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Priority Goals of the ICT Research and Development in Europe

Priority Goals of the ICT Research and Development in Europe. Kiril Boyanov, Dimitar Todorov. The impact of ICT on Economic Growth. The investment in ICT contributes to 0,3-0,8% of annual average GNP growth

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Priority Goals of the ICT Research and Development in Europe

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  1. Priority Goals of the ICT Research and Development in Europe Kiril Boyanov, Dimitar Todorov

  2. The impact of ICT on Economic Growth • The investment in ICT contributes to 0,3-0,8% of annual average GNP growth • Investment in software accounted for up to a third of the overall contribution of ICT investments. • The ICT-manufacturing sector is an important driver of the acceleration in productivity growth but it is highly concentrated because of large economies of scale and high entry costs. • The ICT-producing services sector has potential for further productivity growth in a broader range of countries.

  3. The impact of ICT investments on annual Economic Growth

  4. The contribution of ICT-manufacturing to the labor productivity growth

  5. IT spending in Eastern Europe

  6. Rest of World 16% Japan 13% US 42% Europe 29% World IT market by regions

  7. Total value€ 2,071 billion Rest of World 21.7% Europe 30.5% Japan 12.3% US 32.4% 4 Tigers 3.1% World ICT market by regions

  8. End user communications equipment4.2% Total value € 592 billion Computer hardware 12.7% Office equip-ment 1.6% Carrier services 43.4% Software 10.9% Datacom and network equipment 6.5% IT services 14.9% Support services 5.7% Europe ICT market structure

  9. EU main socio-economic trends • Increasing competition at a global scale – • Also research is increasingly organised on an international scale • Including from emerging economies : China, India, … • De-localisation; Open Innovation • Focus on higher parts of the value chain; Faster innovation cycles • Enlargement of the Union • An opportunity but requires further effort on integration • Ageing – • Starting to feel the impact … • Security concerns

  10. The research activities that are eligible for EU funding under the IST priority • Applied IST research addressing major societal and economic challenges • Communication, computing and software technologies • Components and microsystems • Knowledge and interface technologies • Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)

  11. Areas addressed within FP6-Call4:Open 17.11.2004, Close 22.03.2005 • Nanoelectronics • Technologies and devices for micro/nano-scale integration • Towards a global dependability and security framework • Broadband for All • Mobile and Wireless Systems and Platforms Beyond 3G • Networked Audio Visual Systems and Home Platforms • Semantic-based Knowledge and Content Systems • Cognitive Systems • ICT Research for Innovative Government • Technology-enhanced Learning • Integrated biomedical information for better health • eSafety – Co-operative Systems for Road Transport • Strengthening the Integration of the ICT research effort in an Enlarged Europe • Advanced Computing Architectures • Presence and Interaction in Mixed Reality Environments • Situated and Autonomic Communications

  12. Areas addressed within FP6-Call5:Open 17.05.2005, Close 21.09.2005 • Photonic Components • Micro/nano based subsystems • Embedded systems • Advanced Grid Technologies, Systems and Services • Open Platforms for software and services • Research networking test beds • Multimodal Interfaces • ICT for Networked Businesses • Collaborative Working Environments • Access to and preservation of cultural and scientific resources • eInclusion • ICT for environmental Risk Management • FET Proactive Initiative

  13. IST Advisory Group (ISTAG) • ISTAG has been set up to advise the European Commission on • the overall strategy to be followed in carrying out the IST thematic priority and related activities of research as well as on • the orientations with respect to the European Research Area by helping to stimulate the corresponding European research communities. • In the context of building an IST European Research Area, a key role of ISTAG will be to reflect and advise on the definition and implementation of a coherent research policy in Europe that should • ensure the mastering of technology and its applications and • help strengthen industrial competitiveness and address the main societal challenges. • It is through such an exercise that recommendations on priorities and activities of Community-funded research in IST (IST in FP6) would be drawn.

