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ICT Call 3. Stephen O’Reilly - ICT National Contact Point. Overview. Framework Programme 7 ICT Work Programme Challenges Objectives Calls for proposals ICT Call 3. Framework Programme 7: 2007-2013. European Commission's instrument for supporting R&D Budget is over €50 Billion - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
ICT Call 3
Stephen O’Reilly - ICT National Contact Point
Overview Framework Programme 7 ICT Work Programme
Challenges Objectives Calls for proposals
ICT Call 3
Framework Programme 7: 2007-2013 European Commission's instrument for supporting R&D Budget is over €50 Billion Covers Four Specific Research Programmes
Cooperation (€32.202 Billion); Ideas (€7.460 Billion); People (€4.577 Billion); Capacities (€4.193 Billion)
Routes Into FP7
ICT Work Programme
ICT Work Programme approach and structure A limited set of Challenges that
respond to well-identified industry and technology needsand/or
target specific socio-economic goals
A Challenge is addressed through a limited set of Objectives that form the basis of Calls for Proposals
An Objective is described in terms of target outcome - in terms of characteristics expected impact - in terms of industrial competitiveness, societal goal, technology
progress
ICT Work Programme Challenges
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2. Cognitive systems, interaction, robotics
1. Network and service infrastructures
3. Components, systems, engineering
4. Digital libraries and content
5. ICT for health
6. ICT for mobility & sustainable growth
7. ICT for independent living and inclusion
Socio-economic goals
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Funding Schemes
3 funding schemes – 5 “instruments”
• Collaborative Projects (CP)* Large Scale Integrating Projects (“IP”) Small or medium scale focused research actions (“STREP”)
• Networks of Excellence (NoE)
• Coordination and Support Actions (CSA) Coordinating or networking actions (“CA”) Support Actions (“SA”)
ICT Workprogramme – 2007/08: budget pre-allocation to instruments !
Budget split per objective
For each Work Programme objective:
A reserved amount for CSAs support activities won’t need to compete against research projects for funding
A reserved amount for NoE won’t fund multiple NoEs to compete with each other
Remaining (main) part of budget committed to Collaborative Projects minimum percent Integrating Projects,
minimum percent Focused Research Actions, the remainder distributed by quality of the proposals
ICT Call 3
ICT Call 3 ICT-2007.2.2 Cognitive systems, interaction, robotics ICT-2007.4.3 Digital libraries and technology-enhanced learning ICT-2007.4.4 Intelligent content and semantics ICT-2007.8.4 Science of complex systems for socially intelligent ICT ICT-2007.8.5 Embodied intelligence ICT-2007.8.6 ICT forever yours ICT-2007.9.2 International cooperation
Date of Publication: 4 December 2007 Closure date: 8 April 2008 at 17:00, Brussels local time Indicative budget: 265 M€
ICT-2007.2.2 Cognitive systems, interaction, robotics
FP7 - ICT Call 1 (2007) results
185 proposals, €680m asked for €96m available [144 STREPs, 36 IPs, 5 NoE]
1432 proposers from 43 countries 63 proposals passed evaluation [56 STREPs, 6 IPs, 1 NoE] 26 projects retained: [19 STREPs, 6 IPs, 1 NoE]
Lowest scoring “retained” projects STREP – 12, IP – 11, NoE - 13
Target a (IPs, STREPs)
3 areas: focus on one
• Robots handling different objects and operating autonomously or in cooperation with people• Systems (robotic, sensor networks etc) monitoring and controlling material or informational processes• Multimodal interfaces and interpersonal communication systems, understanding language, gestures
Robots …… in real world settings less-constrained environments can be too nuanced, too complicated and too
unpredictable to be summarised within a limited set of specifications
there will inevitably be novel situations and the system will have gaps, conflicts or ambiguities in its own knowledge and capabilities
robots handling different objects and operating autonomously or in cooperation with people
may call for
manipulation & grasping,
navigation,
locomotion,
obstacle avoidance,
interaction with humans,…
Monitoring and controlling…eg using computer vision
traffic monitoring other applications
intelligent surveillance,
biometric recognition,
exploration,
data-gathering
manufacturing,
robotics,…
robots or other systems monitoring & controlling material or informational processes
May call for:
detection,
recognition,
classification
…. of objects, events or processes,…
Multimodal Interfaces …eg in speech recognition improvements have come from increases in computing power
the majority of mobile phones have voice dialling
software for dictating documents on your PC is available in most computer stores
Interactive Voice Response (IVR) systems are becoming commonplace for handling telephone enquiries
… technology is fragile in ‘real’ conditions
From Roger K. Moore From Roger K. Moore Spoken Language Processing for Artificial Cognitive Systems, IST 2006
multimodal interfaces &/or interpersonal communication systems understanding language, gestures, etc
may call for
a deep understanding of human physical & cognitive capabilities, communication needs & contextual constraints,…
A key question
How should systems pertaining to these areas be designed How should systems pertaining to these areas be designed and builtand built so that they are more robust, flexible, effective, natural and where necessary or desirable, safer and more autonomous than what is possible today?
