1. IST - Call 7 and 8 KA3 & KA4 Thomas Skordas (Thomas.Skordas@cec.eu.int) DG Information Society European Commission

2. Research networking Future & emerging technologies Systems & services for the citizen Essential technologies & infrastructure 319 MEuro 646 MEuro 547 MEuro564 MEuro 1363 MEuro 161 MEuro Multimedia content & tools New methods of working & electronic commerce IST Programme: 1999 - 2002 3.6 B Euro

3. 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

4. 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)

5. KA3: Action Lines Longer term (5-10 years)Short term (2-4 years) -Futures Applications Technology Apply new content technology in publishing, eBusiness, training, heritage, etc Support Build IT & multimedia competence Showcase, document and publish research results, including standards Conduct 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

6. 3.1: Interactive Publishing 3.3 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

7. 3.4: Information Access 3.5: 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

8. KA4: Essential Technologies & Infrastructures Software, Systems & Services Simulation, Visualisation & Interfaces Microsystems & Subsystems Micro- & Opto-electronics Mobile & Satellite Communications & Systems Computing, Communications & Networking

9. CORPORATE NETWORKS COMPUTING CARRIER NETWORKS PHOTONICS ACCESS NETWORKS MICROELECTRONICS Network Integration (protocols) 4.2: Computing, Communications & Networks

10. 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)

11. 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

12. 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

13. 4.4: Simulation & Visualisation Technologies Mixed reality, 3D & immersive interfaces Consumer systems Serving end users Advanced services for new IP networks, 2nd generation interactive TV & telepresence High-end systems Serving corporate users Signal processing, simulation & visualisation Simulation services Displays & sensors, multimodal user & service interfaces

14. 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

15. 4.5: Mobile & Personal Communications & SystemsWirelessInformationSociety S-UMTS Satellite Broadband DVB-S DVB-T DAB GSM GPRS/EDGE IR Broadband W-LAN UMTS Satellite/HAPS Broadcasting Cellular Indoor MBS 40xMDS Broadband WFA Wireless Local Loop Body LANs Personal Area Networks UMTS ++ 4th Generation Local Area Networks MBS 60MWS Bluetooth Quasi-Cellular

16. 4.5: Mobile & Personal Communications & 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

17. 4.7: Peripherals, Sub-Systems & Microsystems - subsystems - microsystems - embedded networked appliances Systems additional technologies additional functionality software / hardware design embedding Products

18. 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

19. 4.8: Microelectronics - Optoelectronics Design Blocks implemented independently design reuse concurrent design Process System I.P. blocks Software transistors Hardware description library cells user constraints PA D/A PERI µPDSP RF MemoriesASIC A/D

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. Overview of KA3 2002 Action Lines Indicative budget for KA3: 45 M Euro Spanning Actions Spanning Actions Action Line 3.1.1 3.1.2 3.1.3 Action Type AM, Thematic Networks RTD AM Title Critical mass for future research KA3 futures KA3 specific support measures DRAFT

24. Overview of KA4 2002 Action Lines DRAFT 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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