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D.3.1 – Update on ICT Priorities in Mexico for
ICT R&I cooperation with EU.
Interim Version
Grant Agreement number: 723088
Project acronym: FIWARE Mexico
Funding Scheme: Coordination and Support Action
Due date: 1/6/2017
Actual date: 14/7/2017
Document Author/s: INMARK, ITESM
Version: 1.0
Dissemination level: PU
Status: Final
This project has received funding from the European Union’s H2020 research and innovation programme
under grant agreement No 723088
Copyright © FIWARE Mexico Consortium 2017 – 2018
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DOCUMENT HISTORY
Version Date Comments Author
0.1 16/06/2017 First draft Xianshu Zeng, INMARK
0.2 26/06/2017 First draft revision Yolanda Ursa, INMARK
0.3 30/06/17 Second draft Xianshu Zeng, Yolanda
Ursa, INMARK
0.4 10/07/17 Input to second draft Miguel Gonzalez, ITESM
1.0 14/07/2017 Final Version Yolanda Ursa, INMARK,
Miguel Gonzalez, ITESM
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................................................................................. 5 1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................. 7 2. LANDSCAPE OF ICT FOR EU-MEXICO COPERATION ................................................... 8 2.1 EU-Mexico S&T Agreement .............................................................................................. 8
2.1.1 UEMEXCYT & EU-MEX INNOVA in FP7 ............................................. 8
2.1.2 Other Instruments for EU-Mexico S&T cooperation .......................... 9
2.2 Collaborative Projects in ICT R&I ...................................................................................... 9 2.2.1 FP6 Projects ............................................................................... 9
2.2.2 FP7 Projects .............................................................................. 10
2.2.3 LEADERSHIP project outcomes..................................................... 11
2.2.4 EU-Mexico S&T cooperation in H2020 ........................................... 14
2.3 Highlights of the EU-Mexico cooperation ........................................................................ 15 3. ICT R&I PRIORITIES SURVEY RESULTS ....................................................................... 16 3.1 Survey methodology ........................................................................................................ 16
3.1.1 Scope and sample size ................................................................ 16
3.1.2 Selection of FIWARE and ICT priorities .......................................... 16
3.1.3 Online questionnaire ................................................................... 19
3.2 Respondents profile......................................................................................................... 20 3.2.1 Organisation type ....................................................................... 20
3.2.2 Organisation size ........................................................................ 21
3.3 Perspectives for ICT and FIWARE collaboration with Europe ........................................ 22 3.3.1 ICT R&I cooperation with Europe .................................................. 22
3.3.2 Assessment of the experience in cooperation with Europe ............... 22
3.3.3 Interest in R&I collaboration with Europe ...................................... 22
3.3.4 Awareness of Next Generation Internet ......................................... 23
3.3.5 Awareness of FIWARE ................................................................. 24
3.3.6 Barriers for Europe-Mexico Collaboration in ICT R&I ....................... 25
3.4 FIWARE and ICT priorities for Europe-Mexico cooperation............................................ 27 3.4.1 Top ICT priority topics in Mexico .................................................. 27
3.4.2 Top ICT priority topics per Organisation Type................................. 27
3.4.3 Alignment of ICT priorities with FIWARE domains ........................... 28
3.4.4 Analysis of priority topics by FIWARE domain ................................. 29
4. CONCLUSIONS ................................................................................................................. 35 ANNEX 1 – SELECTED ICT AND FIWARE PRIORITY TOPICS IN MEXICO .......................... 37 ANNEX 2 –QUESTIONAIRE ...................................................................................................... 39
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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1 ICT priorities in Mexico, LEADERSHIP Project ................................................... 13 Figure 2 Selection process of ICT priorities ................................................................... 17 Figure 3: Match ICT topics with FIWARE Mexico domains ............................................... 18 Figure 4 Match ICT topics with H2020 ICT Topics and FIWARE ........................................ 18 Figure 5 Match ICT topics with NGI topics .................................................................... 19 Figure 6: Organisation type ........................................................................................ 21 Figure 7: Organisation size ......................................................................................... 21 Figure 8: Assessment of participation in EU projects ...................................................... 22 Figure 9: Willingness to participate in R&I funding programmes ...................................... 23 Figure 10 Percentage of awareness of NGI ................................................................... 23 Figure 11 Percentage of awareness of FIWARE ............................................................. 24 Figure 12 Benefited R&I Domains by FIWARE Technologies ............................................ 25 Figure 13: Barriers for ICT R&I collaboration ................................................................ 26 Figure 14 Potential ICT Priorities for organisations ........................................................ 27 Figure 15 Priority of FIWARE domains .......................................................................... 29 Figure 16 Priority topics under FIWARE Domain Health .................................................. 30 Figure 17 Priority topics under FIWARE Domain Energy ................................................. 31 Figure 18 Priority topics under FIWARE Domain Industry 4.0 .......................................... 31 Figure 19 Priority topics under FIWARE Domain Security ................................................ 33 Figure 20 Priority topics under FIWARE Domain Smart Cities .......................................... 34
LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Respondents Profile ...................................................................................... 20 Table 2 Top ICT Priority Topics per Organisation Type ................................................... 28 Table 3 Priority topics per FIWARE domain ................................................................... 29
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report on ICT priorities in Mexico provides an overview of the landscape of ICT
for EU-Mexico cooperation and presents the results of the survey conducted in Mexico
to identify priority topics for future cooperation between Mexico and Europe in the
field of ICT R&I and FIWARE.
The online survey was carried out from 26 April to 5 June 2017. The questionnaire
was answered by a total of 398 relevant stakeholders in Mexico, including
representatives from Universities and research centres (75%), industry (18%),
government institutions, associations and NGOs (7%). This explains that most of the
respondents have a research profile, although consultants and C-suite executives are
also well represented. Moreover, most of the survey respondents belong to small and
medium size organisations (54%), but there is a significant group of large
organisations (46%).
Findings from the survey suggest good perspectives for future EU-Mexico
collaboration in topics of common interest related to ICT and FIWARE. Although the
awareness of FIWARE technologies in Mexico is relatively low (15% of respondents),
there is an increasing interest in collaborating with Europe. The great majority of
respondents (96%) say that they have interest or are planning to participate in future
collaborative R&I projects with Europe. In addition, there is consensus among the
FIWARE community in Mexico about the benefits of FIWARE to research and
innovation in Smart cities and Security, and to a lesser extend in the domains of
Health, Energy and Industry 4.0. This highlights the opportunities for future
collaboration between Mexico and Europe, but also the existing gap between interest
and actual collaboration in the field of ICT and FIWARE, and thus the need to
overcome some important barriers to enhance cooperation.
The report underlines the relevance of topics connected to FIWARE domains, like
Health, Energy, Industry 4.0, Security and Smart Cities.
PRIORITY TOPICS Average Tier
Healthcare platform development 3,42
Tie
r 1
Energy efficiency 3,32
Real time information technology 3,30
Security monitoring 3,29
Artificial Intelligence 3,28
Big Data 3,24
IoT 3,23
Software defined technology 3,20
Intelligent transport system 3,16
Tie
r 2
Smart citizen-centred energy system 3,16
Cloud Computing 3,09
Electric Vehicles Support
Technologies 3,08
Advanced manufacturing 2,96
Tie
r 3
Data Sovereignty 2,94
Smart Factory 2,91
Smart Home 2,77
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The above topics that have been scored on a scale from 1 – not relevant to 4 – very
relevant, are the basis to further Europe-Mexico collaboration in ICT and FIWARE.
