Record Control Number : 30540

Quality Validation Date : 05-Nov-1996

Update Date : 14-Jan-1997

Project Acronym : RENAISSANCE

Title : INTEGRATION OF HIGH PERFORMANCE SERVICES FOR INTERACTIVE VOCATIONAL TRAINING

Subject Index Code : Electronics, Microelectronics; Information Processing, Information Systems; Telecommunications

Other Indexes : Museums and Cultural Heritage; Accounting Chain; Service Architecture

Objective : The RENAISSANCE project proposes to develop a virtual vocational training environment which can deliver advanced digital content thereby demonstrating the capability of a range of high performance broadband digital network infrastructures to support such an application. The main objectives are to demonstrate that:
- A broadband digital network based upon an integrated ATM, CATV and ISDN is capable of supporting a comprehensive computer based interactive vocational training environment;
- The provision of an integrated environment from bearer to the desktop can be supplied on a heterogeneous and distributed infrastructure for use by non-computer literate users.

General Information : Technical Approach

The RENAISSANCE architecture is based upon an integration of broadband ATM and CATV, network and service technologies within a comprehensive layered service architecture which will use NISDN as the underlying backbone interconnection infrastructure. This will demonstrate the grounds for a viable service delivery business model not only independent of bearers and components but also capable of interoperability across technology boundaries, thereby proving application feasibility through a service demonstrator for vocational training in the music and networking industries. The technical stages for the development of the infrastructure are:
- The development of the requirements specification for the training demonstrator, the infrastructure and the impact analysis evaluation;
- The curriculum specification, design and content implementation of the materials for the music and networking training courses;
- The provision of the network infrastructure itself based upon the use of IP across the ISDN, CATV and ATM bearers for both LAN based and remote access users;
- The provision of the basic application services using the IP network which includes the Learning Environment, WWW, X.400/X.500 and ISO SR;
- The provision of the integrated desktop service environment which brings together the user services and the full features of the vocational training environment;
- The development of a tariffing model from bearer to user which demonstrates the costs incurred at each layer of the system;
- The development of end-to-end performance models and the validation of these with the established trial infrastructure itself;
- The creation of a network emulation system for use by the content authors so that they can ensure their material is optimised for network-based delivery;
- The evaluation of the suitability of the network for vocational training. This will include questionnaires for the users and comparison of the performance of the system against the established requirements.

Summary of Trial

The RENAISSANCE trial will establish a vocational training infrastructure which will be used to supply training on "Operating and Managing a Recording Studio" and "Organising a European Concert Tour", for the music industry, and "Local Area Network Internetworking & Interoperability" and "Business Information Technology", for the networking industry. This Trial will run for a period of eight months and will support between ten and sixteen thousand hours of use spread across the delivery sites. Three server sites will be established across Europe (Dublin, Sheffield and Sligo) to support the five specialised vocational training SMEs and educational institution delivery sites (Dublin, Lisbon, Newark, Samos and Sheffield). The National Hosts supporting this infrastructure are: Northwest Labs with their interconnected CATV, ATM and NISDN networks; Yorkshire Cable with their NISDN and CATV networks; BT, Telecom Eireann and Euro-NISDN will be providing the NISDN backbone services and the ACTS JAMES project is being approached for a similar provision for ATM. The trials will support the vocation training Learning Environment, X.400/X.500, WWW, Mbone, ISO SR and a variety of file transport services.

Key Issues

Many of the technological problems are related to the interconnection and integration of heterogeneous systems, particularly when crossing national boundaries and using systems provided by a multiplicity of suppliers. The key issues are:
- The expected end-to-end performance capabilities of the applications across the different networks for both local and remote access. Of particular interest is the question of under what conditions does ATM provide a lower end-to-end delay than primary rate ISDN;
- The tariffing structure appropriate for ensuring that the provision of such a system will be commercially viable for all suppliers concerned and remain attractive to customers;
- The suitability of this technology for providing a meaningful learning experience to students in comparison to more traditional methods;
- Copyright and security issues of a distributed client-serrver application (potentially Europe-wide).

Expected results

The project will contribute to the Information Society in Europe by demonstrating an application of potential practical value to large numbers of individuals and businesses throughout the region, but underpinned by a model of the ongoing cost implications of deployment derived from the tariff structure developed in the project. The project will also increase understanding of the feasibility of using emerging broadband technologies as a medium for updating skills in the European workforce..

Expected Impact

Whilst RENAISSANCE will concentrate on the development and provision of communications services, the application domains have been selected to generate real uptake and to offer societal benefits in contributing to technologies for economic regeneration. The Networking and Music Industry training domains have been selected because they have an audience of early adopters with some experience of computer aided applications. The technical innovations will include:
- The broadband digital data communications capabilities of the CATV cable network infrastructures. This contribution will include work with the IEEE 802.14 standards committee and their collaborations with DAVIC and the ATM Forum;
- Refinement of the API between the user/information service toolset and the coursware. This involves participation in the BESA working group defining the Open Integrated Learning System standard (OILS).

Start Date : 01-Oct-1995

End Date : 31-Mar-1998

Duration : 30 months

Project Status : Execution

Programme Type : 4th FWP (Fourth Framework Programme)

Programme Acronym : ACTS

Subprogramme Area : High speed networking

Project Reference : AC100

Prime Contractor

Organisation : EURISTIX LTD Organisation Type : Industry Address : CENTURY COURT - 100 UPPER GEORGE'S STREET City : DUN LAOGHAIRE Country : IRELAND Contact Person : Name: HARDIMAN, E.P. (MR) Tel: +353-1-2884788 Fax: +353-1-2885362 Email: EHARDIMAN@EURISTIX.IE

Other Contractors

Organisation Name : FRETWELL DOWNING DATA SYSTEMS LTD Organisation Type : Industry Contact Person : RILEY, K (MR) Address : BRINCLIFFE HOUSE - 861 ECCLESALL ROAD City : SHEFFIELD Region : SOUTH YORKSHIRE Org. Country : UNITED KINGDOM Post Code : S117AE Telephone : +44-114-28160000 Fax : +44-114-2816001 E-mail : KRILEY@FDGROUP.CO.UK

Organisation Name : Screenphones Ltd Contact Person : RYAN, P (MR) Address : Finisklin Industrial Estate City : Sligo Region : Border Org. Country : IRELAND Telephone : +353-71-41991 Fax : +353-71-41985 E-mail : PRYAN@SLIGO.SCREEN.IE

Organisation Name : NEWARK AND SHERWOOD COLLEGE Organisation Type : Education Contact Person : GRAY, J (MR) Address : FRIARY ROAD City : NEWARK Region : Nottinghamshire Org. Country : UNITED KINGDOM Post Code : NG24 1PB Telephone : +44-1636-705921 Fax : +44-1636-701990 E-mail : 100265.350

Organisation Name : NOVELL UK LTD Organisation Type : Industry Contact Person : UPADYAYA, S (MR) Address : NOVELL HOUSE - LONDON ROAD City : BRACKNELL Region : Berkshire Org. Country : UNITED KINGDOM Post Code : RG12 2UY Telephone : +44-1334-724000 Fax : +44-1334-724001 E-mail : DKAY@FDGROUP.CO.UK

Organisation Name : YORKSHIRE CABLE COMMUNICATIONS LTD Organisation Type : Industry Contact Person : CORNICK, P (MR) Address : COMMUNICATIONS HOUSE - 1 CHIPPINGHAM STREET, ATTERCLIFFE City : SHEFFIELD Region : SOUTH YORKSHIRE Org. Country : UNITED KINGDOM Post Code : S9 3SE Telephone : +44-114-2494949 Fax : +44-114-2494460 E-mail : CORNICKP@YCABLEC.MHS.COMPUSERVE.COM

