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On this page you can see a list of the partners involved in the inContext project. As befits a ground-breaking project designed to develop effective team collaboration among knowledge workers using advanced wireless communications, all our partners are at the forefront of modern technological and systems development. 

InContext is aimed at developing a novel scientific approach to the problem of enabling diverse individual knowledge workers in separate organisations to work in effective team collaboration with one another. The end result of the research will emphasise P2P collaborative software capabilities


COMVERSE

Comverse is the world’s leading provider of collaborative software and systems that enable multimedia network based enhanced services. More than 450 communication service providers in more than 125 countries use Comverse call completion, messaging, content and billing solutions to increase revenues, strengthen customer loyalty, and improve operational efficiency.



DERI The mission of the Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI) is to establish semantics as a core pillar of modern computer engineering. This need arises from the fact that IT systems get interwoven on a world wide scale and this layering requires significant human support.

Electrolux Since 1919, innovative solutions from Electrolux have made life easier and more enjoyable for hundreds of millions of people all over the world. One of the key success factors is a deep commitment to engaging with consumers in the home in order to better understand their needs and opportunities.

EMIC

The European Microsoft Innovation Centre (EMIC), founded in 2003, is one of four Microsoft facilities dedicated to product research and development in Europe. EMIC is unique to Microsoft in its focus on collaborative applied research and its goal of contributing to European Commission and other public-sector research programmes.



Hewlett Packard

HP strives to shape a broad array of policies that impact the digital economy and support competitiveness, global citizenship and innovation. Core to our public policy work is the promotion of regulatory frameworks that encourage entrepreneurship and economic growth, advocate consumer choice, provide incentives for innovation and R&D, increase investments in education, promote the ”Rule of Law” in developing countries, support access to technology and reward good citizenship practices.




Softeco Sismat

Thanks to its specific applicative and technological competence, Softeco Sismat is present on the market as a supplier of innovative collaborative software solutions allowing its customers to exploit the potential offered by Information Technology and the Internet. Softeco Sismat carries out important IT and industrial projects by integrating systems, networks, products and technologies, supplementing its offer with the supply of technical and management consulting, as well as specialized services and training.




TUV

The Vienna University of Technology was founded in 1815 as Imperial-Royal Polytechnical Institute, it was the first University of Technology within present-day German-speaking Europe. Today the university finds high international and domestic recognition in teaching as well as in research and is a highly esteemed partner of innovation oriented enterprises.


University of Leicester

The University of Leicester is a leading UK University with a proud past and an exciting future. We deliver high quality undergraduate, postgraduate and professional education and create research that has impact internationally.



WMLGA

West Midlands LGA is a voluntary association of the 38 local authorities in the West Midlands region. It represents the broad range of local government interests at a regional level, promoting and supporting constituent authorities as well as influencing regional policies which affect the 'economic, social and environmental well being' of their communities.


inContext – advanced communications technology and teamwork through cutting-edge research and development.

Page last updated 19/03/2008 11:31 by Pete Kendal

Information Society Technologies. Sixth Framework Programme (2002-2004). This project is supported by funding from the Information Society Technologies Programme under the 6th Research Framework Programme of the Europen Union