eSENSE

Capturing Ambient Intelligence for Mobile Communications through Wireless Sensor Networks

Project Manager CTIT: Dr. Paul Havinga

Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS)

Tel.: +31 53 4894619

Project website: http://www.ist-esense.org/

Summary

The aim of e-SENSE is to enable ‘Ambient Intelligence’ in ‘Beyond-3G Systems’, i.e., using

wireless multi-sensor networks for making context-rich information (e.g. about the user, his/her social setting, or the environment) available to applications and services. While today’s information systems require cumbersome human input or computer-generated data, future systems will be built on continuous streams of real-world physical data provided by numerous sensors linked together. They will perform their tasks in an unobtrusive and intelligent way enhancing the user experience, gathering refined and accurate data, simplifying tasks, increasing communication efficiency and enabling a plethora of novel applications and services and thus increasing the usability, efficiency and value of day to day life as well as business and scientific achievements. The envisaged e-SENSE architecture has the capability to observe and interact with physical phenomena in real time, and with a fidelity that was previously unobtainable.

To achieve this goal, an expert consortium of 24 partners has been assembled: 8 industrial

partners (including 1 operator (Telefonica) and 6 major industrial companies (IBM, Fujitsu UK,

Philips, Mitsubishi France, Thales UK and EADS) with a strong research history in sensor-based networking, processing and computing and 1 management company (ALMA)), 2 SMEs (HFC, Ambient Systems) with expertise in body sensors, human factors, and sensor-data processing, 4 research institutes (CEA, IMEC, CSEM, FhG Fokus) with expertise in low power air-interfaces and sensor-network architecture and 10 academic institutions (including some of the major European Universities in sensor research: UniS, AAU, Aegean, CFR (consortium of Italian universities), TUD, ETHZ, KCL, UO, UT, and UPMF).

eSENSE publications

Project duration: 2006-2008

Project budget: 10 M-€ / 6.3 M-€ funding

Number of person/years: 39.5 fte / year

Project Coordinator: CEA – Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique

Participants: CEA, University of Surrey, ALMA Consulting Group, IBM Zürich Research Laboratory, Fujitsu Laboratories of Europe Ltd, Philips Electronics Nederland B.V., Mitsubishi Electric ITCE, Thales Research & Technology (UK) Limited, Telefónica Investigación y Desarrollo, Ambient Systems B.V., HFC Human Factors Consult GmbH, EADS Defence and Security Systems SA, Aalborg University, Aegean University, Consorzio Ferrara Ricerche, CSEM Centre Suisse d’Electronique et de Microtechnique SA, TU Delft, ETH Zürich, FhG FOKUS, Interuniversitair Micro-Electronica Centrum vzw, Kings College London, University of Oulu, UT, Universite Pierre Mendes France, Grenoble II

Project budget CTIT: 497 k-€ / 250 k-€ funding

Number of person/years CTIT: 2.15 fte /year

Involved groups: Computer Architecture Design and Test for Embedded Systems (CADTES)

CTIT Strategic Research Orientation: WiSe - Wireless and Sensor Systems

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Home CTIT Symposium 2012 About CTIT News NIRICT Research Meet the PhDs Working at CTIT Internal Information Conferences Open Calls (updated April 20, 2012) Library and Videos Knowledge Transfer Links Sitemap Search	eSENSE Capturing Ambient Intelligence for Mobile Communications through Wireless Sensor Networks Project Manager CTIT: Dr. Paul Havinga Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS) Tel.: +31 53 4894619 Email: havinga@cs.utwente.nl Project website: http://www.ist-esense.org/ Summary The aim of e-SENSE is to enable ‘Ambient Intelligence’ in ‘Beyond-3G Systems’, i.e., using wireless multi-sensor networks for making context-rich information (e.g. about the user, his/her social setting, or the environment) available to applications and services. While today’s information systems require cumbersome human input or computer-generated data, future systems will be built on continuous streams of real-world physical data provided by numerous sensors linked together. They will perform their tasks in an unobtrusive and intelligent way enhancing the user experience, gathering refined and accurate data, simplifying tasks, increasing communication efficiency and enabling a plethora of novel applications and services and thus increasing the usability, efficiency and value of day to day life as well as business and scientific achievements. The envisaged e-SENSE architecture has the capability to observe and interact with physical phenomena in real time, and with a fidelity that was previously unobtainable. To achieve this goal, an expert consortium of 24 partners has been assembled: 8 industrial partners (including 1 operator (Telefonica) and 6 major industrial companies (IBM, Fujitsu UK, Philips, Mitsubishi France, Thales UK and EADS) with a strong research history in sensor-based networking, processing and computing and 1 management company (ALMA)), 2 SMEs (HFC, Ambient Systems) with expertise in body sensors, human factors, and sensor-data processing, 4 research institutes (CEA, IMEC, CSEM, FhG Fokus) with expertise in low power air-interfaces and sensor-network architecture and 10 academic institutions (including some of the major European Universities in sensor research: UniS, AAU, Aegean, CFR (consortium of Italian universities), TUD, ETHZ, KCL, UO, UT, and UPMF). eSENSE publications Project duration: 2006-2008 Project budget: 10 M-€ / 6.3 M-€ funding Number of person/years: 39.5 fte / year Project Coordinator: CEA – Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique Participants: CEA, University of Surrey, ALMA Consulting Group, IBM Zürich Research Laboratory, Fujitsu Laboratories of Europe Ltd, Philips Electronics Nederland B.V., Mitsubishi Electric ITCE, Thales Research & Technology (UK) Limited, Telefónica Investigación y Desarrollo, Ambient Systems B.V., HFC Human Factors Consult GmbH, EADS Defence and Security Systems SA, Aalborg University, Aegean University, Consorzio Ferrara Ricerche, CSEM Centre Suisse d’Electronique et de Microtechnique SA, TU Delft, ETH Zürich, FhG FOKUS, Interuniversitair Micro-Electronica Centrum vzw, Kings College London, University of Oulu, UT, Universite Pierre Mendes France, Grenoble II Project budget CTIT: 497 k-€ / 250 k-€ funding Number of person/years CTIT: 2.15 fte /year Involved groups: Computer Architecture Design and Test for Embedded Systems (CADTES) CTIT Strategic Research Orientation: WiSe - Wireless and Sensor Systems