In a rapidly changing world, the power of knowledge cannot be underestimated. Intellectual assets, including research results and innovative ideas, have the potential to drive breakthroughs and address the most pressing societal challenges. On September 28, 2023, Gilles Meijer, the Founder and CEO of ScoutinScience, will be participating in an expert workshop in Brussels, Belgium. The event, hosted by DG Research & Innovation of the European Commission, aims to explore the importance of knowledge valorisation by facilitating access, sharing, and the use of intellectual assets. In this blog post, we'll take a closer look at the event and the role Gilles Meijer will play in advancing these critical discussions.

**The Significance of Knowledge Valorisation:**
Breakthrough innovations thrive on collaboration among researchers, inventors, and forward-thinking companies. To facilitate such collaboration, open access, open innovation platforms, royalty-free licensing models, and industry-academia co-creation have become indispensable components of the innovation ecosystem

**Europe's Role in Knowledge Valorisation:**
Europe boasts a robust research community with brilliant minds dedicated to fostering innovation. The workshop encourages the use of research results to create positive impacts on society and the economy, emphasizing the need to valorise knowledge. One of the key initiatives highlighted is the Knowledge Valorisation Platform, which connects stakeholders across Europe, enabling them to collaborate, stay updated on the latest developments, and share best practices. Subscribing to the EU Knowledge Valorisation Newsletter ensures that stakeholders receive crucial information on policy developments, new initiatives, and opportunities to promote research results for a sustainable future.

**Event Highlights and Agenda:**
The event's agenda encompasses various sessions, including*:
- "Addressing Global Challenges Through Intellectual Assets Management: New and Evolving Models" 
- "Increasing Societal Benefits of Results: Different Perspectives" 
- "When Traditional Meets Novel: Patent Pools, Open Access, and AI to Facilitate Intellectual Assets Access, Use, and Sharing" 

The expert workshop features an impressive lineup of speakers and moderators who are at the forefront of knowledge valorisation. Notable participants include:

• Peter Dröll: Director for Prosperity, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, European Commission
• Merete Clausen: Director for Investment, Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship, and SMEs, European Commission
• Sebastiaan Berendse: Corporate Director Value Creation, Wageningen University & Research
• Joana Maria: Executive Director, VORTEX-CoLab
• Andrew Smith: Head of External Relations, ELIXIR Europe
• Marie Louise Conradsen: Director, Aarhus University Center for Open Innovation in Science
• Jan Cobbenhagen: CEO, Brightlands Maastricht Health Campus b.v., and Professor in Knowledge Transfer and University Venturing, Maastricht University
• Esa Panula-Ontto, Director of funding, Large companies and Public
research, Innovation Funding Agency Business Finland
• Mélanie Lagière, Technology Transfer Project Manager, French Research Ministry
• Silvia Gómez Recio, Secretary General, Young European Research
Universities (YERUN)
• & more

**Gilles Meijer's Contribution:**
Among the distinguished speakers, Gilles Meijer, the CEO of ScoutinScience, will share his insights and expertise. ScoutinScience is on a mission to accelerate technology transfer by proactively scouting scientific publications, ranking each paper's business potential using AI, and collaborating with universities across Europe. Gilles Meijer's contribution to the workshop will focus on how traditional and novel approaches, including patent pools, open access, and AI, can facilitate intellectual asset access, use, and sharing.

**Key Conclusions and Networking Opportunities:**
The workshop will conclude with key insights and conclusions that can shape the future of knowledge valorisation. Attendees will also have the opportunity to network and engage in discussions on how to further promote the uptake of research results.

As the world continues to evolve, the role of knowledge valorisation in driving innovation and addressing global challenges cannot be overstated. The expert workshop on September 28, 2023, promises to be a pivotal event in advancing our understanding of how intellectual assets can shape a more sustainable and innovative future.

Stay tuned for updates from the event as Gilles Meijer and other thought leaders delve into the world of knowledge valorisation.

Source: European Commission

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Join Gilles Meijer, CEO of ScoutinScience, at the DG Research & Innovation workshop in Brussels on Sept 28, 2023. Explore knowledge valorisation's crucial role in innovation and tackling societal challenges through open access, AI, and more.

ScoutinScience to Share Insights at Expert Workshop on Knowledge Valorisation

Another Important Milestone Reached! 

