IST - Call 7 and 8

KA3 & KA4

Thomas Skordas(Thomas.Skordas@cec.eu.int)

DG Information SocietyEuropean Commission

Research networkingResearch networking

Future & emerging technologies

Systems & services for the citizen

Essential technologies& infrastructure

319 MEuro

646 MEuro 547 MEuro564 MEuro

1363 MEuro

161 MEuro

Multimediacontent & tools

New methods of working & electronic commerce

IST Programme: 1999 - 20023.6 B Euro

KA3 and KA4:7th Call at a Glance

• Call Nr:

• Launch dates:

• Deadlines:

• Indicative budget:(all KAs)

• Evaluation:

• Contracts:

• KA3:

• KA4:

7

15 June 2001

17 October 2001

450 M Euro

November 2001

March 2002

4 RTD + 4 take-up

17 RTD + 10 take-up

KA3:Multimedia Content and Tools

• Objectives:– Support Convergence of media production, access & delivery– Improve the interaction with, and preserve knowledge and cultural heritage– Develop new educational services to fight skills gap– Improve creativity and innovation potential of SMEs in the content sector

• More emphasis on timeframe beyond 5 years:– New: AL dedicated to exploratory, high-risk research– next-generation Learning and Digital Libraries

• New:– x-Content future– Semantic web– Competence building (IT/multimedia)

KA3: Action Lines

Longer term (5-10 years) Short term (2-4 years) -

FuturesFuturesApplicationsApplications

TechnologyTechnologyApply new content technology in publishing, eBusiness, training,heritage, etc

SupportSupport

Build IT & multimedia competence Showcase, document and publish research results,

including standardsConduct technology foresight and market watch

Develop innovative middleware to create, access, filter,

search & retrieve, visualise, spatialise, auralise,

translate, summarise, deliver, … digital content

Research, develop and embed natural, personal, interactive, multimodal and multilingual capability

at all levels

Investigate content forms and service models

radically different from today's; eg:

e-Learning,digital

libraries, etc

RTD– Publishing digital content – Heritage for all– Next generation digital collections– Self learning for work– e-Learning futures– Multilingual Web– Natural & multilingual interactivity– Semantic Web technologies

– x-Content futures

Accompanying Measures– Competence building – Specific support measures

3.1: Interactive Publishing3.3 Human Language Technologies

AL 3.1.1 Publishing Digital Content

• Objective: To develop, validate and benchmark new methods, services and tools to facilitate creation, authoring, management, production and delivery of digital content

• Actions: RTD, Trials (1 year duration), Thematic networks

AL 3.3.1 Multilingual Web

• Objective: Realising the “multilingual Internet” for individuals and enterprise knowledge management across languages

• Actions: RTD

3.4: Information Access3.5: Work Spanning KA3

AL 3.4.1 Semantic Web Technologies• Objective: Develop semantic-based methods, models, systems and tools for

access, retrieval and filtering of Web-based content• Actions: RTD, thematic networks

AL 3.5.1 X-content Futures (RTD)

AL 3.5.2 Competence Building (Take-up)

AL 3.5.3 KA3 Specific Support Measures (AM, no take-up)

• Objectives: Multimedia skills acquisition - Access to competence in multimedia

• Objective: Experimental AL, addressing new concepts and paradigms and providing opportunities for breakthrough research / high risk

• Objectives: Assessing and disseminating results - Impact analysis - spread of know-how

KA4: Essential Technologies& Infrastructures

Software,Systems

& Services

Simulation,Visualisation& Interfaces

Microsystems& Subsystems

Micro- &Opto-electronics

Mobile & SatelliteCommunications & Systems

Computing,Communications

& Networking

CORPORATENETWORKS

COMPUTING

CARRIERNETWORKS

PHOTONICS

ACCESS NETWORKS

MICROELECTRONICS

NetworkIntegration(protocols)

4.2: Computing,Communications & Networks

4.2: Computing,Communications & Networks

• Objectives:– Middleware supporting the development of real-time distributed applications– Robust cognitive vision systems– Novel strategies and platforms for real-time control of complex systems in

uncertain environments• Actions: RTD; Demonstration; Thematic Networks; Accompanying measures (no

take-up)

AL 4.2.1 Real Time Distributed Systems

AL 4.2.3 Terabit Optical Networks• Objective: Technologies and architectures for end-to-end signal distribution and

management in optical networks• Actions: RTD; Demonstration; Thematic Networks; Accompanying measures (no

take-up)

4.3: Software,Systems & Services

Intelligence and knowledge sharing

What the user wants!

