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IBM University Programs

What’s UP at IBM?
University Programs!
The 6 R’s helping to build a Smarter Planet:
Research, Readiness, Recruiting, Revenue, Responsibility, Regions

Jim Spohrer, Director
IBM University Programs (IBM UP)
http://www.ibm.com/university
April 7, 2013
© IBM 2013 IBM University Programs worldwide
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accelerating regional development (IBM UPward)

IBM University Programs 6 R’s
• Research (Awards)
• Readiness (Skills)
• Recruiting (Jobs)
• Revenue (Solutions)
• Responsibility (Volunteers)
• Regions (Startups & Smart Camps)
PRODUCTS COMMUNICATIONS

WORKFORCE SUPPLY CHAIN TRANSPORTATION BUILDINGS

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IBM University Programs 6 R’s Examples
IBM and Ohio State University collaborate to boost IBM Smarter Cities &
analytics skills in State of Ohio NYU CUSP Center for Urban Science and Progress

 Projected to create 500 new jobs and become an  Big Cities + Big Data Faculty Awards
education and training hub for advanced data research,  MS in Applied Urban Science & Informatics
big data and cognitive computing
 Academic, Government, Industry
 IBM worked with Ohio’s economic development
organizations - aims to benefit than 30 regional  NYU and NYU-Poly, Carnegie Mellon University, The
companies in health care, financial services, government City University of New York, The Indian Institute of
and retail. Technology (Mumbai). The University of Toronto, The
University of Warwick
 State of Ohio providing incentives for the center.

IBM and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology IBM partners with State of Louisiana & City of
collaborate on Service Science in Germany Baton Rouge, & Louisiana State University

 The Karlsruhe Service Research Institute at KIT (Karlsruhe  Creation Of 800-Job Technology Center
Institute of Technology) aims to be the leading European In Downtown Baton Rouge
research institute in the field of Service Science.
 Gov. Jindal, Baton Rouge Mayor/President
 Develop concepts, methods, and technologies relevant for Kip Holden, Baton Rouge Area Foundation
innovators and decision-makers to create and capture President and CEO John Davies, and
value in an increasingly services-led economy.. Louisiana State University (LSU) College of
Engineering Dean Richard Koubek.
 Holistic interdisciplinary approach to solve
business problems along the dimensions of  The State will provide $14 million in funding over 10 years for
people, organization, information, and expanded higher-education programs designed primarily to
technology increase the number of annual computer science graduates.

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IBM and University of Mauritius collaborate to IBM University Programs supports IBM’s Delivery
boost computer skills in the Indian Ocean Islands Center at Brno in the Czech Republic
Region off the coast of Africa
 IBM and University of Mauritius struck a academic  IBM’s Delivery Center at Brno employs about 3,000 IT
partnership to provide technology and training resources professionals and supports over 600 clients from
for computer science professionals at the University around the world

 IBM also launched an IBM Africa Technical Institute in  Best practices have been established by local
Mauritius offering education about IBM technologies and University Relations personnel for internship
how these solutions solve some of the challenges facing programs that support IBM’s resourcing needs
businesses and the public sector in Africa.  This local expertise is now planned to be extended and
 IBM technical staff will provide guest lectures to students applied to the resourcing requirements of the Brno
and IBM will also offer research collaboration for UM Delivery Center
researchers

IBM and Stellenbosch University collaborate for IBM UP / SWG supports IBM’s new Delivery Center
computer skills development in South Africa in Costa Rica with faculty training
 IBM’s Delivery Center in Costa Rica opened in May with 1,200
 IBM and Stellenbosch University (SU) have partnered to employees & intends to hire up to 1,000 new IT professionals by
open a Software Center of Excellence to assist students 2014
in building strong SW development skills
 Part of IBM’s agreement includes working with 6 local
 The COE is a first-of-its-kind in South Africa including a universities to help build the future workforce and training them
post-graduate computer laboratory with advanced software on IBM’s Cloud, Cyber Security & various other technologies
(including Rational) to provide a full-fledged software  IBM UR & SWG team members along with NC State University
production environment for students to hone their skills. faculty are conducting curriculum workshops for local faculty in
country to “train the trainors”. IBM is the first company to offer
 The Center seeks to integrate the latest technologies into such a creative approach to helping establish the latest in
SU’s curriculum to prepare students for high-value job technology skills in Costa Rica
opportunities