We're excited to announce our new office location in the beautiful Connect-U Stadscampus Enschede building. You can now find us at Ariënsplein 1, 7511 JX Enschede. 📍

Although the space is still undergoing final touches, we've already made it our own and transformed it into a space that fosters collaboration and innovation. 🏢

A special thank you goes out to our amazing team for their dedicated support and hard work during the setup process. Your efforts have been invaluable in making this new office feel like home for ScoutinScience. 👏

To celebrate this exciting achievement, we recently gathered the entire team for a memorable dinner. We shared laughter, great conversations, and toasted to the future. 🥂

We can't wait to host you at our new location! Whether it's for a casual chat or a brainstorming session, let's connect over a cup of coffee and explore new possibilities together. 

Schedule your visit [here](https://scoutinscience.com/contact).

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We're excited to announce our new office location in the beautiful Connect-U Stadscampus Enschede building. You can now find us at Ariënsplein 1, 7511 JX Enschede. 

New Office Location

We're thrilled to share that ScoutinScience has closed a seed round investment from Lumana. This will enable us to expand our sales and development activities.  With the support of Lumana Invest, we can tackle the most significant societal problems facing the world today.

At ScoutinScience, we believe there's a wealth of untapped research potential waiting to be discovered. That's why we're using AI to proactively uncover opportunities within science for innovative new businesses. We aim to double the global tech transfer output within the next 5 years, resulting in twice as many spin-offs, industrial collaborations, and success stories.

Wim Smit, managing director of Lumana Invest commented: “ScoutinScience has a strong AI application, which can make an important contribution to the eco-system of spin-offs and startups. Worldwide, a lot of money and time is invested in science and universities. Increasing the output of this towards society is a wonderful contribution that ScoutinScience can make towards the future. This also makes science more sustainable.”

About Lumana Invest
The investment company Lumana was established by entrepreneurs and is unique due to not having a predetermined investment horizon. The Lumana founders showcase a strong commitment to their portfolio companies by actively supporting management in strategic decision-making. For more information please visit [www.lumanainvest.nl](lumanainvest.nl)

This investment is a major milestone, and it takes us one step closer to expanding our reach into the international market, further developing our AI algorithm, and growing our team. We want to extend our sincerest thanks to everyone involved in this process – the ScoutinScience team -we couldn't have done it without you.

We're incredibly excited about the future of ScoutinScience, and we can't wait to see where this investment takes us next. Stay tuned for more updates on our progress!

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“ScoutinScience has a strong AI application, which can make an important contribution to the eco-system of spin-offs and startups. "

ScoutinScience secures INVESTMENT to accelerate growth!

With +5500 scraped documents, we are delighted to share that ScoutinScience has renewed its partnership with the knowledge transfer department of Novel-T. 
 
Our collaboration started in 2021 with a successful pilot, where we provided automatic analysis of publications and generated an overview of the business potential of ±1,000 studies. This analysis helped the KTO team use the top 25 papers as a conversation starter with the researchers in question. Those conversations resulted in four serious leads, one of which culminated in a patent application.
 
Since then, we have continuously worked towards increasing technology transfer output:
📌Total number of scraped documents: 5545
📌Total number of unique evaluations: 2934
📌The average number of evaluations per month: 183.375
📌Total number of evaluations above a BPS of 50: 790
📌Total number of evaluations above a BPS of 75: 262
*BPS = Business Potential Score 

Thank you for your support as we work towards accelerating scientific discoveries and innovation!

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Our collaboration started in 2021 with a successful pilot, where we provided automatic analysis of publications and generated an overview of the business potential of ±1,000 studies. This analysis helped the KTO team use the top 25 papers as a conversation starter with the researchers in question. 

University of Twente - Renewed Partnership

We're thrilled to announce that ScoutinScience is now part of the ASTP learning community!

ASTP is a European association for professionals involved in knowledge transfer among universities and industry. They offer a variety of training courses which address the needs of KT professionals, peer review services, and international events. We're excited to take advantage of these opportunities to support our professional development.

As a member, we have access to a wealth of online resources, including the publications library,  special interest groups, and online forums. 

Both ASTP and ScoutinScience share a common goal of promoting the effective transfer of knowledge from the field of research. ScoutinScience focuses on increasing the innovation power to tackle the biggest societal problems by using AI to discover opportunities for new businesses within science.  Both organizations recognize the potential of untapped research and seek to bridge the gap between research and commercialization to create a positive impact on society and the economy.

- Check our [dashboard](https://dashboard.scoutinscience.com/?demo=1) to see how we can help
- More information about [ASTP](https://www.astp4kt.eu)

We're grateful for being part of the community and look forward to connecting with other members! 

