Archives: IST Areas

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The IST areas covered under FP5 included the action lines listed below as defined by the annual work programmes. The detailed description of the action lines can be found in the work programmes.

Priorities of Workprogramme 2002
Priorities of Workprogramme 2001
Priorities of Workprogramme 2000
Priorities of Workprogramme 1999

Priorities of Workprogramme 2002

(Workprogramme 2002: download)

1	Systems and services for the citizen
1.1	Health
1.1.1	Intelligent systems for the monitoring of health status
1.1.2	Systems for health professionals: creating a "Health knowledge info-structure"
1.2	Persons with special needs, including the disabled and elderly
1.2.1	Systems for independent living
1.4	Environment
1.4.1	Intelligent systems and services for civilian and environmental crises management
1.5	Transport and tourism
1.5.1	Systems for mobility: take up and clustering activities
2	New methods of work and electronic commerce
2.1	Work spanning Key Action 2
2.1.1	Exploratory high risk/long term research
2.1.2	Strategic roadmaps for applied research
2.1.3	Addressing eEurope and eEurope+ objectives
3	Multimedia content and tools
3.5	Spanning actions
3.5.1	KA III specific support measures
3.5.2	Preparing for future research activities
3.5.3	KA3 pioneering research
4	Essential technologies and infrastructures
4.2	Computing, communications and networks
4.2.1	Cognitive vision systems
4.2.2	Advanced control systems
4.2.3	Networks and technologies for distributed services and applications
4.2.4	Computing, communications and networks - take-up measures
4.3	Technologies and engineering for software, systems and services
4.3.1	Composability and dynamic adaptability in software, systems and services
4.4	Real-time and large-scale simulation and visualisation technologies
4.4.1	Simulation and visualisation technologies
4.5	Mobile and personal communications and systems, including satellite related systems and services
4.5.1	Towards technologies, systems and networks beyond 3G
4.5.2	Validation of wireless and mobile systems and technologies
4.6	Interfaces making use of the various senses
4.6.1	Networked audio-visual systems and services
4.7	Peripherals, sub-systems and microsystems
4.7.1	Microsystems and miniaturised subsystem modules for portable applications
4.7.2	Integration of sensors and actuators for increased intelligence, interaction and networking
4.8	Microelectronics - optoelectronics
4.8.1	Microelectronics design and IP re-use
4.8.2	Microelectronics technologies: processes, equipment and devices
4.8.3	Optical and opto-electronic technologies
4.8.4	Industrial microelectronics technologies - take-up / assessment actions
5	Cross-programme actions
5.1.9	CPA9: Grid technologies and their applications
5.1.10	CPA10: Sensor technologies and applications
5.1.14	CPA14: Mobile applications and services
5.1.15	CPA15: Technology platforms for cultural and arts creative expressions
6	Future and emerging technologies
6.1.1	Open domain
6.2.1	Quantum Information processing and communications (QIPC)
6.2.2	Presence research: cognitive sciences and future media
7	Research networking
7.1.1	RN1: Extending the reach of research networks
7.1.2	RN2: Advanced experimental infrastructures
8	IST support activities
8.1.1	Clustering of projects
8.1.2	Networks of excellence and working groups in IST
8.1.3	Channelling of standardisation and interoperability initiatives
8.1.4	Improving human capital in IT by competence building (IHC)
8.1.6	Enabling RTD co-operation with Newly Associated States
8.1.7	Enabling RTD co-operation with 3rd Countries
8.1.8	Dissemination and awareness of IST research results
8.1.9	Studies
8.1.10	Strengthening the European Research Area (ERA) in IST domains
8.1.11	"Exploratory awards" specific measure

Priorities of Workprogramme 2001

(Workprogramme 2001: download)

