yamacraw initiative overview

Raymond Greenlaw Yamacraw Initiative Overview 1

Yamacraw Initiative Overview

Raymond Greenlaw

Regional Coordinator for Yamacraw

Dean, School of ComputingArmstrong Atlantic State University


• Overview and Mission• Goals• Highlights• Research Center Membership• Research Leaders• Seed Fund• Sales and Marketing• Conclusion

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Overview and Mission• Overview

• Announced by Governor Barnes in January 1999

• 5-7 Year, $100,000,000 initiative

• Elements to be integrated into Georgia’s infrastructure

• Mission• Make Georgia a world leader in the design and commercialization of broadband (high-speed) communications systems, devices, and chips, thus creating both high-tech design jobs and many more support and supply-chain jobs in Georgia.



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Goals• Jobs: Create 2,000 new high-tech jobs in Georgia• Research Center

• Invest $5,000,000 annually in research • Attract at least ten companies to establish broadband design centers in

Georgia

• Education• Increase graduates from 400 per year to over 1,000 per year• Hire 85 Computer Science faculty into the University System of Georgia• Develop and maintain a state-of-the art curriculum

• Marketing• Create worldwide recognition of Georgia as a global broadband

technology destination• Recruit employees/students to fill job commitments

• Venture Capital: Establish a fund to enable start-ups



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Highlights

• Twenty-seven member companies• Four years of innovative research

• 80 invention disclosures

• Five ventures supported through the Seed Fund• Recognized by the Council on Competitiveness as

a National Leader in Government Policy Initiatives• Featured on PBS’ “American Business Review”


Highlights

• Expanded education and research at seven state universities• Hired 72 faculty• Multidisciplinary and multi-university research team of

250 performing world-class collaborative research• More than doubled the number of specialized

graduates to 826 in three years

• Major investments in telecom education• Technology Square Research Building• Armstrong Atlantic State University, Science Building• Kennesaw, Clendenin Computer Science Building


University Participation• Eight State Universities• Research Participants with focused curriculum

• Georgia Tech• Southern Polytechnic State University• Georgia State University• University of Georgia• Kennesaw State University

• Yamacraw-focused curriculum• Armstrong Atlantic State University• Georgia Southern University• Savannah State University



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Membership Benefits

• Research

• Access to Trained Students

• Intellectual Property Rights

• Job Database

• Continuing Education

• Commercialization Projects


Roles of Industry Members

• Direct research through feedback during Industrial Advising Board meetings

• Specific directed research opportunities• Commercialization projects• Seminars/Yamacraw Days• Committee participation

• Commercialization• Marketing• Human Resources• Curriculum updating


Research Center MembershipFull

• Benefits: • Royalty-free non-exclusive 5-year license to

intellectual property• Access to faculty/students, ability to direct

research

• Commitment:• 500 new jobs over 5 years• 250 new jobs over 5 years + $10,000 annually• 100 new jobs over 5 years + $25,000 annually• $250,000 annually for research membership


Research Center MembershipSmall Company & Affiliate

• Benefits and Commitment:• $5-10,000 annually depending on job

commitment• Delayed intellectual property benefits


Research Center Membership Emerging

• Benefits:• Opportunity to negotiate license to Yamacraw intellectual

property• Access to faculty/students• Promotion of company through marketing efforts

• Commitment:• 20 new jobs + $1,000 annual dues• 10 new jobs + $2,000 annual dues• 5 new jobs + $5,000 annual dues


Research Center Membership Associate

• Benefits: • Opportunity to negotiate license to Yamacraw IP• Access to faculty/students, ability to direct research• Promotion of company through marketing efforts

• Commitment:• 25 new jobs + $10,000 annual dues• $50,000 annual dues for research membership

• Affiliate membership for business community leaders dedicated to Georgia and principles of Yamacraw


Member Companies

*Seed Fund

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Full Members• National Semiconductor• Ciena• Echostar• Broadcom• Nortel Networks• IDT• Microcoating Technology• BarcoView• Cypress• Movaz Networks• BellSouth• VeriSign• Intracom• Siemens-Dematic• One unannounced

• RF Solutions*• Ardext*• Quellan*• iVivity*• EG Technology*• Vocalocity*

• Cermet• SOC Solutions• Nanoventions• Eagleware• Kipper Technologies• Wave7 Optics


