COST Telecommunications and Information Science and Technologies

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COSTTelecommunications andInformation Science
and Technologies
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What is COST ?

• Intergovernmental Cooperation
• Created in 1971
• 17 Scientific and Technical Domains
• Participation
• 35 COST Countries
• European Commission
• International Organisations
• Organisations from Non-COST Countries on Mutual
  Benefit Basis
• COST Actions
• Concerted Actions of Nationally Funded RD
• Memorandum of Understanding

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The (34 1) member states

• COST Member States
• ? The 25 EU Member States
• EFTA Member States ? Iceland ? Norway ?
  Switzerland ? Candidate Countries ? Bulgaria ?
  Croatia1 ? Romania ? Turkey? Other
  Countries ? Serbia and Montenegro1 ? FYR of
  Macedonia (FYROM)1
• COST Co-operating States ? Israel

1 Not Associated to FP
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What is a COST Action?

• Concerted Action
• Pan-European
• NON-COMPETITIVE Research
• RD Financed Nationally
• Flexibility
• Bottom-up
• A la carte participation
• COST funds only coordination activities

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Yearly Evolution of Running and Starting COST
Actions (Status on 31st December 2004)
Running
Starting
Number of Actions
Year
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COST _at_ FP6

• Funded under FP6 Strengthening the European
  Research Area 50-80 M for 2003-2007
• One of the major Tools for Implementing ERA
• Managed by the European Science Foundation (ESF)
  at the COST Office

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Positioning of COST, Nature of Research
Top-DownApproach
Bottom-UpApproach
Innovation/ Exploitation
Applied Research
BasicResearch
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COST Structure
COST Secretariat at the Council
COST Office
Technical Committees (TC)
Actions Management Committees (MC)
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COST Senior Officials (CSO)

• Responsible for the overall strategy of COST
• Decides on the launching of each individual COST
  Action
• Approves participation from non-COST countries
  institutes
• Approves prolongation of COST Actions
• Chair Professor Francesco Fedi

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Technical Committee (TC)

• Selection Proposal of new COST Actions
• Monitoring of ongoing COST Actions
• Evaluation of completed COST Actions
• Dissemination and Exploitation of COST activities
• Provide Advice to COST on Budget Planning
• Chair of TIST Professor Gert Brussaard

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TIST Quality Control

• Assessment of proposals for new Actions
• Peer review by an Assessment Panel
• Assessment Report approved by the TC
• Monitoring of Actions in Progress
• Progress Report
• Presentation by the Action Chair at Annual Review
  Meeting (June)
• Evaluation of completed Actions
• Peer review by the Evaluation Panel
• Evaluation Report approved by the TC

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Management Committee (MC)

• Supervises and coordinates the implementation of
  the Action
• It is the only legal basis
• Composed of
• Maximum two representatives of each signatory
  country
• they ensure the scientific coordination at
  national level
• One representative of any non-COST institution
  admitted to participate
• Each signatory has one vote

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Working Group (WG)

• Small number of researchers per working group
• Working group members may be
• Management Committee members
• Other scientists from the signatory countries

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COST TIST (Telecoms IST)

• 25 Actions, 2500 Organisations
• Covering Long Term Research on
• Algorithm Technologies
• Antennas and Radio Propagation
• Knowledge and Information Management
• Network Design Analysis
• New Internet Multimedia Services
• Optical Networking and Photonics
• Satellite and Mobile Communication
• Special Needs and User Requirements
• Strong Relationship with IST Programme

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COST TISTResearch Domains Actions
Antennas,Radio Propagation, and
InterferenceCOST 280, 284,286, 296
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COST TIST Stand Point

• Bottom-up approach
• Flexible research themes participation
• Community building
• Long term research
• Predominantly basic RD
• Voluntary cooperation model (High motivation)
• High impact on FPs

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Evolution of COST TIST Actions
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Annual Grant Contracts

• COST TIST support Annual Grant Contracts with
  Grant-Holder organisation
• Contract covers costs for
• Secretariat (administration charges)
• Meetings (MC and WGs)
• Seminars, workshops, and training schools
• Short Term Scientific Missions
• Dissemination activities
• Publications are funded by specific COST funds

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COST TIST

• Managed by the COST Office
• Staff
• Science Officer Afonso Ferreira
• Afonso.Ferreira_at_cost.esf.org
• Administrative Officer Brigid Bradley
• bbradley_at_cost.esf.org
• COST WWW Site http//cost.cordis.lu
• TC Chair Prof. Gert Brussaard
• Were here to help

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COST TIST

• Questions?