Research innovations realized by ICICS members are transferred to society through industrial partnerships, via the University Industrial Liaison Office (UILO). These research outcomes also reach society through spin-off companies launched by ICICS members and/or their students, harnessing a full suite of entrepreneurial programs available to the UBC community through entrepreneurship@UBC (e@UBC). Selected ventures may be accepted into the HATCH accelerator in ICICS. Please contact us to connect with ICICS researchers with whom you may wish to collaborate.
ICICS is the Relationship Manager for a multi-million dollar partnership between Rogers and UBC to build a real-world 5G Hub on the UBC-Vancouver campus, as a “living lab” testbed for 5G innovation. UBC researchers from a number of difference disciplines are using the network to carry out research projects involving 5G.
Most external funding of ICICS members’ research requires industrial support, which helps to ensure the relevance of their work. ICICS-affiliated graduate students working on these projects are trained to think across disciplinary boundaries, making them highly adaptable and creative individuals. Industrial collaborators have access to hundreds of these highly qualified personnel annually through collaborations with ICICS members.
Companies ICICS members have collaborated with include:
Adobe
Advanced Fiber Technologies
Advanced Telecommunications Research Laboratories
Agilent Technologies
AMS Homecare Inc.
Amazon
Apple Computer Inc.
Archus Orthopedics
Artificial Intelligence network of British Columbia (AInBC)
Ascalade Communications
AT&T Research
Aurora Silicon
BC Hydro
BC Transmission Corp.
Bell Canada
Blue City Technology
Boehringer-Ingelheim
Boeing
Braintech Inc.
British Petroleum
BroadbandTV
Cameleon Controls
Canfor
Cisco Systems
Change Healthcare
City Tel (Prince Rupert)
Clarius Mobile Health
CMC Microsystems
COM DEV Council of Forest Industries
Crosslight
Curtiss-Wright Controls
Dolby Laboratories
D-Wave Systems
Dyaptive Systems
EJC Tamrock Loaders
Electronic Arts
EM Technologies
Entrust
Ericsson
EXI Wireless Systems Inc.
Facebook
Forintek
FPInnovations
fSONA Systems Corp.
General Motors of Canada
Google
Greenland Corp.
Greenley & Associates
Guard RFID Solutions Inc.
Haptronics
Hermary Opto Electronics
Hewlett Packard
Highland Valley Copper
Honda Research Institute
Howe Sound Pulp & Paper
IBM Research
iComplyICO
IDELIX Software
Inco
Insightful Corporation
1Qbit
Keysight
Kensington Computer Products Group
Kintama Research Corp.
Lafarge North America
Lumerical
MacDonald Dettwiler (MDA)
Manitoba Hydro
McKesson Medical Image Group
Medtronics
Micronet
Microsoft Research Labs
MidNet
MIMOW Technology
MobliledgeX
Molecular You
Motion Metrics International
Motorola Wireless Data Systems Division
Nanowave Technologies Inc.
Nippon Steel Corporation
Nissan Motor Co.
Nokia Mobile Phones
Nortel China
Nortel Networks
Northern Digital Inc.
NoTraffic
Novax Industries Corp.
Nxtphase Corporation
NZ Technologies Inc.
Oculus Information
OMNEX Control Systems ULC
P2P Health Systems Inc.
Panasonic
Paprican (Pulp & Paper Research Institute of Canada)
Partners for Advancement of Collaborative Engineering (PACE)
Phew
Philips Healthcare
Plaintree Systems Inc.
PMC-Sierra
Point Grey Research
Powertech Labs Inc.
Pratt and Whitney Canada
Prenuvo
Process Simulations Limited
Providence Health Care
QLT Inc.
Qualcomm
Quantum Algorithms Institute
Quantum Silicon
Recombo Restore Medical
Rogers Communications
Samsung
SAP Shanghai Post & Telecom
Seaspan
Shaw Communications
Shell Canada
Siemans Canada
Sierra Wireless
SMART Technology
Sony
Spark Robotics Technology Inc.
Spatial Research & Design
SST Wireless Inc.
Stone Paper
Sun Microsystems
Syncrude Canada
Tableau
Tality Corporation
TELUS Corporation/TELUS Mobility
Thomson Corporate Research
Thought Technology Ltd.
Ultrasonix Medical Corporation
Valhalla Systems Inc.
Vard
VeriChip Corp.
Versawave
Vitaliware
Western Clinical Engineering
Westport Power Inc.
Weyerhaeuser Inc.
Wireless 2000 Inc.
Xanadu
Xerox Canada
Zak Technologies
Other External Organizations:
AGE-WELL NCE
BC Cancer Agency
BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute
BC Ministry of Health
BC Ministry of Jobs, Trade and Technology
BC Ministry of Transportation
BC Neurotrauma Fund
Canada’s Digital Technology Supercluster
Canadian Coast Guard
Canadian Navy
Canadian Space Agency
Cascadia Health Data Commons
City of Kelowna
City of Vancouver
Creative Destruction Lab-West
Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Defence Research and Development Canada
Fraunhofer Society
Fraser Health Authority
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre
GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre
Greater Vancouver Regional District
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD)
Japan Advanced Institute for Science and Technology
LifeSciences BC
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
National Taiwan University of Science
North Pacific Marine Science Foundation
North Pacific Universities Mammal Research Consortium
NSERC Strategic Partnership on Computing Hardware for Emerging Intelligent Sensory Applications (COHESA)
Pacific Parkinson’s Research Centre
Praxis Spinal Cord Institute
Providence Health Care
State of Washington
Translink
Vancouver Airport Authority
Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) Authority
VANOC: The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
Vancouver Prostate Centre
Vector Institute