Based on the findings of the survey it is evident that Mexico and Europe share
priorities of common interest for ICT research and innovation, and these priorities
are aligned with FIWARE domains, as well as with areas and topics identified in
Horizon 2020 ICT-related Work Programmes and Next Generation Internet (NGI),
which creates a solid basis for future cooperation between Europe and Mexico.
However, the survey results also confirm the existence of important obstacles for
collaboration. The main barriers perceived by respondents in Mexico are the lack of
awareness of funding programmes, lack of knowledge about ICT and FIWARE
research topics and short experience in international cooperation projects. In
addition, the relatively low knowledge about FIWARE in Mexico could hinder future
collaboration between Mexico and Europe.
Thus, current actions undertaken by FIWARE Mexico to promote the FIWARE brand
in Mexico and support the uptake of FIWARE technologies are pertinent to advance
in this direction and face key challenges to improve ICT and FIWARE collaboration
between Europe and Mexico.
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1. INTRODUCTION
As part of the activities of WP3 Priority setting & follow-up for cooperation in ICT and
FIWARE, this interim version of Deliverable 3.1 presents ICT and FIWARE research
priorities in Mexico, based on the mapping of the landscape of ICT collaboration and
the results of the survey conducted in Mexico to identify ICT priority topics and to
connect these topics with FIWARE domains relevant for EU-Mexico cooperation.
The online survey was carried out from 26 April to 5 June 2017 provides feedback
and qualified opinions from relevant ICT and FIWARE stakeholders. Specific
objectives of the survey were:
- Update the priorities for ICT cooperation, including topics for collaboration in
FIWARE.
- Assess their alignment with FIWARE Mexico domains, ICT-related topics in
Horizon 2020 (Work programmes 2018-2020), and additionally with Next
Generation Internet (NGI).
- Identify main barriers for Europe-Mexico collaboration in ICT R&I
- Get insights to support the uptake of FIWARE technologies in Mexico
The structure of the report is as follows. Section 2 outlines the current landscape for
ICT cooperation between Europe and Mexico, in terms of ICT R&I projects and
investigation carried out by the Consortium in previous projects to explore topics of
common interest for future collaboration in ICT and FIWARE, which lead to a first
identification of relevant cooperation topics.
Section 3 presents the results of the survey, following the structure of the
questionnaire. In chapter 3.1 we explain the methodological approach to conduct the
survey, including the scope and sample size, criteria and steps to select FIWARE and
ICT topics to be ranked, and the web tool used. Chapter 3.2 describes the
respondents profile, detailing the type and size of the organisations represented in
the survey. Chapter 3.3 outlines the perspectives for FIWARE and ICT R&I
collaboration between Mexico and Europe, including respondent’s experience when
participating in EU projects, plans for future collaboration, awareness of FIWARE and
barriers for EU-Mexico collaboration. Chapter 3.4 presents the ranking of ICT priority
topics in Mexico and a detailed analysis of the of these topics by FIWARE domains.
Finally, section 4 present the overall conclusions.
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2. LANDSCAPE OF ICT FOR EU-MEXICO COPERATION
This section presents the landscape of current ICT collaboration in EU-Mexico as a
first step to identify priority topics for future ICT R&I cooperation between these
countries.
2.1 EU-Mexico S&T Agreement
Bilateral relations between the EU and Mexico are governed by the Economic
Partnership, Political Co-operation and Co-operation Agreement (the Global
Agreement signed in Brussels on 8 December 1997 and entered into force on 1st
October 2000).
Signed on 3 February 2004, the Bilateral Agreement for scientific and technological
cooperation between the European Community and the United Mexican States, came
into force on 13 June 2005.
At the fifth EU-Mexico summit held on 16 May 2010, a Strategic Partnership between
Mexico and the EU was agreed by the parties, reflecting the readiness of both players
to strengthen coordination on matters of global importance and further intensify their
political, economic and cooperation links.
The main areas of cooperation are: environment; information and communication
technologies; food, agriculture, fisheries, and biotechnology; health; nano-
technologies, transport materials and new production technologies; energy; social
sciences as well as infrastructures.
2.1.1 UEMEXCYT & EU-MEX INNOVA in FP7
One of the first actions to support and implement and the S&T cooperation between
Europe and Mexico, and therefore the achievement of the engagement foreseen in
the Agreement, was the launch in 2006 of the Bureau for European and Mexican
Science and Technology Cooperation UEMEXCyT, located in CONACyT (Mexican
National Council of Science and Technology) and cofinanced by the European
Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Technological Development (DG
RTD) and CONACyT, for a two-year period.
The 2nd stage of UEMEXCYT Office (UEMEXCYT2), was launched to support the
bilateral political dialogue initiated by the S&T Agreement’s Joint Steering Committee,
providing information about opportunities for cooperation in FP7, follow-up and
continuity to the efforts carried out since the launch of the UEMEXCyT Office, as well
as improving the channels of communication and partnership between Mexico and
the EU Member States. The Joint Steering Committee Meetings (JSCM) are normally
held once a year. The participants are CONACYT from the Mexican side, and the EC
Directorate General for Research and Innovation, from the EU side.
The 3rd stage, the European Union – Mexico Bilateral Innovation Initiative (EU-MEX
INNOVA), seeks to develop and strengthen collaborations between the two sides to
cope societal challenges and industrial technologies through international
cooperation, by making science, research and innovation proceed more rapidly and
more cost effectively.
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EU-MEX INNOVA took into consideration the previous efforts between the EC and
CONACYT (UEMEXCYT 1 & 2). The consortium involved strategic partners from
France, Germany, Italy and Spain, that work with Mexico toward the objectives of
the project seeking and important impact in the EU-Mexico ST&I cooperation1.
2.1.2 Other Instruments for EU-Mexico S&T cooperation
Another axe of the EU-Mexico S&T cooperation is the Fund for International
Cooperation in Science and Technology (FONCICYT), which was established by
Mexico and the European Union in 2007 as part of the International Cooperation
Programme between both parties for the encouragement of Scientific and
Technological Research. This programme is upheld in the Financing Convention
between the European Commission and CONACYT in Mexico, which stipulates that
each party must contribute €10M (€20M in total), and that the geographical sphere
of intervention must include all Mexican territory and all European Union member
countries.
The direct beneficiary of the Cooperation Programme is the CONACYT, which is
responsible for administration of the FONCICYT and ultimately responsible to the
European Commission for the application of funds contributed by this body to the
FONCICYT trust. The CONACYT must ensure at all times that these funds are used
pursuant to the Financing Agreement. The indirect beneficiaries of the Programme
are stakeholders in the science and technology sector of Mexico and those EU
countries which are directly involved in public and private research projects. Other
indirect beneficiaries are public and private higher education institutions, local
government and the productive sector.
The final beneficiaries of the Programme are the societies of both Mexico and EU, as
these co-financed projects increase the capability and applicability of scientific and
technological research in the two regions, thus allowing improvements to the
standard of living and well-being of their populations. In addition to the above, the
implementation of the FONCICYT also aims to contribute to improving
competitiveness, growth and employment in the medium term. Moreover, it creates
the conditions for improving Mexican participation in the research, technological
development and innovation programmes of the European Research Area. FONCICYT
was especially important for the participation in the Seventh Framework Programme
for Research and Technological Development (FP7)2.
