EIT ICT Labs: News

High-level visit to Stockholm Co-location Centres of EIT ICT Labs and KIC InnoEnergy on May 14th

Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 +0200

EU Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou and a Delegation of Members of the European parliament are visiting the two Co-location Centres located in Stockholm - the EIT ICT Labs Stockholm in Kista Science City and KIC Innoenergy located on the campus of the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH). The main goal is to get a better understanding of the innovative ecosystem and activities at the locations with hands-on demos and meetings with startups, students and staff. Time will be used to for a high-level discussion on topics covering the EIT and the Swedish Innovation system as well as the EIT and industrial challenges and needs. Agenda also covers EIT in Horizon 2020 and the negotiation at European level - with the participation of representatives from EIT, Swedish government and industry. Stay tuned for more information and a report after the event…

Top level meeting with EIF and EIB

Fri, 11 May 2012 15:16:00 +0200

EIT ICT Labs organised a high level strategic meeting with the European Investment Fund (EIF) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) on May 8th at the headquarters in Luxemburg. It was the first time that parties from all organisations met to discuss the challenges to commercialize innovations from research, especially the early stage financing where there is shortage in Europe. Questions were raised about how EIF looks upon these problems and what is being done to tackle challenges.

EIT ICT Labs CEO Willem Jonker presented the EIT’s concept covering the approach from both EIT and EIT ICT Labs and EIT ICT Labs Business Director Klaus Beetz, continued by describing the on-going business activities within EIT ICT Labs. Pär Hedberg, CEO of STING and leader of the Access-to-Finance catalyst at the EIT ICT Labs showed what has been developed within EIT ICT Labs to close the equity gap for start-ups coming from the EIT ICT Labs partner network.

Jacques Darcy and Matthias Ummenhofer presented the EIF point of view and the approaches and activities running by EIF to address these challenges. There was common understanding of the situation and challenges concerning seed funding and the equity gap in Europe and the need to boost creation and expansion of growth companies in Europe.

"This meeting really showed the importance of alignment on a European level and morover the potential impact we have when joining our forces" explained Klaus Beetz.

EIF and EIT ICT Labs will further drive collaboration to synchronize activities within the area of “Access to Finance”.

Participants from EIF/EIB included:
Richard PELLY, EIF CEO
Marc SCHUBLIN, EIF MMPDI Director Product Development & Incubation
Rémi CHARRIER, EIF MMPDI Head of Product Development
Matthias UMMENHOFER, EIF MMPDI Head of Venture Capital
Jacques DARCY, EIF Head of Technology Transfer & Intellectual Property
Rémy JACOB, Director General and Chief Information Officer - EIB Innovation Institute
Harald GRUBER, EIB Head of ICT and e-Economy Division From EIT and EIT ICT Labs participated:
Willem JONKER, EIT ICT Labs CEO
Klaus BEETZ, EIT ICT Labs Business Director
Pär HEDBERG, EIT ICT Labs Access to Finance
Jose Manuel LECETA, EIT Director
Szabolozs BORDA, EIT Finance Officer For more information on EIB go to http://www.eib.org/
For more information on EIF go to http://www.eif.org/index.htm

Health & Wellbeing workshop

Thu, 10 May 2012 17:10:00 +0200

On May 9, 2012 the EIT ICT Labs Action Line Health & Wellbeing organized a workshop at the CLC Eindhoven to support the creation of the 2013 activity plans for the action line. The strategic innovation agenda aims at the improvement of the quality of everyday life via the development of ICT enabled services supporting a sustainable healthy lifestyle in the context of Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) and Active Healthy Aging (AHA). Some 50+ participants from all EIT ICT Labs nodes attended the workshop that resulted in a set of initial activity plans satisfying the action lines call for activities. The call focuses on achieving a breakthrough in the fragmented market in Ambient Assisted Living for Active Healthy Aging (addressing both the functional as well as the non-functional aspects like legal, security, privacy, cultural, political and economical). Including the mobilization, strengthening & integration of local HWB business communities (ECO systems) as well as the integration of ERB and the application of the set of EIT ICT Labs catalysts will be elements of the activity plans.

EIT ICT Labs Call of Activities 2013 opened

Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:00 +0200

The EIT ICT Labs Call of Activities 2013 has been opened on May 1 and will close on May 31. The call solicits proposals of activities to be executed in 2013 from all EIT ICT Labs partners.