but,… how can we specify what it means to be robust, flexiblewhat it means to be robust, flexible, etc?
Addressing the key question
while providing valid and viable answers to the previous key question, projects can take the approach of their choiceprojects can take the approach of their choice, and draw on those scientific and engineering disciplines that are needed to achieve the its goals.
projects are requested to contribute to the development of criteria for benchmarkingcriteria for benchmarking system propertiessystem properties such as robustness, scalability and adaptability, make them public and compare with others
don’t forget the emphasis, in particular in robotics, is on integration integration of complete systemsof complete systems
Project outcome projects are expected to develop know-howdevelop know-how needed to create new needed to create new
productsproducts and to build systems that are desirable but cannot be built cannot be built given our current know-howgiven our current know-how
emphasis is scientific and technological advancescientific and technological advance – not application development!!;
role of applications is to provide research questionsresearch questions and to demonstrate the impact of conceptual or technical innovation.
Challenges for research a key issue is howhow systems should work – greatly improving
robustness etc. requires rethinkingrethinking the way systems are engineered
theoriestheories are needed - systems theories, software architectures, control theories, modelling theories, etc - that will allow us to build these types of systems
engineering progress will depend on advancing scientific advancing scientific understandingunderstanding of what both natural and artificialnatural and artificial systems can and cannot do, and how and why
integration of disciplinesintegration of disciplines: robotics, artificial intelligence, computer vision, natural language, cognitive science, psychology,… mathematics,… philosophy
Network of excellence (NoE) - programmes of joint research & resource sharing which contribute to reinforcing & sustaining scientific excellence.Robotics: experimentation with industry strength platforms, benchmarking
Cognitive Systems: integration of diverse research area, understanding of requirements for specific applications
Language based communication and interaction: new approaches; understanding of capabilities required of technical systems
NoE on Machine learning funded in Call 1!!!
- will have calls for Expressions of Interest
Target b (NoEs)
Target c (CSAs) Increased cooperation and coordination between EU Member States
covering domain that contribute to overall goals of Challenge 2.
Some myths European levelEuropean level – does not mean having a spread of partners from
countries all over Europe. It means cross-border collaboration that
promises to achieve more than could have been achieved within one
single Member State
Industrial participationIndustrial participation - is not a requirement. It is an option
Presence of one or more SMEsSMEs - is not to be taken as a must or as a de
facto plus point. SMEs are treated just as any other partner in a
consortium in terms of having a necessary competence, a reputation and
a clearly defined role
Projects - incl. IPs - need not assemble large numbers of partners.
Projects should only include those partners needed to achieve the goals
and no more.
More myths Management by a professional consultancy – is not to be taken for
granted. It must offer a proven added-value.
We are not looking for ideas for new applications systems or products.
Advances should be related to the engineering goals of Challenge 2 –
not to health, security, ambient intelligence,….(those such domains can
provide useful demonstration scenarios)
We are not looking for ‘contributions’ to any policy except research policy. And the part of research policy in question is Challenge 2 - not enlargement policy, SME policy, Information Society policy (i2010), other Community policies*….
