About the EMMA Consortium
ETRA Research and Development, S. A (ETRA),
Spain
ETRA Investigación y Desarrollo,
S.A. (ETRA I+D) is the hi-tech unit within the ETRA Group, one of the
leading industrial groups in Spain. Its mission is putting in the
market the most advanced solutions and services either directly or
through the 10 companies of the Group. The activity of the company is
centred in four main activities: urban and interurban traffic,
transport, energy management and access control systems. Experience in
EU: IST-2000-28303 SIRTAKI, IST-2000-32591 EMIRES and IST-2001-37936
eEPOCH are the most recent experiences of large FP5 projects led by
ETRA. It is the coordinator of the EMMA project.
Centro Ricerche Fiat, Italy
CRF is a FIAT Group company born in 1976. The aim of Centro
Ricerche Fiat is to use innovation like a strategic lever into Fiat
Group’s business and to get value from the outcomes of its
activities through the promotion, development and transfer of
innovative contents able to give distinction and competitiveness to the
product. By the end of 2005 CRF was involved in 115 projects funded by
the EC VI
Framework Programme which effectively started at the end of 2002. Of
the subject areas, defined by the Commission to be of priority, CRF has
focused mainly on the development of new propulsion systems, innovative
products and processes, lightweight materials and solutions related to
mobility and modes of transport. CRF is partner of EMMA as technology supplier and developer of
different types of car sensors.
TRW Conekt, United Kingom
Conekt, based in the UK, USA and China,
is the external consultancy arm of TRW Automotive, and provides key
services in engineering, knowledge and technology across a number of
industries including automotive, aerospace, defence, commercial vehicle
and off highway. Conekt offers a complete engineering service
from concept design and development, prototype and validation testing
through to low volume manufacture. Conekt has a long history of
involvement in EU funded research projects from , AC-ASSIST, Carsense,
current PReVENT projects Saspence and Intersafe and more recently
TRACKSS and CityMobil. Conekts role within the EMMA consortium is as a
tier 1 supplier and developer of in car sensors and systems.
Universität Stuttgart, IPVS, Germany
The Institute of Parallel and
Distributed Systems at the Universität Stuttgart focuses on
research of high performance parallel and distributed computing as well
as ubiquitous computing and wireless sensor networks. The IPVS has
participated in a number of EU projects including the currently active
AWARE project, which researches the cooperation between aerial flying
objects and ground based sensor network infrastructure, and the
Embedded WiSeNts project, which is aiming at developing a vision and
roadmap towards wireless sensor networks. The development of the EMMA
middleware is the main contribution of the IPVS within the EMMA
project.
Newcastle University, United Kingdom
The School of Computing Science at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne has been active in research into techniques for designing dependable information systems for over 30 years. Currently the School hosts a major research group in dependability and the Centre for Software Reliability. There has been extensive experience in EU-funded research, including coordination of the CaberNet network of excellence since its inception and currently the School collaborates with over 70 leading research centres throughout Europe. Two long running significant research actions are: the Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration in Dependability and the BAE SYSTEMS-funded Dependable Computing Systems Centre. The School of Computing Science is a partner in EMMA and its main roles are EMMA evaluation and investigating wireless sensor networks as a platform for EMMA middleware.
ITTI, Poland
ITTI Ltd. is a private consulting company, founded in 1996, which
offers its services in a wide area of issues related to practical
applications of state-of-the-art Information Society technologies: from
technical consultancy, RTD and process engineering, to project
management, to accompanying business and legal counselling. Since its
foundation, ITTI has been focused on three main domains:
telecommunications (especially mobile), IT and economics related to
these fields. Since 1998 ITTI has participated in a number of EC-funded
projects and initiatives executed within the 5th and 6th Framework
Programmes, Leonardo da Vinci, eContent, PASR, Phare, Structural Funds,
EQUAL, etc. The most recent examples of the ones in the mobile
communications area include e.g.:, integrated 3G/4G service platform
('DAIDALOS', 6FP), supporting innovation of SMEs in the mobile services
and applications business ('SIMS', 6FP), mobile worker support
environments ('MOSAIC', 'COMIST', 6FP). The main role of ITTI within
EMMA is to coordinate the dissemination of the project's results.
ETRI,
Republic of Korea
Electronics & Telecommunications Research Institute
(ETRI) is a non-profit government-funded research organization in Korea
having the mission to develop core IT technology for the nation and the
world. Embedded S/W Research Division (ESRD) in ETRI is developing the
core embedded S/W technology that can be used in various information
appliances and mobile devices. The embedded S/W technology developed in
ETRI includes operating systems, development environments, and some
middleware for mobile devices. In EMMA project, ETRI will provide two
types of operating systems (Qplus and Nano Qplus) and the corresponding
development environments (Esto and nano Esto) for sensor nodes.
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Germany
The "Sensor Networks and Pervasive Computing" (SNPC) group was founded
in 2007 with the change in position of Pedro Marrón, the head of the
group, from the University of Stuttgart to the University of Bonn.
Scientists at SNPC have worked on research and development projects
for government agencies, associations and industry. One example of
completed EC projects is the Embedded WiSeNts coordination action whose
goal was to find out a vision as well as a roadmap towards wireless
sensor networks and cooperating embedded systems. Currently SNPC is
participating as a founding member in the AWARE project, also funded by
the EC, whose goal is to combine the capabilities of UAVs, robots,
cameras and sensor networks to fight the spread of fire in indoor
scenarios. SeNPeC also has a bilateral project with Siemens AG for the
development of robust self-management concepts for the operational
maintenance in wireless sensor network deployments. The main
contribution of SeNPeC in the EMMA project is the development of the
EMMA middleware.
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