Organisation Name : SILVAC LTD BESTWARE Organisation Type : Industry Contact Person : ALMEIDA, M (MR) Address : AV DE JULHO, 6 - 2ND FLOOR City : LISBOA Region : Grande Lisboa Org. Country : PORTUGAL Post Code : 1200 Telephone : +351-160-1369 Fax : +351-160-1206 E-mail : MALMEIDA@SILVAC.PT

Organisation Name : NEXOR LTD Organisation Type : Industry Contact Person : SMITH, H (MR) Address : RUTHERFORD HOUSE - HIGHFIELDS SCIENCE PARK City : NOTTINGHAM Region : Nottinghamshire Org. Country : UNITED KINGDOM Post Code : NG7 2PZ Telephone : +44-115-9520500 Fax : +44-115-9520519 E-mail : HSMITH@NEXOR.CO.UK

Organisation Name : KYROS Organisation Type : Industry Contact Person : MAROULIS, D (MR) Address : 55 EVRIPIDOU STREET - KALLITHEA City : ATHENS Region : ATTIKI Org. Country : GREECE Post Code : 17674 Telephone : +30-1-9309908 Fax : +30-1-8940022 E-mail : KYROS@COMPULINK.GR

Organisation Name : NORTH WEST LABS LTD Organisation Type : Industry Contact Person : CLEARY, K (MR) Address : PO BOX 280 City : SLIGO Region : Border Org. Country : IRELAND Telephone : +353-1-7169441 Fax : +353-1-7169451 E-mail : KCLEARY@NWLABS.IE

Record Control Number : 30547

Quality Validation Date : 05-Nov-1996

Update Date : 14-Aug-1997

Project Acronym : LEVERAGE

Title : LEARN FROM VIDEO EXTENSIVE REAL ATM GIGABIT EXPERIMENT

Subject Index Code : Electronics, Microelectronics; Information Processing, Information Systems; Telecommunications

Other Indexes : Interactive Multimedia Services

Objective : LEVERAGE intends to demonstrate how the use of multimedia broadband technology can support and greatly improve communication between learners in cross-linguistic situations by offering collaborative work facilities to group of students in different member states.

The main goals of the project are:

- to develop, implement, and field trial a complete multimedia broadband network infrastructure to support joint work between and on the partners' sites: University of Cambridge, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and Institut National des Télécommunications ;

- to take full advantage of results and feedback from the extended trials and evaluation by non-specialist users throughout the project;

- to determine and exploit the potential for commercialisation of networked multimedia systems for wider applications in education, industry, public services and commerce. As the LEVERAGE task-based collaborative activities are extremely demanding in terms of communication technology, the objectives of the project are applicable to a wide range of networked multimedia needs, beyond Language Learning.

General Information : Technical Approach

All of the project's activities are under the control of the Marketing workpackage whose brief is the establishment of opportunities in each partner's specific target market in the light of the LEVERAGE trials.

The prototype cross-connect network at the University of Cambridge site will be expanded into a full campus network including a high-speed optical backbone, true ATM switching, network management and advanced signalling capabilities.
This is the first step in the progression, from developing the system fabric for each metropolitan site, to linking through the Public Network Operators ATM Pilot scheme after initial connection through the relevant ACTS National Hosts.

In each site:

- ATM networks are improved to conform to the requirements of the task-based language learning applications specified by the project;

- the switched local ATM systems service both workstations and servers;

- users are provided with multimedia terminals giving access to data resources, high quality audio and video, multimedia courseware and dictionaries, multipoint communication (such as videoconferencing) and recording capabilities ; a thorough formative and summative evaluation methodology is carried out.

Summary of Trials

LEVERAGE trial sites (University of Cambridge, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and Institut National des Télécommunications) are representative of academic end-users for the broadband multimedia systems developed and promoted by the project. They are all involved in the training of engineering students. These students will become Euroengineers in few years time and will be required to participate in projects where they will be expected to use several languages and to communicate effectively with European partners.

The basic LEVERAGE paradigm is that a learner in one country makes contact with a learner in another, and that they agree to assist each other in the performance of a mutual task, alternately playing the role of tutor (own native language) and learner (second language). The LEVERAGE trials therefore consist in evaluating to what extent the broadband communications facilities offered to the end-user (the student) effectively support the pedagogical framework proposed.

Building on the availability of the HIPERNET prototype, (the result of the RACE 2115 project), LEVERAGE trials will start early in the project and develop through the use of formative evaluation: redesign will occur during the trial cycle, which will expand progressively as increasingly sophisticated transnational scenarios are introduced.

Key Issues

The key issues for LEVERAGE are:

- optimum exploitation of broadband networking to support rapidly expanding Language Learning needs
- scalability of the solution in technologies and services;
- definition of a suitable marketing approach;
- most suitable methods of optical networking;
- usability of a few tens of Mbit/s of wide area inter-networking capacity ;
- efficient management and signalling capabilities;
- establishment of multipoint remote communications ;
- optimisation of interfaces, access, and storage capacities ;
- optimum standards compliance (ATM forum etc.)

Expected results

- to prove the benefits of new pedagogical concepts enabled by new technologies for Language Learning ;

- beyond Language Learning, to pave the pay towards the use of LEVERAGE-like multimedia infrastructures for a wide range of markets needs ;

- the enhancement of LEVERAGE partners' portfolios with regard to their marketing and technical assets, for the optimum benefit of their core business .

Expected impact

The benefits of LEVERAGE are:

- the essential mid-term advantages for the Language Learning community through the use of broadband technologies ;

- the multi-sector awareness gained from the dissemination and concertation of results at European level, noticeably through the LEVERAGE international conferences ;

- the contribution to European industry and standardisation bodies to overcome technology gaps such as broadband multipoint communication and ATM signalling .

LEVERAGE dissemination unit

leverage@cilt.org.uk

LEVERAGE Home page

http://www.dit.upm.es/~leverage

Start Date : 01-Jan-1996

End Date : 31-Dec-1998

Duration : 36 months

Project Status : Execution

Programme Type : 4th FWP (Fourth Framework Programme)

Programme Acronym : ACTS

Subprogramme Area : Multimedia services

Project Reference : AC109

Prime Contractor

Organisation : CAP SESA TELECOM SA Organisation Type : Industry Address : 5, ALLEE DE LA CROIX DES HETRES BP 1809 Postcode : 35018 Region: Ille-et-Vilaine Country : FRANCE Contact Person : Name: LE MOING, P. (MR) Tel: +33-99635050 Fax: +33-99634277 Email: PLM@CSTLRST.CGS.FR

Other Contractors

Organisation Name : And Software bv Organisation Type : Industry Organisation Size : 50 - 500 Contact Person : KYRKOS, A. (MR) Address : Westersingel 108 City : Rotterdam Region : Groot-Rijnmond Org. Country : NETHERLANDS Post Code : 3015 LD Telephone : +31-10-4367100 Fax : +31-10-4367110

Organisation Name : ASCOM TECH AG Organisation Type : Industry Contact Person : DANUSER, A. (MR) Address : BERNER TECHNOPARK - MORGENSTRASSE 129 City : BERN Region : Not Available Org. Country : SWITZERLAND Telephone : +41-31-9991376 Fax : +41-31-9993607 E-mail : DANUSER@TECH.ASCOM.CH

Organisation Name : INSTITUT NATIONAL DES TELECOMMUNICATIONS Organisation Type : Education Contact Person : HEBUTERNE, G. (MR) Address : 9, RUE CHARLES FOURIER Region : Essonne Org. Country : FRANCE Post Code : 91011 Telephone : +33-1-60764583 Fax : +33-1-60776082 E-mail : GERARD.HEBUTERNE@INT-EVRY.FR

