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
Questions ?