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Instituto Virtual LACCIR L atin A merican and C aribbean C ollaborative I CT R esearch Federation

Instituto Virtual LACCIR L atin A merican and C aribbean C ollaborative I CT R esearch Federation. Sept. 2010. Dr. Sergio F. Ochoa LACCIR Board Director Universidad de Chile. Dr. Ignacio Casas LACCIR Executive Director Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

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Instituto Virtual LACCIR L atin A merican and C aribbean C ollaborative I CT R esearch Federation

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  1. Instituto Virtual LACCIR Latin American and Caribbean Collaborative ICT Research Federation Sept. 2010 Dr. Sergio F. Ochoa LACCIR Board Director Universidad de Chile Dr. Ignacio Casas LACCIR Executive Director Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile MSc. Jaime Puente LACCIR Board Director External Research Latin America Microsoft Research

  2. LACCIR Virtual InstituteAgenda Federation, Stakeholders, Universities, Collaborators, People ICT Research Projects Graduate Students Mobility LAC ICT Research Observatory Next Stage Actions

  3. Latin American and Caribbean Collaborative ICT Research FAPESP • Founded on May 2007 • Goal: Stimulate Latin American-Caribbean collaborativeresearch in ICT as enabler of economic and social development Uruguay Argentina Colombia NSF • Created and supported by Microsoft Research with a Seed Grant of USD $ 3,000,000 over seven years. • Implemented with PUC Chile, U. Chile and universities throughout LAC. • Sponsorship by IADB& OAS • (IADB grant of USD $ 550,000) • Partnerships with: NSF, FAPESP, CLEI, • CONICYT, COLCIENCIAS, CONACyT, …. Chile Caribbean CONA CyT Brazil Costa Rica COLCI ENCIAS Mexico MSR IADB ……. OAS

  4. Federated Universities (Sept. 2010)

  5. LACCIR main activities • Grants and support for ICT applied research projects within LAC. Seed grant money from MSR & IADB. Seek new funding. • Support for LAC graduate students mobility: short stays internships, fellowships in LAC universities and MSR. • Collaboration among researchers and educators: LiveMeeting for video-conferencing and e-learning. MS software/servers platform. Workshops and summer e-learning schools. Repository of papers & thesis. • Web Portal: LAC ICT researchers map, projects map and statistics data collection (publications, thesis, projects, R+D investment). • Fellowships and Support for New Faculty in LAC universities.

  6. LACCIR Virtual InstituteWhy collaboration?

  7. LACCIR Virtual InstituteWhy collaboration? Collaboration:

  8. LACCIR - First 3 Years in Numbers • 400 researchers from 80 institutions in 19 countries connected to the LACCIR network. • 170 world class expert researchers have evaluated research proposals. • 15 regional collaborative research projects funded by LACCIR . • 50 international publications . 42 research teams. • 18 graduate students funded by LACCIR have visited other LAC countries for research stays, connecting 13 countries.

  9. LACCIR Virtual InstituteAgenda Federation, Stakeholders, Universities, Collaborators, People ICT Research Projects Graduate Students Mobility LAC ICT Research Observatory Next Stage Actions

  10. ICT ResearchProjects

  11. OngoingProjects, First RFP (2007) • Collaborating in Disaster Relief Efforts  coordination between several critical Information Systems. • Firemen, Police, National Government, Red Cross, Hospital Personnel, Armed Forces. • 5 Publications (so far) • 3 Presentations (so far) • 2 Matching Funds

  12. Command Post Medical Firefighters Police Officers Civil Engineers

  13. Ongoing Projects, Second RFP (2008) • Quality Evaluation and Preservation of grains in Silo Bags. • Harvest bags (or silobags) are a grain storage system that is being increasingly adopted worldwide. • Monitor and automatically adapt the internal conditions of the grain stored into silobags, in order to improve their preservation state. • 3 Publications (so far) • 3 Presentations (so far) • 2 MatchingFunds

  14. Portal Ongoing Projects, Second RFP (2008) • E-CloudssBuilding Data management services in Clouds • Unlimited computing and storage capacities transparently managed through services: space management, computing, scalability, services management • 8 Publications (so far) • 2 Presentations (so far) • 1 Matching Funds Publications Government information Consumers management (wiki, mailinglist, site) Intranet, news, yellowpages Local government Public documents MASHUP Weaknews Reports and news Providers sites Public firm pages

  15. OngoingProjects, First RFP (2007) • Quality Evaluation of Food Products Computer Vision System that processes the picture and measures visual attributes related to quality. • Low Cost • For Small and Medium Enterprises • 6 Publications (so far) • 6 Presentations (so far) • 1 Matching Fund

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  17. 2009, 2008 and 2007 RFP Processes

  18. 2009, 2008 and 2007 RFP Processes RFP 2007: 18 proposals. RFP 2008: 34 proposals. RFP 2009: 25 proposals.

