Information Systems Laboratory (ISL)

Beyond The Horizon

The main aims of B-T-H are the following:

identify advanced strategic areas and grand science and technology challenges related to information and communication technologies (ICT)
discuss the scientific, commercial and social importance of these challenges
draw basic research directions in ICT and related disciplines for addressing the above challenges
design roadmaps for making advances in these areas with a timeframe of fifteen years
identify new frontiers for ICT basic research, and boundaries between 'pure ICT' research and other disciplines identify the potential for cross-fertilization of research in disciplines involved in these areas
establish communication and cooperation mechanisms within and beyond Europe in order to facilitate and support the formation and functioning of a related scientific community during the project lifecycle in a field characterised by rapid and continuous evolution.

Contact Person: Dimitris Plexousakis
E Mail: dpATisc.forth.gr
Duration: 1/1/2005 - 30/6/2006 (18 months)
Funding: EU - IST-FET
Prime Contractor: ERCIM
Project Leader: LE DANTEC, Bruno