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1、The NEWCOM Network of Excellence,Geir E.ienDepartment of Electronics and TelecommunicationsNTNU,Norway,Overview of talk,What does NEWCOM mean?What is a Network of Excellence?NEWCOM motivation and main goalsNEWCOM historyNEWCOM partnersNEWCOM scientific contentNEWCOM management and organizationNTNUs
2、share in NEWCOMExamples of research topicsStatus,What does NEWCOM mean?,http:/www.ismb.it/newcom,What is a Network of Excellence?,One of the major mechanisms designed to advance European research within the EUs 6th framework program.Does not fund research per se,but rather integration of existing re
3、search.The idea is to give excellent research groups within a field better opportunities to come together and stake out common goals for coherent scientific advances within the field,and share information.Funding for e.g.inter-network communication internal workshopsjoint education and training init
4、iatives joint identification of scientific”knowledge gaps”development of common software and hardware toolsjoint dissemination activities?,NEWCOM motivation and main goals,NEWCOM aims at creating a European network that links in a cooperative way a large number of leading research groups,addressing
5、the Strategic Objective Mobile and wireless systems beyond 3Gwhich is a frontier research area of the Priority Thematic Area of IST(Information Society Technologies).The main dimensions of the NEWCOM vision areStrengthening,development and integration of research in the fieldEmpowerment of groups an
6、d individuals via dissemination activitiesEffective use of produced knowledge via exploitation-commercialisation-standardization strategies.,NEWCOM history,In April 2002 prof.Sergio Benedetto(Politecnico di Torino)consulted a number of colleagues,proposing preparation of a proposal within the EUs 6t
7、h Framework Program,for a Network of Excellence in the Wireless Communication field.The first meeting was held in May 2002.All 12 participants liked the idea,and went on contacting new potential partners.NTNU(Geir ien)was contacted by one of the participants,prof.Arne Svensson(Chalmers),and invited
8、to join the network.In June 2002 an Expression of Interest(EoI)was submitted concerning the NoE,which we decided to call NEWCOM.,NEWCOM history,contd,Successively,colleagues from all European countries read the EoI and expressed interest in participating.Admission was based on a majority decision am
9、ong NEWCOM founders.In February 2003,we had the first plenary NEWCOM meeting to formalise decisions on acceptance of new partners and organisation of the proposal writing.The European Commission was very positive about NEWCOM,and encouraged us to prepare the proposal along the lines of the EoI.The N
10、EWCOM proposal was submitted in April 2003.NEWCOM successfully completed the review phase by June 2003.The proposal was ranked first among all proposals within the“Systems beyond 3G”action(23.5 out of 25 possible points!).,NEWCOM history,contd,A pre-negotiation meeting was held in Brussels in July 2
11、003 with agreement of a ceiling grant of 8 millions Euro for 2.5 years.In Sept.2003 we had the first informal plenary meeting of the NEWCOM Scientific Committee,preparing the first negotiation meeting,electing NEWCOM Director and Executive Board,etc.The first negotiation meeting in the presence of t
12、he EC Contract Officer subsequently took place in Brussels.Lots of meetings,changes,discussions,disappointments,work followed for the next 4 months Finally,in January 2004,after thorough examination of and agreement on all workpackages,EC proposed a grant of 8 millions Euro for an effort of 867 pers
13、on-months over a 30 months period.Official kick-off date for NEWCOM was March 1st,2004.,The NEWCOM partners,NTNU,UiB,Nera,POLITOISMBI3P,UoSo,UUKUChalmersKTHLUEricsson,NCUACERTHIntracom,TechnionBilkentISIK,UPCCTTCUPFTelefonica,UoCUoP,ENSTSUPELECCNRS,ENST Bret.TurboCPT,ASTER,France TelecomThales,Eurec
14、om,TUWFTW,ETH,TUMRWTH Aachen,UEN,DLR,CNIT,BUTE,PUT,UGentUCLIMECESA,AAU,UoO,UoSuVUMUoY,UoE,BUE,UPV,TUL,TUI,UnivBris,Vodafone,NEWCOM scientific content 1:Departments,Dept.1:Analysis and Design of Algorithms for Signal Processing at Large in Wireless SystemsDept.2:Radio Channel Modelling for Design Opt
