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Ralph Dumralph.dum@ec.europa.eu

Long-term research in ICTLong-term research in ICTin 7th framework programmein 7th framework programme

Structure of 7th Framework Program (2007-2013)Structure of 7th Framework Program (2007-2013)

“Cooperation”(61%): Evolves around research themesCollaborative research projects ,Joint technology initiativesERA, international collaboration….

“Ideas” – Frontier research (16%): Evolves around researchersEuropean Research Council - ERC

“People” – Human potential (10%): Marie-Curie Fellowships…Grants for researchers to move in- and outside Europe

“Capacities” – Research capacity (10%): Research Infrastructures Example: the EC Grid infrastructure GEANT

Joint Research Center – (non-)nuclear (3%) : direct research activities of EC

Total Budget: 54Billion Euros

Structure of 7th Framework Program (2007-2013)Structure of 7th Framework Program (2007-2013)

“Cooperation”(61%): Evolves around research themesCollaborative research projects Joint technology initiativesERA, international collaboration….

“Ideas” – Frontier research (16%, approx. 1BEuros/year):

European Research Council - ERC• Based on excellence and research interests of PI• Basic foundational research• ICT: Algorithms, computational complexity, ……• Planned in 2007: Start-up funds for young researchers

“People” – Human potential (10%): Marie-Curie Fellowships…Evolves around exchange of researchers including outside Europe

“Capacities” – Research capacity (10%): Research Infrastructures International agreements (like GEANT, the EC Grid infrastructure

Joint Research Center – (non-)nuclear (3%)

Structure of 7th Framework Program (2007-2013)Structure of 7th Framework Program (2007-2013)

“Cooperation”(61%): Evolves around research themes•Collaborative research: Teams form to achieve a goal•Technology Platforms•ERA - European Research Area•International collaboration (‘action speciales’)

“Ideas” – Frontier research (16%): Evolves around researchersEuropean Research Council - ERC

“People” – Human potential (10%): Marie-Curie Fellowships…Evolves around exchange of researchers including outside Europe

“Capacities” – Research capacity (10%): Research Infrastructures International agreements (like GEANT, the EC Grid infrastructure

Joint Research Center – (non-)nuclear (3%)

Themes in ‘Cooperation’: approx. 4.5BEuros/year

Health (18%)

FoodBiotechnology

(6%)

ICT (28% )

(1.3 BE/year)

Nanotechnology, materials,production: (11%)

Energy: (7%)

Environment: (6%)

Transport: (13%)

Socio-economic research: (2%)

Space & security: (9%)

ICT is managed by Directorate for IT & MediaAll other themes are managed by Directorate for Research

FET (10% of ICT)

Work programme structure 2007/2008 for ICTWork programme structure 2007/2008 for ICT(first two years of FP7)(first two years of FP7)

Pervasive and trusted networksPervasive and trusted networksCognitive systems, Interaction and roboticsCognitive systems, Interaction and roboticsComponents and systems engineeringComponents and systems engineeringDigital libraries and ContentDigital libraries and ContentTowards sustainable and personaled healthcareTowards sustainable and personaled healthcare ICT for sustainablity and energy efficencyICT for sustainablity and energy efficency ICT for idependent living and inclusionICT for idependent living and inclusionFuture and emerging technologiesFuture and emerging technologies

Role of FET: Pasteur’s Quadrant

Pure appliedresearch(Edison)

Quest for fundamental understanding?

No

Use-inspiredbasic research

(Pasteur)

Pure basic research(Bohr)

Quest for fundamental understanding?

Yes

Consideration of use?

Yes Consideration of use?

No

Pure appliedresearch(Edison)

Quest for fundamental understanding?

No

Use-inspiredbasic research

(Pasteur)

Pure basic research(Bohr)

Quest for fundamental understanding?

Yes

Consideration of use?

Yes Consideration of use?

No

FETIdeasERC

Role of FET: Pasteur’s Quadrant

ICT

FET = Bridging across research modalitiesFET = Bridging across research modalities

• Bridge between science and engineering • Bridge between curiosity-driven and goal-driven • Bridge between ICT and other disciplinesBridge between ICT and other disciplines• Bridge between disciplines: Multidisciplinary

High risk researchProof-of-concept

Disruptive paradigm

Maturation phaseTechnology Innovation

Business innovationFET

Moore’s law hits barriers on both ends of scale

Quantum limit of down scalingNeed to harness quantum phenomenaNeed for manipulation at atomic level

Complexity limit of scaling up Ever more componentsExponential scale-up of connectivity

ICT will hit wall:<35nm, > Terabyte>Teraflop ???