2.2 Collaborative Projects in ICT R&I
The bilateral dialogue has stimulated the participation of Mexican partners in
collaborative projects with Europe. In a more specific way, the following projects (not
an exhaustive list) directly related to ICT were funded, with Mexican partners
participation:
2.2.1 FP6 Projects
WINDS LA – Widening IST Networking Development Support – Latin America Instrument: SSA Thematic Priority: FP6-2005-IST-6
1 Source: Bureau for EU-Mexican Science and Technology Cooperation, Step II (UEMEXCYT2)
http://ec.europa.eu/research/iscp/pdf/mexico.pdf 2 FONCICYT catalogue (ENG) http://consultoria.conacyt.gob.mx/es-es/foncicyt/DocumentosInteres/PUBLICACI%C3%93N/Catalogue-Foncicyt.pdf
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From 2007/01/01 to 2008/12/31 IST-45108 SENSATION - Advanced sensor development for attention, stress, vigilance and sleep/wakefulness monitoring ID: 507231
From 2004-01-01 to 2008-04-30 Topic(s): IST-2002-2.3.1.2 - Micro and nano-systems ASK-IT - Ambient intelligence system of agents for knowledge-based and integrated services for mobility impaired users ID: 511298
From 2004-10-01 to 2008-09-30 Topic(s): IST-2002-2.3.2.10 - e-inclusion EELA – e-Infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America ID: 26409 Funded under: FP6-INFRASTRUCTURES From 2006-01-01 to 2007-12-31
Topic(s): INFRASTR-6 - Accompanying Measures for promoting a more co-ordinated approach to research infrastructures in Europe Funding scheme: SSA - Specific Support Action RINGRID - Remote instrumentation in next-generation grids ID: 31891 Funded under: FP6-INFRASTRUCTURES
From 2006-10-01 to 2008-03-31 Topic(s): INFRASTR-3 - Communication network development in conjunction with thematic priority 2 (Information Society Technologies) to establish a high-capacity and high-speed communications network for all researchers in Europe (GEANT). Funding scheme: SSA - Specific Support Action
2.2.2 FP7 Projects
EELA-2 - E-SCIENCE GRID FACILITY FOR EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA
ID: 223797
Funded under: FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES From 2008-04-01 to 2010-03-31 Topic(s): INFRA-2007-1.2-03 - e-Science Grid infrastructures Call for proposal: FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2007-2
OASIS - Open Architecture for Accessible Services Integration and Standardisation ID: 215754 Funded under: FP7-ICT From 2008-01-01 to 2011-12-31 Topic(s): ICT-2007.7.1 - ICT and ageing Call for proposal: FP7-ICT-2007-1
GISELA - GRID INITIATIVES FOR E-SCIENCE VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA
ID: 261487 Funded under: FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES From 2010-09-01 to 2012-08-31, closed project Topic(s): INFRA-2010-1.2.3 - Virtual Research Communities Call for proposal: FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2010-2
FORESTA - Fostering the Research Dimension of Science and Technology Agreements ID: 248676 Funded under: FP7-ICT
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From 2010-01-01 to 2011-12-31 Topic(s): ICT-2009.9.1 - International Cooperation Call for proposal: FP7-ICT-2009-4See other projects for this call FIRST - Implementing cooperation on Future Internet and ICT Components between Europe and Latin America
Project ID: 248753 Funded under: FP7-ICT From 2010-01-01 to 2011-12-31 Topic(s): ICT-2009.9.1 - International Cooperation Call for proposal: FP7-ICT-2009-4
PRO-IDEAL PLUS - PROmotion of an Ict Dialogue between Europe and America Latina – extension towards Mexico, Colombia, Cuba, Costa Rica Project ID: 246644 Funded under: FP7-ICT From 2010-01-01 to 2011-12-31 Topic(s): ICT-2009.9.1 - International Cooperation Call for proposal: FP7-ICT-2009-4
AMERICAS - Latin America-Europe ICT Cooperation Advanced Strategies Project ID: 287805 Funded under: FP7-ICT From 2011-11-01 to 2013-10-31 Topic(s): ICT-2011.10.3 - International partnership building and support to dialogues Call for proposal: FP7-ICT-2011-7
Idealist2011 - Trans-national cooperation among ICT National Contact Points Project ID: 231367 Funded under: FP7-ICT From 2008-10-01 to 2011-09-30, Topic(s): ICT-2007.9.3 - Transnational cooperation among National Contact Points
Call for proposal: FP7-ICT-2007-3 LEADERSHIP - Latin America-Europe Advanced Dialogues to Enhance ICT Research and Innovation partnerSHIP Project ID: 611099 Funded under: FP7-ICT From 2013-11-01 to 2015-10-31
Topic(s): ICT-2013.10.3 - International partnership building and support to dialogues – Horizontal International Cooperation Actions Call for proposal: FP7-ICT-2013-10 CONECTA 2020 - COoperation and NEtworking between Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean to Coordinate Research Opportunities around ICT and Horizon 2020 challenges via Technology PlAtforms
Project ID: 611517 Funded under: FP7-ICT From 2014-03-01 to 2016-02-29 Topic(s): ICT-2013.10.3 - International partnership building and support to dialogues – Horizontal International Cooperation Actions Call for proposal: FP7-ICT-2013-10
2.2.3 LEADERSHIP project outcomes
The investigation carried out by the LEADERSHIP project, where INMARK and ITESM
were involved, identified ICT research priority topics of common interest for EU-
Mexico collaboration, which provides the basis to identify the most viable, future
research topics and ways of cooperation in ICT and FIWARE. LEADERSHIP identified
33 ICT priority topics of particular relevance for Latin America and Mexico, including
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ICT for societal challenges, such as efficient energy, health and smart cities; as well
as Big Data and Future Internet.
In particular, LEADERSHIP project pointed that Mexican ICT priority R&I areas have
much in common with the European ones, defined by Horizon 2020, the current EU
Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, in particular with the H2020
pillar of societal challenges. Among Mexican ICT priority R&I areas framed within this
pillar are: Inclusive, innovative and reflective Societies; Health, demographic change
and wellbeing; and Secure, clean and efficient energy. This reflects a fertile ground
for future cooperation between Europe and Mexico in ICT R&I.
The outcomes of LEADERSHIP pointed 33 R&I areas, gathered in 12 topics related to
ICT, as described in Horizon 2020. These are the following3:
Topic 1: A new generation of components and systems
1. Smart Cyber-Physical Systems
2. Smart System Integration
Topic 2: Advanced Computing
3. Customised and low power computing
Topic 3: Future Internet
4. Smart Networks and novel Internet Architectures
5. Smart optical and wireless network technologies
6. Advanced Cloud Infrastructures and Services
7. Boosting public sector productivity and innovation through cloud computing
services
8. Tools and Methods for Software Development
9. Future Internet Research & Experimentation - FIRE +
Topic 4: Content technologies and information management
11. Big data
12. Technologies for creative industries, social media and convergence
13. Technologies for better human learning and teaching
14. Advanced digital gaming/gamification technologies
15. Multimodal and Natural computer interaction
Topic 5: Robotics
16. Robotics
Topic 6: Micro- and nano-electronic technologies, Photonics
17. Internet of Things and Platforms for Connected Smart Objects
Topic 7: ICT Cross-Cutting Activities
18. Cybersecurity, Trustworthy ICT
Topic 8: Factories of the Future (FoF)
19. Process optimisation of manufacturing assets
20. Developing smart factories that are attractive to workers
Topic 9: e-Infrastructures
21. Managing, preserving and computing with big research data
22. Network of HPC Competence Centres for SMEs
23. Provision of core services across e-infrastructures
Topic 10: Inclusive, innovative and reflective Societies
24. ICT-enabled open government
25. Innovative schemes for open innovation and science 2.0
26. ICT platform for Learning and Inclusion
Topic 11: Secure, clean and efficient energy
27. New ICT-based solutions for energy efficiency
28. Large scale energy storage
3 Country brief on EU-LAC R&I cooperation in ICT: Mexico. LEADERSHIP project.
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29. Smart Cities and Communities solutions integrating energy, transport, ICT
sectors
Topic 12: Health, demographic change and wellbeing
30. Advanced ICT systems and services for Integrated Care
31. Self-management of health and disease: citizen engagement and mHealth
32. Patient empowerment supported by ICT
33. Digital representation of health data to improve disease diagnosis and treatment
The top 10 ICT priority areas selected in Mexico are the following:
• Technologies for better human learning and teaching
• Smart Cities and Communities solutions integrating energy, transport, ICT
sectors
• Advanced ICT systems and services for Integrated Care
• Cybersecurity, Trustworthy ICT
• Digital representation of health data to improve disease diagnosis and
treatment
• Advanced Cloud Infrastructures and Services
• Big data
• ICT platform for Learning and Inclusion
• Robotics
• Large scale energy storage
Figure 1 ICT priorities in Mexico, LEADERSHIP Project
Overall, potential areas for ICT R&I cooperation identified by LEADERSHIP in
Mexico are related to FIWARE domains, such as Smart Cities, Health Energy. These
topics were considered in the selection of topics to the online survey conducted by
FIWARE Mexico, as described below in section 3.
