The University of Sheffield
Department of Computer Science

21 November 2005

xmedia

FP6 Integrated Project in Cognitive Systems: X-Media - Knowledge Sharing
and Reuse across Media


A major grant award of 2.1M Euro has recently been won by Sheffield, starting 1st March 2006, to last for 48months. The full project includes 15 participating organisations and is worth 13M Euro, and this is the first time the University of Sheffield has coordinated a project of this type.


Contacts:


Prof. Fabio Ciravegna, Director

Dr. Mark Stevenson

Dr. Daniela Petrelli (Department of Information Studies)


Other grants awarded recently to DCS researchers:


TAO, 864K Euro, PI Kalina Bontcheva (coordinator)


MUSING, 1.21M Euro, PI Kalina Bontcheva


MediaCampaign, 611K Euro, PI Hamish Cunningham


NEON, 750K Euro, PI Hamish Cunningham


GATE/UIMA, £19,000, integration funded by IBM (Hamish Cunningham)