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1 Software Licensing

Background

Open source licensing

Binary licensing

Bilateral Agreements

List of licensed IT software

2 Industry Collaborations

Multiparty R&D projects

Bilateral collaborations

Other industry involvements

3 Institution Collaborations

EU-funded projects

Bilateral Collaborations

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4 Outreach Activities

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External Collaborations and Outreach in IT

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R&D Projects with Industry

IT department activities focus on  fast changing Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs), which often require that the necessary developments are conducted in collaboration with external partners.

As a result, collaborations and partnering with external organizations are essential channels in the department for interactions with the outside world.

In general, these collaborations do not have as objective the transfer, sharing or joint creation intellectual property.

External Collaboration Channels in IT

1

Software Licensing

Via Collaboration Agreements

Via open source

2

Industry Collaboration

openlab framework *

Other industry projects

3

Institution Collaborations

EU-funded projects *

Other publicly-funded projects

Bilateral collaborations with institutions

4

Outreach Activities

Schools on ICT

Conferences, publications

Other outreach events on ICT

* The openlab and the EU-funded projects are collaborative undertakings which are not not per-se a Technology Transfer activities

Components of TT through projects with Industry

Bilateral collaborations

They constitute the classical one-to-one partnering, generally for evaluating early implementations of industry solutions.

Multiparty collaborative R&D projects

CERN has developed a framework for evaluating and integrating cutting-edge technologies or services in partnership with industry, called the openlab for DataGrid Applications. The openlab brings  together industrial partners in order to jointly achieve a common objective. In that sense it is different from bilateral collaborations. The openlab does not has as objective the transfer, sharing or joint creation of intellectual property.

Other forms of collaboration

In the framework of EU-funded projects, the IT Department is involved in industry oriented activities. The most notable one is the Industry and Research Forum (IRF)

 

 
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