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Page 1: Electronics Forum: Next steps for Early Career Researchers 25 -26 November, 2014 – Matfen Hall

Electronics Forum:Next steps for Early Career Researchers

25 -26 November, 2014 – Matfen Hall

Page 2: Electronics Forum: Next steps for Early Career Researchers 25 -26 November, 2014 – Matfen Hall

Opening – Craig Smith Welcome & introductions

Why we are here & key objectives :

1. Expand network of academic contacts for ECRs2. Raise the profile of ECRs3. Raise the profile of eFutures and add value for

members4. Gain key insights into career success5. Provide a platform for ongoing collaboration and

mutual support between ECRs

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Housekeeping Notices – Julie Bohill

Fire & Safety notices

Name badges, Welcome letters

Check-in procedure

Hotel layout – rooms, dining, toilets

Refreshment breaks (Day 1 – 13.00, & 15.20 : Day 2 – 10.30, 13.00)

Evening meal – menu choice selection

Evening Dinner arrangements (7pm pre-drinks in bar, 7.30pm dinner)

Check out – what’s paid for & what’s not!

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Ice–breaker Activity #1

What did we learn from this activity?

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What you said you would bring to this event ……..

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What you said you wanted from this event ……..

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The Expert Panel

Expert Panel 1 - Day 1 Expert Panel 2 - Day 2

Prof David Cumming Dean of Research, Glasgow University

Prof Anthony O’Neill

Siemens Professor, Newcastle University

Ian Phillips Principal Staff Engineer, ARM

Duncan Bremner Senior Project Manager, Censis

Prof Asen Asenov CEO Gold Standard Simulations (GSS) ltd

Dr Enzo A’Alessandro

Hardware Engineering Manager, Imagination

Dr Vivienne Blackstone

Senior Portfolio Manager, ICT Theme, EPSRC

Prof Ian Underwood

Head of Research Institute, Edinburgh University

Lead figures from academia & industry – thanks to them for giving their time to support this event

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Schedule - Day 1

Approx Timings

12 noon Welcome and Ice-breaker activity (Craig) 12.30pm Purpose of the event (David) 12.35pm EPSRC – Insight into Funding (Vivienne) 1pm Buffet Lunch 1.30pm Introduction to Expert Panel 1- David, Ian,

Asen, Vivienne 2pm Breakout Groups (1,2,3,4) 3.20pm Refreshment break 3.50pm Sandpit overview (David) 4.10pm Speed Networking (Craig) 6pm Review Day 1 (Craig) 7.30pm Dinner (Great Hall)

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Schedule - Day 2

Approx Timings

9am Welcome & Ice-breaker (Craig) 9.25am Overview of Day 2 (Anthony) 9.30am Introduction to Expert Panel 2 10amBreakout Groups (A,B,C, D) 11.20am Refreshment Break & complete survey

form 11.45am Sandpit introduction (Anthony) 13.15pm Close Sandpit & review questionnaire

(Craig) 1.30pm Lunch 2pm Finish

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eFutures background – David Cumming

EPSRC electronics funded network, established in 2010 with a 3 year grant. Purpose of being collective voice for academics in the electronics sector & link to industry partners

Anthony O’Neill, Chair of eFutures network

eFutures Steering Group – members from ARM, NMI, Innovate UK, EPSRC

Successfully achieved funding for grant extension for 4 years until 2018

Approx 400 members across 55 institutions

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eFutures background – David Cumming

eFutures has stated 5 key objectives (2014-18) :

Supporting Early Careers – events for ECR’s & post doc’s

Building Bridges – introduce sets of people who would not otherwise interact ‘Building Bridges to Building Brains’

Working with Industry – industry networking, NMI, KTN’s

Working with new academic communities – Energy Harvesting, Power Electronics

Consolidating eFutures – grow the network, develop and enhance the website

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Establish ECR Steering Group

David Cumming –Steering Group lead

Steering Group of 10 ECR’s from across UK universities

Meetings July & October –what would be of value and benefit the Community as a whole? outputs formed the structure for this event

Your contribution and enthusiasm is essential to make this event a success.

Future events will be discussed at end of Day 2.

This is your event - please participate and ENJOY !!

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Funding Opportunities – Vivienne Blackstone, EPSRC

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Lunch 30 minutes

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Introducing Expert Panel 1

to for the1 David Cumming Dean of Research, Glasgow

UniversityMain Room

2. Ian Phillips Principal Staff Engineer, ARM

Bar Area

3. Asen Asenov Founder, CEO and director of Gold Standard Simulations (GSS) Ltd, Glasgow University

Side Room

4. Vivienne Blackstone

Senior Portfolio Manager, ICT Theme, EPSRC

Side Room

Your name badge indicates group allocation

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Expert Panel Introduction – David Cumming Professor of Electronic Systems, University of

Glasgow

5 key milestones or events which you consider to have defined your career to date ;

1. PhD in microelectronics2. Design Engineer with STMicroelectronics3. First and second lectureship jobs4. Research Fellowships5. Running large(ish) research group

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Engineer

Expert Panel Introduction – Ian Phillips Principal Staff Engineer, ARM Ltd. Cambridge

Do: Nurture Tech.Opportunities, till business relevance can be established

5 key milestones or events which you consider to have defined your career to date

1. 1949 Birth: Genetically inclined to do stuff with my hands – Choice of parents!

