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D.2.1 - Report on ICT Research

and Innovation priorities

for EU-North America Cooperation

Grant Agreement number: 687780

Project acronym: DISCOVERY

Funding Scheme: Coordination and Support Action

Due date: 31/12/2016

Actual date: 19/12/2016

Document Author/s: INMARK, UPM

Version: 1.0

Dissemination level: PU

Status: Final

This project has received funding from the European

Union’s H2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 687780

Copyright © DISCOVERY Consortium 2016 – 2017

Report on ICT R&I Priorities for EU-North America Cooperation

WP2_D2.1 DISCOVERY of 83

Document History

Version Date Comments Author

0.1 26/08/2016 First Draft Xianshu Zeng, INMARK

0.2 27/09/2016 Revision First Draft Yolanda Ursa, INMARK

0.3 30/09/2016 Second Draft Xianshu Zeng, INMARK,

0.4 29/11/2016 Third Draft

Yolanda Ursa, Xianshu

Zeng, INMARK, Maria

F. Cabrera UPM

1.0 16/12/2016 Final Version Yolanda Ursa, INMARK,

Maria F. Cabrera UPM



TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................................................................................. 5 1 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................. 7 2 LANDSCAPE OF ICT IN EU-US AND EU-CANADA COOPERATION .............................. 8 2.1 Programs explored ............................................................................................................ 8 2.2 Collaborative projects under H2020 .................................................................................. 8 2.3 Bilateral dialogues and initiatives .................................................................................... 15

2.3.1 EU-Canada S&T Agreement ......................................................... 15

2.3.2 EU-US S&T Agreement ................................................................ 15

2.3.3 EU-US Information Society Dialogue ............................................. 16

2.3.4 EU-US Cyber Dialogue ................................................................ 16

2.3.5 Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) ................... 16

2.3.6 Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) .................. 17

2.3.7 EU-US-Canada Multilateral cooperation ......................................... 17

3 ICT R&I PRIORITIES SURVEY RESULTS ....................................................................... 18 3.1 Survey methodology ........................................................................................................ 18

3.1.1 Scope and sample size ................................................................ 18

3.1.2 Selection of ICT priorities ............................................................ 19

3.1.3 Online questionnaire ................................................................... 21

3.2 Respondents profile......................................................................................................... 22 3.2.1 Organisation type ....................................................................... 22

3.2.2 Organisation size ........................................................................ 23

3.2.3 Relevance of research and innovation ........................................... 24

3.3 Perspectives for R&I collaboration .................................................................................. 25 3.3.1 ICT R&I cooperation with Europe .................................................. 25

3.3.2 Experience in cooperation with Europe .......................................... 26

3.3.3 Plans to participate in collaborative R&I projects ............................ 27

3.4 Advantages and barriers for EU-North America collaboration in ICT R&I ...................... 30 3.4.1 Advantages of Transatlantic Cooperation in ICT R&I ....................... 30

3.4.2 Barriers for EU-North America Collaboration in ICT R&I ................... 31

3.4.3 Measures to enhance Transatlantic ICT R&I Cooperation ................. 32

3.5 ICT priorities for EU-North America cooperation ............................................................. 34 3.5.1 Potential ICT priorities for R&I cooperation .................................... 34

3.5.2 Alignment of ICT priorities with H2020 .......................................... 36

3.5.3 ICT priority Areas and Topics ....................................................... 36

3.5.4 Ranking of ICT priority topics ....................................................... 43

3.5.5 Top ten ICT priority Topics for Transatlantic cooperation ................. 44

3.5.6 Top ten ICT priority Topics by region ............................................ 46

4 CONCLUSIONS ................................................................................................................. 49 ANNEX 1 –COLLABORATIVE H2020 PROJECTS BETWEEN EU-US-CA ............................. 51 ANNEX 2 –COLLABORATIVE ICT H2020 PROJECTS BETWEEN EU-US-CA ...................... 62 ANNEX 3 – LIST OF SELECTED PRIORITY AREAS AND TOPICS ........................................ 68 ANNEX 4 - QUESTIONNAIRE .................................................................................................... 71



LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1: ICT in Horizon 2020 (source: European Commission) ....................................... 12 Figure 2: ICT related projects between EU-CA .............................................................. 13 Figure 3: ICT related projects among EU-CA-US ........................................................... 14 Figure 4: ICT related projects between EU-US .............................................................. 14 Figure 5: Selection of ICT priorities ............................................................................. 19 Figure 6: Organisation type ........................................................................................ 22 Figure 7: Organisation size ......................................................................................... 23 Figure 8: Organisations research centers ..................................................................... 24 Figure 9: Interest in research and innovation ............................................................... 25 Figure 10: Assessment of participation in EU projects .................................................... 27 Figure 11: Willingness to participate in R&I funding programmes .................................... 27 Figure 12: Advantages of transatlantic cooperation in ICT .............................................. 30 Figure 13: Advantages of transatlantic cooperation by country/region ............................. 30 Figure 14: Barriers for ICT R&I collaboration ................................................................ 31 Figure 15: Measures to support EU-North America cooperation ....................................... 33 Figure 16: Potential ICT Priorities for organisations ....................................................... 34 Figure 17: Potential ICT Priorities for region/country ..................................................... 35 Figure 18: Area 1 - A new generation of components and systems .................................. 37 Figure 19: Area 2 - Advanced Computing and Cloud Computing ...................................... 37 Figure 20: Area 3 - Future Internet ............................................................................. 38 Figure 21: Area 4 - Content – Big Data ........................................................................ 38 Figure 22: Area 5 – Robotics and Autonomous Systems ................................................. 39 Figure 23: Area 6 – ICT Enabling Technologies ............................................................. 39 Figure 24: Area 7: High Performance Computing .......................................................... 40 Figure 25: Area 8: e-Infrastructures ............................................................................ 40 Figure 26: Area 9 - e-Health....................................................................................... 41 Figure 27: Area 10 - Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) ............................................... 41 Figure 28: Area 11 - Digital Security ........................................................................... 42 Figure 29: Area 12 – Internet of Things ....................................................................... 42 Figure 30: Area 13: Smart Cities and Communities ....................................................... 43 Figure 31: Top 10 topics for Europe-North America cooperation ...................................... 44

LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Projects per region ......................................................................................... 9 Table 2: Type of projects ............................................................................................. 9 Table 3: Research topics .............................................................................................. 9 Table 4: ICT research areas ....................................................................................... 12 Table 5: Projects per ICT topic .................................................................................... 13 Table 6: Sample size ................................................................................................. 18 Table 7: Respondents Profile ...................................................................................... 22 Table 8: Organisation Type by country/region .............................................................. 23 Table 9: Organisations’ number of employees by country/region ..................................... 24 Table 10: Respondents participation in EU-US/EU-Canada R&I projects ........................... 26 Table 11: Main R&I Programmes mentioned by respondents .......................................... 26 Table 12: Assessment of participation in EU projects by country/region ........................... 26 Table 13: Barriers for ICT R&I collaborative projects by country/region ........................... 32 Table 14: ICT priority areas in Europe and North America .............................................. 36 Table 15: ICT priority topics ranked ............................................................................ 43 Table 16: Top 10 ICT priority Topics per region (summary) ............................................ 47



EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report on ICT R&I Priorities for EU-North America cooperation provides a

summary of the landscape for ICT cooperation in Europe, the US and Canada, and

presents the results of the survey conducted by the DISCOVERY project to identify

ICT priority areas and topics for future cooperation in ICT R&I between Europe and

North America.

A review of the current ICT collaborations between Europe and North America was

performed in terms of R&I projects, bilateral dialogues and multilateral agreements

that lead to a first identification of relevant cooperation topics.

Topics identified in the mapping were considered in the selection of topics to the

online survey conducted by DISCOVERY from 30 May 2016 to 15 July 2016. The

results of the survey identify the most relevant research areas and topics for

transatlantic cooperation in ICT R&I and the alignment of selected priorities with

ICT-related topics flagged as relevant for international cooperation in Horizon 2020.

The questionnaire was answered by a total of 204 relevant stakeholders from

Europe (123), the US (46) and Canada (35). Respondents of the survey comprise

representatives from Universities and research centres (59%), industry (23%),

government institutions (8%) and NGOs (5%). Most of them belong to large

organisations (56%), but there is a significant group of small and medium size

organisations (44%), including SME. The great majority of respondents have a clear

research profile, three quarters of them declared to have a research centre and are

interested in transatlantic R&I collaboration.

Findings from the survey also suggest good perspectives for future EU-North

America collaboration in ICT, especially under H200 but also under US and Canada

funding programmes. Although R&I collaboration among respondents has been

relatively low (21.5% in EU-US and 8% in EU-Canada R&I projects), the great

majority (70%) said that they are planning to participate in Horizon 2020 projects.

Other 30% are planning to participate in US funding programmes and 24% in

Canada funding programmes. eHealth, smart cities, cybersecurity, cloud computing,

big data and Internet of Things (IoT) are common topics for future collaboration.

This highlights the opportunities for transatlantic cooperation, but also the existing

gap between interest and actual collaboration in the field of ICT, and thus the need

to overcome some important barriers to enhance transatlantic ICT R&I cooperation.

The report underlines the relevance of privacy and data protection, cybersecurity,

IoT, Big Data, smart cities, eHealth and cloud computing. These topics are common

research priorities in Europe, the US and Canada. In summary, the top 10 ICT

priorities for EU-North America cooperation in ICT R&I are the following:

Privacy, Data Protection, Digital Identities: Privacy-enhancing

technologies, General Data Protection Regulation in practice, Secure digital

identities.

EU Cooperation and International Dialogues in Cybersecurity and

Privacy R&I: International dialogue with the USA on cybersecurity and

privacy R&I trends and challenges, policies, standardisation.

Advanced Cybersecurity Threats and Threat Actors: Novel approaches

to respond to sophisticated cyber-attacks, innovative simulation

environments and training materials



IoT integration and platforms: Architectures, concepts, methods and

tools for open IoT platforms (e.g. FIWARE), IoT security and privacy.

Big Data PPP: cross-sectorial and cross-lingual data integration and

experimentation, Large Scale Pilot actions in data-driven innovation, data

economy, benchmarking and evaluation, privacy-preserving big data

technologies.

Big Data supporting Public Health policies: Methods and data to better

acquire, manage, share, model, process and exploit the huge amount of

data to develop integrated solutions that support public health, governance

of Big Data.

Smart Cities and Communities lighthouse projects: integrating smart

buildings, smart grids, energy storage, electric vehicles and smart charging

infrastructures, using the latest generation ICT platforms based on open

specifications.

Smart Anything Everywhere Initiative: next wave of products that

integrate digital technology inside.

Cloud Computing: development of new paradigms (heterogeneous,

federated, distributed clouds).

Smart Cyber-Physical Systems: new model-centric and predictive

engineering methods and tools.

Based on the findings of the survey it is evident that Europe, the US and Canada

share priorities of common interest for ICT research and innovation, and these

priorities are aligned with the areas and topics identified in Horizon 2020 ICT-

related Work Programmes, which creates a solid basis for future cooperation

between Europe and North America in ICT R&I. However, the survey results also

confirm the existence of important barriers to participate in transatlantic

collaborative projects in ICT R&I. The main barriers perceived by respondents are

the lack of information on funding opportunities and programmes, lack of

knowledge about specific research areas and topics open to international

cooperation, and difficulties to understand the rules of participation in other

countries.

Thus, current actions undertaken by DISCOVERY project to support dialogues

between Europe and North America and enhance cooperation in ICT R&I are valid

and widely shared. In this regard, the Transatlantic ICT Forum and its Working

Groups activities addressing funding mechanisms, cybersecurity and ICT policies

and regulations, including data protection and privacy are pertinent to advance in

this direction and face key challenges for transatlantic collaboration in ICT.



1 INTRODUCTION

In the context of the policy dialogues between Europe and North America countries,

identifying priority topics of common interest and mutual benefit is crucial to

stimulate transatlantic cooperation in ICT R&I. This report presents the ICT R&I

priorities for Europe and North America cooperation, based on the mapping of the

landscape of ICT collaboration and the results of the survey conducted by the

DISCOVERY project in Europe, the US and Canada to identify the ICT priorities for

future transatlantic cooperation in ICT R&I.

Mapping the current landscape of ICT is the first step in the process to identify

priority topics for future R&I cooperation between Europe and North America. This

task builds on desk research to map the most relevant H2020 ICT related projects

with participants from the US and Canada, as well as other bilateral and multilateral

initiatives.

In addition, a survey was conducted from 30 May 2016 to 15 July 2016 and aimed

at achieving the following specific objectives:

Identify the most suitable topics for Europe and North America cooperation

in ICT R&I.

Assess the alignment of common priorities in the US and Canada with ICT-

related topics flagged as relevant for international cooperation in Horizon

2020.

Identify main barriers for transatlantic cooperation in ICT R&I.

Get insights on measures needed to support EU-North America cooperation

in ICT R&I.

This report outlines the landscape of ICT and priorities for transatlantic cooperation

in ICT R&I. Section 2 provides an overview of the ICT landscape for EU-US and EU-

Canada collaboration. Section 3 presents the results of the survey on ICT R&I

priorities. In chapter 3.1 we explain the methodological approach to conduct the

survey, including the scope and sample size, criteria and steps to select the ICT

priorities to be ranked, and the web tool used. Chapter 3.2 describes the

respondents profile, detailing the type and size of the organisations represented in

the survey, as well as the relevance of research and innovation for the respondents

of the survey. Chapter 3.3 outlines the perspectives for transatlantic ICT R&I

collaboration, including respondent’s experience when participating in EU projects

and plans for future collaboration. Chapter 3.4 describes the benefits and barriers

for EU-North America collaboration, as well as the possible measures to enhance

transatlantic cooperation. In chapter 3.5 we present the ranking of ICT priority

areas and topics for EU-North America ICT R&I cooperation. We also present the

top 10 ICT priority areas and by country. Finally, section 4 present the overall

conclusions.



2 LANDSCAPE OF ICT IN EU-US AND EU-CANADA COOPERATION

This section presents the landscape of current ICT collaboration in EU-US and EU-

Canada as a first step to identify priority topics for future ICT R&I cooperation

between these countries.

2.1 Programs explored

In order to map the ICT priorities with ICT related topics in H2020, a revision of the

following programmes was carried out:

R&I cooperation (practical implementation): Projects under H2020 with

participants from US and Canada, e.g. in ICT, eHealth, e-Infrastructures,

and other ICT-related topics in H2020.

Bilateral dialogues (follow up): ICT in EU-US and EU-Canada Agreements on

S&T; Roadmaps for R&I cooperation between EU-Canada and EU-US, as part

of the EC strategy for international cooperation.

Other bilateral and multilateral initiatives including: SFIC USA initiative;

Transatlantic eHealth/ health IT Cooperation Roadmap; INCO-TRUST and

BIC Multi-lateral cooperation for Trustworthy ICT; ICT in TTIP.

The revision consisted in analysing the information extracted from different

sources: direct contacts, internal databases, national databases, CORDIS, Internet

search, National R&D representatives, etc.

An excel template file was prepared with the data structure to be filled in per each

project or cooperation initiative. The information collected included: the name, the

ICT topic, the duration of the agreement, the organisations involved, the countries

involved and the funding schema. Other data such as project/initiative web site,

contact details, coordinating institution, project reference, etc. were kept for future

exploitation (e.g. invitation to project events, synergies identification, surveys, etc.)

of the data collected.

2.2 Collaborative projects under H2020

We have carried out a complete review of H2020 projects (see Annex 1) to allow

extracting the most relevant ICT areas that should be considered for the priorities

definition, and have been involved in the enhancement of the cooperation among

EU, US and Canada.

The analysis included all H2020 funded projects with starting dates before June

2016. A total of 87 projects were identified with R&I collaboration between partners

from Europe, US and Canada.



Table 1: Projects per region

Region/Country Projects Percentage

Europe-Canada 27 31%

Europe-US 52 60%

Europe-US-Canada 8 9%

Total 87 100%

Table 1 shows the distribution of projects per region, including eight collaborative

projects between the three regions.