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2.2.4 EU-Mexico S&T cooperation in H2020
Aiming to encourage the participation of Mexican entities in the Horizon 2020
Program and in order to strengthen bilateral relations between the European Union
and Mexico in Science, Technology and Innovation, the National Council of Science
and Technology (CONACYT) launched the ”CONACYT - H2020 call” on 25 February
2014. This new mechanism funds the participation of Mexican researchers in all areas
of Horizon 20204, by using the FONCICYT Mechanism.
Mexican entities aiming to participate in a European consortium may apply to
CONACYT for financial support. CONACYT will review the Mexican application and, if
they approve it, will guarantee the financing of the Mexican partner, should the
proposal subsequently be selected by the EU. This decision was taken after Europe
decided to declare Mexico as non-eligible for funding in H2020 calls.
Particularly, Mexico confirmed in the 2014 Joint Scientific Committee the interest to
strengthen the collaboration in the ICT domain within Europe. Therefore, it was
decided to launch a specific call, released on 14 October 2015 (the ICT-38-2016)
devoted to use FIWARE as the open service platform of reference and to develop
FIWARE platform components5.
In this way, the following projects are running on H2020:
MAGIC - Middleware for collaborative Applications and Global vIrtual Communities Project ID: 654225 INFRASUPP-7-2014 - e-Infrastructure policy development and international cooperation From 2015-05-01 to 2017-04-30 CSA - Coordination and support action
SmartSDK - A FIWARE-based SDK for developing Smart Applications Project ID: 723174 ICT-38-2016 - MEXICO: Collaboration on ICT From 2016-09-01 to 2018-08-31 RIA - Research and Innovation action FIWARE Mexico - Enhancing FIWARE collaboration between Europe and Mexico
Project ID: 723088 ICT-38-2016 - MEXICO: Collaboration on ICT From 2016-09-01 to 2018-08-31 CSA - Coordination and support action FINEXT - Bringing FIWARE to the NEXT step Project ID: 732851
ICT-12-2016 - Net Innovation Initiative From 2016-12-01 to 2018-11-30 IA - Innovation action SynchroniCity - SynchroniCity: Delivering an IoT enabled Digital Single Market for Europe and Beyond
Project ID: 732240 H2020-EU.2.1.1. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
4 http://ec.europa.eu/research/iscp/index.cfm?lg=en&pg=mexico 5 EU- Mexico collaboration on ICT http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/topics/ict-38-2016.html
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H2020-EU.3.1.4. - Active ageing and self-management of health From 2017-01-01 to 2019-09-30, Topic IoT-01-2016 - Large Scale Pilots H2020-IOT-2016 (not financed by CONACYT)
2.3 Highlights of the EU-Mexico cooperation
After analysing the main ICT collaborative projects with Mexican participants, there
are numerous research topics with a prevalence in the last 10 years in:
• Infrastructures (Network, e-Science Grid infrastructures, Virtual research
communities)
• Micro and nano systems
• IoT and large scale pilots (FIWARE related)
• e-inclusion and ICT and ageing (FIWARE related)
• Collaboration on ICT (International Cooperation, FIWARE related)
The prevalence in infrastructures highlights the interest and the importance for the
EU-Mexico ICT cooperation, which allows Mexican researchers to be eligible for EU
funding when participating in the calls. Moreover, the last 2016 Joint Steering
Committee Meeting highlights the interest for High Performance Computing,
reinforcing the cooperation in terms of infrastructure, IoT, but also within the
applications, giving the integrating element of the FIWARE platform6.
6 EU- Mexico Joint Committee meeting. 27 May 2016, Brussels,
http://ec.europa.eu/research/iscp/index.cfm?pg=mexico
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3. ICT R&I PRIORITIES SURVEY RESULTS
3.1 Survey methodology
This section describes the methodological approach to design and conduct the online
survey in order to update ICT research and innovation priorities in Mexico and to
identify priority topics for EU-Mexico collaboration in FIWARE.
The survey was launched on 26th April 2017 and data collection took place until 5th
June 2017. INMARK coordinated the process of information gathering and monitoring,
supported by Mexican partners that performed a personal monitoring of the survey
in Mexico by phone and email to increase response rates.
3.1.1 Scope and sample size
The survey was conducted to a sample of 3.250 stakeholders from Mexico,
representing ICT researchers from academia and the industry, decision makers,
government institutions and associations.
The sample composition includes relevant ICT stakeholders interested in ICT research
and innovation activities and/or involved in R&D policies. They were selected from
the Mexican partners’ databases including representatives from:
• CUDI R&E community
• INFOTEC community of FIWARE supporters
• Tecnologico de Monterrey network of technology parks and industry
associations
• ICT-related initiatives for Europe and Mexico collaboration
• Universities and research centres
• ICT industry
In total, 398 people answered the questionnaire, which represent an average
response rate of 12%.
3.1.2 Selection of FIWARE and ICT priorities
The selection process of ICT R&I priorities included in the survey was performed in
three steps:
1. Shortlist of 30 ICT topics in Mexico, on the basis of previous work carried out by
the Consortium to map the Mexican landscape of ICT and FIWARE. These
shortlisted topics are of particular relevance for collaboration in FIWARE as they
are related to the FIWARE Catalogue of Generic Enablers (GE) and domain-
specific enablers (DSEs).
2. Matching the shortlisted topics with FIWARE Mexico Domains, H2020 Topic (Work
Programmes 2018-2020) and key areas addressed by Next Generation Internet
(NGI).
3. Final selection of the 16 FIWARE and ICT-related topics that are particularly
relevant for R&I cooperation between Europe and Mexico, as included in the
survey, based on the following criteria: • Consortium expertise and knowledge on FIWARE and ICT R&I priorities for
international cooperation
• Relevance for FIWARE in Mexico
• Relevance for FIWARE Mexico partners and Working Groups members
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Figure 2 Selection process of ICT priorities
The selected 16 topics to be ranked by respondents are the following:
• Cloud Computing
• Intelligent transport system
• IoT
• Smart Factory
• Smart Home
• Security monitoring
• Big Data
• Data Sovereignty
• Advanced manufacturing
• Real time information technology
• Energy efficiency
• Electric Vehicles Support Technologies
• Smart citizen-centred energy system
• Healthcare platform development
• Artificial Intelligence
• Software defined technology
FIWARE GE&DSE
30 ICT topics in
Mexico of particular relevance for collaboration in FIWARE
Matching
The shortlisted topics with FIWARE Mexico Domains, H2020 Topics (Work Programmes 2018-2020) and key areas addressed by Next Generation Internet (NGI)
Final Selection
16 FIWARE and
ICT-related topics that are particularly relevant for R&I cooperation between Europe and Mexico
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Figure 3: Match ICT topics with FIWARE Mexico domains
Figure 4 Match ICT topics with H2020 ICT Topics and FIWARE
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Figure 5 Match ICT topics with NGI topics
3.1.3 Online questionnaire
Questionnaire structure
The questionnaire comprises a total of 12 questions structured into the following
sections:
1. Basic Information: basic data of respondents (position, organisation type and
number of employees).