*often cited wrongly or misunderstood
Links
More (documents, project descriptions, presentations,…) at
http://www.cognitivesystems.eu
European Network for the advancement of artificial Cognitive Systems http://www.eucognition.org
http://www.robotics-platform.eu.com/
Contact
ICT-2007.4.3 Digital libraries and technology-enhanced learning
ICT2007.4.3: Digital Libraries & Technology enhanced Learning
The Workprogramme has 2 distinct elements:
Digital Libraries Medium term:
a) Large-scale European-wide digital libraries Long term:
b) Radically new approaches to digital preservation
Technology-enhanced Learning Medium term
c) Responsive environments for technology-enhanced learning
Long term d) Adaptive and intuitive learning systems
Digital libraries: research objectives
a) Large-scale European-wide digital libraries of cultural and scientific multi-format and multi-source digital objects (medium term) robust and scalable environments cost-effective digitisation innovative services and creative use semantic-based search facilities and digital preservation features
assisting communities of practice in the creative use of content in multilingual and multidisciplinary contexts
b) Radically new approaches to preservation of digital content (long term) high volume; dynamic and volatile digital content (notably web) keep track of evolving meaning and usage context safeguarding integrity, authenticity and accessibility over time models enabling automatic and self-organising approaches to preservation
Digital libraries: approach and impact
Approach: All funding schemes – but with very different indicative budgets Includes concept of centres of competence for digitisation and
preservation, building upon, pooling and upgrading resources in the Member States
Cross-disciplinary research; empirical evaluation; socio-economic impact
Impact: Unlock organisations' and people's ability to access digital content and to
preserve it over time EU-wide massive digitisation and long term preservation
Technology-enhanced Learning: research objectives
c) Responsive environments for technology-enhanced learning (Medium term) accommodate personalisation to respond to specific learning needs and
contexts (mass-individualisation) are capable of transforming learning outcomes into permanent
knowledge assets enhance competence, skills and performance are pedagogically sound
d) Adaptive and intuitive learning systems (Long term) identify learner's requirements, intelligently monitoring progress, exploit learning and cognitive abilities letting people learn better, give purposeful and meaningful advice to both learners and teachers
learning on your own or collaboratively
Technology-enhanced Learning: approach and impactApproach: Cross-disciplinary (cognitive, organisational, pedagogical, technological
aspects) Provide a body of evidence as to which approaches are effective and under
which circumstances
Impact: Faster and more effective learning, acquisition of knowledge, competences
and skills Unlocking people’s and organisations’ ability to master knowledge and
apply it Increased knowledge worker productivity, More efficient organisational learning processes
Budget and Funding Schemes - instruments
• Budget for Call 3: 50 MEUR• Funding Schemes:
Cooperative Projects (IPs and STREPs) Networks of Excellence Coordination Actions/Support Actions
• Indicative funding: • Cooperative projects M€42.5
minimum of M€20 to IPs; minimum of M€10 to STREPs);
• M€5 for NoEs; • M€2.5 for CSAs
NO pre-allocation of budget between “digital libraries” and “learning”!
