Information Technology and Communications Research Centre (ITCRC)

萨尼亚-兰布顿在历史上以其石化行业而闻名。近年来，利用生物技术和信息技术与通信(国贸中心)等几个领域的现有能力和专业知识，该地区一直在大力和集中地努力使该行业多样化。作为这一努力的一部分，萨尼亚-兰布顿正在战略上定位自己，以建立、支持和吸引ITC初创企业和中小型企业(SME)到该地区，形成“萨尼亚-兰布顿数字技术和IT集群”。许多地区性或新吸引的公司都是缺乏研发能力的中小企业。兰伯顿学院作为当地唯一的一所专上院校，正在建立一套全面的应用研究和开发服务点，将形成“信息技术和通信研究中心(ITCRC)”。ITCRC的目标是通过学生和教师提供研究设施和专业知识，支持ITC行业的应用研究和技术开发。兰顿学院通过ITCRC将与行业合作伙伴合作，在不同领域进行应用研究、技术开发、测试、原型制作和商业化，包括：软件开发、数据库管理、智能计算、人工智能算法、大数据、Android和iOS原生应用、虚拟现实、响应性网络应用、并行和分布式计算以及电子商务。工贸合作研究中心最初吸引了八个与工业界合作的项目，并将受益于与当地组织的密切合作关系，包括萨尼亚-兰布顿经济伙伴关系和萨尼亚·兰布顿研究园区，以开发更多项目，将新的和改进的技术推向市场，从而在我们的社区和其他地方产生经济影响。ITCRC还将提供一个极好的机会，培养高素质的人才，并加强学院的17个信息技术相关课程。国际贸易中心倡议将通过向合作伙伴转让技术来刺激经济发展，并将使萨尼亚-兰布顿地区能够利用国际贸易中心的工业市场。

Sarnia-Lambton is historically known for their petrochemical industry. In recent years, there has been a strongand concentrated effort to diversify the industry in the region utilizing the existing capacity and expertise in afew areas including Biotechnology and Information Technology and Communication (ITC). As part of thiseffort, Sarnia-Lambton is strategically positioning itself to build, support and attract ITC start-ups and Smalland Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) to the region to form "Sarnia-Lambton Digital Technology and ITCluster". Many regional or newly attracted companies are SMEs lacking R&D capabilities. Lambton College asan only local post-secondary institution is establishing a suite of comprehensive applied research anddevelopment service points that will form the "Information Technology and Communication Research Centre(ITCRC)". The ITCRC's goal is to support the ITC industry with applied research and technologicaldevelopment by providing research facilities and expertise through students and faculty. Lambton Collegethrough ITCRC will collaborate with industrial partners to conduct applied research, technology development,testing, prototyping, and commercialization in various areas including: software development, databasemanagement, smart computing, artificial intelligence algorithms, big data, android and iOS native applications,virtual reality, responsive web applications, parallel & distributed computing, and e-business. ITCRC hasinitially attracted eight projects in partnership with industry and will also benefit from close partnerships withlocal organizations including Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership and Sarnia Lambton Research Park todevelop more projects, bring new and improved technologies to market and consequently generate economicimpact in our community and beyond. ITCRC will also provide an excellent opportunity to educate highlyqualified personnel and enhance 17 IT related programs at the College. The ITCRC initiative will stimulateeconomic development through technology transfer to the partners and will allow the Sarnia-Lambton region toexploit the ITC-industry market.