Portfolio of Portugal North Region technologies for the maritime sector Activity 1 - Global report
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Activity 1 Global Report- Portfolio of Portugal North Region technologies for the maritime sector INDEX
INDEX ...... 2 Presentation ...... 3 SECTION I – TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES ...... 4 I.1 Higher Education Institutions ...... 4 I.1.1 Catholic University of Portugal ...... 4 I.1.2 Porto Polytechnic Institute ...... 5 I.1.3 University of Minho ...... 5 I.1.4 University of Porto ...... 6 I.1.5 University of Trás-os-Montes & Alto Douro ...... 7 I.1.6. Viana do Castelo Polytechnic Institute ...... 7 I.2 R&D Institutions ...... 9 I.2.1 CIIMAR – Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research ...... 10 I.2.2 INEGI – Institute of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management ...... 11 I.2.3 INESC TEC - Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering of Porto ...... 12 I.2.4 IT - Institute for Telecommunications ...... 13 I.2.5 LSA - Autonomous Systems Lab – ISEP - IPP ...... 13 I.2.6 LSTS – Underwater Systems and Technologies Laboratory ...... 13 I.3 Research Infrastructures ...... 14 I.3.1 EMBRC.PT - European Marine Biological Resource Centre - Portugal ...... 14 I.3.2 EMSO-PT - European Multidisciplinary Seafloor and Water Column Observatory - Portugal...... 14 I.3.3 TEC4SEA - Modular Platform for Research, Test and Validation of Technologies supporting a Sustainable Blue Economy ...... 14 I.4 Competitive Poles of Technology and Clusters ...... 15 I.4.1 OCEANO XXI ...... 15 I.4.2 PRODUTECH ...... 15 I.4.3 TICE.PT ...... 16 I.5 Enterprises carrying out R&D projects ...... 17 I.5.1. Bluemater ...... 19 I.5.2 FoodInTech ...... 19 I.5.3 OCEANSCAN-MST ...... 20 SECTION II – Forthcoming R&D results: projects ...... 21 II.1 Participation in transnational projects ...... 21 II.1.1 Participation in H2020 programme ...... 21 II.1.2 Participation in INTERREG projects ...... 27 II.2 Case Studies ...... 30 II.2.1 MarineUAS project ...... 30 II.2.2 RAIA projects ...... 31 SECTION III – PATENTS ...... 33 SECTION IV – PRECOMMERCIAL TECHNOLOGIES AND SOLUTIONS ...... 37 IV.1 Technological Surveillance Exercise ...... 37 IV.2 Technology Portfolio – ICT applied to the maritime sector ...... 42 APPENDICES ...... 129 Appendix A Questionnaire disseminated in the surveillance exercise...... 129
2 Activity 1 Global Report- Portfolio of Portugal North Region technologies for the maritime sector PRESENTATION
This report presents the technological surveillance exercise conducted by University of Porto within the framework of the STAMAR project (activity 1), aiming at identifying technologies at Portugal North Region that can be object of STAMAR’s forthcoming valorisation and technology transfer activities.
The structure of the report follows a logic “from lab to market”, presenting sequentially the following content:
Technological capabilities (including higher education institutions, R&D institutions, clusters, competitive poles and other associations, infrastructures, and firms carrying out R&D projects); Forthcoming R&D results: projects; Patents; Pre-commercial technologies and solutions.
The report includes a reference of the most relevant actors in Portugal North Region identified during the technological surveillance process. Despite the fact that the region has many more entities working on the maritime sector, the focus was given to entities working on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) with a potential application to the maritime sector.
The technologies were characterised regarding their technological field and applicability to the maritime sector, in order to make this report a practical tool for connecting innovation and the market.
Forty two technologies that were scouted in the North of Portugal during the technological surveillance process are described on this report.
3 Activity 1 Global Report- Portfolio of Portugal North Region technologies for the maritime sector SECTION I – TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES
In the context of this report technological capabilities refer to the capacity of Higher Education and R&D institutions, technological centres and firms to develop ICT and solutions to be applied in the maritime sector. These capabilities take form of people skills and know-how, technological equipment and infrastructures and experience in R&D project development. R&D is a crucial component of innovation and a key factor to transform these capabilities into pre-commercial technologies and solutions.
I.1 Higher Education Institutions
Higher education in Portugal comprises public and private education and is divided into the university and polytechnic subsystems. In the North Region of Portugal there are identified six (6) Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), of which 4 are Universities and 2 are Polytechnic Institutes, that we recognize capabilities to produce R&D results on the ICT area able to be applied to maritime sector.