FP7 - ICT Call 1 (2007) results
191 proposals, €610m asked for €52m available [149 STREPs, 21 IPs, 3 NoE, 6 CA, 12 SA]
81 proposals passed evaluation [62 STREPs, 9 IPs, 2 NoE , 3 CA, 5 SA] 26 projects retained: [7 STREPs, 4 IPs, 1 CA]
Lowest scoring “retained” projects STREP – 14, IP – 14.5, CA - 15
FP7-ICT call 1 results
• Digital Libraries and digital preservation• 2 IPs, 3 STREPs, 1 CA• Large scale digitisation of printed documents (older materials and fonts),
digital preservation and added value services based on digital content
• Learning • 2 IPs and 4 STREPs• Greater focus on responsive environments and mid-term goals, than on
intuitive systems• Strong continuity with FP6 research (and projects!) – NoEs have been
influential
FP7-ICT call 1 new projectsTechnology-enhanced Learning (1)
IP1: Constructivist approach to science learning Adaptivity, learner as creator, engagement, guidance (by tutors/teachers) Consortium: universities
IP2: Workplace learning Embedding learning more seamlessly in work processes and KM systems;
knowledge maturation Consortium: universities, industry
FP7-ICT call 1 new projectsTechnology-enhanced Learning (2)
STRP 1: Personalisation and adaptivity developing new tools interfacing with existing infrastructures and LMS
STRP 2: Theories, methodologies and technologies for game based learning Focus on learning science, adaptivity, story telling and engagement
STRP 3: Adaptivity and guidance Using natural language technologies to support learner and teacher
STRP 4: Innovation and creativity in product development
FP7-ICT call 1 new projectsDigital libraries (1)
Integrated Project 1:• Data Grid, Federated Digital Libraries, Persistent Data Archives and Multivalent
Architecture Test-beds: Documents in Memory Institutions and Governmental Collections,
Objects in Industrial Design and Engineering, eScience Consortium: universities and research org in EU and US, industry and gov.
Integrated Project 2: Large scale digitisation of printed older material (scan + OCR) with multilingual support
Centre of competence for digitisation Consortium: national libraries, ICT (scan + OCR specialists)
FP7-ICT call 1 new projectsDigital libraries (2)
STREP 1:• Web archiving: fidelity, coherence and interpretability, transforming pure snapshot into living
web archive• Consortium: Universities and research, new media archivingSTREP 2:• Explore software agent technologies to automate preservation processes (self-preserving
objects)• Consortium: archives and universities, research, ICTSTREP 3:• Innovative access to digital library content (ability to extend queries in the context of a specific
discipline to alien domains) • Consortium: film news agencies, universities, researchCSA• Coordination action on multilingualism in digital libraries
Where proposals failed Described solutions without defining either the problem or the
research and progress that would be made
Objectives more oriented towards providing a solution for a particular set of users (e.g. training for engineers, the virtual museum or digital library with the collections of a specific organisation) than the objectives and impacts specified in the work-programme
Failure to justify the choice of the application or test-bed. Our approach is subject neutral – and so it is up to proposers to argue the usefulness of the proposed test-beds (in terms of learning context, potential for replication).
Tried to create false links between digital libraries and technology-enhanced learning – thinking that greater coverage of the WP is better than clear relevance to one of the research topics
Where proposals failed• Over-dimensioned – tried to tackle too much and becoming too diffuse rather
than stick to a core problem and focused, measurable objectives• In digital libraries:
• Several proposals having as main objective and outcome to set-up a digital library or repository hosting the collections of an institution, occasionally with some a digitisation component, but a very limited research component
• Development of solutions for very specific audiences (tracking of stolen works, publishing / simulation of scientific data) without a visible research outcome
• In learning:• Inability to leverage a balance of research in technological and
pedagogical (or cognitive science) disciplines – too often there were technologies looking for a home
• Aim to create LMS or content delivery platforms – not advanced as regards the state of the art, or more oriented towards the objectives of eContentplus
Contacts and further information• Cultural heritage and technology enhance learning
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/telearn-digicult/home_en.html
• Info day Luxembourg 18/19 December 2007
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/telearn-digicult/call3-infodays_en.html
(useful presentations, project summaries from Call 1 etc)• ERCIM News September 2007 (Technology Enhanced Learning)
http://ercim-news.ercim.org/
Digital libraries and preservation: [email protected]
Tech. enhanced learning: [email protected]
ICT-2007.4.4 Intelligent content and semantics
FP7 - ICT Call 1 (2007) results
148 proposals, €610m asked for €52m available [119 STREPs, 20 IPs, 1 NoE, 3 CA, 5 SA]
55 proposals passed evaluation [45 STREPs, 8 IPs, 0 NoE , 1 CA, 1 SA] 15 projects retained: [9 STREPs, 4 IPs, 1 CA, 1 SA]
Lowest scoring “retained” projects STREP – 12.5, IP – 12.5, CA – 13, SA – 10.5
Call 1 results popular themes:
content creation & processing,media (film, TV, advertising…) & otherappls(egsurveillance)
Knowledge management in a range of business& public-interest domains personalisation& summarisation
Recurring features: video & 3D; automated extraction, annotation & indexing; social approaches …
gaps: Creative authoring(egonline games, virtualworlds, industrialdesign …) immersive rendering, multimodal consumption
Successful Proposals post-production tools for the film & games industry
semantic coding of 3D objects, sharing of 3D models
semantic wikis as a knowledge management tool
enterprise knowledge aids integrating social software & semantics
distributed, approximate & incomplete reasoning
……
Call 3 guidance for proposers
analysis of Call 1 submissions synopses of successful proposals Call 3 specific guides handling of inquiries until mid-March series of infodays
Scope and focus
WP defines the scope of the call «relevance»
Call guidance notes specify gaps & requirements after Call 1 «opportunity»
so read carefully both documents before delineating your proposal
Especially since many submissions are expected!
