ADAMANTIUM WP1
Project Management
ADAMANTIUM ICT – 214751 Started on March of 2008 Duration 30 Months Partners:
NCSR Demokritos, Greece University of the Basque Country, Spain University of Plymouth, United Kingdom Rohde & Schwarz, Germany Thomson Grass Valley, France Vodafone, Greece Ericsson, Spain Viotech Communications, France
Project Coordination: NCSR Demokritos, Greece
Technical Management:Ericsson, Spain
Current Project Hierarchy
Project Coordinator
DEM
WP1 LEADER
DEM
WP2 LEADER
ERC
WP3 LEADER
TGV
WP4 LEADER
UOP
WP5 LEADER
DEM
WP6 LEADER
EHU
Technical Management
ERC
Scientific Coordination
DEM
WP1-Project Management
WP1 Leader DEM Duration [M01-M30] Status Ongoing WP1 MMs Allocation Planned vs. Spent
Partners participating in WP1
DEM -> Project Coordinator (WP1 Leader) ERC -> WP2 Leader TGV -> WP3 Leader UOP -> WP4 Leader DEM -> WP5 Leader EHU -> WP6 Leader
WP1 MMs Distribution
Tasks that have been performed during the reporting period
Management of the communication inside the project consortium and towards the European Commission.
Preparation of project’s meetings and reviews. Preparation of the minutes. Management of the fund transfers towards the partners. Technical/scientific co-ordination between partners. The technical co-ordination of
ADAMANTIUM has been assigned to partner ERICSSON. Preparation and provision of progress reports. Quality Assurance: to assure that the development process follows the quality rules
for the project. Monitoring of performance of WP/tasks. Monitoring of measurable success factors for all WPs.
Also for the reporting needs of the project, the following tasks have been properly fulfilled during the reporting period:
All required project management reports, according to the project contract. Internal Quality Reports Project Management Procedures consistent with the Consortium Agreement Project Documentation Repository
M1-M3 Management Activities Preparation and organisation of ADAMANTIUM kick-off meeting (Athens, 6-7 March
2008). The first instalment of the pre-financing of EUR 1.259.805,00 € has been distributed
to the partners within 45 days following the date of entry into force of the grant agreement.
A complete draft of the Consortium Agreement has been delivered and agreed among the partners of the ADAMANTIUM consortium.
An initial set of templates (e.g. for documents, deliverables etc.), for use within the project has been delivered to the consortium.
The ADAMANTIUM fact sheet has been prepared and included to the DG INFSO Handbook of FP7 projects.
ADAMANTIUM project has been included at the Media Delivery Platforms Cluster. Participation and project presentation in the 1st Concertation Meeting of ICT-FP7 -
The Network of the Future, taken place in Vilamoura-Algarve, Portugal 16-17 April 2008.
ADAMANTIUM project participated in the first Future Internet Assembly (FIA) conference at Bled (http://www.fi-bled.eu/) with a project poster.
ADAMANTIUM project has signed and supported the Bled Declaration for the Future of the Internet
ADAMANTIUM organization issues including: Role of PM, Project Responsibilities – Reporting, Project plan overview, Documentation, publicity and confidentiality, Meeting schedule, Clustering events
M4-M6 Management Activities
Delivery of the ADAMANTIUM First Quarterly Management Report to the PO at M4 according to the schedule of Annex I.
Preparation and organisation of the 2nd ADAMANTIUM plenary meeting (2-3 July 2008 Munich, Germany at RS premises).
Organization of the ADAMANTIUM special session in the context of the TEMU 2008 conference held at Ierapetra, Crete, 16-18 July 2008.
Production of ADAMANTIUM leaflet and distribution at TEMU 2008 conference.
Organisation of phone conferences, in order to discuss and solve issues related to WP2 and the respective D2.1, D2.2 and D2.3 in the line of Annex I.
M7-M9 Management Activities
The ADAMANTIUM Second Quarterly Management Report – QMR2 has been delivered to PO at M7 according to the schedule of Annex I.
