ecosystem

E-Mobility NSR

Posted by www.cefims.eu on June 12, 2014 | Comments Off

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SUMMARY

The E-Mobility NSR (North Sea Region Electric Mobility Network) project aims to provide state-of-the-art information to support policy development in e-mobility in the North Sea Region. The research project also looks to provide insight into the insufficiencies, anachronisms, and gaps in the infrastructure, logistics and preliminary standards for multi-charging techniques. Ultimately, the project aims to develop an e-mobility ecosystem in the North Sea Region which will provide a long-term basis upon which regional and local governments, as well as other relevant stakeholders in the NSR, may engage with each other.

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SOLUTIONS

Supporting policy development for e-mobility in the North Sea Region
Developing an e-mobility ecosystem which will provide a long-term basis upon which regional and local governments, as well as other relevant stakeholders in the NSR, may engage with each other.

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LINK: http://www.iminds.be/en/projects/2014/02/28/emobility

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Tagged accessibility, ecosystem, transport

SmartSociety

Posted by www.cefims.eu on August 9, 2013 | Comments Off

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SUMMARY

Society is progressively moving towards a socio-technical ecosystem in which the physical and virtual dimensions of life are more and more intertwined and where people interaction often takes place with or mediated by machines. The scale at which this is happening and the differences in culture, language and interests makes the problem of establishing effective communication and coordinated action increasingly challenging.

So far, attention has been mainly devoted to collective adaptive systems (CAS) that provide or impose some form of harmonization or lightweight coordination of meaning and actions where machines do most of the computation and humans are at the periphery and only act as consumers. In these settings, collectives are generally homogeneous and are orchestrated to achieve a common global goal where knowledge adaptation only takes place locally to a single unit.

The SmartSocity project’s goal is to move towards a hybrid system where people and machines work in tandem to build a smarter society. The project envisions a new generation of CAS centred on the two foundational notions of compositionality and diversity.

To meet this ambitious goal these, the new new CAS will be hybrid, distributed, open and large scale where multitudes of heterogeneous peers producing and handling massive amounts of data can join/leave dynamically following unpredictable patterns with no central coordination and interoperating at different spatial and temporal scales.

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SOLUTIONS

Building the next generation of collective adaptive systems (CASs) where humans and machines work synergetically
Bridging the semantic gap between man and machine
Implementing a continuous, unlimited cycle within the CASs in which data is sensed, interpreted, shared, elaborated and acted upon
Identifying the right incentive schemes and privacy levels for CASs so that they can assist humans in their everyday activities, cope with the diversity of the world in terms of language, knowledge and personal experience and work with possibly imperfect information.

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LINK: http://groups.inf.ed.ac.uk/smart-society/index.php

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Tagged ecosystem, semantic web, virtualisation

SeaDataNet2

Posted by www.cefims.eu on August 9, 2013 | Comments Off

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SUMMARY

The overall objective of the SeaDataNet 2 project is to upgrade the present SeaDataNet infrastructure into an operationally robust and state-of-the-art Pan-European infrastructure for providing up-to-date and high quality access to ocean and marine metadata, data and data products extracted from member states.

The project will set, adopt and promote common data management standards and realise technical and semantic interoperability with other relevant data management systems and initiatives on behalf of science, environmental management, policy making, and economy.

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SOLUTIONS

Creating a leading edge, Pan-European infrastructure which will provide real-time, high quality data for ocean and marine activities
Running 40 data centres staffed by highly skilled professionals, actively engaged in data management and possessing the the essential capabilities and facilities for data quality control, long term stewardship, retrieval and distribution
Realising data access and data products services that meet requirements of end-users and intermediate user communities, such as GMES Marine Core Services
Establishing SeaDataNet as the core data management component of the EMODNet infrastructure and contributing on behalf of Europe to global portal initiatives
Achieving INSPIRE compliance and to contribute to the INSPIRE process for developing implementing rules for oceanography

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LINK: http://www.seadatanet.org/

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Tagged data extraction, data management, ecosystem, marine

OPENi

Posted by www.cefims.eu on August 9, 2013 | Comments Off

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SUMMARY

The OPENi project aims to deliver a consumer-centric, open source mobile cloud applications solution that will be the catalyst for mobile application innovation advancement. The platform will incorporate an open framework that will be capable of interoperating with any cloud-based service, abstracting the integration challenges to a single open standard without losing any service features. It will be a single platform that will inherently promote innovation by offering application developers an advanced framework in which to design and build complex applications involving the combinations of independent cloud-based services.

