At the European Telework Online website

New Methods of Work: Projects within ACTS, ESPRIT and Telematics

The European Commission contact point for clustering activities relating to New Methods of Work is John Nolan, john.nolan@dg13.cec.be.

ACTSline (ACTS)

Established to promote the results of ACTS (Advanced Communications Technologies and Services programme of the EU) and interpret them for particular business sectors. Considerable information is available through the project's website.

ASIS: Alliance for a Sustainable Information Society (ACTS)

The ASIS project is a consensus building initiative in support of developing a Strategic Alliance for a Sustainable Information Society.

Audis (ESPRIT)

Audis is developing and testing a multipurpose AUditory DISplay for 3-D Hearing Applications. Techniques of "virtual acoustics" are being used to enhance the audio channel to significantly enhance what can be conveyed to application users. There are many potential applications, expecially in the context of future wearable and personal systems. Note: No email or web url details for the Audis partners are given at the CORDIS web page for this project (see related resources: web site).

BIC: Blueprint for Interactive Classrooms (Telematics (TAP))

The Blueprint for Interactive Classrooms project is about designing and building interactive classrooms for teaching distant learners using various audio-visual technologies which allow teachers and learners to interact over a variety of telecommunications networks in a cost-effective and pedagogically sound manner. As at Spring 1999 the products developed by the BIC consortium are being used and demonstrated.

Cesar - Collaboration Environments and Service Architectures for Researchers (ESPRIT)

Aims to provided a toolkit for asynchronous and synchronous multimedia collaboration based on Internet and World Wide Web technology. The project is focused on the assembly and integration of state-of-the-art technology to enable a smooth transition between asynchronous and synchronous modes of cooperation, closely integrated into the normal working environments of the users.

CITRONE: Customising Interfaces Through Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of Objects in a Network Environment (ESPRIT)

The Citrone project aims develop a software only tool capable of providing real-like 3D face models of the user. Once those models are obtained, they can be animated using motion capture data obtained by third party components.

COBIP - Telework Co-ordination Services for Co-operative Business Processes (TURA - Telematics in Urban and Rural Areas)

A project investigating the use of telework technologies supporting business processes. Appears to be doing application or product development.

Cowork (ESPRIT)

Focused on software tools for cooperative working among small firms in an engineering/product development context.

CrossFlow: Cross-Organisational WorkFlow Management (ESPRIT)

CrossFlow is a two year project which started on the 22 September 1998. The project will investigate the problems associated with Cross-Organisational WorkFlow Management and develop the infrastructure necessary to facilitate the dynamic set-up of business relationships based on such workflows.

Denema - Development of New Market for Telematics Products in Central Asia (Telematics (TAP))

A project focused on the organisation of new direct contacts between health care, education and business professionals in Central Asia and telematics applications developers in Western Europe using new telecommunications. The project aims to determine which technologies are most efficient in these fields in Central Asia and how these technologies could increase the quality of the services.

ECaTT - Electronic Commerce and Telework Trends (ESPRIT)

The ECaTT project is designed to generate representative information on the current prevalence and spread of electronic commerce and new forms of work among the European workforce together with an up-to-date compilation of major practices, projects and schemes across Europe. The major sources of information for the results of ECaTT will be a set of case studies of organisations with leading-edge experience in each of the areas under study, a survey of the employed and employable population and consumers in Europe, and a survey of decision-makers in businesses and other organisations in Member States.

EETP - European Educational Teleports (Telematics (TAP))

The project links organisations in five countries that are providing distance learning and training.

EMICO - Editeur Multimedia Interactif et Coopératif (INCO)

A project developing and testing methods for localising training materials and courses from one language/culture/environment to another. The particular experimental context is localisation from France to the Middle East of a course relating to Quality standard ISO 9004.

EPRI-watch (ACTS)

A project providing information and services for European Parliament Members and staffs. The funded project has ended but the website services, which was influential in bringing MEP's attention to the value of online information, remains active as a site and service for Parliamentarians.

EPSYLON: Enhanced process modelling system for lean operation management (ESPRIT)

A project aiming to define, implement and validate a new software to manage product and process knowledge at the highest semantic level, with particular attention to non-conventional processes.

ETD European Telework Development (ACTS)

An initiative supported by the European Commission DGXIII, ACTS Programme, to stimulate successful adoption of telework, electronic commerce and telecooperation techniques in Europe.

GEM (ESPRIT)

A project developing a knowledge base supporting creation and use of digital CVs that are portable across languages and cultural norms, and aiming to create a Network of Exellence for this work. Web url (if any) not yet known,though an online application has been demonstrated.

Gipseca (INCO-DC)

The project is researching the organisation and development of educational multimedia material for use on Internet. Partners include several European and Mediterranean institutions. The focus is a teaching scheme for the integration of a number of engineering disciplines under the generic theme of Systems Engineering, and design and implemention of an interactive and networked multimedia package for use in academia and industry.

HARMONY (ESPRIT)

An Intelligent Manufacturing Systems (IMS) project. The overall objective of the project is to develop an internet based support system for startups, SMEs and investors that will help to increase the yield of innovation projects. The focus is on SMEs operating in or servicing the manufacturing industry.

