COST Telecommunications, Information Science and Technologies

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COSTTelecommunications,Information Scienceand
Technologies
Peter Wintlev-JensenScientific
Secretarypeter.wintlev-jensen_at_cec.eu.int
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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
• Bottom-up Concerted Actions of Nationally Funded
  RD
• Memorandum of Understanding

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COST TIST (Telecoms, Information Science and
Technology)

• 25 Actions, 2500 Organisations
• Covering Longer Term Research on
• Antennas and Radio Propagation
• Satellite Technologies and Services
• Mobile and Personal Communication
• Optical Networking and Photonics
• New Internet Multimedia Services
• Speech and Interaction Technologies
• Knowledge and Information Discovery
• Special Needs and User Requirements
• Strong Relationship with IST Programme

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COST TISTResearch Domains Actions
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Future of COST

• Funded under FP6 Strengthening the European
  Research Area 80 M for 2003-2006
• One of the major Tools for Implementing ERA
• Secretariat moving to European Science Foundation
  from 1/11/2003
• Will Still be based on annual Grant Model
• DG INFSO will still ensure coordination with IST
  related Activities

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SECRETARIAT

• Managed by DG Information Society, Unit A2 (IST
  Research Strategy)
• Staff
• Scientific Secretary Peter Wintlev-Jensen
• Contracts and Payments Eva Geneyn-Svensson
• Administrative Support Lisa Byrne
• Email (name.surname_at_cec.eu.int)
• COST WWW Site http//cost.cordis.lu
• TIST WWW Site http//www.cordis.lu/cost/src/tisth
  ome.htm