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Miguel  González  Mendoza  

Ageing  popula1on:  facts      •  In  absolute  terms,  the  number  of  older  persons  has  tripled  over  the  last  50  years  

and  will  be  more  than  triple  again  over  the  next  50-­‐year  period  to  reach  nearly  2  billion  in  2050.    

•  By  2020  the  65+  popula1on  will  represent  the  25%  of  the  overall  popula1on  in  Europe.  

•  Due  to  increased  longevity  and  reduced  birth-­‐rate:    –  The  annual  growth  of  the  older  popula1on  (1.9%)  is  significantly  higher  than  that  of  the  

total  popula1on  (1.02%)  –  In  the  near  future,  the  difference  between  those  two  rates  is  expected  to  become  even  

larger,  as  the  baby  boom  genera1on  starts  ageing  in  many  parts  of  the  world,  including  Europe.    

•  The  ageing  of  the  popula1on  is  changing  also  the  workforce  scenario  in  Europe:    –  currently  the  ra1o  between  working  people  and  re1red  ones  is  equal  to  4:1;  dras1c  

reduc1on  of  this  ra1o  up  to  2:1  in  2050.    •  Healthcare  and  Pension  systems  are  struggling  to  cope  with  addi1onal  demand  

also  in  considera1on  that  age  and  disability  are  strongly  correlated:  around  a  fiYh  of  people  over  50  experience  severe  vision,  hearing  and  dexterity  problems.  

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The  elderly  society  barriers  •  Barriers  to  independence,  affec1ng  the  lives  of  elderly  people  include:  

–  Major  deficiencies  in  assistance  to  the  elderly  in  the  transporta1on  modes,  hampering  their  social  and  working  ac1vi1es.  

–  Due  to  the  lack  of  appropriate  retraining,  lifelong  learning  ac1vi1es,  and  tele-­‐working  infrastructure,  senior  workers  are  oYen  confronted  with  unemployment.  

•  Social  isola1on  is  a  common  problem  for  senior  people.  The  consequences  of  ageing  popula1on  present  enormous  challenges  and  opportuni1es  for  ICT.    

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  A  typical  example  is  the  Internet  that  has  become  an  enabler  of  social  inclusion,  as  it  allows  contact  to  the  outside  world.  

  Senior  people  can  walk  out  of  loneliness,  by  sending  e-­‐mails  to  family  members  and  friends  all  over  the  world,  cha]ng  in  forums  to  exchange  feelings  and  ideas,  etc.    

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OASIS  vision  •  OASIS  aims  at  an  open  and  innova*ve  reference  

architecture,  based  upon  ontologies  and  seman*c  services,  that  will  allow  plug  and  play  and  cost-­‐effec1ve  interconnec*on  of  exis*ng  and  new  services  in  all  domains  required  for  the  independent  and  autonomous  living  of  the  elderly  and  their  Quality  of  Life  enhancement.  Both  the  open  reference  architecture  and  the  related  tools  will  be  made  available  as  open  source.  

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OASIS  data  summary  

•  EC  co-­‐funded  project  (ICT-­‐FP7)  •  Coordinator:  Barco  FIMI  –  Italy  (Phillips  FIMI)  •  Start/end  date:  1  January  2008  -­‐  31  December  2011    •  Consor1um:  33  Partners  from  12  countries  

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Target  user  group    •  Elderly  people  who  experience  mild  cogni1ve  and  physical  impairments  

due  to  ageing.    •  These  people  have  the  competence,  in  most  cases,  to  lead  independent  

and  ac1ve  lives,  but,  are  at  risk  of  exclusion  due  to  the  slight  cogni1ve  and  physical  deteriora1ons  that  they  are  experiencing,  as  well  as  the  complexity  and  lack  of  u1lity,  accessibility  and  usability  of  ICT.    

•  The  OASIS  main  end-­‐user  group,  can  be  broken  down  into  3  sub-­‐groups  :  –  ‘Young’  Elderly:  ages  55-­‐65,  i.e.  people  who  are  healthy  with  ac1ve  lives,  but  

who  have  just  started  to  experience  slight  deteriora1ons  in  their  quality  of  life  due  to  ageing.    

