African Big Data.

本次探索活动将以2016年6月在南非举行的研讨会为基础，该研讨会确定了高性能计算、大数据和云服务的顶级项目挑战。2016年7月，那些表示希望在入站用例开发中发挥积极作用的与会者（以下称为SCIOP“合作伙伴”）得到了进一步的参与。因此，SCIOP将专注于两项主要活动：1)在南非与学术和工业SCIOP合作伙伴举行为期两天的集成探索研讨会，将开发和整合SCIOP必须在交付的探索阶段之后进行的研究和培训活动，并将其纳入一系列入站用例。这些用例将特别针对中小企业（通常最多50名员工），因为这是通过数据科学方面的培训和研究来提高能力的最大机会。本次研讨会将由UoM的首席研究员Anna Scaife博士主持，项目合作伙伴Axillium Research将提供详细的范围和活动，以在2017年开展更广泛的SCIOP参与。在研讨会结束后的4周内，将撰写一份完整的报告，总结研讨会成果并确定创新可以引入SCIOP的地方。更广泛的SCIOP利益相关者社区对本报告进行同行评审，将确保每个用例在所述领域发挥最大影响，并与官方发展援助指导和联合国全球目标保持一致。在研讨会和随后的分析期间，SCIOP将根据完全详细的计划目标、责任和可衡量的成果评估和审查每个用例，以满足联合国全球目标(4)基础教育、(8)体面工作和经济增长以及(9)产业创新和基础设施设定的明确成果。该勘探活动将与GCRF EOI的开发并行进行，以开发和评估用例的集成和操作方面，确定与现有SCIOP合作伙伴的接触点，并确定在SA和英国需要更广泛的研究合作伙伴。

The exploration activities will build on prior participation by the audience at a workshop in June 2016 in South Africa which identified the top level programme challenges for HPC, Big Data & Cloud services. In July 2016, those attendees who expressed a desire to play an active role in the development of the on-ramp use cases (hereafter known as SCIOP "partners") were further engaged. SCIOP will therefore focus on two main activities:1) A two-day integration exploration workshop with academic & industry SCIOP partners in South Africa will develop & integrate the research & training activities that SCIOP must undertake beyond the exploration phase of delivery into a series of on-ramp use cases. These use cases will particularly target SMMEs (typically up to 50 employees) as this is where the greatest opportunity exists for capability improvement through training & research in data science.This workshop will be facilitated by Principal Investigator, Dr Anna Scaife at UoM with support from Project Partner Axillium Research who will generate the detailed scope and activities needed to launch a wider SCIOP engagement in 2017.2) A full report, written over 4 weeks following the workshop, will summarise the workshop outcomes & identify where innovation can be brought into SCIOP. Peer review of this report by the wider SCIOP stakeholder community will ensure that each use case maximises impact in the stated areas and is aligned to ODA guidance & UN Global Goals. During the workshop and subsequent analysis SCIOP will assess and review each use case against fully detailed, planned objectives, responsibilities and measurable outcomes to meet defined outcomes set by the UN Global Goals for (4) Basic Education, (8) Decent Work & Economic Growth & (9) Industry Innovation & Infrastructure. This exploration activity, to develop & evaluate the integration & operational aspects of the use cases, identifying touch points with existing SCIOP partners & establishing where wider research partners in both SA & UK are required, will be conducted in parallel to the development of a GCRF EOI.