EVAL-INNO - Innovations Evaluation

Template for Existing Innovation Infrastructure and Relevant Innovation-Related Research Infrastructures

Tags: Information and Communication Technologies, Other

Name of the infrastructure in English language	Institute of Applied & Computational Mathematics (IACM)
Name of the infrastructure in original language	Ινστιτούτο Υπολογιστικών Μαθηματικών (ΙΥΜ)
URL to the document in original language	http://www.iacm.forth.gr/index_main.php?l=gr&group=0&page=ab out
URL to the document in English language	http://www.iacm.forth.gr/index_main.php?l=en&group=0&page=ab out
Link to a profile in ERAWATCH or Innovation TrendChart	N/A/
Country	Greece
Target Sectors	Information and Communication Technologies, Other
Year of establishment	1985
Name of owner (parent institution)/management body (if any)	Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH)
Type of owner/management body	Government
Owner type description	Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH)is a public research centre under the auspices of the General Secretariat of Research and Technology, Ministry of Education, Long Life Learning and Religious Affairs
Brief description	The objectives of the research personnel of IACM are: - to conduct research of high quality in selected areas of Applied and Computational Mathematics; - to participate in interdisciplinary research projects, mainly by developing and applying mathematical methods and tools for modelling and solving complex problems in the sciences and technology; - to develop tools and methodologies based on applied mathematics that can be used in the public and private sectors; - to provide training for graduate students and post-doctoral researchers in Applied and Computational Mathematics and related areas. For these purposes IACM maintains the necessary state-of-the-art computing and experimental facilities. A large part of the Institute’s research is funded by competitive national and EU grants. Through its research programmes IACM has developed many collaborative projects and relations with other research groups in universities, research centers, organisations and private companies in Greece, Europe, the United States, and other countries. The successful research activity of IACM is documented by the numerous research contracts it has attracted, the quality and impact of research publications of its members, the success of the international scientific meetings and conferences they have organised, and the excellent results of the three evaluations of IACM that have been conducted by the General Secretariat of Research & Technology.
NACE Codes, Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community, Rev. 2 (2008)	PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES
Budget in euro	0.00
Budget year
Organisational structure	Single - sited (a single organisation without branches)
Date of entry	2012-03-05 11:34:43
Last modified	2012-05-07 13:23:12
Name of the Evaluator(s)	International thematic expert panel nominated by the General Secretariat for Research and Technology
URL to the evaluation in original language	N/A/
URL to the evaluation in English language	N/A/
Contact Details of the Evaluators	Prof. E. A. Hendriks, Delft University of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering, Information Theory Group (The Netherlands) Prof. Christian Delcourt, University of Liege (Belgium) Prof. Slava Kurylev’s, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Loughborough University, UK Prof. Daniel Thalmann, EPFL, VRlab, Lausanne, Switzerland
Description of the evaluation methods	RTDI institutions supervised by the General Secretariat for Research and Technology (GSRT) are systematically evaluated every 4 or 5 years. The evaluations are implemented by international thematic expert panels. The evaluation was based on the written material provided to the Committee and on the input that came up from the visit to the Institute. During that visit each of the Institute’s Laboratories was visited and discussions were held with key scientific personnel.
Format of the evaluation	Following a methodology proposed by the contracting body (top-down method)
Type of evaluation	International, External, Not Public (not available on the Internet)
Reasons for carrying out the evaluation	Required by law, strategic document, decree or procedure
Main recommendations	Recommendation 1. In addition to excellent basic and applied research in Applied Mathematics and Scientific Computing, the Institute provides valuable services to regional, national, and European communities. It could in principle lead to problems in running this Institute. It is recommended: • to move the Educational Research and Evaluation Group at the FORTH level, for promoting some important research results obtained at FORTH Institutes as advanced courses to be taught at proper universities in Greece using new technologies e.g. e-learning; • to take efforts for the collaboration between the Regional Analysis Group with the other research oriented groups. Recommendation 2. Pending on financial issues, it is recommended that each research group has at least one permanent research staff to ensure continuity and coordination. Recommendation 3. IACM-FORTH has a good collaboration through his associates researchers with University of Crete and other universities. It could be further enhanced by allowing and encouraging the leading permanent researchers to teach at the University undergraduate, Master and PhD courses. It will also help in attracting best students to the Institute. Recommendation 4. At the moment, IACM-FORTH has about 12% of their income coming from outside services. It is recommended not to go significantly beyond this amount, since this could endanger the research objectives of the Institute.
Input indicators	N/A/
Output indicators	N/A/
Impact Indicators	N/A/
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Comments on the quality of the evaluation	N/A/

Methodology of the evaluation

Sources of Information	Objective	Type of Method	Ex Ante	Interim	Terminal	Ex Post	Ad Hoc
Foresight/Technology Assessment	(Strategic) Impact Assessment Articulation and road mapping of development of new technologies	Qualitative Semiquantitative
Cost-efficiency	Assesses sustainability Assesses efficiency	Qualitative / semiquantitative methodologies
Cost-benefit analysis	Assesses sustainability Assesses efficiency	Quantitative (with qualitative elements)
Innovation Surveys	Detects trends and insights Identifies size and distribution of impacts Provides groups comparisons and changes over time	Semiquantitative (Statistical data analysis)
Benchmarking	Comparison method across different sectors Support to systemic evaluation	Quantitative (Statistical data analysis)
Macroeconomic modeling and simulation	Determine the efficiency and efficacy	Quantitative modelling methodology
Productivity analysis	Determine the efficiency and efficacy	Quantitative modelling methodology
Microeconomic evaluation studies	Provide a quantitative estimation of the impact Control for different effects: expenditures, innovation capacity	Quantitative qualitative categorical data
Control group approaches	Capture the impact of policy intervention on the programme participant entity	Quantitative Modelling methodology
Interviews and field/case studies	Impact Assessment	Qualitative Semiquantitative				X	X
Expert Panels/Peer Review	Impact Assessment	Qualitative Semiquantitative				X	X
Network Analysis	Impact Assessment Assesses Co-operation linkages	Qualitative Semiquantitative

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