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Introduction to Software Technology and

Distributed Systems

Jacques BusDG Information Society / Unit D3

IST Programme

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• Overview of IST Programme

• Software Technologies and Distributed Systems– Domain and market

– Strategic choices

• General Information

Contents of this presentation

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INTEGRATING EUROPEAN RESEARCH

PRIORITY THEMATIC AREAS ANTICIPATING S/T NEEDS

Research for policysupport

Frontier research,unexpecteddevelopments

Specific SME activities

Specific international cooperation activities

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JRC activities

STRUCTURING THE ERA STRENGTHENING THEFOUNDATIONS OF ERA

Researchandinnovation

Humanresources &mobility

Researchinfrastructures

Science andsociety

Coordinationof researchactivities

Developmentof research/innovationpolicies

The components of FP6

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Satellite

Global

Suburban Urban In- Building

Pico-Cell

Micro-Cell

Macro-Cell Home-Cell

Seamless & Rich Connectivity(fixed optical & wireless communications)

Intelligent EnvironmentsAnthropocentric Interfaces

Software & Systems

Technologies

IST vision: ‘Ambient Intelligence’

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Anywhere anytime natural and Anywhere anytime natural and enjoyable access to IST services for ALLenjoyable access to IST services for ALL

Miniaturised, Miniaturised, low cost low powerlow cost low power

components & µsytemscomponents & µsytems

Natural interactionsNatural interactionswith ‘ knowledge ’ with ‘ knowledge ’ 

Pervasive, mobile, Pervasive, mobile, wireless, trustful wireless, trustful

infrastructuresinfrastructures

CommunicationCommunication& networking& networking SoftwareSoftware µ, nano & optoµ, nano & opto

electronicselectronicsµ and nanoµ and nano

systemssystemsKnowledge Knowledge technologiestechnologies interfacesinterfaces

Applied IST for major societal and economic challengesApplied IST for major societal and economic challenges

Trust &Trust &Security Security

IST for societal IST for societal challenges challenges

IST for economic IST for economic challenges challenges

Demanding Demanding applicationsapplications

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Building blocks

Building blocks

Security, privacyIPRs, dependabiltySmart cards,...

E and m business,e and m work,learning

GRIDS forscience, engineeringbusiness and society

Health, eInclusion,mobility, environmentsafety, cultural heritage

•Mobile: beyond 3G•Fixed:All optical•Integrated (IPv6)•Adaptive

•Reliable•Embedded•Distributed•Adaptable

•CMOS : the limit•System-on-Chip•Nano-scale •New materials

•Multidiscplines•New Sensing•Networked•New materials•Nano-scale

•Context based•Semantic based •Agent based•Scaleable

•All senses•Multilingual•Intuitive •‘Surrounding’

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• Focus and concentration– Selection of limited set of objectives based on inputs received:

• Socio economic drivers, realising the vision, constituency readiness,..• “Europe’s options”: SWOTs analysis conducted at all levels

• Integration – Ensuring co-evolution of technologies applications

• Efficient exploitation of technology breakthroughs• Challenging applications pulling technology development

– Best use of the new instruments• Realising ERA in IST

– Focus on work that needs to be addressed at EU level– Incremental build up of Europe-wide approaches to RTD in IST

Workprogramme - principles

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• A two year WP to ensure concentration of effort and visibility for the research Community

• More limited number of calls (three over two years)• Concentration on a limited set of « Strategic Objectives »

– Selection and focus based on Europe’s options..• 23 Strategic Objectives (S.O.) for the two years• Addresses technologies and applications• Instruments

– ~70% of budget targeted to new instruments – per S.O: ~3 to 4 IPs, 2 to 3 NoEs and number of STREPS/SCA

IST Workprogramme - approach

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1. Pushing the limits of CMOS,preparing for post-CMOS

2. Micro and nano-systems3. Broadband Access for All4. Mobile and wireless systems beyond 3G5. Towards a global dependability and

security framework6. Multimodal interfaces 7. Semantic-based knowledge systems8. Networked audiovisual systems and

home platforms9. Networked business and government 10. eSafety for road and air transport11. e Health 12. Technology-enhanced learning and

access to cultural heritage

Strategic objectives in Call 1 1. Advanced displays2. Optical, opto-electronic, photonic

functional components3. Open development platforms for

software and services4. Cognitive systems5. Embedded systems6. Applications and services for the

mobile user and worker7. Cross-media content for leisure and

entertainment8. GRID-based Systems and solving

complex problems9. Improving Risk management10. eInclusion11. Product design and manufacturing

2010

Strategic objectives in Call 2

Call sequence IST 2003-2004

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FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE

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Some market figures (EITO 2003)Software* Market 2002 (total 207 B€)

Western Europe31%

Eastern Europe

1%US47%

Japan9%

RoW

12%

ExpectedAnnual Growth 2002-2004

3.1%

13.5%

2.9%5.5%

16.3%

0.0%2.0%4.0%6.0%8.0%

10.0%12.0%14.0%16.0%18.0%

WesternEurope

EasternEurope

US Japan RoW

IT Services** 2002 (Total 445 B€)

Western Europe

30%

Eastern Europe

1%US47%

Japan11%

RoW11%

** No carrier services

Expected Annual Growth 2002-2004

3.7%

12.0%

4.3% 4.9%

13.3%

0.0%

2.0%

4.0%

6.0%

8.0%

10.0%

12.0%

14.0%

WesternEurope

EasternEurope

US Japan RoW* No in-company SW and use

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SW Productivity Gap

Source: Eureka/ITEA

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• Tool and Packaged SW weak (-)• OS, PC platform, standards and interoperability

dominated by US industry (-)• 70% SW development within secondary industry

(telecom, automotive, aerospace, engineering, …) (!)• Traditionally strong academic research, but may be

declining (+/-)• Strong Open Source Community (+)• Emerging market for value added services (mobile) (+)

European Software industry - status

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• Use Europe’s industrial strength in telecom, automotive, aircraft, consumer electronics, chemicals, etc.

• RTD actions (i.p. IP) aim at building collaboration between:– large industrial user/developers– software (tool, COTS, component, service) vendors– supported by academic research,

leading to strong (often sectorial) industrial networks• Foundational research only through STREPs and CAs

• Where appropriate, complementarity and co-operation with work under EUREKA/ITEA

Strategy for competitiveness (1)

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Open Source Software

• To support open standards, formats and platforms• To stimulate competition in the software industry• To accelerate development of eGovernment services• To stimulate open discussion and variety in the

Information Society

Strategy for Competitiveness (2)

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A Strategic Objective in IST for RTD in Software and Service technologies

Building open development and run-time environments for software and services (WP 2.3.2.3)

– Use of European industrial strength and OSS community in an RTD effort to create:

• Platforms of methods, tools and middleware for SW production

• Which are modular and open to extension to specific domains

• Covering all phases of SW life-cycle

• Applicable to broad classes of software systems and services

– Keep support to longer-term foundational research

Strategy for competitiveness (3)

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Research Focus • High level methods, esp. for early development phases, for

system design and integration (MDA), addressing non-functional aspects, autonomy, composability and distribution

• Open, Modular and Customisable development environments supporting evolving processes, consistency and traceability

• Light methodologies, esp. for co-operative and distributed development

• Open platforms, middleware and languages for modeling, interoperability, composability and integration of distributed SW systems (incl. P2P, agents, dynamic adaptability and evolvability)

Strategy for competitiveness (4)

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Services everywhere• Middleware for services interoperability• Service creation environment • Tools for service development• Software as a service (“software on command”,

application services)

Strategy for competitiveness (5)

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