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Network
of Excellence
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CARiMan
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The
Internet Portal for Computer Aided Risk Management
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Responsible: TUC
& IPA
& ICS
Assistance: all partners
General:
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to develop a knowledge-based society and new forms of
relationships between its citizens, on one hand, and between its citizens and
institutions, on the other
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develop, as appropriate, common and/or shared research
infrastructures, methodologies, indicators, statistics, databases, etc.
(particularly Networks of Excellence, Integrated Projects)
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Develop links with major national level research
programmes or activities in the area(s) addressed by the proposal (Networks of
Excellence and Integrated Project)
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Involve,
as appropriate, users and stakeholders in the implementation of the project, and
develop clear, and targeted dissemination and valorisation strategies,
addressing not only scientific audiences, but also policy-makers, other key
actors and, where appropriate, the general public (all instruments)
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Remain
open and outward looking and make appropriate provisions (budgetary and
procedural) to assist those, from within and outside the EU, and especially from
Candidate Countries, who may wish and be able to join during the implementation
period (Networks of Excellence and Integrated Projects).
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Contribute
to the development of training programmes including particular provisions for
young scientists (Networks of Excellence)
The
goals of CARiMan are strongly related to the overall objectives stated in the
Workprogramme of IST Priority (WP-IST), especially the WP-IST 2.3.2.9 The
individual objectives are fulfilled and integrated in the form of Computer
Aided Risk Management System (CARiManS), designed to develop the necessary
platforms, for improved risk management, civil security applications and
environmental management. There is
going to be a close relation with GMES action plan since CARiMan deals with a
range of applications especially in the area of environmental management
(natural disasters, land use etc). The CARiMan is a network of researchers
in the areas of risk management
with a wide range of activities (e.g. environment,
civil protection, health, de-mining, etc.) with the objective of creation
of robust low-cost smart sensors, advanced modelling and simulation, decision
support tools for the prevention and the management of emergencies.
CARiMan
is a NoE. It has an architecture capable of supporting risk assessment,
planning, mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery through the
development of open platforms. This platform incorporates software and services,
supporting distributed information and decision systems for risk and crisis
management. CARiMan is a system that will be developed for the detection and
prevention of emergencies at any kind (environmental, industrial or terrorist)
and the acquired knowledge will be administered by Data Base and Knowledge
Management Systems (DB&KMS). The management structure of the DB&KMS will
allow new applications of CARiMan to be integrated later on and the system will
be self-adaptive, taking into account new incoming knowledge.
The following objectives of IST Priority and FP6 in general are addressed
by CARiMan:
- Developing advanced materials, micro- and nano- scale photonic
structures and devises, solid-state sources (WP-IST 2.3.2.2). CARiMan
network involves communication between different kind of sensors. In order to
achieve this goal, advanced devises, hybrid or monolithic and integrated
photonic circuits implementing functional requirements of telecommunication
(e.g. electro-optic and all-optical processing) of medical (e.g. biophotonics
and imaging) and environmental applications (e.g. sensors) are going to be
developed (JPA C, SP, PD).
- Open-development platforms for software and services (WP-IST
2.3.2.3). CARiMan is going to be operational only if it achieves to build
open-development and run-time environments for software and services providing
the next generation of methodologies, interoperable middleware and tools to
support developers. That is the aim of JPA SA, MS, PD, TI, SP, C and KM. After
the production of networked and distributed software systems and services,
embedded software and value-added user services, the application and evaluation
of these systems at the integrating activities will begin. The consortium of
CARiMan consists of several strong industrial users that under the umbrella of
CARiMan join forces with software and service suppliers in building common
platforms with support of academic
research partners. High-level methods and concepts are going to be used for
system design, development and integration, addressing non-functional aspects,
complexity, autonomy and composability.
- Construction of physically instantiated or empodied systems that can
perceive, understand and interact with their environment (WT-IST 2.3.2.4).
The main philosophy at CARiManS project is that risk management of emergencies
can be treated in the same way independently of the application (natural
disasters, civil security etc) with just few modifications at its basic
principles. CARiMan will be capable of interpretation, physical interaction and
communication (JPA KM, TI, C) in real-world environments for the purpose of
performing goal-directed tasks (integrated activities). The main target of
CARiManS in to consider the integration of different disciplines including
computer vision, natural language understanding, robotics, artificial
intelligence, mathematics and cognitive neuroscience and its impact on overall
system design (B.4.2). CARiMan NoE will provide a channel for developing and
maintaining common resources, specifically, of open systems and training
environments to study learning and evolving systems (JPA D5, D1, D2, D3).
