Flinders
has announced an even closer collaboration with Cisco through the
establishment of a new chair to attract a world-renowned academic in the
field of health technologies and the Internet of Everything (IoE).
Cisco, a worldwide leader in networking and the provider of
state-of-the-art campus network infrastructure at Flinders, will support
high quality research in emerging, innovative health technologies and
IoE, based in the new Flinders building at Tonsley, which was opened on
10 March.
Flinders and Cisco have also established a Cisco Academy at Tonsley,
which also deliver a curriculum to train students for the jobs of the
future enabled by IoE. The Internet of Everything, which is the
intelligent connection of people, processes, data and things through the
Internet, brings a new range of economic opportunities to private and
public sectors.
Work in the area has the potential to radically change how people
interact with health services, and how they manage and maintain their
health throughout life.
The partnership promises the development of streamlined,
Internet-enabled health informatics, which has applications such as
personalised monitors and hand-held clinical devices, point-of-care
testing and remotely managed health diagnostics
Flinders Vice-Chancellor Professor Colin Stirling welcomed the new phase of collaboration with Cisco.
“This is an involvement that very much plays to the strengths of the
two organisations, and I am confident that it will translate into real
benefits for the wider community,” Professor Stirling said.
Professor Richard Constantine, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Information
Services) at Flinders, said the partnership comes at an exciting time
for the University.
“Flinders has undergone a major technological renewal with Cisco and
has the infrastructure in place to do exciting things in this area,”
Professor Constantine said.
“Focused in the new Flinders building at Tonsley, our researchers can
investigate ways to use technology to create new devices that will have
a major impact on how we look after ourselves in the years to come.
Having Cisco on board as a global leader in IoE will give us the
capacity to do more of this work and do it more quickly.”
For Cisco, this is an opportunity to invest in a university with a
reputation for innovative research and a vision for use of technology in
health and aged care.
Mr Ken Boal, Vice President, Cisco Australia and New Zealand, said:
“Cisco is excited to be expanding its strategic relationship with
Flinders through the research chair, bringing together leaders in
research and business to develop innovative technology solutions for
aged health care.”
The partnership is set for an initial three years and will directly
fund research in innovative health technologies undertaken at Tonsley.
Flinders has a strong record in research and development of health
related technology across the areas of medical devices, assistive living
and rehabilitation.
- See more at:
http://blogs.flinders.edu.au/flinders-news/2015/03/11/cisco-partners-up-to-boost-health-technology/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cisco-partners-up-to-boost-health-technology#sthash.VpRiAMFt.dpuf