Heritagenet (Telematics (TAP))

No information is currently available for this project

InfoBridge (ACTS)

Project purpose is to provide an information window through which the work of ACTS is visible to the outside world, as well as to publish accessible summaries of ACTS Projects and Domain results targeted at specific segments of the market (e.g. scientific, technical and policy communities).

InfoWin - ACTS Information Window (ACTS)

The main information and news point for the ACTS programme - Advanced Communications Technologies and Services. Produces online and printed information of many kinds.

Labortel (Telematics (TAP))

Project exploring opportunities for new telematics products and services linking Europe and Latin America in the fields of Health, Education and Training.

MARIFlow: A Workflow Management System for Maritime Industry (ESPRIT)

This project aims to provide an architecture for automating and monitoring the flow of control and data over the Internet among different organizations, thereby creating a platform necessary to describe higher order processes involving several organizations and companies.

MED-IT (ESPRIT)

MED-IT is a project aimed at developing a feasibility study and implementation strategy for a major exhibition and conference event. The exhibition and conference under consideration would be based on a ship, visiting a selection of key ports in non-EU countries of the Mediterranean basin.

Mellisa - Methods and tools for natural language interfacing to standard software applications (ESPRIT)

The project is developing technology and providing tools which will enable end users to interface, using natural-language, to computer applications systems, and to apply this technology successfully to obtain a pre-competitive product validated in selected end-user applications.

MtoM3D: Made-to-measure garments, 2D/3D approach (INCO-DC)

MtoM3D is an international research project with the objective to increase the market and the value of the apparel products made in Developing Countries. This will be reached by enhancing the offer to the plus-size sector, which is considerable in Europe and North America.

NOTE: a project developing virtual office facilities (ESPRIT)

Project developing and testing technologies supporting virtual office applications for mobile workers.

Notepad (ESPRIT)

A dissemination and awareness project focused on the exploitation, use and integration of Radio Frequency Data Communications(RDFC) with local and wide area networking, mobile computing and radio frequency identification (RFID) as key sources for transforming supply chain processes.

Pass-IT (ESPRIT)

No information known - not found in ESPRIT projects database under this name/project number.

PERFECT (ESPRIT)

The PERFECT project aims to contribute to changing the way of working in the European Process Manufacturing Industries by moving away from the restrictive conventional practice of single variable monitoring (univariate), to process performance monitoring based on multivariate statistical techniques.

RapidPDM (ESPRIT)

Rapid Implementation of Product Data Management: project aims to put PDM techniques within the reach of smaller firms by reducing the time, cost, risk and effort needed for successful implementation.

Safety-NET (Telematics (TAP))

This project runs a website demonstrating networked services and multimedia applies to training, assessment and work authorisation systems in safety-critical environments.

SMARTS (ACTS)

An initiative helping Small and Medium-sized Enterprises to acquire advanced communication services and implement them in their business procedures and work environment. The website provides a trading interchange facility.

STACISS (Telematics (TAP))

No information available. Not found in TAP pages at CORDIS.

STEPS2 - Strategic Topics in Engineering of Public Services for Employment (ESPRIT)

The project is working with public administrations in Italy and Spain (Catalonia) to re-engineer activities relating to Structural Funds (Italy) and Employment Services (Catalonia).

STEPWISE (ESPRIT)

A project aiming to improve the quality and reduce the cost of software developed from EXPRESS information models. Elements include Application Procedural Interfaces (APIs) and file formats. The technology is based on stepwise refinement of the EXPRESS models.

STORM - Stochastic Non-Stationary Modeling Environment for Decision Processes in Financial Markets (ESPRIT)

The project's objective was to develop a software environment called STORM designed for the specific requirements of empirical modelling in the financial markets sector.

SUSTAINS- Support Unable Users to Access Information and Services (ESPRIT)

The project aims at developing and demonstrating a new software technology able to support service organisations, typically Public Administrations, in improving their relationships with users who have difficulty in using conventional IST technology interfaces.

T4D Telework Platform (Telematics (TAP))

The project's objective is to further validate and demonstrate the usability and viability of applying an existing virtual employment agency for teleworkers (TEMPLE ) to improve the job opportunities for a selected group of mobility handicapped people (paraplegics) from rural areas of Europe.

TEBELA: TElematics Bridge between Europe & Latin America (INCO-DC)

TEBELA aims to support research activities by encouraging the development of networks and links between Europe and Latin America in connection with Teleworking and New Methods of Working.

TEX.COM.TOOLS - enhancing communications in the clothing sector (INCO-DC)

The project aims to improve industrial communication in the textile and clothing sector between European Union and Mediterranean Basin countries. The project is focused on the need for standardised technical information in clothing chains, and seeks to facilitate exchange of this information, contributing to the generation of EDI voluntary standards for the exchange of clothing products technical data, including the provision of efficient technical tools.

TOPILOT - multimedia service for distance learning (Telematics (TAP))

A project developing and testing multimedia service for open distance learning, targeted at children and young adults in the community of occupational travellers (circus, fairground and bargee families).

TOSCA (ESPRIT)

The project is working on a task oriented flexible user interface with speech input which offers one single human-machine interface (HMI) for interacting with all components of a manufacturing system.

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