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Information Society Technologies
in the 6th Framework Programme
Instruments, Electronic Submission, Call 4 & 5,
Publication on Cordis
Dr. Evangelos Ouzounis
Directorate C
DG Information Society
European Commission
Outline of presentation
Instruments
– New Instruments (IP, NoE)
– Old Instruments (STREP, CA, SSA)
Electronic Submission
IST Work Programme 2005-2006 – Call 4 and 5
– roadmap of calls and budgets
– objectives
Publication on Cordis
 More information, Help and Advice
 Annex
Instruments for the IST priority
 Integrated Projects
– Objective driven
- IPs
 Networks of Excellence
– Exploratory research
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- NoEs
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 Targeted research projects
– (address specific issues)
 Co-ordination
 Specific
NEW
- STREPs
actions - CAs
Support Actions - SSAs
No longer available …..
- Individual Take-up Actions
- SME Exploratory Awards
Integrated Projects - IPs
 integrate
together critical mass of
– activities, stakeholders, disciplines, resources
 achieve
– ambitious scientific, technological, societal and business goals
– innovative and exploitable world class technologies, products/services, new
standards …. even spin-offs and new markets
 key
characteristics
– holistic & multidisciplinary approach addressing user needs
– integrating various activities
 RTD, take up, pilots, socio-economic analysis, technology transfer, development and/or
contribution to standards, training, dissemination, exploitation, international co-operation
– flexible project management
Integration along the innovation cycle
Adoption
Best practice
Take-up, trials
IP
Industry driven research
Basic research
Time
Networks of Excellence - NoEs
 To
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aggregate fragmented European research efforts
integrating a critical mass in expertise, knowledge, talent and resources
creating new research areas and building up scientific momentum
providing the basis for new innovations and more applied research
capitalising on national RTD programs
 key
characteristics
– joint and integrated research activities (jointly pursued research agendas,
practices, infrastructures and working culture)
– continuous analysis of the state of the art
– dissemination and contributions to standardisation
– training and education of researchers
– flexible project management
Joint Programme of Activities
 Joint
research activities: a programme of joint
research to support the network’s goals
– development of new research tools and platforms for common
use
– generate new knowledge to fill gaps in
– extend the collective knowledge portfolio
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Common Activities include
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activities to spread excellence
training researchers and other key staff
dissemination and communication activities
networking activities to help transfer knowledge to trams
external to the network
– where appropriate, promoting the exploitation of the results
generated within the network
– where appropriate, innovation-related activities
– management Activities
STREPS - Objectives and Activities
 Designed
to generate knowledge required to improve
European competitiveness and to meet the needs of
society or Community policies:
– by improving existing or developing new products, processes
or services and/or
– by proving the viability of new technologies offering potential
economic advantage
 May
combine any of the following types of activities:
– Targeted, well defined and precisely focused research
and technological development
– Demonstration component(s) as appropriate
– Project management
STREPs - main characteristics
 STREPs compared to IPs:
– The STREP scale of ambition is much more limited than that
of IPs, consequently :
– Different: Value of activities, Duration, Size of the consortium,
Types of activities, Types of Calls (EOI-Calls), Evaluation
process/key issues (partly), Negotiation, Consortium
agreement, Implementation (partly), Foolow-up (partly)
 STREPs compared to FP5 RTD projects :
– Similar: Objectives, Scale of ambition, Value, Duration, Size of
consortium, Types of participants, Calls, Evaluation,
Negotiation, Follow-up, Audits
– Different: Financial regime, Simplified Proposals, Contractual
aspects, Consortium agreement, Collective responsibility,
Implementation, IPR
CAs - Objectives and Activities
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Designed to promote and support the networking and co-ordination of
research and innovation activities at national, regional and European level.
