MGRP: Enabling Boundary-Breaking Innovation Through Academia and High Tech Industry Collaboration

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-93
Author(s):  
Paul Sohl
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Workforce Development ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
South Florida ◽  
High Tech ◽  
High Tech Industry ◽  
Central Florida ◽  
Success Stories ◽  
Technology Institute ◽  
The University

In 1996, the Florida High Tech Corridor Council was established as an economic development initiative of the University of Central Florida, the University of South Florida, and the University of Florida with a mission to attract, retain, and grow high tech industry and innovation—and the workforce to support it—in a 23-county region. Recognizing the importance of high tech innovation to the overall region's economic health and growth, it established its cornerstone Matching Grants Research Program (MGRP), connecting local high tech companies with university researchers to further technological innovation and introduce new technologies into the marketplace. Since its inception, the MGRP has contributed to more than 120 patents and generated more than $1 billion in downstream economic impacts. The MGRP model for economic development has been internationally recognized by organizations such as the State Science & Technology Institute for its support of technology commercialization and regional workforce development. This paper demonstrates the far-reaching impacts of partnering with MGRP through three success stories of National Academy of Inventors Fellows who have become leaders within their respective industries thanks to the boundary-breaking collaborations introduced by MGRP.

Artificial Intelligence as a Technological Innovation to Accelerate Economic Development

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 125-133
Author(s):  
S. V. Shchurina ◽  
A. S. Danilov
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Retail Trade ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Industrial Complex ◽  
Technological Gap ◽  
The Government

The subject of the research is the introduction of artificial intelligence as a technological innovation into the Russian economic development. The relevance of the problem is due to the fact that the Russian market of artificial intelligence is still in the infancy and the necessity to bridge the current technological gap between Russia and the leading economies of the world is coming to the forefront. The financial sector, the manufacturing industry and the retail trade are the drivers of the artificial intelligence development. However, company managers in Russia are not prepared for the practical application of expensive artificial intelligence technologies. Under these circumstances, the challenge is to develop measures to support high-tech projects of small and medium-sized businesses, given that the technological innovation considered can accelerate the development of the Russian economy in the energy sector fully or partially controlled by the government as well as in the military-industrial complex and the judicial system.The purposes of the research were to examine the current state of technological innovations in the field of artificial intelligence in the leading countries and Russia and develop proposals for improving the AI application in the Russian practices.The paper concludes that the artificial intelligence is a breakthrough technology with a great application potential. Active promotion of the artificial intelligence in companies significantly increases their efficiency, competitiveness, develops industry markets, stimulates introduction of new technologies, improves product quality and scales up manufacturing. In general, the artificial intelligence gives a new impetus to the development of Russia and facilitates its entry into the five largest world’s economies.

scholarly journals Corporate Training of Yakutia Teachers to Apply Methods of E-Learning

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maxim Anatolyevich Sorochinsky ◽  
Elizaveta Afanasevna Barakhsanova ◽  
Elena Zotikovna Vlasova ◽  
Mikhail Semenovich Prokopyev ◽  
Arkady Eduardovich Burnashev
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Traditional Learning ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Sociological Study ◽  
Learning Methods ◽  
Educational Activities ◽  
The North ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The University

Teacher training can assist in initiating digital changes in education. However, to achieve this, the training should use leading examples from the field of digital education solutions and technologies, while university and school educators should be trained to apply them in their work and to create high-tech educational startups in the field of e-learning. The goal of this study was to increase the professional competencies of teachers by conducting a corporate course that would prepare the teachers of the university in Yakutia to apply e-learning methods. The article demonstrates that the introduction of e-learning at the university is an important comprehensive process that implies transformation of all education components under the influence of modern technologies. Its practical implementation requires changing the goals, organizational forms, and technologies of educational activities in line with new technologies as well as the development of productive strategies for integrating the created innovations into the traditional learning process. For this purpose, the authors conducted a sociological study that helped identify the main problems associated with this type of training (for example, developing a course is time-consuming and a lack of required skills to develop courses). Based on the obtained data, the authors proposed a corporate course for university teachers on the creation of educational content for e-learning. It was shown that when applying new types of educational activities, teachers should combine traditional and new technologies, which contributes to the innovative training of teachers to meet the requirements of the digital society. This study focused on practical issues, since the research results were implemented in the work of the North-Eastern Federal University (NEFU), the base of the research. The results can be used when training teachers to apply e-learning methods in other educational institutions.

