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The document outlines the advancements and future opportunities in knowledge-based systems, as highlighted in the ISWC 2005 conference. It presents key findings from ongoing research in the EU, focusing on the integration of multimedia content, semantic web technologies, and knowledge management. The report details funding, project participation, and thematic research lines including cross-media content and intelligent object creation. Emphasis is placed on collaboration, user experience, and the automation of knowledge processes crucial for driving innovation in information access and management.
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EU research in Knowledge based systems: Progress & prospects Roberto Cencioni & Stefano Bertolo DG Information Society and Media Unit INFSO.E2infso-e2@cec.eu.int ISWC’05, Galway
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)
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
3 research lines • Cross-media Content (call 2):new forms of digital content: creativity, interactivity, user experience & control, cross-platform access & delivery… • Content & Knowledge (call 4):intelligent content objects: metadata generation / extraction, semantic indexing & retrieval, aggregation, personalisation, workflow ... • Knowledge (calls 1 & 4):… next foil
Semantic Web’s and beyond • 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!
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 …
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
Knowledge & Content Project Portfolio Call 1 Call 4 Call 2 NoE IP STP CA SA IperG M-Pipe 3DTV Multimedia IPRacine WorldScreen MUSCLE Holonics Knowledge Representation GameTools REWERSE Towl Live Luisa NeOn WalkOnWeb K-Space Metokis Aim@Shape Aspic Salero Inscape Swing Acemedia Trends Sevenpro NM2 Ontogeo Mesh KnowledgeWeb X-Media Axmedis Caretaker Polymnia Boemie VIKEF MediaCampaign OpenKnowledge TripCom Simac Super AsIsKnown RevealThis TAO Musing DIP Patexpert Nepomuk S-TEN Alvis BootStrep SEKT DirectInfo KB20 Peng INCOMM Content4All Text AgentLinkIII LeMatch News Services
Knowledge & Content Project Portfolio K-Space Alvis 2M€ INCOMM Call 1 Call 4 Call 2 NoE IP STP CA SA 260M€ Nepomuk sem annotation modelling search Super X-Media inference DIP semweb service Acemedia NeOn Musing Salero 9M€ SEKT Axmedis IPRacine Mesh Inscape Live 7M€ MUSCLE KnowledgeWeb IperG 3DTV 5M€ REWERSE Aim@Shape VIKEF NM2 OpenKnowledge TripCom BootStrep 3M€ Boemie Caretaker WorldScreen Luisa TAO Aspic Swing Sevenpro MediaCampaign M-Pipe LeMatch AsIsKnown Simac Metokis Trends DirectInfo Patexpert RevealThis Holonics Ontogeo Content4All S-TEN Polymnia WalkOnWeb GameTools News KB20 AgentLinkIII Towl Peng Foundations Infrastructure Professionals Consumers Community
Knowledge Management Environments 2M€ Call 1 Call 4 Call 2 NoE IP STP CA SA 24.1M€ sem annotation modelling search inference semweb service NeOn 9M€ 7M€ 5M€ 3M€ Aspic Ontogeo Foundations Infrastructure Professionals Consumers Community
Semantic Web Services / Inference 2M€ Call 1 Call 4 Call 2 NoE IP STP CA SA 31.5M€ sem annotation modelling search Super inference DIP semweb service 9M€ 7M€ KnowledgeWeb 5M€ TripCom 3M€ Foundations Infrastructure Professionals Consumers Community
Semantic Indexing / Search Alvis 2M€ Call 1 Call 4 Call 2 NoE IP STP CA SA 41.2M€ sem annotation modelling search inference semweb service Acemedia 9M€ IPRacine 7M€ 5M€ Aim@Shape NM2 3M€ Trends DirectInfo RevealThis Content4All Polymnia News Peng Foundations Infrastructure Professionals Consumers Community
Semantic Knowledge Management Sevenpro 2M€ Call 1 Call 4 Call 2 NoE IP STP CA SA 24M€ sem annotation modelling search inference semweb service Salero 9M€ Mesh 7M€ 5M€ 3M€ Boemie Simac Foundations Infrastructure Professionals Consumers Community
Inferential Knowledge Management K-Space 2M€ Call 1 Call 4 Call 2 NoE IP STP CA SA 55.8M€ Nepomuk sem annotation modelling search X-Media inference semweb service Musing 9M€ SEKT 7M€ 5M€ BootStrep 3M€ Caretaker MediaCampaign Patexpert Foundations Infrastructure Professionals Consumers Community
OpenKnowledge • Specific Targeted Research Project, 36M • uedinou vu csicunitnosou • interaction_modellingsemantic_routingontology_mappingsemantic_qosmarkuptestbeds empirical_studies user_appsdissemination management
NeOn • Integrated Project, 48M • aece atos cnrfaoinriaisocojsiontoousagukarlukoupmusfd • dynamicsnetworked_ontcontextshuman_factorsmethodologyinfrastructurefishing_ontpharma_ontexploitationmanagement
Nepomuk • Integrated Project, 48M • cogdfkiedg epfl fzihpglibmiccsimckthl3snuigprcsaptrtusi • managementvisualizationpersonal_semwebwork_processdistributed_search sem_social_networkarchitecture dissemination biosciencebusinessorganisation_km linux_community
Super • Integrated Project, 36M • sap etel ibisibmidsisocolfuimipnuig nexcom niwa ontooutid pue tueustutt tp cefriel • sem_bprocmethodology proc_composition proc_mediationmodellingproc_enginearchitecturetelecoms_onttelecoms_bizexploitationstandardsdisseminationmanagement
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)
ICT research within FP7 • 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/
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
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
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 …
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