Georgios TSELENTIS European Commission, IST programme New Working Environments

IST Information DayIST Information Day

Applications and services for the mobile user and workerGRID-based systems for solving complex problems

eInclusionResearch networking testbeds

Athens, 2 June 2003Athens, 2 June 2003National Documentation CentreNational Documentation Centre

Georgios TSELENTISGeorgios TSELENTISEuropean Commission, IST programme European Commission, IST programme

New Working EnvironmentsNew Working Environments([email protected])([email protected])

European R&D: a fragmented landscapeEuropean R&D: a fragmented landscape

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ERA-a new context for EU supported RTDERA-a new context for EU supported RTD

Moving to a European level Research policyMoving to a European level Research policy– Strengthen co-operation between National and EU ActivitiesStrengthen co-operation between National and EU Activities– Improve links between National and EU policies and schemesImprove links between National and EU policies and schemes– Take into account enlargementTake into account enlargement– Development of a “shared vision” on European RTDDevelopment of a “shared vision” on European RTD– Potential for co-funding arrangementsPotential for co-funding arrangements

Realising ERA will requireRealising ERA will require– New thinking: more strategic and goal orientedNew thinking: more strategic and goal oriented– New approach: integration, concentration, critical mass and flexibilityNew approach: integration, concentration, critical mass and flexibility– New scope: taking account of the international dimension of RTDNew scope: taking account of the international dimension of RTD

– greater awareness of who’s doing whatgreater awareness of who’s doing what– New instruments: Integrated Projects (IPs) & Networks of Excellence (NoEs)New instruments: Integrated Projects (IPs) & Networks of Excellence (NoEs)

FP6 is not business a

s usual!

Reinforce leadership where Europe has demonstrated Reinforce leadership where Europe has demonstrated strengths, e.g.strengths, e.g.

– mobile communications and services, broadband communicationsmobile communications and services, broadband communications– micro-opto electronicsmicro-opto electronics– networked audiovisual systems... networked audiovisual systems... – security and dependability,…security and dependability,…

Seize new opportunities that arise from the ‘AmI’ vision and Seize new opportunities that arise from the ‘AmI’ vision and address weaknesses / threats critical for its realisation, e.g.address weaknesses / threats critical for its realisation, e.g.

– multimodal interfaces, semantic-based knowledge handling,.. multimodal interfaces, semantic-based knowledge handling,.. – embedded systems, integration of sensing & actuating devices, ... embedded systems, integration of sensing & actuating devices, ... – Knowledge and computing GRIDs Knowledge and computing GRIDs

Defining the SOs: Five main groups (1)Defining the SOs: Five main groups (1)

Defining the SOs: five main groups (2) Defining the SOs: five main groups (2)

Continued support to leading / challenging applications, Continued support to leading / challenging applications, responding to emerging needs,responding to emerging needs, e.g. e.g.

– eeHealth, eInclusion, eLearning and culture, Health, eInclusion, eLearning and culture, – entertainment and leisure contententertainment and leisure content– business support tools, networked organisations,eWork...business support tools, networked organisations,eWork...

Support to research at the frontier of knowledgeSupport to research at the frontier of knowledge– FET open FET open – FET proactiveFET proactive– Cognitive science, KMCognitive science, KM

Support to infrastructure developmentSupport to infrastructure development– Research networking test bedsResearch networking test beds– Open development platformsOpen development platforms– IST for safety in transport, risk management,..IST for safety in transport, risk management,..

Research context in FP6Research context in FP6

Ambient Intelligence (AMI): a visionAmbient Intelligence (AMI): a vision

Ambient Connectivity: a needAmbient Connectivity: a need

eInfrastructure: Towards a New Generation of NetworkseInfrastructure: Towards a New Generation of Networks

From Infrastructure to Applied researchFrom Infrastructure to Applied research

•Future and emerging technologies

•Grid-technology/middleware

for complex problem solving

•eInclusion

•New working environment

Applied Research

Infrastructure & Testbeds

Policies : eInclusion, eEconomy

•Grid & IPv6 Testbeds

•Research Infrastructure

Technology Development

Call 2 of the IST PriorityCall 2 of the IST Priority

Publication: 17.06.03Publication: 17.06.03

Closure date: 15.10.03Closure date: 15.10.03

Indicative budget: ~525 MeuroIndicative budget: ~525 Meuro– 80% of the budget pre-allocated per area 20% to be defined80% of the budget pre-allocated per area 20% to be defined– drawing mainly from 2004 commitment budgetdrawing mainly from 2004 commitment budget

