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Barcelona, January 2012

Gran Capità 2-4 Nexus I building

08034 BARCELONA

+34 935532510 fundacio@i2cat.net

http://twitter.com/i2CAT

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Is a non-profit organization whose aim is to promote research and innovation in advanced Internet technology

Is a research and innovation centre organized on a network basis in order to:

develop research and innovation projects

promote and maximize the use of advanced research in the area of networks and wideband applications

create platforms for collaboration between the business sector, universities and administration

endorse working teams in association with institutions in the rest of the world whose aims and research are in line with those of the Foundation.

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The i2CAT model aims to make Internet research

and innovation accessible to and

participated by the whole of society through collaboration between

the public sector, business, users and

research groups within universities

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Fill the gap between academic world and business world

Enhance R&D, Technology Transfer and Innovation with the use of i2CAT resources:

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Research & technical expertise advanced network & services infrastructure

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making the Future Internet

become a reality *

Research and Innovation

Center

FUNDACIÓ I2CAT, INTERNET I INNOVACIÓ DIGITAL A CATALUNYA i2CAT was created in 2003 as a center of research and innovation focusing its activities on the development of the future Internet, with the following main objectives:

* Foster technological development in Catalonia.

* Promote advanced research into networks and broadband applications.

* Develop Internet technologies in Catalonia, particularly in terms of applications, services and network technologies.

* Set up platforms for collaboration between the private sector and university research bodies.

* research

and development

* innovation

* technology transfer

* experimental facilities

* standards

* training and faculty

* sector

fostering

helping real companies increase their future competitively *

ubiquitous technologies

wireless sensor networks and mobile technologies applied to smart cities,

energy efficiency buildings, smart irrigation and emergency systems

* Ubiquitous technologies

* audiovisual

* health and dependence

* eLearning

* network technologies

* industry

since 2003

filling the gap

between industry

and university

50+ researchers

72+ collaborators

60+ projects

68+ companies

20+ international projects

60+ research publications

Patents

Spin-off

audiovisual & eLearning

user-based technologies for efficient coding,

transmission over the Internet and visualization of

content of any quality applied to media, education,

culture, tourism

eHealth & dependence

rich multimedia applications to support healthcare

professionals and provide value services for patient

and their careers in a mobile scenario

industrial cluster

added-value applications and high-bandwidth

infrastructure to enhance productivity and efficiency in non-ICT sectors such as

automotive and logistics sectors

networktechnologies

high-speed optical networks, Infrastructure as a Service and service

virtualization, mobile convergence solutions

and broadband technology

technology transfer

Technology valorization, on-demand R&D, open

innovation, commercialization and

licensing and technology-based

spinoffs creation

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UBIQUITOUS INTERNET TECHNOLOGY UNITOn the application of wireless sensor networks and mobile technologies to improve smart environments: smart cities,energy efficient buildings, smart irrigation andemergency systems

CORE TECHNOLOGIES• IEEE 802.15.4• IETF 6LOWPAN/ROLL• ZIGBEE• BLUETOOTH LOW ENERGY• ENERGY HARVESTING FOR WSN• IEEE 802.11/802.16/802.21• IETF MOBILE IP• 3GPP LTE• MESH NETWORKING• ENERGY CONSUMPTION OPTIMIZATION

optimizing city management, increasing citizen participation and attracting hi-tech companies through ICT innovation

CITY PILOTS IN EXECUTION• Sant Vicenç dels Horts (2008)

Population: 27,461• Vélez-Malaga (2010)

Population: 74,190• Vilanova i la Geltrú (2011)

Population: 65,890• Barcelona (2011)

Population: 1,621,537

SENSORS AND ACTUATORS NETWORKSNovel services for city management optimization and citizen participation improvement:•Garden irrigation optimization•Temperature and humidity maps•Public transportation monitoring•Garbage collection optimization•Traffic intensity measurement•Mobile augmented reality applications•Delay tolerant networksOPEN DATA ACCESDifferent mechanisms to access data:•Web page to obtain and manage historical and current data.•Android phone application for accessing data and locating devices through augmented reality.

FUNDACIÓ I2CAT, INTERNET I INNOVACIÓ DIGITAL A CATALUNYAGran Capita 2-4 Nexus I building 08034 BARCELONA+34 935532510 uitu@i2cat.nethttp://twitter.com/i2CAT

Smart Cities

Network Technologies Cluster (CTX)Research, develop and innovate on new network technologies to offer to the ICT

sector new tools and technologies to promote the adoption of new business models and the development of local business initiatives.

