cost ic0702 mc meeting, warsaw (pl) 20 october 2008 by sophie beaubron ict administrative officer
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COST IC0702 MC Meeting, Warsaw (PL) 20 October 2008 By Sophie Beaubron ICT Administrative Officer. Multigovernmental Agreement Created in 1971 9 Scientific and Technical Domains Participation 35 COST Countries European Commission International Organisations - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research
COST is supported by the EU RTD Framework Programme
ESF provides the COST Office through an EC contract
ICT
COST IC0702 MC Meeting, Warsaw (PL)
20 October 2008
By Sophie BeaubronICT Administrative Officer
COST is supported by the EU RTD Framework Programme
ESF provides the COST Office through an EC contract
ICT What is COST ?
• Multigovernmental Agreement– Created in 1971– 9 Scientific and Technical Domains
• Participation– 35 COST Countries– European Commission– International Organisations – Organisations from Non-COST Countries on Mutual
Benefit Basis• COST Actions
– Coordination of research funded otherwise– Pre-competitive and bottom-up– A tool for networking researchers
COST is supported by the EU RTD Framework Programme
ESF provides the COST Office through an EC contract
ICT
• Coordination of research funded otherwise– Nationally, EC, etc– COST does not fund the research effort
• Pre-competitive and bottom-up– No strategic objectives– No narrow-focussed contracts– Based on a research agenda
• Networking researchers– Effective instrument for integration– Incubator for proposals– Collective scientific knowledge pool– Some 1000 institutions/3000 researchers in ICT
What is a COST Action ?
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ESF provides the COST Office through an EC contract
ICT
COST Secretariat at the Council
COST OfficeDomain Committees (DC)
Actions Management Committees (MC)
Committee of Senior Officials (CSO)
COST National Coordinators
Working Groups (WG)
COST Structure
COST is supported by the EU RTD Framework Programme
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ICT
The 27 EU Member States
EFTA Member States Iceland Norway Switzerland
Acceding & Candidate Countries
Croatia FYR of Macedonia (FYROM)*
Turkey
Other Countries Republic of Serbia*
COST Co-operating States Israel
* not associated with FP
COST Countries
COST is supported by the EU RTD Framework Programme
ESF provides the COST Office through an EC contract
ICT COST Funds
• Contract between the EC and the European Science Foundation (ESF)
• Under FP6: SSA – Strengthening the European Research Area
• 80 M€ for 2003-2007• Funded under FP7 Cooperation
• 210 M€ - 250 M€ for 2007-2013• 50% - 80% increase on FP6/year
• Operated by the COST Office
COST is supported by the EU RTD Framework Programme
ESF provides the COST Office through an EC contract
ICT
• Science management meetings• Scientific workshops and seminars• Short Term Scientific Missions• Training Schools• Dissemination
What is funded ?
COST is supported by the EU RTD Framework Programme
ESF provides the COST Office through an EC contract
ICT
• COST Countries:
– “Open Call” with collection dates
– Membership is open to all countries within 12 months of Action approval
– After that, approval of MC is required
• Non-COST researchers:
– Should directly contact Chair of the Action
– If “mutual benefit” then official membership
• MC Approval, DC recommendation, CSO approval
How to participate ?
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ICT
COST Actions: Global Participation
181 non-COST country participations in 65 Actions (2007)
Australia - 21
Argentina - 1
China - 8Japan - 11
Canada - 26
New Zealand - 4
South Africa - 2
Tunisia - 2
Bosnia &Herzegovina - 2
Ethiopia - 1
Ukraine - 19 Russia - 44
USA - 23Rep of Korea - 2China (Taiwan) - 1
Hong Kong - 1
Brazil - 1
Algeria - 2
India - 1
Egypt - 1
Cuba - 1
Malaysia - 1
Moldova - 2
Vietnam - 1
Colombia - 1
Armenia - 1Georgia - 1
COST is supported by the EU RTD Framework Programme
ESF provides the COST Office through an EC contract
ICT ICT Topics
• Antennas, Radio Propagation and Interference• Knowledge and Information Management• Nanotechnologies and Optical Components• Network Design and Analysis• New ICT Services• User Aspects• Wireless and Mobile Communications.