Distribution per instrument: Distribution per instrument: – 2/3 for IPs + NoEs2/3 for IPs + NoEs– 1/3 for STREPs + CAs + SSAs1/3 for STREPs + CAs + SSAs

One stage evaluation procedure; evaluation procedure; no anonymity

1.1. Advanced displaysAdvanced displays

2.2. Optical, opto-electronic, photonic functional componentsOptical, opto-electronic, photonic functional components

3.3. Open development platforms for software and servicesOpen development platforms for software and services

4.4. Cognitive systemsCognitive systems5.5. Embedded systemsEmbedded systems6.6. Applications & services for the mobile user & workerApplications & services for the mobile user & worker7.7. Cross-media content for leisure and entertainmentCross-media content for leisure and entertainment8.8. GRID-based Systems & solving complex problemsGRID-based Systems & solving complex problems

9.9. Improving Risk managementImproving Risk management10.10. eInclusioneInclusion

+ + Research NetworkingResearch Networking + Accompanying actions + Accompanying actions

Strategic objectives covered in Call 2Strategic objectives covered in Call 2

Indicative call sequence & topicsIndicative call sequence & topics

SectorialSectorialApplicationsApplications

Technology Technology componentscomponents

Integrated Integrated systemssystems

+ Services and Products engineering 2010 : Joint call with + Services and Products engineering 2010 : Joint call with priority 3priority 3

Areas in Call 2 and pre-allocated budgetAreas in Call 2 and pre-allocated budget

Instruments IndicativePre-allocated

Budget (Meuro)

1- Strategic Objectives2 3.2.1 Advanced displays All 252.3.2.2 Optical, opto-electronic, photonic functional components All 452 3.2.3 Embedded systems All 502 3.2.4 Open development platforms for software & services All 552 3.2.5 Cognitive systems All 252 3.2.6 Applications and Services for the Mobile User & worker All 602 3.2.7 Cross-media content for leisure and entertainment All 552 3.2.8 GRID-based Systems and solving complex problems All 452 3.2.9 Improving Risk management All 302 3.2.10 eInclusion All 302- Research Networking

2 3.5 Research Networking test beds All 253- General accompanying actions

2 3.6 General Accompanying actions SSAs; CAs 8

Applications and services for the mobile user and workerApplications and services for the mobile user and worker

Key Objectives & BreakthroughsKey Objectives & Breakthroughs– services being seamlessly accessed services being seamlessly accessed

and provided anywhere, anytime and provided anywhere, anytime

– enabling new business models, enabling new business models, new ways of working, new ways of working, improved customer relations improved customer relations and government servicesand government services

Research TasksResearch Tasks

– services that deploy wearable interfaces, services that deploy wearable interfaces, enabling context-sensitivity, user profiling enabling context-sensitivity, user profiling

and personalisation, multiple modes of interactionand personalisation, multiple modes of interaction– collaboration of multi-location and mobile workers collaboration of multi-location and mobile workers – major hurdles for deployment of services for the mobile user major hurdles for deployment of services for the mobile user

Call 2

60 MEuro

Objective: – “To foster the emergence of rich landscape of innovative applications

and services for the mobile user and worker and to support the use and development of new work methods and collaborative work environments. These should be based on interoperable mobile, wireless technologies and the convergence of fixed and mobile communication infrastructures. Such applications and services will enable new business models, new ways of working, improved customer relations and government services in any context.”

– “The target applications and services will be capable of being seamlessly accessed and provided anywhere, anytime and in any context.”