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## A special day dedicated to STEM women

This Saturday, February 11th, the world is celebrating the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. The main focus of this special day is to honour the contributions of women in the field of science and academia.

At ScoutinScience, we are happy to work with a multitude of females from academia. Specialist in innovation, medicine, technology, research and many more. Therefore, we decided to take a look at the numbers of females in R&D, science, and entrepreneurship. 

Although we are in an advanced era, in many countries, women and girls face numerous obstacles. The problems appear from a young age, with the possibilities of participating in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and careers; and they last until later in their career, especially when it comes to leadership roles. 

UNESCO has designated February 11 as the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. We believe that this day can be considered an opportunity to raise the problems that women are facing on a daily basis. However, it is important to not forget the progress that has been made, celebrate the achievements of women in science and encourage more girls to enter STEM fields.

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## Here are some more interesting facts about women in science that you might have missed:
•	Women in the US represent 47% of the overall workforce in science, engineering, and health fields. Unfortunately, only 28% have a full-time job in those fields. (2020 report from the National Science Foundation)
•	According to a 2022 article from UNESCO, women represent 28% of the world's
engineer graduates.
•	When it comes to higher education in the fields of science and engineering fields, the data shows that females hold a small percentage. According to NSF, 19% of women hold a bachelor’s degree, 23% a master’s degree, and 29% a doctoral degree. 
•	In academia, especially in the fields of science and engineering, women represent only 21% of full-time positions. (2018 report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine)
•	According to the National Academies, women make up only 21% of department chairs in academia. 
•	Extra tip: Women represent just 11 % of the researchers in astronomy and 23% in mathematics.

## At ScoutinScience, we have over thousands of research papers in our database. Therefore, we thought you might like some more interesting facts about women in R&D:
•	In comparison to men, women hold way fewer patents. ONLY 16.5% of patents are granted to women. (WIPO, 2021)
•	A report by the National Center for Women & Information Technology found that there is clearly a lack of female representation in leadership positions. The data shows that only 26% of senior management positions in the technology industry are held by women.
•	In 2021, the pay difference between women and men in STEM industries was $26,784, or 18%. This was a slight improvement compared to 2020 when the pay gap was $28,994 (19%). In 2016, the full-time total remuneration gender pay gap was 22%. (WGEA, 2020)
•	Women are more likely to face difficulty when it comes to advancement in STEM fields. The studies show that the main reason for this is the lack of (representative) mentors/role models and gender bias.

## Because we love a high business potential score in research at ScoutinScience, here are a few facts about female entrepreneurs in the EU and America:
•	The number of women entrepreneurs from the Netherlands increased and it is currently at 38%. According to a report from the Dutch Chamber of Commerce, there are 715,383 businesses owned by females in 2022, a 62 per cent rise compared to 2014. 
•	In the EU, women entrepreneurs constitute 29% of entrepreneurs, a lower percentage compared to The Netherlands. The Netherlands managed to be one of the countries with the most female entrepreneurs. 
•	Women own 12.3 million businesses in the United States. This represents 39% of all businesses. In America it was shown that businesses owned by women of colour have seen the fastest growth rate over the past decade, increasing by 164%. Women also employ over 9 million people and generate $1.9 trillion in revenue.

## History
There are many important achievements by women in science. The International Day of Women and Girls in Science represents a good occasion to celebrate STEM women in history. 
•	Marie Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize (1903), and the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize in two different scientific fields (1911). 
•	Rosalind Franklin was a British chemist and X-ray crystallographer whose work in DNA structure was crucial to the discovery of the double helix. 
•	Dorothy Hodgkin was a Nobel Prize-winning British chemist who is best known for her work on the structure of proteins, including penicillin. 
•	Jocelyn Bell Burnell was an astrophysicist who identified the first radio pulsars. 
•	Sally Ride became the first American woman to travel to space in 1983. 

## At ScoutinScience, we believe that diversity and gender equality in STEM is crucial for driving innovation and progress.

Our AI platform is trained to identify the best tech-transfer opportunities in scientific publications and other data sources, and one of our goals is to make sure that women that work in science get the recognition and support deserved.

Join us in supporting and empowering women in science, and let's make sure that their voices are heard loud and clear. Currently, our dashboard contains thousand of research carried out by women in multiple fields such as engineering, medicine, technology, biology and many more. 
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**Check it out here → [dashboard.scoutinscience.com](dashboard.scoutinscience.com)**

## By promoting women in science, we're not only celebrating their achievements, but we're also creating innovation and a better future for all of us.