Table 2: Type of projects

Funding schema Number Percentage

CSA 9 10%

ERA-NET-Cofund 6 7%

ERC-ADG 2 2%

ERC-COG 1 1%

ERC-STG 2 2%

IA 4 5%

RIA 63 73%

Total 87 100%

Most of the projects are Research and Innovation Actions (63 out of 87), and a

relevant number of Coordination and Support Actions (9 out of 87). However, the

number of Innovation Actions is only four (see Table 2).

After analysing the projects, there are numerous research topics with a prevalence

of those related with Personal Healthcare (PHC) (30 out of 87), representing 34,5%

(see Table 3). This high percentage can be explained by the bilateral agreement on

health research between the EU and the US, which allows US researchers to be

eligible for EU funding when participating in the health programme on the basis of a

reciprocal EU - US/NIH arrangement.

Table 3: Research topics

Type Number Percentage

BG-01-2015 2 2,30%

BG-02-2015 1 1,15%

BG-04-2014 1 1,15%

BG-07-2015 1 1,15%

BG-08-2014 1 1,15%

BG-10-2014 1 1,15%

COMPET-07-2014 1 1,15%

EE-10-2015 1 1,15%

EINFRA-1-2014 1 1,15%

EINFRA-7-2014 1 1,15%

ERC-ADG-2014 2 2,30%

ERC-CoG-2014 1 1,15%




ERC-StG-2014 2 2,30%

EURO-1-2014 1 1,15%

EURO-2-2014 1 1,15%

GALILEO-1-2014 1 1,15%

GALILEO-3-2015 1 1,15%

HCO-02-2014 1 1,15%

HCO-06-2015 1 1,15%

HCO-07-2014 1 1,15%

HCO-10-2014 1 1,15%

HCO-11-2015 1 1,15%

Health 1 1,15%

ICT-06-2014 1 1,15%

ICT-11-2014 1 1,15%

ICT-12-2015 1 1,15%

ICT-14-2014 1 1,15%

ICT-30-2015 1 1,15%

ICT-38-2015 2 2,30%

INFRAIA-1-2014-2015 3 3,45%

INFRASUPP-6-2014 1 1,15%

INT-01-2015 1 1,15%

ISIB-12c-2015 1 1,15%

ISIB-12f-2015 1 1,15%

LCE-16-2014 1 1,15%

MG-1.1-2014 1 1,15%

MG-3.4-2014 1 1,15%

NFRP-02-2014 1 1,15%

NFRP-05-2014 1 1,15%

NMP-10-2014 1 1,15%

NMP-21-2014 1 1,15%

NMP-23-2015 2 2,30%

PHC-01-2014 4 4,60%

PHC-02-2015 1 1,15%

PHC-03-2015 4 4,60%

PHC-05-2014 1 1,15%

PHC-06-2014 1 1,15%

PHC-08-2014 1 1,15%

PHC-09-2015 2 2,30%

PHC-11-2015 1 1,15%

PHC-13-2014 2 2,30%

PHC-14-2015 3 3,45%

PHC-15-2015 1 1,15%

PHC-16-2015 1 1,15%




PHC-22-2015 2 2,30%

PHC-23-2014 1 1,15%

PHC-30-2015 1 1,15%

PHC-32-2014 3 3,45%

PHC-33-2015 1 1,15%

PROTEC-1-2014 1 1,15%

SC5-13b-2014 1 1,15%

SFS-03a-2014 1 1,15%

SFS-09-2014 1 1,15%

SFS-11a-2014 1 1,15%

SFS-14b-2015 1 1,15%

SFS-16-2015 1 1,15%

WATER-3-2015 1 1,15%

Total 87 100%

Once all the collaborative projects were identified and classified, the next step was

to search those where ICT is a priority. In order to find out this information, we

needed to know the areas of Horizon 2020 programme where ICT is included.

Figure 1 provides the general picture of ICT in Horizon 2020. Besides the ICT topic

under the LEIT (Leadership in Enabling and Industrial Technologies) pillar, there are

other sections of the programme that incorporate ICT as part of their research.

More specifically, in the Societal Challenges activities, the areas where ICT is

relevant are:

1. Health, demographic change and wellbeing:

e-Health, self management of health, improved diagnostics, improved

surveillance, health data collection, active ageing, and assisted living.

2. Secure clean and efficient energy:

Smart cities, energy efficient buildings, smart electricity grids, and smart

metering.

3. Smart, green and integrated transport:

Smart transport equipment, infrastructures and services, innovative

transport management systems, and safety aspects.

4. Climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials:

ICT for increased resource efficiency, earth observation and monitoring.

5. Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies:

Digital inclusion, social innovation platforms, e-government services, e-skills

and e-learning, e culture.

6. Secure societies:

Cybersecurity, ensuring privacy and protection of human rights on-line.

Moreover, in the Excellent Science pillar, the objectives Future and Emerging

Technologies and Research infrastructures foster the innovation and collaborative

research in ICT.



Figure 1 ICT in Horizon 2020 (source: European Commission)

Taking into account all of the above, and after analysing the individual projects, the

following ICT collaboration research areas were identified (see Table 4).

Table 4: ICT research areas

ICT research area

Advanced 5G Network Infrastructure for the Future Internet

Advancing active and healthy ageing with ICT: Promoting mental wellbeing in the ageing population

Advancing bioinformatics to meet biomedical and clinical needs

Clinical research on regenerative medicine

Consumer engagement for sustainable energy

Digital representation of health data to improve disease diagnosis and treatment

Enhancing and focusing research and innovation cooperation with the Union’s key international partner countries

FIRE+ (Future Internet Research & Experimentation)

Improving health information and data exploitation: Advancing bioinformatics to meet

biomedical and clinical needs

Improving health information and data exploitation: New approaches to improve predictive human safety testing

Improving health information and data exploitation: Developing and comparing new models for

safe and efficient, prevention oriented health and care systems

Improving health information and data exploitation: Imaging tools and technologies

Improving health information and data exploitation: Understanding disease: systems medicine

Integrating and opening existing national and regional research infrastructures of European interest

Internet of Things and Platforms for Connected Smart Objects

Managing, preserving and computing with big research data

Net Innovation

Provision of core services across e-infrastructures

Research infrastructures



ICT research area

Strategic international dialogues and cooperation on raw materials with technologically advanced countries

Understanding common mechanisms of diseases and their relevance in co-morbidities

From the 87 projects identified in the initial review, 32 are related to different areas

of ICT (see Annex 2). Table 5 summarises the number of projects per ICT topic.

Table 5: Projects per ICT topic

Topic Number Percentage

Big data 1 3%

eHealth 13 41%

e-Infrastructures 1 3%

Energy efficient 1 3%

Future Internet 3 9%

ICT cooperation 3 9%

IoT 1 3%

Optical fibre transmission and networking 1 3%

Research infrastructures 4 14%

Smart transport 2 6%

Active ageing 2 6%

32 100%

The following figures represent the number of projects per ICT area per region.

Figure 2: ICT related projects between EU-CA

The current collaboration ICT areas between Europe and Canada are mainly smart

transport, research infrastructures and optical fibre transmission and

networking (see Figure 2).



Figure 3: ICT related projects among EU-CA-US

If we consider projects among Europe and North America (US and Canada), the

main topics are related to ICT cooperation and Active ageing (see Figure 3).

Figure 4: ICT related projects between EU-US

Finally, Figure 4 represents the collaborative projects between Europe and the US.

The main ICT topics are: eHealth, Active ageing, Big data, Research

infrastructures, ICT cooperation, Future Internet, Energy efficient and e-

infrastructures. As can be appreciated, the majority of the projects are in the

area of eHealth, followed by Research infrastructures and Future Internet.



2.3 Bilateral dialogues and initiatives

2.3.1 EU-Canada S&T Agreement

As strategic partners in the field of research and innovation, Canada and the

European Union are reinforcing the already strong collaboration under the existing

“Agreement for Scientific and Technological Cooperation between Canada and the

European Union” 1 through active participation in the Horizon 2020 Framework

Programme. According to the 2016 roadmap2, the expansion of the EU-Canada S&T

cooperation targets in the existing cooperation areas and into new areas. More

specifically, in ICT, the EU-Canada cooperation is looking in how the ICT activities

can be better integrated with other sectors, like Big Data. Both sides note that

cybersecurity is another potential area of cooperation under ICT. Finally

collaboration between Europe and Canada in the domain of Research

Infrastructures is highly important.

2.3.2 EU-US S&T Agreement

For research and innovation, the cooperation between the EU and the US is

regulated by the "Agreement for Scientific and Technological Cooperation"3. It was

originally signed in 1998, renewed four times for 5 years each time, and is now

valid until October 2018.

The EU and US cooperate very well in many multi-lateral initiatives. Two topics of

the WP 2016-2017 in Societal Challenge 1 “Health, Demographic Change and

Wellbeing” of Horizon 20204, in the area of ICT, refer specifically to cooperation

with the US: Healthcare Workforce IT skills and EU-US interoperability

roadmap.

In the domain of Research Infrastructures a number of collaborative initiatives have

been ongoing amongst European facilities and their US counterparts.

Besides e-Health, collaborative research and innovation projects include machine

learning techniques, large scale data integration (Big Data) and Advanced 5G

Network Infrastructure for the Future Internet.

Thanks to an agreement concluded on the 17 of October 2016 between the

European Commission and the US Government (EU-USA implementing

arrangement)5, European and American researchers will be able to work together

more closely. The agreement facilitates cooperation between US organisations and

Horizon 2020 participants in cases where the US organisations are funded by the

US and do not receive any funding from the Horizon 2020 programme in any area,

including ICT.

1 EU-Canada S&T agreement: http://ec.europa.eu/research/iscp/index.cfm?pg=canada (last accessed October 2016) 2 Roadmap for EU-Canada S&T cooperation. October 2016 3 Roadmap for EU-USA S&T cooperation. October 2016. 4Horizon 2020 work programme for 2016-2017 (http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/funding/reference_docs.html#h2020-work-programmes-2016-17) (last accessed October 2016) 5 Implementing Arrangement between the European Commission aAnd the Government of the United States of America for Cooperation between Researchers Funded Separately by the European Union’s and the United States Framework Programmes on Research and Innovation (17 Oct 2016)

http://ec.europa.eu/research/iscp/index.cfm?pg=canada

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/funding/reference_docs.html#h2020-work-programmes-2016-17

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/funding/reference_docs.html#h2020-work-programmes-2016-17



2.3.3 EU-US Information Society Dialogue

The European Union and the United States issued a joint statement after the

fourteenth EU-US Information Society Dialogue held in Washington DC on 28th June

2016 6 to discuss issues related to Information and Communication Technology

(ICT) and the digital economy.

During several engagements the participants identified priority areas to explore for

further discussion that constitute the Internet of Things, 5G and Cybersecurity.

Concerning joint activities between EU and US-based researchers in the field of

future Internet experimentation, the participants updated each other on the state of

play and next steps of their respective large-scale research and development efforts

on next-generation Internet technologies. Their investigations have explored

areas of mutual interest, such as future Internet architectures, services,

applications, federation, cloud computing, Internet of Things, wireless, ontologies,

and other areas.

Other area of discussion is the state of play of their respective strategic, long-term

initiatives to foster research at the border between ICT and neuro-science, i.e.

the Human Brain Project (HBP) and Brain Research.

The dialogue also includes international telecommunication matters, like standards

and 5G wireless services.

2.3.4 EU-US Cyber Dialogue

This dialogue aims at upgrading and broadening cooperation on cyber-issues and

to provide a platform to enhance exchanges between EU and US on cross cutting

cyber issues7, key international developments and foreign policy related issues. This

strategic dialogue is the platform for US-EU coordination on areas like international

cyberspace developments; international security issues, such as norms of behaviour

in cyberspace, cyber security confidence building measures, and application of

existing international law; and cybersecurity capacity building in third countries.

2.3.5 Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)

TTIP8 will lead to a greater degree of regulatory cooperation between the US and

EU on laws governing the ICT industry. Trade in ICT involves both the provision of

products and services. As such, regulatory cooperation includes: e-labelling, e-

accessibility and interoperability.

In addition, the Commission issued on 20 March 2015 a Position Paper on

intellectual property in TTIP, which proposes “binding commitments on a limited

number of significant IP issues” including some regulatory cooperation on ICT-

relevant areas such as customs enforcement, patent procedures, and copyright.

6 Joint Statement of the 14th EU-U.S. Information Society Dialogue. 28th June 2016. 7 EU-US cooperation on cyber security and cyberspace. 26 March 2014 8 Report of the 15th Round of Negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. October 2016



2.3.6 Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)

The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement9 was adopted by the Council

and signed at the EU-Canada Summit on 30 October 2016 in order to offer EU firms

more and better business opportunities in Canada and support jobs in Europe. The

agreement aims at facilitating cooperation on topics of common interest, including

enhanced cooperation on science, technology, research and innovation issues.

2.3.7 EU-US-Canada Multilateral cooperation

The European Union, the United States and Canada agreed in May 2013 to join

forces on Atlantic Ocean research. The agreement focuses on aligning the ocean

observation efforts of the three partners. The goals are to better understand the

Atlantic Ocean and to promote the sustainable management of its resources.

Through the “Galway Statement on Atlantic Ocean Cooperation”10 the agreement

recognises that Atlantic research will be more effective in many areas if coordinated

on a transatlantic basis. Areas of cooperation include data sharing and

interoperability and coordination of observing infrastructures.

9 Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the EU and Canada. October 2016 10 Galway Statement on Atlantic Ocean Cooperation. May 2013



3 ICT R&I PRIORITIES SURVEY RESULTS

3.1 Survey methodology

This section describes the methodological approach to design and conduct the

online survey in order to identify R&I priorities for EU-North America cooperation in

the field of ICT.

The survey was launched on 30 May 2016 and data collection took place until 15

July 2016. INMARK coordinated the process of information gathering and

monitoring, supported by European US and Canadian partners that performed a

personal monitoring of the survey in their respective countries by phone and email

to increase response rates.

3.1.1 Scope and sample size

The survey was conducted to a sample of 2.750 stakeholders from Europe, the US

and Canada, representing ICT researchers from academia and the industry,

decision makers, government institutions and associations.

The sample composition includes relevant ICT stakeholders interested in ICT

research and innovation activities and/or involved in R&D policies. They were

selected from the partners’ databases including representatives from:

H2020 projects’ participants, in particular those involving US and Canadian

partners.

ICT-related initiatives for EU-North America collaboration

Universities and research centres

ICT industry

Policy dialogue stakeholders

Research and industry associations

Think Tanks

The table below shows the distribution of the sample and the number of responses

by region/country. In total, 204 people answered the questionnaire, which

represent an average response rate of 7%. The number of responses was higher in

Europe, which shows a large propensity of Europeans towards international

cooperation. Nevertheless, the combined responses from the US and Canada also

allows getting an accurate insight regarding North America.

Table 6: Sample size

Region/Country Sample Size Responses Response Rate

Europe 1.350 123 9%

US 800 46 6%

Canada 600 35 6%

Total 2.750 204 7%



3.1.2 Selection of ICT priorities

The selection process of ICT R&I priorities included in the survey was performed in

three steps as described in the figure below.

1. A first screening was made of the H2020 ICT-related topics across the following

work programmes 2016-201711 , which are of particular interest for EU and

North America cooperation: ICT; FET - Future and Emerging Technologies;

Research infrastructures (eInfrastructures); Health, demographic change and

wellbeing; Secure, clean and efficient energy; Smart, green and integrated

transport; Climate action, resources efficiency and raw materials; Inclusive,

innovative and reflective societies; Secure societies; and cross cutting activities

(Internet of Things – IoT and Smart cities). In total, 326 H2020 topics were

selected.

2. From the broad list above, we shortlisted 184 topics that have been flagged by

the Commission as being particularly suitable for international cooperation, as

published in the Participant Portal12.