Call 2: Applications and Services for the mobile User and Worker

Call 2: Applications and Services for the mobile User and Worker 2 Main Focal Points

Focus 1Focus 1: : The The integration integration of technologies into a wide range of of technologies into a wide range of innovative mobile and innovative mobile and multimodalmultimodal applications and services applications and services including workplace designs that enhance creativity and including workplace designs that enhance creativity and productivity:productivity:

– Intelligent, adaptive and self-configuring servicesIntelligent, adaptive and self-configuring services that deploy that deploy wearable interfaces and enable automatic wearable interfaces and enable automatic context-sensitivitycontext-sensitivity, , user profiling and user profiling and personalisationpersonalisation in a in a trustedtrusted and and securesecure environment as well as environment as well as multi-lingualmulti-lingual and and multi-culturalmulti-cultural presentation, and presentation, and multiple modes of interactionmultiple modes of interaction

– Novel workplace designs and methods of Novel workplace designs and methods of work organisationwork organisation that that enable collaboration of enable collaboration of multi-locationmulti-location and mobile workers and and mobile workers and can increase participation in, and access to work in can increase participation in, and access to work in remote and remote and rural areasrural areas

Call 2: Applications and Services for the mobile User and Worker 2 Main Focal Points

Focus 2Focus 2: “: “Addressing the major hurdles for the deploymentAddressing the major hurdles for the deployment of of applications and services for the mobile user so as to ensure:applications and services for the mobile user so as to ensure:

– openness and interoperability of serviceopenness and interoperability of service development and development and provision environments, provision environments, including location-based services including location-based services compatiblecompatible with existing and emerging satellite with existing and emerging satellite infrastructures (e.g. Galileo),infrastructures (e.g. Galileo),

– interoperability of services and roaming interoperability of services and roaming across across heterogeneous networksheterogeneous networks and service environmentsand service environments (e.g. (e.g. working, billing, payment, ticketing and accounting working, billing, payment, ticketing and accounting services) services)

– seamless accessseamless access to corporate and government resources to corporate and government resources

Call 2: Applications and Services for the mobile User & Worker

The vision The vision Bring the users, “people”, to the foreground…..Bring the users, “people”, to the foreground…..

….. to the “centre of our attention” ….. to the “centre of our attention” – building trustful technologies for the background building trustful technologies for the background – making technology “adapt” to people needsmaking technology “adapt” to people needs

Moving to an era where …..Moving to an era where …..““Our surrounding is the interface’ to IST applications & services”Our surrounding is the interface’ to IST applications & services”

Exploring beyond “the PC, screens & keyboard interfaces”... Exploring beyond “the PC, screens & keyboard interfaces”...

Enabling multi-sensorial dialogues …..Enabling multi-sensorial dialogues …..– supported by computing & networkingsupported by computing & networking– ‘‘everywhere’, embedded in everyday objectseverywhere’, embedded in everyday objects

Mobile user and worker scenariosMobile user and worker scenariosIncreased importance of:Increased importance of:

– mobility and location independencemobility and location independence– time critical and ad-hoc collaboration (get together to solve a time critical and ad-hoc collaboration (get together to solve a

problem, a task, a business opportunity)problem, a task, a business opportunity)– context awareness (geo-social context: language, culture etc., context awareness (geo-social context: language, culture etc.,

specific setting: time, place)specific setting: time, place)– sharing knowledge and resourcessharing knowledge and resources– added value (created in whatever way is appropriate, no longer added value (created in whatever way is appropriate, no longer

dictated by organisational relations and boundaries)dictated by organisational relations and boundaries)

Challenges: Challenges: – How to create and manage shared workspaces with the above How to create and manage shared workspaces with the above

characteristics?characteristics?– How to integrate these characteristics in a seamless way?How to integrate these characteristics in a seamless way?– What about standardisation?What about standardisation?


Competence nodes networkingM=Management response of a given task in a given time point is given to the competencenode which understands the customers problem best

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Network society moves us from the Network society moves us from the era of organisationsera of organisations to to the era of organisationthe era of organisation

Single European Electronic Market (SEEM) concept: Single European Electronic Market (SEEM) concept: interoperability, commonly agreed processes, interoperability, commonly agreed processes, standardizationstandardization

Knowledge Management and Semantic webKnowledge Management and Semantic web

Grid-type of information infrastructure (utility)Grid-type of information infrastructure (utility)

p2pp2p

context-sensitive technologies (mobility, location, user context-sensitive technologies (mobility, location, user identification etc)identification etc)

trust and security technologiestrust and security technologies

Technical vision for the SEEMTechnical vision for the SEEM

Call 2: Applications and Services for the mobile User & WorkerUseful information

Contact person(s): Contact person(s): – Michael ZIEGLER ([email protected])– Bror SALMELIN ([email protected])– (INFSO-MOBILE-USER-AND-WORKER@[email protected])

