Information Society TechnologiesInformation Society Technologies

Third Call for ProposalsThird Call for Proposals

Norbert Brinkhoff-Norbert Brinkhoff-ButtonButton

DG Information SocietyDG Information Society

European CommissionEuropean Commission

Key action III:Key action III:Multmedia contents and ToolsMultmedia contents and Tools

INFSO-DINFSO-D

Research and DevelopmentResearch and Development– Multimedia Content and Tools (KA3): 564 M€Multimedia Content and Tools (KA3): 564 M€

Industrial programmesIndustrial programmes– Information Market INFO 2000: 65 M€Information Market INFO 2000: 65 M€– Internet Action Plan: 25 M€Internet Action Plan: 25 M€– Multilingual Information Society: 15 M€Multilingual Information Society: 15 M€

Policy initiativesPolicy initiatives– Green Paper, …Green Paper, …

Good mix of research and policy actionsGood mix of research and policy actions

Drivers & opportunitiesDrivers & opportunities

Full digital information chain, new forms of contentFull digital information chain, new forms of contentWireless broadband communications, mobile IPWireless broadband communications, mobile IPIntegrated Internet multimedia and telephony servicesIntegrated Internet multimedia and telephony servicesDigital audio/video broadcasting, IDTVDigital audio/video broadcasting, IDTVMulti-access, multimodal messaging and conferencingMulti-access, multimodal messaging and conferencingPortable, wearable, in-car Portable, wearable, in-car

devices devices Agent technologiesAgent technologies

Networkinfrastructures

Digitalbroadcasting

Richcontent

Mobile communication

KA3 highlightsKA3 highlights

Emphasis onEmphasis on– cross-media contentcross-media content– human interactivityhuman interactivity– applications & generic applications & generic

researchresearch– short to medium term short to medium term

marketsmarkets

Research FocusResearch Focus– demonstrators: demonstrators: personalised personalised

Web, advanced digital libraries, Web, advanced digital libraries, school of the future, etcschool of the future, etc

– middleware: for cross-media, middleware: for cross-media, multilingual, multimodal multilingual, multimodal applicationsapplications

– standards: media re-standards: media re-presentation & exchangepresentation & exchange

New models for publishing

Natural interactivity

Main research strandsMain research strands

Creative, visual & mobile content - III.1/3/4Creative, visual & mobile content - III.1/3/4– author & deliver interactiveauthor & deliver interactive mediamedia– adapt existing content to new infostructureadapt existing content to new infostructure– filter, navigate & visualise digital objectsfilter, navigate & visualise digital objects– discover & extract knowledgediscover & extract knowledge

Natural & multilingual interaction - III.3Natural & multilingual interaction - III.3– enable multimodal man-machine interactionenable multimodal man-machine interaction– develop multilingual service & device frontends develop multilingual service & device frontends

Education & training - III.2Education & training - III.2– design new learning paradigms for schools design new learning paradigms for schools – develop systems & services for life-long learningdevelop systems & services for life-long learning

3rd Call: action lines open3rd Call: action lines open

Personalising contentPersonalising content Access to digital collections of cultural and Access to digital collections of cultural and

scientific content scientific content School of tomorrow School of tomorrow The learning citizen The learning citizen Natural interactivity Natural interactivity Cross-lingual information management and Cross-lingual information management and

knowledge discovery knowledge discovery Working groups and dissemination and Working groups and dissemination and awareness awareness

actionsactions

Personalising contentPersonalising content

Stimulate new marketplaces & business modelsStimulate new marketplaces & business models Two project lines:Two project lines:

– Enable (small) organisations to create personal content for Enable (small) organisations to create personal content for target users (consumers)target users (consumers)

– Stimulate new Web services providing content-driven services Stimulate new Web services providing content-driven services for large communitiesfor large communities

Application domains: advertising, profiling...Application domains: advertising, profiling... Full applications as well as smaller feasibility projects Full applications as well as smaller feasibility projects

(proof of concept)(proof of concept) Interoperability, consumer protection and privacy, Interoperability, consumer protection and privacy,

business models ...business models ...

Access to culture and scienceAccess to culture and science

Safegarding culture

Better access for citizens & professionals Advanced digital library applications

– navigation, search and retrieval for inter-operable access to distributed resources

International science collaboratoria – standards, tools and servers for collaborative

analysis of scientific data

User-driven approach involving institutional actors Integration, demonstration, test-beds… Collaboration with national & international prog‘s

School of tomorrowSchool of tomorrow

Improve ICT-driven learning in primary and Improve ICT-driven learning in primary and secondary schoolssecondary schools

ScopeScope– advanced learning environments and materialsadvanced learning environments and materials– cognitive activities (autonomy, creativity, team work)cognitive activities (autonomy, creativity, team work)– solutions for mobile learning (remote access)solutions for mobile learning (remote access)

Organisational reengineering and Organisational reengineering and pedagogical and pedagogical and socio-economic evaluationsocio-economic evaluation

Large scale demonstrationsLarge scale demonstrations

The learning citizenThe learning citizen

New approaches for Life Long New approaches for Life Long Learning Learning

Targets individuals outside formal Targets individuals outside formal education and training settingseducation and training settings

Scope:Scope:– managing personal learning processesmanaging personal learning processes

– brokerage of learning services brokerage of learning services (assessment)(assessment)

Demonstrations, including user Demonstrations, including user evaluations and best practice evaluations and best practice definitiondefinition

Natural interactivityNatural interactivity

Addresses people to data/systems and people to Addresses people to data/systems and people to peoplepeople

Aim is to increase “naturalness”Aim is to increase “naturalness” Emphasis on: Emphasis on:

– user/information interfaces user/information interfaces

– multimodal dialogues multimodal dialogues

– highly conversational systemshighly conversational systems

Provide platform for Provide platform for multidisciplinarymultidisciplinary collaborations collaborations (speech, language, cognition, vision, etc.)(speech, language, cognition, vision, etc.)

Enabling and applied research (showcases)Enabling and applied research (showcases)

Cross-lingual information managementCross-lingual information management

Extract knowledge from digital texts, Extract knowledge from digital texts, messages, AV objects, etcmessages, AV objects, etc

ScopeScope– information retrieval, categorisation and information retrieval, categorisation and

profilingprofiling– topic identification, summarisation, fact & topic identification, summarisation, fact &

feature detection and extraction...feature detection and extraction...

using language processing techniques (semantic analysis)using language processing techniques (semantic analysis) Applications (showcases) & longer-term researchApplications (showcases) & longer-term research Platform for Platform for internationalinternational collaborations collaborations

SupportSupport

Specific KA3 support measures (III.5.1: fixed Specific KA3 support measures (III.5.1: fixed deadline):deadline):– Working groups on standards & best practice: specific to Working groups on standards & best practice: specific to

KA3 research areasKA3 research areas– Virtual exhibitions & showcases: access to leading edge Virtual exhibitions & showcases: access to leading edge

technologiestechnologies– National focal points (HLT): National focal points (HLT): speed up the deployment of speed up the deployment of

research resultsresearch results

… … in addition to continuous schemein addition to continuous scheme

OutlookOutlook

This CallThis Call– 6 RTD lines 6 RTD lines – focus on content access and delivery, and dialoguefocus on content access and delivery, and dialogue

4th Call4th Call – 5 RTD lines plus take-up5 RTD lines plus take-up– focus on creative, visual and mobile contentfocus on creative, visual and mobile content

5th Call5th Call– not relevant for KA3not relevant for KA3