Romas03 Problems And Solutions In Interdisciplinary Research Benny Daems En ...imec.archive
This document summarizes the experiences of an interdisciplinary research project called ROMAS. [1] ROMAS took an interdisciplinary approach involving users, industry, and research institutes. [2] The goal was to facilitate dialogue between user research and technical applications development. [3] User research focused on exploring city practices to generate ideas for wireless applications, which were then prototyped by technical partners. Collaboration improved over iterations but started separately between partners.
This document discusses sociability in the context of interactive television. It begins by discussing how television plays a central role in micro-communities like families and friends. It then examines how watching television is often a social activity involving co-viewing. The document considers whether interactive television also needs to support social uses. It identifies concerns around studying sociability, such as whether interactions are co-located or remote. The document proposes creating guidelines for interactive television to support social uses based on a competitive analysis of applications. It outlines plans to test the validity of these guidelines and further research on sociability involving adaptive interfaces and group communication.
The document describes the Scavenger2000, an environmental restoration vessel developed through a collaboration between Picture SAI Water Technologies India and Water Management Technologies USA. The Scavenger2000 is designed to treat water bodies by removing debris, disinfecting water to kill bacteria and viruses, and increasing oxygen levels. It can handle large volumes of water treatment and is intended to provide an effective yet affordable solution for water quality issues.
Vânia goncalves isbo ng wi nets - accounting interferenceimec.archive
This document discusses the impact of interference on revenue from spectrum sharing. It first provides background on spectrum allocation and sensing. It then describes models for estimating how allowing secondary usage impacts primary users and owners' revenue. Case studies examine interference between technologies like 802.15.4 and Wi-Fi, UMTS and UWB, and WiMAX and fixed wireless access. The document concludes that interference effects depend on the technologies, applications, and contexts involved.
Romas03 Problems And Solutions In Interdisciplinary Research Benny Daems En ...imec.archive
This document summarizes the experiences of an interdisciplinary research project called ROMAS. [1] ROMAS took an interdisciplinary approach involving users, industry, and research institutes. [2] The goal was to facilitate dialogue between user research and technical applications development. [3] User research focused on exploring city practices to generate ideas for wireless applications, which were then prototyped by technical partners. Collaboration improved over iterations but started separately between partners.
This document discusses sociability in the context of interactive television. It begins by discussing how television plays a central role in micro-communities like families and friends. It then examines how watching television is often a social activity involving co-viewing. The document considers whether interactive television also needs to support social uses. It identifies concerns around studying sociability, such as whether interactions are co-located or remote. The document proposes creating guidelines for interactive television to support social uses based on a competitive analysis of applications. It outlines plans to test the validity of these guidelines and further research on sociability involving adaptive interfaces and group communication.
The document describes the Scavenger2000, an environmental restoration vessel developed through a collaboration between Picture SAI Water Technologies India and Water Management Technologies USA. The Scavenger2000 is designed to treat water bodies by removing debris, disinfecting water to kill bacteria and viruses, and increasing oxygen levels. It can handle large volumes of water treatment and is intended to provide an effective yet affordable solution for water quality issues.
Vânia goncalves isbo ng wi nets - accounting interferenceimec.archive
This document discusses the impact of interference on revenue from spectrum sharing. It first provides background on spectrum allocation and sensing. It then describes models for estimating how allowing secondary usage impacts primary users and owners' revenue. Case studies examine interference between technologies like 802.15.4 and Wi-Fi, UMTS and UWB, and WiMAX and fixed wireless access. The document concludes that interference effects depend on the technologies, applications, and contexts involved.
The document describes the structure and facilities of the IBBT iLab, which includes research groups, a technical test center for evaluating platforms and networking equipment, an open innovation center for multi-stakeholder collaboration on policy issues, and a usability lab for testing products and services. The technical test center is equipped to evaluate various networking technologies and conduct performance testing and analysis. The usability lab allows for usability testing in controlled laboratory environments or portable and mobile setups in natural contexts.
Apollon - 22/5/12 - 16:00 - Smart Open Cities and the Future Internetimec.archive
The document summarizes a presentation on smart cities as innovation ecosystems sustained by the future internet. Some key points:
1) Smart cities are not yet a reality, but rather an urban development strategy and vision focused on empowering citizens and creating an "urban innovation ecology."