15、imisation and Performance Assessment of Next Generation Communication SystemsDept.3:Design,Modeling and Experimental Characterisation of RF and Microwave Devices and SubsystemsDept.4:Analysis,Design and Implementation of Digital Architectures and CircuitsDept.5:Source Coding and Reliable Delivery of
16、 Multimedia ContentsDept.6:Protocols,Architectures and Traffic Modeling for Reconfigurable/Adaptive Wireless NetworksDept.7:QoS Provision in Wireless Networks:Radio Resource Management,Mobility,and Security,NEWCOM scientific content 2:Projects,Project A:Ad Hoc and Sensor NetworksProject B:Ultra-Wide
17、band Communication SystemsProject C:Functional Design Aspects of Future Generation Wireless SystemsProject D:Reconfigurable Radio for Interoperable TransceiversProject E:Cross Layer Optimisation,NEWCOM management and organization,NEWCOM management and organization,contd,Director:Prof.Sergio Benedett
18、o,ISMB/PoliTo.Overall responsibility for the project,both scientific and administrative aspects.The Network Office:Led by the Operations Director(Mr.Stephen Sadler,ISMB)Supports all NEWCOM partners and Departments/Projects administratively,and drives forward the Joint Programme of Activities(JPA).Th
19、e Scientific Committee:The Local Representatives of each NEWCOM partner(NTNU:Geir),plus the Operations Director.he highest governing body;takes strategic decisions on activities to be undertaken,and on distribution of funds.,NEWCOM management and organization,contd,The Advisory Board:Independent bod
20、y evaluating the JPA and annual activity reports;also Award Committee for the NEWCOM best paper award.World-wide known scientists from outside Europe:Fumiyuki AdachiDavid G.Forney,Jr.Robert GallagerJames E.MasseyAndrew J.ViterbiVijay BhargavaRobert CalderbankHenry BertoniThe Executive Board:Elected
21、by the Scientific Committee,responsible for executing Scientific Committee decisions and for supervising the life of NEWCOM through frequent meetings.,The NEWCOM Executive Board,Sergio Benedetto,ISMB/PoliTo,ItalyErnst Bonek,Techn.Univ.Wien,AustriaPierre Duhamel,CNRS,FranceJoachim Hagenauer,Tech.Univ
22、.Mnchen,GermanyLajos Hanzo,Univ.of Southampton,UKMarco Luise,Univ.of Pisa,Italy Heinrich Meyr,RWTH Aachen,GermanySergio Palazzo,Univ.of Catania,ItalyErdal Panayirci,ISIK Univ.,Turkey Andreas Polydoros,National Univ.of Athens,GreecePhillip Regalia,Institut National des Tlcommunications,FranceIngrid R
23、eynaert,IMEC,BelgiumArne Svensson,Chalmers Univ.of Technology,Sweden Luc Vandendorpe,Univ.Cath.Louvain,BelgiumRoberto Verdone,Univ.of Bologna,Italy,NTNUs share in NEWCOM,As a medium-sized partner out of a total of 60 partners,our share of the budget is approx.1.5%,or 120.000 1.0 MNOK,distributed ove
24、r 30 months.This corresponds to approx.13 person-months work.Our personnel is the BEATS team:5 professors(Geir,Lars,Nils,Tor,Kjell Jrgen)and 7 PhD students(Bengt,Ola,Duc,Anna,Greg,Fredrik,Gang).We will keep our involvement to a minimum number of workpackages(WPs),not to spread our few person-months
25、over too many deliverables.Scientifically we are involved in Department 1,Analysis and Design of Algorithms for Signal Processing at Large in Wireless SystemsDepartment 5,Source Coding and Reliable Delivery of Multimedia ContentsIn addition there are many”compulsory”WPs on activities regarding integ
26、ration,dissemination,spreading of excellence,etc.,Research topics,Dept.1,Coding and Signal Design for Future Wireless Broadband SystemsSynchronisation,Channel Estimation,and EqualisationIterative ReceiversMultiuser ReceiversMultiple-Input Multiple-Output SystemsMobility Management,Handoff Algorithms
27、,and Network Information Theory,Research topics,Dept.5,General Tools for Robust Source CodingJoint Source and Channel DecodingJoint Source and Channel EncodingMethods Requiring Transmission of Quantities between Various Network Layers,Status,NEWCOM website is active,cf.http:/www.ismb.it/newcom.Work
28、initiated on establishing a shared NEWCOM software tool database.Work initiated on establishing NEWCOM videoconferencing facilities.Work initiated on identifying knowledge gaps in Dept.1.First internal Dept.1 meeting at ENST in Paris on June 25th,immediately following ICC-2004.(Probably similar things happening in other departments and projects!)”Eligible cost”insecurity,Questions?,
