Horizon 2020: verso il Programma di lavoro ICT 2014-2015

In Evidenza

Ict - foto di Intel Free PressPresentato a Vilnius il programma di lavoro provvisorio 2014-2015 per il settore ICT nell’ambito di Horizon 2020, il nuovo programma europeo per la ricerca e l'innovazione.

 

Ict, un settore trasversale in Horizon 2020

Come già anticipato durante l’info day del 14 ottobre a Roma, l'ICT costituisce, all’interno di Horizon 2020 un settore trasversale, che interessa le tre priorità strategiche del nuovo programma europeo per la ricerca:

  1. excellent science,
  2. industrial leadership,
  3. societal challenges.

Budget e azioni

Per il periodo 2014-2015 le risorse stanziate per il settore ICT ammontano a un miliardo e 628,36 milioni di euro, ripartiti tra le azioni:

A new generation of components and systems

  • ICT 1 – 2014: Smart Cyber-Physical Systems
  • ICT 2 – 2014: Smart System Integration
  • ICT 3 – 2014: Advanced Thin, Organic and Large Area Electronics (TOLAE) technologies

Advanced Computing

  • ICT 4 – 2015: Customised and low power computing

Future Internet

  • ICT 5 – 2014: Smart Networks and novel Internet Architectures
  • ICT 6 – 2014: Smart optical and wireless network technologies
  • ICT 7 – 2014: Advanced Cloud Infrastructures and Services
  • ICT 8 – 2015: Boosting public sector productivity and innovation through cloud computing
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  • ICT 9 – 2014: Tools and Methods for Software Development
  • ICT 10 – 2015: Collective Awareness Platforms for Sustainability and Social Innovation
  • ICT 11 – 2014: FIRE+ (Future Internet Research & Experimentation)
  • ICT 12 – 2015: Integrating experiments and facilities in FIRE+
  • ICT 13 – 2014: Web Entrepreneurship
  • ICT 14 – 2014: Advanced 5G Network Infrastructure for the Future Internet

Content technologies and information management

  • ICT 15 – 2014: Big data and Open Data Innovation and take-up
  • ICT 16 – 2015: Big data - research
  • ICT 17 – 2014: Cracking the language barrier
  • ICT 18 – 2014: Support the growth of ICT innovative Creative Industries SMEs
  • ICT 19 – 2015: Technologies for creative industries, social media and convergence
  • ICT 20 – 2015: Technologies for better human learning and teaching
  • ICT 21 – 2014: Advanced digital gaming/gamification technologies
  • ICT 22 – 2014: Multimodal and Natural computer interaction

Robotics

  • ICT 23 – 2014: Robotics
  • ICT 24 – 2015: Robotics
  • Micro- and nano-electronic technologies, Photonics
  • ICT 25 – 2015: Generic micro- and nano-electronic technologies
  • ICT 26 – 2014: Photonics KET
  • ICT 27 – 2015: Photonics KET
  • ICT 28 – 2015: Cross-cutting ICT KETs
  • ICT 29 – 2014 Development of novel materials and systems for OLED lighting
  • ICT Cross-Cutting Activities
  • ICT 30 – 2015: Internet of Things and Platforms for Connected Smart Objects
  • ICT 31 – 2014: Human-centric Digital Age
  • ICT 32 – 2014: Cybersecurity, Trustworthy ICT
  • ICT 33 – 2014: Trans-national co-operation among National Contact Points

Horizontal ICT Innovation actions

  • ICT 34 – 2015: Support for access to finance
  • ICT 35 – 2014: Innovation and Entrepreneurship Support
  • ICT 36 – 2015: Pre-commercial procurement open to all areas of public interest requiring new
  • ICT solutions
  • ICT 37 – 2014-15: Open Disruptive Innovation Scheme (implemented through the SME
  • instrument)

International Cooperation actions

  • ICT 38 – 2015: International partnership building and support to dialogues with high income
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  • ICT 39 – 2015: International partnership building in low and middle income countries

EU-Brazil Research and Development Cooperation in Advanced Cyber Infrastructure

  • EUB 1 – 2015: Cloud Computing, including security aspects
  • EUB 2 – 2015: High Performance Computing (HPC)
  • EUB 3 – 2015: Experimental Platforms

EU-Japan Research and Development Cooperation in Net Futures

  • EUJ 1 – 2014: Technologies combining big data, internet of things in the cloud
  • EUJ 2 – 2014: Optical communications
  • EUJ 3 – 2014: Access networks for densely located users
  • EUJ 4 – 2014: Experimentation and development on federated Japan – EU testbeds

Nell’ambito del programma di lavoro sono previsti anche altri interventi, non soggetti alla procedura dei bandi:

  • ricerca di esperti esterni, che saranno assunti dalla Commissione Ue per la valutazione dei progetti presentati o per la definizione di nuove politiche;
  • assegnazione di due premi nell’area Smart optical and wireless network technologies;
  • realizzazione di studi, conferenze ed eventi.

Tempistica

Il programma di lavoro definitivo dovrà essere adottato dalla Commissione europea il 10 dicembre 2013.

La pubblicazione degli inviti a presentare proposte relativi all'ICT per il 2014 è prevista per l’11 dicembre 2013, con scadenze fissate per il 23 aprile 2014 e per il 25 novembre 2014.

I bandi ICT 2015 e i bandi per la cooperazione Ue-Brasile, invece, saranno pubblicati il 15 ottobre 2014, con scadenza prevista per il 21 aprile 2015.

La pubblicazione degli inviti per la cooperazione Ue-Giappone, infine, è attesa per il 7 gennaio 2014, con chiusura dei termini prevista per il 10 aprile 2014.

Links
Programma di lavoro provvisorio ICT 2014-2015