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May combine the following two types of activities
– Co-ordination activities
– Project management activities
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Each CA shall consist of a work plan, incorporating all or some of the
following types of mid/long term collaborative activities:
 Organisation of conferences, meetings;
 Performance of studies, analysis;
 Exchange and dissemination of good practice;
 Setting up of common information systems
 Setting up of expert groups;
 Definition, organisation, management of joint or common initiatives
SSAs - Objectives and Activities
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Designed to
– underpin the implementation of the programme
– help in preparations for future Community research and technological development
policy activities and
– stimulate, encourage and facilitate the participation of SMEs, small research teams,
newly developed and remote research centres, as well as those organisations from the
Candidate Countries in the activities of the priority thematic areas
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May combine the following two types of activities
– Support activities
– Project management activities
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Typical activities
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Conferences, seminars, working groups and expert groups;
Studies, analysis, fact findings and monitoring;
Trans-national technology transfer and take-up related services;
Development of research or innovation strategies;
High level scientific awards and competitions;
Operational support and dissemination, information & communication activities
EPSS in IST
Proposals are submitted electronically via the Internet
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Online preparation via your normal Internet interface
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Offline preparation using EPT tool
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But always online submission
Proposals are prepared and submitted under password
protection
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Confidentiality assured
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No signatures required
Online preparation (recommended)
1. Coordinator registers for the correct call and instrument,
and obtains passwords by return email
2. Consortium completes the Part A online
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Coordinator completes A1 and A3 form
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Each partner completes his own A2
3. Consortium writes the Part B
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.pdf file
4. Coordinator uploads the Part B and signals the proposal is
submitted
5. Coordinator receives an acknowledgement of receipt by
email
Offline preparation
1. Coordinator registers for the correct call and instrument,
and obtains a password by return email
2. Coordinator downloads the EPT tool
3. Coordinator completes the Part A and B on his own PC
using the EPT tool
4. Coordinator packages the Part A and B together using the
EPT tool, and using his password goes online and
submits the proposal
5. Coordinator receives an acknowledgement of receipt by
email
EPSS - Errors and problems
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Registering for the wrong instrument
 Registering for the wrong call
 Mixing online and offline preparation
 Not reading the manual; leaving it till the last day
 Virus infected files
 Excessively long files (> 10Mb)
 Providing a Part B as other than a .pdf file
 Waiting till too late to call for help
 Calling for help in the wrong place
 Failing to press the “submit” button
 Leaving uploading till the last minute !
EPSS – Two things to remember
1. “Submission” is when you press the submit
button, not when you commence uploading your
proposal
2. Each new submission over-writes the previous
one
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Make a trial submission well in advance, so you practice
the procedure and have plenty of time to correct your
problems
Submit a refined proposal each day in the last days of
the call
Aim to submit your final proposal at mid-day on the last
day
IST WP2005-06: Focussing
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Sharper descriptions for each SO
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Precisions on the use of the instruments within each
SO
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Customised per SO Budget distribution between
instruments
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A dedicated Strategic Objective: “Strengthening the
integration of the ICT research effort in an enlarged
Europe”
– Calls for STREPs in four areas eGov, eBus, eLearning and eHealth
– These are also areas of common interest to the research constituency
in ICT in all the member states
– An indicative budget of 63 MEuro
Call 4 & 5 Budget Distribution
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Total budget for WP2005-06: 1,8 B€
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Starting point: WP2003-04 distribution ; changed
according to modification of substance
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Pre-allocation of 90% of budget
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Indicative budget distribution between
Instruments: per SO
Call 4: Open 16 November 2004, Close 23 March 2005
Strategic Objectives
Inst.
