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The Network of the Future, Beyond Theory
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The European Union-funded EURO-NF project, "Anticipating the Network of the Future — From Theory to Design," pools the skills of 35 partners from across Europe and Israel to develop new projects and research directions with corresponding results and publications that benefit the European research and development environment, including well-trained and networked students. The EURO-NF framework also supports joint research projects aimed at improving knowledge in innovation-rich but under-represented areas. The projects must be "sharply focused, preferably on disruptive ideas on the networks of the future, and designed to gain new knowledge and explore the need for more research effort, anticipating scientific and technological needs," according to the researchers.
For example, the Cave-Net project investigates how taxi companies and public transport services can leverage context-aware information to improve service and performance. EURO-NF's Web portal outlines many of the other projects, events, integrating and dissemination activities, including a list of publications from its research partners.
"This 'vision' is in fact the result of a long-term, continuous brainstorming that we've been carrying out since our former project EURO-NGI," says University of Vienna professor Kurt Kutschku.
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