Project description Computing SystemsMake Network Intrusion Detection Systems faster and cheaper Show the project objective Hide the project objective Extending product functionality and improving their lifetime requires additional features to satisfy the growing customer's needs as well as new market and technology trends. For example, a network Intrusion Detection System needs to scan all incoming network packets for suspicious content. The scanning has to be at "line-speed" so that the monitored communication links are not slowed down, while the list of threats to check for is extended and updated on a daily basis. Reconfigurable logic allows the definition of new functions to be implemented and dynamically instantiated in hardware units combining hardware speed and efficiency with the ability to adapt and cope in a cost effective way with expanding functionality. For the Intrusion Detection System example, the new rules can be hardcoded into the reconfigurable logic, thus retaining the high performance, while providing the necessary adaptability and extensibility to new threats.FASTER (Facilitating Analysis and Synthesis Technologies for Effective Reconfiguration) will implement a complete methodology to allow designers to easily implement and verify a system specification on a platform that includes one or more general purpose processor(s) combined with multiple acceleration modules implemented on one or multiple reconfigurable devices.To demonstrate the effectiveness of the FASTER tool chain, we will use three complex applications from different domains: (a) Reverse Time Migration (RTM), a computational seismography algorithm, (b) Global Illumination and Image Analysis, and (c) an intrusion detection system. We expect the Intrusion Detection system implemented within FASTER to be 60%-75% cheaper than the solutions offering the exact same level of performance in 2015. Similarly, the Global Illumination and Image Analysis system is expected to be more than 2x faster than the existing solutions with the same cost and/or power consumption in 3-years time, while the RTM system implemented by the FASTER tool is projected to be 50% less expensive than the offering in 3 years' time when both, the initial purchase as well as the operating costs are taken into account.The participation of ST Microelectronics, the world's fifth largest semiconductor company, and of Maxeler and Synelixis, two high-potential SMEs ensure that the FASTER tool flow will be designed, tested and evaluated in a close collaboration with the engineers that will eventually use it. The results of the project will strengthen the competitiveness of the project industrial beneficiaries as they will be able to deploy advanced market solutions with improved cost/performance, and due to the adaptability will have extended lifetime. The research performed by the academic beneficiaries will disseminate project results within their educational and research programs and in high-impact conferences and journals, advancing European excellence in education and research. Fields of science natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesgeologyseismologynatural sciencesphysical scienceselectromagnetism and electronicssemiconductivitynatural sciencesphysical scienceselectromagnetism and electronicsmicroelectronics Programme(s) FP7-ICT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies Topic(s) ICT-2011.3.4 - Computing Systems Call for proposal FP7-ICT-2011-7 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator IDRYMA TECHNOLOGIAS KAI EREVNAS Address N plastira str 100 70013 Irakleio Greece See on map Region Νησιά Αιγαίου Κρήτη Ηράκλειο Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Zinovia Papatheodorou (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 385 950,00 Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all UNIVERSITEIT GENT Belgium EU contribution € 359 420,00 Address Sint pietersnieuwstraat 25 9000 Gent See on map Region Vlaams Gewest Prov. 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Gent Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Nathalie Vandepitte (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window SYNELIXIS LYSEIS PLIROFORIKIS AUTOMATISMOU & TILEPIKOINONION ANONIMI ETAIRIA Greece EU contribution € 285 600,00 Address Farmakidou 10 34100 Chalkida See on map Region Κεντρική Ελλάδα Στερεά Ελλάδα Εύβοια Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Ioannis Papaefstathiou (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window POLITECNICO DI MILANO Italy EU contribution € 347 817,00 Address Piazza leonardo da vinci 32 20133 Milano See on map Region Nord-Ovest Lombardia Milano Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Fabio Conti (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window STMICROELECTRONICS SRL Italy EU contribution € 259 665,00 Address Via c.olivetti 2 20864 Agrate brianza See on map Region Nord-Ovest Lombardia Monza e della Brianza Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Maria Grazia PODESTA (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window CHALMERS TEKNISKA HOGSKOLA AB Sweden EU contribution € 406 648,00 Address - 412 96 Goteborg See on map Region Södra Sverige Västsverige Västra Götalands län Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Axel Persson (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window MAXELER TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution € 228 600,00 Address 3 & 4 albion place W6 0QT London See on map Region London Inner London — West Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Oliver Pell (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE United Kingdom EU contribution € 526 300,00 Address South kensington campus exhibition road SW7 2AZ London See on map Region London Inner London — West Westminster Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Shaun Power (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window