A visions central to OPENi’s mission is to reduce the fragmentation and duplication of citizens’ data. OPENi will provide application users with a single location to store and control their personal data. This personal cloudlet will enable consumers to manage what information is available to each application and for what purpose. It will be a single authorative source for their personal data and content. The cloudlet will empower application consumers to remain in control of their data – it will be inherently secure and trustworthy and as an open technology, validated by the open source community, consumers will be assured their data is not being used without their consent.

The combination of the open API and cloudlet concept creates a single platform of user data and service connectivity making OPENi a very powerful and beneficial platform for consumers, application developers and service providers.

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SOLUTIONS

Defining and delivering a set of open source APIs that will allow applications (both native and web) to connect seamlessly to a broad spectrum of existing heterogeneous cloud-based services
Building key technological enablers to ensure the practical applicability and efficient use of the OPENi APIs such as: a web based security and authorization framework that will satisfy the service provider’s requirements and a context broker that will enable the sharing of context information between applications.
Delivering an open source platform that will allow application consumers to create, deploy and manage their personal space in the cloud (cloudlet); a novel entity that will be linked to its user’s identity over the web in a manner analogous to a social network profile
Enabling application consumers to share and distribute their data across their applications.
Promoting the OPENi functionalities and capabilities by implementing innovative usage scenarios that exercise the full potential of OPENi.
Ensuring the OPENi environment maintains a low barrier to entry for application developers and service providers.
Initiating and participating in related standardisation activities to ensure wide and long term adoption of the delivered specifications and technologies.

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LINK: http://www.openi-ict.eu/

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Tagged cloud, ecosystem, mobile

INDENICA

Posted by www.cefims.eu on August 9, 2013 | Comments Off

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SUMMARY

The aim of service-centric computing is to provide a globally integrated environment in which a large number of loosely coupled services can cooperate and form a service ecosystem. Already today, this has led to a plethora of service platforms that are available for use by applications. This high degree of heterogeneity is necessary as such service platforms have to fulfill completely different functional and non-functional requirements. Nevertheless, this heterogeneity results in the following fragmentation of service platforms in terms of Quality of Service, interface design and technological basis.

All three forms of fragmentation are today major stumbling blocks for the successful development of service-based applications and hinder the emergence of a full service ecosystem.

In this context, the INDENICA project aims to develop virtual, domain-specific platforms which will be fully open and interoperable. The project will provide methods, architectures, components, tools and assets for reuse-based creation of the adapted platforms. Effectively, INDENICA will research on a product line for the development of domain-specific platforms that are interoperable by design. Members of the product line (i.e., platforms) can be modified after deployment, thus providing capabilities to make decisions at runtime that are currently made in the design process.

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SOLUTIONS

Simplifying the overall complexity of service platform development caused by the mentioned fragmentation.
Providing methods, architectures and tools that support the development of context and domain-specific platforms along with the services.
Supporting platform convergence and interoperability to avoid the increased dependency on external service and platform vendors.
Fostering a common basis for families of platforms which integrate system management and interoperability capabilities right from the start.
Producing a reusable infrastructure for platform development and support the automatic deployment and the monitoring, governance, and adaptation of services in a Virtual Service Platform.

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LINK: http://www.indenica.eu

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Tagged business, ecosystem, services

EIT ICT Labs

Posted by www.cefims.eu on August 9, 2013 | Comments Off

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SUMMARY

EIT ICT Labs is one of the first Knowledge and Innovation Communities set up by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, as an initiative of the European Union.

EIT ICT Labs’ mission is to drive European leadership in ICT innovation for economic growth and quality of life.

Since 2010, EIT ICT Labs has consistently brought together researchers, academics and business people. By linking education, research and business, EIT ICT Labs seeks to empower top ICT talents for the future and brings ICT innovations to life. EIT ICT Labs’ partners represent global companies, leading research centres, and top ranked universities in the field of ICT.

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SOLUTIONS

Linking the the knowledge triangle of education, research, and business in Europe
Enabling the emergence of a Europe-wide entrepreneurial ecosystem
Focusing and implementing ICT solutions to societal challenges

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LINK: http://www.eitictlabs.eu/

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Tagged business, ecosystem, education and research

Stride

Posted by www.cefims.eu on August 9, 2013 | Comments Off

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SUMMARY

The Internet of Things will allow the Transport and Logistics sector to more intelligently exploit its rich and complex data base leading to more efficient and effective use of the transport infrastructure.

