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Meeting with University of Leeds : 11 November 2002
Vince Osgood
Programme Manager
Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) Programme
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• Structure of presentation
– Strategy development
– EPSRC Funding patterns
– EPSRC Leeds
– ICT Programme
– Current developments
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Meeting with University of Leeds : 11 November 2002
Research Councils
EPSRC
Office of Science and Technology
BBSRC ESRC MRC NERC PPARC CCLRC
DTI
Research Councils, UK
• Chaired by Dr John Taylor as DGRC• Membership: CEOs of Research Councils
• Strategy Group• Research Councils Science Strategy for UK• Facilities Road Map• Cross-council programmes/actions
• Small secretariat hosted by EPSRC• Common interfaces where appropriate
UK Government funded R&D, 1998-99
Source: SET Statistics 2000
Total £6,274m
Civil Departments£1,372.8m
Funding Councils£1,085m
Defence£2,096m
Contribution to EU R&D £387m
Total Science Budget£1,334m
EPSRC
Research Grants76.7%
Training17.5%
Operations3.6%
£498 million
Planned expenditure 2002/3
Fellowships1.7% Public Awareness
0.4%
To generate relevant new knowledge and expertise within its broad area of responsibility
and
to ensure that there is a healthy outflow into the community at large
EPSRC Task
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National research cycle
Providers(mainly universities)
Government
EPSRC Users (mainly industry)
£ for research & training
Opinions & £
Knowledge & people
Policy & £
Information & influence
World Knowledge & people
Charter Objectives of the research councils
• To promote and support, by any means, high quality basic, strategic and applied research and related post-graduate training in ….;
• To advance knowledge and technology, and provide trained scientists and engineers, which meet the needs of users and beneficiaries thereby contributing to the economic competitiveness of the UK and the quality of life;
• To provide advice, dissemniate knowledge, and promote public understanding in the fields of …
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Promoting high quality research and training
“The Research Councils are not obliged to fund research and training in any particular type of institution – whether universities or others. They decide upon the best means to employ in order to discharge their Charter obligations”.
Quinquennial review of the grant-awarding research councils. November 2001
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Strategic Framework
Programmes:Disciplines etc.
Sectors:sector briefs
SocietySocio-economic
Researchexcellence
Multidisciplinaryopportunities
Trainingneeds
Infrastructureinvestment
Knowledge &Skills transfer
MISSION OBJECTIVES’
BUSINESS PLANNING PROCESS
Business Plan Development
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ProgrammeManager
Team
TOP&
UPCouncil
Foresight
Evaluation
GovernmentOrganisations
LearnedSocieties
ProfessionalOrganisations
College and Regional Meetings Users
Feedback on Landscapesfrom individuals
Business Plan Advice
SATsStrategicAdvisory
Teams
ICT STRATEGIC ADVISORY TEAM
Prof Alan Bundy
Prof Barry Evans
Prof Steve Hall
Peter Saraga
Prof Morris Sloman
Dr Alison Starr
Prof Chris Taylor
Dr Mark Thomas
Prof Ian White
Edinburgh University
Surrey University
Liverpool University
Philips Research
Imperial College
Smiths Aerospace
Manchester University
IBM UK
Cambridge University
E-SCIENCE
“E-science is about global collaboration in key areas of science, and the next generation of infrastructure that will enable it”
John Taylor, DGRC
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The Grid“Dependable, consistent, pervasive
access to[high-end] resources”
• Dependable: Can provide performance and functionality guarantees
• Consistent: Uniform interfaces to a wide variety of resources
• Pervasive: Ability to “plug in” from anywhere
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Cambridge
Newcastle
Edinburgh
Oxford
Glasgow
Manchester
Cardiff
Soton
London
Belfast
DL
RL Hinxton
Centre locations
Several centres have additional functions, e.g. Cambridge = NIEeS
UK Grid Support Centre
• Part of the UK e-Science Core Programme
• Led by CLRC e-Science Centre
• Team of 6 posts based at CLRC and Edinburgh and Manchester Universities (but actually provides access to the expertise of some 25-30 people)
• Helps all e-Science projects to install and apply Grid software quickly, easily and productively
EPSRC e-Science Application Projects
• Distributed Diagnostics: Engineering/Medical (DAME) • Bioinformatics Grid Environments: Functional
Genomics (MyGrid) • Structure-Property Mapping: Combinatorial Chemistry
(Comb-e-Chem)• Interactive Visualization: Condensed Matter and
Materials (RealityGrid)• Design Search and Optimisation: Engineering
(GEODISE)• High Throughput Informatics: Computer Science
(DiscoveryNet)
E-Science Long Term research agenda
• Semantic Grid• Trusted ubiquitous systems• Rapid customised assembly of services• Autonomic computing systems• Exploiting a future infrastructure• How best to support new forms of community• How to understand the socio-economic impact• Need for an e-Science experimental platform• An archival repository
UK Research CouncilsBasic Technology Research Programme
The Challenge
to innovate
to build capacity through establishing new teams and developing and sharing new skills and knowledge
to make leaps in technology unfeasible through existing funding models for applied science
to develop new instruments, systems, processes and approaches to aid observation, measurement,
optimisation and control
to devise new methods for the fabrication, embodiment, integration and implementation of technologies
Ø The development of terahertz technology for physical, biological
•and medical imaging and spectroscopy.
