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

Instituto Virtual LACCIR Latin American and Caribbean

Collaborative ICT Research FederationDr. Ignacio Casas

LACCIR Executive DirectorPontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Dr. Sergio F. OchoaLACCIR Board DirectorUniversidad de Chile

Sept. 2010MSc. Jaime PuenteLACCIR Board DirectorExternal Research Latin AmericaMicrosoft Research

1. Federation, Stakeholders, Universities, Collaborators, People

2. ICT Research Projects

3. Graduate Students Mobility

4. LAC ICT Research Observatory

5. Next Stage Actions

LACCIR Virtual InstituteAgenda

Latin American and Caribbean Collaborative ICT ResearchFounded on May 2007

Goal: Stimulate Latin American-Caribbean collaborative research in ICT as enabler of economic and social development

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

Argentina

Uruguay

Colombia

CaribbeanBrazil

Costa Rica Mexico

MSR IADB OAS

NSF

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CONACyT

FAPESP

COLCIENCIAS

Federated Universities (Sept. 2010)Pontificia

Universidad Católica de Chile

Universidad de Chile

Universidad de la

República

Universidad de Buenos

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de Costa RicaUniversidad de los Andes

Tecnológico de Monterrey

Instituto Politécnico Nacional

Universidade Federal do Rio

de Janeiro

University of the West

Indies

LACCIR main activitiesGrants 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.

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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.







ICT Research Projects Projects Countries Application Area Research

Teams Presentations Publications Matching Funds

2007 5Chile, Colombia, Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador, Mexico

e-Government, Productive Chains, Education, Healthcare

14 17 35 5

2008 5Uruguay, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Mexico

Environment, e-Government, Agribusiness, micro-economies

13 6 15 6

2009 5

Mexico, Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Panamá, Bolivia, Uruguay

Healthcare, Education, Environment 17 on-going on-going on-going

Ongoing Projects, 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

Command Post

MedicalFirefighters

Police Officers

Civil Engineers

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 Matching Funds

E-Cloudss Building Data management services in CloudsUnlimited computing and storage capacities transparently managed through services: space management, computing, scalability, services management8 Publications (so far)2 Presentations (so far)1 Matching Funds

WeaknewsReports and news

Local government

Government informationIntranet, news, yellowpages

Providers sitesPublic firm pages

Portal

Public documents

Consumers management (wiki, mailinglist, site)

Publications

MASHUP


Ongoing Projects, First RFP (2007)

Quality Evaluation of Food Products Computer Vision System that processes the picture and measures visual attributes related to quality.Low CostFor Small and Medium Enterprises6 Publications (so far)6 Presentations (so far)1 Matching Fund

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2009, 2008 and 2007 RFP Processes

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LACCIR RFP 2007 LACCIR RFP 2008 LACCIR RFP 2009 RFP 2007: 18 proposals.RFP 2008: 34 proposals.RFP 2009: 25 proposals.


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LACCIR RFP 2007 LACCIR RFP 2008 LACCIR RFP 2009RFP 2007: 18 proposals.RFP 2008: 34 proposals.RFP 2009: 25 proposals.


LACCIR 2010 RFP

Submission of 2010 RFP Proposals: June 21st to September 15th







MSc. & PhD. Students Short Stays

Stays Countries

2008 6 Chile, Mexico , Argentina, Uruguay ,Brazil, Colombia

2009 14Chile, Mexico , Argentina, Uruguay ,Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Paraguay

2009 and 2008 SSP Process

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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/

LAC ICT Research Observatory

http://www.laccir.org/ResearchMap/







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.

