Innovation Return on Research (IROR) | Case studies

31 Jan 2020

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Innovation Return on Research (IROR) is a collaborative programme with IBM Research that aims to solve industrial problems and create economic and societal impact. The programme has developed a suite of digital assets which have been applied across industry sectors including: Chemistry & Materials, Life Sciences, Engineering & Manufacturing and Enabling Technologies​.​ Read more about our success stories below:

​​​​​	​Boulder detection from seabed sonar images Researchers based at the STFC Hartree® Centre worked with hydrographic survey company Bibby Hydromap, using computational deep learning techniques to automate ​the process ​of labelling boulders in sonar images.​​
​	​Simulation and machine learning for future medicine Researchers based at the STFC Hartree® Centre worked with AstraZeneca to accelerate lead optimisation by providing insights on a new class of drugs with the potential to reduce costs and increase productivity.
​​	​Developing visualisation and AI tools for engineering production Researchers based at the STFC Hartree® Centre and the Virtual Engineering Centre, University of Liverpool are working with Airbus to apply artificial intelligence (AI) and data visualisation to their production process.
​​	Usi​ng image recognition to identify vortices for vehicle design​ Researchers based at the STFC Hartree® Centre are working with TotalSim – an aerodynamics and CFD company – to understand vortex formation in Formula One cars and improve aerodynamic performance.
​​	​Machine learning in whisky identification and verification Researchers based at the STFC Hartree® Centre worked with the Scotch Whisky Research Institute (SWRI) using data analytics to tackle counterfeiting across the sector.
​	Using data analytics to understand our gut microbiome Researchers based at the STFC Hartree® Centre worked with the Quadram Institute – a food and health research centre – to design and optimise bioinformatics tools for understanding large genetic datasets.
	​Understanding drug toxicity through gene expression​ Researchers based at the STFC Hartree® Centre worked with agricultural and biotechnology company, Syngenta to design bioinformatics tools for high throughput screening of candidate compounds.
​	​Unde​​rstanding soil health through the lens of its microbiome ​By analysing large microbiome data sets, researchers at STFC Hartree® Centre are working with Rothamsted Research – to understand how soil microbiomes can shape soil health.
​	​Designing novel antimicrobial peptides Ingenza is working with the STFC Hartree® Centre on molecular simulation techniques with the potential to reduce the time and costs associated with bringing new drug designs to market.
​	​GPU acceleration at scale with OpenPower platforms We are working to optimise Code_Saturne, an open-source software package developed by EDF for complex CFD simulations to run on next-generation architectures.