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SINTEF's goal is to contribute to wealth creation and to the sound and sustainable development of society. The research group SINTEF performs contract research and development for industry and the public sector. It is the largest independent research organisation in
Key Competencies: project management, general ICT, e-Learning, serious gaming, evaluation of knowledge, pedagogical approaches.
Role in the Project: conceptual framework, initial learning and competence set, test scenarios, project management.
Site: http://www.sintef.no/
Contact Name: Bjørn Andersen Contact E-mail: Bjorn [dot] Andersen [at] sintef [dot] no [Top] AlfamicroALFAMICRO was founded in 1983, with the objective to do research, consultancy and engineering services to support advanced IT solutions. Telecommunications, multimedia applications and Web Services complement the solutions developed and implemented in the field. The company also develops applied research with the aim to further develop the technologies utilized in the implementation of new working paradigms such as electronic commerce, digital collaborative business, dynamic virtual work environments, innovation networks, Living Labs, e-Learning and semantic GRID with the objective of supporting companies to achieve sustained global competitiveness. ALFAMICRO became in the late 80’s a leading service provider in
Key Competencies: exploitation, business analysis, dissemination, Living Labs, open innovation, roadmaps, training, ICT consultancy.
Role in the Project: demonstration and evaluation, dissemination and exploitation.
Site: http://www.alfamicro.pt
Contact Name: Alvaro Oliveira Contact E-mail: alvaro [dot] oliveira [at] alfamicro [dot] pt [Top]
Cyntelix Corporation is a seasoned software company focused on the development of technology and methods at the junctions of the areas for Web 2.0, knowledge discovery, ontology’s/metadata, Semantic Web, and peer to peer, in order to address government and business needs related to the acquisition, retention, exploitation and management of large amounts of both structured and unstructured data. The company operates both in North America and
Key Competencies: semantic intelligence, widget technology, serious games, agile project management, exploitation, e-learning, semantic web, software development, knowledge management.
Role in the Project: vision, conceptual framework, architectural design, project management, TARGET integrative framework, social tools/services, knowledge management.
Site: http://www.cyntelix.com/
Contact Name: Manuel Oliveira Contact E-mail: mfradinho [at] cyntelix [dot] com [Top]
Giunti Labs is leader in e-Learning content production for third parties and in implementation of technological solutions and services for training (Technology Based Learning, TBL). Giunti Labs covers four main dimensions: multimedia content production, design and development of software architectures, R&D and standard, with the unique objective of conceiving a high quality level of training by means of interoperable contents deliverable through devices available anytime & anywhere. Headquartered in Florence, with operating subsidiaries in Milan, Rome, Sestri Levante and offices in Germany, US, UK and Australia. Giunti Labs is the only European company deeply involved in all the official international standards implementation entities (IEEE LTSC, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC36, CEN/ISSS WSLT, IMS e ADL-SCORM) and co-chair of eLIG (European Learning Industry Group). The company has been officially involved in the definition of the new generation technological Specifications for e-learning from IMS Global Learning Consortium and the Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) initiative of the US Department of Defence (SCORM specifications). Giunti Labs is also accredited with ISO 9001:2000, EN ISO 9001:2000, UNI EN ISO 9001:2000 Quality Standards (LRC. 131226 Certification.
Key Competencies: content management systems, HR tools, e-learning, software development, exploitation, knowledge management.
Role in the Project: TARGET integrative framework, knowledge management, competence development, TARGET responsive environment
Site: http://www.giuntilabs.com/
Contact Name: Giancarlo Bo Contact E-mail: g [dot] bo [at] giuntilabs [dot] com [Top]
Center for Knowledge and Innovation Research (CKIR) is an international, multidisciplinary research institute based in the Helsinki School of Economics (HSE) and belongs to the international Media, Interface, and Network Design Labs (M.I.N.D. Labs) consortium (http://www.mindlab.org/). In addition to its other research foci, CKIR is specialized in experimental media psychology and research on the interaction of humans with, and human-centered design of, media services and technology (e.g., mobile devices), (entertainment and serious) digital games, social communication through technology (e.g., in knowledge work), and the user experience of technology. Research also focuses on human, social, and technological interaction in enabling environments (Livinglab). In addition to its other research methods, CKIR has high expertise in using psychophysiological and eye-movement recordings to index emotional and attentional processes when humans are interacting with media and technology. CKIR has a state-of-the-art psychophysiology laboratory, including data acquisition systems for recording electroencephalography (EEG), facial electromyography (EMG), electrocardiography (ECG), and electrodermal activity (EDA), among other signals. CKIR has also advanced mobile psychophysiological measurement devices. The research of CKIR yields design-rules for creating, and facilitates the innovation of, media technologies and services that are optimal for human beings from the perspective of emotional and cognitive processes and social interaction. The work of CKIR has been published in major international journals.
Key Competencies: psychology of learning, psycho-physiological evaluation, business models, evaluation of knowledge, business, e-learning, roadmaps, coaching and mentoring, living labs, open innovation, academic end-user.
Role in the Project: business models, exploitation, mentoring, competence development, evaluation, demonstration.
Site: http://www.hse.fi
Contact Name: Tuija Heikura Contact E-mail: tuija [dot] heikura [at] hse [dot] fi [Top]INESC-IDINESC-ID, which in Portuguese stands for Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering: Research and Development is a not-for-profit institution dedicated to research in the field of information technology, electronics and telecommunications. INESC-ID initiated activity in the year 2000 as a result of a reorganization of INESC. The former research groups of INESC have been congregated to form INESC-ID, who is owned in large part by IST (a science and technology school of the Technical University of Lisbon) and INESC. Actually, the activity of INESC-ID is divided in 5 scientific and technological areas: Information Systems, Signal Processing, Electronic Systems, Telecommunications and Solid State Technology. Each of these areas is further divided in several research groups led by senior researchers. Researchers at INESC-ID are in their vast majority university staff and graduate students. INESC-ID has about 80 researchers. Of these, 50 are senior researchers holding a PhD degree or equivalent, and the remaining are preparing their Master's or PhD dissertations. Since IST is the main owner of INESC-ID, the majority of researchers also have teaching positions at IST. On the whole, INESC-ID has about 50 graduate students, who receive grants from the Portuguese Foundation of Science and Technology (FCT), or are supported by research contracts. INESC-ID has a rich background in the areas of Real-Time Rendering, 3D Game Programming, Intelligent User Interfaces, Augmented Reality and Networked Virtual Environments. Indeed, INESC-ID has been involved in several research projects both at the National and European Level. Namely, in national projects INESC-ID has developed a massive role-playing game, the “Lost Ages”, and “Peace and War Games: A Large Scale Simulation Over the Internet”.
Key Competencies: pedagogical agents, intelligent interfaces, serious games, software development, educational design, interactive storytelling.
Role in the Project: pedagogical agents, TARGET responsive environment, Virtual Business Environment (serious game), infrastructure, architectural design
Site: http://www.inesc-id.pt/
Contact Name: João Madeiras Pereira Contact E-mail: jap [at] inesc [dot] pt [Top]
Nokia is a world leader in mobile communications, driving the growth and sustainability of the broader mobility industry. Nokia connects people with easy-to-use and innovative products like mobile phones, devices and solutions for imaging, games, media and businesses. Nokia provides equipment, solutions and services for network operators and corporations. In 2004, Nokia's net sales totalled EUR 29.3 billion. The company includes four business groups: Mobile Phones; Multimedia; Networks; and Enterprise Solutions. Nokia also includes three horizontal groups that support the business groups; Customer and Market Operations; Technology Platforms; and Research, Venturing and Business Infrastructure.
Key Competencies: evaluation of knowledge, living labs, open innovation, industrial end-user.
Role in the Project: user requirements, competence analysis, evaluation, demonstration, exploitation.
Site: http://www.nokia.com/
Contact Name: Veli-Pekka Niitamo Contact E-mail: veli-pekka [dot] niitamo [at] nokia [dot] com [Top] Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyNTNU, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, is located in Trondheim, Norway. It is the national centre for technological education and research within technology and natural sciences. NTNU also covers social sciences and the humanities and have a special national mandate for education and research integrating technology, social sciences and humanities. Some key figures are: 7 faculties and 53 departments, 20 000 students, half of these are studying technology or the natural sciences. Ca 3570 degrees awarded each year: 1100 bachelor’s, 2200 master’s and 270 doctoral degrees. There are about 750 international students. 4200 staff, over half in academic or scientific positions. We are engaged in about 2300 R&D projects and participate actively in the European Commission’s 6th and 7th framework programmes. NTNU has a recognized competence in Technology-Enhanced Learning (TEL) and has worked extensively with pedagogic approaches suited for this. Especially Program for learning with ICT (LIKT) has been active in this field (which is a part of NTNU’s Strategic Areas) . LIKT is based on an cross-curricular and multidisciplinary approaches to the field. UNIPED is a section of Program for teacher training that offers training and courses to the university staff. The section has also the responsibility to introduce the teacher staff to new technology enhanced teaching and learning methods.
Key Competencies: social networks, learning communities, pedagogical models, knowledge management, academic end-user.