*Sources:
https://www.nationalacademies.org/annual-report/2018/studies-and-projects-completed-in-2018
https://ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsb20201
https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/unesco-research-shows-women-career-scientists-still-face-gender-bias
https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/unesco-research-shows-women-career-scientists-still-face-gender-bias
https://www.aip.org/statistics/reports/women-physics-and-astronomy-2019
https://ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsf19304/
https://www.industry.gov.au/publications/stem-equity-monitor/workforce-data/gender-pay-gaps-stem-and-other-industries
https://www.wipo.int/women-and-ip/en/news/2021/news_0002.html
https://nltimes.nl/2022/03/08/netherlands-counts-62-female-entrepreneurs-decade?utm_source=canva&utm_medium=iframely
https://www.empowerwomen.org/en
https://legaljobs.io/blog/women-entrepreneurs-statistics/?utm_source=canva&utm_medium=iframely


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Celebrating The International Day of Women and Girls in Science: Facts & Achievements 

*English version below*

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Vacaturedetails
Dienstverband
Parttime

Kwalificaties
Office Manager: 3 jaar (Vereist)
Nederlands (Vereist)
Engels (Vereist)
HBO (vereist)

Volledige vacaturetekst
OFFICE MANAGER, MET INTERESSE IN WETENSCHAP EN INNOVATIE
Op onze nieuw te betrekken locatie in Enschede zoeken wij een enthousiaste officemanager die ScoutinScience helpt op te schalen naar een volwaardige scale-up op administratief, HR en organisatorisch vlak.

ScoutinScience
Bij ScoutinScience geloven we dat kunstmatige intelligentie en big data kan worden gebruikt om de technologiekansen in wetenschap te vinden, resulterend in meer innovatie en maatschappelijke impact.
Samen met jou en iedereen in ons gepassioneerde team, gaan wij de wereld veroveren. De klanten van ons product zijn (technische) universiteiten, bedrijven met een R&D afdeling en publieke instellingen. Ons doel is om wereldwijd de output van technologieoverdracht in 5 jaar te verdubbelen.

Profiel
Je hebt minimaal 3 jaar ervaring als administratief medewerker en/of officemanager en je bent gewend te werken op hbo-niveau. Je bent behulpzaam, hebt organisatorisch overzicht en je vindt het een uitdaging om ons mee te helpen te groeien. Gezien de internationale samenstelling van het team ben je de Engelse taal in schrijven en taal machtig.
Je werkzaamheden zijn:
Finance:
Boekhouding (Twinfield) bv. het boeken van inkoop- en verkoopfacturen;
Facturatie;
De contactpersoon met de accountant;
Officemanagement:
Agendabeheer;
Ondersteuning event planning;
Ondersteunende taken managementteam.
HR:
De loon, uren en vakantie administratie;
HR-administratie zoals declaratie verwerking;
Het zorgdragen voor een representatief kantoor voor klant en medewerker.

Wij verwachten verder van jou het volgende:
Je komt uit (de regio van) Enschede
Je bent een aanpakker (“can do” mentaliteit)
Je bent flexibel; als je ergens bij moet springen vind je dat geen probleem
Je bent collegiaal, maar kunt ook prima zelfstandig aan de slag
Je bent 16-24 uur per week beschikbaar

Over het huidige team
We zijn een jong bedrijf met een gepassioneerd team dat hard groeiende is en waarin genoeg ruimte is om jezelf te ontwikkelen. We nemen nieuwe collega’s graag mee in wat we doen en waar we heen willen. Doelen halen vieren we met zijn allen en aan het einde van de week doen we graag een borrel.

Wat bieden wij jou?
De start-up ervaring met doorgroeimogelijkheden;
Leuke en inspirerende werkomgeving;
Een marktconform salaris;
Hybride werken;
Enthousiaste en betrokken collega’s bij een internationaal opererend bedrijf
Een baan bij een innovatief bedrijf dat de wereld een beetje beter maakt door innovatieve wetenschap te ontdekken.

Interesse? Reageer direct even met je cv op diana@scoutinscience.
Of solliciteer direct op onze LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3441713432
Soort dienstverband: Parttime.

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Experience in an Office Managment position: 3 years (Required)
Dutch (Required)
English (Required)
HBO (required)

Full job description
OFFICE MANAGER, WITH INTEREST IN SCIENCE AND INNOVATION
At our new location in Enschede we are looking for an enthusiastic office manager who will help ScoutinScience in transitioning to a full-fledged scale-up on an administrative, HR and organizational level.