2. Perspectives for R&I Collaboration: previous experience in collaborative R&I
projects Europe, including current involvement in R&I projects and initiatives
relevant to Next Generation Internet; overall assessment of Europe-Mexico
collaboration in R&I; interest in future collaboration with Europe in specific topics
and areas for collaborative R&I projects.
3. Awareness of FIWARE and how FIWARE solutions can benefit research in the
domains of smart cities, security, health, energy and industry 4.0.
4. Barriers for Europe-Mexico collaboration in ICT R&I:
perceived current barriers and problems for taking part in ICT R&I cooperation
projects between Mexico and Europe.
5. ICT and FIWARE Priorities for R&I collaboration between Europe and
Mexico: Comprises the list of selected ICT priority topics connected to FIWARE
technologies to be ranked by respondents according to their knowledge and
experience.
The questionnaire includes four types of questions:
• Single answer questions, e.g. Yes or No answers.
• Multiple choice questions, where respondents may choose from a list of
options.
• Rating scale questions, where respondents rank a list of options from 1- not
relevant to 4 – very relevant.
• Open questions.
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Online tool
The questionnaire was based on the online survey platform, Survey Monkey7. This
tool was chosen because it is easy to use for respondents, fast to collect responses
and convenient to analyse the results. It has been proved to be the optimised process
of distribution, response collection and visualisation of data analysis.
To protect data privacy and safety, the following actions were carried out to avoid
accidental deletion of the data gathered:
• There was only one admin that could access the questionnaires.
• Backups of responses obtained were performed every week.
• Ensure the security of the database collected in the Survey Monkey account.
The link to the survey, along with an invitation letter to fill in the survey, was
distributed by email on 26th April 2017 among Mexican stakeholders’ databases. The
first deadline to receive responses was fixed for 15 May. Two reminders were sent
on 18 and 26 May respectively, with a final deadline to complete the survey extended
to 5 June. In parallel, personalized monitoring by phone and/or email was performed
by the partners in Mexico.
3.2 Respondents profile
Most of the respondents who answered the questionnaire are researchers and
professors (43,4%), followed by consultants (28,5%) as well as directors, C-suite
and managers (28%).
Table 1: Respondents Profile
Position Percentage
Consultant 28.50%
Professor 24.70%
Researcher 18.80%
Director 10.80%
CEO, COO, CFO 9.70%
Manager 7.50%
Total 100%
3.2.1 Organisation type
Universities (62%) and research centres (13%) together represent 75% of
respondents’ organisations, which explains the relevance of the research profile
among respondents. The industry, including private companies and SME represent
18% of respondents’, while the remaining organizations (7%) are NGO, Associations
and government organisation.
7 https://www.surveymonkey.com/
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Figure 6: Organisation type
3.2.2 Organisation size
The questionnaire was answered by large and small and medium size organisations,
including SME. 46% of respondents reported they work for organisations with more
than 250 employees, while 16% of respondents work for organisations between 50-
250 employees and 38% pertain to organisations with less than 50 employees. Thus,
there is a balance between large and small and medium size organisations.
Figure 7: Organisation size
Findings on respondents’ profile
• Most of the respondents who answered the questionnaire are researchers
and professors (43,4%), although consultants (28,5%) and C-suite
executives are also well represented (28%).
• Universities and research centres together represent 75% of respondents’
organisations, which explains the relevance of the research profile among
respondents.
• The industry, including SME, represent 18% of respondents.
• There is good balance between large and small and medium size
organisations.
University62%
Research Center13%
Private Company
11%
Government Organisation
4%
NGO2%
Association1%
SME7%
< 10 employees; 25,5%
11-50 employees;
13,1%
51-250 employees;
15,7%
> 250 employees; …
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3.3 Perspectives for ICT and FIWARE collaboration with Europe
3.3.1 ICT R&I cooperation with Europe
Only 8.2% of Mexican respondents have participated in ICT R&I projects in
cooperation with Europe, while a vast majority of respondents (91.8%) recognise
that they do not have previous experience in collaborative projects with Europe.
Among the respondents that have participated in R&I collaborative projects and
initiatives, the more important areas and topics mentioned in the responses are:
Process modelling, software engineering, business model innovation, flood risk
simulation, and civil security.
3.3.2 Assessment of the experience in cooperation with Europe
We asked respondents who have previously participated in collaborative projects with
Europe to assess their experience in a scale from 1 to 4 (from 1 - Not positive to 4 -
Very positive). The opinions are divided, while 45% of respondents evaluate their
experience in EU projects participation as positive (22%) or very positive (23%),
41% of respondents rated their collaboration experience as negative. There is a
certain level of dissatisfaction in previous collaborations with Europe in ICT R&I
projects, which should be taken into account in future actions to improve EU-Mexico
cooperation.
Figure 8: Assessment of participation in EU projects
3.3.3 Interest in R&I collaboration with Europe
When asked about the interest in collaborative research and innovation with Europe,
an overwhelming majority of responses are affirmative. While 51.6% of respondents
have shown interest in participating in R&I projects, 44,5% affirm to have plans to
embark in future collaborative R&I projects with Europe.
Main areas and topics for future Europe-Mexico collaboration are:
• IoT
Negative41%
Fair14%
Positive22%
Very Positive23%
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• Renewable energy
• Energy efficiency
• Traffic monitoring
• Real-time technology
• Smart Cities
• Artificial intelligence
• Quantum computing
• Cybersecurity.
• Personal Security Sensors
• Big Data
• Data Mining
• Virtual reality
• Embedded Services
• Business Intelligence
• Industry 4.0
• Machine Learning
• Electronic Government
• eHealth
• Robotics
• ICT for environment
• ICT for social aspects of innovation
Figure 9: Willingness to participate in R&I funding programmes
3.3.4 Awareness of Next Generation Internet
When asked if the participants in the survey are involved in any R&D initiative
relevant to shape and build the Next Generation Internet (NGI), 14.4% of
respondents say they are involved in this kind of initiatives, although a very large
majority have registered the negative answer.
Figure 10 Percentage of awareness of NGI
Planning to participate
44%
No interest4%
Interest to participate
52%
14,40% 85,60%Response Percentage
Yes No
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Among the respondents who have answered yes, several R&D projects and
initiatives were mentioned:
• Data Science and Public Health
• Red LATE Mexico
• SmartSDK
• Digital Transformation
• Smart Cities MX
• Digital gap measurement
• Innovation agendas in ICT
• Big Data and real-time monitoring
• Data mining in social networks
• Future Internet
• Super-computing in the cloud
• Digital Inclusion Centers
• IoT
• Machine learning
3.3.5 Awareness of FIWARE
Similarly, when asked about the knowledge about FIWARE, 15% of respondents have
acknowledged their awareness to this platform, while 85% showed the lack of
knowledge of FIWARE technologies. This reflects the fact that FIWARE still has ample
room to improve its brand awareness in Mexico.
Figure 11 Percentage of awareness of FIWARE
Among the respondents who know FIWARE, they highlighted the following channels
for them to get information about this open source platform:
• INFOTEC community
• University network
• FIWARE online presence, e.g. website and social media account
• Horizon 2020 calls
Among the respondents who know about FIWARE, they have also been asked if they
believe the FIWARE platform and technologies can benefit the FIWARE Mexico
domains:
• Smart cities
• Security
• Health
• Energy
• Industry 4.0
15,8% 84,2%Response Percentage
Yes No
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It turns out that most respondents stated that FIWARE can significantly benefit
research and innovation in smart cities (73.2%), followed by security (54.9%),
Health (47.9%), Energy (39.4%) and Industry 4.0 (31%).