–  Elderly:  ages  65-­‐75,  i.e.  people  who  are  healthy,  but  are  more  likely  to  experience  mild  cogni1ve  and  physical  problems  due  to  ageing.      

–  ‘Old  Elderly’:  ages  75+,  i.e.  people  who  are  very  likely  to  experience  cogni1ve  and  physical  deteriora1ons  due  to  ageing.    

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OASIS  target  domains  •  Independent  Living  Applica1ons,  including  socialisa1on  

–  nutri1onal  advisor,  ac1vity  coach,  brain  and  skills  trainers,  social  communi1es  plajorm,  health  monitoring  and  environmental  control    

•  Mobility  Applica1ons,  –  elderly-­‐friendly  transport  informa1on  services,  elderly-­‐friendly  route  

guidance,  personal  mobility  services  

•  Smart  Workplaces  Applica1ons    

 biometric  authen1ca1on  interface  and  mul1modal  dialogue  mi1ga1on  and  other  smart  workplace  applica1ons  

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OASIS  modules  at  a  glance  •  A  new  Architectural  Framework,  called  “COF-­‐Common  Ontological  Framework”  or  “OASIS  

hyper-­‐ontology”.  The  hyper-­‐ontology  is  open,  modular,  holis1c,  easy-­‐to-­‐use  and  standards-­‐abiding  and  allows  the  interoperability,  seamless  connec1vity  and  sharing  of  content  between  not  only  single  services  but  also  compe1ng  ontologies  of  the  same  or  different  applica1on  domains.    

•  An  Open  Reference  Architecture  (also  called  ‘OASIS  Plajorm’),  composed  by  the  COF  and  its  support  tools,  both  available  as  open  source,  that  allow  the  automa1c  or  semi-­‐automa1c  connec1on  of  exis1ng  and  emerging  ontologies  and  services  to  the  OASIS  Architectural  Framework.    

•  The  OASIS  System,  composed  of  the  new  Open  Reference  Architecture,  enriched  by  an  AmI  Framework  (a  mul1-­‐Agents  plajorm)  and  the  Interac1on  Plajorm  (allowing  automa1c  UI  self-­‐crea1on  for  new  connected  services  and  self  adapta1on  to  the  device  used,  the  context  of  use  and  the  user  needs  and  preferences).    

•  A  wide  range  of  connected  applica;ons  (over  12  different  service  types),  all  integrated  within  the  OASIS  System,  and  interopera1ng  in  integrated  scenarios  and  Use  Cases,  covering  the  needs  of  the  elderly  and  their  caregivers.    

•  A  Pilots  test-­‐bed,  consis1ng  of  4  sites  Europe-­‐wide  (in  North,  Central,  South  and  East-­‐  Europe)  and  all  poten1al  test  environments  per  site:  Living  Labs,  Sheltered  Homes,  Independent  Living  (private)  homes.    

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OASIS  overall  concept  and  parts  

GUI application for ontological framework

Brain TrainerOntologies

DomoticsOntologies

NutritionalAdvisorOntologies

HealthMonitoringOntologies

Activity CoachOntologies

SocialRelationships

Ontologies

OntologyNavigation

SemanticSearch Maintenance

SP2 Domotics

Service

Sensor

SP2 Domotics

Service

Sensor

SP2Brain TrainerService 1

Service 2

SP2Brain TrainerService 1

Service 2

CommonOntologicalConcepts

(SP1)

SP1Content

ConnectorModule(CCM)

ConceptAnchoring

&AlignmentTool

SP3 RouteGuidanceService 1

Service 2

SP3 RouteGuidanceService 1

Service 2

SP2…SP3

Service N

Sensor K

RouteGuidanceOntologies

TransportOntologies

PersonalMobility

OntologiesTourism and

LeisureOntologies

NEW ontologies

HyperOntologyFramework

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SP1:  Open  Reference  Architecture,  User  Interface,  Plajorm  and  Tools  

•  Building  of  the  open-­‐ended  reference  architecture  (COF:  Common  Ontological  Framework)  for  organising,  maintaining  and  applying  heterogeneous  ontologies.  This  architecture  framework  is  aimed  to  achieve:  –  Interoperability  between  different  web  services  from  the  same  or  

different  applica1on  domains.  –  Sharing  of  contextual  informa1on  between  different  objects  and  

services.  –  Seamless  connec1vity  between    hardware,  from  hardware  to      service  and  from  service  to      service.  