Organisation Name : UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID Organisation Type : Education Contact Person : PASTOR, E. (DR.) Address : CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA Region : COMUNIDAD DE MADRID Org. Country : SPAIN Post Code : 28040 Telephone : +34-1-3367328 Fax : +34-1-5432077 E-mail : ENCARNA@DIT.UPM.ES

Organisation Name : THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF T Organisation Type : Education Contact Person : ESCH, E. (DR.) Address : THE OLD SCHOOLS - TRINITY LANE Region : Cambridgeshire Org. Country : UNITED KINGDOM Post Code : CB2 1PZ Telephone : +44-1223-335012 Fax : +44-1223-330913 E-mail : EME10@CUS.CAM.AC.UK

Organisation Name : GEC MARCONI LIMITED Organisation Type : Industry Contact Person : MURPHY, MM. (DR.) Address : WEST HANNINGFIELD ROAD City : GREAT BADDOW Org. Country : UNITED KINGDOM Telephone : +44-245-473331 Fax : +44-245-475244 E-mail : MMM@GEC-MRC.CO.UK

Organisation Name : VTT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Organisation Type : Industry Contact Person : SILVENNOINEN, P. (MR) Address : TEKNIIKANTIE 4B PO Box 1203 Org. Country : FINLAND Post Code : 02150 ESP Telephone : +358-0-4564140 Fax : +358-0-4567024 E-mail : PEKKA.SILVENNOINEN@VTT.FI

Record Control Number : 17085

Quality Validation Date : 23-Jun-1994

Update Date : 24-Feb-1997

Project Acronym : ISAAC

Title : Integrated System Architecture for Advanced Primary Care

Subject Index Code : Information Processing, Information Systems; Medicine, Health; Telecommunications

Other Indexes : Exploitation; Legal-ethical and cultural issues; Reference model-architectures; Security; Standards; Telemedecine services; User interface

Objective : ISAAC is a strategic project in the framework of General Practice and, more broadly, of Primary Health Care (PHC) with the main goal being to develop information technology and telematics support in this key area of the Health Care Systems in European Countries.

General Information : ISAAC is the extension of a previous project (ADAM) which was part of the AIM exploratory phase. It is from these initial results that ISAAC is developing a fully integrated environment to support the functions of Primary Care.

The overall objectives of the project are:

- Contributing to the organisation, understanding and standardisation of General Practice (GP) functions in Europe
- Strengthening the promoting and impeding factors in the diffusion of IT&T systems in PHC
- Prototyping a system giving adequate support to the requirements of a local information processing environment and to the links required to other levels of the Health Care System (system integration).

The project started in January 1992 and is due to be completed in December 1994.

The ISAAC project is carried out by a Consortium involving IT Enterprises leaders in the Health Care sector in various European countries, Scientific Bodies and General Practitioner Associations representatives of the target users of the project results.

With respect to the AIM Workplan ISAAC can be related mainly to task T271-"Telematics for Primary Care" in the "Telecommunication Systems for Medicine" area. Also Task T252 "Human-Machine Interfaces for Health Care Information Systems" in the "Medical use of multimedia workstation" area, is covered by the project.

Technical Approach

Two major action lines have been depicted for the project:

1. The set up of a Functional Reference Model (FRM) focused upon the information needs of the General Practice environment.

In addition to contributing to a European Reference Model for the development of Information Processing System in the Primary Care and General Practice area, the ISAAC FRM provides the guide-lines for the design and implementation of the ISAAC environment.
2. The definition of a global architecture of the ISAAC environment.

A generalised application development environment is being specified, giving standard criteria for the implementation of information processing applications in the Primary Care and General Practice area.

Four main streams of design and implementation are going to be pursued:

1. Development of a GP Workstation environment on the basis of high modularity and configurability, able to support at a local level the medical activities of both the General Practitioner and the Practice Team (nursing, administrative and technical staff). A special emphasis is put on the definition of the most suitable Human-Computer Interface.
2. Integration of the GP workstation with the other services supplied by the Health System both at primary and secondary care level through the development of an integration system architecture able to support the exchange of information among the different actors (horizontal communication between the different practitioners, patients and statutory/non statutory agencies in primary and community care-vertical communication with hospitals, labs and other secondary care facilities).
3. Address the requirements of transfer/storage of the patient re-cord on a portable media such as a data card which could easily follow the patient and be readily available in case of emergency.
4. Definition of tools assisting in the health education of the patient and supporting the continuing medical training and tutoring needs.

Key Issues

The key issue for the project is to contribute to improved patient care, increasing the effectiveness of PHC through the design and development of telematics supports, specifically targeting needs, requirements and trends of this crucial area. Furthermore ISAAC is enhancing co-operation between primary care teams, providers organisations and IT industries to promote concrete initiatives in Primary and Community Care.

Expected Impact

The use of information technologies in general practice and more widely in the PHC field is traditionally lower than in other areas of the Health sector (i.e. hospitals).

In most States, Health Boards and Administrations are putting new demands on PHC workers and there is an emphasis to attempt to move care from the institutions to the community in order to promote prevention and controlling the escalating costs. In fact PHC has the responsibility for the on-going health of individuals, families and population. The General Practitioner is at the hub of PHC services performing a crucial role in the system. The hallmarks of the GP's role are the continuity of care and the holistic approach, encompassing all of the patients needs. The unique feature of the General Practitioner is his potential to be a real health agent practising with a preventive approach and providing care on a patient-oriented basis. He could merge contributions coming from different professionals and better identify strategies to cope with individual or community problems.

ISAAC emphasises the importance of communication and data-flows to and from the GPs and should be considered as a strategic project in the context of the AIM Programme purposes. In particular, ISAAC aims at developing user-relevant technologies, at providing the basis for standards by defining a Reference Model for the General Practice at a European level, for the development of a GP-information processing environment by connecting and integrating primary care providers and services with secondary care ones.

Relationship to Other Project and Actions

In the context of the AIM concertation activities, the project refers to project Line 6 TAF "Telemedicine Application Framework"). Further cross lines contacts have been established with other related projects (Dilemma, Diabcard, Seismed and others). ISAAC is participating in the Concerted Action on Telematics in Primary Health Care.

Achievements : The integrated system architecture for advanced primary care (ISAAC) p a strategic project in the framework of general practice and, more broadly, of p (PHC) involved with the development of information technology and telematics (IT in this key area of the health care systems in European countries.

The achievem so far are:
consolidation of the General Practice Functional Reference Model;
us classifications in PHC;
definition of the global architecture design;
human comp specification and medical images;
quality assurance and development of methods i practice;
security and confidentiality aspects;
implementation of the first prot activities, fundamental for the project, were the establishment of the ISAAC Adv and the set up of the testbed sites where the project results should be tested a pilot sites have different features both in terms of involved services and IT an IAB is a group of experts in the field of PHC who will collaborate with the ISAA the project lifetime, looking at the project periodic results, supporting the co validation of the Functional Reference Model and contributing to the evaluation environmental acceptance through the ISAAC application prototype.

