EU FUNDS FOR COOPERATION IN THE ICT SECTOR

DEADLINE: APRIL 13 TH, 2010

 TOPICS:

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS AND ROBOTICS

• New approachers towards understanding and solving  key issues related to the engineering of artificial congnitive systems
• New ways of designing and implementing complete robotic systems A framework to facilitate cross-fertilization between academic and industrial research efforts in robotics
• Co-ordinated co-operation and communication within a multidisciplinary artificial cognitive systems research community in Europe, with concomitant outreach to potential industrial applications   

DIGITAL LIBRARIES AND DIGITAL PRESERVATION

• Scalable systems and services for preserving digital content 
• Advanced preservation scenarios:
  
  • Methods and tools for preserving complex objects
  • Intelligent digital curation and preservation systems. 
• Innovative solutions for assembling multimedia digital libraries 
• Adaptive cultural experiences 
• Interdisciplinary research networks - NoE 

Promoting the uptake of EC-funded research enabling the deployment of new ICT-based cultural and memory preservation services. 

VIRTUAL PHYSIOLOGICAL HUMAN

• Development of patient-specific computer based models and simulation of the physiology of human organs and pathologies
• Development of ICT tools, services and specialised infrastructure for the biomedical researchers
• Support action on evaluation and assessment of VPH projects
• Coordination/Support action to develop an observatory on the achievements and evolution of the broader Biomedical Informatics field.
  
  
  
  ICT FOR MOBILITY OF THE FUTURE 
  
• ICT-based systems and services for Smart Urban Mobility and new Mobility Concept
• Field Operational Tests for Integrated Safety Systems and Co-operative Systems  
• Coordination and support actions In the framework of the Intelligent Car initiative: research agendas, dissemination of results (user awareness campaigns), assessments of socio-economic impact and training
•  International cooperation in accordance with the specific cooperation agreements with Japan and the USA.

FUTURE AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES

• Brain-inspired ICT 
• Coordinating Communities, Plans and Actions in FET Proactive Initiatives  
• Identifying new research topics, Assessing emerging global S&T trends in ICT for future FET Proactive initiatives.
• Molecular Scale Devices and System:
  • Development of multi-scale models of information processing and communication in the brain and/or PNs 
  • Synthetic Hardware Implementations of Neural Circuits

HORIZONTAL AND SUPPORT ACTIONS

• International Cooperation : Support to the uptake of European ICT research results in developing economies

• Supplements to support International Cooperation between ongoing projects (Fields of Activity: Nanoelectronics Technology,  ICT for Safety and Energy Efficiency in Mobility).

     

For further information please contact IGC sas infonetwork@igcsas.it