As an active supporter of the Bled Declaration towards a European approach to the Future of the Internet, ADAMANTIUM organized an INFOday: 'Future of the Internet: New Technologies and Business Opportunities' in Athens 19/9/2008
Preparation and organisation of the 3rd ADAMANTIUM plenary meeting (Madrid, Spain at ERICSSON premises, 1-2/10/2008).
Participation in the 2nd FP7 Networked Media Concentration Meeting at Saint Malo (France) 15 October 2008.
Technical review of D2.1, D2.2 and D2.3, which have been delivered to PO at M8 according to the schedule of Annex I.
M10-M12 Management Activities
Preparation and organisation of the the 4th ADAMANTIUM plenary meeting (Athens, Greece, 3-4 Feb 2009 at DEM premises).
ADAMANTIUM participated in the "Future Content Networks" session, leading the "Quality of Experience / User perspective" discussion at the "Content Aware Networks Vision" Panel of the FIA conference in Madrid (December 2008)
The ADAMANTIUM Third Quarterly Management Report – QMR3 has been delivered to PO at M10 according to the schedule of Annex I.
Technical review of the intermediate deliverables D3.1i, D3.2i and D3.3i (WP3) and delivery to PO at M12 according to the schedule of Annex I.
Technical review of the intermediate deliverable D4.4 (WP4) and delivery to PO at M12 according to the schedule of Annex I.
Technical review of the intermediate deliverables D6.1i and D6.3i (WP6) and delivery to PO at M12 according to the schedule of Annex I.
Project planning and status
Event Place and Date Type Purpose Partner(s) responsible / involved
13-14 November 2007
Liaison ActivityNetworked Media Fall 2007 Concentration
Meeting in Brussels, BelgiumADAMANTIUM presentation
Bled, Slovenia, 31/3 – 2/4/2008
Liaison ActivityThe Future of the Internet – Perspectives
emerging from R&D in Europe
Attendance to one-day conference, exhibition of
the ADAMNTIUM project poster,
participation in the two-day Tech. Workshops, with special interest in
the B01 – Networks and B04 – Content sessions.
16-17 April, 2008 Liaison Activity1st FP7 Networked Media Concertation
Meeting, Vilamoura-Algarve, ProtugalProgress in ADAMANTIUM
19 Sep 2008 Liaison Activity
ADAMANTIUM INFODay,Athens Greece
INFODay open to the public. For photos from the event please visit
http://www.ict-adamantium.eu/infoday.html
ADAMANTIUM activity related to “The Future of
the Internet”
Ierapetra, Crete, Greece, 16-18
July 2008Dissemination Activity ADAMANTIUM special section
Presentation of two papers at the
TEMU 2008 in the context of the ADAMANTIUM
Special Session
Saint Malo, France, 15 October
2008Liaison Activity
Media Delivery Platforms Cluster Meeting, within 2nd FP7 Networked Media Concentration Meeting
ADAMANTIUM current status and progress
Madrid, Spain, 9-10/12/2008
Liaison ActivityParticipation at the 2nd Future Internet
AssemblyEHU, DEM
Brussels, Belgium, 17/12/2008
Information Day ICT/FP7 1st Coordinator's Day DEM
Progress Beyond the state-of-the-art WP2
Specification of a PQoS-aware and IMS compatible Management System (i.e. MCMS) Specification of Machine Learning and/or Expert Systems management decision
system for IMS (i.e. AEM logic within MCMS) Specification of PQoS-aware and IMS compatible terminals (i.e. TAM) Specification of IMS compatible media server (i.e. MSRF) with adaptation capabilities
WP3 Intermediate version of IMS-compatible and PQoS-aware :
management system (i.e. MCMS) VoIP soft terminal IPTV soft terminal 3G mobile
Intermediate version of IMS-compatible Media server (MSRF) with adaptation capabilities
WP4 Simulation of the overall ADAMANTIUM concept in OPNET for evaluation purposes Development of novel models for:
VoIP quality assessment IPTV quality assessment video content classification
Development of a framework for mapping of Network QoS statistics to PQoS level for video (similar to e-model)
WP1-Project Management
WP1 MMs Allocation Planned vs. Spent
Contact details
ADAMANTIUM Coordinator contact details:
NCSR DemokritosDr. Anastasios Kourtis [email protected]. Harilaos Koumaras [email protected]
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