Proposal for scientists to commercialize research results

Ho Chi Minh City: Research topics granted intellectual property rights need a mechanism for scientists to establish businesses to do business, according to Professor Phan Thi Tuoi.

The opinion was expressed by Professor Phan Thi Tuoi, computer science expert, Ho Chi Minh City National University, at the workshop to evaluate the national key science and technology program "Supporting research, development and application of technology of industry 4.0" (KC 4.0) for the period 2019 - 2023 towards 2030, organized by the Ministry of Science and Technology in Ho Chi Minh City on the afternoon of November 11.

Having participated in many scientific councils, Professor Tuoi shared that many research topics were granted patents and useful solutions. However, after completion and acceptance, the topics were stopped because scientists had to hand them over to the management agency. However, citing examples from countries around the world , she said that after completing a research topic, scientists are allowed to do business. That is, when the research is successful, they have a favorable mechanism to establish a business and sell products. According to Professor Tuoi, with this mechanism, scientists' intellectual property rights have the opportunity to develop into commercialized products.

Professor Phan Thi Tuoi proposed a mechanism for scientists to trade their research results. Photo: Ha An — Professor Phan Thi Tuoi proposed a mechanism for scientists to trade their research results. Photo: *Ha An*

However, Professor Tuoi said that in Vietnam, this is difficult because many scientists currently work in research institutes and universities in the state system. This unintentionally creates waste in research results, which are just "put in drawers".

From a professional perspective, Professor Tuoi shared that in the information technology industry alone, when scientists conduct research, they create a lot of valuable data. If continuously updated, it will become a large data source. In addition to being shared for free exploitation to a certain extent, the rest will be commercial products. "There needs to be a mechanism for scientists to be creative and commercialize their research according to intellectual property law," Professor Tuoi proposed. She emphasized that the current generation of young scientists has many advantages and good research capacity, so it is necessary to have a mechanism for scientists to commercialize products.

Associate Professor, Dr. Vu Hai Quan, Director of Ho Chi Minh City National University, Head of the KC 4.0 Program, said that in reality, the research capacity and ability to attract social investment of institutes and universities in the Southern region are very large. Therefore, according to him, the procedures for research topics will be carried out in a public and transparent manner in all stages and will focus on online implementation, applying information technology to reduce the burden on scientists. Along with that, he set criteria for research and projects to have specific application addresses, and products that contribute to the socio-economic development of the country.

In the discussion section, many comments were made to connect interdisciplinary scientists more closely to have more human resources and resources, helping to carry out worthy topics. In addition, researchers also need more specific guidance on administrative procedures, registration processes and especially how to implement topics in accordance with the content and spirit of the Program.

Speaking at the conference, Minister of Science and Technology Huynh Thanh Dat said that the KC 4.0 program framework in the coming period aims to master and develop technologies of the 4th Industrial Revolution. Specifically, scientists focus on researching and applying technologies that Vietnam has advantages in to create products serving socio-economic development, supporting the development and innovation of management and production and business models of enterprises.

Minister Dat said that the priority areas in the program are big data, robots, IoT, cyber security, cloud computing, 3D printing, virtual reality, etc. He suggested that the functional units of the Ministry and the Steering Committee receive comments to effectively implement the program for the next period, first of all, completing the program framework until 2030 for promulgation in 2023.

In the period of 2019 - 2023, the KC 4.0 Program has 7 accepted scientific and technological tasks and 40 tasks in progress. The research is oriented to have application addresses and technology transfer for practical implementation. The units proposed to apply research results must have sufficient prestige and capacity to receive and implement. In this period, a number of projects were accepted such as the application of artificial intelligence (AI) integrating geological data to assess oil and gas prospects; a system to support preclinical pediatric practice based on virtual reality technology; research on providing Vietnam address data services to serve people...

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