  14. In 2004, ISTAG has set up working groups which will focus on the following themes • EU-wide initiatives- aims to provide recommendations for Europe-wide initiatives in the area of IST and the means to implement them • Experience and Application Research Centres - the theme has been proposed as a means of addressing the challenge of creating a human-centered approach to R&D in ambient intelligence. A novel aspect of Experience and Application Research is that it involves users in all stages of R&D and all stages of the product development lifecycle • Grid, distributed systems and service architectures- aims to provide recommendations for research orientations that will enable the development and deployment of services based on scalable and extremely large complex distributed systems supported by relevant software architectures, tools and platforms. • Grand challenges for IST - The continuation of the digital revolution relies upon our capacity to harness the complexity of building very small and very large ICT systems but also to endow them with new forms of intelligence.

  15. EU-wide initiatives • The mission of the EWI Working Group was to provide recommendations for Europe wide initiatives in the area of ICT and the means to implement such initiatives • The proposed criteria were agreed as: • European Dimension – creating critical mass in Europe • Urgency (from Society perspective) and political support • Enhancing competitiveness, and providing a long term impact • AMI based or building on other existing focus areas of expertise • Not already pushed by existing market/ programmes/ initiatives • 3 areas were chosen for further investigation by the WG, namely • Health, • Road Transport (specifically Road safety) and • eGovernment.

  16. Experience and Application Research Centres • Experience and Application Research has been proposed as a means of addressing the challenge of creating a human-centred approach to research and development in ambient intelligence • Experience and Application Research can involve: • user related researchin interaction technologies for ambient intelligence. Research on design processes for ambient intelligence. Development of methods for usability testing; • development of prototypesfor ambient intelligence, based on the results of basic research. Integration of these prototypes and of existing prototypes into quasi-realistic user environments (for example, laboratories for living or work); • usability testsof ambient intelligence components in quasi-realistic environments; • feasibility tests and validationof ambient intelligence solutions in field environments (field trials).

  17. Grid, distributed systems and service architectures Six priority research themes are identified: • Interoperability and integration • Management of complex software-intensive systems • Semantics and knowledge • Software development methodologies, tools, and standards • Trust, security and privacy • Societal and commercial acceptance take-up

  18. Grand Challenges in the Evolution of the Information Society • In preparation for the European Union’s 7th Framework Programme for research and technological development, the European Commission asked the IST Working Group on Grand Challenges to assess the future of IST technologies and their influence on European society. • The group’s aims were to identify grand challenges in information and communication technology (ICT), the pursuit of which will stimulate research and development in key areas and help the European Union to achieve its social and economic goals. • The group have sought to identify visionary projects leading to “concrete pictures of the future”, focusing 8-10 years in the future, that will demand interdisciplinary research and engineering in many key areas and that exemplify application domains of particular promise for growth in Europe.

  19. An Overview of the Grand Challenges in the Evolution of the IST (1) • The 100% Safe Car: The group envisions projects with ICT systems leading the realisation of the 100% safe automobile for eliminating traffic fatalities almost completely. • The Multilingual Companion: The group envisions grand projects that will make multilingual and cross-lingual information access and communication virtually automatic. • The Service Robot Companion: The group envisions the development of flexible home-care service robots, which will help people to care for themselves, improve their comfort of living and likely entertain them.

  20. An Overview of the Grand Challenges in the Evolution of the IST (2) • The Self-Monitoring and Self-Repairing Computer: The group envisions a development of self-monitoring and self-repairing computing systems that will demonstrate the principle of software systems with greatly improved reliability. • The Internet Police Agent: To reap the full benefits of the Internet, we must maintain its further development and counter criminal and anti-social activities (SPAM, viruses, worms, fraud, etc.). The group envisions projects to develop an automated “police agent” that will prevent criminal and anti-social activities (SPAM, viruses, worms, fraud, etc.).. • The Disease and Treatment Simulator: The group envisions the development of a computational platform for simulating the function of a concrete disease. This simulator will enable medicines to be tested without putting people at risk, and will accelerate research into damaging diseases such as heart disease and cancer.