  19. 2009, 2008 and 2007 RFP Processes RFP 2007: 18 proposals. RFP 2008: 34 proposals. RFP 2009: 25 proposals.

  20. LACCIR 2010 RFP Submission of 2010 RFP Proposals: June 21sttoSeptember15th

  21. LACCIR Virtual InstituteAgenda Federation, Stakeholders, Universities, Collaborators, People ICT Research Projects Graduate Students Mobility LAC ICT Research Observatory Next Stage Actions

  22. MSc. & PhD.Students Short Stays

  23. 2009 and 2008 SSP Process

  24. 2009 and 2008 SSP Process

  25. 2010 SSP

  26. LACCIR Virtual InstituteAgenda Federation, Stakeholders, Universities, Collaborators, People ICT Research Projects Graduate Students Mobility LAC ICT Research Observatory Next Stage Actions

  27. LAC ICT ResearchObservatory • Data Collection (ongoing) Initiative • Researchers, Institutions, Areas. • Academic & Research Programs. • Graduate Studies CS & ICT Alternatives in LAC • Indicators: Enrollment, Scholarships, Women %, Foreign %, Graduate %. • Projects • ISI Articles Publications http://www.laccir.org/ResearchMap/

  28. LACCIR Virtual InstituteAgenda Federation, Stakeholders, Universities, Collaborators, People ICT Research Projects Graduate Students Mobility LAC ICT Research Observatory Next Stage Actions

  29. LACCIR Next Stage Actions for Sustainability & Impact on Development • Partnership with LAC national & state government agencies (i.e., CONACYT-México, FAPESP-Sao Paulo, CONICYT-Chile.) • Partnership with LAC industry (i.e., CODELCO-Chile, Microsoft, ICT industry). • Improvement of Intellectual Property policies. • Joint LAC graduate programs in ICT (thesis, courses, diplomas). • Support from OAS member states.

  30. Latin American and Caribbean Collaborative ICT Research Federation www.laccir.org hub@laccir.org laccir@laccir.org

  31. 2007 RFP SelectedProjects

  32. 2008 RFP SelectedProjects

  33. 2009 RFP SelectedProjects

  34. OngoingProjectsHighlights, First RFP (2007) • 7 Countries • 13 Research Teams • 4 Matching Funds • 35 Publications (so far) • 17 Presentations (so far)

  35. Ongoing Projects, First RFP • Instructional Design Assistant  helps the teacher assemble learning objects (L.O.) • Web-based, user-adaptive e-learning environment • Produce standard packges of L.O. using SCORM. (Sharable content Object Reference Model) • 6 Publications (so far) • 3 Presentations (so far) • 1 Matching Fund Pedagogical Model • Student • Style of Learning • Navigational preferences • Acquired knowledge Courses E-Learning Educational Contents Student’s Cultural Aspects Learning Objects

  36. OngoingProjects, First RFP • Digital Workbook Tool supports asynchronous collaboration. • Tablet PC and students’ class notes • One Note 2007 and Conference XP • 14 Publications (so far) • 5 Presentations (so far)

  37. OngoingProjects, First RFP • Smart Phones collaboration in Hospital Work. • Discuss diagnosis and/or treatment • Context estimation (location, availability) • Awareness for potential collaboration • Seamless information transfer • Remote control of heterogeneous devices • Capturing collaboration outcomes • Hospital staff spends over 50% of time away from their base location. • 4 Publications (so far)

  38. OngoingProjectsHighlights, SecondRFP (2008) • 6 Countries • 13 Research Teams • 6 Matching Funds • 15 Publications (so far) • 6 Presentations (so far)

  39. Ongoing Projects, Second RFP (2008) • DEMOS Domestic Environment Monitoring with Opportunistic Sensor networks • 3 MM children under 5 die each year from environment related causes. • One Laptop per Child • 1 Publication (so far) • 1 Presentation (so far) • 2 Matching Funds

  40. Ongoing Projects, Second RFP (2008) • Time Saver Decentralized Virtual Worlds for the Provision and Integration of Public Services in Latin America. • Semantic interoperability facilitate the seamless and coherent interaction among diverse Public Services • Web 3.0 technologies can enrich current productive environments. • 1 Publication (so far) • 1 Presentation (so far)

  41. Semantic Web Services Public Services Classic Web Services Virtual worlds Consulate Bank Lightweight Coordination Calculus Scripts: Roles, constraints, rules, messages International Police

  42. Ongoing Projects, Second RFP (2008) • Supervise and allocate Cash Registers at grocery stores • Measure waiting times of clients in queues • Incorporate decision theory to efficiently allocate cash registers [ Frequent Clients ] Hi Rosario: We have a special offer for you today, Milanesa just $7.99.

  43. 2009 and 2008 SSP Process

  44. 2008 SSP Winners

  45. 2009 SSP Winners

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