(a) Advanced Authoring(Call 3 focus in red) explore new forms of content, provide enhanced experience support creative process & experimentation more interactive, expressive & perceptual content borrowing from:
game technology, virtual environments computer animation, visualisation, simulation non-linear narratives, interactive storytelling …
generate metadata as new content is created/captured; find reference & inspirational material, remix, share ...
…for personal or professional use
(b) Collaborative Workflow from analogue through digital files to feature-rich objects:– data interoperability
across systems metadata based flows storage & management of large-scale resources handling of novel & legacy, local & remote content packaging & repurposing, adaptation to target groups segmentation, summarisation, efficient coding & transmission …
focus on flexible & robust solutions likely to be adopted by the multimedia industry
(c) Personalised Distribution & Presentation
progress towards more (re)active, adaptive … content in particular, “atomic” objects acting as a container of essence,
metadata & ambient/context intelligence enabling dynamic user, context & device adaptation with in-built privacy preserving logging/feedback datamining
where relevant, immersive rendering & multimodal interaction exploiting new & upcoming appliances borrowing from games, virtual worlds, etc
emphasis on mobile environments & location based services
(d) Community building and Take-up aim is to link research to its broader context emphasis on
Technology assessment, benchmarking as a precondition for S&T progress & technology transfer –
investigate requirements, coordinate ongoing efforts, fill gaps (tasks/media), delineate future strategies & infrastructures
Interactive Media design as a means to foster ICT-enabled Creativity by bringing closer
together technologists & creatives
normally implemented as NoE or CA
(e) Semantic foundations beyond current knowledge models & formalisms
approximate reasoning & induction temporal, probabilistic & modal modelling
focus on temporal & dimensional reasoning reference implementations incl. web integration of
heterogeneous data sources multimedia resources (real-time) data streams
showing the practical value & power of semantics
(f) Knowledge systems architectures, systems & technologies for information bound
organisations & communities very large, fast growing volumes multi-source, multi-format, (un/semi-) structured info
core tasks: extract “meaning” (deep structure, semantic clues) from information, social
interaction & work patterns make it computer tractable … and use it!