ScoutinScience
At ScoutinScience we believe that artificial intelligence and big data can be used to find the technology opportunities in science, resulting in more innovation and societal impact.
Together with you, and everyone in our passionate team, we will conquer the world. The customers of our product are (technical) universities, companies with an R&D department and public institutions. Our goal is to double global technology transfer output in 5 years.

Profile
You have at least 3 years of experience as an administrative assistant and/or office manager and you are used to working at a higher professional education level. You are helpful, have an organizational overview and you find it a challenge to help us grow. Given the international composition of the team, you are fluent in English.

Your activities are:
Finance;
Accounting (Twinfield) e.g. booking purchase and sales invoices;
Billing;
You will be the contact person with the accountant;
Office management:
Calendar management;
Support event planning;
Supporting tasks management team.

HR:
The wages, hours and holiday administration;
HR administration such as expenses processing;
Ensuring a representative office for customer and employee.

We also expect the following from you:
You come from (the region of) Enschede
You are a go-getter (“can do” mentality)
You are flexible; 
You are a team player, but you can also work independently
You are available 16-24 hours a week

About the current team
We are a young company with a passionate team that is growing fast and in which there is enough room to develop yourself. We like to involve new colleagues in what we do and where we want to go. On Fridays, we like to celebrate achieving goals and have a drink with our team.

What do we offer you?
The start-up experience with career opportunities;
Fun and inspiring work environment;
A competitive salary;
Hybrid work schedule;
Enthusiastic and committed colleagues at an internationally operating company;
A job at an innovative company that makes the world a little better by discovering innovative science.

Interested? Respond immediately with your resume at diana@scoutinscience 
Or apply directly on our LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3441713432
Type of employment: Part-time.

Schedule:
Mon-Fri – to be arranged according to available days in consultation

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## INTRODUCTION

Technology transfer can be easily understood as the process of bringing research into the commercial industry, where it can improve people's lives and promote economic development. However, the process at a university of preparing the research to be ready for public use is much more complex.

In order to get research ready for public use, universities must work with a variety of stakeholders, including businesses, government agencies, and the general public. With their cutting-edge research and development, universities can help raise the standards of society worldwide.  

In many cases, by investing in science, methods, machinery and people, universities become the primary source of new knowledge, technologies and ideas that can be used to improve the quality of life.  

## FROM RESEARCH TO SOCIETY: THE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROCESS 

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### RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT  
The lifecycle of technology transfer starts with a researcher, or a group of researchers. A researcher will always belong to a specific research group, thus the reason why most publications are usually a collaboration of several people. 
Within a university, the research can start in two ways:
  
A.	A researcher might come up with an idea or a solution to a problem in his field of interest 
B.	He gets an assignment from a coordinating professor within his research group 

For most of the researchers within a university, the goal is to get published in a well-known science journal or magazine - such as Nature. Getting published in a well-known publication can increase the visibility of the research group involved and help with getting new funds in the future. 


### TECHNOLOGY LEAP  
Most of the resources needed – such as labs, salaries, and equipment – are funded by the university. The university further on gets this from the government through subsidies and yearly funding. That is why one important goal of a university in this case is to find research that can give something back to society. The technology transfer office needs to find the research that has business potential before getting published to be able to patent the innovation or to turn it into a spin-off. 

If the research has already been published in a magazine and made available to the general public, universities lose their chance of getting a patent out of it. The patents guarantee an exclusive right on using/selling a particular technology for many years on a global or regional scale.

The technology transfer officer has the primary role of searching for business potential within the publications. In many cases, there is only one person for this role that has to look through hundreds of publications monthly within multiple domains. The ratio makes it more likely for the business potential to be skipped.  

### SCOUTINSCIENCE 

ScoutinScience acts as an intermediary player in the process between research and the technology leap step. The [dashboard](https://dashboard.scoutinscience.com/?0=2934da08-75ec-4254-84a2-be1581b2f4b9&7=1)  allows technology transfer officers and business developers to go through all (pre) publications and have an overview of the best tech transfer-capable technologies using AI.  

The dashboard allows the technology transfer office to upload all publications and make sure that nothing is overlooked. The [technology behind the AI](https://scoutinscience.com/news/Great-AI)  looks for business potential clues and has a built-up knowledge in multiple domains. Once the AI algorithm is done, a BPS (Business Potential Score) is given to every publication. The highest score is therefore given to the publication that has the most potential of being licensed or transferred in a spin-off.   