International Funded ProjectsProject Funding Goal Role Core Technologies

2010-2013 FP7 (I3) Deploy operational tools to provide custom IP Networks as a Service in NRENs

Coordinator IP Routing protocols, MPLS, Ethernet, NetConf, Java, OSGi, Spring DM

2010-2013 FP7 (IP) Deploy and operate an European-wide OpenFlow Future Internet Facility

WP Leader OpenFlow, Ethernet, IP, OpenVSwitch, Python, Django, Expedient, SFA, XEN

2010-2013 FP7 (IP) Deploy and operate a European Cloud Computing Future Internet Facility

Activity Leader

OpenNebula, XEN, Cells, Zabbix, OVF, OCCI, Java, Jersey

2010-2013 FP7 (STREP) Advances in the federation of Future Internet facilities control frameworks

Task Leader SFA, PlanetLab (myplc), Globus Toolkit 4, NDL, perfSONAR, VMWare, XEN

2010-2012 FP7 (STREP) Allow SMEs to build and scale ICT applications through the use of mashups

WP Leader Mashups, REST, Semantic web, Ontologies, Hadoop, OpenNebula

2010-2012 FP7 (IP) Provide technical solutions to bring the cloud computing model to networks

Technical and WP Leader

EnhancedGMPLS, PCE, SML, REST, optical network virtualization, Java

2009-2013 FP7 (I3) Deploy and operate the European core research network, linking all the NRENs

Partner subcontractor

Autobahn, GMPLS, perfSONAR, Java, SOAP, OSGi, RDF,

2008-2010 FP7 (I3)

Build an European Research Facility for Computer Network Scientists

WP Leader IP, Ethernet, xORP, XEN, VMware, Java, Globus Toolkit 4,

2006-2009

FP7 (I3) Provide solutions for single-step provisioning of grid+networkresoruces

WP Leader Harmony,Argia, Argon, DRAC, GMPLS, G2MPLS, UNICORE, NSI

RAISME

Other selected initiatives: Joint collaboration with Boston University (John Day), TSSGand Tria Network Systems to implement an Internetworking architecture based on the principle that networking is a recursive set of layers that provide IPC services (Inter Process Communication).

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Featured project: Experimental FacilityMetropolitan area experimental facility, targeted at the testing of networking products (from layers 0 to 3) and research prototypes, as well as distributed

applications.The experimental facility has been funded through several national

research projects (SILVIA, PAIS, DREAMS)

• Optical testing facility• 3x colorless ROADMs (10Gbps & 2.5Gbps)• 60km outside plant• on demand provisioning / management• virtualitzation management platfotm• L1/L2/L3 testing• connection to i2CAT Media repository• connection to i2Health Sant Pau center• connection to 4K visualization facility

1x2,5Gbps1x10Gbps

1x2,5Gbps1x10Gbps

1x2,5Gbps1x10Gbps

1x10Gbps

international connectionsGéant, Glif @ 10Gbps

i2CAT Media repository

Barcelona Computer Institute

22@ area

City Management Optimization Platform

A 100-nodes sensor and actuator network for: • selective garbage collection, • gardens watering systems, • streets and roads traffic measurement and

optimization, • public transportation tracking and statistics

AUDIOVISUAL UNIT

On the application of audiovisual technologies to efficient content transmission, content management and user-centered applications

CORE TECHNOLOGIES• PACKET REFLECTION• CONTENT ADAPTATION• P2P CONTROL• ULTRA HIGH DEFINITION• MOBILITY SERVICES• ONTOLOGIES AND COMPLEX DATA VISUALIZATION• CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHMS• VIDEO SCALABILITY, MDC/SVC

efficient coding, transmission over the Internet and visualization of content of any quality applied to media, education, culture, tourism

Audiovisual Technologies

FI Infrastructure ready

Local / European / Global

Use

Cases

Business Models / New enablers

Apps

Technology

User push to apps.Users

Communities

Healthcare / Medical

Education/Remote Learning

Public Broadcasters

Users push to technology

Technology push to apps

Cities

App push to the tech.

