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Information and Communication
Technologies
The sheer
volume of data being created and used in the current business and
industrial environments means that technologies that collect,
generate, transmit, store, process, annotate, interpret and
present data and information will become increasingly vital.
Meanwhile advances in sensing systems and electronics will rely on
developments in such areas as novel materials and nanoelectronics,
though their successful exploitation will also involve issues of
security, reliability, trust and human-computer interfaces. In
turn developments in these areas will support advances in
higher-end application areas such as design, simulation and
modelling, collaboration technologies, tools and services, and
embedded systems.
In terms of
industrial and academic capability to carry out this R&D, the UK
is well-placed. As well as providing an EU base for many non -EU
multinationals, the UK has major players active in every aspect of
ICT, including ARM, Autonomy, BT, Misys, Searchspace, Vodafone and
many SMEs with specific innovative ICT technologies. Furthermore,
almost every HEI is active in ICT R&D; those playing a major role
include Bristol, Cambridge (CMI) Imperial (telecare), Kin’s
College (biometrics), Leeds (security), Oxford (imaging) Queen’s
and Southampton (knowledge technologies).
Activity to Date
Knowledge Transfer Networks:
GRID computing
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Competitions in Collaborative R&D
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These instances exclude projects
approved in other competitions where ICT is a key underpinning
element in many of the projects eg Sensors (15 projects, £7m) and
Imaging (£6.3m, 17 projects) in April and November 2004,
respectively.
Successful Collaborative R&D
Projects:
April 2004 -
Inter-Enterprise Computing
November 2004 -
Pervasive
computing,
Design
Simulation and Modelling
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