Information Society Technologies Third Call for Proposals Norbert Brinkhoff-Button DG Information Society European Commission Key action III: Multmedia contents and Tools

INFSO-D Research and Development Research and Development –Multimedia Content and Tools (KA3): 564 M Industrial programmes Industrial programmes –Information Market INFO 2000: 65 M –Internet Action Plan: 25 M –Multilingual Information Society: 15 M Policy initiatives Policy initiatives –Green Paper, … Good mix of research and policy actions

Drivers & opportunities Full digital information chain, new forms of content Full digital information chain, new forms of content Wireless broadband communications, mobile IP Wireless broadband communications, mobile IP Integrated Internet multimedia and telephony services Integrated Internet multimedia and telephony services Digital audio/video broadcasting, IDTV Digital audio/video broadcasting, IDTV Multi-access, multimodal messaging and conferencing Multi-access, multimodal messaging and conferencing Portable, wearable, in-car devices Portable, wearable, in-car devices Agent technologies Agent technologies Network infrastructures Digital broadcasting Rich content Mobile communication

KA3 highlights Emphasis on Emphasis on –cross-media content –human interactivity –applications & generic research –short to medium term markets Research Focus –demonstrators: personalised Web, advanced digital libraries, school of the future, etc –middleware: for cross- media, multilingual, multimodal applications –standards: media re- presentation & exchange New models for publishing Natural interactivity

Main research strands Creative, visual & mobile content - III.1/3/4 Creative, visual & mobile content - III.1/3/4 –author & deliver interactive media –adapt existing content to new infostructure –filter, navigate & visualise digital objects –discover & extract knowledge Natural & multilingual interaction - III.3 Natural & multilingual interaction - III.3 –enable multimodal man-machine interaction –develop multilingual service & device frontends Education & training - III.2 Education & training - III.2 –design new learning paradigms for schools –develop systems & services for life-long learning

3rd Call: action lines open Personalising content Personalising content Access to digital collections of cultural and scientific content Access to digital collections of cultural and scientific content School of tomorrow School of tomorrow The learning citizen The learning citizen Natural interactivity Natural interactivity Cross-lingual information management and knowledge discovery Cross-lingual information management and knowledge discovery Working groups and dissemination and awareness actions Working groups and dissemination and awareness actions

Personalising content Stimulate new marketplaces & business models Stimulate new marketplaces & business models Two project lines: Two project lines: –Enable (small) organisations to create personal content for target users (consumers) –Stimulate new Web services providing content-driven services for large communities Application domains: advertising, profiling... Application domains: advertising, profiling... Full applications as well as smaller feasibility projects (proof of concept) Full applications as well as smaller feasibility projects (proof of concept) Interoperability, consumer protection and privacy, business models... Interoperability, consumer protection and privacy, business models...

Access to culture and science Safegarding culture Better access for citizens & professionals Advanced digital library applications – –navigation, search and retrieval for inter- operable access to distributed resources International science collaboratoria – –standards, tools and servers for collaborative analysis of scientific data User-driven approach involving institutional actors Integration, demonstration, test-beds… Collaboration with national & international progs

School of tomorrow Improve ICT-driven learning in primary and secondary schools Improve ICT-driven learning in primary and secondary schools Scope Scope –advanced learning environments and materials –cognitive activities (autonomy, creativity, team work) –solutions for mobile learning (remote access) Organisational reengineering and pedagogical and socio-economic evaluation Organisational reengineering and pedagogical and socio-economic evaluation Large scale demonstrations Large scale demonstrations

The learning citizen New approaches for Life Long Learning New approaches for Life Long Learning Targets individuals outside formal education and training settings Targets individuals outside formal education and training settings Scope: Scope: –managing personal learning processes –brokerage of learning services (assessment) Demonstrations, including user evaluations and best practice definition Demonstrations, including user evaluations and best practice definition

Natural interactivity Addresses people to data/systems and people to people Addresses people to data/systems and people to people Aim is to increase naturalness Aim is to increase naturalness Emphasis on: Emphasis on: –user/information interfaces –multimodal dialogues –highly conversational systems Provide platform for multidisciplinary collaborations (speech, language, cognition, vision, etc.) Provide platform for multidisciplinary collaborations (speech, language, cognition, vision, etc.) Enabling and applied research (showcases) Enabling and applied research (showcases)

Cross-lingual information management Extract knowledge from digital texts, messages, AV objects, etc Extract knowledge from digital texts, messages, AV objects, etc Scope Scope –information retrieval, categorisation and profiling –topic identification, summarisation, fact & feature detection and extraction... using language processing techniques (semantic analysis) Applications (showcases) & longer-term research Applications (showcases) & longer-term research Platform for international collaborations Platform for international collaborations

Support Specific KA3 support measures (III.5.1: fixed deadline): Specific KA3 support measures (III.5.1: fixed deadline): –Working groups on standards & best practice: specific to KA3 research areas –Virtual exhibitions & showcases: access to leading edge technologies –National focal points (HLT): speed up the deployment of research results … in addition to continuous scheme

Outlook This Call This Call –6 RTD lines –focus on content access and delivery, and dialogue 4th Call 4th Call –5 RTD lines plus take-up –focus on creative, visual and mobile content 5th Call 5th Call –not relevant for KA3