1	Systems and services for the citizen
1.1	Health
1.1.1	Intelligent environment for citizen centred health management
1.1.2	Intelligent collaborative environments supporting continuity of care
1.1.3	Best practice and trials in e-Health
1.2	Best practice and demonstration actions in regional healthcare networks
1.2	Persons with special needs, including the disabled and elderly
1.2.1	Intelligent assistive systems for social inclusion
1.3	Administrations
1.3.1	Intelligent environment for public sector employees at all levels
1.3.2	Best practice and trials in administration systems
1.4	Environment
1.4.1	Best practice and trials in environment management
1.5	Transport and tourism
1.5.1	Intelligent transport systems
1.5.2	Integrated vehicle infrastructure systems
1.5.3	Ambient intelligence application systems for mobile users and travel/tourism business
1.5.4	Best practice and trials in transport and tourism
2	New methods of work and electronic commerce
2.1	Work spanning Key Action 2
2.1.1	Socio-economic analysis
2.1.2	Knowledge management
2.1.3	Mobile and ubiquitous e-Work and e-Commerce
2.1.4	Exploratory high risk/long term research
2.1.5	High impact take-up, dissemination, and training
2.1.6	Large scale demonstrators
2.2	Flexible, mobile and remote working methods and tools
2.2.1	Intelligent workplaces for all
2.2.2	Smart organisations
2.3	Management systems for suppliers and consumers
2.3.1	Dynamic value constellations
2.4	Information and network security and other confidence building technologies
2.4.1	Trust in information infrastructures
2.4.2	Enhancing security in electronic transactions
3	Multimedia content and tools
3.1	Interactive publishing, digital content and cultural heritage
3.1.1	Publishing digital content
3.1.2	Heritage for all
3.1.3	Next generation digital collections
3.2	Education and training
3.2.1	Self learning for work
3.2.2	e-Learning futures
3.3	Human language technologies
3.3.1	Multilingual Web
3.3.2	Natural and multilingual interactivity
3.4	Information access, filtering, analysis and handling
3.4.1	Semantic web technologies
3.5	Specific support measures
3.5.1	x-Content futures
3.5.2	Competence building
3.5.3	KA III specific support measures
4	Essential technologies and infrastructures
4.1	Implications assessment
4.1.1	Design of networked embedded systems
4.1.2	Multiservice networks - middleware for seamless access to services
4.1.3	Development of skills in micro- and opto-electronics
4.2	Computing, communications and networks
4.2.1	Real time distributed systems
4.2.2	Network and services interoperability, interworking and management
4.2.3	Terabit optical networks
4.2.4	Computing, communications and networks – take-up measures
4.3	Technologies and engineering for software, systems and services
4.3.1	Software architecture
4.3.2	Functionality models and building blocks for end user services
4.3.3	Free software development: towards critical mass
4.4	Real-time and large-scale simulation and visualisation technologies
4.4.1	Simulation and visualisation,
4.4.2	Mixed realities and new imaging frontiers
4.5	Mobile and personal communications and systems, including satellite related systems and services
4.5.1	Reconfigurable radio systems and networks
4.5.2	Terrestrial wireless systems and networks
4.5.3	Satellite systems and services
4.6	Interfaces making use of the various senses
4.6.1	Advanced displays and sensors
4.6.2	Interfaces and buffers for seamless end to end services
4.7	Peripherals, sub-systems and microsystems
4.7.1	Subsystems
4.7.2	Microsystems
4.7.3	Subsystems and microsystems – take-up measures
4.8	Microelectronics - optoelectronics
4.8.1	Microelectronics design and test and application specific microelectronics
4.8.2	Microelectronics technologies: processes, equipment and devices
4.8.3	Optical and opto-electronic technologies
4.8.4	Industrial microelectronics technologies - take-up measures
5	Cross-programme actions
5.1.1	CPA1: Home environments
5.1.2	CPA2: Multimodal and multisensorial dialogue modes
5.1.3	CPA3: Use of geographic information
5.1.4	CPA4: Towards dependable and survivable systems and infrastructures
5.1.5	CPA5: Smart cards
5.1.6	CPA6: Next generation networks
5.1.7	CPA7: Socio-economic analysis and indicators for the information society
5.1.8	CPA 8: eLearning for European youth in a digital age
5.1.9	CPA9: Grid test beds, deployment and technologies
5.1.10	CPA10: Next generation micro- and nano-technologies for highly integrated miniature applications
5.1.11	CPA11: Regional and sectoral pilot actions and demonstrations for the digital economy
5.1.12	CPA12: Application services provision
5.1.13	CPA13: Advanced signal processing systems and applications
6	Future and emerging technologies
6.1.1	Open domain
6.2.1	Nanotechnology information devices
6.2.2	Global computing: co-operation of autonomous and mobile entities in dynamic environments
6.2.3	Lifelike perception systems
7	Research networking
7.1.1	RN1: Interconnection of research networks
7.1.2	RN2: Technology and application experiments
8	IST support activities
8.1.1	Clustering of projects
8.1.2	Networks of excellence and working groups
8.1.3	Channelling of standardisation and interoperability initiatives
8.1.4	Improving human capital in IT by competence building (IHC)
8.1.5	Bridging the IT skills gap through development of training infrastructures
8.1.6	Enabling RTD co-operation with Newly Associated States
8.1.7	Enabling RTD co-operation with 3rd Countries
8.1.8	Dissemination and awareness of IST programme results
8.1.9	Studies

Priorities of Workprogramme 2000

(Workprogramme 2000: download)

1	Systems and services for the citizen
1.1	Health
1.1.1	Intelligent environment for health promotion and disease prevention
1.1.2	Intelligent environment for patients
1.1.3	Advanced interactive environment for doctors and nurses
1.1.4	Best practice and demonstration actions in regional healthcare networks
1.2	Persons with special needs, including the disabled and elderly
1.2.1	Intelligent assistive systems and interfaces to compensate for functional impairments
1.3	Administrations
1.3.1	Smart government 2005 - 2010
1.4	Environment
1.4.1	Intelligent environmental management, risk and emergency systems
1.4.2	Data fusion and smart sensor technologies for humanitarian demining
1.5	Transport and tourism
1.5.1	Intelligent transport infrastructures
1.5.2	Intelligent vehicle systems
1.5.3	Best practice and demonstration actions in electronic fee collection
1.5.4	Intelligent systems for improved tourism and travel services
2	New methods of work and electronic commerce
2.1	Work spanning Key Action II
2.1.1	New perspectives for work and business
2.1.2	Knowledge management for eCommerce and eWork
2.1.3	Mobile and ubiquitous eCommerce and eWork
2.1.4	Early exploitation and adoption of eCommerce and eWork solutions and practices
2.1.5	Promoting broad adoption of eCommerce and eWork in regional and sectoral settings
2.1.6	Specific support measures
2.2	Flexible, mobile and remote working methods and tools
2.2.1	Sustainable workplace design
2.2.2	"Smart" organisations
2.3	Management systems for suppliers and consumers
2.3.1	Dynamic value constellations
2.4	Information and network security and other confidence building technologies
2.4.1	Technology building blocks for trust and security
2.4.2	Large-scale trust and confidence
3	Multimedia content and tools
3.1	Interactive publishing, digital content and cultural heritage
3.1.1	Authoring interactive web content
3.1.2	Personalising content
3.1.3	Trials and test-beds for digital content authoring and personalising systems
3.1.4	Access to digital collections of cultural and scientific content
3.1.5	Trials on new access modes to cultural and scientific content
3.1.6	Virtual representations of cultural and scientifc objects
3.2	Education and training
3.2.1	School of tomorrow
3.2.2	The learning citizen
3.2.3	Trials and best practice addressing advanced solutions for on-the-job training in SMEs
3.3	Human language technologies
3.3.1	Natural interactivity
3.3.2	Cross-lingual information management and knowledge discovery
3.3.3	Multilingual communication services and appliances
3.3.4	Trials and best practice in multilingual e-service and e-commerce
3.4	Information access, filtering, analysis and handling
3.4.1	Content-processing for domestic and mobile multimedia platforms
3.4.2	Information visualisation
3.4.3	Trials and best practice in information access, filtering, analysis and handling
3.5	Specific support measures
3.5.1	Working groups and dissemination and awareness actions
4	Essential technologies and infrastructures
4.1	Implications assessment
4.1.1	Implications assessment
4.2	Computing, communications and networks
4.2.1	Distributed systems and services provision
4.2.2	Real-time systems
4.2.3	Network integration, interoperability and interworking
4.2.4	Terabit core networks
4.2.5	Computing, communications and networks - take-up measures
4.3	Technologies and engineering for software, systems and services
