“We want to develop an open environment and provide resources to drive research in the private and public sectors for beneficial outcomes and solutions for Australia, and the world,” said Professor Ian Burnett, Dean, FEIT.
“This new initiative creates a forum for multidisciplinary conversations and networking to explore ways to achieve a creative and technology- led approach to collaborations that deliver for broad public benefit, our chief measure of success.”
Launched by Vice Chancellor Professor Atilla Brungs, the event highlighted examples of existing successful collaborations between UTS and industry partners: the Internet of Things Alliance Australia (IoTAA), now hosted at UTS, and the collaboration of FEIT’s Advanced Analytics Institute (AAi) with Colonial First State (CFS).
John Stanton from the Communications Alliance (CA) spoke of the relationship between UTS and CA, and of the role of the IoTAA as a think tank working with government, industry associations and regulators to address pressing issues including data privacy and security of the billions of devices now in use worldwide.
Todd Stevenson from CFS reiterated the value of dealing with real world problems, and highlighted some business challenges where UTS collaboration has assisted CFS. He addressed how to maximize and benefit from the wealth of data that a mature business accrues, while Guandong Xu from the AAI described how industry engagement improves the research impact of data analytics.
Participation in Technology Intersections is facilitated by FEIT and open to all: to all UTS faculties and research areas, and to all industries across engineering and IT and beyond, communities and our external partners, current and prospective.