focus on decision support (industry, business, science, health, environment …) collaboration (enterprises, communities)
Summary authoring: better ICT support for creativity & experience; novel forms of
expressive content borrowing from game technology, virtual environments, computer animation, …
workflow: all-digital interoperable chain, metadata based content flows encompassing novel & legacy content
personalisation, contextualisation and device adaptation; technologies for personalised distribution & immersive consumption of adaptive content
knowledge management systems for information bound organisations & communities exploiting deep structure & semantic clues embedded in multimedia resources & data streams
Will not support……. basic research with no identifiable by-products within 10 years developments addressing immediate commercial concerns eg
content protection & monetisation issues covered by other Challenges eg media networking, peer to
peer, wireless … issue addressed by other Objectives eg cultural content, learning topics well covered by ongoing & upcoming projects (see our
website)
individual proposals can however address one or the other of the above issues and integrate existing & emerging technologies
Instruments IPs → impact
up to 4 years, 5-9 Meuro (EU funding)
NoEs → integration up to 3 years, up to 3.5 Meuro
STRs “research” → S&T innovation up to 3 years, 2-4 Meuro
STRs “demonstration” → uptake up to 2 years, 1-3 Meuro
CSAs (coordination & support actions) up to 3 years, up to 1.5 Meuro
STREPs - Demonstration STREPs especially geared towards use cases & field experimentation
(“first use”) centred around existing, promising but untried technology designed to go one step forward towards
packaging, configuring … and testing
assess viability functionality technical performance & flexibility usability (hide complexity!)
within a well defined domain / user context
rigorous evaluation plans & metrics active user involvement & feedback adequate documentation of results (positive/negative)
Partnerships keep consortium manageable
compact consortia (8.5 on average in Call 1): IPs 7-12 partners STREPs 4-8 partners NoEs 3-4 “core”partners
select competent, committed & reliable partners; geography not an issue!
industry, SME, academia … participation as dictated by project needs
“launching user” organisations to provide a demanding problem & application/validation context
Reasons for Failure RTD content
narrow scope, little or no EU dimension lack of focus, aims too general lack of innovation, current state of art missing
Planning links missing between objectives & work plan milestones missing or too general risk factors not addressed, no contingency plans no monitorable indicators, no metrics
Management consortium not balanced, gaps in the skills mix lack of integration between partners vague management structure weak or narrow dissemination plans ill-defined exploitation prospects
Contacts and further information• Intelligent Content and Semantics on Cordis
http://cordis.europa.eu/ist/kct/fp7_call_3.htm
(call specific background notes, call 1 results/projects etc)• Info day Luxembourg 18/19 December 2007
http://cordis.europa.eu/ist/kct/eventcall3-in-motion.htm
(useful presentations, project summaries from Call 1 etc)• Public consultation – future research
http://cordis.europa.eu/ist/kct/fp7-consultation.htm
(useful presentations, project summaries from Call 1 etc)
ICT-2007.8.4 Science of complex systems for socially intelligent ICT
Science of Complex Systems for Socially Intelligent ICT Origins
FP6 FET Proactive Initiative: 'Simulating Emergent properties of Complex Systems‘http://cordis.europa.eu/ist/fet/co.htm
‘ONE-CS’ CA Open network for connecting excellence in complex systems
http://www.once-cs.net/
Science of Complex Systems for Socially Intelligent ICT The rationale
Today’s ICT systems facilitate, enable and transform human relations forming “techno-social communities”: large-scale systems involving distributed cooperation and coordination between both
ICT and human elements. systems in which ICT is tightly entangled with individual, social and business structures mutually transform each other for instance through evolution of acceptance, trust,
innovative uses and technology changes.
We do not understand these techno-social networks and their webs of cause/effect.
How do we engineer them to achieve socially beneficial and intelligent outcomes?
The Science of Complex Systems offers solutions!
Science of Complex Systems for Socially Intelligent ICT
Research Objectives
Key concepts and tools for a data-intensive science of large scale techno-social systems,
systematic means to model, predict and characterise the behaviour, dynamics and evolution of these systems
Demonstration of the use of this understanding in novel paradigms and designs for socially intelligent ICT.
Science of Complex Systems for Socially Intelligent ICT Research foci
‘Projects will integrate the following topics: Theoretical and algorithmic foundations Data-driven simulation Prediction and predictability’
Science of Complex Systems for Socially Intelligent ICT Research focus 1
Theoretical and algorithmic foundations
for scaleable modelling and simulation of techno-social systems at different levels. technological, psychological and social dimensions realistic diversity of behaviours knowledge on how humans and technologies relate to and impact
on each other (e.g. acceptance, use, trust).