Budget
Nano-electronics
80/20
74
Technologies and devices for micro/nano-scale integration
60/40
75
Towards a global dependability and security framework
70/30
63
Broadband for all
65/35
65
Mobile and wireless systems and platforms beyond 3G
65/35
138
Networked audio-visual systems and home platforms
80/20
63
Semantic-based knowledge systems
80/20
112
Cognitive systems
65/35
45
ICT Research for Innovative Government
50/50
46
Technology-enhanced learning
60/40
54
Integrated biomedical information for better health
75/25
75
eSafety of road and air transport
60/40
82
Integration of research in an enlarged Europe
0/100
63
FET Proactive Initiatives
100/0
54
Call 4
Nanoelectronics
Process
Design
74 MEuro
and device technologies
technologies
– Design complexity and productivity of systems-on-chip
– Technological shortcomings (e.g unreliable device behaviour, leakage
currents)
– High value design and test competencies (e.g. high frequency and RF
circuits)
Complementary
measures
– “Access services” for industrial design tools
– “Stimulation actions” to improve the quality of education in SoC design
– “Use actions” to promote the integration and use of reconfigurable
systems in SME products
Call 4
Technology and Devices for Micro/nano Scale Integration
75 MEuro
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Key Objectives
– Push limits of integrated micro/nano systems
– Research on mixed technologies
– Integration for very high density
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Focus
Brightness
sensor
CMOS
camera
Speakers
Battery
Micro-optical
light guide
Miniaturised
IMU
RF Tx/Rx
module
Primary display
unit (s)
Microphone
– Heterogeneous technologies and devices for mixed-technology micro/nano
systems (eg bio/ICT/micro-nano, ….)
– Technology for very high density hybrid integration (e.g. e-dust)
– Integrating micro/nano devices in various materials and/or in large surfaces
– Manufacturing and design of mixed technology-based micro/nano systems
– Validation and demonstration of networked micro/nano systems
(environment, home, food, agriculture, healthcare)
– Roadmaps and research agenda
Strengthening the Integration of the ICT research
effort in an Enlarged Europe
Call 4
 Key
Objectives
63 MEuro
– Innovative and efficient ICT-based systems and services in key
application areas
– Strengthening of integration of the IST European Research Area
 Focus
– eLearning (ICT-based systems for teaching and learning)
– eHealth (ICT-based eHealth systems and services)
– eGovernment (ICT-based systems for delivery of key public services)
– eBusiness (e-collaboration for SME clusters - B2B and B2C ecommerce)
Call 4
Integrated biomedical information for better health
75 MEuro
Objectives
ICT based systems that process and integrate all possible relevant
biomedical information from different levels and from many different
places with the purpose to improve
– Health knowledge discovery and understanding
– Improve disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment
Focus
– Methods and systems for improved medical knowledge
understanding
– Innovative systems and services for disease prevention, diagnosis
and treatment based on integrated biomedical information
– Roadmaps (Specific Support Measures)
Call 4
eSafety – Co-operative Systems for road transport
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Key Objectives & Focus
82 MEuro
– Co-operative systems for road transport
– Open interoperable and scalable systems
– Research in consistent accident causation analysis
– Assessment of potential impact and socio-economic cost/benefit, of
stand-alone and co-operative intelligent vehicle safety systems
– Support of the eSafety Forum
– Support for international co-operation, training, dissemination and
SMEs participation
Call 4
ICT research for innovative government
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Key Objectives
– Modernise and innovate public administrations
– Foster good governance,
– Contribute to easing mobility of European
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Focus
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46 MEuro
Innovative ICTs for democratic involvement
Intelligent, inclusive and personalised eGovernment services
Adaptive and proactive eGovernment support systems.
Secure pan-European eGovernment.
Complementary measures
– Roadmapping for agenda 2020
– Transfer of eGovernment R&D technologies & linking with the “eEurope
- eGovernment Good Practice Framework”,
– Knowledge building on digital divide
– Clustering national and European eGovernment projects on electronic
identity
Call 5 : Open 17 May 2005, Close 21 September 2005
Strategic Objective
Inst
Budget
Photonic components
65/35
47
Micro/nano based sub-systems
70/30
58
Embedded Systems
60/40
68
Advanced Grid Technologies, Systems and Services
70/30
62
Open Platforms for software and services
70/30
67
Research networking testbeds
65/35
18
Multimodal Interfaces
60/40
54
ICT for Networked Businesses
55/45
46
Collaborative Working Environments
75/25
40
Access to and preservation of cultural and scientific resources
40/60
36
eInclusion
50/50
29
ICT for Environmental Risk Management
60/40
40
FET Proactive Initiative
0/100
9
Publications on CORDIS
 IST
Workprogramme 2005-2006
It covers the technical description of the SOs, but also details the
evaluation criteria and thresholds, and gives the details of all calls
foreseen in 2005-2006
 IST
call 4 text
Announces the call, and indicates where and when to submit
 Guides
for Proposers call 4
Five Guides, one per instrument. Tells you how to write and submit a
proposal
Publications on CORDIS (2)
 Guidelines
on proposal evaluation and project selection
procedures
Legal basis of FP6 evaluations
 IST
Handbook
IST’s ground rules of evaluation
 IST
Guidance notes for evaluators
Instructions for the external experts in the IST evaluation
 Other
useful proposal material
List of NCPs, List of Commission contact persons, FAQs, links to legal
background information…..