Latin American and Caribbean Collaborative ICT Research Federation

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P.I. Institutions Project Title CountriesLuis A. Guerrero Universidad de Chile Digital Workbook Tool to Support

Asynchronous Collaboration Chile, ColombiaCesar Collazos Universidad del Cauca

Regina Motz Universidad de la República

JARDIN: Just an Assistant foR instructional DesIgN

Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador, Mexico

José Palazzo de Oliveira Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Claudia Deco Universidad Nacional de Rosario

Xavier Ochoa Escuela Superior Politécnica el Litoral ESPOL

Angelica Brunetto Universidade Estadual de Londrina

Miguel Angel Pérez Alvarez Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Domingo Mery Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Low Cost Computer Vision Systems for Quality Evaluation of Food Products in Small

and medium enterprisesChile, Mexico

Gustavo Gutiérrez Lopez Instituto Politéctino Nacional

Jose A. Pino Universidad de ChileCollaborating in Disaster Relief Efforts Brazil, Chile

Marcos Borges U. Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Jesus Favela CICESE Research Smart Phones and Ambient Displays to Support Collaboration in Hospital Work Mexico, Chile

Sergio Ochoa Universidad de Chile

2007 RFP Selected Projects

P.I. Institutions Project Title CountriesBaliosian, Javier Universidad de la República Domestic Environment Monitoring with

Opportunistic Sensor networks (DEMOS) Uruguay, BrazilZambenedetti Granville, Lisandro

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande so Sul

Correa da Silva, Flavio Soares Universidade de Sao Paulo TimeSaver : Decentralized Virtual Worlds for

the Provision and Integration of Public Services in Latin America

Brazil, ChileAlarcon Choque, Rosa Angela Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Pons, Claudia Universidad Nacional de La Plata

LOW COST COMPUTER BASED SYSTEM FOR QUALITY EVALUATION AND PRESERVATION

OF GRAINS STORED IN POLYMER BAGSArgentina, Uruguay

Carlos Luna Universidad de la República

Josefina Marinissen Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria

Szasz, Nora Universidad ORT Uruguay

Vargas-Solar, Genoveva Universidad de las Americas PueblaE-CLOUDSS : BUILDING E-GOVERNEMENT CLOUDS USING DISTRIBUTED SEMANTIC

SERVICES Mexico, Brazil, UruguayMusicante, Martin Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do

NorteMotz, Regina Universidad de la República

Soto, Alvaro Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile A REAL TIME SYSTEM BASED ON COMPUTER VISION TECHNIQUEs T O SUPERVISE AND ALLOCATE CASH REGISTERS AT GROCERY

STORESChile, Mexico

Sucar, Enrique Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica Óptica y Electrónica


P.I. Institutions Project Title Countries Muñoz, David Tecnológico de Monterrey ERPHA: Emergency Remote Pre-Hospital

Assistance Mexico, ChileGonzalez, Agustín Universidad Tecnológica Federico Santa María

Baloian, Nelson Universidad de Chile Bridging the gap between mobile and in-classroom learning Chile, Brazil

Santoro, Flavia Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Travassos, Guilherme Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Latin American Network To Support Collaborative Education On Experimental

Software EngineeringBrazil, Argentina, Chile, Comombia,

Panama

Aciar, Silvana Universidad Nacional de San Juan

Neyem, Andrés Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Arciniegas, José Luis Universidad del CaucaAnaya de Páez, Raquel Universidad EAFIT

Clunie, Clifton Universidad Técnica de PanamáBonacic, Cristián Pontificia Universidad Católica de

Chile Integrating MS Live Earth, Max Ent and Presence into a interconnectivity platform to assist wildlife conservation in the Andes

of Chile and Bolivia (LiveANDES)Chile, Bolivia, MexicoPacheco, Luis Universidad Mayor de San Andrés

Ceballos, Gerardo Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico

Mejail, Marta Universidad de Buenos AiresGPGPU Accelerated Image Processing and

Visualization: Applications in Environmental Sciences

Argentina, UruguayPardo, Álvaro Universidad Católica del Uruguay

Delrieux, Claudio Universidad Nacional del Sur


Ongoing Projects Highlights, First RFP (2007)

