Enabling Technologies

The Norwegian Landscape

PolicyLong-term plan for research and higher education 2015–2024

Priorities:

the oceans

climate change, the environment and environment-friendly energy

public sector renewal

enabling technologies

an innovative, adaptable private sector

world-class research groups

PolicyLong-term plan for research and higher education 2015–2024

Priorities:

the oceans

climate change, the environment and environment-friendly energy

public sector renewal

enabling technologies

an innovative, adaptable private sector

world-class research groups

• ICT and digital transformation• Nano- & biotechnology

Digital Agenda

User centric focus and efficient publicadministation

Innovation and economicgrowth

Digital inclusion

The Government`s R&D strategy for nanotechnology (2012)

«The responsible developments of nanotechnology shall provide a significant contribution to industrial and commercial development as well as usefulness to society»

Three priority areas:

Basic knowledge development

Innovation and commercialisation

Responsible technological development

ICTNorwegian Landscape

The Research Council's overall effort on ICT

ICT – in other diciplines

ICT – as dicipline and tech

MNOK

• ICT effort is dominated by applications in other scientific disciplines• Growth in ICT research as discipline is due to RCN’s IKTPLUSS initiative

IKTPLUSS – ICT and digital innovationpriority scientific areas

• Complexity in infrastructure and IT-systems

• Robustness and reliability

• ICT in organizations

• People – society - technology

Complexity and resilience

(Systems of systems)

• Smart Systems, Robotics, IoT

• Computing, storage, cloud technologies

• Analytics, data mining, vizualisation

• Knowledge based systems, automation

Ubiquitous data and services (Big data)

• Cyber security ( complex infrastructures)

• Privacy

• Forensics

• Cryptogtraphy

A safe and secure information society

Budget: ~160 MNOK pr year

Robotics & Cyber physical systems

Norwegian Centres of Excellence NTNU AMOS - Centre for

Autonomous Marine Operations and Systems

ROBOTNOR: Centre for Advancerobotics (NTNU, SINTEF)

Independent Research Institutes SINTEF Digital/Robotics Christian Michelsen Research NORUT: Remote Sensing, Satellites

and UAS Simula

University labs NTNU: Applied Underwater

Robotics Lab Norwegian Marine Robotics Facility

ROV for Deep Sea Research CPS Lab at UiO ROBIN: Robotics and Intelligent

Systems (UiO) NTNU: Department of Engineering

Cybernetics, Department of Engineering Design and Materials

RCN Initiatives: IKTPLUSS Demo2000 User-driven Research based

Innovation (BIA)

Artificial Intelligence

Norwegian Centres of Excellence SIRIUS BigInsight Oslo Cancer Cluster

Independent Research Institutes SINTEF (The Foundation for

Scientific and Industrial Research) Simula NR (Norwegian Computing Center)

University labs NTNU AI lab CAIR (Center for Artificial

Intelligence Research) ROBIN: Robotics and Intelligent

Systems (UiO) SLATE (Centre for the Science of

Learning & Technology)

RCN initiative: IKTPLUSS ICT and digital innovation HELSEVEL

Manufacturing

Norwegian Centres ofExcellence

NCE Raufoss (SINTEF/Kongsberg)

Manufacturing Technology Norwegian Catapult Centre

Independent Research Institutes

SINTEF Digital/Robotics

Christian Michelsen Research

Research labs

Mechatronics Innovation Lab, MIL

RCN initiatives:

Idélab: «Industri 4.0 applied to Norway» Focus: The needed digital tranformation

among Norwegian hight tech SMEs afterpeak oil.

The Idélab concept is inspired by 'sandpit’ developed by UK Research Councils.

User-driven Research basedInnovation (BIA)

Nanotechnologyand advanced materials

Norwegian Landscape

The Research Council's overall effort on nanotechnology and advanced materials

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Nanotechnology is an enabling technology and used in many areas of applications.

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Strategic program NANO2021

Approx. 1/3 RCN funding via NANO2021 for nanotechology, microtechnology and advanced materials

Goal: Build excellent knowledge and sustainable innovations based on nanotechnology.

Target groups: R&D sector and business sector

Priority areas:

Renewable energy

The environment

Health Natural Resources

Responsible research and innovation

Norwegian Universities with R&D activity incl. study program in nanotechnology

University of Oslo &Oslo University Hospital

University of Bergen

Institute sector• SINTEF• RISE PFI• Institute for

energy technology (IFE)

• National Institute of occupational health (STAMI)

• Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU)

Strong areas for Norwegian R&D nanotechnology and advanced materials

Renewable energy

Solar cells, batteries, fuel cells, membranes, catalysis and materials for energy application

Health and medical sector

Nanomedicine

Med. Tech

Nanocellulose

Micro and nanotechnology

Sensors

Nanotoxicology and testing of nanomaterials

RCN in ERA.NET

M-Era.Net

Hungary also partner in consortium

RCN participate in call 2018

www.m-era.net