Project: Im Wissensnetz (Inside the Knowledge Web)
Vernetzte Informationsprozesse in Forschungsverbünden (Information Processes in Research Networks) 

Im Wissensnetz has the ambition to create an eScience semantic desktop for efficient and interdisciplinary knowledge creation processes, by transferring approved methods and technologies from operative knowledge management solutions. A software prototype will be developed to assist scientists in their individual and shared innovation and research processes.

Technological Subject: Context oriented knowledge provision for research activities
   
Homepage:  http://www.im-wissensnetz.de/Wissensnetz/CMS

Partially funded by: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
   
Objective/Scope: The objective is to exemplify, within the use case of Rapid-Prototyping-High-Technology, the benefit of assisting researchers in cooperative innovation processes directed to the right contact person and to relevant content by applying semantic retrieval technologies, text extraction, P2P approach, etc.

Duration: 1.11.2005 – 31.10.2008

Partners:
FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik, Karlsruhe (Coordinator)
empolis GmbH, Kaiserslautern (EMP)
Fraunhofer Institut für Graphische Datenverarbeitung, Darmstadt (IGD)
Fraunhofer Institut für Graphische Datenverarbeitung, Rostock (IGD-R)
Fraunhofer Institut für Chemische Technologie, Pfinztal (ICT)
Fraunhofer Institut für Keramische Technologien und Sinterwerkstoffe, Dresden (IKTS)
Fraunhofer Institut für Fabrikbetrieb und -automatisierung, Magdeburg (IFF)
Fraunhofer – Patente und Lizenzen (FPL)
Fraunhofer – Patentstelle für die Deutsche Forschung, München (PST)
Ontoprise GmbH, Karlsruhe (ONT)

Forschungsprogramm für eine neue internetbasierte Wissensinfrastruktur

Project:

VICTORY (Audio-VIsual ConTent search and retrieval in a distributed P2P repositORY) VICTORY is a EC co-funded research project which will develop an innovative, distributed search engine, introducing MultiPedia search and retrieval capabilities to a standard (PC-based) and a mobile P2P network. A MultiPedia object is defined as a 3D object along with its accompanied information i.e. 2D views, text, audio, video.

Technological Subject:
The 3D search engine will be based on:

• Content, which will be extracted from low-level geometric characteristics, and
• Context, which will be high-level features (semantic concepts) mapped to low-level features.

High level features will be based on:

Appropriate annotation mechanisms provided by the system or generated by the user dynamically, and

• Relevance feedback, where the user marks which retrieved objects were relevant to the query (user subjectivity).
• To provide a solution so as to bridge the gap between low and high-level information through automated knowledge discovery and extraction mechanisms.

To deal with the problems raised from the visualization and rendering of “heavyweight” 3D data on mobile devices. Graphics workstations of specialized cluster peers are envisioned to undertake this load, taking advantage of the shared computational power of each peer.

Homepage: http://www.victory-eu.org:8080/victory

Funded by: European Commission (EC)

Objective/Scope:

• Creation of a distributed search engine for large-scale MultiPedia content, through standard and mobile P2P networks.
• Provision of innovative solutions for organising, searching and accessing digital content by combining the advantages of content and context-based retrieval methods.
• Advancement of research in the fields of content and context based search and retrieval, P2P networks, visualization in mobile devices and 3D object watermarking, through the investigation of novel algorithms and the improvement of existing ones.
• Identification of new markets and future trends by defining innovative, high-quality services for next generation mobile devices and users, where the support for 3D content will be a default and trivial plugin. 

Duration: 01.01.2007 – 30.06.2009

Partners:
CERTH/Informatics and Telematics Institute (Coordinator, Greece)
Alcatel-Lucent Deutschland AG (Germany)
EMPOLIS GmbH (Germany)
HYPERTECH S.A. (Greece)
LIVINGSOLIDS GmbH (Germany)
Politecnico Di Torino (Italy)
TELETEL S.A. (Greece)
TWT GmbH (Germany)
University of Ljubljana (Slovenia)

Project: 

WAVES (Forschungsoffensive Software-Engineering 2006)
Wissens-Austausch bei der verteilten Entwicklung von Software (Knowledge exchange for distributed software engineering) 

The vision of WAVES is to foster the constitution and the exchange of informal knowledge within distributed software engineering projects, and to manage its structure and integration. The focused knowledge dimension comprises personal, organisational, and public knowledge. The solution will be based both on methodical and technical research. In different use cases, the technical approach of an open source platform with integrated knowledge management components, such as Semantic Wiki, Metadata Creation from unstructured data (e.g. E-Mail) and ontology based retrieval, will be evaluated.

Technological Subject: Capacious Knowledge Platform for Communities of Practice in Software Engineering   

Homepage: http://esche.fzi.de/TWiki/bin/view/Public/WavesProjekt 

Partially funded by: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
   
Objective/Scope: The objective on technical site is the integration and adaptation of semantic technology with existing collaboration tools. From a macro-economic perspective, the vision is to enable German software engineers to collaborate efficiently, not only with each other, but also to stay in contact with important software engineering locations worldwide (e.g. Silicon Valley, Bangalore, or Dublin).

