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QROWD - Because Big Data Integration is Humanly Possible

Objective

Big Data integration in European cities is of utmost importance for municipalities and companies to offer effective information services, enable efficient data-driven transportation and mobility, reduce CO2 emissions, assess the efficiency of infrastructure, as well as enhance the quality of life of citizens. At present this integration is substantially limited due to the following factors: 1) Urban Big Data is locked in isolated industrial and public sectors, and 2) The actual Big Data integration is an extremely hard technical problem due to the heterogeneity of data sources, variety of formats, sizes, quality as well as update rates, such that the integration requires significant human intervention.

QROWD addresses these challenges by offering methods to perform cross-sectoral streaming Big Data integration including geographic, transport, meteorological, cross domain and news data, while capitalizing on human feedback channels. The main objectives of QROWD are: (1) Facilitating cross-sectoral Big Data stream integration for urban mobility including real-time data on individual and public transportation combined with further available sources, such as weather conditions and infrastructure information to create a comprehensive overview of the city traffic; (2) Supporting participation and feedback of various stakeholder groups to foster data-driven innovation in cities; and (3) Building a platform providing hybrid computational methods relying on efficient algorithms complemented with human computation and feedback.

The main outcomes of QROWD are: (1) Two data value chains in the sectors of urban mobility and public transportation using a mix of large scale heterogeneous multilingual datasets; and (2) Cross-sectoral and cross-lingual technology, including algorithms and tools covering all phases of the cross-sectoral Big Data Value Chain building on W3C standards and capitalizing on a flexible and efficient combination of human and machine-based computation.

Call for proposal

H2020-ICT-2016-2017

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Sub call

H2020-ICT-2016-1

Coordinator

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON
Net EU contribution
€ 651 504,99
Address
Highfield
SO17 1BJ Southampton
United Kingdom

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Region
South East (England) Hampshire and Isle of Wight Southampton
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Other funding
€ 0,00

Participants (10)

ATOS SPAIN SA
Spain
Net EU contribution
€ 336 437,50
Address
Calle De Albarracin 25
28037 Madrid

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Region
Comunidad de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid Madrid
Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
Other funding
€ 144 187,50
TOMTOM DEVELOPMENT GERMANY GMBH

Participation ended

Germany
Net EU contribution
€ 148 743,48
Address
Inselstrasse 22
04103 Leipzig
Region
Sachsen Leipzig Leipzig
Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
Other funding
€ 63 747,20
Third-party

Legal entity other than a subcontractor which is affiliated or legally linked to a participant. The entity carries out work under the conditions laid down in the Grant Agreement, supplies goods or provides services for the action, but did not sign the Grant Agreement. A third party abides by the rules applicable to its related participant under the Grant Agreement with regard to eligibility of costs and control of expenditure.

TOMTOM POLSKA SP ZOO

Participation ended

Poland
Net EU contribution
€ 32 984,90
Address
Stefana Zeromskiego 94c
90-550 Lodz
Region
Makroregion centralny Łódzkie Miasto Łódź
Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
Other funding
€ 14 136,38
COMUNE DI TRENTO
Italy
Net EU contribution
€ 249 375,00
Address
Belenzani 19
38122 Trento

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Region
Nord-Est Provincia Autonoma di Trento Trento
Activity type
Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)
Other funding
€ 0,00
AI4BD GMBH
Switzerland
Net EU contribution
€ 0,00
Address
Michael-maggi-strasse 16
8046 Zurich

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SME

The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.

Yes
Region
Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Zürich Zürich
Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
Other funding
€ 621 875,00
INMARK EUROPA SA
Spain
Net EU contribution
€ 219 100,00
Address
Avda Del Llano Castellano 13
28034 Madrid

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Region
Comunidad de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid Madrid
Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
Other funding
€ 93 900,00
INSTITUT FUR ANGEWANDTE INFORMATIK (INFAI) EV
Germany
Net EU contribution
€ 753 250,00
Address
Goerdelerring 9
04109 Leipzig

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Region
Sachsen Leipzig Leipzig
Activity type
Research Organisations
Other funding
€ 0,00
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI TRENTO
Italy
Net EU contribution
€ 376 625,00
Address
Via Calepina 14
38122 Trento

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Region
Nord-Est Provincia Autonoma di Trento Trento
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Other funding
€ 0,00
TOMTOM LOCATION TECHNOLOGY GERMANY GMBH
Germany
Net EU contribution
€ 178 856,53
Address
An Den Treptowers 1
12435 Berlin

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Region
Berlin Berlin Berlin
Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
Other funding
€ 76 652,80
Third-party

Legal entity other than a subcontractor which is affiliated or legally linked to a participant. The entity carries out work under the conditions laid down in the Grant Agreement, supplies goods or provides services for the action, but did not sign the Grant Agreement. A third party abides by the rules applicable to its related participant under the Grant Agreement with regard to eligibility of costs and control of expenditure.

TOMTOM POLSKA SP ZOO
Poland
Net EU contribution
€ 22 490,10
Address
Stefana Zeromskiego 94c
90-550 Lodz

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Region
Makroregion centralny Łódzkie Miasto Łódź
Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
Other funding
€ 9 638,62