Verdikt planned calls 2011, Torbjørn Svendsen, VERDIKT
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The document summarizes the status of VERDIKT, Norway's national strategic ICT research programme. It details that VERDIKT has invested over 1 billion NOK from 2005-2009 in 113 research projects. In 2010, 200 million NOK was invested in 21 new Future Internet projects focusing on social networks, internet of things, and mobile internet. The document outlines VERDIKT's plans to invest 150 million NOK in 2011 through calls for companies/public sector and research institutions to generate expertise in priority areas like climate, energy, and health.
Verdikt planned calls 2011, Torbjørn Svendsen, VERDIKT
- 1. Status VERDIKT Planned calls 2011 Torbjørn Svendsen, Director VERDIKT’s Programme Board, Programme Conference 1 – 2 November 2010
- 2. VERDIKT – National strategic ICT-research programme Annual budget (2010): 170 mill. NOK (21 M€) - Competence – educate researchers, build research competence - Knowledge – research results relevant for society and industry - Innovation – and value creation driven by ICT-research Status: Total project volume: 1,5 mrd. NOK (186 M€) VERDIKT funding: 1 mrd. NOK (125 M€) 113 research projects / 151 PhD-students / 69 Post Doc. “Core Competence and Value Creation with ICT in the international forefront”
- 3. Topics VERDIKT 2005 – 2009: Investing 780 mill. kroner in: Seamless infrastructures Multimodal systems and rich media Digital environments Communicating organisations 223 mill. 210 mill. 29% 27% 183 mill. 162 mill. 24% 21%
- 4. Four priority research areas: 2005 – 2014 Three new topics: 2009 – 2014
- 5. 2010: 200 mill. invested in the Future Internet - 21 new projects 80 70 60 Research proj. 50 Innovation proj. 40 30 Knowledgeb. Proj. 20 10 0 Social Internet Mobile netw of things internet
- 6. Perspectives on the Future Internet portfolio - 2010 In general – societal perspectives and concerns are present in several projects A clear focus on eInclusion, democracy and accessibility within Social network projects Protocols and APIs dominates the focus in Internet of Things projects. Within Mobile Internet the projects typically aim at application and services. Focus on developing countries and accessibility and healthcare in rural areas The intersection between Internet of Things and Mobile Internet has resulted in a focus on “Smart Cities”
- 7. Investment pr. priority research area: mill. kroner 2009 and 2010, total project portfolio 400 350 300 250 200 2009 150 2010 100 50 0 User interf, inf. Communication Security, privacy & Social, economic mngmt. & sw technology & vulnerab. and cult. technology infrastr. challenges
- 8. Investment pr. priority research area, changes in total project portfolio 2006 – 2010, mill. kroner 90 User interfaces, 80 information management 70 and software technology 60 Communication 50 technology and infrastructure 40 30 Security, privacy protection and 20 vulnerability 10 Social, economic and 0 cultural challenges and opportunities
- 9. 2011: Investing 150 mill. kroner in The Future Internet
- 10. 2011: First Call: Companies and Public sector Second Call: Research Institutions 75 mill. kroner towards Research and Innovation in Companies and Public Sector Call opens Desember 2010, deadline 16 February 2011 75 mill. kroner towards Research, Innovation and Knowledgbuilding by Research Institutions Call opens February 2011, deadline 8 Juni 2011
- 11. Requirements and criteria in the call: - To generate world-class expertise and value creation in the field of ICT New knowledge within VERDIKT’s priority research area and topics Societal challenges: Climate, Energy, Environment, Health Cooperation and communication between research institutions and companies/public sector PhD and Post Doc Recruitment of women
- 12. Value network – “Verdinettverk” Call is open November 2010 – 16 February 2011 Exploitation and value creation – on the VERDIKT portfolio Internationalisation of Norwegian ICT research Roadmap – national research opportunities and challenges Open network – collaboration platform Maximum 7 networks