Start Date : 01-Jan-1992

End Date : 31-Dec-1994

Duration : 36 months

Project Status : Completed

Programme Type : 3rd FWP (Third Framework Programme)

Programme Acronym : AIM 2

Subprogramme Area : Application Framework for Telemedicine

Project Reference : A2013

Prime Contractor

Organisation : PRISMA INFORMATICA S.p.A. Address : 11 Piazza di Bellosguardo, Villa dell'Ombrellino Postcode : 50124 City : FIRENZE Region: CENTRO (I) Country : ITALY Contact Person : Name: FRASSINE, Rosangela Tel: +39-55-229018 Fax: +39-55-229020

Other Contractors

Organisation Name : EID - Empresa Invest. Desen. Electronica Contact Person : NUNES, Domingos Address : P.O. Box 27 City : Monte de Caparica Region : Península de Setúbal Org. Country : PORTUGAL Post Code : 2825 Telephone : +351-1-2952445 Fax : +351-1-2950489

Organisation Name : EPSILON SOFTWARE LTD Contact Person : DAMIANAKIS, Nikos Address : 377 Syngrou Avenue City : Athens Region : ATTIKI Org. Country : GREECE Post Code : 17564 Telephone : +30-1-9425671 Fax : +30-1-9427719

Organisation Name : INTRASOFT S.A. Contact Person : GALANOS, Yiannis Department : Advanced Technology Section Address : 2 Adrianiou Street City : Athens Region : ATTIKI Org. Country : GREECE Post Code : 11525 Telephone : +30-2-6496620 Fax : +30-1-6925259

Organisation Name : WHO EUROPE - Quality of Care & Technologies Contact Person : JOHANSEN, Kirsten Staehr Address : Sherfigsvej 8 City : Copenhagen Region : København og Frederiksberg Kommuner Org. Country : DENMARK Post Code : 2100 Telephone : +45-39-171255 Fax : +45-31-180955

Organisation Name : MARI COMPUTER SYSTEMS LTD Contact Person : MARSHALL, Paula Address : 22 HiTech Village, Boldon Business Park, Witney Way, Boldon Colliery City : Tyne and Wear Org. Country : UNITED KINGDOM Post Code : NE35 9PE Telephone : +44-91-5191991 Fax : +44-91-5191990 E-mail : paula.marshall@mari.co.uk

Organisation Name : UNIV. L BECK Contact Person : POEPPL, S.J. Department : Department of Med. Informatics Address : Ratzeburger Allee 160 City : Luebeck Region : Lübeck, Kreisfreie Stadt Org. Country : GERMANY Post Code : 2400 Telephone : +49-451-5006600 Fax : +49-451-5006610

Record Control Number : 17086

Quality Validation Date : 23-Jun-1994

Update Date : 24-Feb-1997

Project Acronym : SHINE

Title : Strategic Health Informatics Networks in Europe

Subject Index Code : Information Processing, Information Systems; Medicine, Health; Telecommunications

Other Indexes : exploitation; legal, ethical and cultural issues; reference model, architectures; security; standards; telemedicine services; user interface

Objective : To construct an open systems framework for the development of regional community health care telematic services that support and add value to the strategic business objectives of European health care providers and purchasers.

General Information : Main Objectives

- To develop a Framework that enables regional health care business strategies.
- The development of a Methodology that identifies regional health care business processes and develops a supporting IT strategy
- The development of an Open Health Environment consisting of an Archi-tecture and Information Standards that support the SHINE Common Services
- The production of a System Architecture that defines the construction of inter-related common services in the support of regional health care
- To work with standards organisations and to adopt health-care informatics standards applicable to the SHINE Framework
- A set of common telematic application services that support regional health business needs will be prototyped.
- To construct three pilots, in regions in Italy, Ireland and Portugal, to validate and demonstrate the results of SHINE
- Increase the awareness of the SHINE Framework
- To work towards providing inter-regional health care information ex-change standards and protocols

Technical Approach

The first year has focused on developing the SHINE Methodology (a Business Analysis methodology for health care) in parallel to its application in the pilot sites and elsewhere. During the first few months of the project, extensive training and development of the methodology took place, later applied in detail in each pilot region to identify the telematic services to support the real business need. Deliverable D3, produced at the end of September 1992, contains the results of this work. The development of the SHINE Methodology is a major piece of work that can be exploited at an early stage by the consortium. It will remain restricted until the project finishes in 1994.

The SHINE Methodology has been used extensively to identify the key business processes and to align the IT strategy in the three different pilot regions (in Italy, Ireland and Portugal), and also to a lesser extent in other countries' non-pilot regions. The three pilot regions are at different stages of using IT, have different health care systems and therefore present contrasting opportunities for telematic services.

The final analysis of the application of the SHINE Methodology has yet to occur but a number of common telematic services have already been identified which will be further examined as detailed requirements are being gathered. Opportunities have also been identified for redefining some of the roles and processes within the regions.

The process of validating the business oriented models of the SHINE Methodology before detailed system specifications can be developed, involves building functional models. SHINE is using the UK's Common Basic Specification (a model of the UK's National Health Service) to assess the correlation between the CBS models and the situation that exists in the pilots and non-pilots. It will enable future users of the SHINE Methodology to use a formal specification tool to develop functional specifications. The result of this work is now available.

Part of the process to ensure that the results of SHINE meet real needs is to have regular validation (by an external panel of experts) and workshops in each country with representatives from the central or regional policy making organisations. The first result of this process has resulted in a deliverable describing the health care policy and IT strategy in each country involved in SHINE. A video has also been produced that describes the SHINE philosophy and presents a scenario for telematic services.

As the analysis and modelling activities draw to a conclusion, so the development of detailed specifications of the user requirements and information requirements have to start. These take the form of detailed interviews to obtain the user requirements, and the development of data flow diagrams to describe the information requirements. These provide the baseline to develop a functional architecture of regional health care.

The developments for the pilots will share a common architecture that will be published at the end of the project as the Open Health Environment (OHE) for regional health care. It aims to be compatible with, and interface to, the emerging standards for hospital systems (e.g. RICHE), with the ENS medical backbone, and will be conformant with CEN TC251 standards. Contacts have already been established with these groups.
Having identified the common services and the pilot-specific services, the project will commence prototype development based, where possible, on existing application system software. A period of installation and testing will occur before the pilot trials take place. The evaluation will be undertaken by repeating on a smaller scale the work during the analysis phase with the objective of assessing the outcome of the enhanced IT infrastructure. The health care professionals will be interviewed for their views on the changes to the working practices. Quality will be monitored, both of the telematic services, and in the measurable improvements in health care provision and outcome.
Throughout the project, an area of work will be concerned with exploitation, liaising with national health organisations, standardisation bodies, etc. Widespread acceptance and use of the SHINE Framework are critical to the success of the project. Therefore the consortium attaches great importance to this work area as a means of ensuring bilateral exchange of ideas, concepts and European standardisation based on open system solutions.

Key Issues

The project's tenet is that linking people together through IT is much more significant than straightforward data transfer and redefining time and distance: it involves linking people's skills and computing services, wherever they are located, to problems needing those skills and services, wherever they arise. Enhanced team working and sharing of skilled and expensive resources is possible through a combination of networked health care informatic services and the resulting potential for redefining the health care business.
One key issue, from a strategic point of view, is how best networks and existing technologies or standards can be used to create telecommunication services that both satisfy the demands for better health care as well as providing a value added service to the region.

Other project issues include:

- collaboration and synergy with other projects - this project has to work closely with other projects within AIM, ESPRIT, RACE and ENS. The key strategic projects have been identified and cooperation has commenced.
- awareness of new developments - the project will not undertake any developments where there already exists a solution
- links with other bodies - the project will work with the CEN and EWOS working groups along with other relevant activities. Again, contacts have been made and members of the SHINE consortium are already active across many of the standardisation work groups and project teams.
- dissemination - one of the key activities of the project is to widely disseminate the results and to place them in the public domain. An initial exploitation plan has been produced.

Relationship to Previous Work

The SHINE project's origin comes from different parts of the CEC Framework Programme. There are links from:
- HOSCOM, CHIC, McACE and others from AIM
- ISA, RICHE, BANK92 and the RIBA work of ESPRIT
- TELEMED and TELEMEDICINE within RACE

Links have been formed across programmes to the current ENS and RACE health care activities.
Members of the consortium were directly involved in the previous ambulatory (regional/community health-care) projects and bring the results of this work into SHINE. There was also involvement was with RICHE that has developed a framework for hospital systems and this experience will be used extensively in SHINE during the technical developments in years 2 and 3.