3. Final selection of the 25 ICT-related topics that are particularly relevant for R&I

cooperation between Europe and North America, as included in the survey

(Annex 3), was based on the following criteria: Consortium expertise and knowledge on ICT R&I priorities for

international cooperation

Relevance for DISCOVERY partners

Relevance for DISCOVERY Working Groups members

Figure 5: Selection of ICT priorities

11 H2020 Work Programmes 2016 – 2017.

https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/funding/reference_docs.html#h2020-work-programmes-2016-17. 12 Topics for international cooperation. https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/ftags/international_cooperation.html



The selected 25 topics were gathered in 13 R&I areas from H2020 ICT-related work

programmes to be ranked by respondents. These are the following:

Area 1: A new generation of components and systems 1. Smart Cyber-Physical Systems 2. Smart Anything Everywhere Initiative

Area 2: Advanced Computing and Cloud Computing 3. Cloud Computing Area 3: Future Internet

4. 5G PPP

5. Software Technologies 6. Collective Awareness Platforms for Sustainability and Social Innovation 7. Net Innovation Initiative 8. Future Internet Experimentation Area 4: Content – Big Data 9. Big Data PPP

Area 5: Robotics and Autonomous Systems 10. Advanced robot capabilities research and take-up Area 6: ICT Key Enabling Technologies 11. Micro and nanoelectronics technologies

Area 7: High Performance Computing 12. Co-design of HPC systems and applications 13. Transition to Exascale Computing

Area 8: e-Infrastructures 14. Data and Distributed Computing e-infrastructures for Open Science

15. Platform-driven e-infrastructure innovation

Area 9: eHealth

16. Big Data supporting Public Health policies 17. Healthcare Workforce IT skills

18. EU-US interoperability roadmap

Area 10: Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) 19. Innovative concepts, systems and services towards 'mobility as a service' 20. Large-scale demonstration(s) of cooperative ITS

Area 11: Digital Security 21. EU Cooperation and International Dialogues in Cybersecurity and Privacy Research and Innovation 22. Addressing Advanced Cyber Security Threats and Threat Actors 23. Privacy, Data Protection, Digital Identities Area 12: Internet of Things (IoT)

24. R&I on IoT integration and platforms Area 13: Smart Cities and Communities

25. Smart Cities and Communities lighthouse projects



3.1.3 Online questionnaire

3.1.3.1 Questionnaire structure

The questionnaire (see Annex 4) comprises a total of 30 questions structured into

the following 4 sections:

1. Basic Information: basic data of respondents (name, email), position,

organisation type and number of employees, research centres and interest in

research and innovation (R&I).

2. Perspectives for R&I Collaboration: interest in transatlantic open research

and innovation, experience in collaborative R&I, overall assessment of the

participation in transatlantic collaborative R&I projects, future plans for EU, US

and Canada collaboration.

3. Advantages and barriers for EU-North America collaboration in ICT R&I:

perceived benefits of transatlantic cooperation, current barriers to participate in

ICT R&I cooperation projects between EU-North America, and measures to

enhance transatlantic cooperation in ICT research and innovation.

4. ICT Priorities for R&I collaboration between Europe and North America:

Comprises the list of selected ICT-related R&I areas and topics to be ranked by

respondents according to their knowledge and experience.

The questionnaire includes four types of questions:

Single answer questions, e.g. Yes or No answers.

Multiple choice questions, where respondents may choose from a list of

options.

Rating scale questions, where respondents rank a list of options from 1- not

relevant to 4 – very relevant.

Open questions.

3.1.3.2 Online tool

The questionnaire was created using the web-based survey solution

SurveyMonkey13. This tool was chosen to optimise the survey distribution process,

to standardise data collection from different countries, to have real-time control of

data added and to facilitate data visualization.

In addition to security methods provided by the web-based tool, the following

actions were carried out to avoid accidental deletion of the data gathered:

• There were only two admin users that could access the questionnaires

• Backups of responses obtained were performed every week.

The link to the survey, along with an invitation letter to fill in the survey, was

distributed by email on 30 May among Europe and North America stakeholders’

databases. The first deadline to receive responses was fixed for 14 June. Two

reminders were sent on 16 June and 24 June respectively, with a final deadline to

complete the survey extended to 15 July. In parallel, personalized monitoring by

phone and/or email was performed by the partners in each target country.

13 https://www.surveymonkey.com/



3.2 Respondents profile

Most of the respondents who answered the questionnaire are researchers and

professors (57%) as well as directors, managers and C-level positions (28%). Other

15% are consultants and advisors. They hold high level positions at universities,

associations, research centres, private companies, NGOs and government

organisations related to ICT research and innovation.

Table 7: Respondents Profile

Position Percentage

Researcher 28%

Professor 29%

Director 6%

Consultant 7%

Manager 10%

CEO, COO, CFO… 5%

Other 15%

Total 100%

3.2.1 Organisation type

Universities (43%) and research centres (16%) together represent 59% of

respondents, followed by private companies (23%) and government institutions

(8%). Remaining respondents are NGO (5%), Associations (1%) and other

institutions (4%).

Figure 6: Organisation type

The following table shows the distribution of organisation type by country. Whilst

Canada show the highest percentage of respondents from universities, in Europe

and the US the participation of the industry in the survey is better represented.

University43%

Research Centre16%

Private company23%

Government organization

8%

NGO5%

Association1%

Other4%



<10 employees; 14,7%

11- 50 employees; 11,8%

51-250 employees;

17,2%

> 250 employees; 56,4%

Besides, the participation of government organisations in the survey is relatively

stronger in the US.

Table 8: Organisation Type by country/region

Type of organisation Average Europe US Canada

University 43% 34% 50% 63%

Research Centre 16% 25% 0% 6%

Private company 23% 28% 22% 6%

Government organization 8% 6% 17% 6%

NGO 5% 3% 4% 10%

Association 1% 1% 4% 0%

Other 4% 3% 3% 9%

Total 100% 100% 100% 100%

3.2.2 Organisation size

The questionnaire was answered by large and small and medium size organisations,

including SME. The majority of respondents reported they work for organisations

with more than 250 employees (56.4%), while 17.2% of respondents work for

organisations between 50-250 employees and 26.5% pertain to organisations with

less than 50 employees.

Figure 7: Organisation size

A segmentation of organisations size per country is shown in the table below. The

participation of large organisations is relatively higher among Canadian

respondents, while small and medium size organisations are mainly from Europe

and the US where the participation of the industry is higher.



Table 9: Organisations’ number of employees by country/region

Size of organisation Average Europe US Canada

> 250 employees 56,40% 52,00% 58,70% 68,60%

51- 250 employees 17,20% 23,60% 4,30% 11,40%

11- 50 employees 11,80% 9,80% 19,60% 8,60%

<10 employees 14,60% 14,60% 17,40% 11,40%

Total 100% 100% 100% 100%

3.2.3 Relevance of research and innovation

3.2.3.1 Research centres

The results suggest that research and innovation is of utmost importance in both

sides of the Atlantic. The great majority of respondents (76.5%) reported their

organisations have a research centre performing R&I activities, reaching 80% in

Europe.

Figure 8: Organisations research centers

3.2.3.2 Interest in Transatlantic R&I

When asked about the interest in collaborative research and innovation, an

overwhelming majority of respondents having a research centre (78,1%), have

showed interest in transatlantic research and innovation, compared with 21,9% of

all respondents that said to be interested in these activities in their country.

Respondents from the US show the most acute interest in transatlantic

collaboration in ICT R&I (86.2%).

22%

33%

20%

24%

77%

67%

80%

76%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Canada

The US

Europe

Total

NO YES



Figure 9: Interest in research and innovation

3.3 Perspectives for R&I collaboration

3.3.1 ICT R&I cooperation with Europe

Overall, 21.5% of all the respondents have experience in EU-US R&I projects, and

only 8% have been involved in EU-Canada R&I projects. Similar number of

respondents from the US and Canada, 26% respectively, said that they have

participated in R&I projects with Europe. Moreover, European collaboration with

the US (36%) is higher than EU-Canada collaboration (14%).

“research and innovation” in your

country; 22%

Transatlantic “research and innovation”; 78%

Average

23%

77%

14%

86%

24%

76%

“research and innovation” in your country

Transatlantic “research and innovation”

Canada the US Europe

Findings on respondents’ profile:

Researchers and professors (57%) together with executives with high level

positions (28%) represent the vast majority of respondents of the survey on

ICT R&I priorities for EU-North America cooperation.

Universities and research centres together represent 59% of respondents’

organisations, followed by private companies (23%) and government

institutions (8%).

In Europe and the US the participation of the industry in the survey is

relatively higher (28% and 22% respectively), while in Canada (6%).

Most of respondents belong to large organisations (56%), but also small and

medium size organisations are well represented (44%), particularly in Europe

and the US due to higher participation of the industry.

Research and innovation is of utmost importance in both sides of the Atlantic.

The great majority of respondents (76.5%) have research centres, and 78% of

them are interested in transatlantic research and innovation.



Table 10 Respondents participation in EU-US/EU-Canada R&I projects

EU-US EU-CANADA Total

Respondents

Europe 36% 14% 123

US 26% N/A 46

Canada N/A 26% 35

Average 21.5% 8% 204

Respondent were also asked to specify the name of the programmes funding R&I

collaboration. Amongst the most frequent we can mention:

For the Europeans the most relevant has been EU FP6, FP7, H2020, and

national programmes;

For the US the most relevant has been EU FP6, FP7, H2020, and NSF;

For the Canadians the most relevant has been EU FP6, FP7, H2020, and

national programmes like NSERC.

These data suggest the relevance of the EU framework programmes in funding

collaborative projects with participants from the US and Canada.

Table 11 Main R&I Programmes mentioned by respondents

EU US Canada

EU FP6 & FP7 15 5 5

H2020 13 2 2

NSF 1 1 1

National Programmes 5 1 4

Private Fuding Programmes 2 1 0

3.3.2 Experience in cooperation with Europe

We asked respondents who have previously participated in projects co-funded by

the European Union to assess their experience in a scale from 1 to 4 (from 1 - Not

positive to 4 - Very positive). The vast majority of respondents (85%) value their

experience in EU projects participation as positive or very positive.

Participants from the US are more positive with the experience in cooperation with

Europe in comparison with Canadian respondents.

Table 12: Assessment of participation in EU projects by country/region

Negative A bit

negative Positive

Very

positive

Europe 2% 9% 56% 33%

US 6% 6% 53% 35%

Canada 20% 12% 48% 20%



Figure 10: Assessment of participation in EU projects

When we evaluate the participant’s experience in projects with Europe by country,

US respondents have shown more positive experience than Canadian respondents,

with 88% from US expressing either positive or very positive compared with 68%

from Canada. Canadian respondents have less satisfactory experiences in

cooperating with Europe, where 20% of respondents value their experience

negative.

3.3.3 Plans to participate in collaborative R&I projects

Respondents were asked if they are planning to participate in R&I projects funded

by H2020, US Funding Programmes or Canada Funding Programmes. The vast

majority of respondents (70%) affirmed that they are planning to participate in

H2020, while 30% are planning to participate in the US funding programmes and

24% in Canada funding programmes.

Taken a closer look to country variations, it´s clear that each region still prefers

access funding programs of their home country/region. In this way, 90% European

respondents plan to participate in H2020, 66% of US respondents in US funding

programmes and 68% in Canada programmes. Within this context, H2020 is the

most attractive funding mechanisms, with 25% of US respondents and 48%

Canadian respondents planning to participate.

Figure 11: Willingness to participate in R&I funding programmes

Negative; 6%A bit

negative ; 9%

Positive ; 54%

Very positive; 31%

48%

24%

68%

25%

66%

13%

90%

21%

17%

H O R I Z O N 2 0 2 0

U S F U N D E D P R O G R A M

C A N A D A F U N D E D P R O G R A M

Canada US Europe



Programmes

Transatlantic collaborative projects in ICT R&I are funded by H2020, and other

relevant programmes in the US and Canada.

In terms of planned US funding participation, the most relevant funding

programmes mentioned in the survey are Defence Advanced Research Projects

Agency (DARPA), Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority

(BARDA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), and NSF. European respondents plan

to participate in DARPA and BARDA, while US respondents in NIH and NSF

Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE).

In terms of planned Canada funding programmes, the most relevant programmes

mentioned are Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

(NSERC), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Canadian

Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Mitacs organization, and Social Development

Partnerships Program (SDPP). According to the responses, these funding

programmes are mainly known by Canadians, while most Europeans have limited

knowledge about R&I funding resources in Canada.

Topics

When respondents were asked to indicate the topics/areas that they are planning to

participate in H2020, US funding programmes or Canada funding programmes,

most of them mentioned ICT as a general topic. Other specific topics include:

eHealth, high performance computing (HPC), cybersecurity, e-infrastructures, big

data and accessibility. Besides ICT, health, energy, environment have also of

special interest to European respondents.

For EU-US collaboration, eHealth, smart cities, cybersecurity and cloud computing

are common topics for ICT R&I cooperation. For EU-Canada collaboration, big data,

IoT and cloud computing are of common interest to both parties. More detailed

information about topics can be found in the tables below:

Topics for H2020

Area/Topic Europe US Canada

E-Health X X X

HPC X X

Smart cities X X

Cybersecurity X X X

e-infrastructures X X

Accessibility X

X

Cloud Computing X

X

Big Data X

X

IoT X

X

Health X

Energy X

Environment X

Topics for US Funding Programmes


e-Health X X

Accessibility

X

Smart cities

X

Cloud Computing

X X




Energy X

e-Inclusion X

X

IoT X

Topics for Canada Funding Programmes


Cloud Computing X

X

IoT X

X

Big data

X X

Cybersecurity

X

Accessibility X

X

Waste management X Energy X

e-Inclusion X

X

Health X Social Innovation X

X

Findings on perspectives and plans for EU North America R&I collaboration:

In general, EU-US collaboration in R&I projects (21.5%) is higher than EU-

Canada collaborative R&I projects (8%).

European respondents collaborate more with the US (36%) compared with

Canada (14%).

The vast majority of respondents that have participated in collaborative

projects with Europe (85%) have valued their experience as positive or very

positive.

Respondents prefer funding programmes of their own region/country, with

90% of European respondents plan to participate in H2020, 66% of US

respondents plan to use US funding programmes and 68% of Canadian

respondents plan to benefit from Canadian funding programmes.

Most respondents (70%) have affirmed that they are planning to participate in

H2020.

H2020 is the second choice after the funding programmes in their home

country among the US and Canadian respondents. 48% of Canadian

respondents and 25% of US respondents plan to participate in H2020.

US and Canada funding programmes are less known among Europeans. Only

21% of European respondents are planning to participate in the US funding

programmes, and 17% in Canada funding programmes.

Transatlantic collaborative projects in ICT R&I are funded by H2020, and other

relevant programmes in the US and Canada.

For EU-US collaboration, eHealth, smart cities, cybersecurity and cloud

computing are common topics for ICT R&I cooperation.

For EU-Canada collaboration, big data, IoT and cloud computing are of

common interest to both parties.



3.4 Advantages and barriers for EU-North America collaboration in ICT R&I

3.4.1 Advantages of Transatlantic Cooperation in ICT R&I

Respondents were asked to identify the advantages of transatlantic cooperation

with a single choice question. Gaining competitive advantages by a more extended

view of future challenge is perceived to be the most important benefit (28%). Also,

creating overseas relationships (26.1%) and sharing and gaining view in research

activities (27.4%) are seen as other important advantages of transatlantic ICT

cooperation.

Figure 12: Advantages of transatlantic cooperation in ICT

If analyzed by country/region, Europeans consider especially important (34.3%)

the possibility to gain competitive advantage by collaborating with the US and

Canada. Besides, the US respondents consider to create overseas relationship the

most advantageous (40%). In the opinion of Canadian respondents, they major

benefit is sharing and gaining new research and innovation methodologies (36%).

Figure 13: Advantages of transatlantic cooperation by country/region

Other benefits mentioned include understanding of the concepts of privacy and data

protection and gaining visibility after the project phase.

