This slide set is designed to give a brief overview of the TSSG (Telecommunications Software & Systems Group) for the IdeaGen event on 15th October 2009. The aim of the event is to link researchers and entrepreneurs in the filed of Telecommunications & Internet to help support regional innovation. The TSSG has a 13 year track record as a regional catalyst for software innovation.

5. TSSG Macro Model TT ILO Companies Commercial Experimental Development Funding of projects Institutional support and internal links Spin-out, Spin-in, and Licencing Incubation &Training Enterprise Ireland RSU CFM CFE

6. TSSG Organisational Structure Other Company EI Client or Multinational SEEPP Basic and Applied Research Centre for Converged Services Validation Mícheál Ó Foghlú Barry Downes (3CS) Funding CIM Miguel Ponce de Leon PCS Kevin Doolin CSG IMIS ETA IP TSSG Knowledge Management CF-POC CF-POC CORD / Feasibility Operations Infrastructure & Design

7. TSSG Funded Project Stats Average project = €450k, Total = €60 Million 1996-2009 Staff number = 140 (20 PhDs, 5 Faculty, 12 Postdocs) Spin-in/Spin-Out company job number = 60 Partners = 150 academic & industrial partners working on funded projects projects 78 Completed Projects Jan 2009 projects 37 Active Projects Jan 2009 % 75 of which TSSG led projects 125 Total Projects

13. Stokes’ Pasteur’s Quadrant Quest for Fundamental understanding? Considerations for Use ? No Yes No Yes (Adapted from Pasteur’s Quadrant: Basic Science and Technological Innovation , Stokes 1997, p. 73). Pure Applied Research (Edison) Taxonomies and Tools Researchers are the users Use-Inspired Basic Research (Pasteur) Pure Basic Research (Bohr)

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