eu research in content & knowledge technologies: progress & prospects roberto cencioni &...

EU research in Content & Knowledge technologies: Progress & prospects

Roberto Cencioni & Stefano Bertolo

DG Information Society and Media

Unit INFSO.E2

infso-e2@cec.eu.intinfso-e2@cec.eu.int

EWIMT’05, LondonEWIMT’05, London

Basic factsBasic facts

• by Q1 2006: 58 projects, 260 M€ funding

• 443 participants, 638 participations:

– 52% public, education, … participants

– 48% private, commercial, … participants

• 32 countries; 58% from top 5 countries(DE, UK, FR, IT, ES)

ScopeScope

• RTD&D

– long term research (formal, theoretical)

– technology / component research & development

– applied, system-level research

– demonstration

• Emphasis on

– generic, enabling technologies

– flexible, cross-sectoral application platforms

3 project lines3 project lines

1. Cross-media Content (call 2):new media paradigms, new forms of digital contentcreativity, interactivity, user experience & control, cross-platform delivery& presentation / adaptation…

2. Content & Knowledge (call 4):“intelligent” contentaccess & management (meta data generation / extraction, semantic indexing & contextual retrieval…), aggregation & personalisation, automated workflows...

3. Knowledge (calls 1 & 4):intersection of Web, MM and KR&R (SemWeb+)networked information & communities; automation of knowledge lifecycle; web / multimedia “documents”; from static to dynamic information, interaction & evolving processes

Content: 2 research tracksContent: 2 research tracks• content is King: everywhere in the IST programme!

• our approach:– long term vision, beyond today’s commercial imperatives

– more compelling content, more effective creation & flexible (re-)use

• more digital-born content, better content, at a lower cost

– commercial content, as opposed to scientific, medical, educational… content

• two intertwined tracks:

– creation• provide better user experience & control

• by pulling together & integrating ICT advances

– access & management• content analysis & categorisation (text + image, video, audio, n-D objects)

