Invited Talk by Mustafa Jarrar "Future Internet in Horizon 2020 Calls" at EU-Med networking event in Amman.

1. Amman, Jordan,12-14/10/2014
Future Internet
ICT Networking Event
in the Horizon 2020 calls
Mustafa Jarrar
Sina Institute, Birzeit University, Palestine
mjarrar@birzeit.edu
www.jarrar.info
Invited Talk
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2. Layout and Context
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• Description
• Open calls
• Relevant info

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Budget
Budget
Calls (09.04.02.01 and 09.04.50.01) 2014 Budget
EUR million56
201557 Budget
EUR million
Call H2020-ICT-2014
Information and Communication
Technologies
694.5058
165.00
Call H2020-ICT-2015
Information and Communication
Technologies
561.00
Call H2020-EUB-2015
EU-Brazil Research and Development
Cooperation in Advanced Cyber
Infrastructure
7.00
Call H2020-EUJ-2014
EU-Japan Research and Development
Cooperation in Net Futures
6.00
Contribution from LEIT ICT to call
‘H2020-FoF-2014/2015’ (under Part 5.ii of
the work programme)
34.00
68.00
Call H2020-ICT-2014
Information and Communication
Technologies
694.5058
165.00
Call H2020-ICT-2015
Information and Communication
Technologies
561.00
Call H2020-EUB-2015
EU-Brazil Research and Development
Cooperation in Advanced Cyber
Infrastructure
7.00
Call H2020-EUJ-2014
EU-Japan Research and Development
Cooperation in Net Futures
6.00
Contribution from LEIT ICT to call
‘H2020-FoF-2014/2015’ (under Part 5.ii of
the work programme)
34.00
68.00
Contribution from this part to call ‘H2020-
FTIPilot-2015’ (under Part 18 of the work
programme)
17.85
Other Actions (09.04.02.01 and
09.04.50.01)
2014 Budget
EUR million59
201560 Budget
EUR million
Experts (expert evaluators, experts groups,
12.50 13.14

4. Main Project Types
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Instrument:
Research & Innovation Actions
Innovation Actions
Cooperation & Support Actions
Size
Small Project (2-4 Millions)
Large Project (4-8 Millions)
Different
Goals and
management

5. ICT 5 – 2014: Smart Networks & Novel Internet
Architectures
To bring computer and network architectures closer for greater
efficiency.
Expected impact:
Research & Innovation Actions (Small/Large projects)
publications, patents, new PhDs, and new open source software releases.
Contributions to standards: IETF, IRTF may be targeted.
Creation of a Future Internet architecture network of EU researchers and users
of sustainable nature, i.e. beyond the availability of public European research
funds.
Links with related International developments, e.g. with the NSF, etc.
Migration/deployment strategies and roadmaps validated by key industrial
players and stakeholders taking an active part in the development of the internet.
Strengthen European industry for closer integration of datacom and telecom.
Contribution towards at least one large scale validation trial.
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6. ICT 6 – 2014: Smart Optical & Wireless Network
Technologies
Current solutions are barrier to reaching a (quasi-) universal
coverage with ultra-high speed, be it with optical or wireless
Research & Innovation actions: (Small projects)
keep optical network technology in EU with at least 20% of the global market.
Novel network services and applications
Reduce energy consumption by a factor of about 10.
Decrease radiation exposure
Move beyond 10 Gbps/user, then 100 Gbps in future over fixed accesses.
Support metro and core networks.
Cross domain optical resources, industry open standards.
higher spectrum efficiency, target 10 fold increase.
Enable new applications of higher frequency bands
availability of new interoperability open standards for wireless and optical
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Support actions:
Wide dissemination of results, constituency building, etc.

7. ICT 7 – 2014: Advanced Cloud Infrastructures & Services
Infrastructures & tools for high performance, adaptive cloud
applications/services that go beyond the current capabilities.
Research & Innovation actions: (Small/Large projects)
High performance heterogeneous cloud infrastructures.
Federated cloud networking
Dynamic configuration, provisioning/orchestration of cloud resources.
Automated discovery and composition of services
Cloud security.
Innovation Actions: (Small projects)
Platforms for trusted cloud systems.
Collaborative development, adaptation/testing open source software
Coordination and support actions:
Common reference models
Adoption of cloud computing infrastructures and services
Legal, economic, and societal factors.
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8. ICT 8 – 2014: Boosting public sector productivity & innovation
through cloud computing services
14/4/2015
Overcome barriers related to using the cloud in the public
sector, e.g., procurement, trustworthiness, technical standards
and legal terms of reference, risk of lock-in, etc.
a) Pre-commercial procurement for public sector cloud services (PCP)
• Common requirements & ToRs for future procurement of cloud services.
• Standardization, certification, contract terms and service level
agreements for secure and interoperable cloud services.
b) Public procurement of innovative cloud computing solutions (PPI)
• Define cloud solutions for joint European IT systems.
• Joint procurement of innovative cloud services by public authorities.
Actions:
Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) Cofund actions (Large projects)
Public Procurement for Innovative solutions Cofund actions (Large projects)
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9. ICT 8 – 2014: Boosting public sector productivity & innovation
through cloud computing services
14/4/2015
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sector, e.g., procurement, trustworthiness, technical standards
and legal terms of reference, risk of lock-in, etc.
a) Pre-commercial procurement for public sector cloud services (PCP)
• Common requirements & ToRs for future procurement of cloud services.
• Standardization, certification, contract terms and service level
agreements for secure and interoperable cloud services.
b) Public procurement of innovative cloud computing solutions (PPI)
• Define cloud solutions for joint European IT systems.
• Joint procurement of innovative cloud services by public authorities.
✔ Palestine, Jordan,
Lebanon, Syria,
Egypt, Iraq, Libya,
Tunisia, Algeria,
Morocco
Generally, At least three legal entities. Each of
the three shall be established in different
Member State or associated country.
Actions:
Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) Cofund actions (Large projects)
Public Procurement for Innovative solutions Cofund actions (Large projects)
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10. ICT 9 – 2014: Tools & Methods for Software Development
To foster a more competitive EU software industry, especially in
the sector of large and interoperable software systems.
Tools & methods for large, complex and data-intensive systems:
• To incorporate integrity, robustness, reliability, resilience into systems
• Simulation, testing, and verification of large and data-intensive systems
Software architectures and tools for highly distributed applications:
• Dynamic reconfiguration of distributed applications.
• Architectures to maximize quality of scalable applications.
• Data location in cloud environments including hardware and sensors.
Actions:
Research & Innovation Actions (Small projects)
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11. ICT 10 – 2014: Collective Awareness Platforms for
Sustainability and Social Innovation
14/14/2015
Networks of people, of knowledge, of sensors to enable
collective intelligence at innovation/scientific/social levels
a) Collective Awareness Pilots for bottom-up participatory innovation
• Pilot solutions, scalable experiments to understand collective awareness.
• Pioneer crowdsourcing/crowdfunding solutions
• Partners: industry, academia, local communities, activists, hackers, etc.
b) Multidisciplinary research on collective awareness platforms
• (Internet Science) of collaboration, anonymity, ethics, neutrality, etc.
• Partners: at least two non-ICT.
c) Digital Social Platforms (DSP)
• Engage more people to join, incentives models, best practices.
d) Coordinating pilots and research activities in CAPs
• Support and coordinate activities in this field.
Actions: Research & Innovation, Coordination and Support
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12. ICT 10 – 2014: Collective Awareness Platforms for
Sustainability and Social Innovation
14/14/2015
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/
topics/9082-ict-10-2015.html
Networks of people, of knowledge, of sensors to enable
collective intelligence at innovation/scientific/social levels
a) Collective Awareness Pilots for bottom-up participatory innovation
• Pilot solutions, scalable experiments to understand collective awareness.
• Pioneer crowdsourcing/crowdfunding solutions
• Partners: industry, academia, local communities, activists, hackers, etc.
b) Multidisciplinary research on collective awareness platforms
• (Internet Science) of collaboration, anonymity, ethics, neutrality, etc.
• Partners: at least two non-ICT.
c) Digital Social Platforms (DSP)
✔ Palestine, Jordan,
Generally, • Engage more At least people three to legal join, entities. incentives Each models, of
