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30 BGU NOW Research Collaboration with Deutsche Telekom From right: President Prof. Rivka Carmi; CEO of Deutsche Telekom Kai-Uwe Ricke; outgoing President Prof. Avishay Braverman; Minister Avraham Hirshson The German communications company Deutsche Telekom (DT) has signed an agreement with BGU to create the Deutsche Telekom Laboratories at the University, which will focus on applied research in the area of information and communication technologies. This is the first time that the telecommunications giant has created an applied research institute outside Germany. CEO of Deutsche Telekom Kai-Uwe Ricke and a number of senior DT executives were in Beer- Sheva to sign the $12.1 million agreement in the presence of Israeli Minister of Communications and Tourism Avraham Hirshson. During the same ceremony, the University presented Ricke with the Ben- Gurion Negev Award in recognition of his contribution to advancing scientific research in the region. Prof. Avishay Braverman lauded DT’s decision to invest in the Negev, noting that the decision to locate the DT Laboratories at BGUwas a direct result of the University’s efforts to promote applied research, particularly in hi-tech industries in the region. “This fulfills the vision of David Ben-Gurion and Konrad Adenauer to develop science and technology in the Negev and in Israel,” he said. Visibly moved by his first visit to Israel and the University, Ricke expressed his admiration of Israeli innovation in the field of information technology and security. Describing the agreement to invest in BGU over the next two years, he said, “We are putting down a marker for the research work of DT and the development of the University,” and noted that DT is “examining options to provide venture capital and to establish an incubator model.” The new laboratories will be directed by Dr. Yuval Elovici of the Department of Information Systems Engineering, who also heads its Software Engineering program. He is currently working with DT on a research project that focuses on computer and network security. The laboratories will initially focus on several key areas – security in telecommunications networks; the organization of software components distributed over various networks quickly and efficiently and their adaptation to customers’ business processes; and “intuitive usability,” enabling the customer to use complex communications services in an uncomplicated way.
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