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Bologna Process Employability Luxembourg 6-7.11.2008

Bologna Process Employability Luxembourg 6-7.11.2008. Company Presentation. Development and Production of Electronic Sensors 1990: Company startup with 5 employees in Luxembourg 2008: 1500 employees world-wide ( EU, US, ASIA ) More than 10% of turnover spent for R&D

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Bologna Process Employability Luxembourg 6-7.11.2008

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  1. Bologna Process Employability Luxembourg 6-7.11.2008

  2. Company Presentation • Development and Production of Electronic Sensors • 1990: Company startup with 5 employees in Luxembourg • 2008: 1500 employees world-wide ( EU, US, ASIA ) • More than 10% of turnover spent for R&D • 300 engineers and scientists in R&D • Most of them Master, 10% PhDs, FH … • 23 different citizenships, multidisciplinary teams • Electronics, Software, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, … • Many Research Collaborations ( not limited to EU ) • PhD candidates make thesis within IEE

  3. Environment • Globalization: Customers and competitors are multinational • Fast changing state of the art, especially in Electronics • Very short development cycles • More functionality expected from components • Complexity of systems is increasing • Quality standards become more severe • Product prices are decreasing • Globalization means: Competing with the Best world-wide !

  4. Major obstacles to doctoral thesis • Not enough qualified and motivated candidates for PhD • Number of research topics is much higher than number of candidates • Qualified Engineers and Scientists are missing in EU • Legal hurdles for non-EU candidates are too high • No EU-wide systematic coordination to find good PhD candidates • Delays make it difficult to catch up with fast changing topics • Target oriented, structured thinking is missing • Methodology to handle complexity is unknown

  5. Wanted • Scientists and Electronics or Software Engineers • Master degree or higher • Interested in their specific ‘ Science ‘ ( no high-flyers ) • Solid theoretical background and understanding • Sense for reality and ability to link theory to reality • Ability to manage complexity with methodology • Mathematical Model based thinking • Systematic design of experiments ( DoE ) • ‘ Think first ( but not for ever ) then do it right ‘ approach

  6. Public Research • Academic view: Research aims at creating new knowledge • Economic view: Research aims at creating innovative products • Benchmark to find best collaboration partners world-wide • Existing IPR is important part of the evaluation • Advance on company’s own knowledge decides • Not limited to local or regional universities, only excellence counts • Public Research must be ahead of industry ! • Universities must protect IP for EU economies ! • More start-up companies expected out of Public Research !

  7. Summary • Globalization means competing with the best world-wide • Economy needs high-level Masters and PhDs • Future economic needs have to be evaluated and communicated • Teaching must be adapted to future economic needs • Public Research must be ahead of industry Remark • The real economy will suffer severe restrictions due to the crisis • Public Research must increase efforts to become more competitive

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