Tag Archives: education and research

_____________________________________________________________________ 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 […]

_____________________________________________________________________ SUMMARY Current digital research support systems take attention away from the material that they describe. PATINA will provide researchers with new opportunities to create research spaces that emphasise the primacy of research material, and support the sharing of research activities as well as results. Through the recording of research practice the project will also […]

_____________________________________________________________________ SUMMARY Diverse database replication protocols have the potential to provide higher dependability assurance than traditional approaches that replicate DBMSs (Database Management Systems) from the same vendor. However, besides achieving appropriate dependability level, system designers and other DBMS stakeholders are interested in the performance characteristics offered by different solutions. For many applications performance is, in […]

_____________________________________________________________________ SUMMARY The central goal of this research project is to investigate how big data about people and their social interactions is accessed, and how it enables the discovery of new knowledge about society and behaviour. In other words, the research team wishes to discover the social and scientific implications of large-scale ‘big data’ as […]

_____________________________________________________________________ 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 […]

_____________________________________________________________________ SUMMARY The eBig3 project aims to create a network for cross-border research cooperation in technology enhanced learning (TEL) and to develop a strategy for educational business promotion services. The project will implement the strategy and pilot a set of innovative learning solutions for inclusive human resource development. _____________________________________________________________________ SOLUTIONS Combining three, complementary applications of […]

_____________________________________________________________________ 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. _____________________________________________________________________ SOLUTIONS Meeting rising consumer demand […]

_____________________________________________________________________ SUMMARY The objective of the HEA-funded Irish National Digital Learning Resources (NDLR) service is to support the sharing of digital learning resources and associated practices among the Irish academic community. This is portal encourages the use, reuse and sharing of digital education resources and associated practices. The ethos of the service is that the […]

_____________________________________________________________________ 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 […]

_____________________________________________________________________ SUMMARY This project aims to tackle challenges arising from the ever-changing nature of research-oriented software tools and services. The goal of the project is to develop a prototype universal e-science platform which can support the daily activities of researchers and creative workers. _____________________________________________________________________ SOLUTIONS Collecting and collating data on the use of research tools […]

_____________________________________________________________________ SUMMARY The Future Internet of Things project aims to develop an experimental Future Internet research facility, and a federated and competitive infrastructure with international visibility. The facility will contain a set of complementary components which will enable experimentation on innovative services for academic and industrial users. The project will give French Internet stakeholders a […]

_____________________________________________________________________ SUMMARY Wireless Innovation between Finland and the U.S. (WiFiUS) provides a platform for building long-term research and education collaboration between the two world leaders in the field of wireless networking. WiFiUS will connect nine U.S. institutions consisting of four Finnish research organizations in the area of dynamic radio spectrum access, all ofwhich are independently […]

_____________________________________________________________________ SUMMARY MetaCentrum operates and manages the Czech national grid. The long-term goal of the MetaCentrum project is the operation and coordination of distributed computing and data storage infrastructure in the Czech Republic as a dynamic network of resources across different locations and administrative domains. The developed infrastructure will be part of the pan-European infrastructure […]

_____________________________________________________________________ SUMMARY The main goal of the Extension of the National R&D Information Infrastructure in Regions (eIGeR) project is the development of a national e-infrastructure for research and development within the Czech Republic which involves all integral components necessary for providing services with high added value. _____________________________________________________________________ SOLUTIONS Increasing the communication infrastructure capacity and extending […]

_____________________________________________________________________ SUMMARY NDIX an open platform which seeks to facilitate competition, innovation and the development of new digital services by offering unlimited and secure connectivity between content suppliers and end-users. As a result, NDIX aims to: Boost competition between suppliers of existing services (like Internet, telephony and hosting/backup) Facilitate the development of new services (for […]

_____________________________________________________________________ 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 […]