After a review, the Management Committee will decide on activities to be included in the Business Plan 2013 on June 20, and give feedback to the proposers by end of June.

Documentation of call content and processes and the application form are available in the intranet section of the EIT ICT Labs website.

EIT ICT Labs’ ANNUAL REPORT 2011 is now published!

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:24:00 +0200

We’re proud and pleased to present the first Annual Report of EIT ICT Labs. This report provides a summary of activities carried out in 2011 and reflects the strong commitment given to innovations and provides a comprehensive overview of our operations, governance and financial situation.

EIT ICT Labs Annual Report 2011 Booklet (Read Online) - 4.2 MB
EIT ICT Labs Annual Report 2011 Booklet (Print Version) - 4.3 MB
EIT ICT Labs Annual Report 2011 DIN-A4 (Print Version) - 4.6 MB

EIT Director Leceta visited the Helsinki Co-location Centre

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0200

José Manuel Leceta, Director for EIT, together with Dr. Daria Tataj, member of the EIT Governing Board, visited the Helsinki Co-location Centre on 19 April. They were able to experience the Multitouch Bubblewall that was first introduced at CeBIT in March, learned about the Helsinki CLC, it’s partners and activities as well as the entrepreneurial activities and the start-up Innorange. The visit to Aalto Venture Garage gave a good view on the student led activities around entrepreneurship. Mr. Leceta appreciated the open spirit in sharing experiences and encouraged the three KICs to work together and share best practice. He also called for ideas in building an identity for the co-locations and linking more closely with EIT.

In Memory of Daniela Serafini, TrentoRise Director for Education

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:07:00 +0200

It is with great sadness that we have to inform you that Daniela Serafini, TrentoRise Director for Education passed away on Sunday.

It was completely unexpected. She has kept working with enthusiasm to the last day driving hard to have a successful Master and Doctoral Program in Trento.

We are deeply honored to have had Daniela as an outstanding member of our Associations. We will keep her memory alive and remember her excellent contribution to the goals of Trento RISE and EIT ICT Labs.

Multitouch wall@CEBIT

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 11:30:00 +0100

Hannover, March 6, 2012 - EIT ICT Labs and MultiTouch Ltd. presented the First 3D Motion Sensing Multitouch Wall at the opening day of CeBIT 2012

Smart space research results in the integration of a five-meter-wide MultiTouch wall with Kinect 3D motion sensing camera. The reseachers have solved the problem how to attract people to use the multitouch display wall. The multitouch wall with 3D motion sensing cameras reacts to new potential users passing by and lures them to touch the wall and explore the content when they approach it.

On the interactive wall made of eight MultiTaction® Cell 55” modular multi-user touch displays and four Microsoft Kinect® 3D motion sensing cameras, visitors can playfully learn about EIT ICT Labs activities using a user interface developed by EIT ICT Labs researchers.

Watch a video at http://youtu.be/ksfr9Q1P738 “The wall is an example of how EIT ICT Labs boosts European competitiveness by bringing academic research, education and business together,” says Professor Marko Turpeinen, Node Director EIT ICT Labs Helsinki. “Cooperation with MultiTouch has brought added value to both parties.” The goal of EIT ICT Labs researchers has been to learn more about and develop concepts for delivering information in public spaces using large interactive displays. MultiTouch Ltd. has provided researchers with support and information from real use cases from all around the globe. This cooperation enabled the scientific knowledge to be transferred immediately into this new business tool. MultiTouch Ltd. was originally established by researchers from Aalto University, which is one of the core partners of EIT ICT Labs Helsinki. The company has already sold interactive displays in over 40 countries around the world and recently launched its third generation MultiTaction product line. “The display array, made of stackable MultiTaction Cells, recognizes unlimited touch points which means we can accommodate a very large number of users. The Bubblescreen application using Kinect was developed by EIT ICT Labs with MultiTouch Cornerstone SDK. It is a fantastic example of how by merging technologies we can create new, innovative ways for human-computer interaction,” said Hannu Anttila, VP Sales of MultiTouch Ltd. The installation can be found at EIT ICT Labs stand in Hall 26, Stand F50 at CeBIT from 6 to 10 March 2012. For further information, please contact:
Prof. Marko Turpeinen, Node Director EIT ICT Labs Helsinki on +358 50 597 0931 or email: marko.turpeinen@ictlabs.eu
Hannu Anttila, VP Sales, MultiTouch Ltd. on +358 50 385 5515 or email: Hannu@multitouch.fi About CEBIT Installation
The Bubblescreen installation utilizes 8 MultiTaction Cell 55” Full HD LCD displays and 4 Microsoft Kinect motion sensing cameras to make an impressive five meter wide display with more than 15 million pixels. It is based on the Kupla user interface developed by Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT at Aalto University. Overall there are 260 cameras used to track gestures in this installation. The application was created with C++/OpenGL using MultiTouch Cornerstone SDK. Additionally, the installation has four audio channels for different sections of the wall equipped with Panphonics directional speakers.