News & Events:News & Events:– 26 June 2003, Brussels Information & Networking Day26 June 2003, Brussels Information & Networking Day: Applications: Applications & services for the & services for the

mobile user and workermobile user and workerhttp://www.cordis.lu/ist/so/mobile-services/events/announcement_agendahttp://www.cordis.lu/ist/so/mobile-services/events/announcement_agenda.htm.htm

– 25 June 2003, Brussels: Next-generation Mobile and Location-independent Collaborative e-25 June 2003, Brussels: Next-generation Mobile and Location-independent Collaborative e-Work Beyond the State-of-the-artWork Beyond the State-of-the-arthttp://www.cordis.lu/ist/events/workshop_on_collaboration.htmhttp://www.cordis.lu/ist/events/workshop_on_collaboration.htm

Past events:Past events:– 29 April 2003, Consultation Workshop,, Brussels: Ambient intelligence@Work Next-29 April 2003, Consultation Workshop,, Brussels: Ambient intelligence@Work Next-

generation Mobile and Location-independent Collaborative Work - Beyond the state-of-the-generation Mobile and Location-independent Collaborative Work - Beyond the state-of-the-artarthttp://www.cordis.lu/ist/events/consultation-workshop.htmhttp://www.cordis.lu/ist/events/consultation-workshop.htm

GRID-based systems for complex problem solvingGRID-based systems for complex problem solving

Key Objectives & BreakthroughsKey Objectives & Breakthroughs– computing and knowledge Grids computing and knowledge Grids

and peer-to-peer approaches and peer-to-peer approaches to solving complex problemsto solving complex problems

Research TasksResearch Tasks

– next generation GRID : security, programming environments, next generation GRID : security, programming environments, resource management; business models for new services, resource management; business models for new services, customisable middleware, interoperability with existing GRID customisable middleware, interoperability with existing GRID and Webservicesand Webservices

– enabling application technologies : modelling, simulation, enabling application technologies : modelling, simulation, datamining, visualisation, process control, remote operation; datamining, visualisation, process control, remote operation; collaborative working in dynamic virtual organisationscollaborative working in dynamic virtual organisations

Call 2

45 MEuro

Call 2: GRID-based Systems for solving complex problems

“Objectives: – To expand the potential of the Grid and peer-to-peer approaches to

solving complex problems which can not be solved with current technologies in application fields such as, but not limited to, industrial design, engineering and manufacturing, health, genomics and drug design, environment, critical infrastructures, energy, business and finance, and new media.

– To overcome present architectural and design limitations hampering the use and wider deployment of computing and knowledge Grids and to enrich its capabilities by including new functionalities required for complex problem solving. This should help the larger uptake of Grid type architectures and extend the concept from computation Grids to

knowledge Grids, eventually leading to a “semantic Grid”.”

Call 2: GRID-based Systems for solving complex problems 2 Main Focal Points

Focus 1Focus 1::

– “Architecture, design and development of the next generation

Grid beyond extensions of existing technologies, leading to

open standards, and including security built-in at all levels,

programming environments, resource management; economic

and business models for new services, customisable

middleware, interoperability with existing Grid and

Webservices. An integrated and comprehensive approach

including stake holders from all relevant levels is required.”

Call 2: GRID-based Systems for solving complex problems 2 Main Focal Points

Focus 2Focus 2: :

– “Enabling application technologies for the solution of complex

problems in domains requiring a Grid-based approach,

including next generation tools and environments for

modelling, simulation, datamining, visualisation, process

control, remote operation; and collaborative working in

dynamic virtual organisations. To exploit synergies and avoid

duplication, communities in different application domains

having similar requirements shall join forces and share

common layers.”