Duration: 01.03.2006 – 31.10.2008

Partners:
FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik, Karlsruhe (Coordinator)
Freie Universität Berlin
empolis GmbH, Kaiserslautern
Polarion Software GmbH, Stuttgart
disy Informationssysteme GmbH, Karlsruhe
OBJECT International Software GmbH, Stuttgart
PTV Planung Transport Verkehr AG, Karlsruhe

Project: CIKM

Technological Subject: Analysing the impact of knowledge management for innovation
   
Homepage: http://www.cikm-project.net/ 
    
Funded by: European Commission – IST-2001-34442
   
Objective/Scope:
The CIKM project investigates and analyses the impact Knowledge Management has on the Innovative Performance of companies. That will help companies to understand, and then improve, their innovative effectiveness. CIKM will deliver a set of innovation profiles of various companies in four industry sectors (information technology, telecommunication, machine industry and financial services) in different European countries; a methodical framework for the assessment of the interrelation between Knowledge Management and Innovative Performance, validated through an empirical study; and an analysis of interdependencies and recommendations for best practice approaches.
   
Partners:
ME Telekommunikationsberatung
Fraunhofer Institut für Arbeitswirtschaft und Organisation
empolis GmbH
vodafone Pilotentwicklung GmbH
R.C.S. Conseil
Hoffmann GmbH
International Ecotechnology Research Centre Cranfield University
Skansia Insurance Company Ltd.

Enriching Representations of Work to Support Organisational Learning

Project:  FM-Ultranet 

Technological Subject: On the job training and e-learning in ultrasonography 
    
Funded by: European Commission – IST-1999-20865
   
Objective/Scope:
Whereas ultrasonography is totally recognised in the surveillance of pregnancy, the simple observation of too scattered and limited results in the screening of fotal malformations leads us to think that the good practice and the subtleties of the ultrasonographic examination are not yet mastered. The objective of FM-Ultranet is to offer help in real time to practitioners facing a malformation suspicion. FM-Ultranet acts as an electronic assistant for the practitioner while the examination is being performed.
   
Partners:
University Pierre and Marie Curie Paris
empolis GmbH
University of Montpellier
University of Leuwen

Project: INKASS

Technological Subject: Knowledge market places

Homepage: http://istresults.cordis.lu//index.cfm?section=news&tpl=article&ID=73080

Funded by: European Commission – IST-2001-33373
   
Objective/Scope:
INKASS is a project that addresses the area that is at the intersection of Knowledge Management and Electronic Commerce. This area refers to the trade of explicit and implicit knowledge at an inter-organisational level. It addresses the opportunities and risks found in the purchase and selling of knowledge at the business-to-business (B2B) environment, the need for supporting long-lasting relationships of knowledge exchange and the requirement for facilitating digital community contexts where knowledge seekers can find suitable knowledge providers and knowledge providers can advertise and sell their knowledge.
   
Partners:
PLANET ERNST & YOUNG (PLEY)
DFKI
empolis GmbH
ICCS
TWI
Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI)
University of St Gallen (SG) 

Induction and Reasoning from Cases

Project: INVITE 

Technological Subject: Semantic retrieval and intelligent human-computer interaction
   
Homepage: http://www.ipsi.fraunhofer.de/mobile/projects/invite-e.pdf#search=%22invite%20project%22

    
Funded by: German Ministry of Research and Education
   
Objective/Scope:
The project INVITE is mainly aligned to the requests of the "Knowledge-Society". It develops technologies, that promote creativity, knowledge-exchange and continuous learning and supports the information-based "Knowledge-Society" of the future. The target of INVITE is, to make the use of the increasing information capacities and the complex functionality of information and communication systems for humans controllable, effective and attractive.
   
Partners:
BMW
Mini
Fraunhofer Institut Arbeitgemeinschaft und Organisation
IAO
IPSI
FAW
iaw
OFFIS
Uni Dortmund
STRATOS Software
Schema
UID
Mende
linguatec
ISA
infoman
IDS Scheer
heiler software
empolis GmbH
cenit
DZ Bank

Project:  IPQ/ToolIP   
   
Technological Subject: Case-based retrieval for re-use of intellectual properties in the design of integrated circuits
   
Homepage: http://toolip.fzi.de/ 

Funded by: German Ministry of Research and Education
   
Objective/Scope:
TOOLIP’s main goal is to address the complexity of current system design in networking, high-speed links, multimedia and automotive domains by using system-level modeling and verification techniques, applying design reuse with qualified and parametric IP cores, and providing a seamless design flow integrating existing and emerging tools. The industrial partners and their applications will be the driving forces of TOOLIP. The close cooperation of IP users, IP providers, designers and research institutes constitutes one of the major potentials of the consortium.
   