The challenge is to create an environment where data providers have incentives to share data and application and service providers have access to it in a usable manner.

The Stride project, delivered by a consortium of world class partners, will create an IoT Cluster for Smart Transport, initially focused on the East of England. The project will focus on the creation of a Smart Transport ecosystem where all stakeholders share data so that innovations and synergies can be found at every level of service provision.

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SOLUTIONS

Providing a critical mass of diverse transport data including historical and real-time data collected from sensors
Acting as a focal point for the development of smart transport applications and business process improvements
Determining the commercial conditions that must exist for such an ecosystem to thrive
Working with stakeholders to ensure a broad dissemination and uptake of project outputs

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LINK: http://www.stride-project.com/

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Tagged business, data extraction, ecosystem, Internet of Things, transport

e-Transformation turkey Project

Posted by www.cefims.eu on August 9, 2013 | Comments Off

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SUMMARY

The “eTransformation Turkey Project” that was included in the 58th and 59th Government Urgent Action Plan was launched with the aim of bringing individual, fragmented ICT research under a single umbrella project so as to locate cross-sector synergies and accelerate research processes.

The “Turkey’s Information Society Transformation Policy” document, which was prepared with the participation of public and private stakeholders, was adopted by the e-Transformation Turkey Executive Board. The document states that that the project’s goal is to transform Turkey into “a country that has become a focal point in the production of science and technology, that uses information and technology as an effective tool, that produces more value with information-based decision-making processes and that is successful in global competition, with a high level of welfare”.

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SOLUTIONS

Transforming Turkey into an information society
Integrating strategic priorities with the research and innovation strategies of Turkey’s primary research bodies
Creating an Action Plan as a basic reference document for future ICT research

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LINK: http://www.bilgitoplumu.gov.tr/Portal.aspx?value=UE9SVEFMSUQ9NSZQQUdFSUQ9MTQwJlBBR0VWRVJTSU9OPS0xJk1PREU9UFVCTElTSEVEX1ZFUlNJT04=

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Tagged ecosystem, education and research, governance, society

EFRAIM

Posted by www.cefims.eu on August 8, 2013 | Comments Off

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SUMMARY

The EFRAIM project aims to identify and develop distributed network solutions for media distribution. The developed solutions will be robust, scalable, cost efficient and above all energy efficient, without sacrificing quality of service. Collaboration with a consortium of content owners, producers, distributors, vendors, operators and researchers will be key in ensuring that the identified solutions will be technically relevant and commercially attractive.

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SOLUTIONS

Creating a Swedish ecosystem for future media distribution which can locate synergies and efficiencies so as to ensure optimal performance and quality of service for end-users
Developing robust, scalable, cost efficient and energy efficient distributed network solutions
Analysing proposed solutions in terms of total energy consumption for the media delivery, user behaviour and quality of service

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LINK: https://www.acreo.se/efraim

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Tagged business, ecosystem, media

Big Data Analytics

Posted by www.cefims.eu on August 8, 2013 | Comments Off

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SUMMARY

The exponential growth of Smart phones, cloud services, the Internet of Things, and the global coordination of industry via databases entails that the production of digital information in society is ever more rapidly growing. With the proper analytic tools, these new and expanding data streams can be tapped for valuable knowledge.

In the emerging field of Big Data Analytics, large quantities of heterogeneous data are extracted, collated, stored and analysed to uncover hidden patterns and unknown correlations. This information can improve critical processes in society as well as provide competitive advantages to companies. The Big Data Analytics research project aims to craft a new national research agenda in conjunction with participants from industry, the research community, and the public sector.

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SOLUTIONS

Examining industry needs, competences and possibilities in a technology domain that will have a large impact on Swedish competitiveness
Exploring competences in all areas related to Big Data Analytics from data collection and storage, computational frameworks, and advanced data analysis, to service platforms and business development
Analysing new data streams to optimise societal processes
Designing a Big Data Analytics framework where actors can exchange data from different sources without violating the privacy of others or revealing business critical information
Creating a Swedish ecosystem of Big Data stakeholders, laying the foundations for future cooperation

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LINK: https://www.sics.se/projects/big-data-analytics

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Tagged data extraction, data management, ecosystem

Future Cities

Posted by www.cefims.eu on August 8, 2013 | Comments Off

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SUMMARY

This project aims to tackle issues arising from the exponential growth of the urban population. This global trend is leading to the deterioration of urban facilities quality of life, posing an unparalleled set of challenges.

