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Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)



Leonardo Flores AñoverRamón Compañó

Leonardo Flores AñoverRamón Compañó


Workprogramme 2001Workprogramme 2001Workprogramme 2001Workprogramme 2001

The OPEN scheme

Proactive initiatives :– Global Computing: cooperation of autonomous and mobile

entities in mobile environments (new initiative)

– Nanotechnology Information Devices (follow-up call): Beyond-CMOS nanoelectronics and molecular computing

– Life-like Perception Systems (new initiative)

The OPEN scheme

Proactive initiatives :– Global Computing: cooperation of autonomous and mobile

entities in mobile environments (new initiative)

– Nanotechnology Information Devices (follow-up call): Beyond-CMOS nanoelectronics and molecular computing

– Life-like Perception Systems (new initiative)


The OPEN schemeThe OPEN schemeThe OPEN schemeThe OPEN scheme

Accept any idea of quality*

Widest possible spectrum Proposals submitted at any time Innovative work that could lead to breakthroughs or major

advances:– Bold ideas involving high risks

– Longer term research

*Quality in FETs = Innovative idea, with potential for strong impact, advancing the state of the art; may be high risk or long term or combination of both

Accept any idea of quality*

Widest possible spectrum Proposals submitted at any time Innovative work that could lead to breakthroughs or major

advances:– Bold ideas involving high risks

– Longer term research

*Quality in FETs = Innovative idea, with potential for strong impact, advancing the state of the art; may be high risk or long term or combination of both


The OPEN scheme The OPEN scheme Two steps EvaluationTwo steps EvaluationThe OPEN scheme The OPEN scheme

Two steps EvaluationTwo steps Evaluation

Entry point: Short proposal (5 pages) - What and Why?– Assessment phase (up to 1 year, 100kEuros)

– Full scale project (full proposals evaluated in second step)

Full proposals What, Why and How (Follows standard format

for RTD proposals) 1:3 success rate 3 to 4 Evaluations a year

Entry point: Short proposal (5 pages) - What and Why?– Assessment phase (up to 1 year, 100kEuros)

– Full scale project (full proposals evaluated in second step)

Full proposals What, Why and How (Follows standard format

for RTD proposals) 1:3 success rate 3 to 4 Evaluations a year


FET Proactive InitiativesFET Proactive InitiativesWhat they areWhat they areFET Proactive InitiativesFET Proactive InitiativesWhat they areWhat they are

Take a lead in areas strategic for the future Focus on visionary, challenging goals

– critical mass, timeliness, impact

Set trends for future R&D

Two pilot initiatives launched in 4th FP : MEL ARI and i3

Four initiatives launched in 1999 and 2000 (5th FP)

Take a lead in areas strategic for the future Focus on visionary, challenging goals

– critical mass, timeliness, impact

Set trends for future R&D

Two pilot initiatives launched in 4th FP : MEL ARI and i3

Four initiatives launched in 1999 and 2000 (5th FP)


FET Proactive InitiativesFET Proactive InitiativesHow they workHow they workFET Proactive InitiativesFET Proactive InitiativesHow they workHow they work

Coordinated project clusters– Autonomous but complementary

– Common long term goals

– Shaping vision(s) of the future

Integrated approach– Collective negotiations– Dovetailing projects– Grouped reviews

– Adaptation of objectives– Network of Excellence and Dynamic Roadmaps

Coordinated project clusters– Autonomous but complementary

– Common long term goals

– Shaping vision(s) of the future

Integrated approach– Collective negotiations– Dovetailing projects– Grouped reviews

– Adaptation of objectives– Network of Excellence and Dynamic Roadmaps


Global ComputingGlobal ComputingGlobal ComputingGlobal Computing


Proactive initiative to be launched in the area of

Global Computing: co-operation of autonomous and mobile entities in dynamic environments

(What is FET and What’s a proactive initiative?)

See

http://www.cordis.lu/ist/fetintro.htm


Proactive initiative to be launched in the area of

Global Computing: co-operation of autonomous and mobile entities in dynamic environments

(What is FET and What’s a proactive initiative?)