2) The FIREBALL project aims to bring together cities, living labs, and future internet stakeholders to explore how open innovation and user participation can support experimentation and adoption of future internet technologies.
3) Case studies of smarter cities show examples of technology districts, living lab initiatives, infrastructure development, and efforts to engage citizens. However, challenges remain around skills gaps, funding, and measuring impact.
Tijdens het tweede Cultuurdebat in Arnhem geeft Erik Vos een presentatie over zijn ontwerppraktijk. Het Lab heeft deelgenomen aan Power to Arnhem en daar zijn verschillende lessen uit te trekken. Corss-overs en kruisbestuivingen leveren innovatieve ideeën op.
The document discusses a project that will focus on end-users and the future market environment for multimedia content distribution. It will study business models and deployment models to make them future proof. On the content side, it will study how to convert content to network services and prevent excessive costs. It will also look at metadata frameworks to enhance content for multiple platforms. A major challenge is offering new services across various fixed and mobile networks.
The document outlines competencies in mobile and wireless communications including network architectures, network protocols from layers 1-5, the physical layer, and cross-layer design. It provides examples of network architectures like access networks, mesh networks, and sensor networks. It also discusses topics in network protocols, the physical layer including signal propagation and radio technologies, and cross-layer optimization across the protocol stack.
Workshopvin1 2018 Technology In Labour For Rebirth Of Hal 9000 Seriesimec.archive
The document discusses research at ETRO on technology for ambient intelligence systems, including the HAL-9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey and its successor the AMI-9000. Current research areas include speech recognition and synthesis, emotion recognition from speech, facial analysis and synthesis, and using these techniques to create embodied conversational agents. The goal is for systems like the AMI-9000 to monitor surroundings, understand speech and emotions, and provide assistance tailored to each user.
I Minds2009 Baekeland Intro I Minds 2009imec.archive
The document summarizes an event about the IWT Baekeland Program, which provides PhD candidates the opportunity to obtain a degree through close cooperation with industry. The event aims to provide information to companies, candidates, and professors about the program and facilitate matching on research themes. The agenda includes a presentation on the program, a panel discussion with representatives from research groups and companies, and a future matchmaking event to connect candidates and promoters with company projects.
The Deus platform aims to handle data from wireless sensor networks in a distributed manner. It uses ontologies and semantic web technologies to classify sensor data and deal with issues like missing or faulty readings. A key challenge is the quality of unpredictable sensor data. The Deus architecture includes distributed reasoning, a service registry, and a policy framework to label data quality and determine appropriate actions. It was implemented and tested on a realistic sensor network, showing it can draw more accurate conclusions than without the quality control measures.
This document provides an overview of various psychological disorders including: anxiety disorders like generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and obsessive compulsive disorder; somatoform disorders like hypochondriasis and conversion disorder; dissociative disorders like amnesia and dissociative identity disorder; mood disorders like depression; schizophrenic disorders; and personality disorders like borderline personality disorder. For each disorder, key symptoms and findings from related studies are described. The document also discusses models of abnormality, diagnosis of disorders, and comorbidity between disorders.
The document discusses a living lab for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to involve users in the product development process from an early stage. Some key benefits mentioned include detecting unintended problems or opportunities through active user involvement, conducting multi-method research to enrich products academically, and allowing technologies to be domesticated by users rather than just consumed. The living lab offers services to SMEs to help fast track the process from ideation to demonstration through co-creation with various user types and extra funding and support opportunities.
This document discusses the iterative process of co-creating an ontology with stakeholders. Researchers conducted contextual inquiries through documentation analysis, observations, and interviews across multiple healthcare sites. Scenarios were developed and used in workshops with various stakeholders including medical professionals, engineers, and social scientists. The workshops introduced ontologies and involved role playing, decision making, and concept evaluation. A proof of concept was developed using a personal electronic device to demonstrate the ontology. The document reflects on further refining the process and developing the research.
PRoF is a living lab that builds very life-like environments using state-of-the-art products to enable early testing and concept validation. It provides an ecosystem for innovation and business across companies, academia, users, and care actors. PRoF has a long history of collaboration and has had a big impact on innovation in healthcare.
