Promoting Research and Innovation

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Promoting Research and Innovation

• John Lie
• University of California, Berkeley

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Mission of the Public Research University
Creation of new Knowledge- Research/Graduate
Teaching.
Enhance Societal Impact- the service
role Foster Entrepreneurship, Tech transfer.
Educate future leaders- Improve the
undergraduate experience.
Insure Access across Socioeconomic
Spectrum- Public University Role.
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Berkeley ranks first among U.S. Universities

• 32 Research Programs Considered Distinguished
• 35 Graduate Programs Considered Among Top Ten
• 19 Nobel Laureates (current former faculty)
• 131 Members National Academy of Sciences
• 74 Members of the National Academy of Engineering
• 17 Recipients of the National Medal of Science
• 235 Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and
  Sciences
• 155 Guggenheim Awards (in past 20 years)
• 28 MacArthur Fellowships (in past 20 years)

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Top Graduate Programs

• UC Berkeley
• Engineering (3)
• Economics (3)
• English (1)
• History (2)
• Psychology (2)
• Sociology (2)
• Biological Sciences (2)
• Chemistry (1)
• Computer Science (1)
• Geology (3)
• Applied Mathematics (5)
• Source US News World Report, 2006

• Harvard University
• Engineering (20)
• Economics (3)
• English (1)
• History (4)
• Psychology (5)
• Sociology (8)
• Biological Sciences (2)
• Chemistry (2)
• Computer Science (20)
• Geology (7)
• Applied Mathematics (21)

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Why?

• The Usual Suspects
• 1. Money
• 2. People
• 3. Context

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Money

• Total Research Expenditures (FY 2003)
• Harvard 409 million (US)
• MIT 486 million (US)
• Stanford 603 million (US)
• UC Berkeley 507 million (US)
• Source National Science Foundation

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Research Funds by Sponsor

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People - Students

• Fall 2005 Student Distribution
• 20 International Graduate Students
• (1761 out of total 10,036)

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People FacultySampling of Electrical
Engineering Faculty

• Venkat Anantharam
• Babak Ayazifar
• Ahmad Bahai
• Jose M. Carmena
• Constance Chang-Hasnain
• Nathan W. Cheung
• Leon O. Chua
• John Chuang
• Laurent El Ghaoui
• Chenming Hu
• Tsu-Jae King
• Ernest S. Kuh
• Edward A. Lee
• Ali Niknejad
• Borivoje Nikolic

• Abhay Parekh
• Albert Pisano
• Kameshwar Poolla
• Kannan Ramchandran
• Anant Sahai
• Alberto L. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli
• S. Shankar Sastry
• Sanjit A. Seshia
• Costas J. Spanos
• Vivek Subramanian
• Norman Tien
• David Tse
• Pravin Varaiya
• Martin Vetterli
• Avideh Zakhor

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Context

• Bureaucracy Vice Chancellor for Research
• In fact, deeply decentralized
  interdisciplinary institutionalizations

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Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research

• Supervises over 50 Research Units, 6 Museums,
  and 7 Field Stations
• Administers the flow of research funding to the
  Berkeley campus
• Oversees the compliance of campus research with
  federal, state and university regulations
• Facilitates relations between University
  researchers and private industry for the benefit
  of society

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Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research
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Organized Research Units

• Angelo Coast Range Reserve
• Archaeological Research Facility
• Arts Research Center
• Berkeley Nanosciences and Nanoengineering
  Institute (BNNI)
• Berkeley Natural History Museums
• Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy
  (BRIE)
• Berkeley Seismological Laboratory
• Botanical Garden
• California Biodiversity Center
• California Institute for Quantitative Biomedical
  Research (QB3)
• Cancer Research Laboratory
• Center for African Studies
• Center for Atmospheric Sciences
• Center for Child and Youth Policy
• Center for Chinese Studies
• Center for Environmental Design Research
• Center for Information Technology Research in the
  Interest of Society (CITRIS)

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Organized Research Units - Contd.

• Center for Japanese Studies
• Center for Integrative Planetary Science
• Center for Korean Studies
• Center for Latin American Studies
• Center for Middle Eastern Studies
• Center for Pure and Applied Mathematics
• Center for Race and Gender
• Center for South Asia Studies
• Center for Southeast Asia Studies (CSEAS),
• Center for Studies in Higher Education
• Center for the Study of Law and Society
• Center for the Study of Sexual Culture
• Center for the Tebtunis Papyri
• Central Sierra Snow Lab
• Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities
• Earthquake Engineering Research Center
• Electronics Research Laboratory
• Emma Goldman Papers Project

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Organized Research Units - Contd.

• Engineering Systems Research Center
• Essig Museum of Entomology
• Field Station for Behavioral Research
• Functional Genomics Laboratory
• Hastings Natural History Reservation
• Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute
• Human Rights Center
• Institute for Cognitive and Brain Sciences
• Institute for Environmental Science and
  Engineering
• Institute for European Studies
• Institute for Legal Research
• Institute for the Study of Social Change
• Institute of Business and Economic Research
• Institute of East Asian Studies
• Institute of Governmental Studies
• Institute of Human Development
• Institute of Industrial Relations (IIR)
• Institute of International Studies
• Institute of Management, Innovation and
  Organization

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Organized Research Units - Contd.

• Institute of Personality and Social Research
• Institute of Slavic, Eastern European and
  Eurasian Studies
• Institute of Transportation Studies
• Institute of Urban and Regional Development
• Lawrence Hall of Science
• Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science
• Museum of Paleontology
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology
• Office for History of Science and Technology
  (OHST)
• Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology
• Radio Astronomy Laboratory
• Richard B. Gump South Pacific Biological Station
  at Moorea
• Sagehen Creek Field Station
• Space Sciences Laboratory
• Survey Research Center
• Theoretical Astrophysics Center
• University and Jepson Herbaria
• University of California Energy Institute

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Paths to the Future- Innovation in Science and
Technology
Biotech
Nanotech
Infotech
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Biotechnology and the HEALTH SCIENCES- A Synergy
of Disciplines
Clinical Research
Chemistry
Physics
Public Health
Neuroscience
Electrical Engineering
Molecular and Cell Biology
Bioengineering
Genomics
Computer Science
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Constellation of Nano Disciplines
Physics Chemistry Molecular and Cell Bio.
Materials Science and Engineering Electrical
Engineering and Computer Science
Chemical Engineering Mechanical Engineering
Energy and Environment Information Technology
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CITRIS Merges DisciplinesEECS/IT with the
Social Sciences
Education
Emergency Preparedness Home Defense
Energy Efficiency
Environmental Monitoring
Health Care
Transportation
Service to the Third World Using IT
Social Science, Humanities Business
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Characteristics of Successful Industrial
Consortia

• Close involvement of company technical
  contributors with graduate students and
  faculty
• Based on common technical interest
• Free flow of visitors
• Common view of importance of patents, I.P.
• Flexible arrangements
• 3-8 companies about right

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Building University-Industry Partnerships-
Lessons Learned

• Use patents to enhance relationship, not as a
  revenue source.
• Make sure University researchers focus on
  longer-term, precompetitive, multidisciplinary
  research.
• Let technical agendas bubble up rather than being
  driven top down.

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International and Area Studies
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Regional Research University Excellence
Regional Economic Development
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Summary The Berkeley Model

• Enough Money
• Competition for money useful
• Diverse Sources of Researchers
• Different modalities styles
• Decentralized, Interdisciplinary Institutions
• Bottom-up, Fundamental/Upstream Research
• Both pure and applied