Science of Complex Systems for Socially Intelligent ICT Research focus 2
Data-driven simulation tools and techniques able to cope with huge sets of heterogeneous and
often unreliable data to efficiently reconstruct dynamic techno-social system models at multiple levels.
This includes: data-rich probing technologies, protocols and experiments to gain realistic data on techno-social
systems, knowledge extraction based on scaleable and distributed methods.
Science of Complex Systems for Socially Intelligent ICT Research focus 3
Prediction and predictability mathematical and computational methods that help to characterize the
nature and impact of transitions, novel properties and self-organising effects that can occur as systems massively scale up.
Understanding the limits of predictability will allow reliable, quantitatively accurate predictions leading to strategies for better guided ICT induced transformation or for keeping systems in their viability domain.
Science of Complex Systems for Socially Intelligent ICT Budget and funding schemes
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Contacts and further information• Cordis: COSI-ICT Proactive
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/fet-proactive/cosiict_en.html
• Position paper, FET workshop in Dresden, Oct07. ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/fp7/ict/docs/fet-proactive/cosiict-ws-oct07-02_en.pdf
• FET info day: 24/01/08 – Brusselshttp://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/fet-proactive/ie-jan08_en.html
Contact: [email protected]
ICT-2007.8.5 Embodied intelligence “physically embodied intelligent agents and artefacts”
Embodied Intelligence
Background «Beyond the Horizon» thematic group on:
«Intelligent and Cognitive systems» http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/fet-proactive/embodyi_en.html
1 past FET proactive initiative: Beyond Robotics
Embodied Intelligence The rationale and objectives
“New Technologies and design approaches for building physically embodied intelligent agents and artefacts, with emphasis on the relationship between shape, function and the physical and social environment”
Embodied Intelligence Research Objectives
Key features: Physical Embodiment Intelligent Agents and Artefacts Shape, Function and Environment
• Mind-Body Co-Development and Co-Evolution • Morphology and Behaviour
• Design for Emergence
Projects should focus on one or several of the following:
Embodied Intelligence Research focus 1
Mind-Body Co-Development and Co-Evolution :
to develop extended multi-modal interaction of agents with the physical and social environment.
For a better understanding of such interaction in open-ended learning and adaptation processes, including morphological change for shaping perception, cognition, cooperation and intelligence
To demonstrate qualititative and quantitative improvements in agent capabilities and characteristics
Embodied Intelligence Research foci 2 & 3
Morphology and Behaviour New Design principles for sensing, actuation and locomotion components and for robot architectures that are based on a deeper understanding of the role of form and material properties in shaping behaviour, and the way these induce relationships and interactions with the environment and with other agents. The aim is to demonstrate advantages in terms of physical & performance robot characteristics (e.g. control, weight, flexibility, resilience,..)
Design for Emergence Design paradigms and techniques for purposive agents, where behaviour is not strictly programmed but robustly emerges from the interaction of the various components (each with local intelligence), the environment and its ubiquitous information resources. The aim is to develop smart components and techniques for the design of ambitious classes of scalable robotic systems, incorporating prior knowledge on tasks or environments, while allowing also room for emergence and adaptation
Embodied Intelligence Some expected impact
The research should advance the state of the art in intelligent systems and in particular in robotics and ICT, as well as in other disciplines (neuroscience, sociology, biology). It should bring essential contributions for achieving robotic systems:
Of a greater morphological diversity For a larger spectrum of uses
More natural and safer to interact with
More easily integrated in everyday environment
Embodied IntelligenceBudget and funding schemes
Indicative budget distribution and funding schemes (total ~ 20 M€)
Collaborative researchIntegrated projects (IPs)Strategic research projects (STREPs)
Coordination and support actions (CSA) Embodied Intelligence will be part of ICT Call 3
opens in December 2007 1st projects start late 2008,
run 3-4 years IPs, ≥10 M€
STREPs ≥ 4 M€
CSAs, ~1 M€
Total: ~20 M€
Embodied IntelligenceFurther information
Background documents‘Beyond the Horizon’
Intelligent and Cognitive systems
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/fet-proactive/embodyi_en.html FET info day: 24/01/08 – Brusselshttp://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/fet-proactive/ie-jan08_en.html
Contact: [email protected]
ICT-2007.8.6 ICT forever yours “designing for longevity, diversity and security”
ICT Forever Yours - Origins
«Beyond the Horizon» CA «Software Intensive systems»
Engineering adaptive SW intensive systems Managing diversity in knowledge Eternal SW intensive systems
«security, dependability and trust» Ambient trustworthiness and its assessibility Dynamicity of trust Qauntum techno & crypto for information security
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/fet-proactive/ictfy_en.html
2 past FET proactive initiatives: Situated and Autonomic Communications Global Computing
ICT Forever Yours The rationale and objectives
“The mass diffusion of digital systems and their pervasiveness in our everyday lives increases our expectations on the dependability, security and longevity of these systems.
