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SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES RESEARCH AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SGSRE)CONT’D
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University of Technology, Jamaica • ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015
RESEARCH MANAGEMENT
President’s Research Initiative Award, 2014
Dr. Sean Thorpe (right), Graduate Programme Director, School of Computing
and Information Technology in the Faculty of Engineering and Computing
beams with pride as he accepts the President’s Award for Excellence in
Research from Mr. Vivian Crawford, OD, Pro-Chancellor, UTech.
“The President’s Research Initiative Award” is the
University’s most prestigious award in recognition
of individual initiative aimed at promoting research
excellence at the University. The 2014 recipient was
Dr Sean Thorpe, Lecturer in the School of Computing
and Information Technology, Faculty of Engineering and
Computing who also has the distinction of being the
University’s first PhD graduate.
To date, Dr Thorpe has written 20 peer-reviewed
conference papers, and nine peer-reviewed journal
articles. His research, recognized and cited by
international organisations such as the Association of
Computing Machinery (ACM), Institute of Electronics,
Electrical Engineers (IEEE) and the Lecture Notes in
Computer Science (LNCS), has been focused on the
areas of Cloud Computing, Digital Forensics, Data
Mining and Information Security and has included the
introduction of a new sub field referred to as Cloud
Computing Log Forensics. He has filed one local and
one international patent from his research.
Research Development Fund (RDF)
Internal funding support for research continues to be
provided through the Research Development Fund
(RDF), managed by the SGSRE. During the period
under review, 17 applications were received for funding.
CARIBBEAN RESEARCH and INNOVATION
MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION (CabRIMA)
CabRIMA is the professional body for research and
innovation management practitioners in the Caribbean
region ( . The SGSRE continues to
be the Secretariat for the Association. During the period
under review, CabRIMA members participated in
capacity building workshops hosted by UTech, Jamaica
and in benchmarking surveys covering innovation,
knowledge transfer, entrepreneurship, and related
thematic areas.
Research Grant Proposals
The University’s involvement in six (6) European Union
co-funded projects (one as project leader, and five as
a partner) continued during the period under review.
The areas covered by these projects include intellectual
property, innovation, entrepreneurship, knowledge
transfer, renewable energy, and climate change.
Research, Technology and Innovation Day
Mr. Kimroy Bailey, Robotics Innovator, renewable energy advocate and
alumnus, demonstrates the functionalities of his innovation, the Bailey
Botics Robotics Kit, tailored as a learning tool for high school student. The
device has capabilities for programming, testing and troubleshooting. Bailey
was keynote presenter at UTech’s Research, Technology and Innovation Day
held on Thursday, March 12, 2015 at the Alfred Sangster auditorium, UTech
Papine campus.
Formerly Research and Technology Day, the one-day