huawei european research university partnerships
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Huawei European
Research – University
Partnerships
Michael Hill-King
European Research Institute, Huawei
Huawei Technologies Co.
Next 20–30 Years: The World Will Become Intelligent
• The Intelligent World will be powered by data devices, pipes, and clouds:
All things sensing, all things connected, all things intelligent.
• Devices will be the sensing organs of the Intelligent World; networks will connect them together; clouds will be its digital brain.
Devices Pipe Cloud
Ubiquitous gateways to
the Intelligent World
Ubiquitous connections,
high bandwidth, low latency
Digital brains,
evolving in real time
All things
Connected All things
Sensing
All things
Intelligent
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Next 10 Years: Connections Will Get Smarter,
Connectivity Will Become a Primary Resource
3G/4G/5G, FTTx, cloud, IoT
WWW, mobile Internet
Industry 4.0, big data, AI
Physical Digital Intelligent
• In 2025, the number of connections will top more than 2015.
• In 2025, of global will have access to
Source: Huawei GIV 2016
Huawei Technologies Co.
Next 10 Years: Rise of Industry Clouds, Enterprises
as Main Players in Cloud
Business Mindset Technology
Cloud 1.0: Born in Cloud Internet companies led the first iteration
Cloud 2.0: Grow with Cloud Rise of industry clouds: enterprises will lead cloud
Intelligent
Manufacturing
Intelligent
Medicine
Intelligent
Transport
Intelligent
X
• In the last decade, "born-in-cloud" Internet
companies led network evolution. They
created Cloud 1.0: agile, innovative, low-
cost, experience-focused.
• In the next decade, industries and
companies will "grow with cloud" as they
adopt cloud technology. Cloud computing
will become a basic technology for every
industry. With the rise of industry clouds,
enterprises will be the main players in
Cloud 2.0.
• By 2025, all enterprise IT solutions will be
cloud-based, and 85% of enterprise
applications will be on the cloud.
Intelligent
Grid
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Next 10 Years: Rise of Industry Clouds, Enterprises as
Main Players in Cloud
Digital
World
Physical
World
Technology Humanity
AI Human
Intelligence
Intelligent Devices
• By 2025, there will be 40 billion personal smart devices, 5.6x more than 2015.
• By 2025, 90% of smart device users will be using personal assistants on intelligent phones.
Digitization of the physical world: everything connected, more intelligence, natural interaction between humanity and machine
Robotics
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Next 10 Years: 5x as Many Connections, 5.6x as Many
Smart Devices, 100% Enterprises Connected to Clouds
By 2025: …enterprises
…broadband
…devices
…content
…consumption
…connectivity
The average data consumption per head will reach 4GB, 10x more than 2015.
Global annual data production will reach 180ZB, 20x more than 2015.
100% of companies in the cloud, 85% of applications in the cloud
The number of smart devices will reach 40 billion, 5.6x more than 2015.
The number of connections will reach 100 billion, 5x more than 2015.
75% of global homes will have access to broadband.
12% of homes will have smart robots, 90% of smart device users will use digital
personal assistants. …smart things
Sources: Huawei GIV 2016
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Huawei European Research Institute: Overview
18 local R&D-sites throughout 8 countries created 1800 jobs
Dublin & Cork
Munich
Milan
Leuven
Paris
Nice
Gent
Nuremburg
Berlin
Gothenburg
Lund
Helsinki
Stockholm
Bristol
Cambridge
Darmstadt
Establishment in Stockholm 2000
Dec 2007
Apr 2009
Mar 2009
Dec 2008
Total People in Sweden 50+
Establishment of Bonn Centre Mar 2008
Jun 2008 Establishment of Milan Branch
Major Movement from Bonn to Munich
Establishment of Gothenburg Branch
Establishment of Belgium Branch
Jan 2012 Establishment of UK Branch
Sept 2011 Establishment of Nuremberg Branch
Dec 2012 Establishment of Finland and Ireland Branches
Mar 2015
Acquisition of Caliopa Aug.2013
Establishment of France Branch Oct.,2013
Aestethics research France
October 2015 Start quantum research Munich
Ipswich
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Huawei European Research Institute:
Research Overview
Telecom
IT
ITS / Mobility
E-/M-Health
Industries 4.0
Smart Grid
Smart City
Wireless Networks
Aiming for the future information and intelligent society, we cooperate with industrial and
academic partners, find solutions for future life and future work.
