Title: NYS Center of Excellence in Wireless and Information Technology CEWIT
1NYS Center of Excellence in Wireless and
Information Technology (CEWIT)
2CEWIT at a Glance I Program
- Field of focus wireless and information
technology - 220M U.S. subscribers/almost ¾ of total
population - RD Divisions
- Network Technologies
- Software Systems
- Communications and Devices
- Sector applications include healthcare, finance,
mobile commerce
3CEWIT At a Glance IIRegional Industry Base
- 4,500 information technology companies
- 18 of New York total
- 118,000 employees
- 10 of L.I. work force
- SBU a founding member of LISTnet
- Major players include CA and Symbol, with broad
diversity of SMEs and start-ups
4Job Impact Detail as of August 2006
- Campus jobs 71
- Industry jobs 550
- TOTAL JOBS 621
5Detail Additional CEWIT Impacts
- Industry RD
- RD projects initiated 80
- Company partners 30
- New enterprise development
- Startups attracted to campus incubators
- Rovenet, Intrigma, Applied DNA Sciences, BZ
Technologies, Sintel Satellite Services,
gotfrag.com - Intellectual capital
- Patents issued 10
- Patent applications 20
- As of August, 2006
6Detail CEWIT Equipment Advance
- State commitment 2.2M
- Equipment has been acquired and installed in labs
including Wireless Networking and Simulation,
CyberSecurity, Experimental Computer Systems,
Center for Visual Computing - Labs currently supporting CEWIT RD programs
amount to more than 15,000 s.f.
7CEWIT Building Construction Schedule
8Formal Governance Organization
- Board of Directors
- Members elected by SBF and RF
- Industrial Advisory Board members at todays
meeting representative of industry members who
will be elected - CEWIT director reports to CEO
- CEWIT leadership controls budget
9Center for Excellence in Wireless Information
Technology
CEO Dr. Yacov Shamash
-m Commerce Program Dir
Centr for Telemedicine Dr. Robert Kelly
Health Care Solutions Program Dir 1 FTE
Systems
National Center Cancer Prevention Dr Basil Rigas
Transport/Logistics Program Dir. 1 FTE
Center for Cybersecurity Dr. R.C. Sekar
Recruiting
Filled
10CEWIT Organization
- Not a University basic research program
- Economy focused mission
- Goals are business driven
- Organization based on business principles
- Networking
- Software Systems
- Communications devices
- Systems infrastructure (health care, mobile
commerce, TL, financial services)
11CEWIT Organization(contd)
- Commercialization focus
- CEWIT research personnel report to CEWIT Director
not academic departments - CEWIT management team has substantial business
experience - Performance metrics business/research focused
12The Commercialization Process
Invention reviewed for market potential,
patentability
Licensing decision sponsor, start-up, other?
Researcher files invention disclosure
Monitor licensee performance, collect and
reinvest royalties
File patent application(s)
Negotiate license terms
Execute license
13Stony Brooks Commercialization Track Record
- Responsible for 90 SUNY system licensing
revenues, last five years, ensuring SUNYs Top 20
national ranking - Source of SUNYs first and second drugs to
receive FDA marketing approval - Responsible for 35-66 of SUNYwide tech transfer
activity, FY00-04 - Disclosures 37
- Patent applications 35
- Issued patents 38
- Executed licenses 66
- 40 of patented Stony Brook technologies have
been licensed to industry
14Industrial Advisory Board
- CA
- Symbol
- Northrop Grumman
- Mitsubishi
- GlobeComm
- SVAM
- Expedite Video
- ListNet
- IBM
- Verizon
- Rockwell International
15Summary
- CEWIT building scheduled to be completed August
2008 - Program Structure in place, legal structure under
discussion - Hiring of key staff moving ahead and will be
further accelerated with State help. - Communications/marketing and systems/infrastructur
e directors identified. - Corporate support continues to be strong and more
partners will join as the building construction
progresses - University support strong
- Community and local support strong
- In spite of building delay, Center has already
contributed significantly to economic well-being
of the State