by M.Felisa Verdejo
The tenth European Conference on Digital Libraries was held at the University of Alicante, Spain from September 17 to 22, 2006. The event was jointly organised by the University of Alicante, Miguel de Cervantes Virtual Library and Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED).
by Carol Peters
The results of the seventh campaign of the Cross-Language Evaluation Forum were presented at a two-and-a-half day workshop held in Alicante, Spain, 20-22 September, immediately following the tenth European Conference on Digital Libraries. The workshop was attended by over 130 researchers and system developers from academia and industry.
by Erwin Schoitsch
The European Technology Platform on Smart Systems Integration (EPoSS) was launched in Brussels on 7th of July 2006. Information Society and Media Commissioner Viviane Reding officially opened the event and outlined in an encouraging manner the major issues to be tackled by EPoSS.
The third ARTEMIS annual conference took place in Graz, Austria on 22-24 May. The event was attended by nearly 250 delegates from European companies, representatives of SMEs, governments, academia and research Institutes.
by Erwin Schoitsch
Embedded systems are regarded as the most important computer application field in the years to come, and a business driver for European industry. Therefore they are a targeted research area for European Research Programmes in Framework 7, promoted by ARTEMIS, the 'Technology Platform for Advanced Research and Technology for Embedded Intelligence'.