Key Technical Innovation Industrial Solution Fundamental R&D
Cloud and Big Data
Optical System
Terminals and IoThings
+ + New Theories
New Materials
New Components
New Devices
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The need to cooperate
Fresh minds
Combinations of expertise
Co-working with external partners
Real world problems for academics
Efficiency
Input from though leaders
Strategic technological understanding
Opportunity for truly ‘open’ proposals
Insight
Resources Access to expertise outside Huawei
Access to facilities outside Huawei
Immediacy of availability
Great technology to benefit customers
Top teams already exist
No need to recreate top facilities
Faster value add
HIRP offers stable engagement process
Imagination
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European Strategy : Cooperate with local resources
• Europe is a great place in the world for technology cooperation
• Huawei R&D from all countries cooperates with European partners
• Huawei European Research Institute is well placed
– Long established partners for communications technologies
– New partnerships with universities aligned to competency centres
– New opportunities for local cooperation
• Glocalisation
Major areas for R&D cooperation
• Materials
• Components
• Standards
• Software
• Security
• Services
• Design
• Testing
• IP
• Cloud
• More….
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Opportunity exploration and realisation
Cooperation & Engagement strategies
Focus on technologies that are not just good,
but also good for Huawei
Finding the right partner
• Relationship building with
small number of excellent
universities
• Targeted invitations
• HIRP
• Technology push
Partners
• Universities
• Spin outs
• Supply chain
• Technology firms
Instruments
• consultancy
• contract research
• development work
• leveraged projects
• TT / Licensing
• investing
• spin outs
• supply chain
• technology firms
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HIRP Structure
Support research that will significantly
impact technology areas that are of mutual
interest to academia and Huawei.
Large and multi-year contract-based awards.
Invitation-only basis, inviting leading-class
faculty members from top universities and
research institutes around the world.
Bring together internationally renowned
leading researchers for the purpose of
exploring cutting-edge topics.
Format: Workshop、Summit、Seminar etc.
Invitation-only basis
Support novel and early-stage research
ideas in the ICT areas that Huawei
publishes or even beyond.
1~2 year award with amount ranging from
30,000~70,000 USD.
Open call for proposals, usually 2 rounds
per year. Yet accept online submission
anytime for novel ideas.
Huawei Innovation Research Program (HIRP)
HIRP Exploratory HIRP OPEN HIRP FLAGSHIP
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Over 10 Years of History
2004 2010 2014 2016 Up to Now
“Huawei Science and
Technology Fund”.
Focus on China
mainland.
Focus on the
telecommunication area.
Upgrade to “Huawei
Innovation Research
Program(HIRP)”.
First extend to overseas
with focus on Europe.
Focus on ICT area.
Break HIRP into 2 sub-
programs : HIRP OPEN and
HIRP FLAGSHIP.
More global recognition,
received 360+ proposals.
1200+ HIRP projects were
funded globally, with more
than 300 universities
participating across 20+
countries.
Introduction of the “HIRP
Exploratory” sector into
HIRP.
Several Nobel Prize & Fields
Medal winners become
HIRP partners
ISPIM Grand Prize finalist
More than 300 Academic Partners Globally
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Collaborating in innovation with UK universities
Collaboration with the University
of Cambridge
£m has been invested in the Computer Lab
and Centre for Advanced Photonics and
Electronics since December 2012
£5m investment over 5 years in a specialised 5G
Innovation Centre to revolutionise mobile
and internet access
5G Research with the University of
Surrey
Cooperation with the University of
Manchester on applications of graphene
Research on how to apply breakthroughs in
graphene to consumer electronics and mobile
communications equipment
A data science innovation lab to develop
big data technologies
Cooperation with Imperial College
London on Big Data
Cooperation with the University of
Oxford
Collaboration on innovation assessment models,
and a strategy for software development and
internet science
Since 2013, Huawei has been working with
the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research
on audio technology.
Cooperation with the University
of Southampton on 3D audio