Handasa Arabia Organization

www.handasarabia.org

Outline Arab Education Status

Arab Talent Pool at US

Handasa Arabia Organization

Open Source Hardware.

Arab Education Status Students’ Growth Rate

Universities’ Growth Rate

Distribution & Finance

Research

Negative Impacts

Students Growth Rate Increase 5% from 1985-1996

3.1 millions -1996

3.6 millions -1998

Growth rate ramps to 9%

6 millions expected by 2010

Universities Growth Rate 10 Universities- Early 50s

175 Universities- 1996

200 Universities -2004

35 % private Universities.

Distribution & Finance Average 2500 $/Student (Arab)

Average 4500 $/Student (developed)

57 % at average of 550$-1500$ Egypt, Syria, Morocco, Yemen, Somali, Sudan, Mauritania

32.5 % at average of 1750$-3100$ Palestine, Iraq, Algeria, Libya, Tunis, Jordan , Lebanon

10.5% at average of 1600$-7650$ Gulf

Negative impacts Low profile Libraries & Laboratories

High number /class

Students/ Instructors gap

Gap with developed world Universities & Research Centers.

Low Profile Graduates.

Limited Market.

Limited Talent Pool

Arab Talent Pool in US Academia Talent Pool

Executive Talent pool

Engineering Talent Pool

Academic Talent

Some of the top minds at US Universities…

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Foreign Scholars in US

Source: International Education Network

Executive Talent Large pool of executives who acquired key

management skills working at startups in the US …

Engineering – Delivering products to market

Marketing & Sales – Winning business from

customers worldwide

Finance – Structuring and running global companies

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12,0095,320 2,367 1,891 619

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H-1B in 2001 - Computer Related

Source: United States INS

Engineering Talent Region continues to produce outstanding technical talent…

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Foreign Student Body -- US (1999)

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Foreign Student Body -- US (1999)

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US Doctorates Awarded in S&T

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Enrollment in Tertiary Education

Handasa Arabia Organization About us

Objectives

Platform

International Collaboration

Press

Open Source Hardware

About Us Community of volunteer engineers worldwide.

A Window on the Hi-Tech world

Educational Portal

About Us- continued Open Source Engineering Systems' Solutions

Development

Hi-Tech Proponent in developing countries

About Us -continued Building Pool of Talent in our region

Motivation of Investment in our region.

Founded by Three young Arab engineers

Objectives Hi-Tech development in Arab and developing countries.

Open Source Hardware

Reliable, High Quality, and High Performance Designs.

Hi-Tech qualifications platform.

Bridging Technological, Educational and Cultural gaps between developed and developing countries.

Knowledge sharing.

Design, Reuse and Integration of open source solutions

Platform

Regularly Updated Website

www.handasarabia.org

Platform-continued Projects.

NOUR (Open Bluetooth Baseband IP core) http://www.handasarabia.org/folder.php?id=17

OFOQ ( PDA-Personal Digital Assistant on Chip) http://www.handasarabia.org/folder.php?id=11

“NOUR” & International Research “NOUR” And The “Proteus” project at Nagee Ann

Poly-technique at SingaporeThe "Proteus" Project has selected NOUR to be

as the “Baseband” IP layer of the Bluetooth system that is under implementation as a test vehicle of the technology.

One Partner does the Verification boards, another doing the RF and “Handasa Arabia” is the baseband provider.

Platform-continued Mailing-lists

General and Projects free lists

http://www.handasarabia.org/document.php?id=82

Platform cont. Contests

IEDCS- The 1st International Electronics Design Contest for Students

http://www.handasarabia.org/iedcs04

Call for Tutorials & Articles. http://www.handasarabia.org/document.php?id=82

Platform-continued CVS (Concurrent Versioning System) http://cvs.handasarabia.org

Platform-continued Tutorials

Tutorials for students and practicing engineers in all engineering disciplines

Platform-continued Hi-Tech News.

The latest of the state-of-the-art in technology and engineering

Platform-continued Open Research Incubators.There is a requirment for aggregation of the

distrubuted intellectual research power among the globe.

http://www.handasarabia.org/document.php?id=152

Platform-continued• Open EDA DesignTools; OpenTech Package• The 1st open electronics design tools distribution• http://www.eedesign.com/story/OEG20030814S0025

International Collaboration Several academic and Industrial

Contributors from Different Asian and Western Countries.

Handasa Arabia is Open for ALL Participants. It doesn't discriminate against a race or a religion

Press• August 25, 2003

EEtimes and EEdesign featured Top Story

“Arab Engineers Launch Open source Organization”

www.eedesign.com/article/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=17408557

EEtimes Top-Story for Handasa Arabia

Press -continued.• July 1st , 2004

– EEdesign “Exclusive Feature” Article.

– “An Introduction to Open Source Hardware Development”

– EEdesign “Most-Read” Feature Award for July 2004

– www.eedesign.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=22103383

EEtimes Most Read Feature for July 2004

Press -continued August 04, 2004

EEtimes and EEdesign news story about IEDCS’04

Design contests seek EE student submissions

www.eedesign.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=26805904

IEDCS at EEdesign

Open Source Hardware Introduction and Motivation Definition Open HW Implementation Roadmap Business Models Hi-Tech Promotion in Developed Countries New Computational Engines and Internet Challenges and Suggested Solutions

Introduction & Motivation Open Source Software Success Software-Hardware Analogy Cost Reduction Short Time to Market Reusability Customization

Open Hardware Definition Disclosure of design data

design specification HDL files simulation test benches synthesis results utilization instructions interfaces to other systems

Governed by GPL-combatable licenses General Public License.

Open EDA design tools

Open HW Implementation Software programs runs on programmable

processors.

Programmable Implementation Platforms are the most suitable for open designs implementation

Open HW Roadmap Phase I (Primary)

Simple open designs and boards.

Phase II (Advanced) Advanced designs and boards Vendors produce boards at low cost Downloaded designs from Internet to run on open low cost boards.

Phase III (Run Time Configuration) Complex designs Run time reconfiguration of programmable devices Vanish of software/hardware boundary Linux can be executed as Hardware!

Hi-Tech Promotion in Developing Countries

Open-source hardware is an open resource for industrial and academic fields.

Lack of high-tech activities and firms. Lack of expertise in the high-tech field. Open-source allows interaction with a wide spectrum of

experts in high-tech fields all over the world. HDL designs that address programmable logic devices based

implementation platforms can be affordable, as chip manufacturing is beyond economic capabilities.

Open source might help focus the spotlight on high-tech talents and qualifications in developing countries that are hidden due to market constraints.

New Computational Engines & Internet Hardware designs resemble simple

computer software programs. Computers replaced by programmable

boards. Boards Networks frame the Future

Designers Internet Services. Designers connect to remote boards and

implement their designs like we download programs from internet!

Challenges & Solutions Cost of EDA design tools

Development of open tools Manufacturing Cost

Programmable platforms implementation Design Protection

GPL Licenses. Anti-Industry

Reduce time and cost Refine of Open designs at low cost Adoption of large users designs

Credibility High Quality and Documentation Time.