Results SummaryYamacraw Graduates

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Research Activities• A collaboration of 250 researchers at five universities

• Hardware – Semiconductor and optoelectronic device design

• Embedded Software – Middle layer technologies• Systems Prototyping – High speed optical and wireless

network prototypes

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Research Leaders• Broadband Access Devices - Dr. Joy Laskar

• Bluetooth—ubiquitous interface device connectivity• Wireless LAN—in home wireless networks• Frequency Wavelength Division Multiplexing for

next-generation optical networks

• Embedded Software - Dr. Vijay Madisetti • Front-end modeling tools• Trade-off analyzers• Code generators• Middle-layer technologies for personal networked and home computing

• System Prototyping - Dr. Nikil Jayant• Gigabits-per-second wireless interface using automatic speech

recognition for Internet dialog • Optical access network prototype for home and small office



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Seed FundPurposeThe five million dollar Yamacraw Seed Capital Fund was created by the State of Georgia to provide equity and other risk capital to support the formation of companies engaged in next generation broadband infrastructure, particularly:

• High bandwidth communications• Semiconductor technology • Content processing

Investment Criteria• Must be matched 3 to 1 by the private sector • A maximum of 49% ownership in a company may be purchased• No more than $500,000 may be invested in the seed round• Companies must be based in Georgia

Designed to operate as an evergreen investment fund.


Yamacraw Seed Fund Portfolio• RF Solutions (4/2000)

• Develops radio frequency integrated circuits for telecommunications and consumer electronics.

• Ardext Technologies (9/2000)• Provides software services for production testing/debugging of analog

and mixed-signal electronic systems.

• Quellan (2/2001)• Develops next-generation optical link technology.

• iVivity (7/2001)• Provides next-generation storage solutions using Internet protocols.

• EG Technology (1/2002)• Provides technology enabling increased cable bandwidth and quality at

affordable prices.

• Vocalocity (7/2002)• Platforms for Vocal Operating Systems integrated with “Build-to-Suit”

application modules.



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Sales & Marketing

• Marketing and public relations campaign• Web site - www.yamacraw.org

• Newsletters

• Conferences and exhibits

• Corporate Recruiting Advisor• “Repatriates”• Jobs/resume data base


• Ground breaking on November 13, 2001

• Super-structure completed April 16, 2002

• Occupied February 20, 2003

• 200,000-square foot melting pot for researchers, industry, students, and venture capitalists

• Midtown Atlanta near researchers and students

Technology Square Research Building, including Yamacraw Research Center


Impact on Georgia Industry

• Realization of a new Technology Cluster• Recruitment of leading telecom design centers

• Leading provider of optical networking solutions• Semiconductor design firms• European telecom conglomerate• Many others

• Job commitments and creation of professional positions in Georgia

• New venture formation supported by the Seed Fund• Increasing global awareness of Georgia as a technology

destination• Yamacraw accepted as proven prototype for Georgia’s

future high-tech economic development initiatives


Eight of the ten fastest growing occupations are computer-related…

Source: BLS, 11/01


SOURCE: National Science Foundation/Division of Science Resources Statistics, SESTAT (Scientists and Engineers Statistical Data System), 1999, as presented by Caroline Wardle at Snowbird 2002

Employment Patterns by DisciplineFraction (in red) of professionals with degrees in that discipline:

Fraction (in red) of disciplinary graduates employed in that profession:

Life Sciences Chemical and Physical Sciences

Mathematics Engineering Computer and Info Sciences

Life Sciences Chemical and Physical Sciences

Mathematics Engineering Computer and Info Sciences


Impact on Georgia Education

• Increase of technical talent• From 400 to 800+ graduates annually• Addition of 72 faculty

• GSU, SPSU, UGA, and KSU computer science departments strengthened research programs, began new collaborations with industry and technology marketing activities

• Armstrong leveraged Yamacraw to win $400,000 NSF award and secure an ICAPP/VeriSign partnership

• Georgia Southern, Savannah State, GTREP, and Armstrong Atlantic have an ongoing Distinguished Speaker Series.



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Conclusion

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Georgia is becoming a world leader in broadband

technology


Acknowledgments

Thanks to the Yamacraw Staff, Beth Judson, Richard Leblanc, Herb Lehman, Rex Smith, and Chris Williams for their many contributions to this presentation.

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