2018_CENSIS Accelerating technology general brochure

Accelerating technology,
enabling business
www.censis.org.uk

Welcome
to the next 5 years of CENSIS
Since start-up in 2013, CENSIS has become the centre of excellence
for sensing, imaging and Internet of Things technologies. We are
now entering Phase 2 of our Scottish Government funding.
CENSIS works with organisations of all sizes to explore innovation
and overcome technology barriers to achieve business
transformation.
As one of Scotland’s innovation centres, our focus is not only on
creating sustainable economic value in the Scottish economy, but
also generating social benefit. To do this, our industry-experienced
engineering and project management teams work directly with
companies, or in collaborative teams with specialist university
research experts.
Working with us allows organisations to implement quality,
efficiency and performance improvements and fast-track the
development of new products and services for global markets.
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CENSIS Phase 1
2013 - 2018
138
Projects
>£17.3m
Total project activity
£129m
GVA
Results to 31/7/18
CENSIS Phase 2
2018 - 2023
£9.25m
Public funding
£9.1m
Competed project
funds
£25.8m
Industry investment
/leverage
Driving
£44.2m
Total activity
CENSIS works
with companies
across Scotland
to accelerate
technical
solutions which
transform their
organisations.
Companies large and small can access our services
Collaborative
R&D Projects
To build
innovative
projects in
Scotland
Digital
Infrastructure
and Assets
To allow the next
generation of SIS
and IoT solutions
to be developed
Technology
Integration
To identify,
evaluate and
demonstrate
new enabling
technologies to
allow industry
to develop new
products and
services
Strategic
Outreach
To create
awareness and
knowledge
within the
industrial base
and to stimulate
ambition
Skills
Development
To increase the
quality of skills
supplied to the
sector and to
support changing
skills needs
Informing
Strategic R&D
To inform future
R&D priorities
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“It is fantastic to see how
CENSIS is succeeding
in gaining mindshare in
Scotland. Your ventures
into IoT are an exciting
area of collaboration and
I look forward to this
continuing and building
on the relationships that
we’ve developed with the
CENSIS team to date.”
Douglas McGarrie
Industry Technical Leader
IBM Scotland
CENSIS Phase 2
will continue to drive a step-change
in economic impacts in Scotland
Initial focus will be on these priority areas
Digital Manufacturing
Systems
Subsea, Offshore
& Marine
Other
Other
Other
Healthcare,
Lifesciences &
Chemicals inc.
Agriculture
CENSIS is funded by:
IoT (Internet of Things) Infrastructure
Most of the companies we work with
start at Technology Readiness Level
TRL 3 and progress to TRL 6.
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Sensor and imaging systems and
IoT technologies are enabling
and cross-cutting.
CENSIS works across the key sectors in the Scottish economy and can see
opportunities to share learning for real impact across sectors.
Sea/Subsea
Oil & Gas
Marine science
Offshore renewables
Aquaculture
Rural
Management and protection of
wilderness and forest areas
Precision agriculture
Tourism
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SIS Markets
Industry 4.0
In manufacturing, the 4th
industrial revolution is
already here. Embracing
it will bring lower
costs, higher revenues,
increased productivity
and rapid innovation. You
can work with CENSIS to
take your next step - or
even the first - towards
a digital future.
Industrial
Manufacturing
Power stations
Transmission lines
Solar energy
Onshore wind farms
Urban/City
Smart city
management
Smart buildings
V2x
Residential
Air quality
Urban drainage
Transportation
Cyber security
As connectivity
increases, so do concerns
about hacking.
We know, that if
manufacturers design in
security from the start
of their products, that
these products will come
to market without easily
exploitable vulnerabilities.
CENSIS is supporting
projects in cyber security
and resilience and will
continue to work with
industry to ensure that
electronic devices are
as safe as possible. We
have the skills to ensure
that your product is
secure by design.
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CENSIS works across the
full stack from generating
raw data to visualisation.
This enables companies to make informed business decisions.
Visualisation &
Presentation
POWER CONTROL MANAGE
Applications/
Software
Analysis &
Post Processing
Product evolution demands
connected sensing
The value of sensor and
imaging systems is in
transforming raw data into
meaningful information
This enables businesses to:
l assess the value of data
l be targeted in data
gathering
l gain insights
l act on the results
Devices/
Hardware
Data Repository
Communications
& Networking
Transductance &
Pre-processing
Sensor Element
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Presenting information to
inform decisions
Information
Enabling technologies
Sensing, imaging and
IoT are key enabling
technologies which
provide the basis for
innovation across a wide
range of products and
services across all markets.
Converting the measured data
to meaningful information
Storing, managing and organising
data and its content
Transporting the data to
a storage location
The Vision Lab
CENSIS has invested
in hardware and
software to develop a
dedicated facility to help
organisations use the
latest technology in the
fields of computer vision.
This allows us to
explore projects in:
l Event detection
l Object recognition
l Object tracking
l Motion estimation
l Image classification
l 3D reconstruction
Converting changes to signals
& prioritising valuable data
Detecting and measuring a change
eg vibration, impacts, heat, light,
energy, colour, temperature etc
Raw Data
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The CENSIS host institution and administrative hub is the University of Glasgow.
The University of Glasgow, Charity Number SC004401
Our talented engineering and project management teams
have a wealth of experience. Together, we can explore
solutions and accelerate technology to benefit your
business. If you have a challenge, come and talk to us.
Contact details:
CENSIS
The Inovo Building
121 George Street
Glasgow
G1 1RD
Tel: 0141 330 3876
Email: info@censis.org.uk
CENSIS is one of Scotland’s
Innovation Centres.
For more information
on the Innovation
Centres in Scotland, visit
innovationcentres.scot
or @IC_Scotland
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