1. Electrical Engineering Department Welcome to the CCIT Workshop on

2. Electrical Engineering Department Industry-Academy Relations

3. Electrical Engineering Department Contribution to Industry The Faculty is Israel’s major source of high-tech R&D leaders and engineers. Majority of the CEOs and technology VPs of high-tech industries in Israel are Technion graduates. This is an evidence of the unique and outstanding qualities of our graduates. Direct contribution via research and projects.

4. Electrical Engineering Department Relations with Industry Student Projects Research funding Infrastructure support Industrial Liaison Program A Multi-facet Relationship

5. Electrical Engineering Department CCIT – Center for Communications and Information Technologies Industrial Liaison Program

6. Electrical Engineering Department Industrial Liaison Program Mission Induce cooperation and information flow between the academic research staff and the high-tech industry. Provide technological depth to Industry and produce a competitive edge in global markets. Help recruitment of excellent students by industry.

7. Electrical Engineering Department Industrial Liaison Program Main Activities Industrial Advisory Committee. Workshops and special lectures. Initiation and participation in research projects. Fast release of research reports. Access to Library Exposure to student projects conducted in the various labs. Distribution of ILP members’ material through our mailing lists.

8. Electrical Engineering Department Workshops in 2006 Industrial Liaison Program Information Theory - 80 participants (Jan. 06) Non Conventional Materials & Applications – Micro & Nano Technologies - 80 p. (March 06) Innovation Management - 100 p. (April 06) MEFS: Micro Electro Fluidic Systems - 80 p. (June 06) Nanoscale Integrated Systems on Chip – 130 p. (Dec. 06) Special Lecture A. Viterbi, “CDMA, OFDM and MIMO: Observations and Limits on Advanced Wireless Generations” - 150 p. (Dec. 06)

9. Electrical Engineering Department Speech Enhancement and Multichannel Audio Proc. - Feb. 07 Innovation Management (March 2007) Distributed Systems and Middleware (March 2007) Computer Graphics (May 2007) Nano Technologies (July 2007) Workshops Planned for 2007 Industrial Liaison Program

10. Electrical Engineering Department

11. Industrial Liaison Program Members

12. Electrical Engineering Department Thank you and Enjoy the Workshop