wps/theme0

Theme 0 : Management Activities

WP 0.1 Consortium Management and Reporting

Objectives

To ensure the effective and timely management of the project
To collate and deliver Deliverables and Management Reports
To maintain necessary financial and other consortium records and documents
To coordinate with STRI administration on Barro Colorado Island

Description of work

The effective and timely management of the consortium comprises: the collection of scientific and management documentation and its timely delivery to the EU Project Officer; the organisation and documentation of consortium meetings; liaison with the EU Project Officer on issues relevant to the consortium; the coordination by UUlm of visits by consortium members to BCI; and other interaction with STRI.

Deliverables

Meetings: Biannual consortium meetings, financial and scientific reporting to EU as required in the contract.

WP 0.2 Scientific Dissemination Activities

Objectives

To establish and maintain an attractive and effective project website
To organise three open workshops, at suitable international conferences, on topics connected with the project, both for dissemination of our results and for inspiration for current and imminent WPs.

Description of work

The principal vehicle for dissemination activity is the project web site, on which project data will be published (largely by WP~1.3) and project-related activities advertised and reported.

As a key part of the project dissemination activity we shall organise three open workshops, associated with suitable international conferences, on topics connected with the project. The project scientific team will define the scope of each workshop, solicit papers, arrange for thorough peer review, and manage the necessary organisation.

We plan to hold workshops as follows :

Year 1: dynamic shape acquisition, associated with a large vision conference such as ICCV or ECCV;
Year 2: techniques for bat acoustics, associated with either an International or a European bat conference;
Year 3: a workshop on biomimetic engineering, associated with one of the large robotics conferences.

Deliverables

D0.2.1: Project Web Site
D0.2.2: Workshops : year 1, year 2, year 3.

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Useful links

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The CIRCE robot bat head

2002-2005: CIRCE (Chiroptera Inspired Robotic CEphaloid; IST-2001-35144) which reproduced, at a functional level, the echolocation system of bats by constructing a bionic bat head that was used to systematically investigate how the world is not just perceived but actively explored by bats. This bionic bat head is of similar size to a real bat head to reproduce the relevant physics and consist of an emission/reception system capable of generating/processing bat vocalisations in real-time, a multi-degree of freedom mechanical system to allow realistic pinnae movement.

2005-2010: CILIA (Customized Intelligent Life-inspired Arrays; IST-2005-016039), about sensory systems based on arrays of hairs. The project aims to identify the common principles underlying the widespread use in nature of arrays of mechanical sensory cells for the extraction of meaning under adverse conditions and to make those principles available for design of engineered systems.

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