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PTC expands Technion partnership, moves R&D on campus
American software giant PTC expands partnership with the Technion; aims to harness innovative academia, while upgrading the university s research reach Dor Schwartz / 5 May 2021 • 3 min read
Several years ago, American software giant PTC and the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology jointly launched a robotics and digital content program as part of the Faculty of Education in Science and Technology. The collaboration sprouted a new teaching lab for a variety of tech focused research, such as IoT, AR, computer-aided design and manufacturing, and others. Since then, hundreds of learning minds have conducted research at the lab, publishing results worldwide, and even developing an educational robot that met a couple world leaders - President Barack Obama and PM Benjamin Netanyahu.
U.S. software giant PTC has entered into a long-term strategic collaboration agreement with Technion – Israel Institute of Technology under which PTC will establish a Research & Development center and invest NIS 15 million (approximately $4.6 million) into Technion’s Haifa campus. Under the terms of the agreement, PTC, which is traded on Nasdaq and has a current market cap of over $15 billion, and Technion will jointly research and upgrade learning processes relating to advanced manufacturing technology. PTC’s Haifa development center will relocate to Technion under the leadership of Dr. Michael Reitman.
“Today, scientific and technological breakthroughs need both multidisciplinary research and close collaboration between academia and industry. Industry is at the forefront of active implementation and is well-acquainted with market needs, whereas academia brings basic scientific knowledge and research depth,” said Professor Uri Sivan, President, Technion – Israel Ins
photo: Michael Reitman
With his new album, Modern Sounds in Classical Music, Eric Heilner fully embodies the concept of “coming full circle.” His deep family legacy of classical music, including his father who was a member of Aaron Copland’s
Young Composers Group and his sister who led the group
Animal Logic, ensured Eric’s musical proclivities were always going to appear, and reappear, throughout his life.
As a child, Eric excelled at piano, and after college he toured with and opened for acts like The Byrds and a pre-iconic Bruce Springsteen. Soon, once age 30 arrived and “adulting” was expected, Eric moved away from music and settled into working in development for a software company. It wasn’t until 30 years later that Eric rediscovered a taste for performing when he stepped up to fill in for a missing piano player while at a