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SP2:  Independent  Living  Applica1ons  

•  This  SP  promotes  ac1vi1es  to  enhance  the  elderly  autonomy,  comfort,  safety,  security  and  health  while  at  home.  The  aim  is  facilitated  by  the  following  modules:   Nutritional advisor: personalization and adaptation of the recommendation and advices to the elder for improving his/her nutrition  Activity coach: monitors, supports and coaches several physical activities, aiming to reduce the age-related declines in the musculoskeletal and cardiovascular systems

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SP2  (cont.)  

•  Brain  and  skills  trainer:  through  different  exercises  and  simulated  scenarios,  the  mental  health  of  persons  will  be  promoted.  A  set  of  personalized  exercises  will  maintain  his/her  memory  and  mental  ac1vi1es  level.  

•  Social  rela1on  and  recrea1on  plajorm:  building  of  a  social  community  plajorm,  at  different  levels,  in  order  to  fight  the  social  isola1on  of  elderly  people  and  to  facilitate  new  collabora1ve  experiences.  

•  Health  monitoring:  management  of  the  elderly  people’s  health  and  assurance  of  their  op1mal  health  status  while  realising  the  rest  of  their  daily  lives  ac1vi1es.  

•  Environmental  control:  Domo1cs  applica1ons  allowing  the  elderly  to  be  confident  in  his/her  house  and  contribute  to  the  comfort  of  the  person.  

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SP3:  Autonomous  Mobility  and  Smart  Workplaces  Applica1ons  

 This  SP  promotes  ac1vi1es  to  “push”  the  elderly  user  out  of  his/her  home,  guaranteeing  safety,  security  and  comfort.  The  aim  is  facilitated  by  the  following  modules:    

•  New  func1onali1es,  for  more  independency  and  safety  in  their  trips,  by  easing  their  driving,  avoiding  the  exposure  to  risks  and  accelera1ng  the  emergency  rescue  procedures.    

•  New  route  guidance  prototype,  incorpora1ng  elderly  cogni1ve  needs  and  behavioural  paqerns.    

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SP3  (cont.)  

•  Appropriate  mobility  services,  including  journey  planning  and  support  while  driving  (assistance  naviga1on,  extended  emergency  call  and  tele-­‐diagnos1cs,  driver  monitoring  and  comfort),  accessible  tourism,  leisure  and  social  ac1vi1es.  

•  The  need  of  older  people  to  remain      ac1ve  in  the  business  domain  can      be  supported  while  at  home,  or      anywhere,  as  mobile  users.    

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SP4:  Integra1on,  Pilot  sites  and  devices  

•  All  the  developed  applica1ons  will  be  tested  in  4  sites  Europewide:  –  UK    –  Germany    –  Italy  –  Greece,  Romania  &  Bulgaria    

 (combined  site)  

•  Par1cipa1on  of  hundreds  of  users,  their      caregivers  and  other  stakeholders,  in      order  to  evaluate  the  overall  success      and  to  get  the  required  data  to  op1mise      them.  

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SP5:  Horizontal  ac1vi1es  •  Management,  dissemina1on,  marke1ng  and  exploita1on  of  

the  project  concept  and  results,  ethical  and  gender  issues  protec1on,  training  (to  familiarize  the  partners  with  the  technology)  and  standardisa1on  (OASIS  plajorm  and  applica1ons  will  be  submiqed  for  standardisa1on  by  the  established  OASIS  world-­‐wide  Industrial  Forum).