HANDiCAMS

Heterogeneous Ad-hoc Networks for Distributed, Cooperative, and Adaptive Multimedia Signal Processing

Coordinatore	KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN    more  Organization address address: Waaistraat 6-box5105 city: Leuven postcode: 3000 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Sofie Cognome: Heroes Email: send email Telefono: +32 16 32 99 79 Fax: +32 16 326515
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Belgium [BE]
Totale costo	1˙999˙111 €
EC contributo	1˙572˙969 €
Programma	FP7-ICT Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies
Code Call	FP7-ICT-2013-C
Funding Scheme	CP
Anno di inizio	2013
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2013-10-01   -   2016-09-30

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN  Organization address address: Waaistraat 6-box5105 city: Leuven postcode: 3000 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Sofie Cognome: Heroes Email: send email Telefono: +32 16 32 99 79 Fax: +32 16 326515	BE (Leuven)	coordinator	0.00
2	COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE & PRESS DIOPHANTUS  Organization address address: N KAZANTZAKI CAMPUS city: RIO PATRAS postcode: 26500 contact info Titolo: Mrs. Nome: Sotiria Cognome: Stavropoulou Email: send email Telefono: +30 2610 960468 Fax: +30 2610 960392	EL (RIO PATRAS)	participant	0.00
3	ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE  Organization address address: BATIMENT CE 3316 STATION 1 city: LAUSANNE postcode: 1015 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Martin Cognome: Vetterli Email: send email Telefono: +41 21 693 5698 Fax: +41 21 693 4312	CH (LAUSANNE)	participant	0.00
4	TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET DARMSTADT  Organization address address: Karolinenplatz city: DARMSTADT postcode: 64289 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Abdelhak M. Cognome: Zoubir Email: send email Telefono: +49 6151 16 4595 Fax: +49 6151 16 3778	DE (DARMSTADT)	participant	0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

The project is aimed at developing a new ICT paradigm, which considers multiple heterogeneous devices that cooperate in multiple signal processing tasks. This is radically different from current ICT paradigms, in which stand-alone devices merely focus on individual tasks or multiple devices perform one joint task, e.g., in a wireless sensor network (WSN). Examples of the heterogeneous devices considered are tablets, smartphones, handheld cameras, active headsets and hearing aids. Each device is equipped with one or several sensors, e.g., microphones and cameras, as well as with computing and wireless communication facilities, and has its own signal processing task, e.g., a local signal enhancement task. The aim is to achieve superior performance in these tasks through cooperation amongst the devices, which then effectively act as nodes in a WSN type set-up, where each node contributes to the other nodes' tasks.The main objective is to develop distributed, cooperative and adaptive signal processing algorithms for the acquisition, coding, processing, and in-network fusion of multimedia signals, in particular for the enhancement of audio and video signals. The algorithms are operated in a heterogeneous, ad-hoc and dynamic network, where each node has its own signal processing task as well as its own specific mode of operation. Furthermore, the algorithms should be scalable and require minimal communication bandwidth and power. As the network nodes may be selfish or opportunistic, general operating principles will be designed that provide incentives for cooperation. A general bottom-up design strategy will be adopted, rather than the usual top-down approach used in WSNs.The project will yield new theoretical frameworks for distributed detection, classification, estimation, coding, topology inference and cooperation strategies. In addition, two use cases are proposed in the context of audio and video enhancement, which will eventually serve as a proof of concept.