Rethink natureof computing

SW engineering cannotfollow Moore’s law

Beyond von Neumann/Shannon/Turing?Beyond von Neumann/Shannon/Turing?(or beyond what we made them stand for)(or beyond what we made them stand for)

Logical

Physical

Shannon: ‘Optimal’ transfer of bits(No semantic context,no space and time)

Turing: Give meaning to bits(no physical context, not adaptedto distributed world)

von Neumann:Two separate layers (SW & HW)

Physical != silicon chipsPhysical != silicon chips

Logical

Physical

The living (grow, adapt

evolve, distribute)Quantum computing(intrinsically parallel)

The cell(concurrency in

regulatory networks

FET initiatives:Quantum information QIPCBIO/NEURO IT:-Artefacts that live and grow

The body/substrate computes The body/substrate computes

Logical

Physical

Logical

Physical

FET InitiativesBio-ICT synergiesEmbodied Intelligence

Evolutionary HardwareEmbodied Intelligence

Morphological computing

Life as information processing

Complex Systems Research: Understand the system rather than its components

Networksof many

interactingHeterogeneous parts

Social systemsLi

ving

sys

tem

s

Large scale artificial systems

Decentralised systems design and networked organization:

The internet and P2P Business networks Socio-techno networks Power networks

FET initiative ‘Complex systems’ General organisational and functional principles of CS

More is different

(P.W. Anderson)

Internet: a paradigmatic driver for ICT

‘The Internet is the most complex artificial computational artefact ever created by man. It evolves in absence of any central control guided by the economic interests of participants’ (Papadimitriou 2001)

Internet is ever growing:

Nodes are constantly

added and removed

An Expanding universe

FET projects:EVERGROWDELIS

From Individual to Mass and backFrom Individual to Mass and backThe world of online communitiesThe world of online communities

-P2P networks enable online communities of all sorts -Users develop own “tribunes”-Business processes on underlying usiness processes on underlying social network created by Websocial network created by Web-User seek personalised space-User seek personalised space

Folksonomies FET project TAGORA

Emergent semantics/‘Social computing’

orAnarchy?

FET Proactive initiatives in FP7FET Proactive initiatives in FP7

Initiatives that tackle aspects of roboticsInitiatives that tackle aspects of robotics Bio-ICT convergenceBio-ICT convergence Embodied intelligenceEmbodied intelligence Science of complex systems for socially intelligent Science of complex systems for socially intelligent

ICT ICT Human-computer confluenceHuman-computer confluence

Other initiativesOther initiatives Nano-scale ICT devices and systemsNano-scale ICT devices and systems Pervasive adaptationPervasive adaptation ICT forever yoursICT forever yours Massive ICT systemsMassive ICT systems QIPC and other quantum technologiesQIPC and other quantum technologies

Embodied intelligenceEmbodied intelligence

HYDRA project: ‘Living’ and growing robotsHYDRA project: ‘Living’ and growing robots

To exploit biological insight into the To exploit biological insight into the mechanisms of biological self-mechanisms of biological self-organisation for a fundamentally new organisation for a fundamentally new design standard. design standard.

Self-assembling cells in 3D space in Self-assembling cells in 3D space in which each cell cooperates with other which each cell cooperates with other cells and is able to make choices cells and is able to make choices regarding movement, perception and regarding movement, perception and communicationcommunication

Task specialisation of the cells similar to Task specialisation of the cells similar to social insectssocial insects

MorphogenesisMorphogenesis

Embodied intelligenceEmbodied intelligence

COGNIRON project: Cognitive Robot CompanionCOGNIRON project: Cognitive Robot Companion

Perceptual, representational, Perceptual, representational, reasoning and learning reasoning and learning capabilities of embodied capabilities of embodied robots in human-centred robots in human-centred environmentsenvironments

Three demonstrators:Three demonstrators:– Robot Home Tour Robot Home Tour – Curious RobotCurious Robot– Learning Skills and TaskLearning Skills and Task

Science of complex systems for socially intelligent ICT Science of complex systems for socially intelligent ICT

EC agent project: Embodied and communicating agentsEC agent project: Embodied and communicating agents

Three SONY AIBOs paying attention to an object

Interacting swarm-bots

Can ‘human-like’ language arise in communicating embodied robots ?

What are the prerequisites for developing communication?

