Prof. Vladimir Marik presented at Stanford's program on European Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Engineering School. At the invitation from Burton Lee, PhD, MBA Lecturer at Stanford School of Engineering.

1. Technology Transfer and Spin-offsatCzech Technical University(CTU)Vladimír MAŘÍKDepartment of CyberneticsEU Center of ExcellenceCzech Technical University in Prague Prague, Czech Republic http://cyber.felk.cvut.cz/

2. Established in 1707 2nd oldest Technical University in Europe24.000 studentsA. Einstein, E. Mach, N. Tesla Czech Technical University in Prague

3. CTU position in rankings QS World University Rankings 2010 - Engineering & Technology 1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States 2 Stanford University United States 3 University of California, Berkeley (UCB) United States 120 Duke University, United States 121 Czech Technical University In Prague Czech Republic 122 École des Ponts, ParisTech France 123= University of Amsterdam A* Netherlands 123= University of Southern California (USC) United States "Where do we stand globally" #2 in former Eastern Europe & Russia (after #1 96 Lomonosov Moscow State U.) #2 in Central Europe (after #1 98 TU Vienna) We are trying hard (Technology and Engineering ranking): CTU: 121 (2010), 171 (2009), 228 (2008) , 359(2007).

5. Machine Learning & Robotics

6. Computer Vision & Perception

7. Biomedical Engineering 155 academic staff members (110 FTE): 20 faculty members 82 research fellows and 53 Ph.d. students Mission Objectives: Perform internationally recognized research, build teams of research excellence Support industrial acceptance of research Demonstrate potential of industry-university cooperation Undergraduate and graduate education in the field of cybernetics EU Center of Excellence since 2000

8. Selected Industrial Contracts and Grants Rockwell Automation: Distributed artificial intelligence BAE Systems:UAV collision avoidance systems Medtronic: SW for pacemakers and other medical devices Honeywell: Observing people with video cameras TOYOTA Motor Corporation: Computer vision - blue sky research Volkswagen:Image processing from a moving car DENSO Automotive: Agent-based on-board car diagnostics CADENCE Design Systems:Multi-agent modeling of IC design process Samsung:Reconstruction of images Google: Image-based search, security systems Texas Instruments: Control and interfacing of digital cameras Hitachi: Image processing and face recognition Siemens: Planning and scheduling for in-store logistics US Air Force Research Lab, U.S.Navy Research, U.S. Army, NASA: Deployment of Agent-based technology

9. Department Know-How Transfer Vehicles Start-up and Spin-off Companies: CERTICON, a.s.: (100+ employees): Software Development, Network Integration Services, Software Testing, Predictive Algorithms, Planning and Scheduling, ASIC Design ProTyS, a.s.: (43) Real-time Control Software Development & Testing, Intelligent Control, Fuzzy Logics NeoVisions.r.o.: (21): Computer Vision Eydea, s.r.o. (5): Image Processing Cognitive Security, s.r.o.(2): Network Security AgentFly Technologies, s.r.o. (2): Air Traffic Control National Center for Applied Cybernetics (Competence Center): CTU, TU Brno, WBU, Academy of Science, CertiCon, Neovision+ 7 other companies. The main goal: Technology Transfer, Spreading Excellence

11. 36.000 sqm, 450 researchers

12. Incubator (15-20 spin-offs), representative offices of large companies (IBM, Honeywell, Google, Microsoft..)

14. US governmental agencies/services, like US AFRL, ONR, NASA, EPA, FAA, who try to fund/co-fund early stages of very promising research activities

15. Venture capitalists, usually coming from US, Israel, lately also from India

17. the need in financial contribution to ensure a smooth technology transfer

18. that knowledge and IPR play the role of commercial commodities which enter the market

23. decision support and productivity systems

24. applied research

25. ASIC design, verification and testing

26. Revenue $ 8 mil in 2010Main customers: Medtronic, Teradyne, Cadence, IBM, Bosch, Frequentis, Grundfos

28. Cognitive Security Start-up Mission: Providing attack intelligence and last line of defense against highly sophisticated attackers Main Product: CognitiveOne is based on the CAMNEP intrusion detection algorithm, developed at CTU. The solution in parts funded by the U.S. Army, CERDEC under a grant W91 1NF-08-1-0250. The technology spun-off into Cognitive Security by licensing from CTU History-in-brief: August 2009- Cognitive Security was established, CertiCon’s pre-seed funding January 2010- CognitiveOne launched as commercial product April 2010- Cognitive Security opens branch office in Silicon Valley, (CA, USA), with the support of Czechinvest November 2010- Second version of its CognitiveOne product February 2011 – Talks with a strong investor – Term Sheet signed April 2011 - Credo Ventures invested 2 mil EUR

31. New trend (under implementation) in 2011: Direct support to spin-offs and start-ups:

32. Pre-seed fund - $ 30 mil.

33. Seed fund - $ 70 mil.

34. These funds will be managed by experienced venture capitalists who promised to add $ 50 mil.

36. Their business and academic activities should be clearly separated

37. Either licencies should be paid (5-10% of revenue and/or exit price) or shares of the company (20-30%) are awarded to the University for exchange of IPR

38. Main obstacles:

39. Some professors not motivated enough, wanting to live in their academic shells

41. University management support to technology transfer provided, very friendly atmosphere/environment

42. Motivation and enthusiasm of researchers – in general - present, funding is missing

43. There is no efficient University infrastructure and environment to absorb the funding (if there is any) in an appropriate way

44. Lack of tradition and experience in venture investments

45. We are trying to find the optimal methods for technology transfers and spin-offs

47. Czechinvest governmental agency: has selected the Plug-and-Play Center as a place to learn, helps to bring spin-offs to Silicon Valley to gather experience

48. Support to private companies acting as technology transfer bodies – privatization of the technology transfer area strongly needed