The Future Cities Project is an FP7 funded project which aims at unlocking the full potential of interdisciplinary research in urban technologies, as well as strengthening knowledge transfer activities in close cooperation with local and global industrial partners.

The project’s primary goal is to turn the city of Porto into an urban-scale living lab, where researchers, companies and start-ups can develop and test technologies, products and services, exploring such subjects as sustainable mobility, urban-scale sensing, safety and privacy, as well as quality of life for citizens and their families.
Work will be conducted across a multiplicity of disciplines, engaging not only engineers and computer scientists, but also psychologists, urban studies specialists, and social scientists. The University of Porto will conduct the research through various groups from the Engineering (FEUP), Psychology (FPCEUP) and Sciences (FCUP) faculties, amongst others.

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SOLUTIONS

Aggregating a critical mass in key areas of expertise for future cities that also signals a closer and more profitable connection among research groups and Portuguese companies
Creating new knowledge in key areas of future city technologies, operations and management
Recruiting and training highly qualified individuals for the industry and academia with relevant scientific expertise, as well as international experience and proven leadership qualities
Adopting and consolidating the best practice of top research and innovation centres in Europe at the University of Porto
Implementing mechanisms and routine practices for brainstorming, exchanging ideas, attaining technical depth, publishing in top scientific periodicals, protecting of intellectual property and developing security products with the industry
Increasing the number and quality of scientific publications, which should be targeted towards technical depth with strong impact in the real world
Fostering technology transfer of future city solutions to the local and international industry and end users, leading to significant increases of Portugal’s comparative advantages and exports
Promoting the stronger participation of the Future Cities’ researchers and collaborating companies in the activities of the European Research Area

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LINK: http://futurecities.up.pt/site/

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Tagged ecosystem, Internet of Things, knowledge transfer, living labs, smartcity, society

Forum for Research and Innovation in Security and Communications

Posted by www.cefims.eu on August 8, 2013 | Comments Off

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SUMMARY

FRISC, the Forum for Research and Innovation in Security and Communications, is a network established by the VERDIKT programme to create synergies within the Norwegian Security and Communications ecosystem. The Forum will provide strategic suggestions and advice for policy research in information security. This will contribute to the creation of new innovative products and services, which can then be developed and marketed by the relevant stakeholders.

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SOLUTIONS

Establishing forums and creating dialogue between researchers, industry and public organizations in the area of security and communications
Contributing to innovation at every link of the value chain through providing advice and policy leadership

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LINK: http://www.forskningsradet.no/servlet/Satellite?c=Prosjekt&cid=1253968860795&pagename=verdikt/Hovedsidemal&p=1226993814962

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Tagged ecosystem, security and privacy

NFC City

Posted by www.cefims.eu on August 8, 2013 | Comments Off

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SUMMARY

NFC City is an open innovation project which seeks to promote the development and use of services for information exchange, access, ticketing and payment through new applications of mobile and near field communication (NFC) technologies.

The project will conduct studies of user, business, security and legal use cases – and develop solutions to elaborate the necessary operating environment for the new services. It will also contribute to standardisation and industry organisations.

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SOLUTIONS

Establishing a complete NFC ecosystem including network infrastructure, trusted service manager (TSM) functionality, NFC services and handsets
Exposing a critical mass of users to various services within a limited geographical area – a NFC city
Developing a toolbox for implementation of NFC services
Running field trials where services must work as standalone applications and in coexistence
Encouraging service providers to test their applications and business models

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LINK: http://www.nfccity.net/

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Tagged communication networks, ecosystem, mobile, services

COMMIT

Posted by www.cefims.eu on August 8, 2013 | Comments Off

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SUMMARY

The goal of the COMMIT programme is to find solutions to societal problems and to exploit socio-economic opportunities through the use of ICT technology. The programme also aims to strengthen the Dutch ICT innovation ecosystem by establishing best-practices in public-private collaboration. COMMIT will pursue three specific objectives: producing multi-disciplinary research projects whose impact on society is directed according to given priority themes; providing solutions through conducting leading-edge, needs-oriented fundamental; consolidating and disseminating acquired knowledge.