4.3.1	Distributed development of software and systems
4.3.2	Software-engineering for generic end-user services
4.3.3	User-centred interaction and functionality design
4.3.4	Software, systems and services - take-up measures
4.3.5	Software, systems and services - thematic networks, accompanying measures
4.4	Real-time and large-scale simulation and visualisation technologies
4.4.1	Real-time simulation and visualisation technologies and services
4.4.2	Mixed realities and new imaging frontiers for innovative applications and services
4.4.3	Real-time simulation and visualisation, mixed reality - take-up measures
4.5	Mobile and personal communications and systems, including satellite related systems and services
4.5.1	Re-configurable radio systems and networks
4.5.2	Terrestrial wireless systems and networks
4.5.3	Integrated satellite systems and services
4.5.4	Fourth generation system and network concepts for wireless communications
4.5.5	Mobile and personal communications and satellite systems - take-up measures
4.6	Interfaces making use of the various senses
4.6.1	Advanced displays and sensors to support system and service level interfaces
4.6.2	User and service interfaces and buffers for seamless end-to-end services
4.6.3	Advanced displays and sensors - take-up measures
4.6.4	Advanced interfaces - take-up measures
4.7	Peripherals, sub-systems and microsystems
4.7.1	Peripherals and networked embedded technologies
4.7.2	Subsystems
4.7.3	Microsystems
4.7.4	Peripherals technologies - take-up measures
4.7.5	Subsystems - take-up measures
4.7.6	Microsystems - take-up measures
4.8	Microelectronics - optoelectronics
4.8.1	Microelectronics design and test
4.8.2	Application-specific microelectronics
4.8.3	Industrial microelectronics technologies: processes, equipment and materials
4.8.4	Optoelctronic technologies
4.8.5	Advanced micro- and opto-electronics
4.8.6	Microelectronics design and test - take-up measures
4.8.7	Application-specific microelectronics and optoelectronics - take-up measures
4.8.8	Industrial microelectronics technologies: processes, equipment and materials - take-up measures
4.8.9	Research training in microelectronics - accompanying measures
5	Cross-programme actions
5.1.1	CPA1: Extended home environments
5.1.2	CPA2: User friendliness, human factors, multilingual and multi-modal dialogue modes
5.1.3	CPA3: Ubiquitous and intelligent info-mobility and geo-information systems
5.1.4	CPA4: Large scale systems survivability
5.1.5	CPA5: Smart cards
5.1.6	CPA6: Next generation networks
5.1.7	CPA7: Socio-economic analysis for the information society
5.1.8	CPA8: Statistical tools, methods and applications for the information society
6	Future and emerging technologies
6.1.1	Open domain
6.2.1	The disappearing computer
6.2.2	Neuroinformatics for "living" artefacts
7	Research Networking
7.1.1	RN1: Interconnection of research networks
7.1.2	RN2: End-to-end application experiments
7.1.3	RN3: Test-beds for integration of access technologies
7.1.4	RN4: Test-beds for future network technologies
8	IST support activities
8.1.1	Project clusters
8.1.2	Networks of excellence and working groups
8.1.3	Channelling of standardisation and interoperability initiatives
8.1.4	Improving human capital in IST-research (IHC)
8.1.5	Enabling RTD co-operation with Newly Associated States
8.1.6	Enabling RTD co-operation with 3rd countries

Priorities of Workprogramme 1999

(Workprogramme 1999: download)