2. 1965 Apprentice: Start of my (lifetime) quest to be an ...

3. 1978 CEng: ‘Officially’ a Design Engineer - But nobody cared!

4. 1990 ProdigalSon: Discovered Management not good career path - For me!

5. 1998 BeingMe: Joined ARM - Paid to be what I am ... Awkward, pedantic, analytic, critical, literal, imaginative,

intolerant, self-opiniated ... ... Helpful, constructive, friendly, knowledgeable ... Experienced (white-haired) scientific person

6. 2014 Today: 1st day of the rest of my life - The quest continues ...

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Expert Panel Introduction – Asen Asenov

The James Watt Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Glasgow, CEO of Gold Standard Simulation, Ltd.

5 key milestones or events which you consider to have defined your career to date

1. Senior Research Associate (eq. professor) IME Sofia 2. Lecturer, senior lecturer, reader, professor at GU since

1991 3. Leader 30 strong GU Device Modelling Group (2 EPSRC

PGs)4. IEEE and RSE fellow5. Founder and CEO of Gold Standard Simulations, Ltd

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Expert Panel Introduction – Vivienne Blackstone

Senior Portfolio Manager, ICT Theme, EPSRC

5 key milestones or events which you consider to have defined your career to date

1. Two semesters at University of Toronto as part of first degree.

2. PhD at University of Bristol in inorganic chemistry3. Portfolio Manager, Mathematical Sciences Theme,

EPSRC 4. Portfolio Manager, Healthcare Technologies Theme,

EPSRC 5. Senior Portfolio Manager, ICT Theme, EPSRC

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Breakout Session – Day 1

Panel 1 – DAY ONE

David Cumming Ian Phillips Asen Asenov Vivienne Blackstone

Group 1. Programme grants (Multicorder)

2. Industry view 3. SME set-up 4. EPSRC funding strategy

Scribe Dirk Koch Tim Drysdale Saqib Kursheed Andrey Mokhov Location Main Room Bar Area Side Room Side Room No. People

8 8 8 8

Names

Haitao Ye George Raikos Bhaskar Choubey Yi Pan

Miguel López-Benítez

Ivona Mitrovic Dirk Koch Daniele Rossi

Tony Vilches Nicolas Pugeault Dai Jiang Jichun Li Jiafeng Zhou Tim Drysdale Alexantrou Serb Jerry Luo

Thomas Maltby Danil Sokolov Virgilio Valente Munira Raja Alex Casson Raied Al- Lashi Simon Hadfield Alan Diamond

Paul Fox Andrey Mokhov Mohamed Maricar Ravinder Dahiya Saqib Kursheed Dirk Koch Basel Halak Andrew Gilbert

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Sandpit Introduction – David Cumming

Do we all understand how a sandpit operates?

£20k available funds. - allocated to1or multiple proposals

Final decisions made by the eFutures Steering Group

Stage 1 – submit ideas Stage 2 - invited to submit more detailed proposal (December) Stage 3 – Final decision (January 2015)

Complete proposal on Application Form & submit at end of event

Looking for collaboration, innovative ideas ,exciting challenges

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Speed Networking – Craig Smith

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Review Day 1

Recap what we’ve covered today

Any feedback/ comments from the end of Day One ?

What will we cover tomorrow

Be in a position to start working on Sandpit proposals tomorrow

Dinner arrangements

See you 7pm for 7.30pm evening meal

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Schedule - Day 2

Approx Timings

9am - Welcome & Ice-breaker (Craig) 9.25am - Overview of Day 2 (Anthony) 9.30am - Introduction to Expert Panel 2 10am - Breakout Groups (A,B,C, D) 11.20am - Refreshment Break & survey feedback 11.45am - Sandpit introduction (Anthony) 13.15pm - Close Sandpit & review feedback (Craig) 1.30pm - Lunch 2pm - Finish

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Ice-breaker #2 - Craig

What did we learn from this exercise?

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Future of eFutures – Anthony O’Neill Funded by EPSRC - established in 2010, funded through to 2018 (so far..)

Event highlights : Academic Community event - 2010, 2012,2013. Next one planned is

15th Jan, 2015 please join us !! Building Bridges to Building Brains (2012) eFutures Beyond Moore’s Law (2013) Long Arm of Microelectronics (2012) Design R&D workshop with NMI & STFC (2014) Collaboration with industry partners – NMI, STFC, Innovate UK

eFuturesXD - £600k funding to stimulate X-disciplinary research across the ICT potfolio. (13 applications have been funded to date totalling £500k)

eFutures - needs you for the good of UK electronics research

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Welcome Day 2 – Anthony O’Neill

Today’s Objectives :

Introduction Panel 2 experts –, Duncan, Enzo, Ian, Anthony

Breakout discussion groups

Sandpit proposals

Feedback questionnaire & review of results

Future events ?