Figure 12 Benefited R&I Domains by FIWARE Technologies
Among the specific benefits mentioned for each domain the following research areas
were highlighted:
• Smart cities:
o Technology implemented in Europe is useful for Mexico
o The generation of open data could allow the development of
applications that help improve the quality of life of citizens
o Real-time information related technologies
• Security:
o Network security
o Cybercrime prevention
o Automatic monitoring
• Health
o Digital transformation in Health
o Big Data in health
o Machine learning in health
• Energy
o Energy efficiency
o Renewable energy
o Smart grid applications
• Industry 4.0
o IoT
o eGovernment
o Efficiency
3.3.6 Barriers for Europe-Mexico Collaboration in ICT R&I
To understand the perceived barriers in cooperating in ICT R&I with Europe, Mexican
respondents were asked to select the five main barriers/obstacles to participate in
R&I cooperation projects from a multiple-choice list.
Overall, the biggest barrier is the lack of awareness of funding programmes in Mexico
(78.4%%), followed by lack of awareness about ICT and FIWARE research topics of
common interests (64.5%) and the lack of experience in international cooperation
projects (63.6%). Lack of calls for proposals targeting collaboration between Mexico
and Europe (51.2%) and difficulties to build research and innovation partnerships
between industry and academia (42.3%) are also considered among the top 5
barriers standing in the way of Europe-Mexico cooperation.
31,0%
39,4%
47,9%
54,9%
73,2%
Industry 4.0
Energy
Health
Security
Smart Cities
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Other important problems mentioned in the survey are related to the grants for
collaboration, namely the long time to receive the grants (31,4%) and gap in grants
timing between Mexico and Europe (26,3%), which could affect the implementation
of cooperation projects.
Figure 13: Barriers for ICT R&I collaboration
Findings on Perspectives for ICT and FIWARE Mexico-Europe collaboration
• Only 8.2% of Mexican respondents say they have participated in ICT R&I projects in cooperation with Europe.
• A majority of respondents with experience collaborating with Europe are
satisfied with this cooperation. However, there is a certain level of
dissatisfaction, which should be taken into account in future actions to improve EU-Mexico cooperation.
• An overwhelming majority of respondents (96%) have interest or are planning to participate in future collaborative R&I projects with Europe.
• Around 15% of the survey respondents are aware of FIWARE technologies and are currently involved in R&I initiatives related to NGI.
• Among the respondents who know about FIWARE, most of them recognise
that FIWARE can significantly benefit research and innovation in Smart
Cities and Security, and to a lesser extend in Health, Energy and Industry 4.0.
• Top 5 barriers for Europe-Mexico cooperation are:
o the lack of awareness of funding programmes in Mexico (78.4%).
o lack of awareness about ICT and FIWARE research topics of common interests (64.5%).
o lack of experience in international cooperation projects (63.6%).
o lack of calls for proposals targeting collaboration between Mexico
and Europe (51.2%).
o difficulties to build research and innovation partnerships between
industry (42.3%).
0,0% 10,0%20,0%30,0%40,0%50,0%60,0%70,0%80,0%90,0%
Rules related to IPR and access rights to backgroundtechnology and results
Disalignment with grants timing between Mexicoand Europe
Long time to receive the grant
Difficulties to build research and innovationpartnerships between industry and academia
Lack of calls for proposals targeting collaborationbetween Mexico and Europe
Lack of experience in international cooperationprojects
Lack of awareness about ICT and FIWARE researchtopics of common interests
Lack of awareness of funding programmes in Mexico
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3.4 FIWARE and ICT priorities for Europe-Mexico cooperation
3.4.1 Top ICT priority topics in Mexico
As the stated above in the methodology section, Mexican respondents were asked to
rate the selected 16 ICT and FIWARE related topics. Each topic was ranked by
respondents (from 1 – not relevant to 4 – very relevant), based on their knowledge,
experience and relevance for Europe-Mexico cooperation.
The ranking of the topics and average scores are shown in the Figure below. Most of
them, 12 out of 16 topics, were scored above 3 points, which highlights the relevance
of ICT for R&I collaboration between Mexico and Europe.
Figure 14 Potential ICT Priorities for organisations
The top 5 priorities for future cooperation have been scored from 3.28 to 3.42, which
shows the great interest of Mexican respondents in these particular topics:
• Healthcare platform development
• Energy efficiency
• Real time information technology
• Security monitoring
• Artificial Intelligence
3.4.2 Top ICT priority topics per Organisation Type
Further analysis into the ICT priority topics chosen by different organisation types
reveals that healthcare platform development and energy efficiency are both
considered to be the top priorities regardless of the organisation type of respondents.
2,77
2,91
2,94
2,96
3,08
3,09
3,16
3,16
3,20
3,23
3,24
3,28
3,29
3,30
3,32
3,42
0,00 0,50 1,00 1,50 2,00 2,50 3,00 3,50 4,00
Smart Home
Smart Factory
Data Sovereignty
Advanced manufacturing
Electric Vehicles Support Technologies
Cloud Computing
Intelligent transport system
Smart citizen-centred energy system
Software defined technology
Internet of Things
Big Data
Artificial Intelligence
Security monitoring
Real time information technology
Energy efficiency
Healthcare platform development
Average
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Table 2 Top ICT Priority Topics per Organisation Type
TOPIC Average Research Industry Others
Healthcare platform development 3.42 3.35 3.63 3.65
Energy efficiency 3.32 3.27 3.51 3.63
Real time information technology 3.30 3.28 3.22 3.59
Security monitoring 3.29 3.30 3.25 3.35
Artificial Intelligence 3.28 3.30 3.14 3.53
Big Data 3.24 3.18 3.37 3.50
IoT 3.23 3.24 3.23 3.21
Software defined technology 3.20 3.19 3.08 3.53
Intelligent transport system 3.16 3.09 3.46 3.37
Smart citizen-centred energy system 3.16 3.15 3.04 3.56
Cloud Computing 3.09 3.09 3.08 3.12
Electric Vehicles Support
Technologies 3.08 3.08 3.00 3.37
Advanced manufacturing 2.96 2.94 2.94 3.26
Data Sovereignty 2.94 2.94 2.88 3.12
Smart Factory 2.91 2.87 3.08 3.22
Smart Home 2.77 2.83 2.40 3.06
Nevertheless, the analysis suggests some differences in the selected key priority
topics. For researchers, their priority topics selected are in line with the average of
all respondents. While for industry players, other key priority topics are Big Data and
Intelligent Transport System. Similarly, respondents from other organisations,
namely government institutions, associations and NGOs selected smart citizen
centred energy system as one of their key priorities. This result demonstrates that
industry and institutions have shown a clear preference in topics related to smart
cities and energy.
3.4.3 Alignment of ICT priorities with FIWARE domains
The 16 selected topics to survey are linked to FIWARE Mexico domains: Smart cities,
Security, Health, Energy and Industry 4.0.
The following table shows the ranking of the topics and scores, alongside the FIWARE
associated domains.
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Table 3 Priority topics per FIWARE domain
These priority topics can be segmented into 3 tiers, according to the average score
given by respondents to each topic:
o 1st tier priority topics are the ones scored above 3.2.
o 2nd tier priority topics are the ones scored between 3.0-3.2.
o 3rd tier priority topics are the ones scored below 3.0.