Willem Jonker in Rennes, Feb 28th

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0100

The EIT ICT Labs partners in Rennes welcomed Willem Jonker on February 28th for a full-day session.

This was a day of intense discussions:

The morning session started with a visit of Mr Laurent Wauquiez - French Minister of Higher-Education and Research - at the IRISA (University Rennes 1) and Inria research labs in ICT. This was the occasion for an exchange between Willem Jonker and the Minister. The session continued with decision makers from the EIT ICT Labs partners in Rennes, as well as other key players, institutionals and politics including Mr Daniel Delaveau, mayor of Rennes. They shared on the Rennes and EIT ICT Labs strategies and synergies.

The afternoon session was opened to a larger audience of the EIT ICT Labs partners’ representatives. It was the occasion for an update on the EIT ICT Labs operations and business plan. Several presentations from researchers and entrepreneurs then illustrated the innovation potential in Rennes in a couple of areas of excellence: media & contents, 4G mobile networks, interaction and VR, cloud computing.

This visit takes place at a time where the position of Rennes as a capital-city in ICT was confirmed by the recent labeling by the French government of the B-Com Institute of Research and Technology (IRT) under the national program ‘Investissements d’Avenir’ (‘Invest for the Future’). Gathering industrials, SMEs and research labs, B-Com will be one of the only 2 IRTs in ICT in France. It will focus on the networks, media and contents of the future.

The EIT ICT Labs partners present in Rennes are: Orange, Alcatel-Lucent, Inria, Institut Telecom, University Rennes 1 and the competitiveness cluster ‘Images & Networks’.

Trifense wins EIT ICT Entrepreneurship Award

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0100

The EIT Awards were announced in Brussels on February 21 as part of the first Entrepreneurship Summit, organised by EIT and Science Business. "I am very proud on the really innovative and diverse start-ups we brought to the competition", says EIT ICT Labs CEO Willem Jonker. "Each of them a worthy candidate and well presenting. I congratulate Trifense winning the first EIT Entrepreneurship Award." The finalists in short:

Trifense. The company is a spin-out from the Technical University of Berlin. The business concept is to develop defense technology driven by innovation, integrity and intelligence. Trifense’s self-learning technology allows models of “normality” to be learnt through incoming data known as network packet payloads. In this way, any deviation from the models can be detected and unknown cyber-threats entangled with the payloads can be recognised. The main difference between this and more traditional technology is that Trifense does not rely on any kind of pre-written description of the attack to spot the trouble coming. Protecting a company or organisation against known cyber-security threats is one thing - protecting them against unknown cyber-threats is quite another. Watch Interview on YouTube

Blaast Smartphones are too expensive for emerging markets but the business concept of Blaast is to bring mobile apps and a smartphone user experience to the next billion people. Blaast is working together with mobile network operators in creating a unique subscription based app store offering, which offers developers recurring revenues in addition to huge subscriber bases. Blaast provides users with a robust, well-designed and functional platform. Developers will create great apps for hundreds of devices and reach millions of users. And operators deploying Blaast will be able to convert large numbers of voice users into active data users. Watch Interview on YouTube

Smart Signs Ever get lost in a building? Smart Signs Solutions business idea is to develop personalised signage that can point the way for each visitor in a business, hospital or other big building An example of the impact on society is reducing the time spent in guiding people in hospitals and improving the well-being of patients. Hospital research demonstrated that in a facility of some 800 beds, no fewer than 8,000 hours (four person-years) of professional time was lost in redirecting patients and visitors to their destinations. This is exclusive of the time that the professionals themselves lose in trying to find their way about - particularly when they are new on the job. It does not take into account the hidden costs that result from delayed professional interventions, which may critically affect patients. Additionally, when visitors and patients have problems finding their way, they feel helpless, frustrated and stressed. Watch Interview on YouTube