Call 2: GRID-based Systems for solving complex problems The Challenge (1)

Hypermedia

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economic and societal impacteconomic and societal impact

Exploit the potential of Grids beyond Exploit the potential of Grids beyond e-Sciencee-Science

Ease access and use of GridsEase access and use of Grids e-Science

Industry & Business

Grids

Moving Grid from e-Science to IndustryMoving Grid from e-Science to Industry


Grids for Complex Problem SolvingGrids for Complex Problem Solving

Next generation GridArchitecture, design and development addressing security, business models, open source/standards,interoperability, …

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GRASP GRASP GRGRID based ID based AApplication pplication SService ervice PProvision:rovision:– Pilot applications in: biomedicine + finance Pilot applications in: biomedicine + finance – Shift to industrial/business use of the GridShift to industrial/business use of the Grid– Industrial strength service provision middleware for GridsIndustrial strength service provision middleware for Grids

• resource managementresource management• securitysecurity• Service Level Agreements (SLA) and Quality of Service (QoS)Service Level Agreements (SLA) and Quality of Service (QoS)• business models and pricingbusiness models and pricing

GRIP GRID Interoperability Project – Grid Interoperability: enabling applications and virtual organisations to Grid Interoperability: enabling applications and virtual organisations to

use simultaneously use simultaneously different Grid middlewaredifferent Grid middleware based on common open based on common open standardsstandards

– Contribute to Contribute to standardisationstandardisation (Global Grid Forum: GGF) (Global Grid Forum: GGF)– Pilot applications in: meteorology + molecular biologyPilot applications in: meteorology + molecular biology

Project examples


Conclusions

Grid technologies will revolutionise the Internet of tomorrow as the Web did for the Internet of today

Grid reseach represents a key priority in IST-FP6 and will serve as a means for the evolution of ERA

The shift of Grids from eScience to industry will in future reap the benefits for European business, industry and society

Need for stronger co-ordination of existing Community, Member States and international Grid research initiatives, e.g. through a “Virtual Grid Middleware Laboratory”


Indicative budgetIndicative budget Call 2: 45 M€ / total FP6: 125 M€Call 2: 45 M€ / total FP6: 125 M€

Budget vs. Instruments (tentative)Budget vs. Instruments (tentative)4-5 (mainly) IPs and NoEs Coverage of each research 4-5 (mainly) IPs and NoEs Coverage of each research

focus by ~2 IPs focus by ~2 IPs ~5 STREPs ~1-2 CAs SSAs~5 STREPs ~1-2 CAs SSAs

Call 2: GRID-based Systems for solving complex problems Useful information

Contact person(s): Contact person(s):

Wolfgang BochWolfgang Boch, Head of Unit F2 - Grids for Complex Problem solving , Head of Unit F2 - Grids for Complex Problem solving ([email protected]) ([email protected])

For Next generation Grid developments contact For Next generation Grid developments contact Roman TirlerRoman Tirler ([email protected])([email protected])

For Generic enabling application technologies contact For Generic enabling application technologies contact Max LemkeMax Lemke (max.lemke @cec.eu.int)(max.lemke @cec.eu.int)

http://www.cordis.lu/ist/grids/index.htmhttp://www.cordis.lu/ist/grids/index.htm

News & Events:News & Events:– Info day Info day June 20th June 20th in Brussels in Brussels “Centre Borschette”, 36 Rue Froissart“Centre Borschette”, 36 Rue Froissart

Research Networking test bedsResearch Networking test beds

Work complementary to high performance GRIDs & Work complementary to high performance GRIDs & GÉANTGÉANT

Key Objectives: Key Objectives:

– Validate through test beds future upgrades in Validate through test beds future upgrades in Europe’s infrastructureEurope’s infrastructure

– Foster & deploy next generation networksFoster & deploy next generation networks

Research TasksResearch Tasks– Test and validate new networking technologiesTest and validate new networking technologies– Develop Roadmaps for infrastructure Develop Roadmaps for infrastructure

developmentdevelopment– InteroperabilityInteroperability

Call 2

25 MEuro

Call 2: Research Networking test bedsResearch Networking test beds

“Objectives:– To integrate and validate, in the context of user-driven large scale

testbeds, the state-of-the-art technology that is essential for preparing the future upgrades in the infrastructure deployed across Europe. This should help support all research fields and identify the opportunities that such technology offers together with its limitations. The work is essential for fostering the early deployment in Europe of Next Generation Information and Communications Networks based upon all-optical technologies and new Internet protocols and for incorporating the most up-to-date middleware.”