Component based SW -engineering

Service engineering

Information management

Handle masses of data

Reusability

Planning and Customisation

Human interpretation of patterns

Open source and free SW

Trust and Openness

4.3: Software,Systems & Services

AL 4.3.1 Software Architecture• Objective: Ensure at the architectural level that required properties for the final sw

systems will be met • Action: R&D

AL 4.3.2 Funtionality Models and Building Blocks for End User Services• Objective: Enable adaptive end user services on mobile devices for information

creation, exchange, storage and access • Actions: RTD; Trials

AL 4.3.3 Free Software Development: Towards Critical Mass• Objectives:

– Foster a critical mass of development of free sw released under GPL-compatible licenses

– Make available support services for free sw projects • Actions: RTD; Studies

4.4: Simulation & Visualisation Technologies

Mixed reality,3D & immersive

interfaces

Consumer systems

Serving end users

Advanced services for new

IP networks, 2nd generationinteractive TV

& telepresence

High-end systems

Serving corporate users

Signal processing,simulation &visualisation

Simulationservices

Displays & sensors,multimodal

user & service interfaces

AL 4.4.1 Simulation and Visualisation• Objective: Technologies to support highly complex and dynamic information

processing and telecom infrastructures and services • Actions: RTD

AL 4.4.2 Mixed Realities and New Imaging Frontiers• Objective: Imaging technologies for interaction between people and information

appliances• Actions: RTD

AL 4.6.1 Advanced Displays and Sensors• Objective: Sensor and Display Technologies contributing to more intuitive

interactions with systems • Actions: RTD

AL 4.6.2 Interfaces and Buffers for Seamless end to end Services• Objectives:

– Network independent platforms for interactive services, including broadcasting– Improve the usability of these services

• Actions: RTD

4.4: Simulation & Visualisation Technologies

4.5: Mobile & PersonalCommunications & Systems

WirelessWirelessInformationInformation

SocietySocietyS-UMTS

SatelliteBroadband

DVB-S

DVB-TDAB

GSM

GPRS/EDGE

IR

BroadbandW-LAN

UMTS

Satellite/HAPS

Broadcasting

Cellular

Indoor

MBS 40 xMDS

Broadband WFA

Wireless Local Loop

Body LANs

PersonalArea Networks

UMTS ++

4th Generation

Local Area NetworksMBS 60 MWS

Bluetooth

Quasi-Cellular

4.5: Mobile & PersonalCommunications & Systems

AL 4.5.1 Reconfigurable Radio Systems and Networks• Objective: To support evolution towards 4th generation wireless systems;

heterogeneous radio networks to inter-work and adjust adaptively to traffic load; characteristics, services and user requirements, targeting dynamic spectrum sharing

• Actions: RTD

AL 4.5.2 Terrestrial Wireless Systems and Networks• Objective: Novel terrestrial wireless systems and networks including fixed wireless

access systems, advanced public/private wireless LANs, inter-working mobile/broadcasting systems supporting the provision of broadband multimedia services

• Actions: RTD

AL 4.5.3 Satellite Systems and Services• Objective: Technologies and architectures for the support of multimedia services in

the context of advanced mobile systems and of next generation interactive broadcasting systems