5,7%

12,7%

26,1%

27,4%

28,0%

Other

Share and gain view in research activities overseas

Create overseas relationships

Share and gain new research and innovationmethodologies

Gain competitive advantage by a more extended viewof future challenges

5,9%

13,7%

20,6%

25,5%

34,3%

10,0%

13,3%

40,0%

26,7%

10,0%

0,0%

8,0%

32,0%

36,0%

24,0%

Other

Share and gain view in research activities overseas

Create overseas relationships

Share and gain new research and innovationmethodologies

Gain competitive advantage by a more extendedview of future challenges

Europe The US Canada



3.4.2 Barriers for EU-North America Collaboration in ICT R&I

To understand the perceived barriers in transatlantic ICT cooperation, respondents

were asked to select the five main barriers/obstacles to participate in R&I

cooperation projects from a multiple choice list.

Overall, the biggest barrier is the lack of awareness on funding opportunities open

to participants of different countries (64.3%), followed by lack of knowledge about

specific research areas and topics open to international cooperation and lack of

information about funding programmes (48,3%). Respondents also consider

understanding the rules of participation as major barrier to participate in

transatlantic projects (25,9%-35%).

Figure 14: Barriers for ICT R&I collaboration

7,7%

9,8%

9,8%

11,2%

13,3%

14,7%

15,4%

17,5%

20,3%

22,4%

23,1%

24,5%

25,9%

30,1%

35,0%

48,3%

48,3%

48,3%

64,3%

Jurisdiction (EU law, Belgian law)

Administrative burden to access Canada fundingprogrammes

Jurisdiction (subject to funding agency’s regulations)

Market regulations and standards

Rules related to IPR and access rights to backgroundtechnology and results

Long time to grant

Compliance with grant management regulations

Administrative burden to access US fundingprogrammes

Lack of knowledge of partners’ search tools and methods

Administrative burden of Horizon 2020 through the ECResearch Participant Portal

Difficulties to build innovation partnerships betweenindustry and academia

Lack of information about EU Horizon 2020programme

Understanding the rules of participation in EU Horizon2020 programme

Understanding the rules of participation in Canadaprogrammes

Understanding the rules of participation in USprogrammes

Lack of information about US funding programmes

Lack of information about Canada fundingprogrammes

Lack of knowledge about specific research areas andtopics open to international cooperation

Lack of awareness on funding opportunities open toparticipants of your country

Average



Among other barriers mentioned in the survey, administrative burden is relatively a

higher barrier to access H2020 (22,4%), while administrative burden for US funding

programmes (17,5%) and Canadian funding programmes (9,8%) are relatively

lower.

When broken down the barriers for country/region, it can be observed that

European, US and Canadian respondents all consider the lack of awareness on

funding opportunities and the lack of knowledge about research areas and topics

one of the biggest barriers in transatlantic cooperation. Besides that, European

respondents associate major barriers with lack of information about US and Canada

funding programmes, while for the US and Canadian respondents, the most

important barrier is understanding the rules of participation and lack of information

about EU H2020. Furthermore, US respondents also find that the lack of partner

search tools and methods (30.8%) is an important barrier. Canadian counterparts

find more difficulties in building innovation partnership between industry and

academia (42.9%).

Table 13: Barriers for ICT R&I collaborative projects by country/region

Barriers Europe the US Canada

Lack of awareness on funding opportunities open to participants of your country

60.4% 60.4% 61.5%

Lack of information about US funding programmes

65.6% 15.4% 9.5%

Lack of information about Canada funding programmes

59.4% 23.1% 28.6%

Lack of knowledge about specific research areas and topics open to international cooperation

46.9% 57.7% 42.9%

Understanding the rules of participation in US programmes

45.8% 11.5% 14.3%

Understanding the rules of participation in Canada programmes

37.5% 7.7% 23.8

Understanding the rules of participation in EU H2020 programme

11.5% 50% 61.9%

Lack of information about EU

H2020 programme

9.4% 61.5% 47.6%

Difficulties to build innovation partnerships between industry and academia

18.8% 23.1% 42.9%

Administrative burden of H2020 through the EC Research Participant Portal

19.8% 26.9% 28.6%

Lack of knowledge of partners’ search tools and methods

18.8% 30.8% 14.3%

3.4.3 Measures to enhance Transatlantic ICT R&I Cooperation

Respondents were asked to rate (from 1 – not relevant to 4 – very relevant) the

importance of current actions undertaken by DISCOVERY project to enhance EU-

North America cooperation in ICT R&I.

As shown in the figure below, all of the proposed actions are considered of high

importance by most respondents of European and North American countries and

they have been rated over 3. The top three measures to enhance ICT R&I

cooperation between Europe and North America are facilitating access to key

information about H2020 and relevant US and Canada funding programmes and

calls (3,51), networking activities (3,38) and innovation partnerships to engage the

industry, research and academia (3,23). Identifying ICT priorities for R&I



Findings on advantages and barriers for transatlantic cooperation in ICT R&I

To gain competitive advantage by a more extended view of future challenges,

share and gain new research and innovation methodologies and create overseas

relationships are considered the top 3 benefits from transatlantic ICT

collaboration.

Overall, the biggest barrier is the lack of awareness on funding opportunities open

to participants of different countries (64.3%). European respondents associate

major barriers with the lack of information about US and Canada funding

programmes, while for the US and Canadian respondents, the most important

barrier is understanding the rules of participation and the lack of information

about EU H2020.

The lack of information about H2020 is a bigger problem among US respondents

(61,5%), compared with Canadian respondents (47,6%).

Administrative burden is relatively a higher barrier to access H2020 (22,4%),

while administrative burden for US funding programmes (17,5%) and Canadian

funding programmes (9,8%) are relatively lower.

Access to key information is identified as the most needed measure to support

EU-North America ICT cooperation, among other possible measures such as

networking to share experiences and good practices, innovation partnerships to

engage the industry, research and academia, identifying ICT priorities for R&I

cooperation and supporting ICT policy dialogues between Europe and North

America.

cooperation and supporting ICT policy dialogues between Europe and North America

are also considered important actions to enhance transatlantic cooperation in ICT

R&I.

Figure 15: Measures to support EU-North America cooperation

3,12

3,14

3,23

3,38

3,51

Supporting ICT policy dialogues between Europe and NorthAmerica

Identifying ICT priorities for R&I cooperation

Innovation partnerships to engage the industry, researchand academia

Networking to share experiences and good practices

Access to key information about H2020 and relevant USand Canada funding programmes and calls



3.5 ICT priorities for EU-North America cooperation

3.5.1 Potential ICT priorities for R&I cooperation

Respondents were asked to provide, in an open question format, the three most

important ICT priorities for their organisations and for their countries. In total, 365

ICT topics were mentioned as priorities for organisations, and another 350 were

mentioned for their respective countries. For the analysis of the results, the

responses were classified to match R&I topics and areas selected for the survey.

As shown in the figure below, the most important priorities for European and

North American organisations mentioned by respondents were big data, health

and cybersecurity. Other topics such as cloud computing, IoT, accessibility and

machine learning are also mentioned by respondents.

Figure 16 Potential ICT Priorities for organisations

Similarly, the priorities for Europe, US and Canada mentioned by respondents

correspond with those for organisations, as shown in the figure bellow. e-Health

(17%), cybersecurity (26%) and big data (24%) have been ranked the top 3 topics

at region/country level. Other topics such as cloud computing, future internet, IoT,

smart cities and accessibility are also shared priorities for organisations and for

countries.

2%

2%

3%

5%

7%

9%

12%

17%

19%

22%

Future Internet

Smart Cities

Software defined networking

Machine learning

Accessibility

IoT

Cloud Computing

Cybersecurity

Health

Big Data



Figure 17 Potential ICT Priorities for region/country

1%

2%

2%

3%

11%

14%

17%

24%

26%

Education

Future Internet

Cloud Computing

Accessibility

Smart cities

IoT

eHealth

Big data

Cybersecurity

Findings on Potential ICT priorities for R&I

From the perspectives of organisations and countries, they have consistent

priorities, among which the most important topics for transatlantic ICT

collaboration are the following:

o Big Data

o e-Health

o Cybersecurity

o Cloud computing

o IoT o Smart cities



3.5.2 Alignment of ICT priorities with H2020

Survey respondents were asked to rate the selected ICT topics (25 in total)

gathered in 13 R&I areas across H2020 ICT-related work programmes, following

the criteria described in section 3.1.2: (1) A new generation of components and

systems; (2) Advanced Computing and Cloud Computing; (3) Future Internet; (4)

Content – Big Data; (5) Robotics and Autonomous Systems; (6) ICT Enabling

Technologies; (7) High Performance Computing; (8) e-Infrastructures; (9) eHealth;

(10) Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS); (11) Digital Security; (12) Internet of

Things (IoT); (13) Smart Cities and Communities.

Each topic was ranked by respondents (from 1 – not relevant to 4 – very relevant)

according to their knowledge, experience and relevance for EU-North America

cooperation. The areas were ranked based on the average scores of the topics

included in R&I areas.

Results on priority areas and topics are presented in the following sections.

3.5.3 ICT priority Areas and Topics

The 13 R&I areas included in the survey are considered of high relevance by

respondents and most of them are ranked above 3. The table below shows the list

of R&I areas ranked by score. The top 5 highest values of each region/country are

highlighted with bold letters.

The top priority areas for ICT R&I in Europe and North America are mainly related

to digital security, Internet of Things, Big Data, Smart Cities, Advanced Computing

and Cloud Computing and a new generation of components and systems. These

areas present the highest values and are also within the top 5 ICT priority areas in

both sides of the Atlantic.

Table 14: ICT priority areas in Europe and North America

R&I Priority Areas Canada US Europe Average Area 11: Digital Security 3,51 3,56 3,42 3,46

Tie

r 1

Area 12: Internet of Things (IoT) 3,29 3,84 3,32 3,40

Area 4: Content – Big Data 3,35 3,58 3,30 3,36

Area 13: Smart Cities and Communities

3,53 3,53 3,27 3,35

Tie

r 2

Area 2: Advanced Computing and Cloud Computing

3,71 3,32 3,23 3,31

Area 1: A new generation of components and systems 3,24 3,69 3,12 3,23

Area 9: eHealth 2,98 3,44 3,14 3,17

Tie

r 3

Area 5: Robotics and Autonomous Systems

3,12 3,37 3,05 3,11

Area 6: ICT Enabling Technologies 3,24 3,21 2,94 3,03

Area 3: Future Internet 3,20 2,97 2,91 2,96

Tie

r 4

Area 7: High Performance Computing 2,85 3,00 2,89 2,90

Area 8: e-Infrastructures 2,92 2,85 2,88 2,88 Area 10: Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) 2,91 2,98 2,82 2,86

Following we present the analysis of each area individually including its relevance

by region/country and the score of the topics included in each area.



Area 1: A new generation of components and systems

This area is in the second tier of relevance with an overall score of 3,23. It is also

the top priority topic of the US. The two ICT topics scored are smart anything

everywhere initiative (3,41) and smart cyber physical system (3,06), with

respective focus on new model-centric and predictive engineering methods and

tools and next wave of products that integrate digital technology inside.

Figure 18 : Area 1 - A new generation of components and systems

Area 2: Advanced Computing and Cloud Computing

Advanced computing is also among the tier 2 of relevance with an overall average

score of 3,31, and is the top priority area of Canada (3,71). This area comprises the

topic cloud computing, with a focus on new paradigms (heterogeneous, federated

and distributed clouds).

Figure 19: Area 2 - Advanced Computing and Cloud Computing

Area 3: Future Internet

Future Internet is among the top 10 priority areas in Europe and North America

with an average score of 2,96, and relative higher relevance in Canada (3,20).

Within Future Internet, 5 topics have been rated by survey respondents, as shown

in the graphic below. On average, the most valued topic is software technologies,

which involves novel development approaches, innovative architectures,

frameworks and platforms. Also, 5G PPP and Collective Awareness Platforms for

Sustainability and Social Innovation are considered important topics for EU-North

America cooperation. It is worth mentioning the relevance of future internet

3,06

3,41

3,53

3,84

3,04

3,19

3,12

3,33

Smart Cyber-Physical Systems (new model-centric andpredictive engineering methods and tools)

Smart Anything Everywhere Initiative (next wave ofproducts that integrate digital technology inside)

Average Europe the US Canada

3,71

3,32

3,23

3,31

Cloud Computing (new paradigms -heterogeneous,federated, distributed clouds)

Average Europe The US Canada



experimentation and collective awareness platforms for sustainability and social

innovation in Canada, with a score of 3,35 for each topic.

Figure 20: Area 3 - Future Internet

Area 4: Content – Big Data

Big Data is among the three top R&I areas with an average score of 3,36, being

relatively more important in the US (3,58). It comprises R&I topics for cross-

sectorial and cross-lingual data integration and experimentation, Large Scale Pilots

in data-driven innovation, data economy, benchmarking and privacy-preserving big

data technologies.

Figure 21: Area 4 - Content – Big Data

3,00

3,35

3,35

3,06

3,24

2,79

2,95

2,89

3,00

3,21

2,72

2,78

3,00

3,03

3,03

2,77

2,90

3,03

3,03

3,09

Net Innovation Initiative (multi-vendor Open ServicePlatforms, e.g. FIWARE, distributed architectures and

decentralised platforms)

Future Internet Experimentation - (experimental testbedsunder FIRE+, large-scale experimentation on cognitive

radio, service delivery networks, Future MultimediaInternet)

Collective Awareness Platforms for Sustainability andSocial Innovation (Digital Social Innovation, new

participatory innovation models)

5G PPP (research and validation of critical technologiesand systems - wireless access and radio network

architecture; convergent technologies)

Software Technologies (novel development approaches,innovative architectures, frameworks and platforms)


3,35

3,58

3,30

3,36Big Data PPP (cross-sectorial and cross-lingual data

integration and experimentation, Large Scale Pilots indata-driven innovation, data economy, benchmarking,

privacy-preserving big data technologies)




Area 5: Robotics and Autonomous Systems

This area is among tier 3 of relevance with an average score of 3,11, in particular

to the US with a high score of 3,37. Robotics R&I topics involves advance robot

capabilities research and take up, with focus on novel technical advances in

robotics, systems development, human-robot interaction, mechatronics, perception,

navigation and cognition.

Figure 22: Area 5 – Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Area 6: ICT Enabling Technologies

This area is also among tier 3 of relevance with an average score of 3,03. It

comprises topics like micro and nano-electronics technologies, including materials,

processes, device and component architectures, system micro-architectures,

security, design, modelling, simulation and 3D integration. These topics are

relatively more relevant in the US and Canada, with a score of 3,21 and 3,24

respectively, compared with 2,94 in Europe.

Figure 23: Area 6 – ICT Enabling Technologies

Area 7: High Performance Computing

With and average score of 2,90, HPC is among tier 4 of relevance. It contains two

topics, which are co-design of HPC systems and application and transition to

Exascale computing, each focus has been elaborated in the figure below. The later

one is considered relatively more relevant in the US, with a higher score of 3,17.

3,12

3,37

3,05

3,11

Advanced robot capabilities research and take-up (noveltechnical advances in robotics, systems development,human-robot interaction, mechatronics, perception,

navigation and cognition)


3,24

3,21

2,94

3,03

Micro and nanoelectronics technologies




Figure 24: Area 7: High Performance Computing

Area 8: e-Infrastructures

This research area is in the bottom tier of relevance with an average score of 2,88.

The e-Infrastructures area comprises two topics, data and distributed computing e-

infrastructures for open science that gets the highest score in the three regions

(+3), and platform-driven e-infrastructure innovation, which scores 2,68.

Figure 25: Area 8: e-Infrastructures

Area 9: e-Health

This area is among tier 3 of relevance with an average score of 3,17, with the

higher score in the US (3,44). Topics under the area of e-Health include Big Data

supporting Public Health policies with great relevance for the three regions (3,36).

