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Thales Research and Technology (UK) Ltd

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Network of Excellence in Applied Cognitive Systems - CogNet

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Thales Research and Technology (UK) Ltd.

Contents of Talk

Thales Research and Technology - Mission TRT-UK connectivity to academia Cognitive Systems Experts Group in TRT Opportunities and Risks of working with TRT Networks of Excellence for IST 6th Framework Title & Aim of Network Technical Objectives People/partners Proposal and Consortium Schedule

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TRT UK connectivity to Academia

5 Departments

Edinburgh(EE, CS)

Leeds(EE)

Surrey(EE)

Southampton(EE, CS, Ph)

Cambridge(Eng, CS, Ph, Math,Ch)

Oxford(Eng, Ph,Ch)

Imperial(Eng, CS, Ph, Math)

Manchester(CS)

York(CS)

Bristol(Math, Ch)Bath(Math)

Warwick(Math)

TRT UK

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UK FR NL GER Other

University ofSurrey

CNRS TNO Max PlanckInstitute

EPFL (SWI)

University ofBristol

INRIA University of Delft FraunhofferInstitute

University ofLinkoping (SWE)

University ofNottingham

CEA University ofAmsterdam

Ferdinand BraunInst

University ofAthens

Universtiy ofCambridge

ONERA University ofTwente

Siemens SICS (SWE)

University ofReading

EcolePolytechnique

EADS

Imperial CollegeLondon

Ecole Centrale

University ofLeeds

Ecole SubOptique

UniversityCollege London

Ecole Supérieured'Electricité

Qinetic Ecole NationaleSup. TélécomeENS UlmENS CachanALCATEL

TRT collaboration with Academia & external labs

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IP Networks & Security•Large scale •Mobility (ad hoc)•Wireless nets

Navigation &Positioning•Integrated Systems•Sensor Data Processing

Signal & Information Processing•Networked sensors•Learning & Fusion

Defence

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Local Area

AUV Missions

INS + GPS

NCW/NEC

E-business

TransportPublic Safety

Dismounted Close Operation

Battlefield Sensors

C4ISTAR

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Small Systems Software Engineering

TRT UK Main Research Themes

Location & time dependent services & systems

Integrated NavigationSystems Testbed Demonstrator

Network & Security Architecture Testbed Demonstrator

Multi-sensor testbed Sensor systems testbeds

Combined platform/Navigation/network/sensor testbeds (MSTB)

IT&S Aerospace

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TRT-UKAdaptive Learning Systems Programme

Data Fusion Programme

TRT-NLDECIS

Collaborative Decision Making

TRT-FRPLATON

Intelligent Decision Support Programme

Cognitive Systems Experts Group in TRT

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Opportunities and risks of working with Thales (TRT)

Opportunities Focussed Business Cases Success record with the 5th/6th Framework Payment of the professional proposal writer

Risks May have to limit the industrial partners who can join

the network to non-competitors

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Networks of Excellence - EC objectives for 6th Framework

To reinforce or strengthen scientific and technological excellence on a

given research topic

by integrating the critical mass of expertise needed to provide

European leadership and be a world force

around a Joint Programme of Activity (JPA)

To help structuring European research by integrating research capacities

across Europe.

Durable integratiion

So as to process knowledge on a particular theme

To Overcome the fragmentation of European research

To act as a “Virtual Centre of Excellence”

To spread excellence beyond the partners

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Networks of Excellence - EC for 6th Framework

Must haves Critical mass needed to address the key challenges in the network field More than 3 participants from more than 3 different countries (Member or Associated States)

Duration typically 5 years but more if needed to create durable integration

Budget several MEuros per year - 100% by European Commission

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JPA - Joint Programme of Activity - what it should include

Integrated activities

coordinated programme of the partner’s activities sharing of research platforms/facilities/software libraries joint management of the knowledge portfolio staff mobility and exchanges relocation of staff, teams and equipment reinforced electronic communication systems

Joint Research Activities

a programme of joint research to support the network’s goals Activities to spread excellence

training of researchers and other key staff dissemination and communication - technology transfer

All within a unified management structure

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Example of a Network of Excellence

Before the Network good isolated research teams in Europe fragmented effort, redundancy of work, multiplication of effort on basic research tools (e.g. software

libraries) huge gap with US, Japan in terms of quality of deliverables and impact links to industry very sparse

Network 8-15 of the best teams in Europe 50-150 researchers per year EU fund are small part of total effort Helps emerge common research work between ALL team members Fosters exchange of knowledge, co-ordination of activities Builds links with US, Japan… Common deliverables, co-written papers and common research tools