Human-computer confluenceHuman-computer confluenceMAIA project: Direct neural control of robotsMAIA project: Direct neural control of robots

Brain-computer interfaceBrain-computer interface To convey human intentions to a To convey human intentions to a

robot that implements the robot that implements the necessary low-level details for necessary low-level details for achieving complex tasks.achieving complex tasks.

Demonstrators:Demonstrators:– controlling a robot arm for controlling a robot arm for

manipulation tasksmanipulation tasks– handling emergency situations handling emergency situations

(e.g., braking the vehicle or (e.g., braking the vehicle or retracting the robot arm).retracting the robot arm).

EURON – EUROPEURON – EUROPBuilding the European research agenda in roboticsBuilding the European research agenda in robotics

EURON

EUROP

Top-down – from product scenarios to technology

breakthroughs

Bottom-up – from foundational science to technology

breakthroughs

Industrial innovationin

robotics

Robotics researchin FP7• industrially oriented• foundational - FET

EURON – European Robotics NetworkEURON – European Robotics Network

180 member organisations 180 member organisations from 25 countriesfrom 25 countries

Objectives:Objectives: Research CoordinationResearch Coordination Joint Programme of Joint Programme of

ResearchResearch Education & TrainingEducation & Training Industrial LinksIndustrial Links DisseminationDissemination

Co-ordination:Co-ordination: KTH, SwedenKTH, Swedenwww.euron.orgwww.euron.org

EUROP Technology PlatformEUROP Technology Platform

Contributions and endorsements by more than 70 European Industrial PlayersABB AB, Acrobot Company Ltd, Alcatel Alenia Space, Alenia Aeronautica, Ansaldo, Armstrong Healthcare Ltd,

Atos Origin, BAe Systems plc, Bertin Technologies, Bluebotics SA, Bosch GmbH, CEA, Cimcorp OY, CLAWAR Ltd,

Comau SpA, CSEM SA, Dassault Aviation, Deltatron OY, Diehl BGT Defence, Dimer Univaq, DLR, EADS Astrium,

EADS NV, ECA, Electrolux SE, ENEA, EUnited Robotics, Finmeccanica, Fransys Sas, Fraunhofer IPA, Fundacion

Fatronik, Fundacion Tekniker, Genova Robot Srl, Galileo Avionica, Graal Tech, Güdel, Ikerlan, INDRA Sistemas,

Hellenic Technology of Robotics, Indra Systemas SA, Israel Aircraft Industries, iTechnic Limited, K-Team SA,

Kuka Roboter GmbH, Microsoft Research, Neuronics AG, OC Robotics Limited, Oxford Technologies Limited, PGES,

Polo della Robotica di Genova, Philips Electronics NV, PIAP, PROFACTOR GmbH, QinetiQ plc, R U Robots Ltd,

Reis Robotics, Remotec (UK) Ltd, Robosoft, Robotiker Tecnalia, Saab AB, SAGEM SA, Scisys, Seebyte Ltd,

Shadow Robot Company Ltd, Sinters SA, SIRI Italian Robot Association, STMicroelectronics, Telespazio, Thales,

Trasys SA, Zenon Automation Technologies, VDI/VDE

- and many research institutions and universities

http://www.roboticsplatform.com/

Funding opportunitiesFunding opportunities

FET Proactive InitiativesFET Proactive Initiatives

– Top-down: predefined topics and objectivesTop-down: predefined topics and objectives FET-OpenFET-Open

– Bottom-up (as long as ICT-related, foundational, novel, risky)Bottom-up (as long as ICT-related, foundational, novel, risky)

First call for proposals: Jan/Feb 2007First call for proposals: Jan/Feb 2007– Areas called:Areas called:

• Cognitive systems, interaction, robotics (96 M€)Cognitive systems, interaction, robotics (96 M€)• FET proactive initiative: Bio-ICT convergence (20 M€)FET proactive initiative: Bio-ICT convergence (20 M€)

Third call for proposals: Dec 2007Third call for proposals: Dec 2007– Areas called:Areas called:

• Cognitive systems, interaction, robotics (97 M€)Cognitive systems, interaction, robotics (97 M€)• FET proactive initiative: Complex systems (20 M€)FET proactive initiative: Complex systems (20 M€)• FET proactive initiative: Embodied intelligence (20 M€)FET proactive initiative: Embodied intelligence (20 M€)!!

Additional InformationAdditional Information

FP7FP7

http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/

http://cordis.europa.eu/ist/about/fp7.htmhttp://cordis.europa.eu/ist/about/fp7.htm

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http://http://cordis.europa.eu/ist/fet/home.htmlcordis.europa.eu/ist/fet/home.html

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