Consortium meeting pictures

Atos Origin s.a.e 

Atos Origin s.a.e. (the merger between SchlumbergerSema and Atos ODS Origin) is the Spanish branch of a major international IT services company, Atos Origin plc. Atos Origin’s business is turning client vision into results through the application of consulting, systems integration and managed operations. Within the Public Sector area, the Atos Research and Innovation (ARI) group concentrates on the realisation of international projects, combining the most up-to-date technological developments with a high awareness of the human factors (education sciences, disability-related issues, cultural diversity, multi-linguality).

Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (ICCS)

The Image, Video and Intelligent Multimedia Systems Lab (IVML) of the Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (ICCS) was established in 1988. Courses given in the framework of the undergraduate and postgraduate syllabus of NTUA by IVML members include Image and Video Analysis and Technology, Computer Graphics, Neural Networks, Intelligent Computer Systems and Man Machine Communication. Twenty graduate students have obtained their PhD working in IVML, while ten are pursuing their PhD in it. The members of the Lab are active members of the research community having published 100 journal articles and 200 international conference contributions.

 
The Dyslexia Institute (DIYORK)

Founded in 1972, The Dyslexia Institute (DI) is the UK’s major dyslexia organisation and a leading international authority on dyslexia provision. As well as assessing and teaching dyslexic people of all ages throughout the UK it provides specialist teacher-training, produces a wide range of teaching materials and conducts its own research.

 
Herning Kommune, Børn og Unge, KVIS programme (BKH)

KVIS is the Ministry of Education's programme to the development and ensuring of quality in the special education and development of a national inclusive school strategy.

The KVIS programme runs a national digital portal7. The aim of the quality programme KVIS is to increase the inclusiveness in the Folkeskole and thereby ensuring that all pupils receive a qualitative offer as close to their home and public school as possible.

 
Forschungszentrum Informatik (FZI)

FZI is a non-profit research and technology transfer organisation supporting the development of innovative applications on the basis of recent, but already proven techniques. FZI offers its partners a unique interdisciplinary environment that fosters joint research among diverse fields of Informatics, Economics, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. FZI has experience in a huge number of national and EU funded research, development, and specific support projects in different areas, and is member of the standardisation bodies World-Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and Object Management Group (OMG).

 
Institute of Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)

The Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP) was founded in Athens, Greece, under the auspices of the General Secretariat for Research and Technology (Ministry of Development) to support the development of Language Technology, creating a critical mass of experienced scientists and technical infrastructure.

ILSP is an established entity in the domain of educational technology, and in particular of language education, bringing technology to facilitate, enrich, and improve on traditional approaches.

 
Centro De Profesores y Recursos de Gijon (POME)

The Teachers and Resources Centre of Gijón is a public institution for the in-service teachers training. It is ruled by the Consejería de Educación del Principado de Asturias –regional educational authority-. It was created in 1985 and since then has been in charge of the professional development of the teachers in the area (over 120 centres and 2,000 teachers).

It has a long experience in European Projects: as associate in Comenius 3.1 (“Creativity across the curriculum”, SPERO, “Think, Construct, Communicate”, SITE ), ARIANE,ODL –Eurotess-, HORIZON, LINGUA D (Tandem Language learning partnership for schools), LEONARDO, as cocoordinator in Comenius 3.2 (“Think, innovate, create”) and Comenius 2 (Intercultural Project P.I.E.D.R.A., S.O.F.T. Change –Supporting Our Families Through Change-). It has also carried out in several occasions in-service training courses in the Catalogue Comenius 2.2.C.

 
University Lucian Blaga Sibiu (ULBS)

The key staff involved at University Lucian Blaga Sibiu have had an active interest in technology solutions to enhance e-inclusion for a number of years. Before the creation of ISDN as an available resource for educational applications such as videoconferencing, they were involved in the international STARNET project which used the Olympus satellite for full bandwidth interactive video-conferencing between educational sites. Successful experiments in course and seminar delivery were conducted along with the transfer of simultaneous data transmission of course notes.

 
European Dynamics (EURODYN)

EUROPEAN DYNAMICS SA is a leading IT services company with a long involvement in projects and support activities for European Institutions and other international and government organizations in the EU. The company specializes in the fields of consulting, software development, IT systems integration, advanced Internet/Web technologies, database applications, including Web integration to existing information systems, consulting, collaboration and knowledge management and the delivery of IT and telecommunications turn-key projects. Key to the success of the company was the early realization of the market potential in delivering high-quality, mission-critical, fixedprice/ fixed-time systems integration/bespoke software development and a broad range of outsourced IT services. ED is headquartered in Athens with branch offices in Brussels, Luxembourg, Belgrade, etc.