1. FOR FP 6 WE NEED : TO THINK OUT OF THE BOX PROJECTS THAT USE AND INTEGRATE MULTIPLE TECHNOLOGIES NEW APPROACHES TO PROBLEMS

2. SWIFT SMALL WINDOW INTERFACE TECHNOLOGY DESKTOP PARADIGM – TIME TO CHANGE? DATA ORGANISING PRINCIPLE (TIME?, CONCEPTS?, TASK?…) INFO LAYOUT? ICONS? SHORTHAND, SIGN LANGUAGE? NAVIGATION EXPLANATION PROBLEM: Given the fusion of various consumer devices with PC-type capabilities and the small screens they usually carry, what kinds of interfaces are required for effective use of these devices?

3. E-EXPLORATION A NEW KIND OF SCIENCE MODELING COMPLEX SYSTEMS SIMPLE RULES RECURSION EMERGENCE FEEDBACK MECHANISMS …

4. FLEXIREP FLEXIBLE REPRESENTATIONS O-O representation allowing: –Views/attributes etc a la carte –Decoupling of representation from interpretation Procedures as representations –Planning –S/w modules

5. SIREN SIMPLE REASONING INITIATIVE ANALOGY OPPOSITES EXTREMES MIXED REASONING CRITERIA -BASED REASONING BIOLOGICAL PATHWAYS …

6. DATA -> INFO -> KNOWLEDGE -> EXPERTISE OLD MODEL DATA => INFO => EXPERTISE => KNOWLEDGE NEW MODEL NEED DATA – OBSERVATIONS BACKGROUND (ASSUMPTIONS, PRECONDITIONS, EXTRAPOLATION…) PROCEDURES RULES … EXPERTISE KNOWLEDGE APPLICATION 1 APPLICATION n

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