Also there are two specific topics for EU-US cooperation, taking into account the

EU-US MoU eHealth Roadmap. They include healthcare workforce IT skills and EU-

US interoperability roadmap, which reach the higher scores the US (3,47 and 3,39).

include

2,76

2,94

2,83

3,17

2,77

3,00

2,78

3,02

Transition to Exascale Computing (high-productivityprogramming environments, system software and

management, exascale I/O and storage, supercomputing forextreme data and emerging HPC use modes)

Co-design of HPC systems and applications (systemarchitectures targeting extreme scale, power-efficient and

highly resilient platforms)


2,59

3,24

2,53

3,16

2,73

3,03

2,68

3,08

Platform-driven e-infrastructure innovation (PublicProcurement of innovative HPC systems, e-Infrastructure

prototypes)

Data and Distributed Computing e-infrastructures for OpenScience (Secure and agile data and distributed computing e-

infrastructures)




Figure 26: Area 9 - e-Health

Area 10: Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS)

This is the least valued area for Europe and North America with an average score of

2,86 (tier 4 of relevance), although in the US this area is relatively more relevant

(2,98). Two topics are within this R&I area with respective focus on innovative

concepts, systems and services towards 'mobility as a service' (multi-modal, cross-

border traffic management, information and planning systems) and large-scale

demonstrations of cooperative ITS (enable services based on appropriate access

and sharing of data, interoperability, cross-modal integration). Mobility as a service

is considered more relevant by the US with a score of 3,11.

Figure 27: Area 10 - Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS)

Area 11: Digital Security

Overall, Digital Security ranks the first in the priority areas, with an average score

of 3,46, and it is among the top 5 ICT R&I areas in the three regions, in particular

in the US that gets the higher score (3,56). Topics related to Digital Security

include dialogue with the US on cybersecurity and privacy R&I, that have been

scored as 3,63 by US respondents. Other relevant topics are advanced

cybersecurity threats and novel approaches to respond to sophisticated cyber-

attacks; as well as Privacy and Data Protection.

3,29

3,00

2,65

3,47

3,47

3,39

3,34

3,06

3,01

3,36

3,12

3,02

Big Data supporting Public Health policies

Healthcare Workforce IT skills

EU-US interoperability roadmap


2,94

2,88

3,11

2,84

2,90

2,73

2,94

2,77

Innovative concepts, systems and services towards 'mobilityas a service'

Large-scale demonstration(s) of cooperative ITS




Figure 28: Area 11 - Digital Security

Area 12: Internet of Things

This area is the second in the ranking with an average score of 3,40, with the

higher score in the US (3,84). R&I topics on IoT include integration and platforms

with focus on architectures, concepts, methods and tools for open IoT platforms

(e.g. FIWARE).

Figure 29: Area 12 – Internet of Things

Area 13: Smart Cities and Communities

This area is among the highest valued (tier 2 of relevance), with an average score

of 3,35, and higher score in the US and Canada (3,53). Smart Cities and

Communities research topics involve lighthouse projects, integrating smart

buildings, smart grids, energy storage, electric vehicles and smart charging

infrastructures.

3,47

3,47

3,59

3,63

3,63

3,42

3,35

3,38

3,53

3,41

3,44

3,52

3,20 3,25 3,30 3,35 3,40 3,45 3,50 3,55 3,60 3,65 3,70

Addressing Advanced Cyber Security Threats and ThreatActors (novel approaches to respond to sophisticated

cyber-attacks)

EU Cooperation and International Dialogues inCybersecurity and Privacy Research and Innovation

(dialogue with the USA on cybersecurity and privacy R&I,policies, standardisation)

Privacy, Data Protection, Digital Identities (General DataProtection Regulation in practice, Secure digital identities)


3,29

3,84

3,32

3,40

R&I on IoT integration and platforms


3,53

3,53

3,27

3,35

Smart Cities and Communities lighthouse projects




Figure 30: Area 13: Smart Cities and Communities

3.5.4 Ranking of ICT priority topics

The results from the survey confirm that in general all ICT topics selected for

scoring are considered relevant or very relevant for EU-North America cooperation.

On a scale from 1 to 4, the average score ranges from 2,68 for performance driven

e-infrastructure innovation to 3,52 for privacy, data protection and digital identities

as detailed in the table below.

Table 15: ICT priority topics ranked

Nº Topics Average

1 Privacy, Data Protection, Digital Identities 3,52

2 EU Cooperation and International Dialogues in Cybersecurity and Privacy R&I

3,44

3 Advanced Cybersecurity Threats and Threat Actors 3,41

4 IoT integration and platforms 3,40

5 Big Data PPP 3,36

6 Big Data supporting Public Health policies 3,36

7 Smart Cities and Communities lighthouse projects 3,35

8 Smart Anything Everywhere Initiative 3,33

9 Cloud Computing 3,31

10 Smart Cyber-Physical Systems 3,12

11 Healthcare Workforce IT skills 3,12

12 Advanced robot capabilities research and take-up 3,11

13 Software Technologies 3,09

14 Data and Distributed Computing e-infrastructures for Open Science 3,08

Findings on ICT priority Areas in EU and North America:

The top 5 ICT priority areas for EU-North America R&I cooperation are mainly

associated to Digital Security, including Cybersecurity, IoT, Big Data, Smart Cities

and Cloud Computing. The complete ranking is the following:

o Area 11: Digital Security (3,46)

o Area 12: Internet of Things (IoT) (3,40)

o Area 4: Content – Big Data (3,36)

o Area 13: Smart Cities and Communities (3,35)

o Area 2: Advanced Computing and Cloud Computing (3,31)

o Area 1: A new generation of components and systems (3,23)

o Area 9: eHealth (3,17)

o Area 5: Robotics and Autonomous Systems (3,11)

o Area 6: ICT Enabling Technologies (3,06)

o Area 3: Future Internet (2,96)

o Area 7: High Performance Computing (2,90)

o Area 8: e-Infrastructures (2,88)

o Area 10: Intelligent Transport Systems (2,86)

Digital Security, Internet of Things (IoT), Content – Big Data, and Smart Cities

and Communities are considered in the top 5 ICT R&I areas of the three regions.

Advanced computing and cloud computing is also in the top ICT areas in Canada

and Europe.

A new generation of components and systems is in the top ICT areas in the US.



15 5G PPP 3,03

16 Collective Awareness Platforms for Sustainability and Social Innovation

3,03

17 Micro and nanoelectronics technologies 3,03

18 Co-design of HPC systems and applications 3,02

19 EU-US interoperability roadmap 3,02

20 Innovative concepts, systems and services towards 'mobility as a

service' 2,94

21 Future Internet Experimentation 2,90

22 Transition to Exascale Computing 2,78

23 Net Innovation Initiative 2,77

24 Large-scale demonstrations of cooperative ITS 2,77

25 Platform-driven e-infrastructure innovation 2,68

3.5.5 Top ten ICT priority Topics for Transatlantic cooperation

The top 10 ICT priorities for future EU-North America cooperation have been scored

from 3,12 to 3,52, which shows great relevance for future cooperation with Europe

in these areas.

Figure 31: Top 10 topics for Europe-North America cooperation

As shown in the figure above, the top three topics selected by respondents are

related to Digital Security (Area 11). Other top 10 priority topics outlined above

belong to 6 R&I areas out of the 13 selected for the survey, as discussed in 3.5.3:

IoT (Area 12), Big Data (Area 4), eHealth (Area 9), Smart Cities (Area 13), a new

generation of components and systems (Area 1), and Cloud Computing (Area 2).

Following, we present the research focus of the top 10 priority topics for EU-North

America cooperation in ICT R&I:

Privacy, Data Protection, Digital Identities (Area 11): Privacy-

enhancing technologies, General Data Protection Regulation in practice,

Secure digital identities.

EU Cooperation and International Dialogues in Cybersecurity and

Privacy R&I (Area 11): International dialogue with the USA on

3,12

3,31

3,33

3,35

3,36

3,36

3,4

3,41

3,44

3,52

Smart Cyber-Physical Systems

Cloud Computing

Smart Anything Everywhere Initiative

Smart Cities and Communities lighthouse projects

Big Data supporting Public Health policies

Big Data PPP

R&I on IoT integration and platforms

Addressing Advanced Cyber Security Threats and…

EU Cooperation and International Dialogues in…

Privacy, Data Protection, Digital Identities

Average



cybersecurity and privacy R&I trends and challenges, policies,

standardisation.

Advanced Cybersecurity Threats and Threat Actors (Area 11): Novel

approaches to respond to sophisticated cyber-attacks, innovative simulation

environments and training materials

IoT integration and platforms (Area 12): Architectures, concepts,

methods and tools for open IoT platforms (e.g. FIWARE, CRYSTAL or

SOFIA), IoT security and privacy.

Big Data PPP (Area 4): cross-sectorial and cross-lingual data integration

and experimentation, Large Scale Pilot actions in data-driven innovation,

data economy, benchmarking and evaluation, privacy-preserving big data

technologies.

Big Data supporting Public Health policies (Area 9): Methods and data

to better acquire, manage, share, model, process and exploit the huge

amount of data to develop integrated solutions that support public health,

governance of Big Data.

Smart Cities and Communities lighthouse projects (Area 13):

integrating smart buildings, smart grids, energy storage, electric vehicles

and smart charging infrastructures, using the latest generation ICT

platforms based on open specifications.

Smart Anything Everywhere Initiative (Area 1): next wave of products

that integrate digital technology inside.

Cloud Computing (Area 2): development of new paradigms

(heterogeneous, federated, distributed clouds).

Smart Cyber-Physical Systems (Area 1): new model-centric and

predictive engineering methods and tools.

Findings on ICT priority Topics in EU and North America:

All ICT topics selected for scoring by the survey respondents (25 in total) are

considered relevant or very relevant for EU-North America cooperation. The

average score ranges from 2,68 to 3,52.

The most important topics selected by respondents are related to Digital Security,

including cybersecurity, data protection and privacy.

The ranking of the top 10 topics is the following:

1. Privacy, data protection and digital identities (3,52)

2. EU cooperation and international dialogues in cybersecurity and privacy R&I (3,44)

3. Advanced cyber security threats and threat actors (3,41)

4. IoT integration and platforms (3,40)

5. Big Data PPP (3,36)

6. Big data supporting public health policies (3,36)

7. Smart cities and communities lighthouse projects (3,35)

8. Smart Anything Everywhere Initiative (3,33)

9. Cloud Computing (3,31)

10. Smart Cyber-physical systems (3,12)

The top 10 ICT R&I topics are grouped into 7 H2020 areas out of the 13 selected

for the survey. They are associated to Digital Security (Area 11); Internet of

Things (Area 12), Big Data (Area 4), eHealth (Area 9), Smart Cities (Area 13), a

new generation of component and system (Area 1) and Cloud computing (Area

2).



3.5.6 Top ten ICT priority Topics by region

When analysing the priorities per region, it can be observed that there are not

significant differences and the three regions share most of the top 10 ICT topics, all

of them scored over 3. More specifically, Europe, the US and Canada share 7 of

these topics: privacy and data protection; international dialogues in cybersecurity;

advanced cybersecurity threats; IoT integration and platforms; Big Data PPP; smart

cities and smart anything everywhere.

In addition, in Europe, the three most important topics for EU-North America

collaboration are related to data protection and privacy and cybersecurity. In the

US, IoT is the highest preference, followed by cybersecurity; and in Canada, cloud

computing has been ranked the number one, followed by privacy and data

protection and smart cities.

Furthermore, other top 10 topics shared by Europe and the US are within the

eHealth research area, like Big Data supporting Public Health policies and

Healthcare Workforce IT skills as part of the EU-US MoU eHealth Roadmap.

Moreover, cloud computing is also within the top ten topics for Europe; and Future

Internet experimentation and collective awareness platforms for sustainability and

social innovation are among the top ten topics selected by Canada.

Figures per country along with a summary table are shown below in Table 16.

Findings on top 10 ICT R&I priority topics by region:

Europe and North America countries share most of the top 10 ICT priority topics.

7 out of the top 10 topics are common priorities for Europe, the US and Canada.

Europe and the US share 9 out of the top 10 priorities.

In Europe, the most important topics are related to data protection and privacy,

and cybersecurity.

In the US, the most important topics are related to IoT and cybersecurity.

In Canada, the most important topics are related to cloud computing, privacy and

data protection and smart cities.



Table 16: Top 10 ICT priority Topics per region (summary)

Nº R&I Area Topic Average Europe US Canada

1 Area 11: Digital Security Privacy, Data Protection, Digital Identities 3,52 3,53 3,42 3,59

2 Area 11: Digital Security EU Cooperation and International Dialogues in Cybersecurity and Privacy Research and Innovation

3,44 3,38 3,63 3,47

3 Area 11: Digital Security Advanced Cybersecurity Threats and Threat Actors 3,41 3,35 3,63 3,47

4 Area 12: Internet of Things IoT integration and platforms 3,40 3,32 3,84 3,29

5 Area 4: Content - Big Data Big Data PPP (cross-sectorial and cross-lingual data integration and experimentation, Large Scale Pilots in data-driven innovation, data economy, benchmarking, privacy-preserving big data technologies)

3,36 3,30 3,58 3,35

6 Area 9: eHealth Big Data supporting Public Health policies (better acquire,

manage, share, model, process and exploit the huge amount of data to develop integrated solutions)

3,36 3,34 3,47

7 Area 13: Smart cities and communities Smart Cities and Communities lighthouse projects (integrating smart buildings, smart grids, energy storage, electric vehicles and smart charging infrastructures)

3,35 3,27 3,53 3,53

8 Area 1: A new generation of component and system

Smart Anything Everywhere Initiative (next wave of products that integrate digital technology inside)

3,33 3,19 3,84 3,41

9 Area 2: Cloud computing Cloud Computing (new paradigms -heterogeneous,

federated, distributed clouds)

3,31 3,23 3,71

10 Area 1: A new generation of component and system

Smart Cyber-Physical Systems (new model-centric and predictive engineering methods and tools)

3,12 3,53

11 Area 9: eHealth Healthcare Workforce IT skills (training programmes for the

healthcare workforce taking into account the EU-US MoU eHealth Roadmap)

3,12 3,06 3,47

12 Area 5: Robotics and autonomous system Advanced robot capabilities research and take-up (novel technical advances in robotics, systems development, human-robot interaction, mechatronics, perception, navigation and cognition)

3,11

13 Area 3: Future Internet Software Technologies (novel development approaches, innovative architectures, frameworks and platforms)

3,09

14 Area 8: e-Infrastructures Data and Distributed Computing e-infrastructures for Open Science (Secure and agile data and distributed computing e-

infrastructures)

3,08



15 Area 3: Future Internet Collective Awareness Platforms for Sustainability and Social Innovation (Digital Social Innovation, new participatory innovation models)

3,03 3,35

16 Area 6: ICT enabling technologies Micro and nanoelectronics technologies (materials, processes, device and component architectures, system

micro-architectures, security, design, modelling, simulation, 3D integration)

3,03

17 Area 3: Future Internet 5G PPP (research and validation of critical technologies and systems - wireless access and radio network architecture;

convergent technologies)

3,03

18 Area 7: High Performance Computing Co-design of HPC systems and applications (system

architectures targeting extreme scale, power-efficient and highly resilient platforms)

3,02

19 Area 9: eHealth EU-US interoperability roadmap (interoperability framework taking into account the EU-US MoU eHealth Roadmap)

3,02

20 Area 10: Information Transport System Innovative concepts, systems and services towards 'mobility as a service' (multi-modal, cross-border traffic management, information and planning systems)

2,94

21 Area 3: Future Internet Future Internet Experimentation - (experimental testbeds

under FIRE+, large-scale experimentation on cognitive

radio, service delivery networks, Future Multimedia Internet)

2,90 3,35

22 Area 7: High Performance Computing Transition to Exascale Computing (high-productivity programming environments, system software and management, exascale I/O and storage, supercomputing for extreme data and emerging HPC use modes)

2,78

23 Area 3: Future Internet Net Innovation Initiative (multi-vendor Open Service Platforms, e.g. FIWARE, distributed architectures and decentralised platforms)

2,77

24 Area 10: Information Transport System Large-scale demonstration(s) of cooperative ITS (Enable services based on appropriate access and sharing of data, interoperability, cross-modal integration)

2,77

25 Area 8: e-Infrastructures Platform-driven e-infrastructure innovation (Public Procurement of innovative HPC systems, e-Infrastructure prototypes)

2,68



4 CONCLUSIONS

Based on the mapping of the ICT landscape and key insights from the survey

conducted among researchers, industry and government stakeholders in Europe,

the US and Canada, we have explored opportunities for collaboration and identified

priority areas and topics of common interest for future transatlantic cooperation in

ICT R&I.

