1. EU research in Knowledge based systems: Progress & prospects Roberto Cencioni & Stefano Bertolo DG Information Society and Media infso-e2@cec.eu.int Unit INFSO.E2 infso-e2@cec.eu.int ISWC’05, Galway

2. Knowledge technologies in FP6: basic facts by Q1 2006 58 projects, 260 M€ funding 443 participants, 638 participations: –52% public, education, … participants –48% private, commercial, … participants 32 countries; 58% from top 5 countries (DE, UK, FR, IT, ES)

4. Scope RTD&D – long term research (formal, theoretical) – technology / component research & development – applied, system-level research – demonstration Emphasis on –generic, enabling technologies –flexible, cross-sectoral application platforms

5. 3 research lines 1.Cross-media Content (call 2): new forms of digital content: creativity, interactivity, user experience & control, cross-platform access & delivery… 2.Content & Knowledge (call 4): intelligent content objects: metadata generation / extraction, semantic indexing & retrieval, aggregation, personalisation, workflow... 3.Knowledge (calls 1 & 4): … next foil

6. Semantic Web’s and beyond 3.Knowledge: –intersection of Web, MM and KR&R –networked information & communities –web/multimedia " documents " : text + image, video, audio, shapes … –automation of knowledge lifecycle –from static to dynamic information, interaction, work flows … –data semantics as well as evolving processes & tasks Support for Semantic Web projects since 2002!

7. 2 research foci Knowledge acquisition & modelling, capturing knowledge from raw information and multimedia content –multimedia content analysis, semantic annotation & categorisation –ontology evolution, knowledge extraction –content harvesting, web/multimedia mining –searching on distributed resources Knowledge sharing and use, exploiting semantically enriched information to provide actionable meaning –collaboration, knowledge sharing –user & context modelling, personalisation –semantic web services & business processes –interworking & legacy systems …

8. Outcome of Call-4 150+ submissions received 25 proposals retained, nearly 250 organisations 124 M€ total funding largest EU call ever in the information access / management domain –projects due to start Q1 2006

9. MUSCLE KnowledgeWeb REWERSE Aim@Shape Acemedia DIP SEKT VIKEF Alvis Aspic DirectInfo News Simac Metokis AgentLinkIII KB20 3DTV Axmedis IperG Inscape IPRacine NM2 Polymnia WalkOnWeb WorldScreen RevealThis Peng Holonics Content4All M-Pipe GameTools INCOMM LeMatch NoEIPSTPCASA Knowledge & Content Project Portfolio K-Space NeOn Salero Super Live X-Media Mesh Musing Nepomuk OpenKnowledge Luisa TAO Boemie Swing Towl Sevenpro AsIsKnown Trends BootStrep Ontogeo S-TEN MediaCampaign Caretaker TripCom Patexpert Text Multimedia Knowledge Representation Services Call 1 Call 2 Call 4

10. FoundationsInfrastructureProfessionalsConsumersCommunity 2M€ 3M€ 7M€ 9M€ MUSCLE KnowledgeWeb REWERSE Aim@Shape Acemedia DIP SEKT VIKEF Aspic DirectInfo News Simac Metokis AgentLinkIII KB20 3DTV Axmedis IperG Inscape IPRacine NM2 PolymniaWalkOnWeb WorldScreen RevealThis Peng Holonics Content4All M-Pipe GameTools LeMatch NoEIPSTPCASA Knowledge & Content Project Portfolio NeOn Salero Super Live X-Media Mesh Musing Nepomuk OpenKnowledge Luisa TAO Boemie Swing Towl Sevenpro AsIsKnown Trends BootStrep Ontogeo S-TEN MediaCampaign Caretaker TripCom Patexpert Call 1 Call 2 Call 4 5M€ sem web service sem annotation modelling search inference Alvis INCOMM K-Space 260M€

11. FoundationsInfrastructureProfessionalsConsumersCommunity 2M€ 3M€ 7M€ 9M€ Aspic NoEIPSTPCASA Knowledge Management Environments NeOn Ontogeo Call 1 Call 2 Call 4 5M€ sem web service sem annotation modelling search inference 24.1M€

12. FoundationsInfrastructureProfessionalsConsumersCommunity 2M€ 3M€ 7M€ 9M€ KnowledgeWeb DIP NoEIPSTPCASA Semantic Web Services / Inference Super TripCom Call 1 Call 2 Call 4 5M€ sem web service sem annotation modelling search inference 31.5M€

