Objectif The purpose of MERCI is to support joint research and technological development by deploying better tools for multimedia collaboration in Europe. Existing toolsets will be made easier for untrained personnel to use, with better quality audio, video and shared workspace facilities, and better support for multimedia applications in conferences. Distributed measurement, monitoring and control will be another important feature, as will improve privacy in conferencing. Verification, both within MERCI and other telematics projects, will include regular research seminars and industrial trials with commercial organisations.The objective of the project is to provide all the technology components, other than the data network itself, to support collaborative RTD through the deployment of enhanced tools for European multimedia collaboration in Europe. The project will improve existing toolsets developed by the collaborators in many important aspects:- Better integration of the facilities, and therefore more easily useable by untrained users;- Better capability for higher quality video, audio and shared workspace facilities;- Inter-operable cross-platform support for many systems - UNIX workstations, PCs and MACs- Better support for the introduction and recording of multimedia information in conferences;- Support for different network technologies - mainly over IP: packet-switched, ATM or SMDS and ISDN;- Inter-operation between workstations running the multicast Internet and the normal CCITT procedures;- Facilities for secure conferencing - with easy distribution of keys and information;- Distributed measurement, monitoring and controlVerification activities will be pursued both inside the project and in other Telematics projects:- Regular research seminars given from the sites of the partners - and from North America- Annual interactive workshops in invasive surgery given at UCL - transmitted internationally, and with some operations coming from other countries;- Industrial trials with commercial organisations including our sponsoring partners Hewlett Packard & Shell- Use in the research community, including by our sponsoring partner UKERNA and by other Telematics projects including MANICORAL and COBROW.Besides tools from earlier EU projects, it will utilise results from concurrent Telematics projects:- Security tools from the ICE-TEL and the Distributed Shared Visualisation tool from MANICORAL. Champ scientifique natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesinternetmedical and health sciencesclinical medicinesurgeryengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationstelecommunications networksdata networks Programme(s) FP4-TELEMATICS 2C - Specific programme of research and technological development and demonstration in the area of telematic applications of common interest, 1994-1998 Thème(s) B.3 - Telematics Applications for Research Appel à propositions Data not available Régime de financement CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinateur UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Gower St. WC1E 6BT LONDON Royaume-Uni Voir sur la carte Liens Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée Participants (6) Trier par ordre alphabétique Trier par contribution de l’UE Tout développer Tout réduire FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM INFORMATIONSTECHNIK GMBH Allemagne Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse SCHLOSS BIRLINGHOVEN 53754 SANKT AUGUSTIN Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFORMATIQUE ET AUTOMATIQUE France Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse 2004,ROUTE DES LUCIOLES 06902 SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée KUNGL TEKNISKA HSGSKOLAN Suède Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse 79,VALHALLAVSGEN 10044 STOCKHOLM Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée TELES GmbH Allemagne Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Dovestraße 2-4 10587 Berlin Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée UNIVERSITAET STUTTGART Allemagne Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse 7,KEPLERSTR. 70174 STUTTGART Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée UNIVERSITETET I OSLO Norvège Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse BLINDERN 0316 OSLO Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée