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University Technology Licensing Opportunities - Software, Communications and Digital Media
A combination of world-class universities, highly developed software engineering skills and a culture of innovation have made Scotland a leading centre for the development of software, communications technologies and digital media. Scotland has a long history of innovation and highly developed engineering skills. With the decline in manufacturing industry, Scotland’s excellent education system, high quality universities and highly skilled workforce have been increasingly focussed on developing a high value, knowledge based economy. The software industry alone in Scotland employs over 20,000 people and contributes over £1.4 billion to the Scottish economy.
Underpinning this growth has been the strength of the research and development provided by Scotland’s 13 universities. The Scottish Universities ICT community is focussed on the development of innovative, real world applications that facilitate improvements in functionality, efficiency and the overall user experience. Current research includes strengths in such diverse areas as:
- Computer games
- artificial intelligence
- information management & retrieval
- e-learning
- bioinformatics
- mobile communications and computing
- healthcare applications
- 3d imaging
- data security
- data compression