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### INVENTION DISCLOSURE 

Once the [business potential](https://scoutinscience.com/news/technology-transfer-in-reserach)  has been investigated, business developers, usually within the technology transfer office, will look if the idea is worth bringing to the market. The business developer is also responsible for discussing the next steps with the research group and finding the necessary funds to support the development.  

### IP PROTECTION  

The IP protection step focuses on the intellectual property rights of the research. Whether the technology is sold to a company or turned into a spin-off, the university checks if they can get a patent out of it. Usually, a (junior) attorney within the technology transfer office will overtake this step. The university will offer the resources to invest in the patent, with the condition of getting a share in return once it is in the market.  

This step can become tricky especially when there is software technology involved, due to its subjective nature.  

### TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER  

Once the legal aspect has been taken care of and the business developer has gathered enough funds, the next step is getting the technology ready for industrial application. If a spin-off needs to be created, the preparation usually consists in finding the right team to bring the technology to market. The university, who at this point holds the patent of the technology, will license out the exclusive rights to the spin-off in which it (usually) also holds shares.


### INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION  

Once a technology has been developed to the point where it is ready for industrial application, the next step is to determine whether it will be commercialized via a spinoff company or licensing agreement. If there is not enough interest to justify setting up a spinoff, the technology can be sold to a larger corporation. In either case, the technology must be able to provide a real-world benefit in order to be successful. 
 
### PUBLIC USE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH  
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Technology transfer is the process of taking research and turning it into products and services that can improve people's lives and spur economic progress. It is a key part of the innovation process, and it is important for ensuring that new technologies are used to their fullest potential. There are a number of different ways to transfer technology, and the most effective approach depends on the specific situation. In some cases, technology transfer may involve licensing or selling new technology to a company that can commercialize it. In other cases, it may involve working with partners to develop new products or services. Regardless of the approach, technology transfer is an essential part of the innovation process and can help to drive economic growth. 

Universities are the main starting point of the technology that we know today and the products that surrender us. The technology transfer office ensures that society can benefit from the latest research done for continuous growth. This way, people have access to a better life and the latest developments in medicine, software, physics, the food industry and many more.  

## CONCLUSION  

The technology transfer process is a critical link between research and society. It helps to transfer research from academia into the commercial world where it can be developed and used to improve people's lives. At our company, we work with universities and Technology Transfer Offices (TTOs) to help them find the business potential within research. 

To see how we can help you, [check our dashboard and get a FREE Demo](https://dashboard.scoutinscience.com/?0=2934da08-75ec-4254-84a2-be1581b2f4b9&7=1).

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Technology transfer can be easily understood as the process of bringing research into the commercial industry, where it can improve people's lives and promote economic development. However, the process of getting the work done in the university to be ready for public use is much more complex. 

From Research to Society: The Technology Transfer Process

## INTRODUCTION
We have decided that it is time to give something back to the community. For the past 2 years, we have continuously worked on improving our vast AI/ML infrastructure according to industry best practices. A significant part of this was designing and developing a framework called GreatAI.  

Even though applying AI is becoming increasingly more accessible, many case studies have shown that these applications are often deployed poorly. This may lead to suboptimal performance and to introducing unintended biases. 

GreatAI helps solve this by allowing you to easily transform your prototype AI code into production-ready software. The best part? It is now a [free and open source](https://great-ai.scoutinscience.com)! 

## ABOUT GREAT AI
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GreatAI prioritises developer experience while still providing a powerful feature set. It works out of the box with only a couple of lines of code. Without requiring an unreasonable amount of effort, it still offers many configuration options and great extensibility.  

Are you curious about how you could elevate your AI/ML deployments to the next level? [Check out GreatAI here!](https://great-ai.scoutinscience.com)

## WHY IS IT CALLED GREAT AI?

 **G**eneral: use any Python library without restriction
**R**obust: have error-handling and well-tested utilities out-of-the-box 
**E**nd-to-end: utilise end-to-end feedback as a built-in, first-class concept
**A**utomated: focus only on what actually requires your attention
**T**rustworthy: deploy models that you and society can confidently trust

## HOW CAN IT BE ACCESSED?
With an implemented GPLv3 license, the documentation can be found [here](https://great-ai.scoutinscience.com).
 
Thanks to our CTO, András Schmelczer, we are now able to share this free resource, help others and give back to the community! 

