Industrial impact. Bridging the semantic gap in multimedia content processing makes it possible to provide higher level semantic information with less cost. This is viable for lots of business applications dealing with multimedia content; e.g. broadcast, media production, media monitoring and alike. The recent PrestoSpace survey estimated that the total European holdings of audiovisual content amount to over 100 million hours. As well as being intrinsically valuable in a heritage and historical context, this repository also represents a significant financial asset. For example, it is stated in a recent EBU archive report, that the BBC, as part of an accounting exercise, valued its archive at €714 million based solely on the costs required to physically replace it were it to be destroyed. Clearly, these holdings represent a significant asset for both broadcasters and the general public alike. However, in order to achieve the real potential of these archives, there are a number of obstacles to overcome. One of these is the sheer volume of effort required for cataloguing this information store. The EBU report estimated, based on members' experiences, that a time ratio of 1:8 for TV material and 1:3 for radio material can be applied to the task of cataloguing. In practice, this means that a three hour program could feasibly take three working days to catalogue. Furthermore, depending on the granularity of cataloguing required, this can scale up to a ratio of 1:24! Research advances such as those proposed in K-Space can only serve to improve these ratios. In addition to savings during the cataloguing step further advantages could be realised on the base of the high-level semantic annotation as search times decrease and content is more easily found and thus more often reused. Based on the higher quality information provided by K-Space new forms of media production (especially automated content assembly) could be developed and introduced. By giving European media professionals first sight of the new capabilities and by working with them at the innovation level to enable the programme ideas that can only be imagined today, K-Space can stimulate the creation of valuable knowledge-based assets that will bring wealth into the European Union. New, truly innovative formats enabled by K-Space could thus create significant wealth coming into Europe based on knowledge-based assets. K-Space will also enable the development of new personalised services for e.g. iTV. The higher level semantic ...
Industrial impact. We will evaluate the influence of the project results on the strategic decisions of France Telecom and Stakk. This includes answering the following questions. Are project partners part of this decision process? Did the decisions, as far as can be ascertained, use project results and insights?
Industrial impact. In the framework of high-end computing, industry has a dual role: firstly, supplying systems, technologies and software services for HPC; and secondly, using HPC to innovate in products, processes and services. Both are important in making Europe more competitive. Especially for industries and SMEs, access to HPC, modelling, simulation (and its accompanying supporting tools, like the visualization tools developed in VELaSSCo), product prototyping services and consulting is important to remain competitive. The PRACE Action Plan advocates for a dual approach: strengthening both the industrial demand and the supply of HPC. The actions carried out in VELaSSCo are clearly aligned with the first approach mentioned, and the impacts that the project can have on industries are numerous. In a generic way, the outcome of VELaSSCo is a set of new data managing and visualization tools that allows industries to solve large-scale problem of high economic benefit. In addition, the project allows a better/faster adoption to the HPC technology in the industry, simplifying the management and visualization of the models. That is, by adopting these new data analytics and visualization tools, most modelling engineers with a very specialized knowledge in HPC will be able to perform large-scale simulations. Specific industrial impact The following list enumerates some of the identified specific industrial problems/areas where the outcomes of the project can result in an important leap in their respective fields, positioning European industry in a leading role with respect to international competitors. Additionally, the following applications will also greatly benefit from VELaSSCo results in solving real-scale problems: − Structural Design and aerodynamic simulation for the aeronautic and automobile industries − Multiphase/multi-physics simulations, such as fluid-structure interaction in civil engineering − Particulate/granular systems: Storage, process and transport of granular materials, such as soil and natural/artificial grains for chemical, food, agriculture and mining industry − Geodynamic/geomechanics simulation − New techniques for computer-aided optimum design of new engineering materials − New techniques for computer-aided optimum design of engineering systems considering uncertainties − New methods for enhanced performance constructions against natural hazards, involving outstanding particulate water flows − Prediction of noise generated by vehicles (cars, trains, airp...
