ADAMANTIUM WP1 Project Management

ADAMANTIUM ICT – Started on March of 2008 Duration 30 Months Partners:  NCSR Demokritos, Greece  University of the Basque Country, Spain  University of Plymouth, United Kingdom  Rohde & Schwarz, Germany  Thomson Grass Valley, France  Vodafone, Greece  Ericsson, Spain  Viotech Communications, France Project Coordination: NCSR Demokritos, Greece Technical Management: Ericsson, Spain

Current Project Hierarchy Project Coordinator DEM WP1 LEADER DEM WP2 LEADER ERC WP3 LEADER TGV WP4 LEADER UOP WP5 LEADER DEM WP6 LEADER EHU Technical Management ERC Scientific Coordination DEM

WP1-Project Management WP1 Leader DEM Duration [M01-M30] Status Ongoing WP1 MMs Allocation Planned vs. Spent

Partners participating in WP1 DEM -> Project Coordinator (WP1 Leader) ERC -> WP2 Leader TGV -> WP3 Leader UOP -> WP4 Leader DEM -> WP5 Leader EHU -> WP6 Leader WP1 MMs Distribution

Tasks that have been performed during the reporting period  Management of the communication inside the project consortium and towards the European Commission.  Preparation of project’s meetings and reviews. Preparation of the minutes.  Management of the fund transfers towards the partners.  Technical/scientific co-ordination between partners. The technical co-ordination of ADAMANTIUM has been assigned to partner ERICSSON.  Preparation and provision of progress reports.  Quality Assurance: to assure that the development process follows the quality rules for the project.  Monitoring of performance of WP/tasks.  Monitoring of measurable success factors for all WPs. Also for the reporting needs of the project, the following tasks have been properly fulfilled during the reporting period:  All required project management reports, according to the project contract.  Internal Quality Reports  Project Management Procedures consistent with the Consortium Agreement  Project Documentation Repository

M1-M3 Management Activities Preparation and organisation of ADAMANTIUM kick-off meeting (Athens, 6-7 March 2008). The first instalment of the pre-financing of EUR ,00 € has been distributed to the partners within 45 days following the date of entry into force of the grant agreement. A complete draft of the Consortium Agreement has been delivered and agreed among the partners of the ADAMANTIUM consortium. An initial set of templates (e.g. for documents, deliverables etc.), for use within the project has been delivered to the consortium. The ADAMANTIUM fact sheet has been prepared and included to the DG INFSO Handbook of FP7 projects. ADAMANTIUM project has been included at the Media Delivery Platforms Cluster. Participation and project presentation in the 1st Concertation Meeting of ICT-FP7 - The Network of the Future, taken place in Vilamoura-Algarve, Portugal April ADAMANTIUM project participated in the first Future Internet Assembly (FIA) conference at Bled ( with a project poster. ADAMANTIUM project has signed and supported the Bled Declaration for the Future of the Internet ADAMANTIUM organization issues including: Role of PM, Project Responsibilities – Reporting, Project plan overview, Documentation, publicity and confidentiality, Meeting schedule, Clustering events

M4-M6 Management Activities Delivery of the ADAMANTIUM First Quarterly Management Report to the PO at M4 according to the schedule of Annex I. Preparation and organisation of the 2nd ADAMANTIUM plenary meeting (2- 3 July 2008 Munich, Germany at RS premises). Organization of the ADAMANTIUM special session in the context of the TEMU 2008 conference held at Ierapetra, Crete, July Production of ADAMANTIUM leaflet and distribution at TEMU 2008 conference. Organisation of phone conferences, in order to discuss and solve issues related to WP2 and the respective D2.1, D2.2 and D2.3 in the line of Annex I.