Also on CORDIS (3)
 Access
to Electronic Proposal Submission System
(EPSS)
Pre-registration for an EPSS password, for on or offline
proposal preparation with online submission
More Information
EPSS Further Information
Manuals
http://www.cordis.lu/fp6/find-doc.htm#userguides
EPSS Helpdesk
[email protected]
tel + 32 2 233 3760
Help and advice
Commission contact person for each objective open
in call
link from call page on Cordis
A help desk for proposers´ questions
[email protected] tel +32 2 296 8596
A help desk for electronic submission problems
[email protected] tel: +32 2 233 3760
(Don’t wait till it’s too late to call for help!)
Help and advice
Partner search facilities
http://www.partners-service.cordis.lu/
http://www.ideal-ist.net
A help desk on IPR issues
http://www.ipr-helpdesk.org
Economic and Technological Intelligence ETI projects
(SME support)
http://sme.cordis.lu/economic/eti_projects.cfm
A network of National Contact Points
http://www.cordis.lu/ist/ncps.htm
ANNEX – SOs in Call 4 & Instruments
IP
NoE
STREP
CA
SSA
2.4.1 Nanoelectronics
X
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2.4.2 Micro/nano integration
X
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X
2.4.3 Global security
X
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X
2.4.4 Broadband for all
X
X
X
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X
2.4.5 Mobile beyond 3G
X
X
X
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X
2.4.6 AV systems & home platforms
X
X
X
X
2.4.7 Semantic-based systems
X
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X
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X
2.4.8 Cognitive systems
X
X
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X
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2.4.9 eGovernment
X
X
X
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X
2.4.10 eLearning
X
X
X
X
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2.4.11 Integrated biomed info
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X
2.4.12 eSafety
X
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2.4.13 Research in enlarged Europe
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X
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X
Call 4
ANNEX - Towards a global dependability and security framework
63 M Euro
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Key Objective
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build on EU technical and scientific excellence on
security, dependability and resilience
meet EU demands for privacy and trust
strengthen the interplay between research and
policy
Research Focus
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integrated frameworks and technologies for resilience, dependability
and security
modelling/simulation techniques and synthetic environments for
interdependencies, recovery and continuity
technologies and architectures for secure computing and interoperable
management and trustworthy sharing of digital assets
secure and interoperable biometrics
security and privacy technologies and architectures for future wireless
and mobile scenarios
security assurance and certification of complex networked systems
and infrastructures
Call 4
ANNEX - Broadband for all
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65 MEuro
Network technologies and architectures for broadband access
– Optimised access technologies for less developed regions, and for the enlarged Europe
in line with eEurope
- a European consolidated approach for standardized solutions, regulation and best
practices
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Low-cost access and edge network equipment (optical fibre, fixed wireless access,
interactive broadcasting, satellite access, xDSL and power line networks)
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Network management, new protocols, inter-domain routing and traffic engineering
for end-to-end delivery of new added-value services, with QoS and security.