Ø Next generation artificial vision systems: Reverse engineering
• the human visual system.
Ø Nano emitter electrospray technology for the manipulation of
•nano particles and molecules.
Atom Chips; integrated circuits for nanoscale quantum
manipulation of cold atoms.
UK Research CouncilsBasic Technology Research Programme
Initial Projects from the first Call:
Funding Outcomes 2001/02: Responsive mode
Electronics 10.97
Photonics 5.74
Software Technologies 11.31
People, Systems and Interactivity 6.24
Total 34.26
Funding Outcomes 2001/02: Initiatives
Mathfit 0.95Distributed Inf Management (DIM) 1.12Carbon Based Electronics 3.30Healthcare Informatics 1.37Optical Systems Integration 2.04IRC Contributions 2.15Systems Integration 1.53 LINK 3.70Faradays 0.89Others 0.14Total 17.19
I nformation and Communications Technologies Programme
• Maintain 65%:35% Responsive:Managed• Provide up to £4M for Platform Grants• Agree £1.25M for 2nd phase of PACCIT• Progress new activity on “Novel
Computational Architectures” (bid to SR 2002)
• Initiate some pilot “Portfolio Awards”• Take forward appropriate
recommendations from the IR report
Priorities for 2002/ 03
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“Success Rates”, 2001
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Proposals received and funded 1999-2001
Year 1999 2000 2001ITCS Received 837 £132M 771 £120M 937 £155M
ITCS Funded 343 £47M 339 £43M 338 £47M
EPSRC Rec. 4,744 £775M 5,030 £804M 5,218 £940M
EPSRC Fund. 1,960 £294M 2,241 £310M 1,914 £302M
Doctoral Studentships supported 1999-2001
Year 1999 2000 2001ITCS Quotas/Eng D 723 763 799
ITCS Project St. 208 187 191
EPSRC Quotas/EngD 5,077 5,187 5,383
EPSRC Project St. 1,088 1,039 1,061
Members of EPSRC CollegeProfessor M Chamberlain
Sch of Electronic & Elec Engineering
Professor BS HoyleSch of Electronic & Elec Engineering
Professor RD PollardSch of Electronic & Elec Engineering
Professor CM SnowdenSch of Electronic & Elec Engineering
Dr R Bod School of ComputingProfessor AG Cohn School of ComputingProfessor PM Dew School of ComputingProfessor ME Dyer School of ComputingProfessor DC Hogg School of ComputingDr PK Jimack School of Computing
Institutional Success Rates Against Numbers of Successful Grant Proposals in 2001
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University of Leeds
Comparison of Success Rates from 1/4/99 to 31/3/02
38%
41%
34%
39%
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Overall EPSRC University of Leeds (EPSRC) EPSRC (ICT) University of Leeds (ICT)
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ICT Funding Leeds - Comparison of Success Rates from 1/4/99 to 31/3/02
49%
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42%39%
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School of Computing School of Electronic andElectrical Engineering
Other Departments University of Leeds (ICT)
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A Comparison of Computer Science Funding and Total University Funding
InstitutionGrants (ICT)
Department (£M)
University (£M)
Nottingham 1412.7 (IRC 10.7) 61.8
Sheffield 11 1.9 57.6
Leeds 19 2.3 50.6
UCL 23 6.6 45.0
Newcastle 11 9.6 (IRC 7.3) 33.4
Birmingham 10 1.6 46.0
Cambridge 20 3.8 142
Oxford 15 2.6 101
Responsive Mode - Received by Technology Lead PSP, 12 months rolling totals
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Cds
Ceramics
Electronic Materials
Electronics
Human Factors
Metals Programme
Photonic Materials
Photonics
Polymers
Systems Architectures
Systems Engineering
I nformation and CommunicationsTechnologies (I CT)Programme
“ICT (Information and Communications Technology) has a central and strategic role in modern society. Computer Science research is essential to support this role and to develop improved understanding of the foundations of computation.”
