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SO 2.5.9 “Collaborative Working Environments”

6th EU Framework Programme for Research

Isidro Laso BallesterosIST Programme

"The views expressed in this presentation are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Commission"


SO Collaborative Working Environments. Goal

To develop next generation collaborative working environments (NGCWE), thereby • increasing creativity and • boosting innovation and • productivity.

NGCWE will enable seamless and natural collaboration amongst a diversity of agents (humans, machines-robots, etc).


NGCWE will be:• distributed, • knowledge-rich and • virtualized working environments.

Professional virtual communities and nomadic personal access to knowledge should be supported.

SO Collaborative Working Environments. Characteristics of NGCWE


• NGCWE environments should provide collaboration services to make possible the development of worker centric, flexible, scalable and adaptable tools and applications.

SO Collaborative Working Environments. Objective

Collaboration services

Collaboration environments

Collaboration tools

Applications for collaboration


SO Collaborative Working EnvironmentsWhere is this SO positioned at?

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End-to-end connectivity andsecurity (IP v6), QoS, Multicasting,

LSA, computing resources (DC, Grid)

Internet of ThingsMobility, LBS, context awareness

Seamless access to content & Knowledge. Plug&Play SOA

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Research and development activities on NGCWE

• Theoretical research: Collaborative Working concepts and methods

• Research and development on Core Services for distributed collaboration

• System integration into collaboration tools

• Development of complex validating applications

• Support for internationally agreed reference architecture for CWE


Work to be done within SO 2.5.9

Validating Applications

Core (crucial) Services for distributed collaboration at work

Tools for collaborative work

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1st Focal Layered task:Theoretical research (I)

• Methods and concepts to:• To reduce failures in diverse teams in

particular when the cultural diversity is high..

• To improve work practices in Collaborative Working Environments. (“Innovative workplace practices in manufacturing accounted for as much as 89% of the growth in ‘multifactor productivity’, i.e. beyond ICT increases”. San Francisco Fed, 2004)


1st Focal Layered task:Research and development on Services

Components (II)• Research and development of core collaboration

service components to complement existing middlewares and platforms, such as:• synchronisation and persistence of distributed group

workspaces; • discovery and allocation of group resources;• group identification, traceability and security; • management and interfacing between groups of physical

materials and digital representations; • and environment group awareness, with a special emphasis

on mobility. • This collaboration services components layer will

deliver a high quality experience to co-workers based on flexible management of services and should be customizable to different communities, making use of different (mobile) devices.


Network Access (IP v6, wireless, )Middleware (SOA)

Group identification

Synchronization and Persistence of

Distributed workspaces

Group Traceability

Group resources Discovery and allocation.

Collaborative Work Environment providingcore collaboration services:

Digital representation of physical objectsGroup

Security

Environmentawareness


2nd focal layered task: Research on tools for collaborative

work• Bringing together core collaboration services

(layer 1) into collaboration tools.• These tools will offer sophisticated services.• Focus on:

• Group management,• Visualization services,• Augmented group presence,• Sharing support,• Seamless interaction,• Semantic modeling of complex groups of workers,• Service composition.






Group Traceability




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Visualisation

COLLABORATION TOOLS

Semantic ModellingOf Groups

Sharing support


3nd focal layered task: Development of Complex applications (I)

• ICT-rich domains mentioned in the text where large demonstrators (EARs) are expected:• Collaborative design and engineering, in particular rapid

prototyping and simulation in the context of virtual manufacturing;

• Collaboration in media/content production workers;• Collaboration among e-Professionals;• Collaboration with and among knowledge and information

workers in remote and rural settings.• e-Training for collaborative and remote workers (horizontal)

Innovative validating applications for collaborative work in content-rich, mobile and fixed collaborative environments in ICT rich domains.






Group Traceability


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VALIDATING APPLICATIONS



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Augmented group

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Service composition

Visualisation

COLLABORATION TOOLS

Semantic ModellingOf Groups

Sharing support


3nd focal layered task: Development of Complex applications (II)

• Cross domain fertilization domain would enrich these applications.

• These applications should leverage, where appropriate, on experience from collaborative games (disruptive approaches).


Other tasks (I)

• To promote joint research activities with national programmes,

• To define future research agendas,• To identify emerging topics and

research groups world wide.Instruments: CAs/SSAs


Other tasks (II)

• To achieve internationally agreed reference architecture for collaborative work (guidelines), including core components providing seamless collaboration.

• Through Collaboration with international research and standardization activities.

• Build on international RTD activities in particular USA, Canada, Korea and Japan.

• Linked to international standardization activities, including W3C and IETF.

Instruments: CAs/SSAs


• Aim:• strengthen and complement research

carried out under ESA, EUREKA and national initiatives.

• In particular, links to Eureka ITEA projects related to Nomadic and Cyber-Enterprise domain applications should be described to assess synergies and inter-dependencies in terms of timing and funding.

SO 2.5.9. SO 2.5.9. ERA activities ERA activities


S.O. 2.5.9 Instruments for layer

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Tools for collaborative tasks

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SO 2.5.9. Integrated Projects (I)SO 2.5.9. Integrated Projects (I)

• Budget: 70% • Integrated, goal-oriented R&D:

• Cut across the 3 layered focal tasks, including Work on:

• innovative concepts and methods, • core collaboration services, • tools for collaboration, AND • validation on testbeds and large demonstrators.

• Critical mass is required to have impact

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Core (crucial) Services for distributed

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SO 2.5.9. Integrated Projects (III)SO 2.5.9. Integrated Projects (III)

• The use of Experience and Application Research (EAR) approach is encouraged.

• EAR is defined by the ISTAG: they are designed for an early involvement of users and to create links to structures, business processes and workplace practices of the organisations.

• EARs are expected in the ICT rich domains mentioned in the text.

• Examples of EARs budget: 700,000 €

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Tools for collaborative tasksEARs:


SO 2.5.9. SO 2.5.9. Targeted RTD ProjectsTargeted RTD Projects

• Only in the 1st and 2nd layers.• Tasks:

• To explore emerging alternatives to pave the way for additional technological advances in the

field.• Disruptive approaches are welcome.




STREP

STREP STREP

STREPSTREP


• Aim:• to promote and support the networking

and coordination of research and innovation activities needed for European leadership in ICT-enabled Collaborative Working Environments.

• To ensure that the work is consistent across IPs and STREPs.

SO 2.5.9. SO 2.5.9. Co-ordination ActivitiesCo-ordination ActivitiesValidating Applications



Tools for collaborative tasksCA/SSA


• Actions targeting SMEs developing collaborative tools and application are encouraged (2nd and 3rd layers)

• Aim:• To achieve better interoperability of

complementary services and tools.• To leverage on innovative SMEs.

SO 2.5.9. SO 2.5.9. SMEs SMEs


For More Information...For More Information...

• Sources of information:Strategic Objective Web site: http://www.cordis.lu/ist/so/collab-work/home.html

New working Environments Unit web site:

www.amiatwork.com


Isidro [email protected]

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