Birmingham, UK - May 17th, 2022 - Aston University and Kallik Ltd enter three-year Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP).
The KTP will have significant commercial impact, enabling customers to achieve a faster time to market with Kallik’s artwork and labeling platform Veraciti.
Kallik has teamed up with Aston University through a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP). The partnership is developing a world-first proprietary machine learning model as part of the company’s end-to-end labeling platform, Veraciti™. This innovative technology will allow faster and more accurate creation of labels that are 100% compliant with brand and regulations.
A KTP is a three-way collaboration between a UK business, an academic partner and a highly qualified graduate, known as a KTP associate. The UK-wide programme helps businesses to improve their competitiveness and productivity through the better use of knowledge, technology and skills. Aston University is the UK’s leading KTP provider within the Midlands region.
Kallik is a leading global provider of labeling and artwork management (LAM) software. Their product, Veraciti, is an innovative software platform used for safety-critical applications in highly regulated industries where accuracy of packaging, labeling and instructions are critical to avoid product recalls, hefty fines from regulatory authorities and patient/consumer safety issues.
The KTP with Aston University will significantly enhance Kallik's offer to customers by incorporating academic expertize in advanced computer vision, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) into their LAM software solution. Implementing automated processes will significantly improve Veraciti in terms of both time and cost, rationalizing fragmented labeling supply chains, reducing customer time to market and ensuring compliance with regulators.
Academics leading on this project include Dr Garcia-Dominguez, lecturer in Computer Science at Aston University, whose core research interests lie in software testing and the interaction between model-driven engineering and intelligent systems. They will be joined by Dr George Vogiatzis, who has expertize in machine learning techniques.
Gurdip Singh, Kallik CEO said: “I am very excited about what we are doing with this KTP partnership and what it delivers for our customers around the world. The ‘marriage’ between our team and the world-leading data science and technology expertize from Aston University is creating something truly outstanding that will take the Veraciti platform to another level.”
Dr Garcia-Dominguez, Aston University, said: “This project is a fantastic opportunity to deliver our research in an exciting real-world application. This is truly a world-first for the industry, and we are thrilled to be working with Kallik.”
About Aston University
Founded in 1895 and a University since 1966, Aston is a long established university led by its three main beneficiaries – students, business and the professions, and our region and society. Aston University is located in Birmingham and at the heart of a vibrant city and the campus houses all the university’s academic, social and accommodation facilities for our students. Saskia Hansen is the interim Vice-Chancellor & Chief Executive.
Aston University was named University of the Year 2020 by The Guardian and the University’s full time MBA programme has been ranked in the top 100 in the world in the Economist MBA 2021 ranking. The Aston MBA has been ranked 12th in the UK and 85th in the world. Follow Aston University on Twitter @AstonPress.