Results of the Apollon pilot in homecare and independent livingimec.archive
The document summarizes the results of the Apollon pilot project evaluating the use of living lab networks for testing homecare and independent living services across borders. The pilot involved transferring three such services between four living labs in different countries. A key finding was that a common cross-border ecosystem model for living labs in healthcare was not feasible due to differences between countries in areas like value networks, organization of healthcare, regulations, and infrastructure. However, living labs could still effectively serve as brokers and matchmakers to enable cross-border collaboration by addressing issues around stakeholders, access to users, liability, ethics, rules, and safety. Based on this pilot, the document advocates for a domain-specific network of smart care living labs to facilitate knowledge
Delivery of feedback on Health, Home Security and Home Energy in Aware Homes ...imec.archive
This document discusses the CASALA Living Lab, which conducts research on delivering feedback to users about their health, home security, and energy usage using sensors in ambient assisted living homes. The CASALA Living Lab has multiple stages, including virtual environments, a facility called Great Northern Haven with over 2,000 sensors collecting data from 16 apartments, and community deployments. The lab aims to understand user behavior from real-world data and provide feedback to empower users. Challenges include lack of market awareness for ambient assisted living and siloed funding, while successes involve end-user involvement and driving education and adoption of these technologies.
The document describes the Emmanuel Haven Living Lab located in Motherwell, South Africa. The Living Lab was established to provide prevention, treatment, care and support to communities impacted by HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and diabetes. It aims to mitigate the health, psychological and socio-economic effects of these diseases through the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) and community programs. Some of its initiatives include using mobile technologies to enable home-based care, nutritional education, and skills development for disabled community members. The Living Lab faces challenges such as lack of infrastructure, connectivity and access issues, as well as social challenges like poverty and low literacy levels in the community.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
Health-Lab Amsterdam is a living lab platform focused on testing and improving ICT and healthcare solutions together with users. It has three dimensions: 1) a platform where people can meet and discuss new care solutions, 2) living labs where solutions can be tested with users, and 3) new educational programs focused on implementing solutions. The living lab has apartments equipped with sensors to study user needs, concepts, and acceptance of new solutions. Students from various fields participate in minors to learn about digital health and intelligent environments.
The European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL) is a non-profit international association representing over 300 certified Living Labs across Europe. Living Labs are real-life test environments where users and producers co-create innovations. ENoLL was launched in 2006 and supports various EU initiatives related to aging well, smart cities, and future internet technologies by facilitating partnerships between its member Living Labs. ENoLL is committed to the EU Active and Assisted Living Program and plans workshops and projects to promote interoperability and gather evidence on independent living solutions.
This document summarizes the process and outcomes of the 6th Wave of the European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL). It describes how 72 proposals were submitted and evaluated by 6 teams against 20 criteria on a scale of 0-5. 46 Living Labs were ultimately selected, including 31 from EU countries and 15 non-EU members. The document provides details on the evaluation phases and typical weaknesses seen in applications. It concludes by welcoming the new members and thanking those involved in the evaluation process.
The Connected Smart Cities Network and Living Labs - Towards Horizon 2020 - K...imec.archive
The document discusses how EU Cohesion Policy supports innovation, particularly through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). It provides an overview of how over €86 billion was spent on research and innovation during 2007-2013 to build research capacity and infrastructure in all regions. For 2014-2020, there will be a thematic focus on research and innovation, ICT, and SME competitiveness to maximize impact. Regions will develop research and innovation strategies for smart specialisation to concentrate resources on competitive advantages. Synergies between Cohesion Policy and Horizon 2020 are aimed at supporting research and innovation from the idea stage to market.
Apollon-23/05/2012-9u30- Parallell session: Living Labs added value imec.archive
1) Living labs provide meeting places for research, development, and innovation where companies, researchers, specialists, teachers, students, and product users collaborate.
2) Demola is an innovation platform that combines student ideas with needs and support from project partners and customers, turning ideas into product and service demos.
3) Benefits of Demola include real market potential for projects, valuable experience for students, opportunity for students to start their own businesses, and license agreements or partnerships between students and project partners.