3.4.4 Analysis of priority topics by FIWARE domain
In order to analyse the different priorities of each FIWARE domain, first we have
ranked the domain based on the average scores of the topics included in each
domain. As shown in the Figure below, Health is considered as the most relevant
domain for FIWARE in Mexico, with an average score of 3.33, followed by Energy
(3.21). Industry 4.0., Security and Smart Cities domains (3.13-3.11) are in the third
position.
Figure 15 Priority of FIWARE domains
Following we present the analysis of each FIWARE domain individually, the score of
the topics included in each domain.
TOPIC Smart Cities Security Health Energy Industry 4.0 Average Tier
Healthcare platform development X X 3.42
Energy efficiency X X 3.32
Real time information technology X X 3.30
Security monitoring
X3.29
Artificial Intelligence X 3.28
Big Data X X X 3.24
IoT X X 3.23
Software defined technology X 3.20
Intelligent transport system X 3.16Smart citizen-centred energy
system X X 3.16
Cloud Computing X 3.09
Electric Vehicles Support
Technologies X X3.08
Advanced manufacturing X 2.96
Data Sovereignty X X 2.94
Smart Factory X X 2.91
Smart Home X X 2.77
Tier
1Ti
er 2
Tier
3
3,11
3,12
3,13
3,2
3,33
Smart cities
Security
Industry 4.0
Energy
Health
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• FIWARE Domain: Health
Health is the top FIWARE domain for Mexico, according to the survey respondents.
There are two specific topics under this domain: healthcare platform development
and big data. Healthcare platform development refers to open source platform
for the purpose of health related digital transformation. It is scored as the top priority
topic under this domain.
Big data refers to data sets that are so large or complex that traditional software
applications for data processing are inadequate to deal with them. Challenges include
capture, storage, analysis, data curation, search, sharing, transfer, visualization,
querying, updating and information privacy.
Both topics under the health domain, are within the 1st tier in the ranking of priority
topics.
Figure 16 Priority topics under FIWARE Domain Health
• FIWARE Domain: Energy
Energy is considered the second priority domain for FIWARE in Mexico. It includes
the following priority topics:
o Energy efficiency is the goal to reduce the amount of energy required to
provide products and services. For example, insulating a home allows a
building to use less heating and cooling energy to achieve and maintain a
comfortable temperature.
o Big data (as defined above).
o Smart citizen-centred energy system. The integration of an increasing
share of renewable energies, a more active role for consumers ('prosumers')
require appropriate integration of existing technologies and new technologies,
infrastructure, management approaches as well as market and business
models.
o Electric vehicles support technologies. An electric vehicle may be
powered through a collector system by electricity from off-vehicle sources, or
may be self-contained with a battery, solar panels or a generator to convert
fuel to electricity.
3,24
3,42
Big Data
Healthcare platform development
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Figure 17 Priority topics under FIWARE Domain Energy
Energy efficiency and Big Data are within the 1st tier in the ranking of priority topics,
while smart citizen-centred energy system and electric vehicles support technologies
are in the 2nd tier.
• FIWARE Domain: Industry 4.0
Industry 4.0 is the current trend of automation and data exchange in manufacturing
technologies. It will revolutionize the industry through “smart factories” that will allow
greater flexibility in production needs, efficient allocation of resources, and
integration of processes; from equipment monitoring to final delivery, through the
use of technologies such as integration of Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), IoT and
IOS, and the real time interaction between machinery, software, and individuals.
Industry 4.0 has been considered by the survey respondents the third most important
FIWARE domain in Mexico.
Figure 18 Priority topics under FIWARE Domain Industry 4.0
The Industry 4.0 domain is associated to most of the FIWARE and ICT priority topics
in Mexico:
o Healthcare platform development (as defined above).
o Energy efficiency (as defined above).
3,08
3,16
3,24
3,32
Electric Vehicles Support Technologies
Smart citizen-centred energy system
Big Data
Energy efficiency
2,77
2,91
2,94
2,96
3,08
3,20
3,23
3,28
3,30
3,32
3,42
Smart Home
Smart Factory
Data Sovereignty
Advanced manufacturing
Electric Vehicles Support Technologies
Software defined technology
IoT
Artificial Intelligence
Real time information technology
Energy efficiency
Healthcare platform development
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o Real time information technology captures and processes and responds to
data as the events generating that data are happening in the real world. Unlike
batch processing, real time processing deals with a continuous stream of
inputs and has hard deadlines for completing tasks.
o Artificial Intelligence (AI). In computer science, the field of AI research
defines itself as the study of "intelligent agents": any device that perceives its
environment and takes actions that maximize its chance of success at some
goal. Colloquially, the term "artificial intelligence" is applied when a machine
mimics "cognitive" functions that humans associate with other human minds,
such as "learning" and "problem solving".
o The Internet of things (IoT) is the inter-networking of physical devices,
vehicles (also referred to as "connected devices" and "smart devices"),
buildings, and other items embedded with electronics, software, sensors,
actuators, and network connectivity which enable these objects to collect and
exchange data.
o Software-defined technologies. These technologies may provide more
functionalities and control for the allocation of resources, configuration and
deployment, and may open new opportunities to develop the Internet.
o Electronic vehicle support technologies (as defined above).
o Advanced manufacturing is the insertion of new technology, improved
processes, and management methods to improve the manufacturing of
products.
o Data sovereignty is the concept that information which has been converted
and stored in binary digital form is subject to the laws of the country in which
it is located.
o Smart factory is within the modular structured of Industry 4.0, where cyber-
physical systems monitor physical processes, create a virtual copy of the
physical world and make decentralized decisions.
o Smart home is building automation for the home. It involves the control and
automation of lighting, heating (such as smart thermostats), ventilation, air
conditioning (HVAC), and security, as well as home appliances such as
washer/dryers, ovens or refrigerators/freezers.
It can be observed that the Industry 4.0 domain covers priority topics through the
three tiers in the ranking:
o 1st tier (3.2 – 3.4): healthcare platform development, energy efficiency, real
time information technology, Artificial Intelligence , IoT and Software defined
technology.
o 2nd tier (3.0-3.2): electric vehicle support technologies.
o 3rd tier (below 3.0): advanced manufacturing, data sovereignty, smart factory
and smart home.
• FIWARE Domain: Security
Security is considered to be the fourth more important FIWARE domain in Mexico.
This domain comprises the following priority topics:
o Security monitoring technology will alert people when attacks are
underway, providing accurate and timely details that allow you to quickly
respond before threats can wreak havoc on your network.
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o Data sovereignty (mentioned above)
Figure 19 Priority topics under FIWARE Domain Security
Security monitoring is under the 1st tier in the ranking of priority topics, while data
sovereignty falls within the 3rd tier.
• FIWARE Domain: Smart cities
Smart cities are considered by the survey respondents to be the fifth most important
FIWARE domain in Mexico. This domain is associated to the following priority topics:
o Real time information technology (as defined above).
o Big data (as defined above).
o Internet of Things (as defined above).
o Smart citizen-centred energy system (as defined above).
o Intelligent transport system. Intelligent transportation systems (ITS) are
advanced applications aiming to provide innovative services relating to
different modes of transport and traffic management and enable various users
to be better informed and make safer, more coordinated, and 'smarter' use of
transport networks.
o Cloud Computing. Cloud computing and storage solutions provide users and
enterprises with various capabilities to store and process their data in either
privately owned, or third-party data centers that may be located far from the
user–ranging in distance from across a city to across the world.
o Smart factory (mentioned above).
o Smart home (mentioned above).
2,94
3,29
Data Sovereignty
Security monitoring
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Figure 20 Priority topics under FIWARE Domain Smart Cities
It can be observed that Smart Cities domain covers priority topics through the three
tiers in the ranking:
• First tier (3.2 – 3.4): Real time information technology, big data and IoT.