  21. An Overview of the Grand Challenges in the Evolution of the IST (3) • The Augmented Personal Memory: The group envisions a project that will make it possible for people to create, preserve, sort and retrieve their own personal vast storehouse of the past, in the form of a personalised digital life diary and augmented memory assistant. • The Pervasive Communication Jacket: The group envisions a communications “jacket” that will enable the individual of tomorrow to exploit wireless communications technology for control of the objects in the house, at work or in public spaces . • The Personal Everywhere Visualiser: Visualisation is key for people to exploit the information revolution. A grand challenge is to develop a convenient personal and mobile visualisation system that will work anywhere and with minimal fuss, thereby enhancing our ability to harness tomorrow’s ICT capabilities.

  22. An Overview of the Grand Challenges in the Evolution of the IST (4) • The Ultra-light Aerial Transport Agent: The group envisions an unmanned aerial transport agent for “small scale” logistics – for the transport of small packages and products from point to point, monitoring of crime, and helping in search and rescue operations. • The Intelligent Retail Store: The group envisions projects to realise the “intelligent retail store” – a store in which emerging ICT technologies are integrated in a way that brings more information, and efficiency to both retailers and their customers alike.

  23. Strategic goals of ICT research in FP7 • Enabling the future ICT development in Europe • Renewing and intensifying the research collaboration • ICT research is the heart of FP7

  24. ICT Research in FP7 • Innovation from ICT use • Focus on ambitious integrated targets • Service oriented architectures • Realisation approaches • End to end research integration • Dissemination of research experience • Wide innovation initiatives in the field of health, education etc. • Realisation instruments • International collaboration • Increasing of the ICT research • Paying attention to the ICT research in the private sector

  25. Socio-economic objectives of FP7 • Strengthening the competitiveness of all industries in Europe • Reinforcing the competitive position in the industrial technologies • Supporting EU policies • Strengthening the science activities

  26. Socio-economic objectives of the ICT research in FP7 • Bringing the technology closer to the people and organizations • Further miniaturization • Technology convergence • Learning systems • New ICT applications

  27. Realisation approaches of new ICT applications • Strengthening the ICT pillars • Building the integrated intelligent environment - Integrating multi technology applications • Integrating multi-technology applications • Personal environments • Home environments • Robotics • ICT infrastructure for energy supply and etc. • Innovation promotion

  28. ICT pillars • Nano-electronics, miniaturization, smart systems • Embedded systems and architectures • Networking • Software services and content • Simulation • Cognitive Systems • Info-bio-nano convergence

  29. Political aspects of the new ICT applications • Addressing the societal challenges – health, safety, environment etc. • Addressing business-business and work collaboration • Supporting creativity, content tools, education, culture • Security and trust

  30. Applicable Instruments • For ICT projects in FP7 – IPs, NoEs • Joint technology initiatives – nano, mobility, embedded system • ERA coordination • Infrastructure development - higher support of GEANT, Grids, ERC (Electronic Resource Center), clean rooms etc. • Human resources • International cooperation • Access of ICT constituency to ERC scheme

  31. FP7 Next steps • Inter-service consultation on commission proposal • Commission proposal elected on April 6 • Proposal for specific programmes • Work programme 2007 preparation • Start in January 2006 (finalised – October 2008)

  32. The Challenges for Europe in the ICT research • Research is increasingly affected by competitive aspects, with increasingly dynamic competitors in the world • If the recent investment trends in research and development continue, it is very likely that the European Union will fall increasingly behind the United States and Asia, while facing stiff and potentially catastrophic competition from developing nations, especially India and China. • Europe must now adopt a more voluntary behavior in supporting its research and in creating the conditions to attract investors and researchers

  33. Conclusion • Europe is in a relatively good position in some key ICT domains (for example, microelectronics, mobile and fixed communication, consumer electronics). • It has however some weaknesses, with almost no computer and generic software industry. • The evolution of ICTs and their increasing pervasiveness offer opportunities to catch up and develop new leaderships (such as the creation of a level playing field for software and middleware infrastructure).

  34. Thank You for your attention

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