» HaH - Hearing at Home

Category: Home Networking

The HaH project researches and develops next generation assistive devices that allow the growing number of hearing-impaired - which predominantly includes the elderly - equal participation in communication and empowers them to play a full role in the information society.

» http://www.hearing-at-home.eu

» SOPRANO - Service Oriented PRogrammable smArt enviroNments for Older Europeans

Category: Home Networking

SOPRANO will design and develop highly innovative, context-aware, smart services with natural and comfortable interfaces for older people at affordable cost, meeting requirements of users, family and care providers and significantly extending the time we can live independently in our homes when older. User friendliness and acceptability is top priority for the project - a zero-slope learning curve is to be achieved and interfaces are to "vanish" into domestic settings. Large-scale viability in real homes will be demonstrated with 600 users to raise public awareness and accelerate AAL exploitation.

» http://www.soprano-ip.org/

» GST - Global Systems for Telematics

Category: Telematics

GST is an EU-funded Integrated Project that is creating an open and standardized end-to-end architecture for automotive telematics services. The purpose of GST is to create an environment in which innovative telematics services can be developed and delivered cost-effectively, and hence to increase the range of economic telematics services available to manufacturers and consumers.

» http://www.gstforum.org

» SerCHo - Service Centric Home

Category: Home Networking

The Federal Ministry of Economics and Innovations funded project SerCHo (Service Centric Home) is focusing on the development of a solution approach, that includes a "Home Service Platform", a "Service Provider Platform", and an "Ambient Service Framework" with process models and integrated tools to support the service development and service management. Using the SerCHo- framework services can be realized in a way that they can be used ubiquitous and support the user effectively and effeciently. Those services could be versatile and may include unified communication, home entertainment, information, control of home appliances, security and healthcare services, among others.

» http://www.sercho.de (available in german only)

» VII - Vehicle Infrastructure Integration

Category: Telematics

Reducing the number and severity of surface transportation incidents and reducing traffic congestion are two priorities of the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) and automotive manufacturers. Therefore the USDOT has initiated a cooperative evaluation program with the automotive industry to evaluate the feasibility of a National deployment and to evaluate a proof-of-concept implementation.

Dedicated Short Range Communication (DSRC), the wireless medium based on a variation of WiFi (IEEE 802.11p), will allow vehicles to communicate with a roadside-infrastructure, as well as with each other. This communication capability, in combination with a nationwide data collection and processing network, will enable significant improvements to safety, mobility and productivity/convenience.

» SQO-OSS - Software Quality Observatory for Open Source Software

Category: Software Quality

SQO-OSS aims to assist European software developers in improving the quality of their code, and to remove one of the key barriers to entry for Open Source software by providing scientific proof of its quality.

Open Source is already leading to a revival in the European SME software development sector, and advanced tools for quality assessment will underpin further enterprise adoption and assist European SMEs and projects in competing with large global corporations.

The project will break new ground in introducing a range of innovative software quality metrics and combining these metrics through the use of data mining and AI to provide clear quality evaluations for both software users and developers.

» http://www.sqo-oss.eu