Encuentro Norut-Fidetia

Luis Fernandez Luque (PhD Student)

Norut Tromso

Tromso Telemedicine Laboratory

• Norut is located in Tromsø, Narvik and Alta in

northern Norway. The company in Tromsø has

group functions.

• The Institute is majority owned by the University

of Tromsø.

• Norut’s history goes back to 1984. Today the

Institute has more than 100 researchers within

the fields of technology, social science and

innovation.

• Applied research, contracted research,

dissemination and innovation

• More than 90% project funding

Universitetet i Tromsø

Universitetssykehuset

Nord-Norge

Nasjonalt Senter for Telemedisin

Helse Nord IKT

DIPS

Norsk Helsenett

Telenor R&I

Norut

Campus i Tromsø

NorinnovaNorinnova is an innovation company with the main objective to commercialize new business ideasbased on research activities and new technologies through the use of competence, contact network, capital and creative environments.

Northern Research Institute is a national research group with activities within technology, social science and innovation.

Norut Tromsøis a multidisciplinary research institute with a focus on information technology and social science research. Our four research groups are: Information Technology, Earth Observation, Culture and Society, Industry and Innovation, and Biotechnology

Norut NarvikNorut Narvik has two areas of research: materials technology and construction engineering. The Institute develops and applies mathematical modeling in its R&D work.

Norut Alta- Áltáis a multi-disciplinary research institute rooted in the North and the Barents Region, doing R&D related to regional policy analysis, social planning, natural resources, and GIS analysis.

Information and

Communication Technology

Research, development and innovation

within:

• Robust networking & peer-to-peer

technology

• Networked media

• Environmental informatics

• Serious game based learning and e-

learning

• Personal e-health technology and

services

Earth Observation (Tromsø)

Special skills within signal analysis and

image processing particularly related to:

• Detection of wind and waves in ocean

areas

• Snow and ice mapping

• Vegetation mapping

• Environmental and resource mapping

• Climate and time studies

• Oil/gas – related electromagnetic

modelling

• Modelling of electromagnetic waves in

different mediums

CROCOPIL

Research focus

• peer-to-peer and distributed computing

• wireless and ad-hoc computing

• online / offline services

• seamless and mobile computing

• delay tolerant net-centric computing

Robust networking & peer-to-peercoping with variable and weak infrastructures

2005-2006: Peer-to-peer

network based on

socialized peers (NFR)

2005-2007: Cross Border Co-operation

Pilot Networks (Interreg)

2005-2008: Cost efficient

electronic data transport (Priv.)

Key partners

Current projects

2006-2009: Decentralized Storage

of Multimodal User Data (NFR)

Background

2001-2006: Seamless services (NFR)

2006-2009: UAV robust and seamless communication (RDA, NFR, ..)

2004: Dualog off-line web caching and perfecting

server (Priv.)

2008-2013: Next generation Peer-to-Peer (P2P) content

delivery platform (EU FP7 ICT)

2008-2012: N4C Networking for Communications

Challenged Communities (EU FP7 ICT)

UAV operations Crocopil geo-blog Dualog® Connection Suite

UAV System for scientific observations and

sampling.

Applications

• Satellite product validation

• Infrastructure inspections

• Operational monitoring (algae, vegetation, fauna, meteorology, hydrology, sea-ice, icebergs, oil-spill)

• Civil Security

Operational platform Instruments and algorithms System and networking

Robust datakommunikasjon i Nordområdene

Delay

Tolerant

Networks

UAV-DTN

UAV-UAV

UAV-SAT

UAV-SKIP

DTN-DTN

BFT

Hikers PDA

Research focus

• media creation, storage and distribution

• social network technology

• user created content & SME involvement

• intellectual property rights

• new businesses models

Networked MediaElectronic media in a networked society

Peer-to-peer network

based on socialized peers

(2005-2006)

Picybu (2006-2008) Creative Youth (EU

Interreg)

Key partners

Current projects

2006-2009: Decentralized Storage and

Retrieval of Multimodal User Data (NFR)

2008-2011: NoCry – Northern Creative Youth

(EU Interreg)

2008-2013: Next generation Peer-to-Peer

(P2P) content delivery platform (EU FP7 ICT)

2008-2011: P2P Media Bridge (RDA/FIFT)

Background

Lava (1997-2004): Learning with audio and

video over ATM (NFR)

U.Lancaster OrginalfilmNoCry

partners

Partners

The consortium consists of high-profile academic

and industrial players with proven track records

in innovation and commercial success – 21

partners in 12 countries: VTT, BBC, EBU,

Pioneer, Norut, Lancaster university, TUDelft,,

Univ of Klagenfurt, University of Rome, AG

Projects, Dacc, FabChannel, IRT, JSI, KTH,

Markenfilm, First Oversi, RTV Slo,

STMicroelectronics, Polytecnical

university of Bucharest, Kendra

P2P-Next is an evolutionary extension of the existing

media and entertainment distribution systems. P2P-Next

will develop an open source, efficient, trusted,

personalized, user-centric and participatory television and

media delivery mechanism with social and collaborative

connotations using the emerging P2P paradigm

Peer-to-peer and Networked Media Distribution

Shaping the next generation of internet TV

Norut’s role

• Responsible for requirements

• Technical research and delveopment of

P2P and social technology

Regional research funding

P2P Media Bridge is bringing the results from P2P-

next and utilising them in a local and reginonal

setting.

P2P means distribution amongst peers

In stead of downloading from a server

Partners

The main partners are Norut and

Original Film

Associated partners are TVIBIT and

other small local creative people and

enterprises

Important motivations for the local

partners are to find ways of distributing

their products (films and music) and to

utilise new business models.