The COMMIT programme will fund 26 high-quality, publicly and privately funded research projects in six societal themes: well-being, information services, sciences, applied sciences, transport, and public safety. These themes have been selected not only because of their priority status for Dutch society, but also because of their potential for realising major ICT innovations.

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SOLUTIONS

Developing information retrieval methods for information services
Promoting interaction for universal access
Designing wireless sensor networks to safeguard public safety
Implementing e-infrastructure virtualisation for e-science applications
Constructing composable embedded systems for healthcare

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LINK: http://www.utwente.nl/ctit/research/projects/national/COMMIT/COMMIT.doc/

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Tagged accessibility, business, data extraction, ecosystem, knowledge transfer, society, virtualisation

Smart City

Posted by www.cefims.eu on August 8, 2013 | Comments Off

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SUMMARY

The Smart City project aims to create a dynamic ecosystem in which administrators, companies, citizens and research institutions jointly produce comprehensive, innovative and impactful services. The project seeks to assist the various interest groups to arrive at optimum, ICT-integrated solutions to the problems arising from city life through balancing collective and individual interests. The smart use of Big Data will enable the development of tangible solutions from a systematic overview. The project comprises a number of varied, multi-disciplinary sub-projects within the domain of research

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SOLUTIONS

Producing an model for strategic urban planning:
- Designing a calculation model for interactive planning which comprises of leading-edge software and TNO expertise
- Composing realistic simulations using precise data such as up-to-date digital maps, traffic flows and demographic data
- Calculating the affect of modifying a variable such as the width of a road on a whole list of different criteria such as traffic intensity, air quality, noise pollution and external security
Developing a psychological model that describes the factors that influence self-reliance amongst citizens:
- Identifying a range of interventions which can boost self-reliance through altering individual and social factors
- Pilot-testing prototype solutions
Enabling municipal authorities to manipulate and exploit Big Data generated by social media
- Localising Twitter messages on a large scale, collecting and collating the most reliable and useful messages
- Investigating the power of online social influence from micro, macro and reflective perspectives

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LINK: http://www.tno.nl/content.cfm?context=uitgelicht&content=uitgelicht_content&laag1=1275&item_id=1275

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Tagged business, data management, ecosystem, Internet of Things, services, smartcity

MARLON

Posted by www.cefims.eu on August 7, 2013 | Comments Off

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SUMMARY

Logbooks are important repositories of information for mariners. However, compiling logs can be a tedious and logistically cumbersome task for busy mariners.

The MARLON project aims to develop an automated system for logbook compiling on marine vessels. The project will design an electronic solution whereby a significant portion of the required data is logged automatically, in virtual communication with the vessel’s state. The logkeeping application will be developed for the iPad, but MARLON’s results will also be transferable to other platforms.

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SOLUTIONS

Developing an automated logkeeping system where the logbook is automatically updated through wireless communication with a sensor network
Integrating sensor instruments to data logging modules
Launching an online community website to support the future of digital logkeeping

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LINK: http://www.mcst.gov.mt/national-funding/ri-programme/funded-ri-projects/ri-2011-018-marine-logging-notebook-marlon

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Tagged autonomous systems, data management, ecosystem, Internet of Things, marine, virtualisation

Cluster Development Project

Posted by www.cefims.eu on August 7, 2013 | Comments Off

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SUMMARY

The goal of this project is to improve the market share of the Latvian IT sector through forging strong networks between IT companies and research institutes. Specifically, the project aims to identify and realise potential synergies across the Latvian IT value chain, creating an active innovation ecosystem.

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SOLUTIONS

Meeting rising consumer demand with innovative Latvian IT products and services
Establishing IT embassies and networks abroad
Promoting innovation in core areas through specific technological platforms
Fostering excellence amongst the IT Cluster’s specialists
Developing the Riga IT Demo Centre to raise Latvian IT’s brand awareness
Identification and exploitation of emerging market niches

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LINK: http://www.itbaltic.com/en/case-studies/kap-%28cluster-development-project%29/

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Tagged business, ecosystem, education and research

FI Forum & IPv6 Taskforce

Posted by www.cefims.eu on August 7, 2013 | Comments Off

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SUMMARY

The Irish Future Internet Forum and the Irish Ipv6 Task Force are both collaborative organisations established by Irish ICT organisations with a shared interest in and desire to accelerate the development of the Future Internet in Ireland.

