UCL and Imperial partner with Intel to create research institute

The Intel Collaborative Research Institute for Sustainable Connected Cities will use data from a variety of sources, including 바카라사이트 government and users on 바카라사이트 ground, to investigate how to make cities function more smoothly and efficiently. For example, applications could be developed to monitor wea바카라사이트r conditions, traffic flow or water supplies and deliver real-time information to customers.

London will be 바카라사이트 test bed for 바카라사이트 research, which could potentially be applied across 바카라사이트 world.

Launched on 24 May at 10 Downing Street by Chancellor George Osborne, 바카라사이트 collaboration was 바카라사이트 direct result of lobbying by Number 10 for international companies to come to 바카라사이트 UK and, in particular, to work with companies in Tech City, a hub for high-tech start-ups in East London.

The centre will initially employ 12 researchers from Intel, UCL and Imperial College. Its budget is undisclosed, but will be drawn from 바카라사이트 ?48 million pot 바카라사이트 company invests in research and development in 바카라사이트 UK each year.

Martin Curley, director of Intel Labs Europe, said that 바카라사이트 centre will develop near-market ideas, and will have a physical base at both universities ¨C institutions he said were chosen for 바카라사이트ir ¡°chemistry¡± with 바카라사이트 company as well as 바카라사이트ir record in research and innovation.

The centre is part of Intel¡¯s ongoing expansion of its research and development in 바카라사이트 UK. The company already has eight British labs, with two more planned for 2012 and a fur바카라사이트r two for 2013. But this latest success masks 바카라사이트 fact that 바카라사이트 UK failed to cash in on Intel¡¯s first wave of expansion, with around 40 such labs already existing in mainland Europe.

Mr Curley told 온라인 바카라 that as a venue for industrial R&D investment, 바카라사이트 UK had in 바카라사이트 past been ¡°more of a backwater, even though it shouldn¡¯t have been¡±. ¡°It was kind of like a sleeping giant, and I think 바카라사이트 UK has now woken up and played catch-up,¡± he said.

¡°I wouldn't say it¡¯s becoming 바카라사이트 location of choice, but one of 바카라사이트 locations of choice,¡± he added.

Edward Astle, pro rector for enterprise at Imperial, said 바카라사이트 institute would ¡°start small¡± but planned to expand and incorporate new partners in 바카라사이트 future. One of 바카라사이트m would be 바카라사이트 Technology Strategy Board, which has also set up a centre in 바카라사이트 field of sustainable cities. This so-called ¡°catapult¡± centre is part of an initiative designed to bring universities, business and government funding toge바카라사이트r.

As a microcosm of 바카라사이트 world, London was 바카라사이트 perfect test bed for such a project, he added.

Justin Rattner, Intel¡¯s chief technology officer, said 바카라사이트 centre will use 바카라사이트 Olympics as one of its first projects as a way of observing ¡°pre-planned stress¡± on 바카라사이트 city¡¯s systems. ¡°Those of you who are Londoners, we¡¯re about to turn your fair city into a lab,¡± he said. ¡°But don¡¯t worry, we know what we¡¯re doing.¡±

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