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Institute e‐Austria Timisoara ‐ a success story
at its 10th Years Anniversary
Prof. Dr. Viorel Negru
Advancing Information Technologies through Research and Applications
• Key periods• What is IeAT• How is working• Expertise• Main achievements
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Content Advancing Information Technologies through Research and Applications
• 2001‐2002: Birth of the idea, negotiations, start• 2003‐2005: Austrian support for start‐up phase• 2006‐2007: Stand‐alone and recognition• 2008‐2012: Stability
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Key periods Advancing Information Technologies through Research and Applications
• Private Research Institute • Specialized in Computer Science• Non‐profit Association between:
1. RISC, Johannes Kepler University of Linz2. Computer Science Dept, West University of Timisoara3. Computers Dept, Politehnica University of Timisoara
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Official status Advancing Information Technologies through Research and Applications
• Promoting the scientific and technological progress in the field of IT
• Primary “Todo”:1. Center of competence in CS and IT2. Stimulate the doctoral education in CS and IT3. Attract investments in IT4. Transfer state‐of‐the‐art R&D to the industry5. International cooperation & accelerate integration
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The mission Advancing Information Technologies through Research and Applications
• Research and development• Knowledge transfer• Design and implementation of software products• Education complementary of that of the associates• Scientific and technical event organization• Stimulate creativity and innovation through grants• Promote IT in other activity sectors
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Activities Advancing Information Technologies through Research and Applications
• Activity based on projects granted by:– National, EU or International Agencies for Research– Companies for R&D activities
• Grants proposals submitted to competitive calls• Project leaders are organizing the team activities• Minimal administrative overhead
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How is working Advancing Information Technologies through Research and Applications
• MODAClouds – MOdel‐Driven Approach for design and execution of applications on multiple Clouds
• mOSAIC – Open‐Source API and Platform for Multiple Clouds
• SEED – Speeding Every European Digital• SPaCIoS – Secure Provision and Consumption in the Internet of Services
• STRUCTCOMB – Structure and computational difficulty incombinatorial optimization: an interdisciplinary approach
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Running projects Advancing Information Technologies through Research and Applications
• AEMTIA – Automated Exploration of Mathematical Theories for Industrial Applications
• ANNE – Advanced Impulsive and Fractional Order Neural Network Models• AVANTSSAR – Automated Validation of Trust and Security of Service‐
Oriented Architectures • DEHEMS – Digital Environmental Home Energy Management System• EcoNet – French‐Russian‐Romanian project “Executable and verifiable
models for security of communicating systems”• Folding@Home – Folding@IeAT• ForMol – Computational formalism inspired by Molecular Biology• ITMOP – Information Theory Methods for Optimization Problems
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Former projects (I) Advancing Information Technologies through Research and Applications
• NanoSim – Transport phenomena and structure formation at the micro/nanometer scale in biomedicine and materials science
• NOREX – Network of reengineering expertise • PhaseTrans – Phase Transitions in Computational Complexity and Formal
Verification – Towards Generic and Realistic Approaches• Practical Verification – Practical formal verification using automated
reasoning and model checking • ProWest — Promotion of the research activity in computer science in Wes
Romania • PSysGAR – Models and implementations for simulating P systems• SCIEnce – Symbolic Computation in Europe • SEPROPI – Studies and systematic exploration of parallel iterative
processes
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Former projects (II) Advancing Information Technologies through Research and Applications
• ICT COST Action IC0801: AT ‐ Agreement Technologies, 2008 ‐ 2012• ICT COST Action IC0805 : Open European Network for High‐Performance
Computing in Complex Environments, 2009 ‐ 2013• EGI‐INSPIRE ‐ Integrated Sustainable Pan‐European Infrastructure for
Researchers in Europe, nr. 261323, FP7, Research Infrastructures, May 2010 ‐ April 2014
• HP‐SEE ‐ High‐Performance Computing Infrastructure for South East Europe’s Research Communities, FP7, nr. 261499, INFRA‐2010‐1.2.3 Virtual Research Communities, September 2010 ‐ August 2012
• HOST – High Performance Computing Service Center, project EC FP7‐REGPOT, 2012 ‐ 2014
• aMICAS‐ Automated Management in Cloud and Sky Computing Environments, RO‐PNII‐ID‐PCE, 2012‐2014
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Running projects – CS Research Center
Advancing Information Technologies through Research and Applications
• RISC GmbH, A: telecommunications, logistics• Alcatel‐Lucent, RO: software verification andquality measurement, training on OOP
• Lucas Varity GmbH, DE: soft development andtesting
• Quatermill SRL, RO: document management
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Knowledge transfer projects
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Projects
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No. multi‐annual contracts in 2002‐2012: 35
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Funds Advancing Information Technologies through Research and Applications
Personnel structure
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No. individual contracts in 2003‐2012: 115
• Parallel and distributed computing• Computational complexity• Formal verification• Soft computing• Software engineering• Computational mathematics• Artificial intelligence
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Main fields of expertise Advancing Information Technologies through Research and Applications
Elsevier’s Scopus classification
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Top 10, EC‐FP7‐ICT/RO Advancing Information Technologies through Research and Applications
Source: ICT Statistical Report for Annual Monitoring 2011, Feb 2012
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Statistics in Scopus Advancing Information Technologies through Research and Applications
• Unique private research institute in CS in Romania• Continuous flow of projects• Well established topic‐based working groups• Support for partners CS departments• Scientific recognition at European & national level• High no. of partnerships with foreign institutions• More than ½ income from abroad
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Main achievements Advancing Information Technologies through Research and Applications
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www.ieat.ro Advancing Information Technologies through Research and Applications
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