1	Systems and services for the citizen
1.1	RTD spanning Key Action I
1.1.1	New models for providing services to citizens
1.2	Health
1.2.1	Personal health systems
1.2.2	Clinical, biological, managerial and imaging systems for health professionals
1.2.3	New generation telemedicine services
1.3	Persons with special needs, including the disabled and the elderly
1.3.1	Systems and services for independent living
1.4	Administrations
1.4.1	Systems enhancing the efficiency and user-friendliness of administrations
1.4.2	On-line support to democratic processes
1.5	Environment
1.5.1	Intelligent environmental monitoring and management systems
1.5.2	Environmental risk and emergency management systems
1.6	Transport and tourism
1.6.1	Intelligent transport infrastructure and mobility management
1.6.2	Systems for intelligent vehicles
1.6.3	Systems and services for tourism
2	New methods of work and electronic commerce
2.1	RTD spanning Key Action II
2.1.1	New perspectives for work and business
2.1.2	Corporate knowledge management
2.2	Flexible, mobile and remote working methods and tools
2.2.1	Workplace design
2.2.2	Team work
2.2.3	Dynamic networked organisations
2.3	Management systems for suppliers and consumers
2.3.1	Digital design and life-cycle management for products and services
2.3.2	New market mediation systems
2.3.3	Enhanced consumer-supplier relationships
2.4	Information and network security and other confidence building technologies
2.4.1	Identification and authentication
2.4.2	Secure electronic financial transactions
2.4.3	Digital object transfer
3	Multimedia content and tools
3.1	RTD spanning Key Action III
3.1.1	Social and business models for multimedia content
3.2	Interactive publishing, digital content and cultural heritage
3.2.1	Authoring and design systems
3.2.2	Content management and personalisation
3.2.3	Access to scientific and cultural heritage
3.2.4	Digital preservation of cultural heritage
3.3	Education and training
3.3.1	Open platforms and tools for personalised learning
3.3.2	The flexible university
3.3.3	Advanced training systems
3.4	Human language technologies
3.4.1	Multilinguality in digital content and services
3.4.2	Natural interactivity
3.5	Information access, filtering, analysis and handling
3.5.1	Multi-sensory forms of content
3.5.2	Media representation and access: new models and standards
4	Essential technologies and infrastructures
4.1	RTD spanning Key Action IV
4.1.1	Convergence and integration: scenarios and analyses
4.2	Technologies for and the management of information processing, communications and networks, including broadband, together with their implementation, interoperability and application
4.2.1	Concurrent systems
4.2.2	Real-time systems
4.2.3	Network integration, interoperability and interworking
4.2.4	Technologies for network management and service-level interworking
4.2.5	All-optical and terabit networks
4.3	Technologies and engineering for software, systems and services, including high-quality statistics
4.3.1	Component-based software engineering
4.3.2	Engineering of intelligent services
4.3.3	Methods and tools for intelligence and knowledge sharing
4.3.4	Information management methods
4.4	Real-time and large-scale simulation and visualisation technologies
4.4.1	Real-time simulation and visualisation technologies
4.4.2	Large-scale shared virtual and augmented environments
4.5	Mobile and personal communications and systems, including satellite-related systems and services
4.5.1	Re-configurable radio systems and networks
4.5.2	Terrestrial wireless systems and networks
4.5.3	Integrated satellite systems and services
4.5.4	Advanced tools and technologies for wireless communications
4.6	Interfaces making use of the various senses
4.6.1	Adaptable multi-sensory interfaces
4.7	Peripherals, sub-systems and microsystems
4.7.1	Peripherals technologies
4.7.2	Subsystems technologies
4.7.3	Microsystems
4.8	Microelectronics
4.8.1	Microelectronics and opto-electronics design
4.8.2	Application competencies
4.8.3	Processes, equipment and materials
4.8.4	Advanced opto-electronics and microelectronics
5	Cross programme themes
5.1	Cross programme actions
5.1.1	CPA1: Integrated applications platforms and services
5.1.2	CPA2: Dependability in services and technologies
5.1.3	CPA3: Design-for-all for an inclusive information society
5.1.4	CPA4: New indicators and statistical methods
5.2	Open cross-program clusters
5.2.1	CPCO: Open cross-programme clusters
6	Future and emerging technologies
6.1	Open domain
6.1.1	FET O: Open domain
6.2	Proactive initiatives
6.2.1	FET P1: Quantum information processing and communications
6.2.2	FET P2: Universal information ecosystems
6.2.3	FET P3: Nanotechnology information devices
7	Research infrastructures
7.1	Research networking
7.1.1	RN1: Broadband interconnection of national research, education and training networks, and testbeds
7.7.2	RN2: Testbeds for advanced networking and application experiments
8	IST support measures
8.1.1	Take-up measures
8.2.1	Concerted actions and thematic networks
8.3.1	Accompanying measures
8.4.1	Technology stimulation projects to encourage and facilitate SME participation
8.5.1	Training fellowships