Partners:
FZI Karlsruhe
ST Microelectronis (Deputy leader)
Bull S.A.
CEA-LETI
Design & Reuse
Deutsche Thomson-Brandt GmbH
empolis GmbH
IMSE_CNM
Infineon Technologies
ISD
Philips Semiconductors
Sci-Worx GmbH
SIDSA
Siemens AG
STM s.a.
THALES Communications
THOMSON multimedia
TILAB
Universidaf Politecnica de Madrid
University of Ancona
University of Bologna
University of Paderborn
METASymbiose S.A.
University of Kaiserslautern
University of Torino
University of Hildesheim

Project: LIKE    

LIKE – in German short for: solutions for an integrated creativity and knowledge management in service processes. The objective of the project sponsored by the BMBF is the prototype development and testing of a software tool for integrated support of both spatial and time-wise distributed creative and knowledge generated processes. This includes a special support tool for the strategic planning in knowledge intensive service companies.

Technological Subject: Knowledge management for creativity and innovative services
   
Homepage: http://www.like-projekt.de
    
Funded by: German Ministry of Research and Education
   
Objective/Scope: The objective of the project sponsored by the BMBF is the prototype development and testing of a software tool for integrated support of both spatial and time-wise distributed creative and knowledge generated processes. This includes an special support tool for the strategic planning in knowledge intensive service companies.

Partners:
empolis GmbH
University Dortmund
University Stuttgart

Project:  METOKIS – Methodology and Tools Infrastructure for the Creation of Knowledge Units

Technological Subject:
Architecture and tools for producing, exchanging, and trading knowledge units

Homepage: http://metokis.salzburgresearch.at/

Funded by:  IST – Information Society Technologies, Europäische Gemeinschaft, Regierung der Schweiz

Objective/Scope:
METOKIS will create an architecture and tools for producing, exchanging, and trading knowledge units. Such units are conceived as self-describing knowledge and content structures that are tailored to support defined tasks within the overall workflow of knowledge workers.

For the knowledge units, METOKIS will develop a prototypic carrier architecture which builds on open standards as well as models of units that are created from multimedia assets and contain state-of-the art semantic annotation.

Based on task analyses in three knowledge workers’ scenarios, METOKIS will also build real-world applications – each with differing knowledge content requirements. The three scenarios include definition and evaluation of treatment protocols for clinical trials; an educational on-line learning system for migrants; and a decision support system for senior executives.

Further project information can be found here.

Partners:

Salzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, Austria
Knowledge View Ltd, UK
empolis GmbH, Gemany
YMEGA Establishment, Liechtenstein
Templeton College, University of Oxford, UK
Institute for Media and Communications Management University St. Gallen, Switzerland
Laboratory for Applied Ontology (LOA), Institute of Cognitive Science and Technology, Italian National Research Council, Italy
Ernst Klett Verlag, Educational Concepts, Germany

Reuse im Software Engineering

Project: SEKT (Semantic Enabled Knowledge Technologies)
 
Technological Subject: European Commission (EC) funded project to give
computers the ability to deliver information in the right "context".

Homepage: http://www.sekt-project.com/

Funded by: European Commission (EC)

Objective/Scope:
The vision of SEKT is to develop and exploit the knowledge technologies which underlie Next Generation Knowledge Management (NGKM). The project’s aim is to develop technology which will mimic the human ability to assess the context of the information entered, enabling search engines to work out the subject matter of a web page or document, rather than leaving the user with an overwhelming list of irrelevant and disordered information to sift through.

The SEKT strategy is built around the synergy of the complementary know-how of the key European centers of excellence in Ontology and Metadata Technology, Knowledge Discovery and Human Language Technology, a leading commercial exponent of semantic technology, together with a major European ICT organisation.

Partners:

British Telecommunications Plc., UK
empolis GmbH, Germany
Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
University of Karlsruhe, Institute AIFB, Germany
University of Sheffield, UK
University of Innsbruck, Austria
Intelligent Software Components S. A., Spain
Kea-pro GmbH, Switzerland
Ontoprise GmbH Intelligente Lösungen für das Wissensmanagement, Germany
Sirma AI Ltd, Bulgaria
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain

Intelligent Shopping Assistant

Project: SWAP 

Technological Subject: Peer-2-peer and the Semantic Web – knowledge sharing with topic maps and ontologies
   
Homepage: http://swap.semanticweb.org
    
Funded by: European Commission – IST-2001-34103
   
Objective/Scope:
SWAP combines two highly successful technologies, viz. Semantic Web and Peer-to-peer computing. SWAP will develop the technology that is necessary to allow users their individual views on knowledge AND let them share knowledge effectively. In order to allow for individual views, every user’s PC is treated as a peer and every user may ask queries to the network of peers. In order to actually find the right piece of knowledge, SWAP employs Semantic Web technology. Current peer-to-peer technology only allows for keyword search and lacks the semantics that is necessary for effective, precise knowledge sharing. Current knowledge repositories lack the capability to provide really individual views in a decentralized framework with low administration overhead. SWAP will produce both.
   
Partners:
Universitiy of Karlsruhe (D)
VU Amsterdam (NL)
META4 (ES)
empolis UK
empolis Polska
Aidministrator (Netherlands)
Interbis (ES)
Dresdner Bank (D)

Intelligent Sales Assistants for the World Wide Web