Irish Future Internet Forum
The IFIF was established by the Telecommunications Software and Systems Group at Waterford Institute of Technology. The purpose of forum is to bring the Irish ICT research community together so as to facilitate the discussion of issues related to Future Internet activities in the EU and globally. At the first meeting of the IFIF, 160 participants from Government, Industry and Academia met to discuss a number of topics related to the Future Internet.

It is envisaged that the IFIF will allow Irish industrial and academic partners to engage in discussions that will lead to new research initiatives .

Irish IPv6 Task Force
The Irish IPv6 Task Force, and chaired by Mícheál Ó Foghlú of TSSG, was established in 2004. The Irish National IPv6 Centre was set up in 2005 as a collaboration between the TSSG in Waterford Institute of Technology, the Hamilton Institute in NUI Maynooth, BT Ireland and HEAnet. The role of these organisations is to encourage the transition of the Irish network to IPv6 to allow continued growth of the Internet and its services in Ireland.

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SOLUTIONS

Promoting Ireland as an early adopter of the Future Internet
Creating of awareness of the Future Internet and its potential impact on the Irish economy
Promoting participation of Irish stakeholders in the European Future Internet Initiates
Encouraging greater R&D investment in activities around the Future Internet
Encouraging the development of test sites and trails around aspects of the future internet
Promoting greater strategic alignment between National and European research and innovation initiatives in the Future Internet Environment
Ensuring the successful transition of the Irish network from IPv4 to IPv6 so as to guarantee the future development of the internet and its services

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LINK: Irish Future Internet Forum http://www.futureinternet.ie/FutureInternet11/index.php

LINK: Irish IPv6 Task Force http://www.ipv6.ie/

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Tagged business, ecosystem, education and research, infrastructure, IPv6, society

Coeur de Filiére Numerique

Posted by www.cefims.eu on August 6, 2013 | Comments Off

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SUMMARY

“Coeur de filiére numerique” is an initiative launched in April, 2013 by the French Ministry of Crafts, Commerce and Tourism under the new guidelines of the Future Investment Programme. The initiative, funded to the tune of €150 million by the ministry, sets out to support and develop four key technologies: embedded software and connected objects, the security of information, supercomputing and simulation systems, and cloud computing and Big Data.

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SOLUTIONS

Funding research and development in four key areas with many applications:
- Transport and mobility
- Health
- Digital cities
- Logistics and distribution
- Robotics
- Energy
- Automation and industrial processes
Creating a new innovation ecosystem structured around key technological developments and applications

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LINK: http://www.entreprises.gouv.fr/secteurs-professionnels/coeur-filiere-du-numerique

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Tagged cloud, data management, ecosystem, embedded systems, Internet of Things, knowledge transfer, security and privacy, testing and simulation

Ubicom

Posted by www.cefims.eu on August 6, 2013 | Comments Off

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SUMMARY

Embedded computing operates imperceptibly in people’s and companies’ everyday working environments. Objects and machines communicate wirelessly between themselves and adjust their operations independently in real time.
The embedded computing sector is facing a steep development curve. Even now, 98% of the world’s microprocessors are in embedded systems. Digital homes are becoming more common and new embedded electronic systems are being increasingly employed in transport equipment, public infrastructure and factories. The increasing pervasiveness of embedded computing improves efficiency and safety and at the same time creates enhanced services for consumers.

The Ubicom – Embedded ICT project strengthens research into ubiquitous computing, increases the resources available for the industry’s commercial competitive offerings, enhances the international cooperation environment and spurs on cooperation between different branches of industry by creating new industry networks and industry standards.

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SOLUTIONS

Increasing the pool of resources available to the Finnish embedded computing industry through the provision of funding
Fostering an international collaborative environment through concluding cooperation agreements and issuing joint calls
Establishing an industry ecosystem and network, thereby creating synergies between individual value chains through agreeing joint action plans, holding seminars and workshops and facilitating forums

Some of the targeted areas for funding:
- Bioinformatics
- Cleantech
- Healthtech

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LINK: http://www.tekes.fi/ubicom/

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Tagged business, ecosystem, embedded systems, health, knowledge transfer

Trial

Posted by www.cefims.eu on August 6, 2013 | Comments Off

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SUMMARY

The volume of wireless data transfer is expanding at an explosive rate. Current wireless networks are struggling to carry the data traffic generated by smart phones and other mobile devices.Cognitive radio is expected to provide a significant boost for wireless communications and to introduce new business opportunities.

