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EUROSPEECH 2001 Scandinavia
7th European
Conference on Speech Communication and Technology
2nd INTERSPEECH Event
Aalborg, Denmark
September 3-7, 2001 |
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Considerations on What Industry Expects from Universities
Yrjö Neuvo
Nokia Mobile Phones, Finland
Top-level knowledge
The fundamental expectation that industry has towards
universities is that the research conducted in universities,
and the resulting knowledge of the scientific field are at
top level.
Innovativeness
An atmosphere of innovativeness, a capability to generate
new innovations from the research results, is one of
the central expectations.
Broad, cross-disciplinary understanding
The source of innovation is most often a matter of
combining things in a new and unexpected way. To be
able to do this, a cross-disciplinary understanding and
ability to draw broader perspectives is underlined. This
capability is underlined, as industries increasingly focus
on developing end-to-end solutions. This also means that
collaborative research projects will increasingly be such
that the results may feed a range of cross-disciplinary
projects. There is also a need for ’generalist doctors’,
people that have gone through the process of highest academic
education with a broader scope than the traditional
model usually expects.
Being international, global
The ongoing globalization process touches first the
most knowledge-intensive areas. Increasingly, competition
is global also for universities. The research, the
knowledge, and the education must be at top level also
internationally in order for the university to be a relevant
player.
Excellent education
A key source of renewal for both universities and industry
is new talent. To nurture this, the education of a
university must be relevant and excellent. International
competition also calls for this, as the most talented students
and researches restrict themselves less and less to
their home country when selecting their university.
Although the primary focus of education obviously
must be on the particular scientific field, the education
must be able to incorporate training in ’human issues’,
interaction, people management, and so forth.
Full Paper
Bibliographic reference.
Neuvo, Yrjö (2001):
"Considerations on what industry expects from universities",
In EUROSPEECH-2001, 13-14.