FocusFocus::– “integrating, testing, validating and demonstrating new networking

technologies and services in real-world settings and production

environments.– developing roadmaps and strategic guidance for infrastructure development

in Europe, promoting specialised training and education on related

advanced topics, promoting centres of excellence (e.g. GRIDs technology

centres) and technology and know-how transfer ...– fostering interoperability of solutions across different scientific and

industrial disciplines in an effort to achieve broader-scale up-take of new

state-of-the-art infrastructure technology and promoting the creation of

standards and a continued effort to strengthen contributions to open-source

objectives.

”


'Research Networking' is a key IST area with 2 complementary approaches:

•broadband interconnection of national research and education networks

•establishment of advanced European experimental test-beds

GÉANT: a forerunner of ERA and a model for international cooperation in global challenges

The IPv6 Experimentation Platforms are facilitating GEANT

and National Research and Education Networks for their

move to IPv6

Central Africa

Russia

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Virtual Silk Highway

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India

Singapore

China JapanTEIN

Operational or funding availableRequest to interconnect received

BrazilAustralia

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International links of GÉANT within FP5International links of GÉANT within FP5

Call 2: Research Networking test bedsResearch Networking test beds GÉANT

World leading Research Network Connecting more than 3100

Universities and R&D centers Over 32 countries across Europe Connectivity to NA, Japan, … Speeds of up to 10 Gbit/s


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GÉANT / international connectivity - Eumedis, ALIS, TEIN, Russia,...

Large scale experimentation on IPv6 Optical testbeds Grids pilots involving leading Research Centers

High political visibility - EP, Council, eEurope 2002 Doubling the budget in FP6

International dimension

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piloting of new and particularly powerful forms of distributed computing – Grids – boosting the processing of information

Call 2: Research Networking test bedsResearch Networking test beds Research e-InfrastructureResearch e-Infrastructure

deployment of the most performant research backbone network in the world (GÉANT) – boosting the transfer of information

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Two key aspects for the future:

e-Infrastructure

Call 2: Research Networking test beds Call 2: Research Networking test beds Moving towards an e-InfrastructureMoving towards an e-Infrastructure

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Call 2: Research Networking test beds Call 2: Research Networking test beds Moving towards an e-InfrastructureMoving towards an e-Infrastructure

e-Infrastructure

In FP6, deployment of a Grid empowered eInfrastructure

Call 2: Research Networking test bedsResearch Networking test beds Useful information

Contact person(s): Contact person(s): Mr. Mario CAMPOLARGO Head of Unit F3 Research InfrastructureMr. Mario CAMPOLARGO Head of Unit F3 Research Infrastructure(([email protected])[email protected])Mr. Mr. Pascal DRABIK responsible for the 2nd CallPascal DRABIK responsible for the 2nd Call([email protected])([email protected]) – http://www.cordis.lu/ist/rn/home.htmlhttp://www.cordis.lu/ist/rn/home.html– http://www.cordis.lu/ist/rn/rn-fp6.htmhttp://www.cordis.lu/ist/rn/rn-fp6.htm

Next Events: Next Events: Mid July (exact day not defined yet) Stay tuned at the site!Mid July (exact day not defined yet) Stay tuned at the site!

Past Events:Past Events: Meeting with NRENs - 24th March 2003Meeting with NRENs - 24th March 2003

Workshop on Interconnection of heterogeneous wireless testbeds - 26th March 2003Workshop on Interconnection of heterogeneous wireless testbeds - 26th March 2003

Call 2: eInclusioneInclusion

“Objectives:

– To promote eInclusion as a core horizontal building block in the establishment of the Information Society to ensure equal access and participation for all in Europe.

– To develop intelligent systems that empower persons with disabilities and ageing citizens to play a full role in society and to increase their autonomy.”


FocusFocus::– “Research on advanced interfaces, low cost sensors and

possibly robotics to be integrated in assistive devices, and

information modeling and web semantics to improve web

usability for digitally disadvantaged persons.”– “ Development and demonstration of intelligent housing for

persons with special needs to be addressed in an integrated approach. ”

– “Networking of research teams, in the domain of assistive technologies to strengthen the research effort on the quality of life of users with physical, sensory or cognitive impairments as well as in the domain of design-for-all for mainstream products and services exploring, for example, cognitive demands and new multimodal platforms. ”M

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Amsterdam Treaty: “all European citizens shall have the right to participate fully and without discrimination in European society”

Some figures:– By the year 2010, about 25% of the European population will

be aged over 60, rising to 30% by 2020.– The proportion of persons with disabilities will rise from about

