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SICSA interacts extensively with local industry in Scotland with a view to transferring technology and informing the industrial community of informatics and computer science research in Scotland.<ref>[http://www.sciencescotland.org/feature.php?id=118 Commercialisation: From Blue Sky to Real World] Science Scotland 10, Royal Society of Edinburgh, January 2011.</ref> An annual "Demofest" is organized that showcases Scottish University research.<ref>[http://www.informatics-ventures.com/connect/demofest SICSA demofest] 8 November 2011</ref> Specific projects with industry are concerned with smart tourism<ref>[http://www.smarttourism.org/ Smart Tourism] 3 November 2011.</ref> and migrating high-value software services to the cloud.<ref>[http://www.servicestothecloud.com/ Services to the Cloud] 3 November 2011.</ref>

In 2013, SICSA developed a portfolio of funding mechanisms which have the specific aim of increasing exchanges between academics and industry.<ref>[http://www.sicsa.ac.uk/industry/ SICSA Industry] 17 April 2013.</ref>. These mechanisms include: SICSA Postgraduate Industry Internship Program; SICSA Early Career Industry Fellowship; SICSA Distinguished Industrial Visitors Fellowship; SICSA Elevate - Incubator Program; SICSA Proof of Concept Program; SICSA Team Based Industrial Placements Program.

== Computer science education ==