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We are keen to establish collaborative relationships
with industrial organisations who (a) have research issues to
address/key problems to solve and/or (b) can provide access to
existing systems data. In addition, we are also keen to
establish fruitful international partnerships with academic
institutions where research interest coincide. Accordingly, this page
contains details of:
Active Collaborations
At this point, we has active collaborations with the
following industrial organisations/academic institutions. Please
click on the logos to go to collaborator websites:
- The BORO programme.
Fluid Business is working with BORO on its method for
re-engineering (or recovering) a model of the
business objects that underlie existing (legacy)
applications. This recovery is typically a demanding
task as there is little or no documentation, only
the implemented application.
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- Kybele Research Group
(at Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid). Kybele have
active research in the areas of infomration systems
development, information management, software
factories and the philosophical foundations of
information systems engineering.
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Methods of Collaboration
Example methods of collaboration include:
- Consulting assignments and
in-house development programmes. Key members of
Fluid Business have significant consulting experience and/or have
developed bespoke training programmes with organisations
such as Unisys, Xansa, Qinetiq, Shell and UIP International.
- Direct funding. We offer a project style collaboration facility for
industrial organisations who wish to outsource key research
issues, whether related to medium-term problem solving or
long-term 'blue sky' research.
- Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
(KTP). The 'Knowledge Transfer Partnership' (KTP)
is a government sponsored scheme aiming to assist industrial
organisations of all sizes to make strategic advances in any
aspect of their operations. KTPs are designed to help
organisations access the results of cutting edge research by
working in partnership with an academic institution. You can
download outline information on KTP by clicking
here, or a detailed brochure issued by the Department of
Trade and Industry by clicking
here.
- Research networks and funding.
The UK Government and European Union fund a variety of
project collaboration mechanisms that are designed to bring
industrial organisations and academia together to solve
problems and further the state-of-the-art in given areas.
Broad details of these mechanisms can be found at the
EPSRC
website, the
EU Cordis
website and at the DTI
website (Department of Trade and Industry) for example.
If you are interested in working with us, either
via the collaboration mechanisms above, or via any other
mechanism please contact us. |