• Actions: RTD

4.7: Peripherals,Sub-Systems & Microsystems

- subsystems- microsystems

- embedded networkedappliances

Systems

• additional technologies

• additional functionality

• software / hardware design

• embedding

Products

4.7: Peripherals,Sub-Systems & Microsystems

AL 4.7.1 Subsystems• Objective: To develop the critical building blocks (electronic multicomponent

assemblies) of future applications• Actions: R&D

AL 4.7.2 Microsystems• Objective: To develop multi-function intelligent microsystems and to integrate and

validate these in real application systems • Actions: R&D

AL 4.7.3 Subsystems and Microsystems - Take-up Measures• Objective: Take up of advanced microsystems, subsystems and their underpinning

technologies, equipment and materials in new products and processes and in manufacturing

• Actions: Take-up measures; trials; best practice; access; assessment

4.8: Microelectronics -Optoelectronics

Design

Blocks implementedindependently

design reuseconcurrentdesign

Process

System

I.P. blocks

Software

transistors

• Hardware description

• library cells

• user constraints

PA

D/A

PE

RI µP DSP

RF

Memories ASIC

A/D

4.8: Microelectronics -Optoelectronics

AL4.8.1 MEL Design and Test & Application Specific MEL• Objective: Improve efficiency of design teams; Specific tools and reusable IP blocks • Actions: R&D; trials; AM (no take-up)

AL 4.8.2 MEL Technologies: Processes, Equipment and Devices• Objective: Increase data transfer rates of communication systems and processing

speed and storage capacities of terminals • Actions: R&D; trials; access; AM (no take-up); concerted actions; thematic networks

AL 4.8.3 Optical and Opto-electronic Technologies• Objective: Optical and opto-electronic functional components:

– Long term: all-optical networks, interconnection, smart imaging– Shorter term: with exploitation plans (manufacturability, packaging, scalability)

• Actions: R&D; AM (no take-up); thematic networks

AL 4.8.4 Industrial MEL Technologies - Take-up Measures• Objective: Semiconductor equipment assessment• Actions: Assessment actions

4.1: Work Spanning KA4

• Objective: To integrate and validate concurrent design and validation tool frameworks for resource constrained hw/sw systems embedded in intelligent devices and their networking

• Actions: RTD; Demonstration and combined projects

AL 4.1.1 Design of Networked Embedded Systems

AL 4.1.3 Development of Skills in Micro- and Opto-Electronics

• Objective: To address the shortage of highly skilled staff • Actions: AM (no take-up); Thematic Networks

KA3 and KA4: 8th Call

Call Nr:

Opening:

Closure:

Indicative budget: (all KAs)

8

15 November 2001?

15 February 2002?

330 M Euro

KA3 focus:

KA4 focus:

• ALs that span across all KA3 topics• Towards future research actions

• Consolidating, completing and extending research launched in previous phases

• Concentrating on activities to be reinforced in next Framework Programme

Overview of KA32002 Action Lines

Indicative budget for KA3: 45 M Euro

SpanningActions

SpanningActions

Action LineAction Line

3.1.13.1.1

3.1.23.1.2

3.1.33.1.3

Action TypeAction Type

AM, Thematic NetworksAM, Thematic Networks

RTDRTD

AMAM

TitleTitle

Critical mass for future researchCritical mass for future research

KA3 futuresKA3 futures

KA3 specific support measuresKA3 specific support measures

DRAFTDRAFT

Overview of KA42002 Action LinesDRAFT

Indicative budget for KA4: 110 M Euro

Action Lines for 2002

4.1 Computing, communications & networks

4.2 Software, systems & services

4.3 Simulation & visualisation technologies

4.4 Mobile & personal communications & systems

4.6 Peripherals, sub-systems & microsystems

4.7 Microelectronics - Optoelectronics

4.5 Interfaces making use of various senses

• Cognitive vision systems• Advanced control systems• Networks for distributed services & applications• Take-up

• Composability & dynamic adaptability

• Simulation & visualisation technologies

• Towards 4G technologies, systems & networks• Validation of wireless & mobile systems & technologies

• Microsystems and miniaturised subsystem modules• Integration of sensors & actuators

• MELs design and IP re-use - technos, processes, devices• Optical & opto-electronic technologies• Assessment actions and take-up

• Networked audio visual systems & services

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