_“The most unintuitive difficulty of AI development lifecycles is deployment. Even though numerous libraries aim to help with this step, they lack widespread adoption, likely because of their steep learning curves. In an age where AI pervades our lives, avoiding poor deployments should be our common concern, and GreatAI might just be able to help us with that.”_ -[András Schmelczer](https://www.linkedin.com/in/andras-schmelczer-35487017b/)


## OUTCOME
Do you wish to see this in practice? GreatAI has been battle-tested on the core platform services of ScoutinScience. [Check it out yourself for free! ](https://dashboard.scoutinscience.com/?0=2934da08-75ec-4254-84a2-be1581b2f4b9&7=1)

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## Introduction 
ScoutinScience provides AI-powered solutions to our clients through our Machine Learning platform. One of our core values is that we always seek continuous improvement in everything we do as a team. That is why we want to offer a better experience when looking for technology tranfer in research.

One of the most important features of our [dashboard](https://dashboard.scoutinscience.com/?0=2934da08-75ec-4254-84a2-be1581b2f4b9&7=1) is the ability to see the highlights of a research paper from a **technology-transfer** perspective. For this to be possible, we started with SciBERT.

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[Try it yourself with our free DEMO ](https://dashboard.scoutinscience.com/?0=2934da08-75ec-4254-84a2-be1581b2f4b9&7=1)

## What is SciBERT?
**SciBERT** is a "_pre-trained language model based on BERT (Devlin et al., 2018) to address the lack of high-quality, large-scale labelled scientific data. SciBERT leverages unsupervised pretraining on a large multi-domain corpus of scientific publications to improve performance on downstream scientific NLP tasks_."
Source:[ SciBERT: A Pretrained Language Model for Scientific Text](https://arxiv.org/abs/1903.10676)

However, SciBERT is unable to detect the aspect of **tech-transfer** potential. 

Numerous discussions and interviews with business developers over the last two years made it clear that there is no universally agreed-on definition of tech-transfer potential. They all agree that they can recognize it when they see it. Additionally, most of them agree that they can confidently make a decision based on the granularity of sentences. This gives rise to an obvious idea: show the experts something they can annotate. 

## How did we train it for **tech-transfer**?
•	1500 sentences were selected for experts to judge and see if they passed an intention check according to strict guidelines
 
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•	The filtering is expected to take out sentences that are not relevant from a technology-transfer perspective 
•	The summaries are derived from sentences selected by the classifier trained on the **experts**' observations
•	This method turns the extractive summarization into a binary classification task for which the SciBERT model was fine-tuned.

## Results
Our predictions are more accurate. Our insights are more **accurate**. And our recommendations are more accurate—all thanks to the power of artificial intelligence!

Looking through the papers is much **faster**. The user is able to see the most important parts and the automated summary.

The AI is now able to look for **technology transfer potential** with the help of our developers' work 

We are the first to use SciBERT for this specific NLP task. The actual value lies in the **data collected from experts**. 

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Are you curious to see the results live? [Click here to test them for free with our DEMO version!](https://dashboard.scoutinscience.com/?0=2934da08-75ec-4254-84a2-be1581b2f4b9&7=1)


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How do we find Technology Transfer and Business Potential in Research?
One of the most important features of our dashboard is the ability to see the highlights of a research paper from a technology-transfer perspective.

How do we find Technology Transfer and Business Potential in Research?

Creating a new website can be an intimidating process, especially when you don’t know what needs to be prioritised. ScoutinScience has worked hard to create a new website and the key was finding out the most important aspects that were missing. According to a survey conducted by GoodFirms among 200+ web design agencies, there are five major reasons why visitors might leave your website. 

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Source: [GoodFirms](https://www.goodfirms.co/resources/web-design-research-small-business)

## 5.Poor content structure
One of the biggest problems with content on the internet is that it is often poorly structured. This can make it difficult for readers to find the information they are looking for and make the information more difficult to understand.

A well-structured piece of content is easy to read and easy to understand. It is also more likely to be shared and linked to by other websites. This can help to increase the reach and visibility of your content, and it can also help to build your reputation as a source of high-quality information.

The goal for the new website was to have the content focused on informing, educating and inspiring our target audience. The content helps in explaining the technology behind our [AI](https://www.scoutinscience.com/our-ai) , its use for universities and corporations and how our [dashboard](https://dashboard.scoutinscience.com/?7=1) can save time, and enrich collaboration within the team. 
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## 4.Outdated design

Design is not just about aesthetics. It is a process. Designers focus on the end-user experience, which includes the content, how it is organized, and how it communicates its message. Design is about creating something that people will want to use and share with their friends.