UKCRC input to International Review Panel May 2001
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I nformation and CommunicationsTechnologies (I CT)Programme
• The Core IT Research Discipline“By Core IT Research Discipline we mean what is
commonly called “Computer Science”. i.e. that part of IT research which deals with information and computing in general terms both in the concrete and in the abstract.
Once the core role of Computer Science in IT is clearly recognised, there is of course considerable gain in drawing it together with its enabling technology -e.g. devices- and all its applications under the embracing heading of IT.”
Professor Robin Milner , FRS and others (May 1991).
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BUSINESS PLAN: J uly 2002
• Objectives of the ICT Programme:- To maintain excellence in the research base
which underpins the Programme- To take account of the needs of users in
maintaining a balanced portfolio of research and training opportunities
- To support inter and multi-disciplinary research
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I nformation and CommunicationsTechnologies (I CT)Programme
• Five main thematic areas:
- Electronics
- Photonics
- Communications
- Computer Science
- People and Interactivity
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I nformation and CommunicationsTechnologies (I CT)Programme
• - Electronics : Chris Nott
• - Photonics : Simon Crook, Mike van der Merwe
• - Communications : Pilar Sepulveda
• - Computer Science : Jon Hunt, Andrew Lees
• - People and Interactivity : Sivasegaram Manimaaran, Mark Hylton
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Business Plan 2002 : I CT
• Maintain Responsive Mode at 65% of budget• Provide up to £5M for (12)Platform Grants• Support up to 5 “Portfolio Awards”• Agree £1.25M for 2nd phase of PACCIT• Contribute £500K to QIP• Progress new activity on “Content Engineering”,
“Convergence of communications and computing”, “Managing complexity”, “Autonomic computing”, “Health informatics”
Priorities for 2003/ 04
Platform Grants approved (October 2002)
Prof J McDermid
Prof S Furber
Prof A Asenov
Prof C Chrispoulos
Dr T Attwood
Prof I Sommerville
Prof A Bundy
Prof M Kelly
Prof A Sloman
University of York
Manchester University
Glasgow University
Nottingham University
Manchester University
Lancaster University
Edinburgh University
Surrey University
Imperial College
Platform Grants approved (October 2002)
Dr M Johnson
Prof W Crossland
Prof B Mulgrew
Newcastle University
Cambridge University
Edinburgh University
New EPSRC College in 2003
• ‘Raise the profile’ of membership
• Publish College Membership ‘Directory’
• Indicate areas of particular expertise
• ‘International Members’ section
• Invite letters imminent
Collaborative Training Awards
• Discussion document circulated to community
• Overall response supportive
• Single account; operate locally
• At higher university level than DTAs
• Implement on a pilot basis for October 2003 starts
• If successful, full launch for October 2004 starts
International Strategy
• Early stages of development but will promote excellent research to collaborate internationally
• UK Science comes first
• Work closely with other UK and international organisations
• Develop a target list of certain countries and regions
• Reap maximum benefit from international programmes and opportunities
• Watch this space!
Supporting Excellence
• Are 3 year grants of £150K the best way to support research?
• See merit in ‘portfolio’ grants to strong teams, effected by consolidation and enhancement
• Aim to provide greater stability and less bureaucracy for strong groups, reducing the burden of application, evaluation, tracking, reporting, etc. associated with multiple small grants
EPSRC Portfolio Partnerships• Consolidation of grant portfolio and extension out to 5
years in a ‘profiled’ form
• Grant profile is constant for 3 years, tapering down in
years 4 and 5
• No ‘responsive mode’ grant applications for first 2+ years
• Earliest start for any new responsive mode grants will be
the beginning of year 4
• By year 5 the ‘portfolio’ will be re-tensioned
• MOU between EPSRC and University re ‘Partnership’
NoNoresponsiveresponsive
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Illustrative ProfileIllustrative Profile
Securedfunding
Spending Review 2002
• Second phase of e-Science, and research council activity
– core Programme– pilot projects and studentships– Long-term underpinning research• “Novel Computational Architectures:
Emergent, adaptive and hybrid systems”– complexity and information uncertainty,
hybrid systems, evolutionary computing, autonomic computing etc.
Bids relevant to ICT
Spending Review 2002
• Science budget grows 10% pa real terms• Increase to £2.9Bn by 2005/06– £436M for new research– £178M for new capital facilities– £46M for Knowledge Transfer– £220M for sustaining university research
base; £100M for SRIF, £120M for indirect costs
– £150M to implement Roberts Review• Almost no new money in 2003/04
Key points
Spending Reviews
SR 2000
(Year 00/01)
60% 30% 10%
SR
2002
(Year 03/04)
10% 30% 60%
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