COST is supported by the EU RTD Framework Programme
ESF provides the COST Office through an EC contract
ICT
Communications
e-Society
Information Systems
Knowledge & Information Management
Algorithms
Software Engineering
RF & Signal Processing
Global Integrated Networks
(Nano) Optics
Networks & Traffic monitoring
Antennas
Security & Trust
Human-Machine Interaction
Intelligent Transport
Radio Propagation
eHealth
Agreement Technologies
Soft Computing
ICT in COST
COST is supported by the EU RTD Framework Programme
ESF provides the COST Office through an EC contract
ICT
Communications
e-Society
Information Systems
COST 293, 295, 296, 297, 299,
2100, IC0603IC0703, IC0802, IC0803
COST 294, 298, 2101,
2102, 2103, IC0601, IC0604 COST
292, IC0602,IC0701, IC0702, IC0801
COST-ICT Portfolio
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ICT IC0702: Combining Soft ComputingTechniques and Statistical Methods to Improve Data Analysis Solutions
• Chair: Christian Borgelt
• Vice Chair: Frank Klawonn
• Grant Holder: Fundacion para el Progreso del Soft Computing
• Rapporteur: Leon Van der Torre (LU)
• Science Officer: Gian Mario Maggio
• Administrative Officer: Sophie Beaubron
• CSO Approval date: 16/11/2007
• End date: 30/03/2012
• 16 Parties + 1 Intention (Cyprus)
• Budget 2008/2009: 83,500 EUR
• Website: to be set-up
COST is supported by the EU RTD Framework Programme
ESF provides the COST Office through an EC contract
ICT Annual Grant Contract
• COST-ICT support: Annual Grant Contracts with Grant Holder institution
• Contract covers costs (ie, instruments) for:– Secretariat (administration + charges)
• max 15% of scientific expenses– Meetings (MC and WGs)– Seminars, Workshops, and Training Schools– Short Term Scientific Missions - STSMs– Publications & Dissemination activities
• these may be financed centrally at the COST Office for Final Publications
COST is supported by the EU RTD Framework Programme
ESF provides the COST Office through an EC contract
ICT Deliverables from MC
• Preliminary Financial Report
– 15 Jan 2009
• Work and budget plan for 2009-10
– submitted by Chair on behalf of MC, Feb/Mar 2009
• Progress Report
– 6 weeks before APC (27 Apr 2009 – provisional)
• APC: presentation of the Action’s activities during the past year, by the MC Chair;
– 8-9 June 2009, Santander, Spain (provisional)
• Final Financial Report
– 30 July 2009
COST is supported by the EU RTD Framework Programme
ESF provides the COST Office through an EC contract
ICT COST Tools (1)
Support of Early Stage Researchers (1)• Short-Term Scientific Missions (STSMs): minimum 1
one week, maximum 6 months; total shall not exceed 3.500 EUR; prior MC approval (or approval of STSM coordinator); learn new techniques, etc.
• Training Schools: normally between 3 days and two weeks; aim at providing dissemination from the Action activities and intensive training in a new emerging subject (general support for organisation, travel and subsistence for lecturers, fixed grants for attendees)
COST is supported by the EU RTD Framework Programme
ESF provides the COST Office through an EC contract
ICT COST Tools (1)
Support of Early Stage Researchers (2)• Action Think Tank: an early stage researchers‘ network
may be created within the action; each year, 1 workshop could involve early stage researchers to strengthen links with each other and with experience scientists
• Conference Grant: will shortly be established, with 3 grants per Domain per year, of max 3.000 EUR, to participate in an international conference outside the COST Action activities; accepted oral contribution is required for eligibility; selection process
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ESF provides the COST Office through an EC contract
ICT COST Tools (2)
Near Neighbours:• Aim: stimulate the participation of researchers from non-
COST Balkan countries (i.e. Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina), Mediterranean countries (Algeria, Egyp, Lebanon, Libya, Morroco, the Palestinian Authority, Syria, Tunisia), Eastern European countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine)
• A dedicated sum has been set aside to fund attendance by researchers from these countries at meetings of COST Actions
• Up to 2 researchers per country may attend the meetings
COST is supported by the EU RTD Framework Programme
ESF provides the COST Office through an EC contract
ICT COST Tools (3)
Pilot scheme with Australia and New Zealand (1):• Bring European and AU/NZ researchers closer together• Specifically addresses researchers involved in COST
Actions and provides:– STSM grants for European scientists travelling to AU/NZ
(covered by COST Office)
– Travel grants to AU/NZ researchers travelling to Europe to attend a COST meeting (covered by the Australian Academy of Science and the NZ Ministry of Research, Science & Technology)
COST is supported by the EU RTD Framework Programme
ESF provides the COST Office through an EC contract
ICT COST Tools (3)
Pilot scheme with Australia and New Zealand (2):• If no formal contacts exist between Action MC and
AU/NZ researchers, the latter need to seek positive feedback for collaborating with a particular COST action
• Together with the Action Chair, the AU/NZ researchers will launch a formal request for participation as non-COST country institution (approval by MC, DC-ICT and CSO)
COST is supported by the EU RTD Framework Programme
ESF provides the COST Office through an EC contract
ICT
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