scholarly journals The Impact of High-Tech Industry Agglomeration on Green Economy Efficiency—Evidence from the Yangtze River Economic Belt

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (19) ◽  
pp. 5189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weiliang Chen ◽  
Xinjian Huang ◽  
Yanhong Liu ◽  
Xin Luan ◽  
Yan Song
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Yangtze River ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
High Tech ◽  
The Yangtze River ◽  
Development Mode ◽  
High Tech Industry ◽  
Industry Agglomeration ◽  
Green Development ◽  
The Impact

Development is the eternal theme of the times. However, the transformation of the development mode is imminent, and we should abandon the extensive economic development mode and turn to the efficient development of an intensive mode. The high-tech industry will be the decisive force in future industrial development. The agglomeration of the industry will help form economies of scale, thereby improving the effective allocation of resources and promoting productivity. The increase in green economy efficiency is a key factor in achieving green development and an important indicator of achieving the coordinated development of economic development and environmental protection. Therefore, in this study, we try to improve the efficiency of the green economy through industrial agglomeration to achieve green development. In order to solve this problem, we took the Yangtze River Economic Belt as the research object, used Super Slacks-based Measure (SBM) data envelopment analysis (DEA) and general algebraic modeling system (GAMS) to study the green economy efficiency, and then used the system generalized moment method (SGMM) to study the impact of high-tech industry agglomeration on green economy efficiency. According to the empirical test, we found that (1) the green economy efficiency of the Yangtze River Economic Belt shows a volatile upward trend, (2) the green economy efficiency of the Yangtze River Economic Belt differs with time and by region, (3) the agglomeration of the high-tech industry has a lagging effect on the improvement of green economy efficiency, and (4) the regression coefficients of economic development and foreign direct investment are positive and those of environmental regulation and urbanization are negative. Finally, in this paper, we provide corresponding policy recommendations to promote the agglomeration of high-tech industries, thereby improving the efficiency of the green economy.

scholarly journals Thallium Toxicity in Humans

2010 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petra Cvjetko ◽  
Ivan Cvjetko ◽  
Mirjana Pavlica
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Essential Element ◽  
Glutathione Metabolism ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Toxic Heavy Metals ◽  
High Tech Industry ◽  
Adverse Health Effects ◽  
Thallium Poisoning ◽  
Low Concentrations ◽  
Living Organisms

Thallium Toxicity in HumansThallium is a naturally occurring trace element, widely distributed in the earth's crust, but at very low concentrations. It does not have a known biological use and does not appear to be an essential element for life. It has been considered one of the most toxic heavy metals.Occasionally, there are reports on thallium poisoning as results of suicide or murder attempt or accident. The main threat to humans is through occupational exposure, environmental contamination, and accumulation in food, mainly in vegetables grown on contaminated soil. Increasing use in emerging new technologies and demanding high-tech industry constantly raise concern about exposure risk to all living organisms. Thallium is considered a cumulative poison that can cause adverse health effects and degenerative changes in many organs. The effects are the most severe in the nervous system. The exact mechanism of thallium toxicity still remains unknown, although impaired glutathione metabolism, oxidative stress, and disruption of potassium-regulated homeostasis may play a role. The lack of data about mutagenic, carcinogenic, or teratogenic effects of thallium compounds in humans calls for further research.

scholarly journals Innovative approach to University clinics positioning in sustainable economic development concept in conditions of changing challenges

