IT, Information, Media

Netflix is the undisputed champion of Internet video providers but has never actually had to build its own datacentres. So it hardly comes as a surprise to see engineers across the world craving to find out how the company can withstand such traffic whilst avoiding video stalling during playback. The ENDEAVOUR project team has made this dream come true by finding out how these servers work - and from where.

A ground breaking EU project has delivered a cloud-based platform along with a range of apps and tools to help get European cities moving sustainably.

The REPARA project has developed and registered new technologies that are expected to make parallel computing applications more energy efficient, less expensive, and easier to develop and maintain.

The changing nature of jobs and job skills calls for proficiency in digital competencies, critical thinking, flexibility and teamwork. To take on the challenges of a global economy, a newly developed smartphone application can equip employees of the future with these skills they need.

Bright squeezed vacuum (BSV) light offers huge potential in fields such as microscopic imaging, communication and measurement.

Quantum key distribution (QKD) is an unbreakable form of computer encryption. An EU initiative worked to enable its use among multiple users on public networks.

An EU team has helped to improve computer recognition of human speech. The work involved introducing to computers large amounts of source materials in a pre-structured format, combined with new algorithms allowing auto-structuring.

EU-funded researchers are reviewing the most recent ideas on how to help people understand why observable events with a scientific basis occur the way they do.

Protecting online transactions against hackers often involves a loss of user friendliness. An EU initiative uncovered novel ways to strike a balance between privacy and utility.

More and more geospatial information is becoming integrated into the internet in what has become known as the GeoWeb. An EU initiative helped pave the way to GeoWeb 2.0.

Supercomputers are powerful research tools, but access to these high-performance machines is not open to everyone in the scientific community. An EU initiative provided hundreds of researchers with access to the latest state-of-the-art supercomputing facilities.

As society increasingly relies on high-quality software, applications need to be as adaptive as possible. EU-funded researchers successfully contributed to the development of sophisticated software systems that can readily adapt in the face of changing user needs and environments.

Integrating provenance-based probabilistic information into the Semantic Web can help revolutionise how digital material can be stored and retrieved.

Creating the illusion of depth, stereoscopy offers exciting potential for information visualisation and engaging 3D interactive experiences. An EU-funded project pioneered research on 3D interaction that has hitherto received scant attention.

Fibre optic communication and wireless communication are joining forces to create the next generation of data transfer with faster speeds and enhanced efficiency.

With wireless networks connecting users to information technology devices and to other users, how far behind are wireless interconnects for chips?

Studying the economics of open-source software (OSS) and how it could supersede proprietary software could help Europe innovate while offering cost-effective solutions to users.

With the help of a common collaborative and information sharing platform using the internet, organised crime can be better detected and prevented.

New techniques and coding theories in information sciences are helping to create faster and better data storage.

An EU venture established a school offering training in matters affecting data centres. The team defined training needs while also yielding a community communications portal, new funding relationships, plus novel professional standards.

High-tech tools to evaluate applications in software engineering are supporting the use of cutting-edge programming languages that are poised to facilitate software development.

Error propagation is a common feature of every complex network. EU-funded scientists studied this phenomenon to understand how information spreads over networks, knowledge that may lead to improvements in their performance.

An EU team extended an earlier project, yielding a mashup system enabling companies to rapidly develop software applications. Offering new tools and interfaces, plus community interaction, the demonstrator was successfully applied to risk-analysis.

An EU team has provided new capability for transmission of high-quality remotely sensed video. Superior compression techniques overcame previous limitations, improving performance from low-power drones and offering new low-light applications.

An EU team has developed associations among three universities. The research involved wireless broadband networks, potentially leading to significant performance improvement combined with lower power requirements.