The mapping of the current landscape of collaboration demonstrates that different

ICT topics represent relevant collaboration research and innovation areas across

the existing agreements and dialogues. Potential areas for cooperation include Big

Data, Cybersecurity, Research Infrastructures, Internet of Things, 5G and e-Health.

These research areas are also among the top priorities of the survey respondents.

The results of the survey also show that there are great interest and opportunities

for future cooperation between Europe and North America in the field of ICT, not

only under Horizon 2020 work programme, but also within US and Canadian

programmes.

Research and innovation is becoming a hotspot for ICT collaboration

between Europe and North America.

Research and innovation is of utmost importance in both sides of the Atlantic. The

great majority of respondents having research centres stated that they are

interested in transatlantic open research and innovation. This opens good

perspectives for future collaboration, even if only a limited number of respondents

have previously participated in EU-US or EU-Canada collaborative R&I projects.

Although the overall experience in participating in transatlantic projects has been

assessed as positive or very positive, the three regions still tend to apply for

funding programmes of their own region, e.g. 90% of European stakeholders’ plan

to apply for H2020, while 66% of US and 68% of Canadian stakeholders’ plan to

apply for US and Canadian funding programmes respectively.

Lack of reciprocity between European and North American funding

programmes.

The results of the survey also suggest that reciprocity is still an issue for Europeans

to access US and Canada Programmes. Whilst 58% of US and 28% of Canadian

respondents are planning to participate in H2020 projects, even though the US and

Canada are not automatically eligible to receive funding from H2020, only 21% and

17% of Europeans are planning to participate respectively in projects funded under

US and Canadian programmes, like NSF, NIH, NSERC, etc.

Big Data, e-Health, cybersecurity, cloud computing and IoT are considered

key topics for Europe and North America ICT cooperation.

Most stakeholders surveyed are planning to participate in collaborative projects

related to these topics. In particular, 70% of respondents have the intention to

participate in H2020, while 30% are planning to participate in US funded projects,

and 24% under Canada funding programmes.

ICT R&I priorities in Europe and North America are aligned with Horizon

2020 areas and topics of ICT-related work programmes.

According to the survey’s data, the identified ICT R&I priorities for EU-North

America cooperation match within topics under the following R&I areas across

H2020 ICT-related work programmes: (1) A new generation of components and

systems; (2) Advanced Computing and Cloud Computing; (3) Future Internet; (4)

Content – Big Data; (5) Robotics and Autonomous Systems; (6) ICT Enabling



Technologies; (7) High Performance Computing; (8) e-Infrastructures; (9) eHealth;

(10) Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS); (11) Digital Security; (12) Internet of

Things (IoT); (13) Smart Cities and Communities.

Top 10 ICT priority Topics of common interest for EU-North America

cooperation.

The top 10 ICT topics of common interest for EU-North America cooperation are the

following:

1. Privacy, data protection and digital identities

2. EU cooperation and international dialogues in cybersecurity and privacy R&I

3. Advanced cyber security threats and threat actors

4. IoT integration and platforms

5. Big Data PPP

6. Big data supporting public health policies

7. Smart cities and communities lighthouse projects

8. Smart Anything Everywhere Initiative

9. Cloud Computing

10. Smart Cyber-physical systems

Europe, the US and Canada share 7 of the top 10 topics for ICT collaboration. In

Europe, the three most important topics are related to data protection and privacy

and cybersecurity. In the US, IoT is the highest preference, followed by

cybersecurity; and in Canada, cloud computing has been ranked the number one,

followed by privacy and data protection and smart cities.

Barriers for EU-North America cooperation in ICT R&I need to be removed.

Beside the huge benefits of cooperation identified and recognised by the

respondents, like gaining competitive advantages, new methodologies for research

and innovation and creating overseas relationships, there are perceived barriers

and difficulties that hinder transatlantic collaboration and need to be addressed.

Major obstacles perceived by respondents are associated with the lack of awareness

on funding opportunities open to participants of different countries, followed by the

lack of knowledge about specific research areas and topics open to international

cooperation and lack of information about funding programmes. Understanding the

rules of participation is also a major barrier to participate in transatlantic projects.

Actions to enhance EU-North America collaboration.

Measures to enhance EU-North America cooperation in the future have also been

identified by the survey respondents. Among the most important measures are

access to key information about funding programmes, calls and priorities,

networking opportunities to share experiences and good practices and building

innovation partnerships that engage the industry, research and academia. In

addition, there is a general agreement on the need of identifying ICT priorities for

R&I cooperation and supporting ICT policy dialogues between Europe and North

America.

Therefore, current actions undertaken by DISCOVERY to support dialogues and ICT

R&I cooperation, such as the Transatlantic ICT Forum, awareness raising activities

and the partners search tool to support partnership building are having a significant

impact since these actions fit well with the ranked recommendations by

respondents to bridge the gap of information, knowledge and awareness of funding

programmes in both side of the Atlantic through a myriad of activities, generating

dialogue and debate as well as creating synergies in ICT cooperation.

ANNEX 1 –COLLABORATIVE H2020 PROJECTS BETWEEN EU-US-CA

Grant Acronym Programme Topics Title Start Date End Date Call Funding Scheme

CO Country

Partners Countries

633589 Ageing with elegans

H2020-EU.3.1.1. PHC-01-2014

Validating C. elegans healthspan model for better understanding factors causing health and disease, to develop evidence based prevention, diagnostic, therapeutic and other strategies. 01/05/2015 30/04/2020

H2020-PHC-2014-two-stage RIA BE

DE;EE;UK;BE;DK;FI;CH;HU;SE;ES;US;CN;IT

636202 AGILE H2020-EU.3.4. MG-1.1-2014

Aircraft 3rd Generation MDO for Innovative Collaboration of Heterogeneous Teams of Experts 01/06/2015 31/05/2018

H2020-MG-2014_TwoStages RIA DE

SE;NL;IT;DE;RU;BE;FR;CH;CA

688088 AGILE H2020-EU.2.1.1. ICT-30-2015

Adoptive Gateways for dIverse muLtiple Environments 01/01/2016 31/12/2018

H2020-ICT-2015 RIA IT

UK;AT;DE;ES;FR;DK;BE;EL;US;IT

633476 AquaSpace H2020-EU.3.2. SFS-11a-2014 Ecosystem Approach to making Space for Aquaculture 01/03/2015 28/02/2018

H2020-SFS-2014-2 RIA UK

IT;CA;ES;IE;NO;UK;EL;HU;FR;AU;PT;DE;CN

687871 ARCFIRE H2020-EU.2.1.1. ICT-12-2015

Large-scale RINA benchmark on FIRE 01/01/2016 31/12/2017

H2020-ICT-2015 RIA IE US;IT;ES;BE

633211 AtlantOS H2020-EU.3.2. BG-08-2014 Optimizing and Enhancing the Integrated Atlantic Ocean Observing System 01/04/2015 30/06/2019

H2020-BG-2014-2 RIA DE

BE;UK;FR;DK;ZA;BR;PT;CA;DE;ES;NL;IT;HR;IE;US;PL;FO;NO

678760 ATLAS H2020-EU.3.2. BG-01-2015

A Trans-AtLantic Assessment and deep-water ecosystem-based Spatial management plan for Europe 01/05/2016 30/04/2020

H2020-BG-2015-2 RIA UK

UK;IE;DK;NL;NO;ES;DE;FR;PT;US

696371 AUTHENT-NET H2020-EU.3.2. SFS-14b-2015

AUTHENT-NET – Food Authenticity Research Network 01/04/2016 31/03/2018

H2020-SFS-2015-1 CSA UK

IS;UK;IT;NL;FR;CZ;ES;NO;BE;US;IE




CO Country

Partners Countries

633784 B-CAST H2020-EU.3.1.1. PHC-01-2014

Breast CAncer STratification: understanding the determinants of risk and prognosis of molecular subtypes 01/09/2015 31/08/2020

H2020-PHC-2014-two-stage RIA

NL

UK;AU;DE;CA;ES;BE;SE;US

681070 BetaCellTherapy H2020-EU.3.1. PHC-15-2015

Beta Cell Generation by Stem Cell-Derived Implants in Diabetes 01/12/2015 30/11/2019

H2020-PHC-2015-single-stage_RTD RIA BE

BE;US;IT;CH;NL;FR

692468 BILAT USA 4.0 H2020-EU.3.6. INT-01-2015

Bilateral Coordination for the Enhancement and Development of STI Partnerships between the EU and the USA 01/02/2016 31/01/2019

H2020-INT-INCO-2015 CSA DE

LU;AT;US;FR;PT;EL;CH;HU;IT

646272 BIOCAPAN

H2020-EU.2.1.3.1.;H2020-EU.2.1.3. NMP-10-2014

BIOactive implantable CApsule for PANcreatic islets immunosuppression free therapy 01/06/2015 01/06/2019

H2020-NMP-2014-two-stage RIA FR

BE;DE;ES;FR;US;NO

633168 BIOCYCLE H2020-EU.3.1. PHC-13-2014

BIOlogical therapy CYCLEs towards tailored, needs-driven, safer and cost-effective management of Crohn’s disease 01/04/2015 31/03/2021


BE;FR;UK;SE;US;AT;DE;IL

634935 BRIDGES H2020-EU.3.1.2. PHC-05-2014

Breast Cancer Risk after Diagnostic Gene Sequencing (BRIDGES) 01/09/2015 31/08/2020

H2020-PHC-2014-two-stage RIA NL

UK;DE;US;AU;DK;ES;CA;FR;SE;NL

677039 ClimeFish H2020-EU.3.2. BG-02-2015

Co-creating a decision support framework to ensure sustainable fish production in Europe under climate change 01/04/2016 31/03/2020

H2020-BG-2015-2 RIA NO

CZ;UK;DK;IS;IT;DE;CA;ES;NO;EL;HU;VN;FR;FO;CL;SE

667302 CoCA H2020-EU.3.1. PHC-03-2015 Comorbid Conditions of Attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder 01/01/2016 31/12/2020

H2020-PHC-2015-two-stage RIA DE

ES;DE;EE;NL;DK;SE;NO;UK;US

639776 COSMIC H2020-EU.1.1. ERC-StG-2014

Commitment, maturation and infectivity of sexual stage malaria parasites in natural infections 01/07/2015 01/07/2020

ERC-2014-STG ERC-STG NL US




CO Country

Partners Countries

690238 DESIREE H2020-EU.3.1. PHC-30-2015 Decision Support and Information Management System for Breast Cancer 01/02/2016 31/01/2019

H2020-PHC-2015-single-stage RIA ES

FR;US;EL;DE;ES;UK

696081 Digi-Label H2020-EU.3.3.7. EE-10-2015

Delivering digital Energy Labelling solutions to enable consumer action on purchasing energy efficient appliances 01/04/2016 31/03/2019

H2020-EE-2015-3-MarketUptake CSA UK

CZ;DE;UK;US;BE;IT;ES

633680 DiscardLess H2020-EU.3.2. SFS-09-2014

DiscardLess – Strategies for the gradual elimination of discards in European fisheries 01/03/2015 28/02/2019

H2020-SFS-2014-2 RIA DK

IS;BE;UK;IT;CA;ES;PL;DK;FR;NO;IE;EL;PT

687780 DISCOVERY

H2020-EU.2.1.1. ICT-38-2015

Dialogues on ICT to Support COoperation Ventures and Europe-North AmeRica (Canada and USA) sYnergies 01/01/2016 31/12/2017

H2020-ICT-2015 CSA ES

IE;IT;US;CA;ES;NO

681137 EAVI2020 H2020-EU.3.1. PHC-09-2015 European AIDS Vaccine Initiative 2020 01/11/2015 31/10/2020

H2020-PHC-2015-single-stage_RTD RIA UK

IT;CA;FR;UK;AU;ES;DE;AT;HU;NL;SE

634880 EDC-MixRisk

H2020-EU.3.1.1. PHC-01-2014

Integrating Epidemiology and Experimental Biology to Improve Risk Assessment of Exposure to Mixtures of Endocrine Disruptive Compounds 01/05/2015 30/04/2019

H2020-PHC-2014-two-stage RIA SE

EL;SE;FR;FI;DE;IT;US

636501 EDEN ISS H2020-EU.2.1.6.1.

COMPET-07-2014

Ground Demonstration of Plant Cultivation Technologies and Operation in Space for Safe Food Production on-board ISS and Future Human Space Exploration Vehicles and Planetary Outposts 01/03/2015 31/12/2018

H2020-COMPET-2014 RIA DE

IT;DE;AT;IE;SE;CA;NL

654142 EGI-Engage

H2020-EU.1.4.1.3.

EINFRA-1-2014

Engaging the EGI Community towards an Open Science Commons 01/03/2015 31/08/2017

H2020-EINFRA-2014-2 RIA NL

EL;IT;DE;PL;FR;SK;BE;PT;ES;FI;UK;SE;AT;PH;US;NL;ID;MY;CH;HU;BG;HR




CO Country

Partners Countries

;TW;TR;CZ

654164 EHRI H2020-EU.1.4.1.2.

INFRAIA-1-2014-2015 European Holocaust Research Infrastructure 01/05/2015 30/04/2019

H2020-INFRAIA-2014-2015 RIA NL

LT;BG;CZ;EL;US;DE;AT;IL;IT;FR;SK;BE;PL;HU;RO;UK

681032 EHVA H2020-EU.3.1. PHC-09-2015

European HIV Vaccine Alliance (EHVA): a EU platform for the discovery and evaluation of novel prophylactic and therapeutic vaccine candidates 01/01/2016 31/12/2020

H2020-PHC-2015-single-stage_RTD RIA FR

US;NL;FR;TZ;UK;MZ;CH;ES;BE;UG;AT;IT;DE;FI;SE;CI

641526 ELAASTIC

H2020-EU.2.1.6.;H2020-EU.2.