The aim of Tekes’ Trial Environment for Cognitive Radio and Network project is to transform Finland into a globally attractive cluster of expertise and a unique trial environment for cognitive radio and networks.

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SOLUTIONS

Establishing collaborative links with advanced research in Europe and overseas in the area of Cognitive Radio through:
- Provision of funding
- Development and dissemination of expertise
- Support for market research
- Holding of seminars
- Creating an international networking environment for the benefit of businesses and research entities
Developing a leading edge trial environment for wireless communications with the co-operation of several testbed and trial environment providers:
- VTT Cognitive Trial environment
- CWC Cognitive Trial Environment
- CENTRIA Cognitive Trial Environment
- WISE- White Space Test Environment for Broadcast Frequencies
- EECRT- End-to-end Cognitive Radio Testbed
- Nokia Cognitive Radio Testbed
- Introduce new business opportunities through:
- Establishing networks with advanced research in Europe and overseas
- Fostering collaboration with enterprise internationally

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LINK: http://www.tekes.fi/en/programmes-and-services/tekes-programmes/trial/

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Tagged cognitive radio, communication networks, ecosystem, testing and simulation, wireless communication

Next Media (Tivit)

Posted by www.cefims.eu on August 6, 2013 | Comments Off

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SUMMARY

The production and consumption of media is undergoing radical transformation. The digitalisation of production, distribution and consumption of media as well as the growing penetration of broadband access and mobile Internet has allowed for the distribution of increasingly rich media content to a variety of terminals.

The Next Media research project aims to generate innovative solutions for the media sector through developing new business models, concepts and technology. The main objective of the project is to renew the business environment of the media sector by breaking through the limits of media content and changing the way it is created, configured, serviced and consumed.

This endeavour takes advantage of the current transition towards co-creation, interactivity and independence of time and place. The diversity of terminals and devices in consumers’ everyday life is increasing and the significance of mobility is emphasized.
Next Media has the support of the whole Finnish media industry. The individual component firms have together created a strategy for the media sector and are committed to research and development activities consistent with Next Media objectives

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SOLUTIONS

Engaging media services and enabling technologies that support co-creation and participation as well as monetising media experiences in real and virtual environment along six generic themes:
1. media access,
2. production tools,
3. personalisation,
4. social interaction,
5. media use
6. business models & concepts

Serving the major needs of the media users:
- news & information,
- education & learning,
- entertainment & games
- community media

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LINK: http://www.nextmedia.fi/

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Tagged business, ecosystem, knowledge transfer, media

AT:net Austrian Electronic Network

Posted by www.cefims.eu on August 6, 2013 | Comments Off

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SUMMARY

The Austrian Electronic Network aims to foster the development of innovative broadband-based applications and services. It provides funding for individual applicants or consortia introducing information and communication solutions (services and applications) of public interest using broadband technology. The thematic fields range from innovative access technologies, e-Government, e-Health and e-Learning through to confidence and security.

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Enabling and accelerating quality and innovative broadband services and applications
Increasing the usage, penetration and digital integration of electronic services in Austrian society
Fostering innovation and technological development across multiple domains such as:
- Innovative access technologies
- E-government (e-government)
- E-health (e-health)
- Digital inclusion (e-inclusion)
- Electronic learning (e-learning)
- Electronic services to increase traffic safety
- Trust and Security
- Support services for SMEs

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LINK: http://www.ffg.at/austrian-electronic-network-das-programm

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Tagged broadband, ecosystem, services

Artemis Austria

Posted by www.cefims.eu on August 6, 2013 | Comments Off

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ARTEMIS Austria is an Austrian platform for the promotion of research and development in embedded systems. The platform represents Austrian interests at EU level, by attempting to accelerate research directions that are specific to Austrian ICT business and research. ARTEMIS Austria is supported by the Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (bmvit) and the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG).

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Intensifying knowledge-sharing and networking and identifying potential synergies between science and industry in Austria
Networking with European centres of excellence
Developing Austrian interests in EU programmes
Conducting information sessions on the following topics:
- ARTEMIS programmes
- Austrian national activities
- 7th Framework Programme: Activities of the European Commission
- Tender and activities of ITEA (EUREKA).
Shouldering responsibility for Austrian ICT public relations

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LINK: http://www.artemis-austria.net/index.php?id=5

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Tagged ecosystem, embedded systems

GEN6

Posted by www.cefims.eu on June 6, 2011 | Comments Off

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The GEN6 project will lead the charge in encouraging the adoption of IPv6 protocols in European member states. Specifically, the project will provide IPv6 upgrades for eGovernment services in Europe.