2021 ◽  
Vol 291 ◽  
pp. 03003
Author(s):  
Natalia Kubina ◽  
Dmitry Kashparov ◽  
Lyudmila Puryzhova ◽  
Irina Kravchenko
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Innovative Approach ◽  
Medical Services ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Sustainable Economic Development ◽  
University Medicine ◽  
Diagnostic Center ◽  
Development Concept ◽  
The University

The issues related to the development of university medicine in connection with the emerging epidemiological situation and trends for the future are becoming more and more relevant in both research and practical aspects all over the world. The experience of university clinics abroad has been sufficiently studied, however, in Russia, the process of formation and development of medical clinics at leading Federal Universities has begun recently, and is not active enough. Currently, there are no more than 10 university clinics in the country, their experience, functioning mechanisms and contribution to the general results of a healthcare development has not yet been summarized and described in the scientific literature. At the same time, the scientific description and study of the issues of University clinics as medical institutions of a special type capable of providing high-tech medical services to the population and solving the issues of human resources for developing medicine are very relevant and significant in implementing the sustainable economic development concept in the conditions of changing challenges. Based on the analysis of the experience of foreign University clinics, an attempt is made to study the model and generalize the experience of University clinics formation in Russia in order to identify the main problems and prospects for their development. Without pretending to cover the whole range of problems associated with the development of university medicine, the main objective of the study is the issues of an innovative approach to the formation concept of medical centers positioning on the platform of a “University Clinic” brand. Using the example of the University Clinic - Clinical and Diagnostic Center of Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University (CDC IKBFU) the process of forming the concept of University clinic positioning was described; a situational analysis of the medical services market was carried out in order to identify the problems in sustainable growth goal-setting; possible approaches to the choice of the positioning concept of the University Clinic were analyzed; the concept of the CDC positioning on the platform of the “University Clinic” brand was proposed; a model of a “pyramid of values” was built for a medical organization of this type; an innovative approach to the formation of the clinic’s media policy was proposed; the recommendations were developed to implement the concept of the platform of the “University Clinic” brand positioning in the online environment in the information openness context. The findings obtained make it possible to continue the study of a whole range of issues, both scientific, methodological and practical, concerning the substantiation of an effective model for University clinics functioning; solving organizational, managerial and legislative aspects related to their departmental subordination, coordination of the ministries of education and healthcare, the sources of their funding, the forms of state support and others.

Incentive factors of talent agglomeration: a case of high-tech innovation in China

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 561-582
Author(s):  
Jia-lu Shi ◽  
Wen-hsiang Lai
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Pairwise Comparison ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Industrial Clusters ◽  
Assessment Model ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Ahp Method ◽  
High Tech Industry ◽  
Content Type

Purpose Over recent decades, talent agglomeration has emerged as a critical topic for scholars, businesses and government officers. Innovative ability is a core competition for high-tech talents. In China, low innovation is the bottleneck, as the high-tech industry usually cannot provide sufficient support for the continuous needs of innovative talents. To enhance the continuous support of talents, it is important to obtain the mechanisms of talent evaluation and flow in high-tech industry. Exploring the incentive factors influencing the scientific and technological personnel, adjust the layout of talents and promote the rational agglomeration. It’s significant to realize the regional economic development. Design/methodology/approach This study proposes an assessment model using the multi-criteria decision-making method of analytical hierarchy process (AHP) to determine the weights of incentive factors and a nonlinear programing model, from micro, meso and macro perspectives of individual, organizational and social incentives by adopting Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory, Kurt Lewin’s field theory and Lee’s push-pull theory. After the literature review and interviews with 14 experts, this study produced a research framework and a pairwise comparison questionnaire. In addition, the relative quantitative weights of 3 main categories and 15 indicators are identified and ranked based on the AHP method. Findings The results demonstrate that the most important dimension is the individual, and the top three highest weighted factors are job satisfaction, sense of working accomplishment and interpersonal relationships. The discussion in this study showed that the proposed model is rational and acceptable to motivate high-tech innovation talent (HTIT) agglomeration for high-tech enterprises, universities, government and start-ups. Research limitations/implications The pairwise comparison using the AHP method is limited to expert opinions, which are considered comparatively subjective. The number of incentive factors should be increased, as some indicators may have been omitted from the AHP model. Practical implications According to the results, some suggestions can be recommended to corporate executives, HR managers and government officers to attract and retain high-tech talents and further to improve industrial clusters and economic development. Originality/value This paper derives a relative ranking of importance based on the opinions of experienced HR specialists, high-tech talent, scholars and government official, and assesses the consistency of results. The ordering represents the importance of indicators and sub-indicators of two levels from respondents’ perspectives in an industry cluster background. The study, focusing on the high-tech industry in China (which is a developing country), offers a unique view, as earlier studies mainly collect data from developed countries.