Jean-Louis Missika visited the Paris CLC

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0100

On February 22nd 2012, Mr Jean-Louis Missika, Deputy Mayor of Paris in charge of innovation, research and universities, visited the EIT ICT Labs Paris Co-Location Centre at the occasion of a half-day meeting with Inria's CEO and deputy CEO. Valérie Issarny, EIT ICT Labs Paris Node Director, presented him the EIT ICT Labs program and the Paris Node. Find out more about Jean-Louis Missika on: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Louis_Missika

Destination Europe – here’s US looking at us …

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0100

With the focus on “Europe being a fertile soil for innovation”, CEO Willem Jonker presented the research and innovation opportunities provided by EIT ICT Labs at the conference “Destination Europe” held in Cambridge, Massachusetts on January 20, 2012. The conference is the first in a series of initiatives taken by the European Commission, DG RTD (Research & Innovation) with the objective to raise awareness of the attractiveness of Europe as an excellent location for research and innovation and especially highlighting the attractive opportunities for women researchers in Europe. Among the speakers were RTD Commissioner Màire Geoghegan-Quinn, Dragos Mihael Ciuparu (President of the Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research, Ministry of Education, Research, Sport and Youth), Riitta Mustonen (Vice-President Research Academy of Finland), Jean-Pierre Bourguignon (Director Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques), Donald Dingwell (Secretary General European Research Council), John Wood (Chair of the European Research & Innovation Area Board), Kurt Deketelaere (Secretary General of the League of European Research Universities) and Tim Hunt (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine). The Conference addressed in particular researchers interested in new options for developing their careers by moving to or returning to Europe. For them it was an opportunity to engage in and contribute to the discussion with high-level policy makers, top researchers and business leaders. In his presentation, CEO Willem Jonker showed how EIT ICT Labs contribute to the vibrant science and technology culture in Europe that offers excellent career and funding opportunities for researchers and innovators - no matter where they come from in the world. EIT ICT Labs equips students, researchers, academics and business people with skills for creativity, risk taking spirit and entrepreneurial capacity. Boosting existing activities towards world-class performance and leveraging existing regional, national and EU-level funding instruments is the foundation. Willem Jonker guided the audience through the journey that EIT ICT Labs has taken from the establishment of the first European co-location centres, to implementing specific processes and models that today enables supporting start-ups, coaching SME's and entrepreneurs, as well as enhancing the use and accessibility of pan-European test-beds ( e.g. FITTING project). Launching the EIT ICT Labs Master School, that includes a unique programme in ICT Innovation for entrepreneurial ICT students with a broad European perspective and establishing the first EIT ICT Labs Industrial Doctoral Training Centres, shows that we within Europe is serious in our ambition to attract new talent to complement and catalyse the talent we already have. Willem Jonker also had the pleasure to personally meet with RTD Commissioner Màire Geoghegan-Quinn during the European Career Fair that took place the following day, January 21st, at MIT. This Fair offered an opportunity to facilitate matching between European employers and some of the brightest researchers who are interested in a career in Europe and increase the awareness in the US of the opportunities that European research offers. The European Commission is partnering with the ECF since 2007 to promote Europe as a great place to pursue a career in science and technology, be it in industrial research, research organizations, academia or science policy. EU Member States will promote participation by their national research organizations and companies engaged in research. See more on the European Commission website for Research & Innovation and Euro career

Lucia Recalde visit Stockholm CLC

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:04:00 +0100

By invitation of the KTH Rector, Lucia Recalde at EC/EAC came to KTH on February 1st to discuss Horizon 2020 and EIT contribution, and meet with the Committee for Parliamentarians and Researchers (Forskare och Riksdagsmän). She also took the opportunity to visit both EIT ICT Labs and KIC InnoEnergy and meet with Education Directors Hannu Tenhunen and Torsten Fransson. During her visit to the EIT ICT Labs Stockholm Co-location Centre, the Stockholm Node and partners presented ongoing activities and development plans for 2012. Interesting discussions followed on how to develop the EIT ICT Labs Co-location Centres and how the EIT ICT Labs can support start-ups further.