7 Countries13 Research Teams4 Matching Funds

35 Publications (so far)17 Presentations (so far)

Ongoing Projects, First RFPInstructional Design Assistant helps the teacher assemble learning objects (L.O.)Web-based, user-adaptive e-learning environmentProduce standard packges of L.O. using SCORM. (Sharable content Object Reference Model)6 Publications (so far)3 Presentations (so far)1 Matching Fund

Learning Objects

Student• Style of Learning

• Navigational preferences• Acquired knowledge

Student’s Cultural Aspects

Pedagogical Model

CoursesE-Learning Educational Contents

Ongoing Projects, First RFPDigital Workbook Tool supports asynchronous collaboration.Tablet PC and students’ class notesOne Note 2007 and Conference XP14 Publications (so far)5 Presentations (so far)

Shared Virtual SpaceDistribuited OperationsSessions ManagementData SharingFloor Control Management

• 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)

Ongoing Projects, First RFP

6 Countries13 Research Teams6 Matching Funds

15 Publications (so far)6 Presentations (so far)

Ongoing Projects Highlights, Second RFP (2008)


DEMOS Domestic Environment Monitoring with Opportunistic Sensor networks3 MM children under 5 die each year from environment related causes.One Laptop per Child1 Publication (so far)1 Presentation (so far)2 Matching Funds


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 ServicesWeb 3.0 technologies can enrich current productive environments.1 Publication (so far)1 Presentation (so far)

Lightweight Coordination CalculusScripts: Roles, constraints,

rules, messages

Consulate

Bank

InternationalPolice

Public ServicesClassic Web

Services

Virtual worldsSemantic Web Services


Supervise and allocate Cash Registers at grocery storesMeasure waiting times of clients in queuesIncorporate decision theory to efficiently allocate cash registers [ Frequent Clients ]

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Basic data LACCIR SSP 2008

LACCIR SSP 2009

Up for Evaluation Proposals 7 14Institutions 8 16Countries 6 9


Name Institution Institution Country Institution to be visited

Mauttone, Antonio Universidad de la República Uruguay Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Herskovic, Valeria Universidad de Chile Chile CICESE Research Center, Ensenada, Mexico

Moguillansky, Martin Universidad Nacional del Sur Argentina Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Mejía, David A. CICESE Research Mexico Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

Tejera, Gonzalo Universidad de la República Uruguay Laboratorio CANNE, Mexico

Arango López, Ivan Dario

Universidad Nacional de Colombia Colombia

Group of Investigation in Dynamics of Systems, Institute Of investigations in Electric Engineering "Alfredo Desages" National University of the South, Argentina

2008 SSP Winners

Name Institution Institution Country Institution to be visited

Rodríguez, Juan Universidad de Chile Chile CICESE Research, Ensenada, MexicoPinto Roa, Diego Pedro

Universidad Nacional de Asunción Paraguay CICESE Research, Ensenada, Mexico

Monares, Álvaro Universidad de Chile Chile Universidad de Chile, Santiago, ChileBartels, Rodrigo Universidad de Costa

Rica Costa Rica Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

Cepeda, Jesús Tecnológico de Monterrey Mexico Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo

Horizonte, Minas Gerais, BrazilCortez, Pedro Pontificia Universidad

Católica de Chile Chile Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica, Puebla, Mexico

Gomez-Pantoja, Carlos Universidad de Chile Chile Universidad Nacional de San Luis, San Luis,

ArgentinaUndurraga Rius, Cristobal

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Chile Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y

Electrónica, Puebla, MexicoGómez Lucero, Mauro Javier

Universidad Nacional del Sur Argentina Tecnológico de Monterrey, Nueva León, Mexico

Pantoja Yépez, Wilson Libardo Universidad del Cauca Colombia Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

Engelbrecht, Andre Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Brazil Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

Ferrarini Oliver, Cintia Universidad Nacional de San Juan Argentina Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

2009 SSP Winners

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