Universities’ Role as Catalysts for Venture Creation

2013 ◽  
pp. 153-181
Author(s):  
Thomas O’Neal ◽  
Henriette Schoen
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Local Economic Development ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Venture Creation ◽  
University Of Central Florida ◽  
Central Florida ◽  
Development Stages ◽  
The Us ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

Universities are being asked to play an increasingly larger role in communities as catalysts for venture creation. Some universities have embraced taking an active role, often filling gaps in the local entrepreneurial environment, to induce venture creation. This chapter discusses the role the University of Central Florida (UCF) in Orlando, USA, has taken when partnering with local economic development entities in academic to practitioner-based activities. Over the last 12 years, UCF’s Office of Research and Commercialization (UCF ORC) has continuously worked on improving the process of getting ideas from the university laboratories and the community out to the market to help the community grow and flourish. UCF and a growing number of other universities are creating a suite of Entrepreneurial Support Entities (ESEs) that provide entrepreneurial help in all of a company’s development stages. This chapter presents the interactions among the ESEs, with UCF serving as an example to demonstrate the impact a university can have on its surroundings and on the community’s development. There are many examples of such interactions across the US at other universities as well.

Infusing new into the library

2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 129-131
Author(s):  
Kirstin Steele
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Literature Search ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
South Florida ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Library Use ◽  
The University ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – The purpose of the article is to review possible new technologies which might enhance a Center for Digital Learning, Teaching and Scholarship at the library. Design/methodology/approach – Opinion piece. Findings – There are several cutting edge but increasingly affordable technologies which could attract students to the library and raise the library’s profile. Research limitations/implications – It would be interesting to design a study of library use and determine if the addition of unusual technologies had any effects. Practical implications – Given the affordability of some devices, there is little risk involved in proceeding with establishment and furnishing of a Center for Digital Learning, Teaching and Scholarship at the library. Originality/value – A literature search for drones and libraries retrieved no scholarly articles, but did bring back one or two news pieces about circulating drones at the University of South Florida.

scholarly journals Latin american university videos and cultural, scientific and economic development

Comunicar ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 13 (25) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenny Bustamante-Newball
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Latin American ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Cultural Development ◽  
Scientific Development ◽  
Development Economic ◽  
American University ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The University ◽  
Year 2000

