Salons and teatime sessions are open gatherings for the exchange of knowledge and ideas intended to facilitate the growth and development of a vibrant AI community.
Salons
Inspired by the enlightenment-era salons, the monthly salon will provide an opportunity to bring all Cirrus participants together in a face-to-face exchange of ideas through conversation, devoid of modern entanglements such as PowerPoint presentations and time constraints.
Teatime sessions
Teatime sessions will be organised on a weekly basis as talks/presentations/show-and-tell on various topics pertaining to AI. All material from the session will be made available online.
These in person one-week and two-week programs are intended for faculty, graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, professionals, and others who would like to gain an understanding for their respective fields, new research directions, and industry applications.
The Open Learning program is to ensure all material originating from Cirrus and used in the teaching of Cirrus internal courses will be made freely available, including through the web.
The Co-development program is a collaborative program spanning academia and industry focusing on the co-development of Cirrus related infrastructure.
This includes collaboration with hardware and software providers to support integrated solutions that amongst other things, improve performance, reduce energy consumption and improve energy efficiency.
The Affiliate program will enable corporate entities to interact with Cirrus and take advantage of a variety of programs and activities. The Partner program supports close engagement with a small number of corporate entities and is focused on active research collaboration.
Affiliate program
The Affiliate program will enable corporate entities to interact with Cirrus and take advantage of a variety of programs and activities including:
Website and publication exposure.
Annual orientation covering all the Cirrus resources, activities and programs.
Insight into research and projects being undertaken in the academic programs and ability to engage with faculty and students.
Invitations to lectures and workshops.
Direct interaction with students and student groups for recruitment and ability to host recruiting events such as tech talks and roundtables.
Connection to university recruiting focused departments.
Discounts on in person Summer and Winter programs.
Engagement with the Cirrus FOUNDRY start-ups providing insight into transformative new technologies and business opportunities.
Networking events and the opportunity to connect with leaders from other top universities, companies and start-ups from around the world.
Ability of the Affiliate to leverage the sponsorship in terms of publicity.
Partner program
The Partner program supports close engagement with a small number of corporate entities and is focused on active research collaboration. Partnerships under the Partner program are tailored to ensure mutual benefit and include all the benefits of the Affiliate program, with the addition of:
Insight and access to research and technology prior to public release.
Access to the Pitch, a networking event where the Cirrus FOUNDRY start-ups present to Partners.
Workshops to explore joint research opportunities.
Hosting of Partner data for research projects including training systems and deriving insights.
Targeted support for student researchers and research projects.
The Global Collaboration Network is responsible for proactively developing and managing substantive collaborative relationships covering all that the Cirrus has to offer, from research and talent to start-up development.
As the collaboration efforts are focused on solving real world problems, relationships with industry are essential to ensure that faculty and students are engaged in relevant work. These complementary relationships benefit the corporate participants, universities and broader society through development of talent, knowledge and application.