Information Society Technologies programme

1. Information Society Technologies programme IST Programme - 8th Call Area IV.2 : Computing Communications and Networks annalisa.bogliolo@cec.eu.int 1

2. IV.2.x Computing, Communications & Networking Call 8 • IV.2.1Cognitive vision systems • IV.2.2 Advanced control systems • IV.2.3 Networks and technologies for distributed services and applications • R&D; Demonstration; Thematic Networks; Accompanying measures (not Take-up) • IV.2.4 Take-up measures • Assessments, Trials, Best Practice actions 2 CCN2

3. IV.2.1Cognitive vision systems • Issue: vision systemsacquiring and using knowledge for decision making • Aim: to develop robust cognitive vision systems • Scope: adaptive systems, real-time platforms and vision architectures • permitting the development of novel computational frameworks • integrating multiple cues for scene modelling • capable of recognising large numbers of different objects temporal reasoning and incremental learning to achieve cognition

4. IV.2.2 Advanced control systems • Issue: high performance, distributed, composable, real-time control systems • Aim: novel scientific and technological concepts developed for and applied toreal-time controls for complex systems in uncertain environments • Scope : • algorithms, methods, architectures and tools • design, implementation, validation/verification, testing and integration • robust, fault tolerant

5. IV.2.3 Networks and technologies for distributed services and applications (i) • Issue: all-optical networks • Aim: to develop terabit capacity and WDM optical networks capable of supporting heterogeneous, multi-protocol services and applications • Scope: • technologies and architectures exploiting advances in optical transmission, switching and routing • interworking in the physical layer of optical core/metropolitan networks and heterogeneous WAN, LAN and access networks (mobile and fixed)

6. IV.2.3 Networks and technologies for distributed services and applications (ii) • Issue: communications networks • Aim: - to increasebandwidth capacity and QoS • network agility and functionality - to support seamless interoperability among heterogeneous networks (including access networks and LANs) • service interworking and management • Scope: network devices and protocols to support the full range of advanced (Internet, nomadic and interactive TV) services and applications active and dynamically reconfigurable network technologies, methods and tools

7. IV.2.3 Networks and technologies for distributed services and applications (iii) • Issue: application service provisioning, peer-to-peer computing, distributed applications • Aim: to develop and assess models, technologies and tools • Scope:  shared and interactive use of applications and resources  in geographically dispersed locations  heterogeneous components and architectures Link to CPA9 GRID, focus on industrial applications

8. IV.2.4 Take-up measures (i) • Issue : optical networks • Aim : assess, compare and improve the performance, the systems applicability and the interoperability • Scope :optical networking equipment

9. IV.2.4 Take-up measures (ii) • Issue : mobile and intelligent agents, middleware • Aim : to conduct trial actions aiming at their adaptation and introduction in new services and/or industrial applications • Scope : distributed applications with shared resources

10. IV.2.4 Take-up measures (iii) • Issue : applications services provisioning • Aim : to conduct trial and best practice • Scope : • services over the network • making use of dispersed computing and storage resources