This paper is the product of the author’s five year continued experience in the teaching of journalism in the classes of TV Production (third year of the career), Audiovisual Journalism (fourth year) Writing and Realization of Scripts for TV (fifth year) at the University of Los Andes in Venezuela, based on the reform and revision accomplished during the year 2000 of the programs of three subjects in which three fundamental axes were used: the performance of productions associated to the three mentions of the career of Social Communication at the university of Los Andes (Scientific Development, Economic Development, and Cultural Development), the incorporation of New Technologies of Information and Communication (TIC) for the production and digital postproduction of videotapes, and the annual organization of a festival (EXPOVISUAL), aimed at the public in general for which the students elaborate special productions.Este trabajo es producto de la sistematización de la experiencia de cinco años de la autora en la formación de comunicadores sociales en la Universidad de Los Andes (Venezuela) en las cátedras Producción de Televisión (tercer año de la carrera), Periodismo Audiovisual (cuarto año) y Escritura y Realización de Guiones (asignatura optativa del quinto año) a partir de la reforma y revisión anual desde el 2000 de los programas de estas asignaturas sobre tres ejes fundamentales: la realización de producciones que respondan a las tres menciones que tiene esta carrera universitaria en la institución indicada (Comunicación para el desarrollo científico, Comunicación para el desarrollo económico y Comunicación para el desarrollo cultural), la incorporación de las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación (TIC) para la producción y postproducción digital de los vídeos, y la organización anual de un festival universitario (EXPOVISUAL), dirigido al público, en general, para el cual los alumnos de las cátedras elaboran producciones especiales. A los efectos del mencionado festival y de la combinación satisfactoria de los tres aspectos mencionados, se les ha planteado a los estudiantes de Producción en Televisión la adaptación de cuentos latinoamericanos breves. Ello ha resultado no solo en una forma de incentivarlos a la lectura crítica de estos textos a los fines de seleccionarlos sobre la base de su idea temática (reflejo de nuestros valores, miedos, preocupaciones, deseos y nuestras necesidades), sino también en una manera de difundir parte de nuestro acervo literario regional y de utilizar la narrativa latinoamericana contemporánea con fines instrumentales (estudio de los contenidos temáticos, procedimentales y actitudinales vinculados con la enseñanza y el aprendizaje de la televisión). Los alumnos de Periodismo Audiovisual trabajan con el género informativo, específicamente, con micros, reportajes especiales y documentales cortos para fomentar o reflejar el desarrollo regional desde la óptica científica, económica y cultural. A los estudiantes de Escritura y Realización de Guiones se les propone la producción de mensajes institucionales sobre valores humanos universales. Como principales resultados se encuentran la creación y realización de cinco ediciones de EXPOVISUAL, el conocimiento teórico-práctico de la totalidad del proceso de producción audiovisual por parte de los alumnos y el mejoramiento de la calidad de los vídeos gracias a las TIC, y la creación de un festival binacional universitario (EXPOVISUAL DE LA FRONTERA) con el apoyo del Consulado de Venezuela en el Departamento Norte de Santander (Colombia), actividad que aparte de estimular el intercambio de visiones y producciones de las cátedras de televisión de dos universidades ubicadas en la frontera colombo-venezolana (la Universidad de Pamplona y la Universidad de Los Andes), más recientemente (2005) ha resultado en el planteamiento de un proyecto académico para la coproducción de un documental.

scholarly journals Taxing Digital Economy: the End of Optimism

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-150
Author(s):  
S. Shokhin ◽  
E. Kudryashova ◽  
A. Shashkova
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
International Taxation ◽  
High Tech ◽  
High Tech Industry ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
Tax Regimes ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Tax Systems ◽  
High Level

The rapidly developing digital economy seriously affects the tax systems of different countries. At the end of XX century there was an optimistic approach to the taxation of digital economy. It was considered that there is no need for the new taxes, new tax regimes and the traditional concepts of international taxation were expected to sustain the new challenges. It was also considered that even with implementation of new technologies tax rules should keep on being clear and simple with high level of certainty, so that taxpayers could anticipate the tax consequences in advance. The digital economy was supported and exempt from taxation. Nowadays the possibility of imposing the new special taxes on digital economy is considered and some countries already introduced those taxes. The pessimism in respect of digital economy is now prevailing in the tax systems. However, the tightening trend in the tax regimes may entail the discrimination of the new technologies against those, which were developed before and already entered into the markets. The controversies between the technological center and periphery play certain role here. For the countries of technology periphery to join the tightening trend means to curb development of their domestic high-tech industry as discrimination in taxation of foreign countries is still considered inacceptable. It is obvious that the regulatory pendulum: from the most optimistic to the extreme pessimistic approach, until the desperate protectionist measures, should be balanced with the time. The panic in the publications about the prospective of the digital economy taxation shall subside and turn to the constructive suggestions without unnecessary fiscal focus.

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