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EU research in Content & Knowledge technologies: Progress & prospects
Roberto Cencioni & Stefano Bertolo
DG Information Society and Media
Unit INFSO.E2
[email protected]@cec.eu.int
EWIMT’05, LondonEWIMT’05, London
Basic factsBasic facts
• by Q1 2006: 58 projects, 260 M€ funding
• 443 participants, 638 participations:
– 52% public, education, … participants
– 48% private, commercial, … participants
• 32 countries; 58% from top 5 countries(DE, UK, FR, IT, ES)
ScopeScope
• RTD&D
– long term research (formal, theoretical)
– technology / component research & development
– applied, system-level research
– demonstration
• Emphasis on
– generic, enabling technologies
– flexible, cross-sectoral application platforms
3 project lines3 project lines
1. Cross-media Content (call 2):new media paradigms, new forms of digital contentcreativity, interactivity, user experience & control, cross-platform delivery& presentation / adaptation…
2. Content & Knowledge (call 4):“intelligent” contentaccess & management (meta data generation / extraction, semantic indexing & contextual retrieval…), aggregation & personalisation, automated workflows...
3. Knowledge (calls 1 & 4):intersection of Web, MM and KR&R (SemWeb+)networked information & communities; automation of knowledge lifecycle; web / multimedia “documents”; from static to dynamic information, interaction & evolving processes
Content: 2 research tracksContent: 2 research tracks• content is King: everywhere in the IST programme!
• our approach:– long term vision, beyond today’s commercial imperatives
– more compelling content, more effective creation & flexible (re-)use
• more digital-born content, better content, at a lower cost
– commercial content, as opposed to scientific, medical, educational… content
• two intertwined tracks:
– creation• provide better user experience & control
• by pulling together & integrating ICT advances
– access & management• content analysis & categorisation (text + image, video, audio, n-D objects)
• (semantic / contextual) search & retrieval
• personalisation & reuse
• aggregation & work flows …
Outcome of Call-4Outcome of Call-4
• 150+ submissions received
• 25 proposals retained, nearly 250 organisations
• 124 M€ total funding
• largest EU call ever in the ICK domain
– projects due to start Q1 2006
MUSCLE
KnowledgeWeb
REWERSE
Aim@Shape
Acemedia
DIP
SEKT
VIKEF
Alvis
AspicDirectInfo
News
Simac
Metokis
AgentLinkIII
KB20
3DTV
Axmedis
IperG
Inscape
IPRacine
NM2
Polymnia
WalkOnWeb
WorldScreen
RevealThis
Peng
Holonics
Content4All
M-Pipe
GameTools
INCOMM
LeMatch
NoE IP STP CA SA
Knowledge & Content Portfolio
K-Space
NeOn
Salero
Super
Live
X-MediaMesh
Musing
Nepomuk
OpenKnowledge
Luisa
TAO
Boemie
Swing
Towl
Sevenpro
AsIsKnown
Trends
BootStrep
Ontogeo
S-TEN
MediaCampaign
Caretaker
TripCom
Patexpert
Text
Multimedia
Knowledge Representation
ServicesCall 1 Call 2 Call 4
D-cinema Cross-Media Games
2M€
3M€
7M€
9M€
NoE IP STP CA SA
Multimedia & Audiovisual Portfolio
Mesh
Call 1 Call 2 Call 4
5M€
Acemedia
3DTV
Inscape
Aim@Shape
Alvis
M-Pipe
GameTools
Holonics
IperG
MUSCLE
Axmedis
Live
INCOMM
IPRacine
NM2
Peng
Polymnia
RevealThis
Content4All
DirectInfo
Salero
Simac
Boemie
MediaCampaign
K-Space
Caretaker
X-Media
WorldScreen
VIKEF
245M€
I-TV
MHP-KDB
3D Content analysis Networked AV Home Platforms
Coherent
e-Next
Enthrone
Instinct
Medianet
Metacamera
Pulsers
Semantic hifi
Sivss
Tiramisu
Uni-VerseWCam
mCDN
Danae
Eperspace
Teaha
OlgaAstrals
Unic
Suit
Estia
Arena
MobiDuck
Portivity