Valérie Issarny new Paris Node Director

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:10:00 +0100

Valérie Issarny is a Research Director at Inria since 2001 and since 2002 the head of the ARLES Inria research project team at the Paris-Rocquencourt centre. Her research interests relate to distributed systems, software architectures, pervasive computing / ambient intelligence systems and middleware. Valerie Issarny got both her PhD and her "Habilitation à diriger des recherches", in Computer Science at Université de Rennes I, France, in 1991 and 1997, respectively. She has (co)authored over 150 technical papers in the area of distributed systems and software engineering. Since the start of her career Valérie Issarny has been involved in International collaborative projects. In particular she has contributed to several collaborative EU projects as PIs. Furthermore she was the coordinator of the FP6 IST STREP PLASTIC project, and is currently the coordinator of the FP7 FET IP CONNECT project and scientific leader of the FET IP CHOReOS project. Valérie Issarny has also led national projects in collaboration with industry, i e projects with France-Télécom R&D and Alcatel. She regularly acts as a scientific expert at the national (for the AERES, ANR, and regional programmes) and international levels (for the EC and national programmes of Austria, Belgium, HK, Ireland, NL, Qatar, UK, etc).

Trento the sixth node of EIT ICT Labs

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 14:24:00 +0100

Trento Node Director Roberto Saracco states that the Trento team is proud of becoming a Node of EIT ICT Labs, being excited and motivated to join the other Nodes in their efforts as main players in the formation of the future information society.

About EIT ICT Labs Trento Node
The Trento Node focuses on leveraging ICT for Quality of Life. Co-located in the FBK Research complex in Povo, Trento, in front of the University of Trento it is close to its core partners - Engineering, Telecom Italia and TrentoRise. Affiliate partners are Centro Ricerca FIAT (CRF), STMicroelectronics, Politecnico di Milano, Politecnico di Torino, Università di Bologna, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa. The location is at the core of the Trentino Region, an area rich in communications infrastructures and bristling with innovative companies (it is sometimes referred to as Semantic Valley).
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Trento Node Director Roberto Saracco
Roberto Saracco has since 2001 been the Director of the Future Centre in Venice and responsible for innovative telecommunications architectures and scientific communications reporting directly to the Strategy Officer of Telecom Italia.

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Master School application open 1/1-15/2!

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 14:08:00 +0100

At the Master School website you can find information about all the available choices of our Master's programmes in ICT Innovation that are offered in various combinations at around 20 universities in Europe. Make your choice of seven technical majors with the help of our track finder. Read what is included in the Innovation and Entrepreneurship minor that will provide you with an extra degree and an EIT ICT Labs certificate. You are also welcome to contact the Master School Office at masterschool@ictlabs.eu and follow the latest news and events via Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn. - By emphasising on connecting students to European eco systems, providing career specific values, combining a strong technical education with entrepreneurial and innovative skills, the EIT ICT Labs Master's Programme in ICT Innovation will challenge and eventually change the education systems, says Prof. Carl-Gustaf Jansson, Director EIT ICT Labs Master School. Prof. Willem Jonker, CEO EIT ICT Labs, expresses his personal commitment to the EIT ICT Labs Master School:
-EIT ICT Labs is about mobilising people for sustainable ICT Innovation in Europe by integrating top ICT Research, Education and Business. Our master school reflects this through strong industrial involvement as well as strong alignment with research in societal challenges.
I hope you will join us in this endeavor.

The EIT ICT Labs Master School web is launched!

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:49:00 +0100

In the fall of 2012 EIT ICT Labs Master School will be able to welcome its first approx 200 students. Today we launched the website - eitictlabs.masterschool.eu - where you can find all information about the various choices of our Master's programmes in ICT Innocation that are offered in different combinations at almost 20 universities in Europe.

Visit the website to also find out more about how it combines a technical major and a minor in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, providing graduates with double degrees and a special EIT and EIT ICT Labs certificate. Students who will take the chance and fullfill the programme will gain a fantastic network of exclusive contacts with leading research and business organisations and fellow students all over Europe. The application period opens on January 1 and closes on February 15. Follow the latest news and events via Facebook,YouTube and LinkedIn.

Finnish smart energy startup on the rise

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:31:00 +0100

Asema Electronics Ltd from Finland won a special prize at the Slush 2011 start-up event early November in Helsinki. The winner gets the chance to meet with leading European investors at the EIT ICT Labs Business Club in Paris early December. Asema Electronics is a specialist in bringing smart energy to consumers.