Role in the Project: learning communities, TARGET learning process, pedagogical framework, social networking, knowledge management
Site: http://www.ntnu.no
Contact Name: Ekaterina Prasolova-Førland Contact E-mail: Ekaterina [dot] Prasolova-Forland [at] idi [dot] ntnu [dot] no [Top]
Siemens Program and System Engineering (PSE) is one of the biggest software and electronics enterprise organizations in Europe with over 7000 developers and technicians in Austria, but also in Hungary, Slovakia, China, the Czech Republic, Croatia and the U.S.A. Siemens PSE performs valuable services for most of the Siemens groups and for a few special external customers in all fields of modern information all over the world. The know-how and productivity are based on: deep and comprehensive systems knowledge; state-of-the-art knowledge needed to keep pace with the requirements of special fields of business. As a world-wide competitor, we are determined to continually improve our productivity and cost position. Our strengths are: State-of-the-art know-how in all areas of IT&T technology; Experience in product and system development as the basis for competence in system integration and solutions business; International experience in more than 50 countries for more than 35 years; Considering innovation as a living culture, open for continuous improvements; Highly qualified staff. Siemens PSE works in all fields of modern information technology, from information systems based on web and internet to telecommunication applications. Siemens PSE consists of several business units (like telecommunication networks, banking, insurance and retail, industry and public sector, medicine, etc.), which have their focus on the defined business fields. In addition to this there is a part called Know-how Base providing up-to-date expertise in the field of information technology. It also offers flexible capacities to the PSE business units. It consists of different competence centers (like 'Software Engineering & Groupware‘, 'Network management', 'Components & Internet Technology') Competence Center on Software Engineering & Groupware is mainly involved in the proposal with main focus on: Development process definition; Metrics and measurements (including Function Point methods); Process improvements (based on CMM, TQM); Quality assurance technologies, Configuration management, Analysis and design Methods, Object technology and middleware, Groupware and workflow systems.
Key Competencies: evaluation of knowledge, industrial end-user.
Role in the Project: user requirements, competence analysis, evaluation, demonstration, exploitation.
Site: http://w1.siemens.com
Contact Name: Matthias Zimmermann Contact E-mail: matthias [dot] d [dot] zimmermann [at] siemens [dot] com [Top]
The Knowledge Management Institute at the Graz University of Technology (www.kmi.tugraz.at) undertakes interdisciplinary research on Knowledge Management and Technology Enhanced Learning in a broad spectrum of domains, integrating technological and application-oriented perspectives, including cognitive and social science aspects. Leveraging its expertise, TUG aims to make a substantial contribution to teaching within the "Software Development and Economy" Study Program of Graz University of Technology. The technology-oriented research stream focuses on acquiring, managing and applying semantic metadata and ontologies. From an applied perspective, TUG-KMI investigates the use of social software in the context of Web 2.0 to build structures and transfer knowledge within and across individuals, institutions, and organizations. A special focus in this area is on contextualizing and personalizing learning events in the professional workplace and other learning environments. The focus of research from a cognitive psychological viewpoint is on the investigation of the structures of cognitive processes, the representation and modelling of knowledge and competencies as well as their applications in individualised web-based testing and in adaptive eLearning systems. Contributing to and participating in the empirical evaluation and validation of eLearning based on scientifically sound methodologies also falls within the field of TUG-KMI’s expertise. TUG-KMI closely cooperates with
Key Competencies: competence development, pedagogical approaches, cognitive science, media psychology, educational psychology.
Role in the Project: cognitive models, TARGET learning process, pedagogical framework, conceptual framework, competence development, pedagogical agents, evaluation.
Site: http://www.kmi.tugraz.at
Contact Name: Prof. Dr. Dietrich Albert Contact E-mail: dietrich [dot] albert [at] uni-graz [dot] at [Top]
UCL has more than 3,800 academic and research staff in 72. Nobel Prizes have been awarded to 18 academics and graduates, and the current staff includes 35 fellows of the Royal Society, 27 Fellows of the British Academy, 13 Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering and 75 Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences. UCL has participated in hundreds of collaborative research projects at the European level, and has a large number of innovative partnerships with commerce and industry. The Department of Computer Science attracts about £3M per annum in research from National funding bodies, the European Union, Industry, the
Key Competencies: cognitive science, privacy frameworks, HCI, pedagogical approaches, concept thresholds, networks, virtual reality, avatar technology.
Role in the Project: cognitive models, TARGET learning process, integrative framework, evaluation, learning communities.
Site: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/
Contact Name: Dr. William Seager Contact E-mail: w [dot] seager [at] cs [dot] ucl [dot] ac [dot] uk [Top] | Skip Calendar Calendar
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