The project will verify and validate its approach in four different countries.

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Providing IPv6 upgrades of eGov services
ProvidingIPv6 upgrades of infrastructures
ProvidingIPv6 upgrades of Energy Services

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LINK: http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/apps/projects/factsheet/index.cfm?project_ref=297239

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Tagged ecosystem, governance, IPv6

FInest

Posted by www.cefims.eu on June 5, 2011 | Comments Off

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Future Internet (FI) technology offers unique opportunities for the transport and logistics industry to address pressing challenges associated with international freight transport, including business efficiency, competitiveness and environmental sustainability.

To address those challenges, FInest (an EU FP7 Future Internet PPP use case project) leverages FI technology to the benefit of all transport and logistics partners. It offers novel Web 2.0 business-to-business collaboration facilities which seamlessly link third-party and legacy applications to create customized solutions, allowing for the “on demand” management of shipments and supply chains. Through software prototypes, FInest aims to contribute to the development of a rich service ecosystem whose value also extends to other domains such as smart cities and agriculture.

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Designing a future-Internet-enabled, standardised business-to-business collaboration platform, which builds on generic FI enablers
Developing four core transport and logistics services offered through open-source APIs : (1) collaboration services, (2) semi-automated e-contracting services, (3) intelligent and proactive “sense and respond” event management services, (4) real-time planning and re-planning services.
Running large-scale trials of the FInest solutions in Europe’s leading edge experimental facilities

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LINK: http://www.finest-ppp.eu/

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Tagged business, ecosystem, Internet of Things, services, transport

VirCA

Posted by www.cefims.eu on January 2, 2011 | No Comments

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VirCA is an Internet-based network and tool-kit which facilitates collaboration and knowledge sharing between laboratories and other R&D facilities in the area of Internet of Things research.

The network proposes to combine advanced technologies to create a 3D-enabled platform for the Internet of Things. This will facilitate the development of a “3D Internet” which allows distance operators, both humans and robotic, to comfortably and effectively manipulate and operate virtual representations of internet-connected Things.

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KEY OUTPUTS/RESULTS

Providing a pilot solution for a future collaborative platform where information, functionality, remote capabilities and 3D representation of things are freely manipulable and integrable.
Integrating and implementing the concept of cognitive infocommunications to enhance the manipulation and communication between operators and Things with 3D content.
Facilitating fast knowledge transfer between academic laboratories and R&D facilities.

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LINK: http://www.virca.hu

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Tagged content management, ecosystem, knowledge transfer

es.INTERNET

Posted by www.cefims.eu on December 8, 2010 | No Comments

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SUMMARY

es.internet is a national technological platform which aims to develop a Spanish Future Internet (FI) ecosystem which will push Spain to the leading edge of FI research and development. The platform will foster research in a number of critical FI areas such as the Internet of the Network, the Internet of Users, the Internet of Things and the Internet of Services. The platform will also seek to seek to facilitate greater industrial participation in experimental FI projects funded through national and international programmes.

es.internet will co-ordinate the collaboration of a vast array of Spanish research centres and industry partners. This will entail a more focused and dynamic Spanish FI ecosystem capable of combining resources to locate and exploit synergies across the value chain.

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Fostering a more focused approach to FI research, locating synergies between diverse partners so as to reduce the cost of innovation and the length of development lifecycles across the value chain increase the likelihood of achieving research and development objectives
Facilitating scaled up research and development projects due to the greater integration of the Spanish FI ecosystem
Contributing through job creation and the dissemination of critical skills and competences across the industry
Developing common technologies which can be applied to the daily working methods of relevant organizations, thus obtaining productivity gains
Transferring technologies across multiple sectors thus harnessing of Future Internet research in a variety of cross-sector environments
Achieving more efficient R&D spending by public authorities
leveraging the effect of private-public partnership investment sin the innovation process as well as mobilising of further resources.
Creating a digital, knowledge-based economy
Unifying markets through dismantling artificial barriers
Increasing social and territorial cohesion through e-Inclusion technologies
Designing FI technologies to enhance quality of life
Identifying potential benefits in education and administration of human resources through the application of FI research

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LINK: http://esinternet.imasdtic.es/

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