- Asema Electronics won because of their innovative, sustainable approach, scalability of the business and good growth opportunities in Europe. It also links closely to our smart energy action line, explains Mika Naumanen, lead for the Business and Entrepreneurs Club activities at EIT ICT Labs. Reducing electricity consumption by more than 10% The Asema E electricity saver intelligently controls lights and appliances but also helps consumers buy cheaper electricity. It aims to reduce the household or office electricity consumption by 10% and pay the investment back in two years.
- You can centrally control all your appliances and lighting and even do this remotely. For example if you have left your coffee machine on at home, you could switch it off from your office, explains Jani Hursti, CEO of Asema Electronics. The system connects directly to the Nordic power market NordPool and knows the exact price of electricity 36 hours beforehand. It automatically helps consumers in getting the full benefit of market price fluctuations by running heaters, chargers, and home appliances like the dishwasher when electricity is cheap.

Huge market potential Dr. Jani Hursti founded the company in March 2011 when he bought a smart socket spin-off from VTT, Widsen Oy, and merged it to his own company that developed an energy display. Asema Electronics now employes seven persons and is based at Aalto Venture Garage in Otaniemi, Finland. After pilots in Sweden and Norway their product Asema E is ready for launch.
- We are thrilled by the opportunity offered to us by EIT ICT Labs to meet with leading European investors. The problems we face with climate change and saving energy are pan-European, so finding the right European partners is key to our success, Jani Hursti points out. With 250 million smart meters expected to be installed in Europe by 2020, and a 10% reduction in user’s electricity bill, Asema Electronics market looks very promising. Asema Electronics has been named a finalist in the Finnish National Innovation Awards of 2011.
For more information : www.asema.com

Slush 2011 – leading start-up event in Northern Europe Slush is the leading start-up conference in Northern Europe that brought together the best start-ups in the Nordic region, top VCs from Europe and Silicon Valley, angel investors, and tech industry professionals in Helsinki, Finland. There were 100 start-up pitches. The winner of the first prize was Ovelin, a company who has also been awarded for the best learning game in 2011, with their WildChord concept on making people enjoy learning to play an instrument. Asema Electronics was the first runner-up.
For more information: www.slush.fi

Johanna Gavefalk new Head of Marcom for EIT ICT Labs

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:39:00 +0100

Johanna Gavefalk is taking up the position as Head of MarCom for EIT ICT Labs as of January 2012 and will be stationed in Stockholm. Formerly she's been working as the European Sales & Marketing Manager, Electrolux Floor Care & Small Appliances AB, C&A and as such managed an international team in Europe, coordinating sales and business activities, competitive analysis, sales channel management, product marketing, PR activities, communication and development of sales tools within the FMCG area.

Before joining Electrolux in 2004, then as Manager for Product Management, Sales & Business Support, Johanna Gavefalk held various positions within Ericsson AB in Kista, such as Value Argumentation Manager, Project Leader, Market Analyst and Marketing Coordinator. During 1990's she worked in Singapore as Marketing Executive for BASI and PR & Communication Manager for SIT Pte Ltd and in the Philippines as Editor and Board Member of Scandinavian Society.

Johanna Gavefalk has a Degree in Business Administration with focus on Internatonal Marketing.

Olivier Festor new Research Director

Sun, 06 Nov 2011 15:47:00 +0100

Olivier Festor is a research director at INRIA Nancy—Grand Est where he leads the MADYNES research team. He has a Ph.D. degree (1994) and an Habilitation degree (2001) from Henri-Poincare University, Nancy, France. He spent 3 years at the IBM European Networking Center in Heidelberg, Germany and one year at the EURECOM Institute in Nice, France. His research interests are in the design of algorithms and models for automated management and organization of large scale networks and services in the Future Internet. This includes monitoring, anomaly detection, safe configuration, fuzzing and vulnerability assessment. He has published more than 80 papers in network and service management and serves in the technical program and organization committees as well as in the editorial boards of several international conferences and journals. He was TPC Co-chair of IFIP/IEEE IM'2005 and IFIP/IEEE in cooperation with ACM SIGCOMM CNSM'2011. He was leading the EMANICS European Network of Excellence dedicated to Management Solutions for the Future Internet (2006-2010) and is current co-chair of the IFIP TC6 Working Group 6.6 and co-chair of the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) Network Management Research Group (NMRG).