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| A key objective is to establish E-care@home as an internationally recognized research environment in the area of semantic interoperability for ICT-rich environments and one of the leaders in the area of independent living at home for the elderly. The collective scientific knowledge and technology-related competencies of the participating research groups provides the foundation for reaching this objective. | To reach the goals of E-care@home, close collaboration between researchers across partners is a must. The mutual interest in the area of ICT-enabled independent living of the elderly, commitment to the semantic interoperabiity objective of E-care@home and, previous cooperation establish the foundation for this. The foundation will be reinforced by regular use of remote collaboration tools to overcome the challenge of geographical distance between partners. |
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| Another key objective of E-care@home is that the knowledge and technological solutions acquired should help addressing the burgeoning demand for elderly care services over the next decades. The expected impact is two-fold: a social dimension concerned with the well-being of the elderly; and an economic dimension concerning the effectiveness and profitability of public and private elderlycare sectors. Also semantic-interoperability related technologies play a central role in ambient intelligence systems and their components. E-care@home will produce an industrial impact that advances the position of Swedish industry in areas such as smart consumer electronics, telecommunications, sensor networks, and IoT-based industrial automation. | A critical mass of researchers with a sufficiently broad competence needs to be engaged to obtain the scientific, societal and industrial impact E-care@home aims for. The participating groups engage 40 researchers and PhD students with competencies in the area of E-care@home and associated technologies. This mass provides a solid foundation for the research environment E-care@home. 2-4 senior researchers and 2-3 young researchers from each partner will form the core team of E-care@home. This team will be extended with additional researchers and PhD students funded by related projects. This larger group will be invited to workshops and other suitable events creating a group of about 40 professionals. |