presented by Viorel Negru

1. Advancing Information Technologies
through Research and Applications
Institute e‐Austria Timisoara ‐ a
success story
at its 10th Years Anniversary
Prof. Dr. Viorel Negru

2. Content Advancing Information Technologies
through Research and Applications
• Key periods
• What is IeAT
• How is working
• Expertise
• Main achievements
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3. Key periods Advancing Information Technologies
through Research and Applications
• 2001‐2002: Birth of the idea, negotiations, start
• 2003‐2005: Austrian support for start‐up phase
• 2006‐2007: Stand‐alone and recognition
• 2008‐2012: Stability
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4. Official status Advancing Information Technologies
through Research and Applications
• Private Research Institute
• Specialized in Computer Science
• Non‐profit Association between:
1. RISC, Johannes Kepler University of Linz
2. Computer Science Dept, West University of Timisoara
3. Computers Dept, Politehnica University of Timisoara
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5. The mission Advancing Information Technologies
through Research and Applications
• Promoting the scientific and technological
progress in the field of IT
• Primary “Todo”:
1. Center of competence in CS and IT
2. Stimulate the doctoral education in CS and IT
3. Attract investments in IT
4. Transfer state‐of‐the‐art R&D to the industry
5. International cooperation & accelerate integration
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6. Activities Advancing Information Technologies
through Research and Applications
• Research and development
• Knowledge transfer
• Design and implementation of software products
• Education complementary of that of the associates
• Scientific and technical event organization
• Stimulate creativity and innovation through grants
• Promote IT in other activity sectors
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7. How is working Advancing Information Technologies
through Research and Applications
• Activity based on projects granted by:
– National, EU or International Agencies for Research
– Companies for R&D activities
• Grants proposals submitted to competitive calls
• Project leaders are organizing the team activities
• Minimal administrative overhead
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8. Running projects Advancing Information Technologies
through Research and Applications
• MODAClouds – MOdel‐Driven Approach for design and
execution of applications on multiple Clouds
• mOSAIC – Open‐Source API and Platform for Multiple
Clouds
• SEED – Speeding Every European Digital
• SPaCIoS – Secure Provision and Consumption in the
Internet of Services
• STRUCTCOMB – Structure and computational difficulty in
combinatorial optimization: an interdisciplinary approach
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9. Former projects (I) Advancing Information Technologies
through Research and Applications
• AEMTIA – Automated Exploration of Mathematical Theories for Industrial
Applications
• ANNE – Advanced Impulsive and Fractional Order Neural Network Models
• AVANTSSAR – Automated Validation of Trust and Security of Service‐
Oriented Architectures
• DEHEMS – Digital Environmental Home Energy Management System
• EcoNet – French‐Russian‐Romanian project “Executable and verifiable
models for security of communicating systems”
• Folding@Home – Folding@IeAT
• ForMol – Computational formalism inspired by Molecular Biology
• ITMOP – Information Theory Methods for Optimization Problems
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10. Former projects (II) Advancing Information Technologies
through Research and Applications
• NanoSim – Transport phenomena and structure formation at the
micro/nanometer scale in biomedicine and materials science
• NOREX – Network of reengineering expertise
• PhaseTrans – Phase Transitions in Computational Complexity and Formal
Verification – Towards Generic and Realistic Approaches
• Practical Verification – Practical formal verification using automated
reasoning and model checking
• ProWest — Promotion of the research activity in computer science in Wes
Romania
• PSysGAR – Models and implementations for simulating P systems
• SCIEnce – Symbolic Computation in Europe
• SEPROPI – Studies and systematic exploration of parallel iterative
processes
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11. Running projects – CS Advancing Information Technologies
Research Center through Research and Applications
• ICT COST Action IC0801: AT ‐ Agreement Technologies, 2008 ‐ 2012
• ICT COST Action IC0805 : Open European Network for High‐Performance
Computing in Complex Environments, 2009 ‐ 2013
• EGI‐INSPIRE ‐ Integrated Sustainable Pan‐European Infrastructure for
Researchers in Europe, nr. 261323, FP7, Research Infrastructures, May
2010 ‐ April 2014
• HP‐SEE ‐ High‐Performance Computing Infrastructure for South East
Europe’s Research Communities, FP7, nr. 261499, INFRA‐2010‐1.2.3
Virtual Research Communities, September 2010 ‐ August 2012
• HOST – High Performance Computing Service Center, project EC FP7‐
REGPOT, 2012 ‐ 2014
• aMICAS‐ Automated Management in Cloud and Sky Computing
Environments, RO‐PNII‐ID‐PCE, 2012‐2014
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12. Knowledge transfer Advancing Information Technologies
projects through Research and Applications
• RISC GmbH, A: telecommunications, logistics
• Alcatel‐Lucent, RO: software verification and
quality measurement, training on OOP
• Lucas Varity GmbH, DE: soft development and
testing
• Quatermill SRL, RO: document management
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13. Projects Advancing Information Technologies
through Research and Applications
No. projects
16
14
12
10
Projects with companies
8 Romanian projects
Bilateral (foreign) projects
6 EC projects
4
2
0
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
No. multi‐annual contracts in 2002‐2012: 35
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14. Funds Advancing Information Technologies
through Research and Applications
Granted funds (in Euros)
600000
500000
400000 Conference fees and sponsorships
RTD for companies
300000 Other foreign RTD Funds
EC funds
Austrian funds
200000
Romanian RTD funds
100000
0
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
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15. Personnel structure Advancing Information Technologies
through Research and Applications
Personnel
50
45
40
35
Administrative
30
Undergraduate students
25 Master students
PhD students
20
PostDocs
15 Seniors
10
5
0
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
No. individual contracts in 2003‐2012: 115
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16. Main fields of expertise Advancing Information Technologies
through Research and Applications
• Parallel and distributed computing
• Computational complexity
• Formal verification
• Soft computing
• Software engineering
• Computational mathematics
• Artificial intelligence
Elsevier’s Scopus classification
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17. Top 10, EC‐FP7‐ICT/RO Advancing Information Technologies
through Research and Applications
Source: ICT Statistical Report for Annual Monitoring 2011, Feb 2012
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18. Statistics in Scopus Advancing Information Technologies
through Research and Applications
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19. Main achievements Advancing Information Technologies
through Research and Applications
• Unique private research institute in CS in Romania
• Continuous flow of projects
• Well established topic‐based working groups
• Support for partners CS departments
• Scientific recognition at European & national level
• High no. of partnerships with foreign institutions
• More than ½ income from abroad
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20. www.ieat.ro Advancing Information Technologies
through Research and Applications
Questions?
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