Apollon - 22/5/12 - 11:30 - Local SME's - Innovating Across bordersimec.archive
This document outlines a methodology for setting up and operating cross-border networks of living labs to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with innovation. It describes a multi-phase process including connecting partners, planning projects, supporting experimentation, and evaluating results. A variety of methods and tools were developed and validated through pilot projects in different domains like healthcare, energy efficiency, and manufacturing. These methods and tools are accessible through an online knowledge center to facilitate cross-border collaboration between living labs.
Apollon - 22/5/12 - 16:00 - Smart Open Cities and the Future Internetimec.archive
The document discusses Lisbon's efforts to become a smarter city through open innovation and citizen participation. It outlines challenges like economic issues but also opportunities from new technologies. Lisbon is promoting spaces and tools for public involvement, including participatory budgeting, living labs, open data, and co-working areas. It also supports entrepreneurship through initiatives like Lx Startup, Fab Lab, and Lx Academy. The city is investing in sustainable mobility and renewable energy programs. Overall, the goal is to engage citizens in developing solutions and make Lisbon a center for creativity, business, and green technology.
Apollon - 22/5/12 - 16:00 - Smart Open Cities and the Future Internetimec.archive
The document describes an open data app challenge organized by Open Cities. It invites developers to create apps using European open data sources that solve citizen issues. The challenge runs from February to November 2012, with a submission period in August-September and finals at the Smart City Expo in November. Top prizes include €5,000 for first place. The goal is to promote open data apps and make city living easier through collaboration across Europe.
Apollon - 22/5/12 - 16:00 - Smart Open Cities and the Future Internetimec.archive
The document describes open data platforms and sensor network platforms created by the Open Cities project. It discusses how the platforms provide open data and sensor data from multiple cities through common interfaces and tools. This allows developers to more easily access and build applications using the urban data. The platforms have seen increasing use, with thousands of data sets accessed from cities across Europe. Support is provided to developers through tutorials, code samples and documentation to help them create innovative apps using the open data.
Apollon - 22/5/12 - 11:30 - Local SME's - Innovating Across bordersimec.archive
This document discusses the transition of a large living lab called i-City in Flanders into a spin-off MVNO business. It summarizes that i-City started as a wireless city project with over 500 hotspots and 2000 test users. Some of the alfa community members who received support went on to work for the founding companies. The spin-off took the community-focused approach of i-City and applies it to their MVNO business, which has grown to over 120,000 users through testing with focus groups and an open API. The plans are to expand the business model to other European countries using the same approach of building, testing, and rebuilding with community input.
Apollon - 22/5/12 - 09:00 - User-driven Open Innovation Ecosystemsimec.archive
The document discusses the European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL), which connects over 320 Living Labs across Europe and globally. Living Labs are open innovation ecosystems that engage stakeholders to address societal challenges through user-driven collaboration. ENoLL supports its members through events, projects and services. It also works to expand globally through partnerships and regional networks. The Connected Smart Cities Network was launched to facilitate collaboration between cities on developing smart city solutions using Living Labs approaches.
Apollon - 22/5/12 - 09:00 - User-driven Open Innovation Ecosystemsimec.archive
1) The FIREBALL project coordinates and aligns approaches between future internet research, experimentation testbeds, and user-driven open innovation to promote innovation in smart cities.
2) Smart cities require three components: cities/communities to define challenges, living labs as generators of solutions developed with citizen involvement, and internet technologies as facilitators of communication and information processing.
3) Key FIREBALL activities include developing a smart city vision and cases, building smart city innovation ecosystems and networks, and coordinating medium to long term future internet research with short to medium term applied research and large scale experimentation.
Apollon - 22/5/12 - 09:00 - User-driven Open Innovation Ecosystemsimec.archive
This document summarizes a keynote about user-driven open innovation ecosystems across borders, and the Future Internet Public-Private Partnership (FI PPP) program. The FI PPP aims to make applications research drive technology development, make Europe a leader in future internet technologies, and accelerate sustainable innovation. It involves three phases: technology development, networked pilots and trials across Europe, and expansion of testbeds and pilots. The program is implemented through a series of calls for proposals totaling over 300 million Euros. It represents an effort to reinvent how the European Commission approaches internet-related research and innovation.