We asked [Kim Uitslag](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimuitslag/), freelance designer, about the process of designing the new website and her favourite outcomes: 

_"We started the process with three mock-up designs and ended up combining two of them. We paid extra attention to the 3 main colours of the website. The turquoise was kept from the old design. However, we put a lot of thought into choosing the colours that will represent the  **[universities](https://www.scoutinscience.com/our-ai/universities)** and  [corporations’](https://www.scoutinscience.com/our-ai/corporates) sections. I really liked working with the developers of ScoutingScience, they managed to translate what I wanted smoothly and took good care of the technical aspects. The illustrations are my favourite part for sure, especially on the universities and corporates pages"_



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## 3.Bad navigation

Bad website navigation is a big problem for many websites. It can make the site seem unprofessional and difficult to navigate. This can lead to a lot of lost customers and frustrated visitors.

Our biggest mistake when it comes to navigation was that the website was built as one pager with multiple sections. While that worked for a while, the company grew, and we knew it is time to offer the users a better experience. Another mistake was having no option of going directly from one section to the other. It was possible only by scrolling back to the top menu which created inconvenience. The new version of the website allows the user to have quick and easy access to other sections such as [Our AI](https://www.scoutinscience.com/our-ai), [Contact Page](https://www.scoutinscience.com/contact) and [Try free Demo](https://dashboard.scoutinscience.com/?7=1). 

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## 2.Non-responsive website
Non-responsive websites have become a big problem for many businesses. To make sure that your website is fully responsive, you should use the latest technology. This will ensure that your website will work on all devices and screen sizes, making it easy for people to view it from any location.

Our new website was built to be responsive to all devices. To make sure that the user experience is a good one, the technical team worked closely with the designer and marketing team to allow the website's content to display smoothly across all screen sizes and resolutions and is designed to look excellent on all devices.

## 1.Slow loading
The first step to preventing a slow-loading website is to optimize the website for speed. This can be done by optimizing the images, scripts, and other elements that are used on the site. It is also important to make sure that there are no unnecessary plugins or scripts on the site.

At ScoutinScience we opted for developing the new website in-house which brought the benefit of having full control of the choices made. Our experienced developers made sure that the software and systems that run on the web server are a part of the latest technology and allow the new website to run smoothly.


## What is next?
For the past few months, the team of ScoutinScience has managed to learn from past mistakes and improve the website’s navigation, speed, design, and content.We firmly believe that the learning process never stops, and our website will be in a continuous improvement stage. . 

What’s more, is that we want to take our fresh experience and apply the new skills to our [dashboard](https://dashboard.scoutinscience.com/?7=1).  Make sure you check the current version and stay tuned to see the result by following us on [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/37252533/admin/). 






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How did ScoutinScience completely change its website


5 INDICATORS THAT HELPED SCOUTINSCIENCE BUILD THEIR NEW WEBSITE

Our CEO Menno Noorlander pitched as one of the finalists at the Digital Summit Euregio by the Digital Hub münsterLAND. We were happy to win second place at the Digital Summit Euregio Award. Huge congratulations to the first place, Kerith!

Thanks for organizing Digital Hub münsterLAND and everyone involved. We're already looking forward to the next edition!


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Our CEO Menno Noorlander pitched as one of the finalists at the Digital Summit Euregio by the Digital Hub münsterLAND. As a surprise, we scraped all papers of the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster of 2021 and 2022.

Second place at the Digital Summit Euregio Award

Happy to announce our new collaboration with 4TU.IMPACT🎉  

4TU.Federation is the federation of the four Dutch universities of technology:
- Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)
- Technische Universiteit Eindhoven (TU/e)
- University of Twente (UT)
- Wageningen University & Research (WUR)

4TU aims at maximizing innovation by concentrating their strengths in research, education and knowledge transfer. The 4TU universities have already proven to be successful in recent years through their collaboration with the business community and the valorisation of knowledge🎓

Driven by the motivation to enable new technologies to impact society, we are honored that together with 4TU we can take tech transfer to the next level. With our scouting method towards we look for the hidden gems with high business potential in all scientific (pre-)publications available. Making the process easier and more efficient. We look forward to working together enormously! 

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Happy to announce our new collaboration with 4TU.IMPACT!
4TU.Federation is the federation of the four Dutch universities of technology.

New collaboration with 4TU.IMPACT

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