See

http://www.cordis.lu/ist/fetintro.htm


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Everyday objects will have processors and embedded software Many will communicate with each other and interact with the

`environment' Developments in information technologies will lead to computational

systems based entirely on available infrastructure and processing power around us.

challenge define and exploit dynamically configured systems of mobile entities

that interact in novel ways with their environment to achieve or control their computational tasks for.

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Everyday objects will have processors and embedded software Many will communicate with each other and interact with the

`environment' Developments in information technologies will lead to computational

systems based entirely on available infrastructure and processing power around us.

challenge define and exploit dynamically configured systems of mobile entities

that interact in novel ways with their environment to achieve or control their computational tasks for.

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Scientific goalsScientific goalsScientific goalsScientific goals

Overall goal of the initiative is to obtain techniques

– models,

– frameworks,

– methods,

– algorithms

for constructing systems that are flexible, dependable, secure, robust, efficient

New paradigms of computer science may be needed

dependable, secure, robust and efficient.

Overall goal of the initiative is to obtain techniques

– models,

– frameworks,

– methods,

– algorithms

for constructing systems that are flexible, dependable, secure, robust, efficient

New paradigms of computer science may be needed

dependable, secure, robust and efficient.


Scientific goalsScientific goalsScientific goalsScientific goals

Research to focus on systems of the following kind:

The systems are composed of autonomous computational entities where activity is not centrally controlled,

The computational entities are mobile, The configuration varies over time. The systems operate with incomplete information

about the environment.

Research to focus on systems of the following kind:

The systems are composed of autonomous computational entities where activity is not centrally controlled,

The computational entities are mobile, The configuration varies over time. The systems operate with incomplete information

about the environment.


Focus of the researchFocus of the researchFocus of the researchFocus of the research

Fundamental issues with long-term impact

Proposals should address one or more of these aspects:

the design of systems

analysing and reasoning about their behaviour

avoiding and/or detecting undesirable behaviour through control of the system and/or its environment

understanding their limits and potential.

Fundamental issues with long-term impact

Proposals should address one or more of these aspects:

the design of systems

analysing and reasoning about their behaviour

avoiding and/or detecting undesirable behaviour through control of the system and/or its environment

understanding their limits and potential.


Criteria of selectionCriteria of selectionCriteria of selectionCriteria of selection

The research proposed should address

• foundational aspects contributing to scientific and engineering principles for the design of systems having the features outlined.

• issues of long-term concern with potential to lead to innovations in the theory and design of the described systems and that can potentially bring about breakthroughs in the creation of these systems.

The research proposed should address

• foundational aspects contributing to scientific and engineering principles for the design of systems having the features outlined.

• issues of long-term concern with potential to lead to innovations in the theory and design of the described systems and that can potentially bring about breakthroughs in the creation of these systems.


Criteria of selection Criteria of selection (cont.)(cont.)

Criteria of selection Criteria of selection (cont.)(cont.)

– Teams with a clear common objective and partners complementing each other. Team composition should reflect the complementarity of the work.

– Experimental work, if included, should aim to shed light on the fundamental issues of the research or to validate ideas.

– Research that attacks the issues at a superficial level or that will lead to only minor incremental progress at the foundational level is less appropriate

– Teams with a clear common objective and partners complementing each other. Team composition should reflect the complementarity of the work.

– Experimental work, if included, should aim to shed light on the fundamental issues of the research or to validate ideas.

– Research that attacks the issues at a superficial level or that will lead to only minor incremental progress at the foundational level is less appropriate


Examples of systemsExamples of systemsExamples of systemsExamples of systems

Mobile telephone system: Mobile users will want the environment to create the computational processes they require, wherever they are and wherever they are going.

Future road and air traffic management: cars or planes will communicate among themselves and with devices in the environment in order to make efficient use of available road or air space

Mobile entities over the internet: “global computation” originates from the discussion of these future systems in computer science

Information artefacts: See the Disappearing Computer initiative

Mobile telephone system: Mobile users will want the environment to create the computational processes they require, wherever they are and wherever they are going.