These 6 HEIs are characterised by a strong R&D component within its structure. Regarding ICT and its potential application to the sea, it is noticeable that these institutions have high capacity for technological development and for the placement of technologies in the market. This high capacity is promoted through Technology Transfer Entities, Science and Technology Parks and Incubators. In this sense, a brief description of these HEIs 1 and its support/interface institutions with relevance in the context of this report are presented below.
I.1.1 Catholic University of Portugal The Catholic University of Portugal (UCP) was founded in 1967 and is presently attended by 12000 students in 42 undergraduate and integrated master courses, 90 masters and 20 PhD programs, 4 MBAs, 2 LLMs2 and 108 postgraduate courses, taught by 971 faculty members with the support of 581 employees. Its four regional centres (Lisboa, Porto, Braga and Viseu) include 16 schools in eight scientific areas (theology and religious sciences, architecture and arts, humanities, law, economics and management, engineering and health sciences, sound and image and information technologies) and 23 study centres conducting research.
The CiDEB – Centre for Incubation and Development of Biotechnology Companies, is an incubator for technology-based companies, dedicated to bio-economy, food, environment and health. The CiDEB was founded in April 2004 and is coordinated by the Centre of Regional Entrepreneurship (Porto) of the
1 Information about each institution was retrieved and adapted from its official website. 2 LLM: Latin Legum Magister, which means Master of Laws.
4 Activity 1 Global Report- Portfolio of Portugal North Region technologies for the maritime sector Catholic University of Portugal (UCP-CRP).The CIDEB building is inserted into the Asprela Campus (UCP-CRP), and thus can take advantage of a strong interaction with the academic environment and the CBQF – Centre for Biotechnology and Fine Chemistry.
UCP has a Knowledge Transfer Division (OTIC) entitled TRANSMED - Valorisation of Biomedical Knowledge and Technologies.
I.1.2 Porto Polytechnic Institute Porto Polytechnic Institute (IPP) was created in 1985 and currently includes the School of Education (ESE) the School of Music and Performing Arts (ESMAE), the School of Accounting and Administration (ISCAP), the School of Engineering (ISEP), the School of Management and Industrial Studies (ESEIG), the School of Management and Technology of Felgueiras (ESTGF) and the School of Health and Technology (ESTSP)
IPP is the largest Polytechnic in Portugal, with over 17100 students, 1445 teaching staff and 446 non- teaching staff that provide courses in 5 scientific areas: Music, Theatre and Audiovisual Arts, Education, Management, Engineering and Technology and Health.
The IPP also participates in the INICITEC project – Technological Industrial Incubator of the City of Paços de Ferreira. This participation aims to install the IPP technology transfer centre at the Technological City. Furthermore, it is planned to set up a pre-incubator and an incubator for IPP, allowing an effective and dynamic interaction within their main players (schools, star-ups, etc.).
IPP has a Knowledge Transfer Division (OTIC) to foster self-employment, innovation and entrepreneurship and train its students in compliance with the companies’ requirements.
I.1.3 University of Minho University of Minho (U.Minho) is a public university founded in 1973 that gathers over 18000 students, more than 1000 teaching staff and almost 600 technical and administrative staff.
Most of the academic and scientific activities are carried out in two sites: the campus of Gualtar, in Braga (Science, economics, education, management, arts, law and medical sciences) and the campus of Azurém, in Guimarães (architecture and most of the technological courses).
It presently includes the European Institute for Excellence in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, the only of its kind to be based in Portugal, as well as 32 research centres that receive state- funding, 3 of which are part of State Associated Laboratories.
Avepark is the Science and Technology Park of Guimarães. Created in 2004, it gathers the support of the University of Minho, the Municipality of Guimarães, Porto Science and Technology Park Association (APCTP), AIMinho Business Association and Guimarães Commercial Association. Avepark comprises four main buildings: Spinpark – the incubator of the University of Minho; EXPERTISSUES building; CRH building, and the core building of Avepark. The Centre for Business at Avepark has fourteen companies from technology sectors including biotechnology, information systems, technology, video surveillance, and smart textiles.
5 Activity 1 Global Report- Portfolio of Portugal North Region technologies for the maritime sector Avepark intends to serve as a technological infra-structure that benefit from the proximity to knowledge creators and facilitates interaction between Universities and Companies. Therefore, it aims at the promotion of opportunities for regional economic diversification, bringing out challenges for innovative and integrated policy-making, multi-layered regional governance and proactive management. In this context, one of the initiatives of Avepark in collaboration with UMinho and APCTP was the creation in 2008 of an incubation centre – Spinpark. Spinpark main action is focused on the promotion and development of technological knowledge-based advanced activities, particularly by supporting the creation of start-ups and their evolution process. Spinpark currently hosts several companies focused on a variety of activities ranging from new materials, aeronautics, biotechnology, environment, electronics, health, functional textiles, multimedia and software development.