Expected Impact

National and Regional Government (i.e. Health Policy):

- improvements in public health through the effective use of health resources
- better epidemiological and health service research
- planning for new health care facilities, e.g. hospitals
- financial control of state provided health care
- opportunities to evolve the provision of health care to meet local needs
- better cooperation between the private and public health sectors

Health care Funding Organisations:

- more efficient communication of billing information
- reduced administrative procedures
- improvements in statistical data with respect to delivered care

Hospital Management

- reducing the gap between primary and secondary care
- well defined systems interface between the hospital information system and External world
- automated patient details transfer
- promoting new hospital services and facilities

Community Health care Providers

- data set capture as a by product of community clinical system
- logically integrated management tools running over wide area distributed systems
- quicker referrals and timelier patient data

General Practitioners

- better able to work in healthier market
- monitoring acute service costs, drugs, tests, etc.
- simplified patient referral and follow up process
- health promotion in the community

Patient

- reduced stress of working with the health system
- able to compare health services
- consumer surveys
- better health education

Relationship to Other Projects and Actions

Within AIM, coordination agreements have been put in place with three projects - EPIC, FEST and NUCLEUS, and with the CARE project from the ENS programme. Significant progress was made with identifying the core projects within AIM that are likely to be most useful in the context of concertation and collaboration. Close relationships have been established with these projects both through the AIM Concertation meetings and through having common participants with those in SHINE. The three AIM projects with which some degree of coordination has been developed are FEST, EPIC and NUCLEUS. SEISMED (a project addressing security) will be important to SHINE in year 2 during the development of the SHINE architecture. The NHS-IMC is a partner common to both SHINE and SEISMED.

FEST plans to develop a framework for telemedicine applications by performing a bottom-up technology-driven analysis of requirements that is complementary to SHINE's top-down business analysis approach. The strong telecommunications skills of FEST also complement SHINE's strong applications and services capabilities.

EPIC is a clinically oriented project developing systems for remote care in the home. SHINE can be of benefit in defining the regional infrastructure and services needed to support effective home care. The proposed coordination between SHINE and EPIC starts with a low dependency coordination in year 1 progressing to greater cross-dependencies in year three, but subject to an annual review. Providing both projects agree this could lead to joint working on security, architectures and possibly SHINE results feeding into an EPIC pilot. Both SIMS and IHI are common to both SHINE and EPIC.

NUCLEUS aims to demonstrate the feasibility of a multimedia integrated patient dossier (based on the RICHE concepts) within the hospital setting. The link with SHINE is in two main areas:

- extending patient management from the hospital out into the primary and community health care sectors
- systems architecture, particularly in the area of Open Distributed Systems, platforms

SIG, LISPA and NHS-IMC are common to both SHINE and NUCLEUS. Within the ENS programme there is a health care project called CARE. This project is in the field of emergencies, food safety, statistics and pharmacovigilance. It could provide the 'backbone' links between SHINE regions and for this reason an agreement between SHINE and CARE has been agreed.
Within ESPRIT, the EDITH project is piloting the results of RICHE in Italy, Ireland and Portugal (although not in the same regions as SHINE). LISPA is common to EDITH and SHINE so this link will be exploited.

Testbed Sites and Verification

Italy

Lombardia Informatica (LISPA) currently manages a wide area network, connecting different poles in different geographical sites. The network inter-links USLs, hospitals and regional offices as well as the central regional government.
It is based on an open distributed architecture on top of an X.25 platform; at the present time the network connects multi-vendor computers and workstations (IBM, BULL, OLIVETTI etc).

In particular the LISPA regional network contains:
- about 2000 local and remote workstations
- about 550 local and remote printers
- about 280 remote sites
- about 200 LANs (Ethernet, Token-Ring, etc)
- connection with ITAPAC (the Italian packet switching network) and through it with external data banks.

Ireland

The existing infrastructure in the North Eastern Health Board consists of very basic PC based systems in place in both the community and hospital based programmes. It is not possible to link any of the systems in use at present. There is very little formal linkage between the hospital and community based services.

Essentially this is a green field site in a remote under-developed area of the European Community. A substantial telecommunications network exists through an Bord Telecom and its potential for use in the Health Service has not yet been explored in Ireland.

A commitment to approximately 700 kECUs capital expenditure over 2 years has been entered into by the Irish Department of Health in respect of the North Eastern Health Board. This is providing the necessary infrastructure for the SHINE pilot.

Portugal

The Portuguese pilot region is the Regiono de Aveiro. It currently does not have any health care information network infrastructure. Currently the hospitals and health centres only have personal computers. Some are connected via LANs (Novell in DOS environments, Ethernet with TCP/IP in Unix environments). The databases in use are currently ORACLE and DBASE.

Portugal does have TELEPAC (the National Data Network). There is currently a study to see what is the best way to produce a health care information network, possibly using the services of TELEPAC with improvements (e.g. voice and data images), or maybe by satellite.

Achievements : The business analysis methodologies used in other sectors to identify improvement and to ensure the best use of resources are being tailored to the he A methodology has been developed for the elaboration of information technology based on health care business needs.

A business analysis methodology for health developed in parallel to a its application in the pilot sites. Extensive trainin which took place was applied in detail in each pilot region to identify the tele support the real business need.

The methodology has been used extensively to id business processes and to align the IT strategy in the 3 different pilot regions Portugal), and also to a lesser extent in other countries' nonpilot regions. The at different stages of using IT, have different health care systems and therefor opportunities for telematic services.

The process of validating the business or the methodology before detailed system specifications can be developed, involves functional models. The United Kingdom's Common Basic Specification (CBS) (a mode United Kingdom's National Health Service) has been used to assess the correlatio CBS models and the situation that exists in the pilots and nonpilots. it will en the methodology to use a formal specification tool to develop functional specifi deliverable has been used describing the health care policy and IT strategy in e in the project. A video has also been produced that describes the philosophy and scenario for telematic services.

Detailed specifications of the user requiremen requirements produced from detailed interviews provide the baseline to develop a architecture of regional health care.

Start Date : 01-Jan-1992

End Date : 31-Dec-1994

Duration : 36 months

Project Status : Completed

Programme Type : 3rd FWP (Third Framework Programme)

Programme Acronym : AIM 2

Subprogramme Area : Application Framework for Telemedicine

Project Reference : A2035

Prime Contractor

Organisation : ICL (UK) LTD Address : 12 Hadham Road Postcode : CM23 2QR City : Bishops Stortford Region: ESSEX Country : UNITED KINGDOM Contact Person : Name: COOPER, Paul A. Tel: +44-279-466360 Fax: +44-279-466360 Email: P.A.Cooper @ste0901.wins.icl.co.uk

Other Contractors

Organisation Name : SIG SERVICES B.V. Contact Person : VAN DEN HEUVEL, Richard Address : Maliebaan 50, P.O.Box 14074 City : Utrecht Region : UTRECHT Org. Country : NETHERLANDS Post Code : 2508 SC Telephone : +31-30-345630 Fax : Fax: 31-30-313149

Organisation Name : LOMBARDIA INFORMATICA S.p.A. Contact Person : VERDERIO, Valerio Address : Via Frigia 27 City : Milano Region : LOMBARDIA Org. Country : ITALY Post Code : 20126 Telephone : +39-2-25774360 Fax : +39-2-25774329

Organisation Name : NORTH EASTERN HEALTH BOARD Contact Person : MCLOUGHLIN, Ambrose Address : Ceanannus, Nazan Road Kells City : Co. Meath Org. Country : IRELAND Telephone : +353-46-40341 Fax : +353-46-41459