11% today to around 18% by 2020


Technology Research Initiative, “eAccessibility for All”:

Equal access + participation for allEqual access + participation for all

Empowerment + autonomyEmpowerment + autonomy


Barrier-free technologies: – focus on mainstream products and systems, including public

services, which must be designed in such a way that they can meet the requirements of the widest possible range of users and use situations

Empowering technologies – focus on a broad range of intelligent assistive devices and

systems for persons with disabilities, which must be developed and improved. Leading-edge technologies must be identified and harnessed to the tasks of enabling users to live independent lives, to achieve self-fulfilment and to realise their full potential.


IST should be perceived as tool for social integration of elderly and disabled persons (Cross Domains – Barrier Free and Empowering Technology, including intelligent interfaces and cognitive issues)

Reasonable cost is an important factorReasonable cost is an important factor

Added value to existing funding (from international, national and regional programmes)

Call 2: eInclusioneInclusion Useful information

Contact person(s): Contact person(s): Mrs. Inmaculada.PLACENCIA-PORRERO Mrs. Inmaculada.PLACENCIA-PORRERO ([email protected])([email protected]) – http://www.cordis.lu/ist/so/einclusion/home.htmlhttp://www.cordis.lu/ist/so/einclusion/home.html– http://www.cordis.lu/ist/ka1/special_needs/home.htmlhttp://www.cordis.lu/ist/ka1/special_needs/home.html

Past Events:Past Events:– 21.05.2003 e-inclusion Infoday, Brussels21.05.2003 e-inclusion Infoday, Brussels

– http://www.cordis.lu/ist/so/einclusion/events.htmlhttp://www.cordis.lu/ist/so/einclusion/events.html

Some figures from Call 1Some figures from Call 1

Example: Example: Networked Business and GovermentsNetworked Business and Goverments– Requested:1.6 B€ Indicative budget: of 75M€ (21.5 times Requested:1.6 B€ Indicative budget: of 75M€ (21.5 times

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Networks of ExcellenceNetworks of Excellence

Industrial exploitation

Current Industrial strength / presence

Fundamental research

Basicresearch

Industry-driven research

Targeted Research ProjectsTargeted Research Projects

Example of implementation in ISTExample of implementation in IST

« Monolitihic »Incremental

Integrated ProjectsIntegrated Projects

Integrated ProjectsIntegrated Projects

IPs: addressing all needed elements of the value chainIPs: addressing all needed elements of the value chain

Knowledge & Data bases

Gesture & Facial Recognition

Intelligent Virtual Worlds

Taste Smell

Body Sensors Displays ActuatorsHaptic Devices

Speech

Intelligent Assistants & Virtual HumansPhysical Virtual World

Virtual & Augmented Realities

Interface Layer

Integrated projectCurrent projects

Ex: Multi-sensorial interfaces

“Monolithic”

• partners known at outset• tasks identified• budget known

“Incremental” participation • tasks identified• budget known• not all participants are in

“Incremental” funding• objectives known• technology roadmap known• tasks to be completed• budget to be changed• participants as well

Integrated Projects - Integrated Projects - possible implementationspossible implementations

Some practical aspectsSome practical aspects

Not that many IPs can be launched by strategic priorityNot that many IPs can be launched by strategic priority

The IP must meet the Call text clearlyThe IP must meet the Call text clearly

Impact analysisImpact analysis

Covering the innovation process; interactionsCovering the innovation process; interactions

Technology, verification and disseminationTechnology, verification and dissemination

Do not bet only on IP (check STREPs)Do not bet only on IP (check STREPs)

Size?Size?

Some practical aspectsSome practical aspects

Management more important than before, crisis Management more important than before, crisis management to be described!management to be described!

IPs something entirely new, high competition, “good” IPs something entirely new, high competition, “good” not enough, not enough, very goodvery good the minimal the minimal

Use the Expressions of Interests for checking related Use the Expressions of Interests for checking related activities activities

Contact the relevant Commission people before Contact the relevant Commission people before spending too much effortspending too much effort

Expert database on Cordis Expert database on Cordis www.cordis.luwww.cordis.lu

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Georgios TSELENTISGeorgios TSELENTISEuropean Commission, IST programme European Commission, IST programme

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