GALILEO-1-2014

European Location As A Service Targeting International Commerce 01/01/2015 30/06/2016

H2020-Galileo-2014-1 IA FR FR;DE;IT;CA

634179 EMPHASIS H2020-EU.3.2. SFS-03a-2014 Effective Management of Pests and Harmful Alien Species - Integrated Solutions 01/03/2015 28/02/2019

H2020-SFS-2014-2 RIA IT

ES;IT;UK;CZ;BE;NL;LV;FR;HU;CA

696356 ERA-GAS H2020-EU.3.2. ISIB-12c-2015

ERA-NET for Monitoring and Mitigation of Greenhouse Gases from Agri- and Silvi-Culture 01/05/2016 30/04/2021

H2020-ISIB-2015-1

ERA-NET-Cofund IE

DE;UK;FI;NL;TR;NZ;US;NO;PL;RO;FR;LV;DK;IE;SE

696295 ERA-HDHL H2020-EU.3.2. ISIB-12f-2015

ERA-NET Biomarkers for Nutrition and Health implementing the JPI HDHL objectives 01/02/2016 31/01/2021

H2020-ISIB-2015-1

ERA-NET-Cofund FR

DE;IT;ES;RO;NL;BE;CA;AT;PL;TR;UK;DK;IE

643578 E-Rare-3 H2020-EU.3.1. HCO-10-2014 ERA-NET rare disease research implementing IRDiRC objectives 01/12/2014 30/11/2019

H2020-HCO-2014

ERA-NET-Cofund FR

DE;AT;CA;IT;CH;BE;ES;NL;HU;IL;PL;TR;RO;EL;LV;PT

654190 EUNCL H2020-EU.1.4.1.2.

INFRAIA-1-2014-2015

European Nanomedicine Characterization Laboratory 01/05/2015 01/05/2019

H2020-INFRAIA-2014-2015 RIA FR

NO;US;DE;IE;BE;UK;CH




CO Country

Partners Countries

634453 EUthyroid H2020-EU.3.1.2. PHC-06-2014

Towards the elimination of iodine deficiency and preventable thyroid-related diseases in Europe 01/06/2015 31/05/2018


NO;SI;CA;DK;HU;MK;IL;SE;IS;ES;BE;UK;IT;CZ;PT;AT;FI;CH;FR;PL;NL;HR;BG;EL;SK;LV;EE

681002 EU-ToxRisk H2020-EU.3.1. PHC-33-2015

An Integrated European ‘Flagship’ Program Driving Mechanism-based Toxicity Testing and Risk Assessment for the 21st Century 01/01/2016 31/12/2021

H2020-PHC-2015-single-stage_RTD RIA NL

FR;DE;UK;IT;BE;HU;NL;CH;DK;ES;US;AT;SE

633190 FAIR-PARK-II H2020-EU.3.1. PHC-13-2014

Conservative iron chelation as a disease-modifying strategy in Parkinson’s disease: a multicentric, parallel-group, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial of deferiprone 01/05/2015 30/04/2020

H2020-PHC-2014-two-stage RIA FR

FR;PT;DE;NL;ES;CZ;UK;CA;AT

649439 FairTax H2020-EU.3.6. EURO-1-2014

Revisioning the ‘Fiscal EU’: Fair, Sustainable, and Coordinated Tax and Social Policies 01/03/2015 28/02/2019

H2020-EURO-SOCIETY-2014 RIA SE

CA;UK;SE;CZ;NO;DK;IE;BR;AT

662284 FASTNET

H2020-Euratom-1.3.;H2020-Euratom-1.1.;H2020-Euratom-1.8. NFRP-02-2014 FAST Nuclear Emergency Tools (FASTNET) 01/10/2015 30/09/2019

NFRP-2014-2015 RIA FR

CA;FR;NO;BE;SK;SE;DE;ES;US;RO;RU;FI;LT;AT;DK;CZ;IT

668039 FORCE H2020-EU.3.1. PHC-11-2015 Imaging the Force of Cancer 01/01/2016 31/12/2019

H2020-PHC-2015-two-stage RIA UK

FR;UK;AU;NO;NL;CH;DE;US

680997 FRESH AIR H2020-EU.3.1. HCO-06-2015

Free Respiratory Evaluation and Smoke-exposure reductionby primary Health cAre Integrated gRoups 01/10/2015 30/09/2018

H2020-HCO-2015 RIA NL

US;UK;BE;UG;VN;EL;DK;NL;KG

679266 GRACE H2020-EU.3.2. BG-07-2015 Integrated oil spill response actions and 01/03/2016 31/08/2019 H2020-BG- RIA FI EE;GL;DK;D




CO Country

Partners Countries

environmental effects 2015-2 E;FI;CA;NO;ES;SE

667421 HemAcure H2020-EU.3.1. PHC-16-2015

Application of combined gene and cell therapy within an implantable therapeutic device for the treatment of severe hemophilia A 01/11/2015 31/10/2018

H2020-PHC-2015-two-stage RIA DE DE;CA;IT;UK

671231 HEPCIR H2020-EU.1.1. ERC-ADG-2014

Cell circuits as targets and biomarkers for liver disease and cancer prevention 01/01/2016 01/01/2021

ERC-2014-ADG ERC-ADG FR US

667946 IEDAT H2020-EU.3.1. PHC-14-2015 Intra Erythrocyte Dexamethasone in the treatment of Ataxia Telangiectasia 01/01/2016 30/04/2019

H2020-PHC-2015-two-stage RIA IT

UK;US;IT;FR;DE;IL

666102 IF-EBOla

H2020-EU.3.1.;H2020-EC Health

Control of the Ebola Oubreak by both innovative Ultrasensitive Detection of EBOV and therapy 01/11/2014 01/11/2016

H2020-Adhoc-2014-20 RIA FR

FR;US;IT;IL;CA

635895 InDeV H2020-EU.3.4. MG-3.4-2014 InDeV: In-Depth understanding of accident causation for Vulnerable road users 01/05/2015 30/04/2018

H2020-MG-2014_TwoStages RIA SE

CA;ES;DK;NL;DE;PL;BE

634486 INMARE H2020-EU.3.2. BG-04-2014

Industrial Applications of Marine Enzymes: Innovative screening and expression platforms to discover and use the functional protein diversity from the sea 01/04/2015 31/03/2019

H2020-BG-2014-2 IA UK

DE;CH;LT;ES;UK;IE;IT;CA;PT;DK;NO;EL

668294 INTENS H2020-EU.3.1. PHC-14-2015 INtestinal Tissue ENgineering Solution 01/01/2016 31/12/2020


UK;NL;DK;CH;US

642130 INTRAW H2020-EU.3.5.3. SC5-13b-2014 International cooperation on Raw materials 01/02/2015 31/01/2018

H2020-SC5-2014-one-stage CSA FR

UK;ZA;PT;ES;AT;BE;DE;AU;HU;SI;US

653961 IPAD-MD H2020-EU.1.4.3.2.

INFRASUPP-6-2014

Research Infrastructures for Phenotyping, Archiving and Distribution of Mouse Disease Models - Promoting International Cooperation and User Engagement to Enhance Biomedical Innovation 01/06/2015 31/05/2019

H2020-INFRASUPP-2014-2 CSA DE

DE;ES;UK;FR;IT;CA;CZ

654028 IPERION H2020- INFRAIA-1- Integrated Platform for the European 01/05/2015 01/05/2019 H2020- RIA IT ES;UK;EL;F




CO Country

Partners Countries

CH EU.1.4.1.2. 2014-2015 Research Infrastructure ON Cultural Heritage

INFRAIA-2014-2015

R;IT;HU;DE;PT;US;DK;NL;PL;BE

649186 ISIGrowth H2020-EU.3.6. EURO-2-2014 Innovation-fuelled, Sustainable, Inclusive Growth 01/05/2015 30/04/2018

H2020-EURO-SOCIETY-2014 RIA IT

FR;CH;US;UK;SI;DE

643850 J-Age II H2020-EU.3.1. HCO-02-2014

Coordination Action for implementation and alignment activities of the Joint Programming Initiative (JPI) 'More Years – Better Lives – the Challenges and Opportunities of Demographic Change' 01/03/2015 28/02/2018

H2020-HCO-2014 CSA NL

FR;DE;ES;UK;SE;FI;CA;IT

643417 JPco-fuND H2020-EU.3.1. HCO-07-2014

ERA-NET for establishing synergies between the Joint Programming on Neurodegenerative Diseases Research and Horizon 2020 01/01/2015 31/12/2019

H2020-HCO-2014

ERA-NET-Cofund FR

DE;IT;BE;ES;SE;RO;UK;SK;NL;FI;LU;NO;IL;CA;AT;PL;TR;FR;DK;PT

633666 LIFEPATH H2020-EU.3.1.1. PHC-01-2014

Lifecourse biological pathways underlying social differences in healthy ageing 01/05/2015 30/04/2019


PT;IT;FR;IE;UK;CH;US;FI;AU;NL

634402 METASPACE H2020-EU.3.1. PHC-32-2014

Bioinformatics for spatial metabolomics 01/07/2015 30/06/2018


US;DE;UK;FR;BE

671680 METIS-II H2020-EU.2.1.1.3. ICT-14-2014

Mobile and wireless communications Enablers for Twenty-twenty (2020) Information Society-II 01/07/2015 30/06/2017

H2020-ICT-2014-2 RIA SE

DE;PL;TW;FR;SE;UK;IT;US;CN;ES;FI;JP

667661 MINDMAP H2020-EU.3.1. PHC-22-2015

Promoting Mental Wellbeing in the Ageing Urban Population: Determinants, Policies and Interventions in European Cities 01/01/2016 31/12/2019


FI;FR;IT;NL;CA;UK;DE;NO;US




CO Country

Partners Countries

634201 MOCHA H2020-EU.3.1. PHC-23-2014 Models of Child Health Appraised 01/06/2015 30/11/2018


IS;US;NL;CY;DK;UK;CH;IE;IT;SE;AU;NO;PL

646063 NANORESTART

H2020-EU.2.1.3.1.;H2020-EU.2.1.3.;H2020-EU.2.1.3.5. NMP-21-2014

NANOmaterials for the REStoration of works of ART 01/06/2015 01/12/2018

H2020-NMP-2014-two-stage IA IT

DE;FR;IT;ES;UK;US;NL;BR;SI;SE;IE;DK

680966 NEURON Cofund H2020-EU.3.1. HCO-11-2015

ERA NET NEURON in the area of brain-related diseases and disorders of the nervous system 01/01/2016 31/12/2020

H2020-HCO-2015

ERA-NET-Cofund DE

IT;FR;PL;FI;LV;BE;SK;UK;PT;NO;ES;IL;TR;DE;NL;AT;RO;CA

647725

NEURO-PATTERNS H2020-EU.1.1.

ERC-CoG-2014

How neuronal activity patterns drive behavior: novel all-optical control and monitoring of brain neuronal networks with high spatiotemporal resolution 01/10/2015 01/10/2020

ERC-2014-CoG ERC-COG IT US

686056 NOVAMAG H2020-EU.2.1.3. NMP-23-2015

NOVel, critical materials free, high Anisotropy phases for permanent MAGnets, by design. 01/04/2016 30/09/2019

H2020-NMP-2015-two-stage RIA ES

DE;US;IT;FR;IL;SE;EL;JP;ES;AT

671055 NSETHIO H2020-EU.1.1. ERC-ADG-2014

Nodding Syndrome: a trans-disciplinary approach to identify the cause and decrease the incidence of river epilepsy 01/10/2015 30/09/2020

ERC-2014-ADG ERC-ADG BE DE;US

686086 PARTIAL-PGMs

H2020-EU.2.1.3. NMP-23-2015

Development of novel, high Performance hybrid TWV/GPF Automotive afteR treatment systems by raTIonAL design: substitution of PGMs and Rare earth materials 01/04/2016 30/09/2019

H2020-NMP-2015-two-stage RIA IT

US;BE;DK;CZ;UK;ES;EL;IT;NL;FR

687874 PICASSO H2020-EU.2.1.1. ICT-38-2015

ICT Policy, Research and Innovation for a Smart Society: towards new avenues in EU-US ICT collaboration 01/01/2016 30/06/2018

H2020-ICT-2015 CSA FR

DE;UK;US;NL;EL;IT




CO Country

Partners Countries

668858 PrECISE H2020-EU.3.1. PHC-02-2015 Personalized Engine for Cancer Integrative Study and Evaluation 01/01/2016 31/12/2018

H2020-PHC-2015-two-stage RIA AT

DE;CH;FR;HU;US

635761 PrimeFish H2020-EU.3.2. BG-10-2014

Developing Innovative Market Orientated Prediction Toolbox to Strengthen the Economic Sustainability and Competitiveness of European Seafood on Local and Global markets 01/03/2015 28/02/2019

H2020-BG-2014-2 RIA IS

IS;CA;DK;NO;FR;UK;DE;VN;IT;FO;ES

637302 PROGRESS

H2020-EU.2.1.6.

PROTEC-1-2014

Prediction of Geospace Radiation Environment and solar wind parameters 01/01/2015 31/12/2017

H2020-PROTEC-2014 RIA UK

RU;FI;FR;UK;SE;US;UA

678732 PROMISS H2020-EU.3.2. SFS-16-2015 PRevention Of Malnutrition In Senior Subjects in the EU 01/04/2016 31/03/2021

H2020-SFS-2015-2 RIA NL

IS;NL;DE;FI;BE;ES;DK;SE;UK;CA;LU

668036 RELENT H2020-EU.3.1. PHC-03-2015

RELapses prevENTion in chronic autoimmune disease: common mechanisms and co-morbidities 01/11/2015 30/04/2020


DE;FR;UK;SE;AU;NL;US

667837 REPROGRAM H2020-EU.3.1. PHC-03-2015

Targeting epigenetic REPROGRamming of innate immune cells in Atherosclerosis Management and other chronic inflammatory diseases 01/01/2016 31/12/2019


US;DK;NL;IT;RO;CH;DE;FR;PL

687399 RHINOS

H2020-EU.2.1.6.;H2020-EU.2.

GALILEO-3-2015

RHINOS - Railway High Integrity Navigation Overlay System will define a GNSS-based system to support the localization of trains respecting the challenging requirements of the railway safety standards. 01/01/2016 30/06/2017

H2020-Galileo-2015-1 IA IT

DE;CZ;US;IT;UK

645361 ROAM H2020-EU.2.1.1.3. ICT-06-2014

Revolutionising optical fibre transmission and networking using the Orbital Angular Momentum of light 01/02/2015 31/01/2018

H2020-ICT-2014-1 RIA IT

UK;CH;CA;PL;DE

638273 SCORA H2020-EU.1.1. ERC-StG-2014

A systematic characterization of human regulatory architectures and their determinants of regulatory activity 01/05/2015 30/04/2020

ERC-2014-STG ERC-STG DK CA;DE;UK




CO Country

Partners Countries

668648 SENSE-Cog H2020-EU.3.1. PHC-22-2015

Ears, Eyes and Mind: The ‘SENSE-Cog Project’ to improve mental well-being for elderly Europeans with sensory impairment 01/01/2016 31/12/2020


DE;EL;CY;UK;FR;NO;NL;US

640896 SHEER

H2020-EU.3.3.2.3.;H2020-EU.3.;H2020-EU.3.3.;H2020-EU.3.3.2. LCE-16-2014

SHale gas Exploration and Exploitation induced Risks 01/05/2015 30/04/2018

H2020-LCE-2014-1 RIA IT

UK;US;PL;DE;NL

662152 SITEX-II

H2020-Euratom-1.3.;H2020-Euratom-1.2. NFRP-05-2014

Sustainable network for Independent Technical EXpertise of radioactive waste disposal - Interactions and Implementation 01/06/2015 01/12/2017

NFRP-2014-2015 CSA FR

FR;DE;SK;HU;BE;LT;NL;CH;BG;CZ;CA;SE

633974 SOUND H2020-EU.3.1. PHC-32-2014 Statistical multi-Omics UNDerstanding of Patient Samples 01/09/2015 31/08/2018


NL;UK;DE;US;CH;PT

679849 SponGES H2020-EU.3.2. BG-01-2015

Deep-sea Sponge Grounds Ecosystems of the North Atlantic: an integrated approach towards their preservation and sustainable exploitation 01/03/2016 29/02/2020

H2020-BG-2015-2 RIA NO

PT;IT;ES;NL;UK;SE;CA;DE;US

666881 SVDs-at-target H2020-EU.3.1. PHC-03-2015

Small vessel diseases in a mechanistic perspective: Targets for InterventionAffected pathways and mechanistic exploitation for prevention of stroke and dementia 01/01/2016 31/12/2020


FR;UK;DE;DK;NL;US;BE

643381 TBVAC2020 H2020-EU.3.1. PHC-08-2014

TBVAC2020; Advancing novel and promising TB vaccine candidates from discovery to preclinical and early clinical development 01/01/2015 31/12/2018

H2020-PHC-2014-single-stage RIA NL

UK;CH;ES;DE;BE;KR;NL;FR;US;IE;ZA;IT;DK;AU

654039 THOR H2020-EU.1.4.1.3.

EINFRA-7-2014

THOR – Technical and Human Infrastructure for Open Research 01/06/2015 30/11/2017

H2020-EINFRA-2014-2 RIA UK

DE;AU;NL;CH;US;BE

634650 VIROGENESIS H2020-EU.3.1. PHC-32-2014

Virus discovery and epidemic tracing from high throughput metagenomic sequencing 01/06/2015 31/05/2018


UK;BE;FR;ZA;NL;US




CO Country

Partners Countries

667078 VISION DMD H2020-EU.3.1. PHC-14-2015

VISION-DMD - Phase 2 Clinical Trials of VBP15: An Innovative Steroid-like Intervention on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy 01/01/2016 31/12/2019


UK;NL;US;FR;CZ

689271 WaterWorks2015

H2020-EU.3.5.4.