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Aims at integrating and structuring

The NoE Field

Partner 1

Partner 2

Partner 3

Partner 4

Fig1:RTD activities in Europebefore the NoE

Partner 1

Partner 2

Partner 3

Partner 4

Fig2:Coordinated RTD activities Fig3: NoE Framework

Partner 1

Partner 3

Partner 2

Partner 4

JPA

Joint Programme of Activity

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Cognitive Systems Call

Information Society Technologies in EC 6th Framework 2nd Call Cognitive Systems

“To construct physically instantiated or embodied systems that can perceive, understand and interact with their environment, and evolve in order to achieve human-like performance in activities requiring context specific knowledge”

Call opened 17th June 2003 Call closes 15th October 2003

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Why do TRT (UK & NL) want to get involved?

General Reasons

Be combined lead of a recognised visionary Network

“Blue skies” technology injection

Visibility in the European Commission (EC)

Strong links/visibility with academia

Strong links with other industrial partners

Visibility of other industrial commercial applications

Visibility across Europe

Specifically CogNET

In line with the strategy of the Cognitive Systems Experts Group

Belief that this type of expertise will be essential in future systems

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Thales Research and Technology and CogNet?

What does TRT want to do within CogNet? Lead CogNet proposal Lead industrial and managerial side of CogNet NOT lead technical side of CogNet

Why will TRT stick with the network over time? Future vision of all future applications and systems Many industrial applications for Thales will be born out of this

network

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Why should research institutes get involved?

Funding for research in Cognitive Systems

Status in being part of a recognised visionary Network

Lead research towards a more commercial end

Strong links with industrial partners

Future financed work by industry

Visibility in the European Commission

Strong links/visibility with other excellent research institutes

Visibility of industrial commercial applications of research

Visibility across Europe

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Why should academic institutions get involved?

Day to day Virtual University Source of funding Interface with industry Expertise Resources / secretarial and research support Online forums Collaborative problem solving Online Learning Workshops/ tutorial/ lectures Knowledge databases

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Technical Objectives

A convergent conceptual framework for integrating diverse researchers whose problems, techniques and solutions need to be brought together both in order to understand natural cognitive systems and to design useful new ones.

A framework for sharing tools, sharing knowledge about tools, and for interfacing tools, including forms of representation, ontologies,programming and other languages, algorithms, data-libraries, test-sets,recommended hardware, target scenarios, FAQs, How to documents, and other resources.

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Technical Objectives

As a special case of the conceptual framework, an agreed generative framework for describing

- architectures for intelligent systems(high level designs for complete working systems, combining many kinds of functionality)

- requirements for intelligent systems(where a set of requirements for an artificial system is similar to the 'niche' of an artificial system along with

- analyses of important proposed architectures in terms of the general framework,

- some recommendations on architectures worth using in order to meet particular types of requirements. (The list will change as new research results come in.)

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Dissemination Objectives

Production of a publicly accessible (distributed) web-site with all the partial results of the project as it progresses.

Production of educational materials and aids for newcomers to the research area, including demonstrations, when available.

Interdisciplinary workshops and conferences at which carefully selected invited talks will be combined with submitted contributions in order to spread both positive results and information about unsolved problems to researchers not yet involved in the activity.

Other forms of dissemination through journals and books.

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Work to date in CogNet

Assigned a proposal writer Flip Pino - Pino and Partners (NL) TRT - 30,000 Euros + my time

Draft Title and Aim of the Network Draft Technical Objectives Initial Partnerships Proposal contents page Links to wider community

Consortium meeting in Delft - 20th June 2003 Consortium meeting in UK - 8th July 2003 Other IP meetings

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Win Themes

Combination of the two previous NOEs Critical mass of researchers Can we be sure that they are no one else bidding for an NOE in this

Cognitive Systems call? EC mentioned most EOI for NOEs only included universities

Balance between technology push and application pull Links with many of the EC calls Proposal is very visionary Relevance to the IST priorities Connection with Ambient Intelligence drive of EC

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Who does what?

Governing Council Who?

TRT is happy with none competitive industrial partners

Roles Consortium building Management proposal preparation Network management/ co-ordination

Scientific Council Who? Roles

Consortium member identification Technical proposal preparation Research/technology in network

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Which disciplines and what roles in Networks

Cognitive Systems

Computer Science

Artificial Intelligence

Psychology

Sociology

Anthropology

Systems Engineering

Others?

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