Mats Ljungqvist - Oct 2002

Interface Technologies and Cognitive Systems

use of instruments, partnership, hints and tips

Interface Technologies and Cognitive Systems

use of instruments, partnership, hints and tips

Nino VarileNino VarileHead of Unit D4Head of Unit D4

DG Information SocietyDG Information Society

Nino VarileNino VarileHead of Unit D4Head of Unit D4

DG Information SocietyDG Information Society

OverviewOverview

• RemindersReminders

• New InstrumentsNew Instruments

• PartnershipsPartnerships

• Expected resultsExpected results

• Do’s and Don’tsDo’s and Don’ts

• What’s next?What’s next?

IST Programme 2002-2006IST Programme 2002-2006

RemindersReminders

• European challenges (ERA)European challenges (ERA)

• Transnational partnershipsTransnational partnerships

• Critical mass of skillsCritical mass of skills

and adequate resources and adequate resources hence ... hence ...

FocusFocus, , ExcellenceExcellence, , ImpactImpact and and RoIRoI

Schedule of 1st callSchedule of 1st call

First call expected in Dec. 2002First call expected in Dec. 2002Closing late April 2003Closing late April 2003

• evaluation around mid-Mayevaluation around mid-May

• hearings in Junehearings in June

• negotiations until Sep / Octnegotiations until Sep / Oct

• contract awarding in Nov / Deccontract awarding in Nov / Dec

• projects due to start in Dec / Jan 2004projects due to start in Dec / Jan 2004

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Use of New InstrumentsUse of New Instruments

• Expected to address the objectives Expected to address the objectives within a holistic approach enabling, within a holistic approach enabling, where justified, where justified, competitioncompetition within within and across projectsand across projects

• A major target is to A major target is to integrate actors integrate actors and disciplines and disciplines == build a community build a community

• An IP should be An IP should be THETHE project in the project in the target areatarget area

Integrated ProjectsIntegrated Projects

Integrated Projects IFTIntegrated Projects IFT

Objective: deliver new knowledgeObjective: deliver new knowledge

• on on multimodal interfacesmultimodal interfaces and and multilingual multilingual communicationcommunication systems capable to interpret systems capable to interpret and understand and understand

• that can that can adaptadapt to real world uncertainty and to real world uncertainty and perform perform robustlyrobustly in adverse conditions in adverse conditions

• requires technological advances in vision, requires technological advances in vision, language, robotics, cognitive sciences, language, robotics, cognitive sciences, mathematics, …., their mathematics, …., their integrationintegration and and showcasing where appropriateshowcasing where appropriate

Integrated Projects CSIntegrated Projects CS

Objective: deliver new knowledgeObjective: deliver new knowledge

• on on methodsmethods for constructing cognitive for constructing cognitive systemssystems to interpret, interact and to interpret, interact and communicate communicate

• that can that can adaptadapt to real world uncertainty and to real world uncertainty and perform perform robustlyrobustly in adverse conditions in adverse conditions

• requires technological advances in vision, requires technological advances in vision, language, robotics, cognitive sciences, language, robotics, cognitive sciences, mathematics,… AND their mathematics,… AND their integrationintegration

Networks of ExcellenceNetworks of Excellence

• Must aim at lowering barriers between split Must aim at lowering barriers between split communities and disciplines and advance communities and disciplines and advance knowledge in the fieldknowledge in the field

• Can help to establish and reinforce shared Can help to establish and reinforce shared infrastructures, including for training and infrastructures, including for training and evaluation, annotation standards and evaluation, annotation standards and appropriate usability metrics and appropriate usability metrics and benchmarksbenchmarks

Networks of ExcellenceNetworks of Excellence

• Spread excellence Spread excellence

• Xfertilisation among disciplinesXfertilisation among disciplines

• Bring together the best research in Bring together the best research in constituent disciplines, integrate constituent disciplines, integrate resources, (e.g. image, video, resources, (e.g. image, video, multimodal,…)multimodal,…)

• Create a NEW research space (ERA)Create a NEW research space (ERA)

• Define joint activitiesDefine joint activities

• Have a lasting natureHave a lasting nature

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Use of Old InstrumentsUse of Old Instruments

Specific Targeted Research ProjectsSpecific Targeted Research Projects

• Expected to bootstrap research in Expected to bootstrap research in identifiable or emerging sub-domains identifiable or emerging sub-domains and to prepare associated and to prepare associated communitiescommunities

PartnershipsPartnerships

• Coherent set of partnersCoherent set of partners

• Cohesive agenda, competent & reliable Cohesive agenda, competent & reliable partnerspartners

• Complementarity: cover all areas you needComplementarity: cover all areas you need

• Duplication of competenceDuplication of competence

• Necessary for NoEs

• Acceptable for IPs where dictated by project needs

• Cooperation between academia and research Cooperation between academia and research centres (public & private)centres (public & private)

• Cooperation beyond EU as appropriateCooperation beyond EU as appropriate

Do’s and Don’tsDo’s and Don’ts

Do carefully study the evaluation criteria

• relevance, excellence, ……

• Do respond to all the evaluation criteria, not just the scientific & technical ones

Do remember that proposals are evaluated by peers = “no-nonsense”

Don’t mirror the workprogramme: put your own ideas in the proposal

Don’t participate in a multitude of competing proposals, select one and make it win

Do pay extra attention to using the full range of activities allowable for the new instruments

Don’t create artificial IPs (=inflated STRP)

Do pay due attention to co-ordination of large projects

Do give realistic cost/resource estimates good return on investment

Remember that 50 m ~ 1,200 person/years!

Do’s and Don’tsDo’s and Don’ts

• ContentContent• Narrow scope, little or no EU and ERA dimension

• Aims too general, lack of focus (e.g. programmes instead of projects)

• Lack of innovation, not beyond current state of art

• PlanningPlanning• Links missing between objectives & workplan

• Milestones missing or too general

• Risk factors not addressed, no contingency plans

• ManagementManagement• Management structure vague or inadequate

• Weak dissemination, exploitation plans

EoI ShortcomingsEoI Shortcomings

EoI Partnership Size EoI Partnership Size

ConclusionConclusion

• Ensure that the proposal brings outEnsure that the proposal brings outstrategic/key innovationstrategic/key innovation

• Full involvement of participants rather than Full involvement of participants rather than long list of organisation nameslong list of organisation names

• critical mass: avoid the “1 FTE per site” trap

• Proposals that cut across knowledge -Proposals that cut across knowledge -interface technologies and cognitive systems interface technologies and cognitive systems are welcomeare welcome

• Check relevance of your ideas with EC staffCheck relevance of your ideas with EC staff

Stay in touch!Stay in touch!

•www.cordis.lu/fp6/www.cordis.lu/fp6/

•www.cordis.lu/rtd2002/www.cordis.lu/rtd2002/

•www.cordis.lu/ist/www.cordis.lu/ist/

•www.cordis.lu/ist/fp6/fp6.htmwww.cordis.lu/ist/fp6/fp6.htm

•2002istevent.cec.eu.int2002istevent.cec.eu.int

•email: infso-kit@cec.eu.intemail: infso-kit@cec.eu.int

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