• Second tier (3.1-3-2): Smart citizen-centred energy system, intelligent
transport system and cloud computing.
• Third tier (below 3.1): Smart factory and smart home.
Real time information technology, IoT, smart factory and smart home form a mutual
complementary package to drive the development of the Smart Cities and Industry
4.0 domains. FIWARE technologies under these domains can contribute significantly
to the development of such priority topics and thus stimulate research collaboration
between Mexico and Europe.
Findings on FIWARE and ICT priorities for Europe-Mexico cooperation
• All ICT topics selected for scoring by the survey respondents (16 in total)
are considered relevant or very relevant for Mexico-Europe T&I
collaboration. The average score ranges from 2.77 to 3.42.
• The analysis of topics by FIWARE domain shows the relevance of Health
(3.33), followed by Energy (3.2), Industry 4.0 (3.13), Security (3.12) and
Smart Cities (3.11).
• The top 5 priority topics for Europe-Mexico collaboration are:
o Healthcare platform development (Health and Industry 4.0)
o Energy efficiency (Energy and Industry 4.0)
o Real time information technology (Smart cities and Industry 4.0)
o Security monitoring (Security)
o Artificial Intelligence (Industry 4.0)
2,77
2,91
3,09
3,16
3,16
3,23
3,24
3,30
Smart Home
Smart Factory
Cloud Computing
Intelligent transport system
Smart citizen-centred energy system
IoT
Big Data
Real time information technology
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4. CONCLUSIONS
Based on the mapping of the ICT landscape in Mexico and key insights from the
survey conducted among ICT researchers from academia and the industry, decision
makers, government institutions and associations, we have identified ICT and
FIWARE priority topics, and explored opportunities for R&I collaboration in areas of
common interest for Mexico and Europe.
There is an increasing interest in collaborative research and innovation with
Europe in the field of ICT and FIWARE technologies.
In spite of that only a minority of survey respondents in Mexico have not previous
experience in ICT R&I collaborative projects with Europe, the vast majority of
respondents (96%) say that they have interest or are planning to participate in future
collaborative R&I projects with Europe. This opens good perspectives for future
collaboration between Europe and Mexico, especially in areas and topics related to
FIWARE, such as IoT, energy efficiency, traffic monitoring, smart cities, Big Data,
Industry 4.0, cybersecurity, AI, among many others.
Awareness of FIWARE technologies and of Next Generation Internet (NGI)
are critical to enhance R&I collaboration between Mexico and Europe.
Around 15% of the survey respondents are aware of FIWARE technologies and there
is consensus among the FIWARE community in Mexico about the benefits of FIWARE
to research and innovation in Smart cities and Security, and to a lesser extend in the
domains of Health, Energy and Industry 4.0. Furthermore, other 15% of respondents
say they are currently involved in R&I initiatives that can contribute to build the NGI,
e.g. the Red LATE Mexico, Data Science and Public Health, Smart Cities MX, Big Data
and real-time monitoring and Future Internet initiatives.
Top 5 priorities for Mexico-Europe cooperation in FIWARE and ICT R&I.
ICT priority topics identified in Mexico by the survey respondents match with FIWARE
Mexico domains: Smart cities, Security, Health, Energy and Industry 4.0.
The top 5 priority topics in Mexico for future cooperation with Europe are the
following:
• Healthcare platform development (Health and Industry 4.0)
• Energy efficiency (Energy and Industry 4.0)
• Real time information technology (Smart cities and Industry 4.0)
• Security monitoring (Security)
• Artificial Intelligence (Industry 4.0)
Generally, there is not a big difference in topics chosen by respondents’ organisation
types. Nevertheless, the industry players and government institutions showed
relatively a relatively high interest in topics that are particularly associated with smart
cities and energy, such as Big Data, Intelligent Transport System and smart citizen
centred energy system.
There are still important barriers for Europe-Mexico collaboration in FIWARE
and ICT R&I.
The findings of the survey also indicate that in spite of the interest of Mexican
researchers to participate in FIWARE and ICT R&I projects with Europe, there are still
some important barriers that need to be overcome to increase Europe-Mexico
collaboration. Main obstacles perceived by the survey respondents are associated
with the lack of awareness of funding programmes in Mexico, the lack of awareness
about ICT and FIWARE research topics of common interests, and the lack of
experience in international cooperation projects. In addition, the lack of calls for
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proposals targeting collaboration between Mexico and Europe and difficulties to
partnership building are also considered an obstacle to participate in ICT R&I
cooperation projects with Europe.
Brand awareness towards FIWARE should be increased in Mexico. The results
of the survey also suggest the limited knowledge about FIWARE in Mexico. This
reveals opportunities to explore and further spread the uptake of FIWARE
technologies in Mexico. Therefore, current actions undertaken by FIWARE Mexico will
contribute to expand the communication channels of FIWARE and to create buzz and
popularity of FIWARE technologies in Mexico. Only in this way, FIWARE technologies
can benefit more researchers and industries, the synergy of FIWARE community will
be maximised and thus, the FIWARE global approach will be truly achieved.
In conclusion, the findings of the survey provide a valuable input to potential
partnership building between Europe and Mexico. Furthermore, FIWARE Mexico
actions to support the uptake of FIWARE technologies and to promote the FIWARE
brand in Mexico, and indirectly in the Latin America market, add synergies to the
global approach of the FIWARE ecosystem.
ANNEX 1 – SELECTED ICT AND FIWARE PRIORITY TOPICS IN MEXICO
FIWARE Mexico DOMAIN
H2020 Topic (Work Programmes 2018-2020)
Next Generation Internet NGI
TOPIC Smart Cities Security Health Energy
Industry 4.0
Cloud Computing X
ICT - Cloud computing ecosystem
Intelligent transport system X IoT
IoT X X
Cross-cutting integration platform
Smart Grid X X
Cross-cutting integration platform
Smart Factory X X
Cross-cutting integration platform
Smart Home X X
Cross-cutting integration platform
Security monitoring X Cybersecurity
Big Data X X X Big Data
Data Sovereignty X X
Personal data spaces, immersive environments and privacy by design
Secure internet
Manufacturing processes development X Digital Automation
CNC machining - Computer numerical control X Digital Automation
Machining dynamics X Digital Automation
Robotics Automation Intelligence X X
Robotics for novel production value chains and enabling innovation in services
Advanced manufacturing X Digital Automation
Renewable energy X X
Accelerating clean energy innovation
Medical devices X X
Digital transformation in health and care
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FIWARE Mexico DOMAIN
H2020 Topic (Work Programmes 2018-2020)
Next Generation Internet NGI
TOPIC Smart Cities Security Health Energy
Industry 4.0
Real time information technology X X IoT
3D Technologies X
Interactive and Media technologies
Protocols, language and communication
Energy efficiency X X
Efficient Energy Use
Electric Vehicles Support Technologies X X
Building a low carbon, climate resilient future
Testbeds X High performance computing
Smart citizen-centred energy system X
X
Smart citizen-centred energy system
Trusted big data solutions in health X X
Trusted big data solutions in health
Cybersecurity and digital privacy X
Cybersecurity and digital privacy
Secure internet
Advanced Software Services X
Cross-cutting activities and new high-potential areas
Healthcare platform development X X
Digital transformation in health and care
Secure and resilient societies X
Secure and resilient societies
Trusted internet
Artificial Intelligence X
Next generation internet initiative
Artificial Intelligence
Software defined technology X
Next generation internet initiative
Software defined technology
Interactive technologies by SME X
Interactive technologies by SME
Large scale energy storage X X
Global leadership in renewale enery technologies
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