Transcript Slajd 1 - FuturIcT

Future and Emerging Technologies
Flagship Initiatives
and
FuturIcT Project aims
Janusz Hołyst, Warsaw University of Technolgy, [email protected]
Andrzej Nowak, University of Warsaw
Presentation at kick-off meeting of Polish FuturIcT Hub,
Warsaw University of Technology, 25 May 2011
Materials taken in part from talks of W. Boch, D. Helbing and A. Sanches
Information on Future and Emerging
Technologies (FET) Flagships
1. General
• FET Flagships are ambitious large-scale, science-driven, visionary
research initiatives that aim to achieve a scientific breakthrough..
See: http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/programme/fet/flagship/home_en.html
• Flagship Initiatives are proposed to be visionary, science-driven,
large-scale research initiatives oriented towards a unifying goal and
taking a multidisciplinary approach nucleated from ICT future
and emerging technologies.
• FET Flagships should generate a wave of technological innovation
and economic exploitation, ideally in a variety of areas and sectors,
and would carry an important societal impact.
• FET Flagships are envisioned to run for at least 10 years, on a
budget in the range of 100 M€ Euros per year and per initiative.
The overarching nature and magnitude of these initiatives implies
that they can only be realised through a federated effort.
2. Flagships Pilot Actions
• To prepare the launch of the FET Flagships, 6 Pilot Actions are
funded over a duration of 12 months starting from May 2011. See
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/programme/fet/flagship/doc/6pilots_en.pdf
• These Coordination Actions will create a design and description of
consolidated candidate FET Flagship Initiatives, including
assessment of feasibility in scientific, technical and financial terms.
By mid-2012 the FET Flagship Pilots will have to present a
structured community in good position to implement their integrated
research agenda, including the involvement and commitment from
key stakeholders.
• In the second half of 2012 at least two of the Pilots are expected to
be chosen to be launched as full FET Flagship Initiatives in 2013.
FET Flagship Preparatory
Actions
Retained Proposals
Priority
Acronym
ESR
Score
1
FuturICT
13,8 Pilot CSA
1,9
2
Graphene-CA
13,5 Pilot CSA
1,355
3
Guardian Angels
13,5 Pilot CSA
1,405
4
HBP
13,2 Pilot CSA
1,420
5
ITFoM
12,6 Pilot CSA
1,480
6
CA-RoboCom
12,0 Pilot CSA
1,480
1
FLEET
12,0 Horizontal Action CSA
0,960
Funding Scheme
Rec. funding
(M€)
Flagship Pilots Retained
Overview(I)
FuturICT
The FuturICT knowledge accelerator
a ”Living Earth Simulator” involving planetary-scale simulation of impacts from
humans on the planet and global crisis management support
Graphene
Graphene S&T for ICT and beyond
development of the science and technologies for a new class of
material beyond the era of silicon; includes four Nobel prize laureates
Guardian
Angels
Guardian Angels for a smarter planet
development of the science and technologies for zero-power ICT components and
systems at nanoscale with compute and networking functionalities for environmental
and health monitoring
Flagship Pilots Retained
Overview (II)
HBP
The Human Brain Project
simulation and understanding of the Human Brain to develop new diagnostic tools and
treatments for brain diseases, and new class of low-energy technologies with brain-like
intelligence, such as neuromorphic computing
Molecular modelling in health and medicine
ITFoM
offering a revolution in healthcare: aiming at the ultimate goal of developing
personalised preventive medicine based on individual physiological data
processed against globally integrated medical knowledge
RoboCom
Sentient Robot Companions
a ‘sentient nurse’ with flexible properties, such as soft bodies and adaptive behaviour
based on new levels of perceptual, cognitive and emotional capabilities
FET Flagship Pilots timeline
7/10 12/10
5/11
5/12
Pilots
Horizontal CSA
2013
Dirk Helbing (ETHZ)
FuturIcT - An ICT-Based „Apollo Project“ to
make Humanity Fit for Future
Sketch of an EU flagship initiative
From Wikipedia: The term 'futurists' most commonly
describes authors, consultants, organizational leaders and
others who engage in interdisciplinary and systems thinking
to advise private and public organizations on such matters
as diverse global trends, plausible scenarios, emerging
market opportunities, and risk management.
Poland in FuturIcT
• There are about 20 Polish teams interested in FuturIcT
•Warsaw University of Technology and University of Warsaw
have been inolved in various stages of Project preparation
and have created Polish FuturIcT Hub
Main aims of the Hub
• to create national competence areas related to FuturIcT aims
• to contribute to FuturIcT infrastructure
• to ensure local matching funds (Polish Ministry of Sciences,
Foundations, industry, universities…)
Proposed actions of Polish Hub in the period 2011-2012
1) Arranging a series of workshops of top Polish scientists in various
FutuIcT related domains (social sciences, complexity science, ICT
research, political sciences and others).
2) Performing preliminary and reconnaissance studies in our research
teams in the directions of possible FuturICT research lines.
3) Lobbing by Polish politicians who can decide on the political
evaluation of the final Flagships proposals in 2012.
4) Disseminating the FuturIcT ideas at National and International
Conferences as well as in popular newspapers by interviews. Our
National FuturIcT web site has been already created as www.futurict.pl
5) Contributing to brain storming with other FuturIcT partners during think
tanks, workshops and other meetings.
6) Contributing to flagship proposal preparation as well as to developing a
necessary project road map and organisational infrastructure.
7) Helping with technical aspects of FuturIcT, such as the website, art etc.
8) Helping by contacts to representatives of other Eastern Europan
Countries to involve them in the FuturIcT Flagship.
9) Other research, organizational and lobbing activities that will be needed
during the Flagship building.
Our web page: www.futurict.pl