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Service-enabling technologies and platforms based on convergence and
interoperability of Telecom and Internet Infrastructure (resilience, multicasting,
flexibility)
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Increased bandwidth capacity, in the access network as well as in the underlying
optical core/metro network (optical burst and packet switching)
Call 4
ANNEX - Mobile & Wireless systems beyond 3G
Realise the vision of "Optimally Connected Anywhere, Anytime" supported
by all system levels from access methods and networks to service platforms
and services
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Generalised access network (novel air interfaces, common, flexible and seamless
all IP infrastructure supporting scalability and mobility)
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Advanced resource management techniques allowing optimum usage of spectrum
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Global mobility through different access networks, with end to end quality of
service, including security
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Advanced interworking access technologies. New architectures for composite,
meshed, PANs, ad hoc networks…
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Advanced technologies and architectures for reconfigurability
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Wireless network technologies for ad hoc, sensors and adaptive communication
networks. Advanced signal and antenna processing
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Enabling technologies for mobile service creation and interoperability
138 MEuro
Call 4
ANNEX - Semantic based Knowledge & Content Systems
112 MEuro
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Develop semantic-based and context-aware systems to acquire,
organise, personalise, share and use the knowledge embedded in
web and multimedia content
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“Add semantics”
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Maximise automation of the knowledge lifecycle
Achieve semantic interoperability between heterogeneous
information resources and services
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“Exploit semantics”
Pioneer intelligent content, which is self-describing, adaptive to
context and user needs, and exhibits a seamless interaction with its
surroundings and the user
Call 4
ANNEX - Cognitive Systems
45 MEuro
Develop artificial systems that:
• Can interpret data arising from real-world events and
processes
• Acquire situated knowledge of their environment
• Act, make or suggest decisions and communicate with
people on human terms
Focus
• Artificial systems with high-level cognitive capabilities
• Enabling technologies
• Systems that develop their reasoning, planning and
communication faculties through grounding in interactive and
collaborative environments (part of, or connected to the real
world)
Call 4
ANNEX - Networked Audio Visual Systems and Home Platforms
63 MEuro
“Audio Visual” systems and applications in converged and
interoperable environments encompassing broadcasting,
communications, mobility and IP
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Optimised audiovisual network architectures and interoperability
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Middleware architectures for optimised content adaptation and delivery
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Synchronisation of different delivery channels
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Control issues associated with service delivery in both intra and inter-domain
operators’ environments.
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Audio Visual data handling (representation and coding)
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Audio visual data access and rendering through low power and affordable
terminals
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Comprehensive, upward compatible, interoperable architecture for end to end
content protection and rights management;
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Evolution towards advanced applications (3D-TV, on-line mobile gaming,
distributed storage devices (including portable devices), electronic cinema,
virtual/tele presence or future mixed reality services)
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Roadmaps and research agenda
Call 4
ANNEX - Technology-enhanced learning
54 MEuro
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Objectives for FP6 focus on the learning process:
– Reinforce learning as a social process through new collaborative
models
– Customise learning to individual needs - at school, work,
throughout life, ubiquitously
– Build competence - by linking organisations’ objectives and
learning goals of individuals
– Support (new) pedagogical approaches that ‘blend’ new and old
ways of learning
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Technologies: knowledge management, cognitive systems,
integration into new services/systems, adoption leading edge
technologies to new learning systems.
FET OPEN Scheme
60 MEuro
 Research
implemented through STRePs / Specific Targeted
Research Projects
– 2-step process
• a short anonymous proposal submitted first, at any time
• full proposal only if short proposal was successful
 Support
for research communities through CAs / Coordination
Actions and SSAs / Specific Support Actions
– 1-step process
 Three evaluation cut-off dates per year
– 5 January 2005, 10 May 2005, 20 September 2005 and 14 February
2006.
FET Proactive Initiatives : Call Planning
63 MEuro
 4th
Call: Publication: 16 November 2004 ; Deadline: 22 March
2005
– Advanced Computing Architectures
– Presence and Interaction in Mixed Reality Environments
– Situated and Autonomic Communications
 5th
Call - Publication: 17 May 2005 ; Deadline: 21 September
2005
– Simulating Emergent Properties in Complex Systems