- Next generation of technologies and tools for modelling, design,
implementation and operation of hardware/software systems embedded in
intelligent devises (WP-IST 2.3.2.5). The main objective of JPA SA is
the development of warrantable software components and implementation of
systems, with emphasis on correct handling of complex real-time constraits. The
effectiveness of CARiMan depends strongly on the generation of advanced controls
for real-time systems , networked autonomous and fault adaptive control and
management, as well as on reasoning, behaviour, global performance and
robustness.
- Application and Services for the mobile user and worker (WP-IST
2.3.2.6). The basic philosophy of the CARiMan is the integration of technologies
into a wide range of innovative mobile and multi-modal applications and services
(JPA C, MS, PD). In order to achieve the CARiMan’s effectiveness, intelligent,
adaptive and self-configuring services that deploy wearable interfaces and
enable automatic context-sensitivity, user profiling and personalisation in a
trusted and secure environment are going to be generated. A critical issue in
risk management is the determination of the position of the monitored system and
location-based services are included in CARiMan’s structure as part of JPA PD.
These services will be compatible with existing (e.g. GPS, EGNOS) and emerging
satellite infrastructures (e.g. Galileo).
- Development of open platforms, integrate systems and components for
improved risk management (WP-IST 2.3.2.9). CARiMan NoE aims at the
generation of a common open platform for risk management that will be able to
operate with a wide range of activities from environmental management to civil
protection. Research and development of robust and low cost sensors with
communication and location capabilities (JPA C, MS, PD) advanced modelling and
simulation (JPA SP), decision support and visualisation tools (JPA KM) will be
conducted.
In
addition to addressing the above mentioned goals of IST Priority, NoE CARiMan
also deals with the following general objectives of FP6:
- Priority
thematic areas of research in FP6 (WP-FP6). CARiMan is a risk management
system that needs research and development in many areas in order to be
operational for all the applications it is designed for. These areas are Genomics and biotechnology for health (activities He, GR), Information Society technologies through the
generation of knowledg-based
systems for natural resource management and for risk prevention and crisis
management including humanitarian mine clearance, Aeronautics
and space (activity Ta), Food
Quality and Safety (activity Eh, Ac), Sustainable development, global
change and ecosystems (activities Fe, Fl, Ve, Se), Citizens and
Governance in a Knowledge-based society (activities D2, D3, D4) and Nuclear
Energy (activity Na).
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Innovation
aspects and SME participation.
Intensive
participation of SMEs will guarantee the uptake of the results and the
experience acquired in CARiMan. The importance of the NoE for SMEs is twofold.
Building of CARiManS will encourage and facilitate innovation in different areas
like wireless sensor technology, knowledge management systems, network security
etc. On the other hand CARiManS will offer testing and evaluation platform for
many innovations going on in partner institutions.
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Competitiveness
and social cohesion.
The development of CARiManS increases the competitiveness of small and large
businesses by encouraging cooperation and sharing of knowledge and experience.
CARiManS will increase the cost-efficiency of the European health care system by
offering an efficient, intelligent and easy-to-use system for health care and
risk management.
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Ethical aspect of the
application of CARiManS and security of stored data and knowledge pay attention
in B9.
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Gender
aspects. Special
attention will be given at these aspects by CARiMan (B.10). The issue will be
addressed in two ways: firstly, an attempt will be made to incorporate female
scientists and researchers in the activities of the NoE and secondly, the
Knowledge Management System will be designed to take into account the special
needs of women as well as men.
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Standardization issues. One
objective of CARiManS is the consistency of communication and data/knowledge
transfer throughout the whole CARiManS network not only during the period of
Community funding but also beyond that as the network will be designed with
future expansion in mind. The only way to address this objective is by
standardization of the various communication interfaces present in CARiManS.
B.3.1 of CARiMan will deal with critical study of existing IT standards in risk
management as well as proposing new standards evolving from CARiManS development
activities.
The
success of the Human Genome Project and the development of micro sensor and nano
technology, opened new aspects of activity of CARiMan and will led to a new
orientation of Computer Aided Risk Management.