Industry and Academia : Why Practioners

The industrial world and the academic world have grown far apart. The distance between the worlds primarily originates from different goals and different means of support. This is a problem in the areas of systems engineering and multidisciplinary design. These areas are relatively young, providing lots of opportunity for research. Education in this area is scarce. Publications are tangible examples of the gap between the two worlds. In this paper we discuss the needs of both communities with respect to publications, education, and research. The mutual understanding of each other’s needs may help to bridge the gap between academics and industry. Distribution This article or presentation is written as part of the Gaudí project. The Gaudí project philosophy is to improve by obtaining frequent feedback. Frequent feedback is pursued by an open creation process. This document is published as intermediate or nearly mature version to get feedback. Further distribution is allowed as long as the document remains complete and unchanged. All Gaudí documents are available at: http://www.gaudisite.nl/ version: 0.6 status: concept 10th April 2007