Organisation Name : SERVICO DE INFORMATICA DO MINISTERIO DA SAUDE Contact Person : LUPI, Maria Joao Address : Av. Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro 87, 1e4 City : Lisboa Region : Grande Lisboa Org. Country : PORTUGAL Post Code : 1000 Telephone : +351-1-726-9695 Fax : +351-726-4919

Organisation Name : ERITEL Contact Person : FERNANDO, Piera Address : Paseo del la Castellana 141 City : Madrid Region : COMUNIDAD DE MADRID Org. Country : SPAIN Post Code : 28046 Telephone : +34-1-3481214 Fax : +34-1-5791074 E-mail : fpiera@proint.eritel.es

Organisation Name : UNIVERSITE ST. ETIENNE Contact Person : RODRIGUES, Jean-Marie Department : Sante Publique Faculte de Medicine Address : 15 rue Ambroise Pare City : St Etienne Region : Loire Org. Country : FRANCE Post Code : 42100 Telephone : +33-77427974 Fax : +33-77427939

Record Control Number : 30914

Quality Validation Date : 25-Mar-1997

Update Date : 02-Jun-1997

Title : Integrated Technologies for Minerals Exploration, Pilot Project for Nickel Ore Deposits

Subject Index Code : Aerospace Technology; Industrial Manufacture; Materials Technology

General Information : BE95-1117 Integrated technologies for Minerals Exploration, Pilot Project for Nicke Ore Deposits


Nickel is a strategic metal for the European industry and its availability is a key factor for the industrial competitiveness and economic growth. EU is, however, a net importer of nickel metal and raw materials. The objective of the proposed project is to contribute to the securing of the availability of nickel raw materials for the metal industries in EU by developing integrated mineral exploration technologies to enhance the success potential in the exploration of sulphide and laterite nickel deposits. The project will open promising outlooks also into mineral exploration in general.
The objectives will be met by developing both novel geological, geophysical and information technology tools for mineral exploration. Development of new models for nickel ore deposits and their host formations is based on detailed mineralogical studies, isotope geochemistry, and on geochemical and metallogenic modelling. Improvement of the efficiency of geophysical exploration methods from regional to deposit scale is achieved by enhancing both instrumentation and software. An innovative software system for integrated knowledge based analysis of multidisciplinary geodata will be created using state-of-the-art GIS technology, Artificial Neural Network (ANN) applications and Artificial Intelligence approach.

The work content of the project is divided into the following six Work Packages. Modelling of sulphide and laterite nickel ore deposits; development of geophysical technology; image processing and pattern recognition; design and development of Geoscientific Information System (GEOSIS); Knowledge Based System; final integration.

Through completion of its objectives, the project will result in a number of software and instrumentation prototypes, and in methodological innovations. These are anticipated to serve as new integrated tools for active cooperation of experts with different backgrounds for the detection of nickel and other base metal ore deposits.

The most important of the benefits of the project is in directing exploration to the most promising areas. This will greatly enhance the potential, and essentially lower the cost, of discovering technically and
economically viable sulphide and laterite nickel deposits. Other benefits include the training and education of technical personnel in, and liaisons between, industrial companies and research organisations within EU.
The consortium is formed by joining forces of the nickel raw materials producers in EU: Outokumpu M etals & Resources Oy (Finland) and LARCO (Greece); together with computer science expert AUTOMA (Italy), industrial SME; and instrumentation company IRIS Instruments (France), industrial SME; and research organisations: the National Geological Surveys of France (BRGM), Greece (IGME) and Finland (GSF); and computer science institute National Centre for Scientific Research NCSR (Greece).

Start Date : 01-Jan-1996

End Date : 31-Dec-1998

Duration : 36 months

Project Status : Execution

Programme Type : 4th FWP (Fourth Framework Programme)

Programme Acronym : BRITE/EURAM 3

Subprogramme Area : PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES - Rational management of raw materials

Project Reference : BRPR950052

Prime Contractor

Organisation : Outokumpu Mining Oy Organisation Type : Industry Address : 7A Riihitontuntie Postcode : 02201 City : Espoo Region: UUSIMAA Country : FINLAND Contact Person : Name: HAKAPAA, Antero Tel: +358-73-556215 Fax: +358-73-556263

Other Contractors

Organisation Name : Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières Organisation Type : Non Commercial Contact Person : AUGE, Thierry Department : Département Géophysique et Imagerie Géologique - Direction de la Recherche Address : 3 Avenue Claude Guillemin BP 6009 City : Orléans Region : Loiret Org. Country : FRANCE Post Code : 45060 Telephone : +33-38643802 Fax : +33-38643729

Organisation Name : Iris Instruments Organisation Type : Industry Contact Person : GASNIER, Serge Address : 1 Avenue Buffon BP 6007 City : Orléans Region : Loiret Org. Country : FRANCE Post Code : 45060 Telephone : +33-38638100 Fax : +33-38638182

Organisation Name : Institute of Geology and Mineral Exploration Organisation Type : Non Commercial Contact Person : DEMETRIOS, Eliopoulos Department : Department of Economic Geology, Geophysics and Remote Sensing Address : 70 Messoghion Street City : Athens Region : ATTIKI Org. Country : GREECE Post Code : 11527 Telephone : +30-1-7707830 Fax : +30-1-7752211

Organisation Name : University of Turku Organisation Type : Education Contact Person : PAPUNEN, Heikki Department : Department of Geology - Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences Address : Luonnontieteiden Talo II City : Turku Org. Country : FINLAND Post Code : 20500 Telephone : +358-21-6335480 Fax : +358-21-6336580

Organisation Name : General Mining and Metallurgical Company SA 'Larco' Organisation Type : Industry Contact Person : FROGOUDAKIS, Emmanuel Department : Department of Research and Development Address : 20/5 Amalias Avenue / Souri Street City : Athens Region : ATTIKI Org. Country : GREECE Post Code : 10557 Telephone : +30-1-3225018 Fax : +30-1-3237146

Organisation Name : Softeco sismat S.r.l. Organisation Type : Industry Contact Person : BOERO, Marco Address : 7/82 Via San Barborino City : GENOVA Region : Genova Org. Country : ITALY Post Code : 16149 Telephone : +39-10-20921 Fax : +39-10-203987

Organisation Name : National Centre for Scientific Research 'Demokritos' Organisation Type : Non Commercial Contact Person : VAROUFAKIS, Stavros (Dr) Department : Institute of Informatics & Telecommunications Address : Aghia Paraskevi, Attiki PO Box 60228 City : Athens Region : ATTIKI Org. Country : GREECE Post Code : 15310 Telephone : +30-1-6510310 Fax : +30-1-6532175 E-mail : varou@iit.nrcps.ariadne-t.gr

Organisation Name : Geological Survey of Finland Organisation Type : Non Commercial Contact Person : ESKOLA, Lauri Department : Geophysics Department Address : 4 Betonimiehenkuja City : Espoo Region : UUSIMAA Org. Country : FINLAND Post Code : 02150 Telephone : +358-0-46931 Fax : +358-0-426205

Record Control Number : 30956

Quality Validation Date : 26-Jun-1997

Update Date : 14-Aug-1997

Title : Explanation in Online Help and Offline Training Based on Continuous Simulation

Subject Index Code : Aerospace Technology; Industrial Manufacture; Materials Technology

General Information : BE95-1245 Explanation in on-line Help and Offline Training Based on Continuous Simulation

The ability to cope with rare, uncommon or abnormal situations is an increasingly essential requirement on the operation of complex industrial processes. The need for the continual reconfiguration of plant and the constant modification of operating conditions to meet production demands means that operating staff are faced with situations where they cannot react or decide on the basis of their experience alone. Further, the large number of possible situations makes it very difficult, if not impossible, to pre-enumerate the correct responses for use in a decision tree or expert system based approaches.