• (semantic / contextual) search & retrieval

• personalisation & reuse

• aggregation & work flows …

Outcome of Call-4Outcome of Call-4

• 150+ submissions received

• 25 proposals retained, nearly 250 organisations

• 124 M€ total funding

• largest EU call ever in the ICK domain

– projects due to start Q1 2006

MUSCLE

KnowledgeWeb

REWERSE

Aim@Shape

Acemedia

DIP

SEKT

VIKEF

Alvis

AspicDirectInfo

News

Simac

Metokis

AgentLinkIII

KB20

3DTV

Axmedis

IperG

Inscape

IPRacine

NM2

Polymnia

WalkOnWeb

WorldScreen

RevealThis

Peng

Holonics

Content4All

M-Pipe

GameTools

INCOMM

LeMatch

NoE IP STP CA SA

Knowledge & Content Portfolio

K-Space

NeOn

Salero

Super

Live

X-MediaMesh

Musing

Nepomuk

OpenKnowledge

Luisa

TAO

Boemie

Swing

Towl

Sevenpro

AsIsKnown

Trends

BootStrep

Ontogeo

S-TEN

MediaCampaign

Caretaker

TripCom

Patexpert

Text

Multimedia

Knowledge Representation

ServicesCall 1 Call 2 Call 4

D-cinema Cross-Media Games

2M€

3M€

7M€

9M€

NoE IP STP CA SA

Multimedia & Audiovisual Portfolio

Mesh

Call 1 Call 2 Call 4

5M€

Acemedia

3DTV

Inscape

Aim@Shape

Alvis

M-Pipe

GameTools

Holonics

IperG

MUSCLE

Axmedis

Live

INCOMM

IPRacine

NM2

Peng

Polymnia

RevealThis

Content4All

DirectInfo

Salero

Simac

Boemie

MediaCampaign

K-Space

Caretaker

X-Media

WorldScreen

VIKEF

245M€

I-TV

MHP-KDB

3D Content analysis Networked AV Home Platforms

Coherent

e-Next

Enthrone

Instinct

Medianet

Metacamera

Pulsers

Semantic hifi

Sivss

Tiramisu

Uni-VerseWCam

mCDN

Danae

Eperspace

Teaha

OlgaAstrals

Unic

Suit

Estia

Arena

MobiDuck

Portivity

Avista

Visnet

D-cinema Cross-Media Games

2M€

3M€

7M€

9M€

NoE IP STP CA SA

Content

Mesh

Call 1 Call 2 Call 4

5M€

Acemedia

3DTV

Inscape

Aim@Shape

Alvis

GameTools

Holonics

IperG

MUSCLE

Axmedis

Live

IPRacine

NM2

PolymniaContent4All

DirectInfo

Salero

Simac

BoemieCaretaker

X-Media

WorldScreen

VIKEF

30M€

I-TV 3D Content analysis Networked AV Home Platforms

Enthrone

Eperspace

MobiDuck

D-cinema Cross-Media games

2M€

3M€

7M€

9M€

NoE IP STP CA SA

Authoring & Workflow

Mesh

Call 1 Call 2 Call 4

5M€3DTV

Inscape

Aim@Shape

Alvis

M-Pipe

GameTools

Holonics

IperG

MUSCLE

Axmedis

Live

IPRacine

NM2

Peng

PolymniaContent4All

Salero

Boemie

MediaCampaign

K-Space

X-Media

WorldScreen

VIKEF

19.3M€

I-TV 3D content analysis Networked AV Home Platform

MobiDuck

D-cinema Cross-Media Games

2M€

3M€

7M€

9M€

NoE IP STP CA SA

Personalisation

Mesh

Call 1 Call 2 Call 4

5M€

Acemedia

3DTV

Inscape

GameTools

IperG

MUSCLE

Axmedis

Live

INCOMM

IPRacine

NM2

Polymnia

RevealThis

Content4All

DirectInfo

Simac

K-Space

X-Media

WorldScreen

VIKEF

21.6M€

I-TV 3D Content analysis Networked AV Home Platforms

e-Next

Tiramisu

mCDN

Teaha

Olga

Estia

Arena

Avista

D-cinema Cross-Media Games

2M€

3M€

7M€

9M€

NoE IP STP CA SA

Access & Management

Mesh

Call 1 Call 2 Call 4

5M€

Acemedia

3DTV

Inscape

Aim@Shape

Alvis

M-Pipe

Holonics

IperG

MUSCLE

Axmedis

Live

INCOMM

IPRacine

NM2

Peng

Polymnia

RevealThis

Content4All

DirectInfo

Salero

Simac

Boemie

MediaCampaign

K-Space

Caretaker

X-Media

WorldScreen

VIKEF

55M€

I-TV 3D Content analysis Networked AV Home Platforms

Coherent

e-Next

Enthrone

Medianet

Metacamera

Pulsers

Sivss

Tiramisu

Uni-Verse

WCammCDN

Danae

Eperspace

Teaha

Olga

Unic

Suit

Estia

Arena

MobiDuck

Portivity

Avista

Visnet

D-cinema Cross-Media Games

2M€

3M€

7M€

9M€

NoE IP STP CA SA

Metadata & Semantics

Mesh

Call 1 Call 2 Call 4

5M€

Acemedia

Inscape

Aim@Shape

Alvis

M-Pipe

Holonics

IperG

MUSCLE

Axmedis

Live

IPRacine

Peng

Polymnia

RevealThis

Content4All

DirectInfo

Salero

Simac

Boemie

MediaCampaign

K-Space

Caretaker

X-Media

VIKEF

26.1M€

I-TV 3D Content analysis Networked AV Home Platforms

Coherent

Semantic hifi

mCDN

Arena

Avista

D-cinema Cross-Media Games

2M€

3M€

7M€

9M€

NoE IP STP CA SA

Delivery & Networking

Mesh

Call 1 Call 2 Call 4

5M€

Acemedia

3DTV

Inscape

Aim@Shape

Alvis

M-Pipe

GameTools

Holonics

IperG

Axmedis

Live

INCOMM

IPRacine

NM2

Peng

RevealThis

Content4All

DirectInfo

Salero

Boemie

MediaCampaign

K-Space

X-Media

WorldScreen

61.4M€

I-TV 3D Content analysis Networked AV Home Platforms

Coherent

e-Next

Enthrone

Medianet

Metacamera

Pulsers

Sivss

Tiramisu

Uni-Verse

WCammCDN

Danae

Eperspace

Teaha

Olga

Unic

Suit

Estia

Arena

MobiDuck

Portivity

Visnet

D-cinema Cross-Media Games

2M€

3M€

7M€