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Introducing Expert Panel 2

to for theA. Duncan Bremner

Senior Project Manager, KTN Bar Area

B Enzo D’Alessandro

SoC Development Engineer, Imagination Technologies LTD

Side Room

C Ian Underwood Head of Research Institute, Edinburgh University,

Side Room

D. Anthony O’Neill Chair of eFutures Steering Group

Main Room

Your name badge indicates which group you’ve been allocated for the 1st breakout session.

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Expert Panel Introduction – Duncan Bremner Senior Project Manager, CENSIS Innovation Centre. Soon to join

University of Glasgow (UoG) as Business Development / Senior University Teacher.

Key Milestones which have defined my career:- 1975: Part Time (after school) work in local TV repair shop. Electronics

hobbyist 1985: Analog Design Engineer: National Semiconductor Corp Participated and led teams in new product developments 1995: MBA (Glasgow) and became Member Technical Staff, NSC - Global Customer Responsibilities; Telecom Products, established JV in

China 2004: Established Intel Design Office; Member of CTO Org; Intel Corp Design Director within Intel (High Speed Network Comms) 2013: Led Bid team for £10M Innovation Centre (CENSIS); UoG Also CTO in sureCore Ltd, start-up in low power SRAM in Sheffield

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Expert Panel Introduction – Enzo D’Alessandro

Hardware Engineering Manager, Imagination Technologies

5 key milestones or events which you consider to have defined your career to date

1. Offer to do a PhD – 2004 2. First conference – PATMOS 20053. SiNano Summer school – Glasgow 20054. picoChip offer – 2007 5. Current project at Imagination Technologies –

2012

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Expert Panel Introduction – Ian Underwood

Professor of Electronic Displays and Head of the Research Institute for Micro & Nano Systems, University of Edinburgh

5 key milestones or events which you consider to have defined your career to date

1. The time I wasn’t feeling very well2. The time a friend told me about their summer holiday3. The time I reluctantly joined a committee4. The time I answered the phone5. The difference it made when I learned how to meet and talk

to people

… the underlying stories are, I hope, more interesting than the titles

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Expert Panel Introduction – Anthony O’Neill

Director of Research EEE, Director of nanoLAB, Newcastle University

5 key milestones or events which you consider to have defined your career to date

1. Taking job in industry after PhD (1983)2. Taking lectureship at Newcastle University

(1986)3. First research grant application (1988)4. Second research grant application (1989)5. Changing research direction (2008

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Breakout Session – Day 2

Panel 2 – DAY TWO

Duncan Bremner – Enzo D’Alessandro Prof Ian Underwood Prof Anthony O’Neill

Group A – Industry to Academia B –Academia to Industry C . EPSRC role D. Xdisciplinary Funding – CANDO project

Scribe Ivona Mitrovic Ravinder Dahiya Saqib Kursheed Andrey Mokhov Location Main Room Bar Area Side Room Side Room No. of People per session

8 8 8 8

Discussion points

How did you start your career?

What was the most difficult or challenging thing you experienced?

What was the most helpful piece of advice you have been given?

How did you start your career?

What was the most difficult or challenging thing you experienced?

What was the most helpful piece of advice you have been given?

How did you start your career?

What was the most difficult or challenging thing you experienced?

What was the most helpful piece of advice you have been given?

Research Strategy Key hints and tips What to avoid when applying

for funding

Names

Haitao Ye George Raikos Bhaskar Choubey Yi Pan

Miguel Lopez-Benitez

Ivona Mitrovic Daniele Rossi

Tony Vilches Nicolas Pugeault Ravinder Dahiya Jichun Li Jiafeng Zhou Alexantrou Serb Jerry Luo Tim Drysdale

Thomas Maltby Danil Sokolov Virgilio Valente Munira Raja Alex Casson RAIED AL-LASHI Saqib Kursheed Alan Diamond

Paul Fox Andrey Mokhov Mohamed Maricar Dai Jiang Vasilis Pavlidis Basel Halak Andrew Gilbert Simon Hadfield

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Coffee Break

Survey Feedback https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5KMCHDH

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Sandpit Introduction (recap)– Anthony O’Neill

£20k available funds. - allocated to one or multiple proposals

Final decisions made by the eFutures Steering Group

Stage 1 – submit ideas today Stage 2 - invited to submit more detailed proposal (December) Stage 3 – Final decision (January 2015)

Complete outline proposal on the Sandpit Application Form & submit at end of event

Use evening to consider potential collaborations

Looking for collaboration, innovative ideas ,exciting challenges !!

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Feedback Analysis

What went well?

What was the most useful activity during the event?

What could have been done differently?

What next ?? …. Future events for ECR’s, Post docs, value ?

How to maintain contact levels …. Role of eFutures?

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Sandpit Close Return proposal forms to Julie Bohill

Quick review of how this went

Complete prior to lunch, analysis of results

Lunch Break & Close

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Closing Comments – Craig Smith

Thank you for attendance & contributions

Summary of results, future actions

Sandpit decisions – reminder of timetable

Check out – ensure you settle bills for extras on departure

Have a safe journey home & hope you’ve enjoyed this event.