OASIS = Open architecture for Accessible Services Integration and Standardization -www.oasis-project.eu; funded under 7thFramework Programme; - Started: 1 January 2008 –End: 31 December 2011 - Collaborative Project that introduces an innovative, ontology-driven, Open Reference Architectureand System, through which 12 different types of services are connected with the OASIS System for the benefit of the elderly, covering user needs and wants in terms of: * Independent Living Applications; * Autonomous Mobility; * Smart Workplaces Applications.

1. Cognitive training at the core of an OASIS of
services
Karel Van Isacker
(MCA)
Workshop on Cognitive Support Technology For Older People,
Goldsmiths, University of London, 15th December 2010

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3. • OASIS = Open architecture for Accessible Services
Integration and Standardization - www.oasis-
project.eu; funded under 7th Framework Programme;
• Started: 1 January 2008 – End: 31 December 2011
• Collaborative Project that introduces an innovative,
ontology-driven, Open Reference Architecture and
System, through which 12 different types of services
are connected with the OASIS System for the benefit
of the elderly, covering user needs and wants in
terms of:
- Independent Living Applications;
- Autonomous Mobility;
OASIS
- Smart Workplaces Applications. at a glance
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4. • nutritional advisor
Independent • activity coach
Living • brain and skills trainers
• social communities platform
Applications • health monitoring and environmental control
Autonomous • elderly-friendly transport information services
• elderly-friendly route guidance
Mobility and • personal mobility services
Smart • mobile devices
• biometric authentication interface
Workplaces • multimodal dialogue mitigation
Applications • other smart workplace applications
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5. Main target group of OASIS Applications
• OASIS targets older people who experience mild cognitive and
physical impairments due to ageing, while supporting them in
having an independent life as long as possible. Equally
however, OASIS aims at supporting them in having an active
life.
– “Young” elderly (55-65) i.e. people who are healthy and in most cases, can
still lead busy and active lives, but who have just started to experience slight
deteriorations due to aging;
– Elderly (65-75) i.e. people who are healthy, but are more likely to
experience mild cognitive and physical problems due to aging;
– “Old” elderly (75+), i.e. people who are likely to experience cognitive and
physical deterioration due to aging.
• Different activity degrees
– Require also different set of services
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6. Other target groups of OASIS Applications
Social
Health care security
and service
emergency providers
Family
members support
and/or service
Re- (in)formal providers
searchers caregivers
Industry
Different degrees of
data input and output
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7. Piloting process
• Different pilot sites in
– UK
– Germany
– Italy
– Romania
– Bulgaria
– Greece
• Different cultural / social /
economic backgrounds
– Degree of openness to new
technology differs
– Different national ethical frameworks
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8. Added value
• Identified and involved end-users and
stakeholder groups:
– Communities established in:
• Belgium (1 user forum) User forums consist of:
• Project presentation
• Bulgaria (3 user forums)
• Introducing all
• China (1 user forum) application fields
• Germany (1 user forum) • Discussion
• Greece (1 user forum) • Evaluation (scoring)
• Italy (4 user forums) Almost 300 participants in
total
• Romania (1 user forum)
• United Kingdom (2 user forums)
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9. • User driven project
– Involve local elderly users, relatives and carers in
the development work, in applications
specification, interactive development and testing
and final system evaluation
• Local project communities established
• User forums established
• Preferences collected and analysed
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10. Preferences end-users
• Fall and other accidents detection
– Directly touches a main concern for older people, namely falling
– Very much liked by the User Forum participants
• Specific cognitive training exercises and activities
– Closely connected to the memory losses with which most
older people are confronted, and which all want to “fight
against”.
– Remote health monitoring
• Provides older people with a safety beacon
– Directly linked to it is also the health profile definition and
personalization which is to ensure a personalised approach
– Alerting and assisting applications provide support in cases of
emergencies.
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11. Preferences end-users
• Rehabilitation support system
– Ensures recovery after a possible injury, possibly combined
with the activity management service
– Latter also supports any rehabilitation that is needed, or in
other cases supports daily training on a personalised level.
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12. Starting OASIS
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13. Brain training
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14. Brain training: Shape or colour, Find the word
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15. Brain training: Find the pairs
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16. Nutritional advisor
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17. Nutritional advisor
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18. Other OASIS services: Taxi service,
environmental control
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19. Core ethical issues
• Privacy protection and confidentiality
• Informed consent
• Incidental Findings
• Transparency of the collected data management
by the final system and during its Pilots
• IT-Security and identity management
• Risk assessment (Insurance)
• Delegation of control
• Incentives (Financial inducements, etc.)
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20. Ethical concerns
• Use of internet as channel to transmit data
– (medical, private) Data connected to profile
– User concern what happens with all that data
• Security and privacy issues addressed by OASIS
• User in control throughout all services
– Decides what is shared when and with who
• Ethical advisory board
– Top level ethical guidance, including ethical manual
– Provides framework for:
• Local national ethical committees
– Involves local pilot site responsibles
• Use of consent forms and anonymisation
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21. Privacy issues
• All required user profile data will be stored at his/her
mobile device and be securely protected
• Feedback from services will be strictly given to the user
him/herself and not to the relatives or other persons (in a
discrete mode).
• The user’s location and route will be temporarily stored.
• The user will have the capacity to view, change or delete,
as he/she wishes, all stored data by the system.
• The user will be able him/herself to provide selected data
access to third parties.
• All OASIS applications are using unobtrusive sensors, i.e.
embedded on a seat or wearable.
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22. 14. Universität Bremen
Project partners 15. University of Newcastle upon Tyne
16. SingularLogic S.A.
1. PHILIPS FIMI s.r.l.
17. DOMOLOGIC Home Automation GmbH
2. Centre for Research & Technology Hellas / Hellenic
Institute of Transport / Centre for Research & 18. ANCO S.A. Agencies, Commerce & Industry
Technology Hellas / Informatics & Telematics 19. Foundation for Research and Technology
Institute Hellas
3. Asociación Instituto de Aplicaciones de las 20. Marie Curie Association
Tecnologías de la Información y de las 22. EWORX S.A.
Comunicaciones Avanzadas 23. University of Pisa
4. Planung Transport Verkehr AG 24. Intelligent Traffic & Transport Applications SA
5. Mizar Automazione S.p.A. 25. ATAF SpA
6. The European Older People’s Platform 26. BluePoint
7. SIEMENS S.A. 27. Centro Tecnológico de Automoción de
8. VODAFONE-OMNITEL ITALIA Galicia
10. IBM CESKA REPUBLICA, SPOL. s r. o. 28. NETSMART S.A.
11. PROMOTION OF OPERATIONAL LINKS WITH 29. Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey
INTEGRATED SERVICES 30. Tsinghua University / Institute of Human
12. Centro Ricerche Fiat Società Consortile per Azioni Factors & Ergonomics, Tsinghua University
13. Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der 31. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid / Life
angewandten Forschung e.V. Supportin Technologies
32. Innovalia Association
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23. VIDEO
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24. Karel Van Isacker
Project manager
“Marie Curie” Association
Plovdiv 4023,
Trakiya, 31 Osvobozhdenie Blvd, Karina
House fl.1, apt. 4, BULGARIA
www.marie-curie-bg.org
projects@marie-curie-bg.org
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