New Interim Chief Executive Officer for Sensor Innovation Centre

CENSIS, the world leading sensor and imaging systems centre which is based at the University of Glasgow has appointed David Clark as interim Chief Executive Officer. The Scottish Funding Council announced support of £10M over the next five years when the centre was formally unveiled in May, with the aim of encouraging collaboration between industry and academia. Twelve Scottish universities and 22 industry partners are involved with the CENSIS project. Sensor systems play an increasingly ubiquitous role in modern life. Mass-produced sensors are found in every modern automobile, for example, and in many mobile electronic devices for purposes such as noise cancellation and navigation. Estimates place the number of wireless connected devices currently in use around the world at 10 billion, with projections suggesting the number will reach 50 billion within 10 years. Specialist high-value sensors and imaging systems are routinely used in scientific equipment oil and gas recovery, machine tools, and environmental monitoring.