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Akcja ogólna

FUTURE AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES

Poniższa akcja ogólna będzie realizowana przez cały rok 1999 (open call). Dzieli się na dwie czę¶ci: open domain i pewn± liczbę pro-active initiatives.

Proactive initiatives will be identified as priorities for 1999 from the following list of candidates

Possible new initiatives for 2000 and beyond will be identified through a series of strategic and visionary workshops and a technology watch activity, that will be carried out in close co-operation with other actors, including the JRC’s “Institute for Prospective Technological Studies” and the “Scientific and Technological Options Unit of the European Parliament where appropriate. Potential candidates for 2000 include: "The disappearing computer", "Advanced algorithms for computing and communications", "Personal bio-information systems".

Action Line Descriptions

Open Domain

FET.O Open domain

 Objective: To nurture invention, creativity, and bright-spark ideas. It is open to any ideas that pertain to information society technologies, as long as the ideas are highly innovative, and the realisation of these ideas is either highly risky or requires longer-term research. Work submitted must have the promise of leading to significant breakthroughs in industrial or societal terms. The domain is open to developing new technologies; exploring new ways of doing things; or creating new contexts and roles for emerging technologies. Funding is available for short assessment phases (typically for one year, funded with a fixed amount) and for full-scale research projects. The call for proposals will remain open for the duration of the programme (i.e. proposals can be submitted at any time). This Action Line includes HFSP.

Proactive Initiatives

FET.P.1 Quantum computing and communications

 Objective: To develop novel systems and techniques for information processing, transmission and security by exploiting the properties of quantum physics. Work should consist of a balance of experimental and theoretical research, and should bring together cross-disciplinary expertise in physics, computer science, technology and potential applications. The scope covers topics such as the development of quantum logic gates, error correction, algorithms for solving problems through quantum parallelism, multi-photon quantum optics, quantum information networks, photonic quantum communication over long distances and with high data rates, and the development of practical quantum cryptography.

FET.P.2 Universal information ecosystems

 Objective: To explore means of creating an "universal information ecosystem" in which every single "knowledge entity" (whether a person, organisation or entity acting on their behalf) can be globally, yet selectively, aware of the opportunities afforded by all others at any point in time. "Knowledge entities" will seek to achieve their objectives by identifying those most appropriate to collaborate with and the most effective ways in which to do so, dynamically self-organising and establishing new organisational structures as needed. This initiative will explore novel scenarios, techniques and environments in a context where more and more people and organisations need to communicate, co-operate, and trade with each other in a truly open and global environment. It will combine experimental and theoretical research, bringing together interdisciplinary expertise in networking technologies, distributed systems, software engineering, computational logic, artificial intelligence, human computer interaction, as well as economics, organisational theory and social sciences in general.

FET.P.3 Nanotechnology information devices

 Objective: To develop novel systems and devices leading to radically new alternatives for information processing and storage, with strong expected advantages compared to ultimate silicon technology in terms of power consumption, speed, storage, capacity, cost or functionality, and techniques for the fabrication of structures with critical dimensions below 100 nm. A better scientific understanding of nano-scale physical, chemical, and biological phenomena and behaviour is key to provide motivation for alternative approaches to nano-fabrication and to information processing hardware. Practical applications could include novel information processing elements operating at the atomic scale, as well as bottom-up nano-fabrication through self-organisation and self-assembly.




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