The currently preferred solution to this problem is to use simulation systems to train operators and to provide on-line decision support. However, these simulations can be difficult for operators with limited technical knowledge to use and interpret and can therefore, result in a loss of confidence in the system, thereby reducing its effectiveness. This requires that lucid explanation facilities are developed that can automatically interpret the responses of the simulation in a given situation and provide a causal explanation of how that behaviour comes about and why that behaviour results.
We propose to develop generic intelligent simulation systems that utilise Artificial Intelligence based techniques and advanced simulation techniques to provide perspicuous interaction and explanation systems that can be used as the basis for:
- Intelligent Simulation Systems for on-line decision support. - Intelligent Simulation Systems for off-line training. Intelligent Simulation Systems for combined training and on-line support
Based on pre-existing simulation systems, four application systems will be built as examples of the common generic technology. These represent important sectors of the continuous process industries, that now accounts for almost half of current European manufacturing capability. Specifically these applications are: fossil fuel power generation, paper and pulp production, gas turbines for combined power generation and control of regional energy distribution centres. The benefit derived from the usage of these systems will ensure increased efficiency of production, improved safety and reliability of operations and reduced environmental impact through tighter controls on product quality. The project is structured so that the results will be validated in four different European countries, so that the approach can be tested and readily adapted to different systems and various cultures within the process industries.

The Partnership structure therefore contains four companies that are very experienced in industrial simulation systems: Marconi Simulation and Training, CISE, ENEL and Tecnatom; three centres of excellence in developing and applying the background in software development and artificial intelligence techniques: CISE, KCL and Heriot Watt University; two major national suppliers and distributors of electrical energy, Iberdrola and ENEL. Finally, UPM provides an important application in the paper and pulp industry that tests the scope of the methods to be developed.

This powerful mix of expertise and geographical distribution ensures that generic technological solutions will be generated that are applicable to the diverse cultural backgrounds of operating personnel across Europe and beyond.

Start Date : 01-Jan-1996

End Date : 31-Dec-1998

Duration : 36 months

Project Status : Execution

Programme Type : 4th FWP (Fourth Framework Programme)

Programme Acronym : BRITE/EURAM 3

Subprogramme Area : PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES - Human and organizational factors within production systems

Project Reference : BRPR950049

Prime Contractor

Organisation : Gec-Marconi Ltd Organisation Type : Industry Department : Technical and Quality Department Research and Development Group Address : Fulmar Way Postcode : KY11 5JX City : Dunfermline Region: Fife Country : UNITED KINGDOM Contact Person : Name: HORNE, Ken (Mr) Tel: +44-1383-821921 Fax: +44-1383-824227 Email: horne@msim.co.uk

Other Contractors

Organisation Name : CISE - Centro Informazioni Studi ed Esperienze SpA Organisation Type : Research Contact Person : GALLANTI, MASSIMO Address : 39 Via Reggio Emilia City : Milano - Segrate Region : LOMBARDIA Org. Country : ITALY Post Code : 20090 Telephone : +39-2-21672496 Fax : +39-2-21672620 E-mail : MCRAX!I2UNIX!CISE!MAX

Organisation Name : ENEL SpA Organisation Type : Industry Contact Person : ANDREANI, Giorgio Department : Area Servizi - Unità Addestramento Specialistico Direzione Produzione e Trasmissione Address : 4 Via Campo della Fiera City : Piacenza Region : Piacenza Org. Country : ITALY Post Code : 29100 Telephone : +39-523-525891 Fax : +39-523-525837

Organisation Name : Keskuslaboratorio - Centrallaboratoriuum AB Organisation Type : Research Contact Person : RITALA, Risto Department : The Finnish Pulp and Paper Research Institute - Paper Science Centre Address : 2 Tekniikantie PO Box 70 City : Espoo Region : UUSIMAA Org. Country : FINLAND Post Code : 02151 Telephone : +358-0-4371343 Fax : +358-0-464305

Organisation Name : Yhtyneet Paperitehtaat OY Organisation Type : Industry Contact Person : PEKKA, Aho Department : Jämsänkoski Paper Mill Address : PO Box 35 City : Jämsämkoski Org. Country : FINLAND Post Code : 42300 Telephone : +358-42-7491480 Fax : +358-42-7491415

Organisation Name : Iberdrola SA Organisation Type : Industry Contact Person : DE LA FUENTE, Agustin Department : Operacion de Servicios Tecnicos de laRed Address : 8 Gardoqui City : Bilbao Region : Vizcaya Org. Country : SPAIN Post Code : 48080 Telephone : +34-4-4154600 Fax : +34-4-4790193

Organisation Name : Tecnatom SA Organisation Type : Industry Contact Person : RIVERO MORENO, Norberto Department : Direcion de Tecnologia de la Infomacion Address : 1 Avenida Montes de Oca City : Madrid Region : COMUNIDAD DE MADRID Org. Country : SPAIN Post Code : 28709 Telephone : +34-1-6516700 Fax : +34-1-6541531

Organisation Name : Laboratorio de Ensayos e Investigaciones Industriales Organisation Type : Research Contact Person : LOS ARCOS, Jose Luis Department : Information Technology Department - Technological Research Centre Address : 101 Parque Tecnologico City : Zamudio Region : Vizcaya Org. Country : SPAIN Post Code : 48016 Telephone : +34-4-4892406 Fax : +34-4-4892540

Organisation Name : Heriot-Watt University Organisation Type : Education Contact Person : LEITCH, R.R. Department : Intelligent Systems Laboratory Department of Computing and Electrical Engineering Address : Riccarton City : Edinburgh Region : Lothian Org. Country : UNITED KINGDOM Post Code : EH14 4AS Telephone : +44-131-4513353 Fax : +44-131-4513327

Record Control Number : 7702

Quality Validation Date : 21-Jan-1994

Update Date : 11-Aug-1995

Title : Universite technologique syndicale

Subject Index Code : Coordination, Cooperation; Education, Training

General Information : The aim of this project is to experiment with prototype training courses. They are aimed at trade union staff to help them understand developments information technology developments.

Programme Type : E&T (Education and Training)

Programme Acronym : COMETT 1

Subprogramme Area : Strand C : Joint Training Actions

Project Reference : 576

Prime Contractor

Organisation : CFDT - Confederation Francaise Democratique du Travail Address : Boulevard de la Vilette, 4 Postcode : 75019 City : PARIS Region: Paris Country : FRANCE Contact Person : Name: BENLEZAR, ALAIN Tel: +33-1-42038070

Record Control Number : 7711

Quality Validation Date : 21-Jan-1994

Update Date : 11-Aug-1995

Title : ALICE - Advance lotos industrial course for Europe

Subject Index Code : Coordination, Cooperation; Education, Training

General Information : The project will develop adequate training materials and courses for allowing a quick technological transfer of LOTOS into the information technology industry. The training covers software technology applied to data communications systems.

Programme Type : E&T (Education and Training)

Programme Acronym : COMETT 1

Subprogramme Area : Strand C : Joint Training Actions

Project Reference : 650

Prime Contractor

Organisation : Universidad Politecnica de Madrid Department : Departamento Ingenieria Telematica Address : ETSI TELECOMUNICACION, Ciudad Universitaria s/n Postcode : 28040 City : MADRID Region: COMUNIDAD DE MADRID Country : SPAIN Contact Person : Name: QUEMADA, JUAN Tel: +34-1-4495700 Fax: +34-1-2432077

Record Control Number : 7718

Quality Validation Date : 25-Sep-1990

Update Date : 11-Aug-1995

Title : Training technology and educational management

Subject Index Code : Coordination, Cooperation; Education, Training

General Information : This project gives training in the areas of management in higher education, training technology tools and in information technology and educational management. Target groups: senior managers in higher education and training sectors.

