Project description Science of Complex Systems for socially intelligent ICT Show the project objective Hide the project objective Using a complexity perspective, QLectives will understand, experiment with, design and build cooperative socially intelligent ICT systems composed of self-organising peers, that will enable and support emergent 'quality collectives' to enhance, for instance, scientific innovation and decentralized media distribution.We shall bring together complex system scientists, social scientists and distributed systems engineers to produce new theories and algorithms. Our method will be that of empirical experimentation using "living labs" involving thousands of people connected over the internet into collectives. The project will generate better theoretical understanding of complex techno-social systems, and how trust and reputation may emerge among a community and used to enhance quality. The work is organised into 4 synergistic streams: 1. Theoretical and algorithmic foundations, 2. Algorithm design, simulation and evaluation, 3. Empirical data-sets collection, processing and validation, 4. Platform and living lab implementation.As a basis we shall extend an already deployed, mature P2P technology platform and make use of two existing user communities: the econophysics forum and tribler.org. Our results will be applied to create two examples of how ICT moulds and becomes part of the systems to which it is applied: QScience - a peer-to-peer application for facilitating scientific innovation by supporting scientific communities, rating activities for quality to identify potential collaborators, hot spots and breakthroughs, and disseminating the right information to the right peers promptly; and QMedia - a peer-to-peer application for transforming media distribution by dynamically identifying shared interest communities and recommending quality contents to them using streaming media technology.We anticipate an impact on all fields in which collective quality-ratings of contents and raters can counter an otherwise unsustainable growth in the digital information age. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesinternet Programme(s) FP7-ICT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies Topic(s) ICT-2007.8.4 - Science of complex systems for socially intelligent ICT Call for proposal FP7-ICT-2007-3 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator UNIVERSITY OF SURREY Address Stag hill GU2 7XH Guildford United Kingdom See on map Region South East (England) Surrey, East and West Sussex West Surrey Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Nigel Gilbert (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 778 611,00 Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZUERICH Switzerland EU contribution € 896 019,00 Address Raemistrasse 101 8092 Zuerich See on map Region Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Zürich Zürich Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Dirk Helbing (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITE DE FRIBOURG Switzerland EU contribution € 796 958,00 Address Avenue de l europe 20 1700 Fribourg See on map Region Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Espace Mittelland Fribourg / Freiburg Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Monique Bersier (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window INSTITUT FUR RUNDFUNKTECHNIK GMBH Germany EU contribution € 406 864,00 Address Rundfunkplatz 1, c/o bayerischer rundfunk 80335 Munchen See on map Region Bayern Oberbayern München, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Other Administrative Contact Christoph Dosch (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS France EU contribution € 286 618,00 Address Rue michel ange 3 75794 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Administrative Contact Tony Roulot (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window SZEGEDI TUDOMANYEGYETEM Hungary EU contribution € 284 160,00 Address Dugonics ter 13 6720 Szeged See on map Region Alföld és Észak Dél-Alföld Csongrád Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Mark Jelasity (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT Netherlands EU contribution € 1 490 930,00 Address Stevinweg 1 2628 CN Delft See on map Region West-Nederland Zuid-Holland Delft en Westland Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Jan Van den Bos (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window UNIWERSYTET WARSZAWSKI Poland EU contribution € 409 840,00 Address Krakowskie przedmiescie 26/28 00-927 Warszawa See on map Region Makroregion województwo mazowieckie Warszawski stołeczny Miasto Warszawa Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Andrzej Nowak (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window