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IBM Research, CC&CA & IBM UP Supports IBM Russia & Bauman Moscow State Technical
Brazil with 3 PhD Fellowships for 2012 University launch Smarter Cities Dev’t Education Center
 BMSTU launched the Smarter Cities Education
Center as a strategic initiative w/ IBM to help students
 Flavio Figueiredo from Universidade Federal de Minas and city leaders develop expertise and apply innovative
Gerais studying in filed of content popularity growth on online technologies to create smart solutions to tackle issues
social networks that have high social and economic impact for cities
around the world.
 Ivan Mechado from Universidade Federal da Bahia studying  Aligned with the Russian government's priorities for the
in field of variabilities in product lines and the most suitable
modernization and technological development of urban
testing strategies
centers, the center will support the development of IT
 Gabriel Nazar from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do skills crucial to Russia's innovation agenda
Sul studying in the filed of cost-effective fault tolerance
techniques for filed programmable gate arrays

IBM India Univ Relations Receives IBM SWG, IBM China UR and Leading Universities
Award from Zinnov Consulting in China Team Up on Joint EMBA Program
 India University Relations was presented w/ the  As part of the Smarter Commerce China Summit,
IBM announced the joint Smarter Marketing Course
“Ecosystem Enablement for Universities” award from Program with Chinese University of Hong Kong and
Zinnov Consulting for the 3rd consecutive year Shanghai Jiaotong University
 The award recognizes IBM’s contribution towards the  The collaboration helps students learn more about the
development of the University R&D Ecosystem through enormous opportunities brought by Smart Commerce
and technology marketing and promote the local talent
depth of research and breadth of reach across Tier 1, 2 education
and 3 universities
 The program will train students & industry leaders with
 Zinnov is a consulting firm providing services in the advanced smarter marketing mindset and solutions and
area of offshore advisory, market research, competitor build ecosystem for Smarter Commerce business impact
analysis, business research, data analytics and HR
consulting to Fortune 1000 companies

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Regional Economic Development:
Competing for Collaborators
• Universities & Regional Economic Development Boards
– Talent and infrastructure investments
• More high skill, high pay jobs to boost quality-of-life
– Regional progress & continuous improvement upward spiral
• Smarter systems = Instrumented + Interconnected + Intelligent
– Science of Service Systems: Nations, states, cities, universities
• Nested, networked holistic service systems co-create value (SSME+DAPP)

• IBM Global Innovation Network
– Foresight: IBM Innovation Centers (IICs) & Customer Briefing Centers
• Global Technology Outlook (GTO) Report
Regional Economic Development
• Institute for Business Value (IBV) Studies
• IBM Centers for Advanced Study (CAS)
– IBM Global R&D and Service Delivery Centers Government
• Hardware, Software, Solutions & Service R&D
• IT Data, Call, Analytics Service Delivery Centers Industry Academia
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IBM Platforms for Entrepreneurs

• Smarter Cities Intelligent Operations Center Platform
• IBM helping university startups to scale up (growth)

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From I to T-shape for Smarter Planet:
IBMers with more depth and breadth

Many disciplines
Many sectors
Many regions/cultures
(understanding & communications)
Deep in one region/culture
Deep in one discipline

Deep in one sector

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7th R? Reputation

SKILLS STUDENT
RESEARCH
DEVELOPMENT ENGAGEMENT

What Watson How can What role can How will Watson
related skills do individuals get universities play technology
students need involved with in Watson’s redefine the future
in the 21st Watson? development? of smarter
century? systems?

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