M7-M9 Management Activities The ADAMANTIUM Second Quarterly Management Report – QMR2 has been delivered to PO at M7 according to the schedule of Annex I. As an active supporter of the Bled Declaration towards a European approach to the Future of the Internet, ADAMANTIUM organized an INFOday: 'Future of the Internet: New Technologies and Business Opportunities' in Athens 19/9/2008 Preparation and organisation of the 3rd ADAMANTIUM plenary meeting (Madrid, Spain at ERICSSON premises, 1-2/10/2008). Participation in the 2nd FP7 Networked Media Concentration Meeting at Saint Malo (France) 15 October Technical review of D2.1, D2.2 and D2.3, which have been delivered to PO at M8 according to the schedule of Annex I.

M10-M12 Management Activities Preparation and organisation of the the 4th ADAMANTIUM plenary meeting (Athens, Greece, 3-4 Feb 2009 at DEM premises). ADAMANTIUM participated in the "Future Content Networks" session, leading the "Quality of Experience / User perspective" discussion at the "Content Aware Networks Vision" Panel of the FIA conference in Madrid (December 2008) The ADAMANTIUM Third Quarterly Management Report – QMR3 has been delivered to PO at M10 according to the schedule of Annex I. Technical review of the intermediate deliverables D3.1i, D3.2i and D3.3i (WP3) and delivery to PO at M12 according to the schedule of Annex I. Technical review of the intermediate deliverable D4.4 (WP4) and delivery to PO at M12 according to the schedule of Annex I. Technical review of the intermediate deliverables D6.1i and D6.3i (WP6) and delivery to PO at M12 according to the schedule of Annex I.

Project planning and status

Event Place and DateTypePurposePartner(s) responsible / involved November 2007 Liaison Activity Networked Media Fall 2007 Concentration Meeting in Brussels, Belgium ADAMANTIUM presentation Bled, Slovenia, 31/3 – 2/4/2008 Liaison Activity The Future of the Internet – Perspectives emerging from R&D in Europe Attendance to one-day conference, exhibition of the ADAMNTIUM project poster, participation in the two- day Tech. Workshops, with special interest in the B01 – Networks and B04 – Content sessions April, 2008Liaison Activity 1st FP7 Networked Media Concertation Meeting, Vilamoura-Algarve, Protugal Progress in ADAMANTIUM 19 Sep 2008Liaison Activity ADAMANTIUM INFODay, Athens Greece INFODay open to the public. For photos from the event please visit ADAMANTIUM activity related to “The Future of the Internet” Ierapetra, Crete, Greece, July 2008 Dissemination ActivityADAMANTIUM special section Presentation of two papers at the TEMU 2008 in the context of the ADAMANTIUM Special Session Saint Malo, France, 15 October 2008 Liaison Activity Media Delivery Platforms Cluster Meeting, within 2nd FP7 Networked Media Concentration Meeting ADAMANTIUM current status and progress Madrid, Spain, 9- 10/12/2008 Liaison Activity Participation at the 2nd Future Internet Assembly EHU, DEM Brussels, Belgium, 17/12/2008 Information DayICT/FP7 1st Coordinator's DayDEM

Progress Beyond the state-of-the-art WP2  Specification of a PQoS-aware and IMS compatible Management System (i.e. MCMS)  Specification of Machine Learning and/or Expert Systems management decision system for IMS (i.e. AEM logic within MCMS)  Specification of PQoS-aware and IMS compatible terminals (i.e. TAM)  Specification of IMS compatible media server (i.e. MSRF) with adaptation capabilities WP3  Intermediate version of IMS-compatible and PQoS-aware : management system (i.e. MCMS) VoIP soft terminal IPTV soft terminal 3G mobile  Intermediate version of IMS-compatible Media server (MSRF) with adaptation capabilities WP4  Simulation of the overall ADAMANTIUM concept in OPNET for evaluation purposes  Development of novel models for: VoIP quality assessment IPTV quality assessment video content classification  Development of a framework for mapping of Network QoS statistics to PQoS level for video (similar to e-model)

WP1-Project Management WP1 MMs Allocation Planned vs. Spent

Contact details ADAMANTIUM Coordinator contact details: NCSR Demokritos Dr. Anastasios Kourtis Dr. Harilaos Koumaras Project website and