WATER-3-2015

Water Works 2016-2020 in Support of the Water JPI (WaterWorks2015) - Sustainable water use in agriculture, to increase water use efficiency and reduce soil and water pollution 01/01/2016 31/12/2020

H2020-WATER-2015-one-stage

ERA-NET-Cofund FR

DE;CA;IT;FI;CY;TN;ZA;TW;EG;ES;MD;NO;TR;PL;NL;RO;DK;BE;IE;SE;PT

645274 WiSHFUL H2020-EU.2.1.1.3. ICT-11-2014

Wireless Software and Hardware platforms for Flexible and Unified radio and network controL 01/01/2015 31/12/2017

H2020-ICT-2014-1 RIA BE

IT;IE;BE;DE;BR;US;KR



ANNEX 2 –COLLABORATIVE ICT H2020 PROJECTS BETWEEN EU-US-CA

Grant Acronym Programme Topics Priority Title Start Date End Date Call Funding Scheme

CO Country Partner Countries

688088 AGILE H2020-EU.2.1.1. ICT-30-2015 IoT

Adoptive Gateways for dIverse muLtiple Environments 01/01/2016 31/12/2018

H2020-ICT-2015 RIA IT

UK;AT;DE;ES;FR;DK;BE;EL;US;IT

636202 AGILE H2020-EU.3.4. MG-1.1-2014 Smart transport

Aircraft 3rd Generation MDO for Innovative Collaboration of Heterogeneous Teams of Experts 01/06/2015 31/05/2018

H2020-MG-2014_TwoStages RIA DE

SE;NL;IT;DE;RU;BE;FR;CH;CA

687871 ARCFIRE H2020-EU.2.1.1. ICT-12-2015 Future Internet

Large-scale RINA benchmark on FIRE 01/01/2016 31/12/2017

H2020-ICT-2015 RIA IE US;IT;ES;BE

681070 BetaCellTherapy H2020-EU.3.1. PHC-15-2015 eHealth

Beta Cell Generation by Stem Cell-Derived Implants in Diabetes 01/12/2015 30/11/2019

H2020-PHC-2015-single-stage_RTD RIA BE BE;US;IT;CH;NL;FR

692468 BILAT USA 4.0 H2020-EU.3.6. INT-01-2015

ICT cooperation

Bilateral Coordination for the Enhancement and Development of STI Partnerships between the EU and the USA 01/02/2016 31/01/2019

H2020-INT-INCO-2015 CSA DE

LU;AT;US;FR;PT;EL;CH;HU;IT

667302 CoCA H2020-EU.3.1. PHC-03-2015 eHealth

Comorbid Conditions of Attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder 01/01/2016 31/12/2020


ES;DE;EE;NL;DK;SE;NO;UK;US

690238 DESIREE H2020-EU.3.1. PHC-30-2015 eHealth

Decision Support and Information Management System for Breast Cancer 01/02/2016 31/01/2019

H2020-PHC-2015-single-stage RIA ES FR;US;EL;DE;ES;UK

696081 Digi-Label H2020-EU.3.3.7. EE-10-2015 Energy efficient

Delivering digital Energy Labelling 01/04/2016 31/03/2019

H2020-EE-2015-3- CSA UK

CZ;DE;UK;US;BE;IT;





solutions to enable consumer action on purchasing energy efficient appliances

MarketUptake ES

687780 DISCOVERY H2020-EU.2.1.1. ICT-38-2015

ICT cooperation

Dialogues on ICT to Support COoperation Ventures and Europe-North AmeRica (Canada and USA) sYnergies 01/01/2016 31/12/2017

H2020-ICT-2015 CSA ES IE;IT;US;CA;ES;NO

654142 EGI-Engage H2020-EU.1.4.1.3.

EINFRA-1-2014 Big data

Engaging the EGI Community towards an Open Science Commons 01/03/2015 31/08/2017

H2020-EINFRA-2014-2 RIA NL

EL;IT;DE;PL;FR;SK;BE;PT;ES;FI;UK;SE;AT;PH;US;NL;ID;MY;CH;HU;BG;HR;TW;TR;CZ

654164 EHRI H2020-EU.1.4.1.2.

INFRAIA-1-2014-2015


European Holocaust Research Infrastructure 01/05/2015 30/04/2019

H2020-INFRAIA-2014-2015 RIA NL

LT;BG;CZ;EL;US;DE;AT;IL;IT;FR;SK;BE;PL;HU;RO;UK

654190 EUNCL H2020-EU.1.4.1.2.

INFRAIA-1-2014-2015


European Nanomedicine Characterization Laboratory 01/05/2015 01/05/2019

H2020-INFRAIA-2014-2015 RIA FR

NO;US;DE;IE;BE;UK;CH

681002 EU-ToxRisk H2020-EU.3.1. PHC-33-2015 eHealth

An Integrated European ‘Flagship’ Program Driving Mechanism-based Toxicity Testing and Risk Assessment for the 21st Century 01/01/2016 31/12/2021

H2020-PHC-2015-single-stage_RTD RIA NL

FR;DE;UK;IT;BE;HU;NL;CH;DK;ES;US;AT;SE

668039 FORCE H2020-EU.3.1. PHC-11-2015 eHealth

Imaging the Force of Cancer 01/01/2016 31/12/2019


FR;UK;AU;NO;NL;CH;DE;US





635895 InDeV H2020-EU.3.4. MG-3.4-2014 Smart transport

InDeV: In-Depth understanding of accident causation for Vulnerable road users 01/05/2015 30/04/2018

H2020-MG-2014_TwoStages RIA SE

CA;ES;DK;NL;DE;P;BE

653961 IPAD-MD H2020-EU.1.4.3.2.

INFRASUPP-6-2014


Research Infrastructures for Phenotyping, Archiving and Distribution of Mouse Disease Models - Promoting International Cooperation and User Engagement to Enhance Biomedical Innovation 01/06/2015 31/05/2019

H2020-INFRASUPP-2014-2 CSA DE

DE;ES;UK;FR;IT;CA;CZ

654028 IPERION CH H2020-EU.1.4.1.2.

INFRAIA-1-2014-2015


Integrated Platform for the European Research Infrastructure ON Cultural Heritage 01/05/2015 01/05/2019

H2020-INFRAIA-2014-2015 RIA IT

ES;UK;EL;FR;IT;HU;DE;PT;US;DK;NL;PL;BE

634402 METASPACE H2020-EU.3.1. PHC-32-2014 eHealth

Bioinformatics for spatial metabolomics 01/07/2015 30/06/2018

H2020-PHC-2014-two-stage RIA DE US;DE;UK;FR;BE

671680 METIS-II H2020-EU.2.1.1.3.

ICT-14-2014 Future Internet

Mobile and wireless communications Enablers for Twenty-twenty (2020) Information Society-II 01/07/2015 30/06/2017

H2020-ICT-2014-2 RIA SE

DE;PL;TW;FR;SE;UK;IT;US;CN;ES;FI;JP

667661 MINDMAP H2020-EU.3.1. PHC-22-2015 eHealth

Promoting Mental Wellbeing in the Ageing Urban Population: 01/01/2016 31/12/2019


FI;FR;IT;NL;CA;UK;DE;NO;US





Determinants, Policies and Interventions in European Cities

634201 MOCHA H2020-EU.3.1. PHC-23-2014 eHealth

Models of Child Health Appraised 01/06/2015 30/11/2018


IS;US;NL;CY;DK;UK;CH;IE;IT;SE;AU;NO;PL

687874 PICASSO H2020-EU.2.1.1. ICT-38-2015

ICT cooperation

ICT Policy, Research and Innovation for a Smart Society: towards new avenues in EU-US ICT collaboration 01/01/2016 30/06/2018

H2020-ICT-2015 CSA FR DE;UK;US;NL;EL;IT

668858 PrECISE H2020-EU.3.1. PHC-02-2015 eHealth

Personalized Engine for Cancer Integrative Study and Evaluation 01/01/2016 31/12/2018

H2020-PHC-2015-two-stage RIA AT DE;CH;FR;HU;US

668036 RELENT H2020-EU.3.1. PHC-03-2015 eHealth

RELapses prevENTion in chronic autoimmune disease: common mechanisms and co-morbidities 01/11/2015 30/04/2020


DE;FR;UK;SE;AU;NL;US

667837 REPROGRAM H2020-EU.3.1. PHC-03-2015 eHealth

Targeting epigenetic REPROGRamming of innate immune cells in Atherosclerosis Management and other chronic inflammatory diseases 01/01/2016 31/12/2019


US;DK;NL;IT;RO;CH;DE;FR;PL

645361 ROAM H2020-EU.2.1.1.3.

ICT-06-2014

Optical fibre transmission

Revolutionising optical fibre 01/02/2015 31/01/2018

H2020-ICT-2014-1 RIA IT UK;CH;CA;PL;DE





and networking transmission and networking using the Orbital Angular Momentum of light

668648 SENSE-Cog H2020-EU.3.1. PHC-22-2015 eHealth

Ears, Eyes and Mind: The ‘SENSE-Cog Project’ to improve mental well-being for elderly Europeans with sensory impairment 01/01/2016 31/12/2020


DE;EL;CY;UK;FR;NO;NL;US

633974 SOUND H2020-EU.3.1. PHC-32-2014 eHealth

Statistical multi-Omics UNDerstanding of Patient Samples 01/09/2015 31/08/2018


NL;UK;DE;US;CH;PT

666881 SVDs-at-target H2020-EU.3.1. PHC-03-2015 eHealth

Small vessel diseases in a mechanistic perspective: Targets for InterventionAffected pathways and mechanistic exploitation for prevention of stroke and dementia 01/01/2016 31/12/2020


FR;UK;DE;DK;NL;US;BE

654039 THOR H2020-EU.1.4.1.3.

EINFRA-7-2014

e-Infrastructures

THOR – Technical and Human Infrastructure for Open Research 01/06/2015 30/11/2017

H2020-EINFRA-2014-2 RIA UK

DE;AU;NL;CH;US;BE





634650 VIROGENESIS H2020-EU.3.1. PHC-32-2014 eHealth

Virus discovery and epidemic tracing from high throughput metagenomic sequencing 01/06/2015 31/05/2018

H2020-PHC-2014-two-stage RIA BE UK;BE;FR;ZA;NL;US

645274 WiSHFUL H2020-EU.2.1.1.3.

ICT-11-2014 Future Internet

Wireless Software and Hardware platforms for Flexible and Unified radio and network controL 01/01/2015 31/12/2017

H2020-ICT-2014-1 RIA BE

IT;IE;BE;DE;BR;US;KR



ANNEX 3 – LIST OF SELECTED PRIORITY AREAS AND TOPICS

H2020 Work Programme 2016-2017

ICT

No Area ETopic Research Focus

1 A new generation of components and systems ICT-01-2016: Smart Cyber-Physical Systems new model-centric and predictive engineering methods and tools

2 A new generation of components and systems ICT-04-2017: Smart Anything Everywhere Initiative

next wave of products that integrate digital technology inside

3 Advanced Computing and Cloud Computing ICT-06-2016: Cloud Computing towards the development of new paradigms (heterogeneous, federated, distributed clouds)

4 Future Internet ICT-07-2017: 5G PPP Research and Validation of critical technologies and systems ICT-08-2017: 5G PPP Convergent Technologies

wireless access and radio network architecture/technologies. High capacity elastic - optical networks. Software Network Ubiquitous 5G access leveraging optical technologies. Flexible network applications.

5 Future Internet ICT-10-2016: Software Technologies Novel development approaches, innovative architectures, frameworks and platforms

6 Future Internet ICT-11-2017: Collective Awareness Platforms for Sustainability and Social Innovation

Digital Social Innovation, new participatory innovation models, solutions for sustainable lifestyles

7 Future Internet ICT-12-2016: Net Innovation Initiative Multi-vendor Open Service Platforms, e.g. FIWARE, distributed architectures and decentralised platforms

8 Future Internet ICT-13-2016: Future Internet Experimentation - Building a European experimental Infrastructure

Experimental testbeds under FIRE+, large-scale experimentation on cognitive radio, service delivery networks, Future Multimedia Internet

9 Content - Big Data ICT-14-2016-2017: Big Data PPP cross-sectorial and cross-lingual data integration and experimentation, Large Scale Pilot actions in data-driven innovation, data economy, benchmarking and evaluation, privacy-preserving big data technologies



10 Robotics and Autonomous Systems ICT-25-2016-2017: Advanced robot capabilities research and take-up

novel technical advances in robotics, systems development, human-robot interaction, mechatronics, perception, navigation and cognition

11 ICT Key Enabling Technologies ICT-31-2017: Micro- and nanoelectronics technologies

materials, processes, device and component architectures, system micro-architectures, security, design, modelling, simulation and nano-characterization, 3D sequential and parallel integration

FET - Future and Emerging Technologies

No Area Topic Research Focus

12 High Performance Computing FETHPC-01-2016: Co-design of HPC systems and applications

system architectures targeting extreme scale, power-efficient and highly resilient platforms, extreme data processing requirements

13 High Performance Computing FETHPC-02-2017: Transition to Exascale Computing

high-productivity programming environments, system software and management, exascale I/O and storage, supercomputing for extreme data and emerging HPC use modes, mathematics and algorithms for extreme scale HPC systems

Research Infrastructures (e-Infrastructures)


14 e-Infrastructures EINFRA-12-2017: Data and Distributed Computing e-infrastructures for Open Science

Secure and agile data and distributed computing e-infrastructures, access and preservation platforms for scientific information

15 e-Infrastructures EINFRA-21-2017: Platform-driven e-infrastructure innovation

Public Procurement of innovative HPC systems, e-Infrastructure prototypes

Health, demographic change and well-being


16 eHealth - Methods and data SC1-PM-18-2016: Big Data supporting Public Health policies

better acquire, manage, share, model, process and exploit the huge amount of data to develop integrated solutions that support public health, governance of Big Data



17 eHealth - Coordination activities SC1-HCO-13-2016: Healthcare Workforce IT skills

workforce skills and competencies to develop IT skills and training programmes for the healthcare workforce taking into account the EU-US MoU eHealth Roadmap

18 eHealth - Coordination activities SC1-HCO-14-2016: EU-US interoperability roadmap

develop an interoperability framework taking into account the EU-US MoU eHealth Roadmap

Smart, green and integrated transport


19 Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) MG-6.1-2016: Innovative concepts, systems and services towards 'mobility as a service'

Multi-modal, cross-border traffic management, information and planning systems

20 Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) MG-6.2-2016: Large-scale demonstration(s) of cooperative ITS

Enable services based on appropriate access and sharing of data, interoperability, cross-modal integration

Secure societies


21 Digital Security Focus Area DS-05-2016: EU Cooperation and International Dialogues in Cybersecurity and Privacy Research and Innovation

International dialogue with the USA on cybersecurity and privacy R&I trends and challenges, policies, standardisation

22 Digital Security Focus Area DS-07-2017: Addressing Advanced Cyber Security Threats and Threat Actors

novel approaches to respond to sophisticated cyber-attacks, innovative simulation environments and training materials

23 Digital Security Focus Area DS-08-2017: Privacy, Data Protection, Digital Identities

Privacy-enhancing technologies, General Data Protection Regulation in practice, Secure digital identities

Cross-cutting activities (Focus Areas)


24 Internet of Things (IoT) IoT-03-2017: R&I on IoT integration and platforms

Architectures, concepts, methods and tools for open IoT platforms (e.g. FIWARE, CRYSTAL or SOFIA), IoT security and privacy

25 Smart Cities and Communities SCC-1-2016-2017: Smart Cities and Communities lighthouse projects

integrating smart buildings, smart grids, energy storage, electric vehicles and smart charging infrastructures, using the latest generation ICT platforms based on open specifications



ANNEX 4 - QUESTIONNAIRE

d.2.1 - report on ict research and innovation priorities ......other 30% are planning to participate...

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