This requires new built-in mechanisms for enhancing confidence in their usage, preserving them from the threat of ageing, protecting them from malicious intents
in the context of highly decentralised and incremental development and deployment practices.”
designing for longevity, diversity and security
ICT Forever Yours Research Objectives
• Eternal systems• Self-sustaining, evolving, minimal intervention• Future proof
• Knowledge, diversity and time• Exploiting locally maintained knowledge• Building on external knowledge
• Secure and dependable software• Secure programming• ‘Assessability’ in context
‘Projects should focus on one or several of the following:’
ICT Forever Yours Research focus 1
Eternal Systems to develop a theoretical and practical framework for extremely long-lived
systems, requiring minimal intervention and management to thrive in spite of
changes in: usage, host device, network context or data- and data protection formats…
Systems should be future proof, able to preserve and update their original functionality in a machine-independent way, and ultimately by being self-sustaining and evolving
ICT Forever Yours Research focus 2
Knowledge, diversity and time New approaches for “eternal” and reliable access to
knowledge assets, knowledge parts are produced locally, but exploited globally,
and are endowed with ‘a sense of time and context’ robust against ageing, diversity of use and evolving
semantics.
ICT Forever Yours Research focus 3
Secure and dependable software (highly distributed and heterogeneous software or of ambient systems.)
Methods and tools for high-level verifiably secure and dependable programming,
new metrics to aid assessability of the security and dependability
Secure programming
Secure design
assessability
Verifiable security
Interactions of systemssystems
ICT Forever YoursBudget and funding schemes
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ICT Forever YoursFurther information
Background documents‘Beyond the Horizon’
Software Intensive Systems Security, dependability and trust
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/fet-proactive/ictfy_en.html
FET info day: 24/01/08 – Brusselshttp://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/fet-proactive/ie-jan08_en.html
Contact: [email protected]
ICT-2007.9.2 International cooperation
Objective 9.2: International Cooperation
Promotion of cooperation opportunities“Promotion of the ICT programme … by providing information in relevant countries and regions …”
Identification of cooperation opportunitiesMappings (only useful where not yet done)
Support to policy dialogues“Strengthened policy dialogues with main partners”, activities supporting/flanking IS Dialogues
Networking existing projects
Coordination with activities launched under Capacities Programme, development of S&T Co-operation Partnerships, and support to co-ordination of national policies and international S&T cooperation
Objective 9.2: International Cooperation
Expected impact
Paving the way for strategic partnerships in view of gaining access to knowledge, developing global standards and interoperable solutions, and strengthening EU competitiveness
Wider diffusion of the information society, especially in developing countries and strengthened EU policy for development (was more relevant for Call 1)
Objective 9.2: International Cooperation
Target regions: Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Western Balkan countries, Mediterranean Partner Countries, Latin America
Funding schemes: CSA(typically SA; CA for proposals coordinating/networking existing projects)
Indicative budget: 5M€
Attention: No part b) in Call 3 (development-related roadmaps in language technologies, OSS, accessible/inclusive ICT)!
ICT National Contact PointsStephen O’Reilly
EI Cork021 4800217087 [email protected]
Gerard Kennedy
EI Limerick061 408869087 [email protected]