Future road and air traffic management: cars or planes will communicate among themselves and with devices in the environment in order to make efficient use of available road or air space

Mobile entities over the internet: “global computation” originates from the discussion of these future systems in computer science

Information artefacts: See the Disappearing Computer initiative


Examples of Research issuesExamples of Research issuesExamples of Research issuesExamples of Research issues

At the foundational level, the following issues may be relevant (not prescriptive list):

Openness What is the nature of tradeoffs between openness and issues like security

and trust?

Models of computation What is a suitable model of computation? What are the programming abstractions that "package" these models so as to

enable ordinary programmers to construct reliable and robust applications?

Efficiency and computational limits: The choice of a particular model of computation has implications for the

notion of performance and efficiency and may lead to limitations on computational power.

At the foundational level, the following issues may be relevant (not prescriptive list):

Openness What is the nature of tradeoffs between openness and issues like security

and trust?

Models of computation What is a suitable model of computation? What are the programming abstractions that "package" these models so as to

enable ordinary programmers to construct reliable and robust applications?

Efficiency and computational limits: The choice of a particular model of computation has implications for the

notion of performance and efficiency and may lead to limitations on computational power.


Examples of Research issues Examples of Research issues (Cont.)(Cont.)


Models of communication/interaction New and probably completely different way of dealing with co-ordination and

network control than that investigated hitherto in the context of distributed computing. Novel assumptions may have to be made about the nature and/or quality of communication.

Algorithms Coping with faulty and dynamic components is a known challenge in the design of

robust algorithms. The lack of uniformity in the systems to be designed leads to new problems.

Programming Well-engineered programming languages that provide direct but flexible support

for building such systems need to be designed and implemented. Subsequently, many questions arise in the development, analysis and

transformation/optimisation of programs in such languages.

Models of communication/interaction New and probably completely different way of dealing with co-ordination and

network control than that investigated hitherto in the context of distributed computing. Novel assumptions may have to be made about the nature and/or quality of communication.

Algorithms Coping with faulty and dynamic components is a known challenge in the design of

robust algorithms. The lack of uniformity in the systems to be designed leads to new problems.

Programming Well-engineered programming languages that provide direct but flexible support

for building such systems need to be designed and implemented. Subsequently, many questions arise in the development, analysis and

transformation/optimisation of programs in such languages.




System development

What is an appropriate logic for specifying and reasoning about such concepts?

How do you understand a computation when you have only a partial view of it and your collaborators also have only (different) partial views?

How does one test such a system? How does one organise distributed development of software? How does one define safety criteria and which architectures will meet

them?

System development

What is an appropriate logic for specifying and reasoning about such concepts?

How do you understand a computation when you have only a partial view of it and your collaborators also have only (different) partial views?

How does one test such a system? How does one organise distributed development of software? How does one define safety criteria and which architectures will meet

them?




Adaptability

How can an entity adapt to the situation it finds itself in, given its lack of knowledge of the state of the computation and the configuration of the environment?

Security Networks are partitioned into administrative domains by firewalls and other

security barriers. Movement of entities through security barriers should be possible under appropriate circumstances, without undermining the security of the facilities or the entities.

Resources How do entities become aware of the available resources and their cost? Should there be mechanisms for entities to secure resources temporarily?

Adaptability

How can an entity adapt to the situation it finds itself in, given its lack of knowledge of the state of the computation and the configuration of the environment?

Security Networks are partitioned into administrative domains by firewalls and other

security barriers. Movement of entities through security barriers should be possible under appropriate circumstances, without undermining the security of the facilities or the entities.

Resources How do entities become aware of the available resources and their cost? Should there be mechanisms for entities to secure resources temporarily?


InformationInformationInformationInformation

For further information:Leonardo Flores Añover

e-mail: [email protected]

David Pearce


GC Web page:

http://www.cordis.lu/ist/fetgc.htm

For further information:Leonardo Flores Añover


David Pearce


GC Web page:

http://www.cordis.lu/ist/fetgc.htm

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