Programme Type : E&T (Education and Training)

Programme Acronym : COMETT 1

Subprogramme Area : Strand C : Joint Training Actions

Project Reference : 681

Prime Contractor

Organisation : Tilburg University Department : Office for International Relations Address : Hogeschoollaan 225 - P.O. Box 90153 Postcode : 5000 LE City : TILBURG Region: Midden-Noord-Brabant Country : NETHERLANDS Contact Person : Name: KOKHUIS, SYLVIA GEERTRUIDA MARIA Tel: +31-13-669111 Fax: +31-13-663019

Record Control Number : 7728

Quality Validation Date : 21-Jan-1994

Update Date : 11-Aug-1995

Title : Training programmes for holographic stereography related to CAD

Subject Index Code : Coordination, Cooperation; Education, Training

General Information : This project will carry out training courses in holographic stereography related to CAD, with feeder courses in perspectivisation and CAD data preparation. The programme results will be in the form of two seminars and published results.

Programme Type : E&T (Education and Training)

Programme Acronym : COMETT 1

Subprogramme Area : Strand C : Joint Training Actions

Project Reference : 787

Prime Contractor

Organisation : CITE - Consortium for Graphic Information Technology Training in Europe Address : Kensington Gore, 25 Postcode : W7 2EU City : LONDON Region: GREATER LONDON Country : UNITED KINGDOM Contact Person : Name: EVANS, TOM Tel: +44-1-5845020 Fax: +44-1-2251487

Record Control Number : 7804

Quality Validation Date : 21-Jan-1994

Update Date : 11-Aug-1995

Title : Technology transfer symposia and related training in computer image synthesis and electronics animation

Subject Index Code : Coordination, Cooperation; Education, Training

General Information : This project will organize and run a summer school in the form of a Technology Transfer Seminar covering computer image synthesis and electronic animation. It will last for 7-10 days and will include practical hands-on workshop sessions.

Programme Type : E&T (Education and Training)

Programme Acronym : COMETT 1

Subprogramme Area : Strand C : Joint Training Actions

Project Reference : 1530

Prime Contractor

Organisation : CITE - Consortium for Graphic Information Technology Training in Europe Address : Kensington Gore, 25 Postcode : W7 2EU City : LONDON Region: GREATER LONDON Country : UNITED KINGDOM Contact Person : Name: EVANS, TOM Tel: +44-1-5845020 Fax: +44-1-2251487

Record Control Number : 7983

Quality Validation Date : 21-Jan-1994

Update Date : 11-Aug-1995

Title : LONDON CONSORTIUM

Subject Index Code : Coordination, Cooperation; Education, Training

General Information : This regional UETP covers the area of London. It is concerned with the fields of information technology, industrial technology, as well as the service and financial sectors.

Programme Type : E&T (Education and Training)

Programme Acronym : COMETT 1

Subprogramme Area : Strand A : University - Enterprise training Partnerships (UETPs)

Project Reference : 770

Prime Contractor

Organisation : Brunel University Department : Institute for Professional Development Address : Kingston Lane Postcode : UB8 3PH City : UXBRIDGE Region: Norfolk Country : UNITED KINGDOM Contact Person : Name: MILLAR, JEAN A. Tel: +44-895-35332 Fax: +44-895-32806

Record Control Number : 7999

Quality Validation Date : 21-Jan-1994

Update Date : 11-Aug-1995

Title : FUNDETEC UNIVERSIDADE/EMPRESA

Subject Index Code : Coordination, Cooperation; Education, Training

General Information : This transnational sectoral UETP covers the areas of information technology, CAD/CAM, optics and mathematics and data processing.

Programme Type : E&T (Education and Training)

Programme Acronym : COMETT 1

Subprogramme Area : Strand A : University - Enterprise training Partnerships (UETPs)

Project Reference : 467

Prime Contractor

Organisation : FUNDETEC - Fundo para o Desenvolvimento do Ensino da Engenharia e da Tecnologia Electrotecnica, Electronica e dos Computadores Department : Universidade Empresa Address : R.D. Estefania, 78/82 Postcode : 1000 City : LISBOA Region: Grande Lisboa Country : PORTUGAL Contact Person : Name: SIMAO CARVALHO FERNANDES, ANTONIO Tel: +351-1-577994 Fax: +351-1-525843

Record Control Number : 8033

Quality Validation Date : 21-Jan-1994

Update Date : 11-Aug-1995

Title : CITE - CONSORTIUM FOR GRAPHIC I.T. TRAINING IN EUROPE

Subject Index Code : Coordination, Cooperation; Education, Training

General Information : The aim of this UETP is to become an independent, transnational training organization in the field of graphic information technology.

Programme Type : E&T (Education and Training)

Programme Acronym : COMETT 1

Subprogramme Area : Strand A : University - Enterprise training Partnerships (UETPs)

Project Reference : 169

Prime Contractor

Organisation : CITE - Consortium for Graphic Information Technology Training in Europe Address : Kensington Gore, 25 Postcode : W7 2EU City : LONDON Region: GREATER LONDON Country : UNITED KINGDOM Contact Person : Name: EVANS, TOM Tel: +44-1-5845020 Fax: +44-1-2251487

Record Control Number : 8037

Quality Validation Date : 21-Jan-1994

Update Date : 11-Aug-1995

Title : KOOPERATIONSINITIATIVE HOCHSCHULE-WIRTSCHAFT EUREGIO

Subject Index Code : Coordination, Cooperation; Education, Training

General Information : This regional UETP, which is centred at Aachen, will coordinate regional, national and international training programmes in fields such as space technology, design, information technology and many other forms of advanced technology.

Programme Type : E&T (Education and Training)

Programme Acronym : COMETT 1

Subprogramme Area : Strand A : University - Enterprise training Partnerships (UETPs)

Project Reference : 133

Prime Contractor

Organisation : Fachhochschule Aachen Department : Technologietransfer-Stelle Address : Kalverbenden, 6 Postcode : 5100 City : AACHEN Region: Aachen, Kreisfreie Stadt Country : GERMANY Contact Person : Name: WAGNER, OTTO Tel: +49-241-69082 Fax: +49-241-64841

Record Control Number : 8044

Quality Validation Date : 21-Jan-1994

Update Date : 11-Aug-1995

Title : AETI - ASOCIACION ESPANOLA DE TECNOLOGIAS DE LA INFORMACION

Subject Index Code : Coordination, Cooperation; Education, Training

General Information : This regional UETP is centred in Madrid. It is concerned with giving advanced training in the area of information technology.

Programme Type : E&T (Education and Training)

Programme Acronym : COMETT 1

Subprogramme Area : Strand A : University - Enterprise training Partnerships (UETPs)

Project Reference : 98

Prime Contractor

Organisation : FUNDESCO - Fundacion Desarrollo Funcion Social Comunicaciones Address : Calle Alcala 61 Postcode : 28014 City : MADRID Region: COMUNIDAD DE MADRID Country : SPAIN Contact Person : Name: ROCA CHILLIDA, JOSE MIGUEL Tel: +34-1-4351214 Fax: +34-1-5227489

Record Control Number : 21404

Quality Validation Date : 02-Aug-1993

Update Date : 01-Aug-1996

Title : Fundetec Universidade Empresa

Subject Index Code : Coordination, Cooperation; Education, Training

General Information : This transnational and sectoral UETP is active in the fields of production and manufacturing, information technology and management. It associates the most important universities of Portugal and SMEs.

Programme Type : E&T (Education and Training)

Programme Acronym : COMETT 2

Subprogramme Area : Strand A: University - Enterprise Training Partnerships (UETPs)

Project Reference : 4213

Prime Contractor

Organisation : Not Available

Record Control Number : 8061

Quality Valida