Developing a Commercialization Process Model: Case Study of UUM

It is customary to embark on research efforts in the academia, world-wide. Doing a research is not enough. It is desirous to find a way of implementing the findings of researches; for commercialization or any other purpose, whatsoever. Universiti Utara Malaysia is expected tobecome a Research University by year 2013. Hence, there is a need to put in place, a dynamic process of implementing and commercializing the University’s research findings in all Schools, students research efforts, inclusive. In this Final Project, we explored an evaluative study among UUM- School of Computing Academic Staff and Officers of Centre for University-Industry Collaboration; Research Innovation and Management Centre; Postgraduate IT Students of the School of Computing. We obtained their input through Questionnaires and personal Interviews; after a Pilot Study was conducted. Their responses enabled us to develop a UUM Commercialization Process Model for use by a now-recommended School of Computing Standing Committee for Research Findings Commercialization. Our recommendations include: a desire that the Committee should facilitate a further research; to do a real-world evaluation of the UUM-CPM (Commercialization Process Model); which we expect some Postgraduate IT Students to carry out in a very near future. A Prototype Website is also developed; to display the constant status of School of Computing Postgraduate IT Students research efforts status. Finally, we were able to determine the implementation and commercialization status of similar past research findings; which is not encouraging, and specifically asserted as ”Not Aware”/ “Zero”by the two Centres-CUIC and RIMC–which are in charge of University-Industry Collaboration and Innovation, respectively

Report of the external review of the Innovation, Technology and Society (ITS) Program

The review is a summative evaluation of the performance of the Innovation, Technology and Society (ITS) program, in order to take stock of strengths and weaknesses as it nears the end of the first five-year cycle of funding. Key findings of the review indicate that the implementation of the prospectus overall has been weak due to lack of clarity regarding strategy. Located in the Innovation, Policy and Society (IPS) Program Area, ITS aimed at developing improved understanding, capacities and linkages among innovation system actors, improved Science and Technology policy making, along with strengthening learning capabilities in support of innovation and governance of new technologies