best Lebanon, practices.
Syria,
d) the Coordinating three shall be pilots established and research in different
activities in CAPs
Egypt, Iraq, Libya,
Tunisia, Algeria,
Member • Support State and or coordinate associated activities country.
in this field.
Morocco
Actions: Research & Innovation, Coordination and Support
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13. ICT 11 – 2014: FIRE+ (Future Internet Research &
Experimentation)
Experimental Infrastructure for Future Internet Research &
Experimentation (FIRE+) of any size, complexity, or technology
a) Research & Innovation Actions (Large projects):
• Configurations on Mobile and Wireless, Cloud, Spectrum, Photonics,
Internet of Things (IoT), Distributed Service Platforms, Sensors
• Experimentation-as-a-Service (EaaS) and Virtual Experimentation.
• 50% of the budget to users, experimenters and suppliers
b) Innovation Actions (Large projects):
• Identify, evaluate and select Ideas for prototyping and experimentation.
c) Coordination and Support Actions:
• Support and coordinate EU national and regional experimental facilities
• Evaluation needs and roadmaps
• International cooperation on large experiments
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14. ICT 12 – 2014: Integrating experiments & facilities in FIRE+
14/14/2015
Experimentally-driven research, which can be served well on
top of available infrastructures.
a) Research & Innovation Actions (Small projects):
• Integrating experimental facilities and laboratories into FIRE+.
• Collaborative projects for experimentally-driven research using FIRE+.
• 50% of the budget to users, experimenters and suppliers.
b) Innovation Actions (Small projects):
• Technically mature experiments on top of FIRE+ facilities.
• Close-to- market products, applications or services.
• Include SMEs and start-ups.
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15. ICT 12 – 2014: Integrating experiments & facilities in FIRE+
14/14/2015
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/
topics/9083-ict-12-2015.html
Experimentally-driven research, which can be served well on
top of available infrastructures.
a) Research & Innovation Actions (Small projects):
• Integrating experimental facilities and laboratories into FIRE+.
• Collaborative projects for experimentally-driven research using FIRE+.
• 50% of the budget to users, experimenters and suppliers.
✔ Palestine, Jordan,
b) Innovation Actions (Small projects):
• Technically mature experiments on top of FIRE+ facilities.
• Close-to- market products, applications or services.
• Include SMEs and start-ups.
Lebanon, Syria,
Egypt, Iraq, Libya,
Tunisia, Algeria,
Morocco
Generally, At least three legal entities. Each of
the three shall be established in different
Member State or associated country.
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16. ICT 13 – 2014: Web Entrepreneurship
Ecosystem to encourage more web/mobile entrepreneurs to
start a business in Europe and grow internationally.
a) Accelerate web entrepreneurship: platforms with new services
• Platforms to link local web entrepreneurship ecosystems and hubs
• Help startups to launch, scale up, and accelerate their developments.
• Create exposure to new financing opportunities
b) Coordination activities in the area of web entrepreneurs
• Encouraging people to be entrepreneurs;
• Supporting existing EU initiatives on web entrepreneurship;
• Awards to celebrate web entrepreneurship;
• Promoting (MOOCs) for web entrepreneurship skills.
• Training on legal and finance, marketing skills
Actions: Innovation Actions (Small projects), Coordination and Support
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17. ICT 14 – 2014: Advanced 5G Network Infrastructure for the
Future Internet
25/11/2014
Future networks will have to support in 2020 mobile traffic, 1000
times larger than today and a spectrum crunch is anticipated.
a) Research & Innovation Actions (Large projects):
• Strand Radio network architecture and technologies: Network
architecture, low cost radio access, Innovative 5Garchitectures, etc.
• Strand convergence beyond last mile
• Strand network management
b) Innovation Actions (Large projects):
• Strand Network virtualisation and Software Networks: Virtualisation,
Orchestration logic, open network functionalities , etc.
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c) Support Actions:
• Projects cooperation agreement,
• Horizontal supervision
• Standardization, and international activities

18. ICT 14 – 2014: Advanced 5G Network Infrastructure for the
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25/11/2014
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a) Research & Innovation Actions (Large projects):
• Strand Radio network architecture and technologies: Network
architecture, low cost radio access, Innovative 5Garchitectures, etc.
• Strand convergence beyond last mile
• Strand network management
b) Innovation Actions (Large projects):
• Strand Network virtualisation and Software Networks: Virtualisation,
Orchestration logic, open network functionalities , etc.
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c) Support Actions:
• Projects cooperation agreement,
• Horizontal supervision
• Standardization, and international activities
✔ Palestine, Jordan,
Lebanon, Syria,
Egypt, Iraq, Libya,
Tunisia, Algeria,
Morocco
Generally, At least three legal entities. Each of
the three shall be established in different
Member State or associated country.

19. Thank you
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