13. FoundationsInfrastructureProfessionalsConsumersCommunity 2M€ 3M€ 7M€ 9M€ Aim@Shape Acemedia DirectInfo News IPRacine NM2 Polymnia RevealThis Peng Content4All NoEIPSTPCASA Semantic Indexing / Search Trends Call 1 Call 2 Call 4 5M€ sem web service sem annotation modelling search inference Alvis 41.2M€

14. FoundationsInfrastructureProfessionalsConsumersCommunity 2M€ 3M€ 7M€ 9M€ Simac NoEIPSTPCASA Semantic Knowledge Management Salero Mesh Boemie Call 1 Call 2 Call 4 5M€ sem web service sem annotation modelling search inference Sevenpro 24M€

15. FoundationsInfrastructureProfessionalsConsumersCommunity 2M€ 3M€ 7M€ 9M€ SEKT NoEIPSTPCASA Inferential Knowledge Management X-Media Musing Nepomuk BootStrep MediaCampaign Caretaker Patexpert Call 1 Call 2 Call 4 5M€ sem web service sem annotation modelling search inference K-Space 55.8M€

16. OpenKnowledge Specific Targeted Research Project, 36M uedin ou vu csic unitn osou interaction_modelling semantic_routing ontology_mapping semantic_qos markup testbeds empirical_studies user_apps dissemination management

17. NeOn Integrated Project, 48M aece atos cnr fao inria isoco jsi onto ou sag ukarl uko upm usfd dynamics networked_ont contexts human_factors methodology infrastructure fishing_ont pharma_ont exploitation management

18. Nepomuk Integrated Project, 48M cog dfki edg epfl fzi hpgl ibm iccs imc kth l3s nuig prc sap trt usi management visualization personal_semweb work_process distributed_search sem_social_network architecture dissemination bioscience business organisation_km linux_community

19. Super Integrated Project, 36M sap etel ibis ibm ids isoco lfui mip nuig nexcom niwa onto ou tid pue tue ustutt tp cefriel sem_bproc methodology proc_composition proc_mediation modelling proc_engine architecture telecoms_ont telecoms_biz exploitation standards dissemination management

20. Towards FP7 New framework expected to start end 2006 Main proposals (FP, SPs, RfP) forwarded to Council & Parliament Significant budget increase … depending on EU financial perspectives after 2006 Traditional as well as new SPs (eg Space) Traditional collaborative research (Cooperation SP) as well as grants for individual teams (Ideas SP)

21. IST rebranded - now simply ICT, ~2 M€ / year still the largest thematic component within FP centred around 4 components: –Core Technologies (incl. Knowledge) –Integration Environments (eg personal, home) –Application Poles (incl. Content) –Future and Emerging Technologies Knowledge placed next to (human & artificial) Cognition Content (commercial, corporate) next to educational & cultural content by and large, the proposed structure does not follow current DG-INFSO organisational lines … See www.cordis.lu/fp7/ ICT research within FP7

22. Timeplan timeframe: –phase 1 (directions & priorities)March 2006 –phase 2 (strong justification!) March-May –phase 3 (workprogramme) June-July –phase 4 (focus of initial calls)July-Sept –phase 5 (spreading the word…)Oct-Dec elicit input from ALL relevant circles: –research topics continuity vs. new directions emerging challenges vs. gaps & failures in FP6 long term research vs. development & validation relationships vis-a-vis adjacent topical areas –instruments & shared infrastructures –stakeholders: S&T communities & disciplines –ICT industry, user industries

23. We need your input, asap! work ahead: –assess FP6 portfolio, identify gaps & duplications –screen vendors & integrators, market drivers & products –gather socio-economic justification, facts & figures –sounding board (virtual / physical meetings) –expert roundtables (Bxl / Lux / at major conferences) –open public consultation by email web based for each candidate research topic: –why public intervention –why at EU level, rationale & added value –expected impact (scientific, technological, economic) –time-to-exploitation & (eventual) application space

24. Some issues Knowledge & Content the largest topical area in FP6, budget likely to remain constant in FP7, so –ongoing convergence of Knowledge & Content tracks –which research lines can be discontinued to make room for new research topics –how to share more widely and effectively precompetitive research results –how to enhance impact & promote up-take: more focused approach to application tasks & domains? –how to forster more ambitious endeavours –how to stimulate synergy with national & industrial initiatives –how to broaden the programme base more research centres, more companies, more high-tech users –how to consolidate foundations & middleware, how to progress towards flexible & scaleable reference architectures …

25. More information www.cordis.lu/fp7/ Our own website (under re-construction): www.cordis.lu/ist/kct/ Your input (1 page per topic): infso-e2@cec.eu.int Inquiries: stefano.bertolo@cec.eu.int roberto.cencioni@cec.eu.int