Avista
Visnet
D-cinema Cross-Media Games
2M€
3M€
7M€
9M€
NoE IP STP CA SA
Content
Mesh
Call 1 Call 2 Call 4
5M€
Acemedia
3DTV
Inscape
Aim@Shape
Alvis
GameTools
Holonics
IperG
MUSCLE
Axmedis
Live
IPRacine
NM2
PolymniaContent4All
DirectInfo
Salero
Simac
BoemieCaretaker
X-Media
WorldScreen
VIKEF
30M€
I-TV 3D Content analysis Networked AV Home Platforms
Enthrone
Eperspace
MobiDuck
D-cinema Cross-Media games
2M€
3M€
7M€
9M€
NoE IP STP CA SA
Authoring & Workflow
Mesh
Call 1 Call 2 Call 4
5M€3DTV
Inscape
Aim@Shape
Alvis
M-Pipe
GameTools
Holonics
IperG
MUSCLE
Axmedis
Live
IPRacine
NM2
Peng
PolymniaContent4All
Salero
Boemie
MediaCampaign
K-Space
X-Media
WorldScreen
VIKEF
19.3M€
I-TV 3D content analysis Networked AV Home Platform
MobiDuck
D-cinema Cross-Media Games
2M€
3M€
7M€
9M€
NoE IP STP CA SA
Personalisation
Mesh
Call 1 Call 2 Call 4
5M€
Acemedia
3DTV
Inscape
GameTools
IperG
MUSCLE
Axmedis
Live
INCOMM
IPRacine
NM2
Polymnia
RevealThis
Content4All
DirectInfo
Simac
K-Space
X-Media
WorldScreen
VIKEF
21.6M€
I-TV 3D Content analysis Networked AV Home Platforms
e-Next
Tiramisu
mCDN
Teaha
Olga
Estia
Arena
Avista
D-cinema Cross-Media Games
2M€
3M€
7M€
9M€
NoE IP STP CA SA
Access & Management
Mesh
Call 1 Call 2 Call 4
5M€
Acemedia
3DTV
Inscape
Aim@Shape
Alvis
M-Pipe
Holonics
IperG
MUSCLE
Axmedis
Live
INCOMM
IPRacine
NM2
Peng
Polymnia
RevealThis
Content4All
DirectInfo
Salero
Simac
Boemie
MediaCampaign
K-Space
Caretaker
X-Media
WorldScreen
VIKEF
55M€
I-TV 3D Content analysis Networked AV Home Platforms
Coherent
e-Next
Enthrone
Medianet
Metacamera
Pulsers
Sivss
Tiramisu
Uni-Verse
WCammCDN
Danae
Eperspace
Teaha
Olga
Unic
Suit
Estia
Arena
MobiDuck
Portivity
Avista
Visnet
D-cinema Cross-Media Games
2M€
3M€
7M€
9M€
NoE IP STP CA SA
Metadata & Semantics
Mesh
Call 1 Call 2 Call 4
5M€
Acemedia
Inscape
Aim@Shape
Alvis
M-Pipe
Holonics
IperG
MUSCLE
Axmedis
Live
IPRacine
Peng
Polymnia
RevealThis
Content4All
DirectInfo
Salero
Simac
Boemie
MediaCampaign
K-Space
Caretaker
X-Media
VIKEF
26.1M€
I-TV 3D Content analysis Networked AV Home Platforms
Coherent
Semantic hifi
mCDN
Arena
Avista
D-cinema Cross-Media Games
2M€
3M€
7M€
9M€
NoE IP STP CA SA
Delivery & Networking
Mesh
Call 1 Call 2 Call 4
5M€
Acemedia
3DTV
Inscape
Aim@Shape
Alvis
M-Pipe
GameTools
Holonics
IperG
Axmedis
Live
INCOMM
IPRacine
NM2
Peng
RevealThis
Content4All
DirectInfo
Salero
Boemie
MediaCampaign
K-Space
X-Media
WorldScreen
61.4M€
I-TV 3D Content analysis Networked AV Home Platforms
Coherent
e-Next
Enthrone
Medianet
Metacamera
Pulsers
Sivss
Tiramisu
Uni-Verse
WCammCDN
Danae
Eperspace
Teaha
Olga
Unic
Suit
Estia
Arena
MobiDuck
Portivity
Visnet
D-cinema Cross-Media Games
2M€
3M€
7M€
9M€
NoE IP STP CA SA
Standards & Interoperability
Call 1 Call 2 Call 4
5M€Aim@Shape
M-Pipe
IperG
Live
IPRacine
Peng
RevealThis
Content4All
K-Space
WorldScreen
10.7M€
I-TV 3D Content analysis Networked AV Home Platforms
Coherent
Metacamera
Uni-Verse
mCDN
Eperspace
Suit
Portivity
Avista
D-cinema Cross-Media Games
2M€
3M€
7M€
9M€
NoE IP STP CA SA
Digital Rights Management
Call 1 Call 2 Call 4
5M€
7.2M€
I-TV 3D Content analysis Networked AV Home Platforms
Enthrone
Medianet
Pulsers
Tiramisu
Uni-Verse
Eperspace
Teaha
Axmedis
Creativity tools: SaleroCreativity tools: Salero
• Integrated Project, 48M
• lowering cost of content creation, creation and management of intelligent content objects, adaptation across different platforms, knowledge based control of appearance, sound, behaviour, artists and creative media professionals
Intelligent content mgmt: AcemediaIntelligent content mgmt: Acemedia
