Table of Contents. 1. Fraunhofer Portugal. 2. Fraunhofer AICOS. 3. Fraunhofer Portugal Challenge. 4. Contacts

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2 Table of Contents 1. Fraunhofer Portugal 2. Fraunhofer AICOS 3. Fraunhofer Portugal Challenge 4. Contacts 2

3 1. Fraunhofer Portugal Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (worldwide) 67 Institutes > 80 Research Units ~ Employees > 2,1 billion R&D budget ( 1,8 billion from contract research) 7 Groups Information and Communication Technology Life Sciences Light & Surfaces Microelectronics Production Materials & Components Defense & Security 3

4 1. Fraunhofer Portugal Institutional Background Fraunhofer Portugal is a Non-Profit Research Institution of Public Common Interest 4

5 Vision Extending the Reach of the Information and Knowledge Society Fraunhofer AICOS vision is to enhance people s living standards by offering them intuitive and useful technology solutions capable of facilitating their access to ICT; This way we are helping specific groups (like seniors and population in remote regions or developing countries) to be integrated in the Information and Knowledge Society. 5

6 Mission Remarkable Technology, Easy to Use Offering specialized competences centered on end-user experience and usability of applications; Generating applied research solutions capable of contributing to the market success of our clients products and services and increasing its value for their customers. 6

7 Operational Goals A leading R&D partner for Industry! Technology Transfer: project results and brains! Implement an operation with ~100 people; Implement the Fraunhofer Operational Model Achieve a well balanced project mix ~1/3 revenues from direct industry contracts; ~1/3 national/international R&D Programs; ~1/3 based funding. 7

8 Achievements Mover AlzNav Dance! Don t Fall AlzNav Melanoma Detection FCC PIL ShopView ChefMyself 5 th Place 2 nd Android Developers Challenge 1 of 3 Finalists Vodafone Smart Accessibility Awards Top 25 Apps CES 1 Mobile Apps Showdown Portugal Nominee by APDC 2 World Summit Awards European Young Researcher of the Year AAL Forum Young Scientist Best Paper Award phealth 3 rd Place Microsoft Indoor Location Competition 1 st Place Sonae Companies Innovation Award 1 of 3 Finalists AAL Award AAL Forum Finalist Innova evia Awards Smart Companion Postbox Web ULF-MC PHAR (MSc thesis) OurMoz GoLivePhone (Smart Companion) 2 nd Place Zon Prémio Criatividade Honourable Mention Vodafone Mobile Data Challenge 1 st Place ESNC 3 European (Galileo Master Award) Finalist Vodafone Mobile Data Challenge 1 st Place #APPS4MAPUTO (World Bank Contest) Excellent Smart Health Innovation - Entrepreneurs with guts and spirit Community of Regions for Assisted Living - AAL Forum 1 CES: Consumer Electronics Show. 2 APDC: Portuguese Association for the Promotion of Communications. 3 ESNC: European Satellite Navigation Competition.

9 Headquarters Our Headquarter in UPTEC was voted Building of the Year 2011 in a competition hosted by ArchDaily.com and provides the most inspiring environment to our team! 94% of our collaborators answered in a survey they were fully satisfied with their work environment and considered it optimal to achieve top notch results; 100% of our collaborators are of the opinion that women have the same career opportunities as their male colleagues. 9

10 Strategic Research Agenda: Focus Areas AAL (Ambient Assisted Living) ICT4D (ICT for Development) Key Target Groups: Ageing & Elderly (including their relatives, caregivers and communities) Populations in Rural & Developing Areas Subfields: Fall and activity monitoring Chronic diseases & Well-Being Management Assistive environments mgovernment mhealth magriculture ICT for Very Small Enterprises 10

11 Strategic Research Agenda: AAL AAL - Ambient Assisted Living Foster the creation of innovative ICT-based real products that support ageing and elderly people in the process of ageing well at home, in the community and at work; Contribute to the design of sustainable business cases that enable the improvement of the quality of life, autonomy, the participation in social life, skills and the employability of elderly people; Focused on end users, caregivers, family and related people; Promote cost reduction of health and social care. 11

12 Strategic Research Agenda: ICT4D ICT4D - Information and Communication Technologies for Development Investigation of user demands for mobile ICT solutions in the fields of agriculture, urban micro enterprises, m-health and e-government and their potential socio-economic impact in developing countries; Joint development of locally relevant solutions which might get incubated into new businesses; Knowledge transfer to ensure a sustainable benefit for an independent and uprising ICT industry in the partner countries; Enabling long-term partnerships between the developing countries and the European partners. 12

13 Strategic Research Agenda: Scientific Areas Human-Computer Interaction Information Processing Autonomic Computing Adapting interaction to specific user needs From raw data To meaningful information Smarter machines: less configuration & maintenance - User & Social Experience - Mobile & Future Devices - Evaluation & Usability - Content Retrieval - Context Awareness - Multimodal Information Fusion - Remote Management, Control and Configuration 13

14 Key Project Initiatives Ambient Assisted Living Fall and Activity Monitoring PIL SavEnergy FhPSafetySensor Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) Chronic Diseases & Well-being Management SmartBEAT VSMG Assistive Environments 14

15 Key Project Initiatives ICT4D ICT for Development (ICT4D) FUSAMI GRA ICT4D Hydroponic Farming 15

16 3. Fraunhofer Portugal Challenge Overview Motivating and Awarding Research of Practical Utility! For Students and Researchers in Portuguese Universities, in the fields of ICT, Multimedia and other related Sciences; Ideas based on MSc or PhD Theses; In the Scientific Areas of Human-Computer Interaction, Information Processing and Autonomic Computing; Awards: in Scientific Prizes. 16

17 3. Fraunhofer Portugal Challenge Deadlines for st Round Idea Submission period: 11 th April to 1 st August Announcement of the 1 st round results: 13 th September 2 nd Round Additional documentation submission period: 14 th to 21 st September Announcement of the 2 nd round results: 4 th October 3 rd Round Fraunhofer Portugal Challenge Closing Event: 26 th October (presentation of finalist ideas and definition of 1 st, 2 nd and 3 rd places in each category) 17

18 3. Fraunhofer Portugal Challenge 2015 Edition Applications from 9 different Universities: IP Castelo Branco U. Coimbra U. Lisboa IST U.Lisboa U. Algarve U. Aveiro U. Beira Interior U. Católica Portuguesa U. Nova de Lisboa - FCT U. Porto Fraunhofer Portugal

19 3. Fraunhofer Portugal Challenge 2015 Edition Winning ideas in the PhD and MSc categories: PhD Category 1 st : Bringing low-cost centimeter-level indoor positioning to conventional smartphones; 2 nd : ATA - Adaptable Tangible Artifacts in Home Environment; 3 rd : A Novel Scalable Video Coding Solution Combining the Predictive and Distributed Paradigms. MS c Category 1 st : SYPEC: Development of New Algorithms of Postural Classification and Correction; 2 nd : Pervasive ECG monitoring and analysis: a cloud computing approach for user-centered healthcare; 3 rd : Wideband Body-Implantable Antenna for Short-Range High Data Rate Communication. 19

20 3. Fraunhofer Portugal Challenge 2015 Edition Impressive media coverage both for winning Students and Universities: 20

21 4. Contacts For more detailed information on the Fraunhofer Portugal Challenge 2016, Please visit our website at: Or contact us via: Phone: Postal address: Rua Alfredo Allen, 455/461, Porto 21