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ARCHES ( former ly known as AGORA CONSEIL) operating since 1991. A BUSINESS OFFICE PROVIDING MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO TECHNOLOGY-RELATED PARTNERSHIPS. ARCHES Areas of Activity. Information technology Speech and signal processing Human computer interfaces Telecommunication engineering
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ARCHES(formerly known as AGORA CONSEIL)operating since 1991 A BUSINESS OFFICE PROVIDING MANAGEMENT SERVICESTO TECHNOLOGY-RELATED PARTNERSHIPS
ARCHESAreas of Activity • Information technology • Speech and signal processing • Human computer interfaces • Telecommunication engineering • Novel instrumentation • and more generally… …future and emerging technologies
ARCHESMission 1 • Addresses the needs of European based enterprises in the creation of international projects: • Feasibility studies • Identification of suitable participants • Preparation of financial plans • Project design and proposal development • Project management • Technical assistance and exploitation planning
ARCHESMission 2 • Promotes transfer of state-of-the-art technology linked with speech and signal processing to the marketplace: • Computer-based teaching • Applications for handicapped persons • Speech recognition approaches for signature of non speech signals
ARCHESReferences Projects MEDIACOUSTIC (COMETT) LISCOM (TELEMATICS) TELESHOPPE (ACTS) MADRAS (M&T) OVID (ESPRIT) HARP (TIDE) OLP (QoL) … Large and small enterprises: Alcatel, 01dB, AKG, Phonak, Gus, Cocom, Oros, Videotron, Matra, CNAM, Stream, Barclays, SNCF… Universities: Edimburgh (CCIR), Stockholm (KTH), Rome (La Sapienza), Athens (ILSP), Southampton (ISVR), Liège (CEDIA), Neufchâtel (IMT), Aalborg (CPK) … Partners
ARCHESKey Staff • Jean-Paul Lefèvre • former head of the central speech research lab. at Alcatel, • former managing director of Oros, a European leader in digital signal processing solutions for industry, • involved since 1983 in the conception, realisation and management of many EC funded projects, • regularly acting as expert for the European Commission in the preparation and monitoring of programmes, evaluation of proposals, reviews of projects, … • expert near ETSI, chairman of the technical committee dealing with standardisation of speech codecs for PMR networks, • technical expert, attached to the French tribunals (speciality: acoustics, speech and signal processing).
ARCHES 7, Allée de la Veissière 38640 Claix France Close to Grenoble Tel: +33/608987372 Fax: +33/476998983 E-mail: jplefevre@compuserve.com