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An Overview of ASTRI’s

Latest Development

November 2014

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ASTRI is…

• Government subvention organization. One of the 5 Government

R&D Centers in HK, focusing on R&D on information and

communication technologies.

• Main Goals

• Perform high quality R&D and transfer technologies to

industry

• Promote greater application of technology in industry

• Become a focal point for attracting international R&D talent to

HK

• Enhance HK technological human resources development

• Act as a spawning ground for technology entrepreneurs

• Provide a focal point for industry-university collaboration

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HK Headquarters: 3/F, Bio-informatics Centre, 2 Science Park West Avenue, Hong Kong Science Park, Shatin, Hong Kong

SZ Liaison office: Room 220, 2/F, Chinese Overseas Scholars Venture Building, South District, Shenzhen Hi-tech Industrial Park, Nanshan, Shenzhen

Locations of ASTRI

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ASTRI Facilities at Science Park

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No. of ITF-funded Projects Undertaken

5459

51 49 53

3126

18 2522

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96 7

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2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14

Industry Collaborative Projects ITF-funded Seed Projects ITF-funded Platform Projects

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Staff No. and Academic Qualification

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Number of Patents Granted and filed

A total of 465 patents granted and 230 under application as at 15 August 2014

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No. of Technology Transfer (Agreement

Signed)

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Organization

Communications

TechnologiesIC Design

Sensing &

Integration

Software &

Systems

Exploratory

Research Lab

Information and Communications Technologies

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ASTRI’s Existing Core Competence…

IC Design

Component

Pkg &

Mfg Tech

Software

Embedded

Software

Cloud

Commun

Wireless

Mixed SignalComponent/

Module

Image

Processing

Cyber

Security

Wireless

Protocol

DigitalAntenna &

RF Design

Machine &

Control

Data

Analytics

Network

Management

Testing PackagingMobile

Computing

Machine

Learning

Mfg Tech

…. and will expand to meet the needs

from industry.

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Applying to market segments

Manufacturing

Finance

Others…

Health and

Medical

EducationConsumer

Big Data

Communication

Government

Services

Smart City

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4 types of Project Funding

ITF-funded

platform projects

ITF-funded

seed projects

Industry

Collaborative

Projects (ICP)

Contract research

Projects

R&D Projects are mainly funded

by Innovation & Technology

Commission (ITC) through

Innovation & Technology Fund

(ITF)

• Forward-looking /exploratory work to provide foundation work for future projects

• Capped at 2.8M HKD

• Industry contribution (≥2 partners): ≥10% of project cost.

• ITC ≤90%.

• ASTRI owns all IP rights but industry partners can license the IP non-exclusively

• Industry contribution: 30-50% of project cost.

• ITC 50-70%.• For 30% contribution: Industry

partner can exclusively license the foreground IP for a period

• For 50% contribution: Industry partner can own the foreground IP

• Industry: 100%• Industry partner can own the

foreground IP

Industry partner is eligible for 30% cash rebate from ITC on sponsoring projects.

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Project Internship (Graduated)

• The Innovation & Technology Commission (ITC) has established an internship programme for organizations

undertaking research and development projects funded ITF, including local universities, Research &

Development Centres established under ITF, Hong Kong Productivity Council and private sector companies to

recruit interns to assist in the R&D projects.

• To be qualified for the Internship Programme, the recruited intern should be graduate with a first-degree or

higher degree, including non-local students, from a local university. He/she should be graduated in the relevant

field of the research project to which he/she is to be recruited.

• Up to 2 Project Interns per ITF project. Internship Period: 6 – 24 months

• For the Project Interns' first ITF project, the completion date of the project should be 12+ months from the date

of application

• Project Interns will be allowed to participate in another project, upon completion of internship in a project

http://www.itf.gov.hk

Innovation & Technology Fund (ITF) Internship Programme

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Summer Internship (Student)

University students gain R&D experience at ASTRI (2014)

• A total of 15 students, most of them took part in R&D projects in various research teams within ASTRI,

completed 8 – 10 weeks training, through which they gained their first research experience in a real

working environment.

• Among them were three students from Princeton University who were selected to be summer interns

through a joint summer research program between Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and

Princeton University.

• Apart from open recruitment, students were also selected through two award schemes. The first one is

InnoTech Scholarship Award Scheme under The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups which aims at

providing internship opportunities to outstanding local undergraduates in the science, engineering,

technology and health disciplines. Some top-notch students were recruited through the Excellence in

Technology Innovation and Commercialization Scholarship Award Scheme (Ethics) hosted by a

charitable organization, the Virtus Foundation Ltd.

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Serving the Community - Seminars

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Serving the Community - Exhibitions

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Serving the Community - Exhibitions

“Legends of the Giant Dinosaurs” at HK Science Museum

from 8 Nov 2013 to 9 Apr 2014

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Corporate Video

(ASTRI) Hong Kong Applied Science & Technology Research Institute Company Limited

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End of PresentationThank you.

Contact Us

3/F, Bio-informatics Centre, 2 Science Park West Avenue, Hong Kong

Science Park, Shatin, Hong Kong

Tel: (852) 3406 2800 Fax: (852) 3406 2801

Email: corporate@astri.org

Corporate website: www.astri.org