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2nd PRIORITY: INFORMATION SOCIETY TECHONOLOGIES

The activities carried out under this priority are intended to support the development of the software and the hardware technologies necessary for the creation od the information society.It aims to increase innovation and competitiveness in European businesses and industry and to contribute to greater benefits for all European citizens. [more...]


The total budget for this priority is: 3.625 millions euro.

The IST activities are as follows:

Applied IST research addressing major societal and economic challanges:
  1. Towards a global dependability and security framework
  2. Networked businesses and governments
  3. eSafety for road and air transport
  4. eHealth
  5. LCF, Technology-enhanced learning and access to cultural heritage
  6. Applications and services for the mobile user and worker
  7. Cross-media content for leisure and entertainment
  8. Grid-based systems for Complex Problems Solving
  9. Improving risk management
  10. e-Inclusion in FP6
  11. Products and services engineering 2010
Communication, computing and software technologies
  1. Broadband for all
  2. Mobile and wireless systems beyond 3G
  3. Networked audiovisual systems and home platforms
  4. Open development platforms for software and services
  5. Embedded Systems
Components and microsystems
  1. Pushing the limits of CMOS and preparing for post-CMOS
  2. Micro- and nano- systems
  3. Advanced displays
  4. Optical, opto-electronic, and photonic functional components
Knowledge and interface technologies
  1. Multimodal interfaces
  2. Semantic-based knowledge systems
  3. Cognitive systems
IST future and emerging technologies
  1. Open Initiatives
  2. Proactive Initiatives


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