COST Telecommunications and Information Science and Technologies 1

COST Telecommunications and Information Science and Technologies 1

What is COST ? l Intergovernmental Cooperation – Created in 1971 – 17 Scientific and Technical Domains l Participation – – l 35 COST Countries European Commission International Organisations from Non-COST Countries on Mutual Benefit Basis COST Actions – Concerted Actions of Nationally Funded R&D – Memorandum of Understanding 2

The (34 + 1) member states COST Member States The 25 EU Member States u EFTA Member States Iceland Norway Switzerland Candidate Countries Bulgaria Croatia 1 Romania Turkey Other Countries Serbia and Montenegro 1 FYR of Macedonia (FYROM)1 COST Co-operating States Israel 3 1 Not Associated to FP

What is a COST Action? Concerted Action l Pan-European l “NON-COMPETITIVE” Research l R&D Financed Nationally l Flexibility l Bottom-up l A la carte participation l COST funds only coordination activities l 4

Yearly Evolution of Running and Starting COST Actions (Status on 31 st December 2004) Running Number of Actions Starting Year 5

COST @ FP 6 Funded under FP 6 Strengthening the European Research Area 50 -80 M€ for 2003 -2007 l One of the major Tools for Implementing ERA l Managed by the European Science Foundation (ESF) at the COST Office l 6

Positioning of COST, Nature of Research Top-Down Approach IST Programme No. Es Integrated Projects European Science Foundation (ESF) Future and Emerging Technologies (IST) EUREKA Bottom-Up Approach COST Basic Research Applied Research Innovation/ Exploitation 7

COST Structure COST Secretariat at the Council Committee of Senior Officials (CSO) COST National Coordinators Technical Committees (TC) COST Office Actions Management Committees (MC) 8

COST Senior Officials (CSO) l Responsible for the overall strategy of COST l Decides on the launching of each individual COST Action l Approves participation from non-COST countries institutes l Approves prolongation of COST Actions l Chair: Professor Francesco Fedi 9

Technical Committee (TC) l Selection & Proposal of new COST Actions l Monitoring of ongoing COST Actions l Evaluation of completed COST Actions l Dissemination and Exploitation of COST activities l Provide Advice to COST on Budget Planning l Chair of TIST: Professor Gert Brussaard 10

TIST Quality Control l Assessment of proposals for new Actions – Peer review by an Assessment Panel – “Assessment Report” approved by the TC l Monitoring of Actions in Progress – “Progress Report” – Presentation by the Action Chair at Annual Review Meeting (June) l Evaluation of completed Actions – Peer review by the Evaluation Panel – “Evaluation Report” approved by the TC 11

Management Committee (MC) l Supervises and coordinates the implementation of the Action l It is the only “legal basis” l Composed of : – Maximum two representatives of each signatory country Ø they ensure the scientific coordination at national level – One representative of any non-COST institution admitted to participate l Each signatory has one vote 12

Working Group (WG) l Small number of researchers per working group l Working group members may be: – Management Committee members – Other scientists from the signatory countries 13

COST TIST (Telecoms & IST) ~ 25 Actions, ~ 2500 Organisations l Covering Long Term Research on l – – – – l Algorithm Technologies Antennas and Radio Propagation Knowledge and Information Management Network Design & Analysis New Internet & Multimedia Services Optical Networking and Photonics Satellite and Mobile Communication Special Needs and User Requirements Strong Relationship with IST Programme 14

COST TIST Research Domains & Actions Biometrics, Authentication & Security COST 275, 277, 278 Nanotech & Optical Communications COST 270, 288, 291, 299 Multimedia and Inform. Management COST 274, 276, 282, 283, 292 e-Society COST 219 ter, 281, 287, 294, 298 Antennas, Radio Propagation, and Interference COST 280, 284, 286, 296 Network Design & Analysis COST 279, 285, 293, 295 Wireless & Mobile Communications COST 272, 273, 289, 290, 297 15

COST TIST Stand Point Bottom-up approach l Flexible research themes & participation l Community building l Long term research l Predominantly basic R&D l Voluntary cooperation model (High motivation) l High impact on FP’s l 16

Evolution of COST TIST Actions 17

Annual Grant Contracts COST TIST support: Annual Grant Contracts with Grant-Holder organisation l Contract covers costs for: l – – – l Secretariat (administration + charges) Meetings (MC and WGs) Seminars, workshops, and training schools Short Term Scientific Missions Dissemination activities Publications are funded by specific COST funds 18

COST TIST l Managed by the COST Office l Staff: – Science Officer Afonso Ferreira Afonso. Ferreira@cost. esf. org – Administrative Officer Brigid Bradley bbradley@cost. esf. org l COST WWW Site http: //cost. cordis. lu l TC Chair: Prof. Gert Brussaard l We’re here to help… 19

COST TIST l Questions? 20