Future Internet for a Personal Travel Companion service

The EC-funded project Instant Mobility is defining a comprehensive architecture for transport and mobility applications that aim to innovate by introducing future Internet technologies to this domain. A set of core enabling technologies are being developed by other projects in the Future Internet PPP such as FI-WARE, while the transport domain Instant Mobility project will use these generic enablers where available, and will develop its own enablers where necessary. In this paper, we describe an Internet-based “multimodal travel platform” that provides information and services able to support new types of connected transport applications. The considered scenario, a 'Personal Travel Companion', is centred on multimodal travellers (both drivers and passengers). Almost all modes of transport are present in this scenario: private car, public transport modes, car sharing, ride sharing, bikes, etc. The project defines requirements for future Internet technology tools and enablers that can support services available to any Internet-connected traveller, whether using a portable, vehicle-based or fixed terminal. Future Internet technologies offer new horizons for transport information systems and propose for travellers a new experience with means of transport. We are designing and implementing a prototype for multimodal travel assistance taking advantage of these technologies. A demonstration of the application is planned in the ITS world congress -Vienna 2012, while the final prototype is due on March 2013

Suivi de l'oxydation des acides gras et des protéines par RMN quantitative pour une meilleure maîtrise des qualités sensorielles et nutritionnelles des aliments

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Quantitative in-situ NMR to characterize protein oxidation and its dynamics

International audiencePreserving food quality is critical to limit the oxidation processes. The evolution of meat colour or the development of rancid taste in oils are two examples of oxidative processes degrading the food quality. The reaction of oxygen (or its derivatives) with metal ions naturally present in food ( eg. iron) forms free radical reactive oxygen species (ROS). These ROS are the main factors of food oxidation. The aim of this work is to evaluate the intakes of quantitative in situ NMR to understand and characterize the oxidation mechanisms. Our preliminary work focussed on the evaluation of some amino acid mixtures as models of protein oxidation. Due to NMR signal overlaps, recording 2D NMR spectra is indispensable to isolate NMR signals from targeted amino-acids. However, these experiments are time- consuming and not adapted to chemically evolving media. To address this limitation, we developed tailored hybrid methods based on ultrafast 2D NMR. The spectrum recording time decreased from ~30 min for a classical pulse sequence to a few minutes only with the ultrafast method. This approach allows the real-time monitoring of chemical evolutions in such complex mixtures. Using this quantitative approach, we observed a fast oxidation for the histidine while threonine and lysine oxidization kinetics were significantly slower. Our analytical approach offers a promising tool to monitor oxidation processes in food products

When Devices Become Collaborative. Supporting Device Interoperability and Behaviour Reconfiguration Across Emergency Management Scenario

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The European Language Technology Landscape in 2020: Language-Centric and Human-Centric AI for Cross-Cultural Communication in Multilingual Europe

Multilingualism is a cultural cornerstone of Europe and firmly anchored in the European treaties including full language equality. However, language barriers impacting business, cross-lingual and cross-cultural communication are still omnipresent. Language Technologies (LTs) are a powerful means to break down these barriers. While the last decade has seen various initiatives that created a multitude of approaches and technologies tailored to Europe’s specific needs, there is still an immense level of fragmentation. At the same time, AI has become an increasingly important concept in the European Information and Communication Technology area. For a few years now, AI – including many opportunities, synergies but also misconceptions – has been overshadowing every other topic. We present an overview of the European LT landscape, describing funding programmes, activities, actions and challenges in the different countries with regard to LT, including the current state of play in industry and the LT market. We present a brief overview of the main LT-related activities on the EU level in the last ten years and develop strategic guidance with regard to four key dimensions

The European Language Technology Landscape in 2020: Language-Centric and Human-Centric AI for Cross-Cultural Communication in Multilingual Europe

International audienceMultilingualism is a cultural cornerstone of Europe and firmly anchored in the European treaties including full language equality. However, language barriers impacting business, cross-lingual and cross-cultural communication are still omnipresent. Language Technologies (LTs) are a powerful means to break down these barriers. While the last decade has seen various initiatives that created a multitude of approaches and technologies tailored to Europe's specific needs, there is still an immense level of fragmentation. At the same time, AI has become an increasingly important concept in the European Information and Communication Technology area. For a few years now, AI-including many opportunities, synergies but also misconceptions-has been overshadowing every other topic. We present an overview of the European LT landscape, describing funding programmes, activities, actions and challenges in the different countries with regard to LT, including the current state of play in industry and the LT market. We present a brief overview of the main LT-related activities on the EU level in the last ten years and develop strategic guidance with regard to four key dimensions