gradiant - corporate presentation

GALICIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER IN ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Gradiant

March 2013

CENTRO TECNOLÓXICO DE TELECOMUNICACIÓNS DE GALICIA

What is Gradiant?

Gradiant: Galician Research and Development Center in Advanced Telecommunications (Vigo, Galicia, Spain). Recognized by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness as Technology Center.

Created as a Non-Profit Private Foundation

51% Private Capital, 49% Public Capital

Executive Director: Fernando Pérez-González


Board of Governors


Board of Governors

The three Galician Universities

Galician Regional Government

Eight companies, including:

• Indra

• Telefónica

• Vodafone

http://www.xunta.es/


Why Gradiant?

Duality at the University: hard to combine

Lack of flexibility in all University administrative processes

Human resources at the University: difficulties in hiring, promotion and management


Why Gradiant?A necessary transmission chain

Improved management: flexibility and responsiveness.Improved visibility and presence in large-scale projects.Leadership and neutrality favor cooperation among University groupsBetter positioned for negotiating exploitation and IPR conditionsBenefit from research expertise from University backgroundChannel for recruiting talented researchers


Main Goals

Generate and Transfer Knowledge to Industry

“Be” the R&D department of companies

R&D professionalization. ISO certification


Board of Governors

Organization and management

Executive Director

ManagementApplications & Networks Area

Digital Comms. Area

ResearchSupport Services

Technology Support

Multimodal Inf.Area


Gradiant: Brief history

2003

•May: Proposal to Regional Gov. by university groups.

•June: Regional Gov. announces the intention to create a Technology Center.

20042005

•April 2004: Viability study.

•June 2005: Presentation to companies.

2007

•April: New presentation to companies.

•December: Foundation established.

2008

•May: Beginning of activity.


Technology Transfer Process

Externalresources

Funding

Internal Research Projects

Collaborative projects

Industry

Consortium Agreements

R&D Contracts

IPR

Knowledge

Funding Universities

Spin-offsSpin-offs


Staff:•1 CEO•1 COO•4 Technical Directors•2 Business

Developers•63 Researchers (17

PhD)•4 Administration

Gradiant in Figures (January 2013)

Business:• 2013 Budget: 4.1

M€• 32 active contracts• 42 active projects• 65 clients in

portfolio2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

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Technology Transfer

R&D Fundraising

Institutional presence• Member and Technical Secretariat of Vindeira (Galician ICT Technology Platform)• Member of Galician Health Cluster• Chartered member of CIT (National Registry of Technology Centers)• Member TM Forum• Member ISI (European Technology Platform of Satellite Communications)• Member European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing

Track record since 2008

50R&D clients

80Industry contracts

5License

agreements

10Filed patents

16Invention

disclosures

Established

spin-offcreation procedure

EUR 6 millionR&D contracts with

industrial clients

EUR 4.9 millionNational Grants

EUR 3 millionEU FP7 Grants


Some of our clients and partners


Gradiant’s main asset


Research in Communications

Key technologies• Spectrum Engineering• Specific Communications Hardware & Software• Analog Design & Prototyping

Tech. transfer success cases• New generation echo canceller for terrestrial gap-fillers

Key current projects• MIMO On-frequency Relay (internal project)• Multichannel DVB-C2 Modulator (under contract)

IP portfolio• FPGA-based Digital Upconverter• Geolocation Database for Cognitive Radio• DVB-S2 Software Signal Analysis


Research in Applications & Networks

Key technologies• Cloud computing &

virtualization• Embedded/integrated

systems• Advanced applications• Business intelligence• Multimedia distribution• Internet of Things

Tech. transfer success cases• Arantia Multimedia set-

top-box

Key current projects• Cloud services (project

funded by venture capital)• UAV added-value integrated

systems (consortium project)• Health service intelligent

management (under contract)

IP portfolio• Multimedia distribution

systems• Cloud privacy technology• Mobile applications

technology


Research in Multimodal Information

Key technologies• Human sensing• Multimedia signal processing

Tech. transfer success cases• Advanced video analysis for

surveillance applications• Face-based biometrics engine• Face-based demographics

estimation for digital signage• Video watermarking for

authentication

Key current projects• Printed document security• Affective computing• Encrypted data processing• Robust face analysis

IP portfolio• Video analytics• Biometrics• Demographics classification• Computer vision in mobile

devices.• Affective analysis engine