Knowledge Technologies 20022006

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Knowledge Technologies2002-2006

• Scope focus in 2003
• Brian Macklin
• Knowledge Management Content CreationDG
  Information Society

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The objective

• The vision the Web as a semantically-annotated
  resource shared by humans, software agents
  networked devices
• Two intertwined goals
• basic research understand content, master
  knowledge embedded in multimedia objects
• applied research enable smarter, next-generation
  Web applications
• From long-term research through to exemplary
  applicative showcases
• Strong multidisciplinarity with many constituent
  disciplines technologies

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Work-programme 2003-2004

• Objective
• To develop semantic-based and context-aware
  systems to acquire, organise, process, share and
  use the knowledge embedded in multimedia content.
  Research will aim to maximise automation of the
  complete knowledge lifecycleand achieve semantic
  interoperability between Web resources and
  services.

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2 main research themes

• Semantic-enabled systems servicesfor the
  next-generation Web(s)
• semantic Webs within and across organisations,
  communities of interest
• smart Web services
• Knowledge-based adaptive systems
• reasoning over / acting on large volumes of
  dynamic data and information for
  anytime-anywhere inferencing
• Foundational research component-level research
  system-level integration

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IST Programme 2002-2006

• European challenges
• Transnational partnerships
• Complementary skills
• Critical mass of resources
• hence ... Focus, Excellence Impact

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Instruments Rationale

• Higher integration and building critical mass
• Realising ERA
• Simplifications of procedures
• Larger autonomy
• higher responsibility for the consortium
• Higher flexibility

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Use of FP6 instruments

• IPs
• up to 4 years, 5-15 Meuro (EU funding)
• NoEs
• up to 5 years, 3-6 Meuro
• STRPs
• up to 3 years, 1-3 Meuro
• SSAs (specific support actions)
• up to 3 years, 1-2 Meuro
• room for both old new instruments
• gt 60 of budget earmarked for newinstruments

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Integrated Projects - purpose

• Designed to support research that is ..
  objective and result driven
• clearly defined objectives and results
• Each IP should
• integrate the types of activities needed to
  obtain the goals
• integrate the critical mass of resources needed
  to obtain the goals
• integrate all elements of technology chain to
  attain high-impact goals
• support industry-academia collaboration including
  SMEs

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Networks of Excellence (NoE) - objectives

• To reinforce scientific and technological
  excellence
• By integrating research capacities across Europe.
  
• To progress knowledge on a particular theme
• To act as a Virtual Centre of Excellence

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NoE - main features

• Virtual centre of excellence
• Joint Programme of Activity (JPA)
• (RTD, training, transfer, mobility... )
• established or emerging fields
• Size
• Several M per year
• Participants
• minimum of 3 Universities, Research Labs,
  Industrial Labs
• a critical mass of key actors

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NoE - the JPA for integrating/shaping research
The NoE field
RTD activities in Europe before the NoE(today)
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What kind of project for KT?
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Partnerships

• consortium
• IPs 4-10 partners, from 3 countries
• NoEs 4 core partners min., from 3 countries
• STRPs 4-6 partners, from 3 countries
• cohesive agenda competent, committed reliable
  partners
• complementarity cover all areas you need
• duplication of competence
• Necessary for NoEs
• Acceptable for IPs where dictated by project
  needs
• industry/SME/academia/NAS participation as
  dictated by project needs

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Financial Packaging

• project funding commensurate with expected
  results impact
• funding of partners depends on individual role
  input
• partners input labour, know-how, facilities
• fair cost projections, no double billing
• choose reliable (ie financially sound) partners

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Coordination

• project leader(s)
• proven management skills
• international project experience
• coordinators functions
• interface consortium-EC
• financial administration
• contract signatory
• coordinator partners
• QAed reporting, against schedule

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Using the new instruments

• do not artificially create an IP!
• an IP should be THE project in the target area
• an ambitious progressive endeavour
• with clearly defined milestones checkpoints
• appropriate use in this sector not 30 Meuros,
  nor 3 Meuros typically 6-12 Meuros, more where
  justified by scope impact
• an NoE should be interdisciplinary, include an
  industry section and / or a user section

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2003 Calls

• 1st call Knowledge Technologies
• 55 Meuro background technical document
  available
• 2nd call Cross-media Digital Content
• 55 Meuro background document published in due
  course

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Schedule of 1st call

• first call expected in Dec. 2002, closing late
  April 2003
• evaluation around mid-May gt experts wanted!
• hearings in June
• negotiations until Sep / Oct
• contract awarding in Nov / Dec
• projects due to start in Dec / Jan 2004
• Highly competitive demanding process

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Likely outcome of 2003 calls

• fewer, bigger projects wrt. FP5
• 100 meuro available
• 4-6 IPs
• 3-4 NoEs
• 8-12 STRPs
• 1-3 SSAs
• some 20 proposals likely to be retainedfor
  funding highly selective process!
• proposals cutting across knowledge / content /
  interface technologies are welcomed

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Some tips

• have a look at complex, multi-party projects in
  science industry
• do not artificially adapt a proposal to a
  strategic objective
• respond to all the evaluation criteria, not
  justthe scientific technical ones
• pay attention to using the full range of
  activities allowable for the new instruments
• give realistic cost / resource estimates
• pay extra attention to co-ordination of large
  projects ensure that project management
  expertise is available
• Think like an evaluator!!!

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Conclusion

• preserve your credibility select one proposal
  and make it win!
• ensure that the proposal brings outkey
  innovations
• full depth of participation rather than long
  list of organisation names
• critical mass avoid the 1 FTE per partner trap
• check relevance of your ideas with EC staff, at
  an early stage

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Stay in touch!

• Main IST Web site
• www.cordis.lu/ist/fp6/fp6.htm
• FP6 reference documents guides
• www.cordis.lu/rtd2002/
• europa.eu.int/comm/research/fp6/networks-ip.html
• Knowledge Technologies Web site
• www.cordis.lu/ist/ka3
• www.ktweb.org
• National contact points
• www.cordis.lu/fp5/src/ncps.htm
• EC staff in Luxembourg
• general infso-kit_at_cec.eu.int
• specific franco.mastroddi_at_cec.eu.int