Towards integrating Virtual Reality and optimisation techniques in a new generation of Networked businesses in Warehouse Management Systems under constraints
Water Supply Watershed Planning and Management: an Integrated Approach
Abstract:
WADI is a research project aimed at developing a Spatial Decision Support System (SDSS) for rational planning, operation and management of specific watersheds that are characterized by water scarcity and lack of groundwater. With the continual increase of water demand due to socio-economic growth in the Mediterranean regions, among others, water will play a more and more important role in the next millennium. In the next decades, the Mediterranean countries labeled as arid and semi-arid areas, especially the Southern Mediterranean countries will be highly concerned with water scarcity. The WADI project will focus on the development of tools and methodologies that can assist decision making in watershed management boards and water planning authorities having to determine where to locate new dams/reservoirs. The tools and methodologies will address the various elements related to reservoir identification (eg, geographic location, water volume, infrastructure cost) given the watershed characteristics (water demand requirements, water researches, DEM, etc) in an integrated manner that considers socio-economic issues as well as environmental aspects related to flood and drought risks. In addition, WADI will develop advanced data processing tools for modeling and simulations related to floods, reservoir design, and optimization of the complete planned network of a watershed.
Partners:
IACM-FORTH, Greece; INRIA-Rocquencourt; University of Calabria, Italy; ENP - Ecole Nationale Polytechnique d'Alger, Algeria; CREEN-Regional Centre for Water and Environment Beirut, Lebanon; ESIB-Ecole Supérieure des Ingénieurs de Beyrouth, Beirut, Lebanon; EUCLID Beirut, Lebanon; EMI - Ecole Mohammadia d'Ingénieurs, Rabat, Morocco; ONEP - Office national de l'Eau Potable, Rabat, Morocco, ERCIM.
Duration:
1 April 2001 – 31 March 2004
ERCIM's role:
Project co-ordinator
Total budget:
1 489 042 Euro
Funding Agencies:
European CommIssion, INCO-MED Programme (ICA3-1999-30016): 1,000,000 Euro
A Data Management and Data Visualization System for Supporting Coastal Zone Management for the Mediterranean Sea
Keywords:
Integrated interoperable system, transparent access, visualization, data repositories, world-wide web, local authorities
Abstract:
THETIS is a system that addresses the frequent requirement of scientists, engineers and decision-makers to access, process and subsequently visualize data collected and stored in different formats and held at different locations. The need exists for tools that enable the integration of these data, together with their associated data models, interpretation models, and visualization requirements. The objective is to build an advanced integrated interoperable system for transparent access and visualization of data repositories, via the Internet and the WWW. The THETIS system can be regarded as a Digital Library of data repositories, which provides tools required for searching or creating new data as well as for the visualization needs of these data. The integration and visualization of data repositories into an easily accessed interoperable networked environment is needed inmany disciplines for both scientific and management purposes. Vast amounts of information exist, collected and processed over many years at different research institutions. The data collections are stored in various databases, files and spreadsheets, or are generated by sophisticated data simulation models of physical and biological processes, and data processing techniques. Data collections comprise numeric data, images, text documents audio and video. Data models are implemented in some program code, which usually needs visualization tools in order to represent their results. One application area where data integration and visualization is particularly needed is Coastal Zone Management (CZM). The proposed system focuses on supporting CZM for the Mediterranean region of Europe.
Partners:
CNR (Italy), INRIA (France), FORTH (Greece), University of Crete (Greece), Alcatel (France), Recormed (France), HR Wallington (United Kingdom), ERCIM
Duration:
1 July 1998 - 31 December 2000
ERCIM's role:
Project co-ordinator
Total budget:
2 448 000 Euro
Funding Agency:
European Commission, IST Programme: 1 300 000 Euro
Web Beyond 3G (3GWeb)
Keywords:
Mobile Web, W3C-MWI, Standards, Web, Mobile industry
Abstract:
3GWeb aims to significantly improve the usability, interoperability and integration of European mobile Web technology. Integrated with W3C’s Mobile Web Initiative, 3GWeb will perform activities, training and development bringing together mobile Web stakeholders beyond 3G.
Partners:
GEIE ERCIM
W3C
Duration:
2 years from 01/2006 to 12/2007
ERCIM's role:
Project co-ordinator
Total budget:
€ 702,470
Funding Agencies:
European Commission FP6 IST Programme
EC funding: €530,000
Euro-India ICT Co-operation Initiative