Science

CultureProblem solving

Digital Cinema

Virtual Presence

Scientific Visualisation

3D

Content Distribution

Compression

Multimedia Production

User generated content

Multi-view

CONTEXT AWARENESSPersonal mobility, Mobile IP, location-based services, mixed reality, content

transcoding (format conversion), scalable coding (spatial and temporal

resolution modification) and transmoding

CONTENT MANAGEMENTSemantical description of content,

ontologies, data mining of huge amounts of interrelated data, natural

language processing, content interoperability, distributed access and

complex data visualization through enhanced user interfacesVIDEOCONFERENCING

Ultra HD real-time applications (videoconferencing, gaming, virtual

reality, retransmission of live events to multiple destinations) over the Internet

NETWORK CONTROLAdaptive media distribution over a P2P

schema with multi-device interoperability (including ad-hoc mobile networks and emerging technologies such as HbbTV),

multipoint multimedia sessions and their signaling/negotiation

The Cultural RingThe user-driven innovation to Internet of arts

Sharing cultural events

Poetry festivals, Guided tours, Master Class, Workshops, Courses, Conferences

Artistic performances

Metamembrana 2008,Exploring new art formats

Global Cultural Ring:Connecting Arts communities through Global

Research Networks

“Difussion is where

technology

offers major opportunities to the opera in the XXI

century” J.

Matabosch.

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eHealth and eDependence ClusterWe are providing rich multimedia applications to support healthcare professionals

clinical activity as well as personalized services for patient and their careers in a mobile scenario.

optimizing healthcare resources management, increasing citizen participation and ICT acceptance while attracting hi-tech companies through ICT innovation

Smart home

CORE TECHNOLOGIES:

• HL7 (messaging, CDA)

• DICOM AND PACS

• PHR INTEROPERABILITY

• HOME INFORMATION GATHERING SYS

• PATIENT’S PREDICTIVE SYSTEMS

• MOBILE APP

WORKING WITH:

MAIN HOSPITALS

• Hospital Clínic

• Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

• Hospital de la Vall Hebron

LIVINGLABS

• CITILAB CORNELLÀ

• I2HEALTH SANT PAU

PATIENT ASSOCIATION

• Alzheimer relatives association

• Dependant people relatives association

Smart HospitalINNOVATION for HEALTHCARE

PROFESSIONALS

I2CAT aims to develop tools to support new

clinical, multidisciplinary methodology to

provide a high quality health care service for

the patient and improve healthcare resources

usage.

INNOVATION for PATIENTS AND

CITIZENS

I2CAT aims to provide

information to the patients

and their caregivers about

the disease and its evolution

to achieve a better

understanding, reducing

anxiety and improving

motivation and acceptance.

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERCLOSING THE INNOVATION GAP BETWEEN INDUSTRY AND UNIVERSITY

Our mission is to increase the impact of the new technologies in the marketplace and to ensure that good ideas become a reality by tying the

technological research into market needs

KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNOLOGY PORTFOLIO

• WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS

• INFRASTRUCTURE AS A SERVICE (IAAS)

• 3D HD VIDEOCONFERENCING

• ADVANCED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

• NETWORKED MEDIA

• LOCALIZATION AND TRACEABILITY

• AUGMENTED REALITY

• SCALABLE VIDEO CODING

• NETWORK ARCHITECTURES AND

PROTOCOLS

• OPTICAL SWITCHING NETWORKS

• FUTURE INTERNET

MATCHING TECHNOLOGY AND MARKET OPPORTUNITIES

Transforming technologies and R&D results into value for the companies.

Developing market-oriented technology applications

Adapting technologies to new markets

MARKET CHALLENGES• INTERNET-ENABLED SERVICES

• GREEN ICT

• ICT FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY

• ICT FOR HEALTH AND INCLUSION

• SMART ENVIRONMENT AND

MOBILITY

• EDUCATION AND E-LEARNING

• CULTURAL AND TOURISM SERVICES

• DIGITAL CONTENTS

ADVANCED INFRASTRUCTURESExperimental platformsField trial deployments

International links

COMMERCIALIZATION AND TECHNOLOGY LICENSING

Intellectual Property RightsTechnology valorisationCommercial prototypes

Knowledge transferCo-development partnershipsNew technology-based firms

RESEARCH AND INNOVATION ON DEMAND

Project managementTechnology integration and

customizationProduct development

Scientific and technical consultancy

Technology TrendsOpen Innovation

FOSTERING COLLABORATION AND NETWORKINGManaging multidisciplinary contacts and companies to identifify

technology trends and market opportunities

Encouraging technological cooperation between companies to reach global markets

Open Innovation as one of the keys to get business success

Taking advantage of international research partners to start new business collaborations

PROVIDING SOLUTIONS TO INDUSTRY NEEDS

Meeting technological business requirements

Implementing proofs of concept

Deploying validation and experimental platforms

Technical cooperation with SMEs

Leveraging expertise of research activities