• Integrated Project, 48M
• semantic multimedia analysis, semantic indexing/search, mpeg-7 descriptors, automated content collection, device adaptation, personalization, scalable video coding, content/metadata/intelligence layers
Networking & distribution: MedianetNetworking & distribution: Medianet
• Integrated Project, 24M
• multimedia communications, AV distribution, residential services, supply chain architecture, cooperation, digital rights management, home networking
Towards FP7Towards FP7
• new framework expected to start end 2006
• main proposals (FP, SPs, RfP) forwarded to Council & Parliament
• significant budget increase … depending on EU financial perspectives after 2006
• traditional as well as new SPs (eg Space)
• multinational collaborative research (Cooperation SP) as well as grants for individual teams (Ideas SP)
• IST rebranded - now simply ICT, ~2 B€ / year• still the largest thematic component within FP• centred around 4 components:
– Core Technologies (incl. Knowledge)– Integration of Technologies (eg personal, home)– Applications Research (incl. Content)– Future and Emerging Technologies
• Knowledge placed next to (human & artificial) Cognition• Content (commercial, corporate…) next to educational
& cultural Content• by and large, the proposed structure does not follow
current DG-INFSO organisational lines …
See www.cordis.lu/fp7/
ICT research within FP7ICT research within FP7
TimeplanTimeplan• timeframe:
– phase 1 (directions & priorities) => March 2006– phase 2 (strong justification!) March-May– phase 3 (workprogramme) June-July– phase 4 (focus of initial calls) July-Sep– phase 5 (spreading the word…) Oct-Dec
• elicit input from ALL relevant circles:– research topics
• continuity vs. new directions• emerging challenges vs. gaps & failures in FP6• long term research vs. development & validation• relationships vis-a-vis adjacent topical areas
– instruments & shared infrastructures– stakeholders: S&T communities & disciplines– ICT and media industry, user industries
We need your input, now!We need your input, now!
• work ahead:– assess FP6 portfolio, identify gaps & duplications
– screen vendors & integrators, market drivers & products
– gather socio-economic justification, facts & figures
– sounding board (virtual / physical meetings)
– expert roundtables (Bxl / Lux / at major conferences)
– open public consultation• by emailby email
• web basedweb based
• for each candidate research topic:– why public intervention
– why at EU level, rationale & added value
– expected impact (scientific, technological, economic)
– time-to-maturity/exploitation & (eventual) application space
Some issuesSome issues
• Content & Knowledge the largest topical area in FP6, budgetlikely to remain ~ constant in FP7, so
– ongoing convergence of Knowledge & mutimedia Content tracks
– new and emerging research challenges
– which research lines can be discontinued to make room for new research topics
– how to share more widely & effectively precompetitive research results
– how to enhance impact & promote uptake: more focused approachto application domains or research tasks?
– how to foster more ambitious endeavours
– how to stimulate synergy with national & industrial initiatives
– how to broaden the programme base• more research centres, more companies, more high-tech users
More informationMore information
www.cordis.lu/fp7/
Our website (under re-construction):
• www.cordis.lu/ist/kct/
Your input (1 page per topic):
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