9M€

NoE IP STP CA SA

Standards & Interoperability

Call 1 Call 2 Call 4

5M€Aim@Shape

M-Pipe

IperG

Live

IPRacine

Peng

RevealThis

Content4All

K-Space

WorldScreen

10.7M€

I-TV 3D Content analysis Networked AV Home Platforms

Coherent

Metacamera

Uni-Verse

mCDN

Eperspace

Suit

Portivity

Avista

D-cinema Cross-Media Games

2M€

3M€

7M€

9M€

NoE IP STP CA SA

Digital Rights Management

Call 1 Call 2 Call 4

5M€

7.2M€

I-TV 3D Content analysis Networked AV Home Platforms

Enthrone

Medianet

Pulsers

Tiramisu

Uni-Verse

Eperspace

Teaha

Axmedis

Creativity tools: SaleroCreativity tools: Salero

• Integrated Project, 48M

• lowering cost of content creation, creation and management of intelligent content objects, adaptation across different platforms, knowledge based control of appearance, sound, behaviour, artists and creative media professionals

Intelligent content mgmt: AcemediaIntelligent content mgmt: Acemedia

• Integrated Project, 48M

• semantic multimedia analysis, semantic indexing/search, mpeg-7 descriptors, automated content collection, device adaptation, personalization, scalable video coding, content/metadata/intelligence layers

Networking & distribution: MedianetNetworking & distribution: Medianet

• Integrated Project, 24M

• multimedia communications, AV distribution, residential services, supply chain architecture, cooperation, digital rights management, home networking

Towards FP7Towards FP7

• new framework expected to start end 2006

• main proposals (FP, SPs, RfP) forwarded to Council & Parliament

• significant budget increase … depending on EU financial perspectives after 2006

• traditional as well as new SPs (eg Space)

• multinational collaborative research (Cooperation SP) as well as grants for individual teams (Ideas SP)

• IST rebranded - now simply ICT, ~2 B€ / year• still the largest thematic component within FP• centred around 4 components:

– Core Technologies (incl. Knowledge)– Integration of Technologies (eg personal, home)– Applications Research (incl. Content)– Future and Emerging Technologies

• Knowledge placed next to (human & artificial) Cognition• Content (commercial, corporate…) next to educational

& cultural Content• by and large, the proposed structure does not follow

current DG-INFSO organisational lines …

See www.cordis.lu/fp7/

ICT research within FP7ICT research within FP7

TimeplanTimeplan• timeframe:

– phase 1 (directions & priorities) => March 2006– phase 2 (strong justification!) March-May– phase 3 (workprogramme) June-July– phase 4 (focus of initial calls) July-Sep– phase 5 (spreading the word…) Oct-Dec

• elicit input from ALL relevant circles:– research topics

• continuity vs. new directions• emerging challenges vs. gaps & failures in FP6• long term research vs. development & validation• relationships vis-a-vis adjacent topical areas

– instruments & shared infrastructures– stakeholders: S&T communities & disciplines– ICT and media industry, user industries

We need your input, now!We need your input, now!

• work ahead:– assess FP6 portfolio, identify gaps & duplications

– screen vendors & integrators, market drivers & products

– gather socio-economic justification, facts & figures

– sounding board (virtual / physical meetings)

– expert roundtables (Bxl / Lux / at major conferences)

– open public consultation• by emailby email

• web basedweb based

• for each candidate research topic:– why public intervention

– why at EU level, rationale & added value

– expected impact (scientific, technological, economic)

– time-to-maturity/exploitation & (eventual) application space

Some issuesSome issues

• Content & Knowledge the largest topical area in FP6, budgetlikely to remain ~ constant in FP7, so

– ongoing convergence of Knowledge & mutimedia Content tracks

– new and emerging research challenges

– which research lines can be discontinued to make room for new research topics

– how to share more widely & effectively precompetitive research results

– how to enhance impact & promote uptake: more focused approachto application domains or research tasks?

– how to foster more ambitious endeavours

– how to stimulate synergy with national & industrial initiatives

– how to broaden the programme base• more research centres, more companies, more high-tech users

More informationMore information

www.cordis.lu/fp7/

Our website (under re-construction):

• www.cordis.lu/ist/kct/

Your input (1 page per topic):

• infso-e2@cec.eu.int

Inquiries:

• stefano.bertolo@cec.eu.int

• roberto.cencioni@cec.eu.int