Grant: College and Community Innovation Program
Lambton College of Applied Arts and Technology
$200,000.00
Information Technology and Communications Research Centre (ITCRC)
FY 2020-21
Summary
Sarnia-Lambton is historically known for their petrochemical industry. In recent years, there has been a strong
and concentrated effort to diversify the industry in the region utilizing the existing capacity and expertise in a
few areas including Biotechnology and Information Technology and Communication (ITC). As part of this
effort, Sarnia-Lambton is strategically positioning itself to build, support and attract ITC start-ups and Small
and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) to the region to form "Sarnia-Lambton Digital Technology and IT
Cluster". Many regional or newly attracted companies are SMEs lacking R&D capabilities. Lambton College as
an only local post-secondary institution is establishing a suite of comprehensive applied research and
development service points that will form the "Information Technology and Communication Research Centre
(ITCRC)". The ITCRC's goal is to support the ITC industry with applied research and technological
development by providing research facilities and expertise through students and faculty. Lambton College
through ITCRC will collaborate with industrial partners to conduct applied research, technology development,
testing, prototyping, and commercialization in various areas including: software development, database
management, smart computing, artificial intelligence algorithms, big data, android and iOS native applications,
virtual reality, responsive web applications, parallel & distributed computing, and e-business. ITCRC has
initially attracted eight projects in partnership with industry and will also benefit from close partnerships with
local organizations including Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership and Sarnia Lambton Research Park to
develop more projects, bring new and improved technologies to market and consequently generate economic
impact in our community and beyond. ITCRC will also provide an excellent opportunity to educate highly
qualified personnel and enhance 17 IT related programs at the College. The ITCRC initiative will stimulate
economic development through technology transfer to the partners and will allow the Sarnia-Lambton region to
exploit the ITC-industry market.
Program
College and Community Innovation ProgramCollege and Community Innovation Program (linked with high confidence)
Location
Ontario, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
513354-2017
Name nom
Sheikhzadeh, Mehdi
Department département
Head Office
Organization id
26621
Institution établissement
Lambton College of Applied Arts and Technology
Province en
Ontario
Province fr
Ontario
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2020
Competition year année de concours
2017
Award amount
200000
Program id
CCIP
Program name en
College and Community Innovation Program
Program name fr
Programme d'innovation dans les collèges et la communauté
Group en
Research partnerships programs
Group fr
Programmes de partenariat
Committee code
1564
Committee name en
Innovation Enhancement Grants
Committee name fr
Subventions de renforcement de l'innovation
Area of application code
800
Area of application group en
Information and communication services
Area of application group fr
Services d'information et de télécommunications
Area of application en
Information and communication services
Area of application fr
Services d'information et de télécommunications
Research subject code
2700
Research subject group en
Information technology
Research subject group fr
Technologie de l'information
Research subject en
Information technology
Research subject fr
Technologie de l'information
Installment
inst:3 - 3
Partie
1
Nb partie
3
Application title
Information Technology and Communications Research Centre (ITCRC)
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
Sarnia-Lambton is historically known for their petrochemical industry. In recent years, there has been a strong
and concentrated effort to diversify the industry in the region utilizing the existing capacity and expertise in a
few areas including Biotechnology and Information Technology and Communication (ITC). As part of this
effort, Sarnia-Lambton is strategically positioning itself to build, support and attract ITC start-ups and Small
and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) to the region to form "Sarnia-Lambton Digital Technology and IT
Cluster". Many regional or newly attracted companies are SMEs lacking R&D capabilities. Lambton College as
an only local post-secondary institution is establishing a suite of comprehensive applied research and
development service points that will form the "Information Technology and Communication Research Centre
(ITCRC)". The ITCRC's goal is to support the ITC industry with applied research and technological
development by providing research facilities and expertise through students and faculty. Lambton College
through ITCRC will collaborate with industrial partners to conduct applied research, technology development,
testing, prototyping, and commercialization in various areas including: software development, database
management, smart computing, artificial intelligence algorithms, big data, android and iOS native applications,
virtual reality, responsive web applications, parallel & distributed computing, and e-business. ITCRC has
initially attracted eight projects in partnership with industry and will also benefit from close partnerships with
local organizations including Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership and Sarnia Lambton Research Park to
develop more projects, bring new and improved technologies to market and consequently generate economic
impact in our community and beyond. ITCRC will also provide an excellent opportunity to educate highly
qualified personnel and enhance 17 IT related programs at the College. The ITCRC initiative will stimulate
economic development through technology transfer to the partners and will allow the Sarnia-Lambton region to
exploit the ITC-industry market.