Spatial data management, retrieval, and visualization

Environmental informatics

Research focus

• real-time services

• net-centric computing

• multiplatform

• data fusion

• open source and standards

EnviMon / UAV (2007-2010) net-centric geo-

data management and visualization on multiple

platforms of UAV remote sensing information

iNord (2008) Surveillance and early warning

system in the high north

Current projects

Marine Geographical IT

MarGIT (NFR)

Geographical Information

Networks – GIN (NFR)

Key partners

4x EU FP5 Projects

Spacetec

mSurvey Geo (2007) Open

Location Services supporting

Customer Experience

Management

ArcticWeb (2007-2008) a

Geo-portal for the oil sector

and other stakeholders.

Background

University of

Tromsø

Norsk

Polarinstitutt

iNord

partners

Serious game-based

learning and e-learning

Background

Lava & ProjectLink (1997-2004) :

a multimedia web-centric tool to enable

pupils to make presentations and share

contents

HØIDIS: High speed connection for

district schools (1999-2001): testing

broadband connections and services to

schools in the district

Breifilm (2004) : documentary films with

learning material

HØIKOM (2000-2005) – several

broadband projects testing various and

diverse pedagogical services to schools

FinNet (2005-2007) Network for

teachers of Finnish as a second or

foreign language

University of Helsinki

Research focus

• Game based learning

• Serious games for

• education

• personal health

• healthcare

• Assessment of learning

Nordic Serious Game (2006-2008) a network with

partners from Finland, Denmark, Sweden and Norway.

ENVI (2006): an INTERREG project with game-based

approach to an health emergency situation

JoinGame (2007-2009) a Norwegian research network

within game technology

Current projects

A computer role-playing game is made for learning Finnish.

The target group is children in the age group 11-14 in Northern

Norway and Sweden who are learning Finnish.

Key partners:

E-Health Background

Teleradiologi (1991-1997) : MIRA er et

diagnostiseringsverktøy for røntgenbilder

med innebygget støtte for

flerpartskonferanser over IP. Mira, som ble

utviklet i samarbeid med Telenor, Norut IT

og UNN, kom i flere versjoner i perioden

1991-1997. I 1995 overtok Telenor

InfoMedica rettighetene til Mira-III og startet

kommersialiseringen av produktet.

Telepathology (1990) : I frysesnittservice

ble mikroskopbilder av frysesnitt overført

fra Kirkenes Sykehus til Ritø. Prototypen

av utstyret for frysesnittservice ble senere

viderutviklet til et kommersielt produkt av

firmaet Nova-Kom.

DORIS (1990’ies) demonstrated

capturing, archiving and communication

of medical multimedia information. In

2000 Well Diagnostics was founded and

DORIS is now Well Multimedia.

MyHealthStation (2005-2006) demonstrate and promote home

based training and follow-up of chronicle ill patients using modern

Internet technologies and smart residential gateways connected

to the TV.

Well@Home (2006-2009) bringing MyHealthStation

technology towards possible commercialization (FIFT)

Better Breathing (2007-2009) marked and medical

validation of MyHealthStation, for COPD patients in

Norway, in a European wide field-trial and marked

validation (EU ETEN)

MyHealthService in Tromsø Telemedicine Lab. (2007-

2015) R&D on personal health services for the chronically

ill elderly (NFR)

Current projects

IS-ACTIVE (2009-2011) Inertia Sensing System for

Advanced Chronic Condition Monitoring and Risk

Prevention (EU AAL)

Research focus

• integrated technology and services

• e-health learning and recommendation systems

• social network technology

• Personal Health Records (e.g. Google Health)

• Virtual Worlds (e.g. Second Life)

• smart environments and ambient assisted living

Personal e-health technology and services

Key partners:

Tromsø Telemedicine LaboratoryCentre for research-based innovation in telemedicine and eHealth

systems for chronic, age, and lifestyle related diseases,

2006 – 2014

Personal e-health and wellness technology and

services for the chronically illResidential patient device

Mobile patient device

Other patient devices

Personalized following-up, training, education,

treatment, prevention, and self management

MyHealthStation (2005-2006)

Better Breathing (2007-2009) MyHealthService (2007-2015)

A student example

Course 2007/2008Juan did his Proyecto de Fin de Carrera developing a

mobile application for patients with chronic diseases

based on linux and integrating Bluetooth medical

sensors.

We guided him and provided him several options

(basic ideas) for his project within our research lines

in eHealth

Course 2008/2009Juan worked as young researcher at Norut for 6

months

NowHe has job interviews for PhD positions in Italy and

Germany, also in Skype.

Our offer• 4 - 6 months position working in one of our research

lines. For example:• Virtual Worlds (e.g. Second Life) integrated with sensors (e.g. accelerometers) for

socializing and physical exercising for rehabilitation

• Wireless Sensor Networks for environment and air quality monitoring

• Web 2.0 applications and gadgets

• Virtual communities for patients, relatives and healthcare workers

• Mobile applications for the collection and dissemination of data and information

• Around 1000 Euros (8500 NOK) + housing + flights

• Collaboration with Fidetia and several professors (PFC)

How to apply

• Apply if you are 1) creative 2) have good level of

English 3) Almost or recently completed Master

Level Education (Ing. Sup.)

• CV (English) and academic records (Spanish)

• 1 page description of a possible project with also

your motivation to come (English)

• Send it before the end of may send to

luis.luque@norut.no

Questions ?