TecMinho - Founded in 1990, TecMinho is a private non-profit association that promotes the connection of the University of Minho with society through four main activities: the promotion of innovation, development of new technologies and their transfer to businesses; the promotion of continuous training activities (including e-learning), and the organizational development and transnational mobility of human resources; the support to the creation of enterprises, with emphasis on academic spin-offs; and the kick-start and guidance in implementation of R&D projects.
I.1.4 University of Porto The University of Porto (U.Porto) was created in 1911. At the end of 2014 comprises 14 faculties and a business school, over 31000 students, 2390 teachers and researchers and 1575 administrative staff. With 51 research centres, 154 active patents, 21 licensed technologies and 196 spin-offs and start-up companies, U.Porto is a powerful R&D hub, with a science & technology park (UPTEC) and a technology transfer unit (UPIN) acting as the interface with the community and the economic sector.
UPTEC, the Science and Technology Park of the University of Porto, includes two types of support structures: Incubators, for entrepreneurs to turn their ideas into businesses with rapid growth potential, and Centres for Business Innovation, where existing businesses can benefit from synergies with U.Porto’s R&D departments and interface institutes. UPTEC is divided into four centres dedicated to different economic sectors: Technology (100 companies), Creative Industries (30 companies), Sea and Biotechnology (25 companies).
UPIN University of Porto Innovation is the technology transfer office of the University of Porto. Founded in 2004, it´s structured in three functional areas: UPIN Technologies, UPIN Ventures and UPIN Corporate.
UPIN Technologies supports the process of turning ideas into commercially viable products/services through a six steps Technology Transfer process, from invention disclosure to its protection, commercialization and, finally, the collection and monitoring of revenue derived from its commercial application. UPIN Ventures fosters the creation of academic spin-offs by organizing resources and providing technical support to help entrepreneurs developing their idea into a new business. UPIN Corporate fosters the competitiveness of companies and the application of the knowledge generated in
6 Activity 1 Global Report- Portfolio of Portugal North Region technologies for the maritime sector the University by creating bridges between industry and U.Porto through the promotion, planning, negotiation and execution of R&D and innovation joint projects, beneficial for both sides- Academia and Industry.
I.1.5 University of Trás-os-Montes & Alto Douro The University of Trás-os-Montes & Alto Douro (UTAD) was founded in 1986 and currently offers 37 BSc, 67 MSc and 12 PhD programs, with 8300 students and a teaching permanent staff of 511 professors. UTAD’s 120 hectares’ campus is located in the city of Vila Real, including all research and teaching facilities, a botanical garden, agricultural fields, animal production units and a veterinary hospital.
Starting of mid-2015, the region of Trás-os-Montes can count with the Régia-Douro Science and Technology Park (RDP). The Science and Technology Park is organized by the Municipality of Vila Real and UTAD, and will provide multiple capacities to support entrepreneurs and their businesses. The RDP is essentially focused on the research, development and transfer of technology in the fields of food processing, agro-industrial, oenology, viticulture and green economy3. The park includes 1) the Centre of Technology and Innovation - Centre of Excellence of Vine and Wine; 2) the Douro Business Centre; 3) the Douro-NEST incubator and accelerator for tech start-ups and 4) Industry lots reserved for winery and agro-industrial plants and other industrial activities related to agribusiness. Regarding technology transfer activities, UTAD technology transfer office – OTIC-GAPI UTAD – provide strong university support in intellectual property and technology transfer. Currently, the University possess a wide portfolio of patents in several areas including environment, renewable energy, chemistry, agriculture, mechanics, and engineering.
I.1.6. Viana do Castelo Polytechnic Institute The Viana do Castelo Polytechnic Institute (IPVC) was created in 1980 and comprises six schools (Technology and Management, Health, and Education in Viana do Castelo; Agriculture in Ponte de Lima; Business in Valença; Sports and Leisure in Melgaço), offering undergraduate, master and postgraduate degree courses, as well as specialization courses.
IPVC takes part in the technological incubator of Arcos de Valdevez together with its regional partners. Complementarily, the Municipality of Viana do Castelo and the Business Association of Viana do Castelo (AEVC) presented in February 2015 a project proposal for an incubator of creative industries - Creative Incubator of the Alto Minho. The IPVC, INESC TEC, School Gallaecia (ESG), and the Universities of Minho and Porto, were the institutions invited to join the Creative Incubator of the Alto Minho. The main intervention sectors of the incubator will be multimedia, digital economy, energy efficiency and alternative energies, architecture, design, robotics, marine and maritime resources and urban regeneration4.
3 Source: http://www.regiadouro.com/en/the-park 4 Source: http://www.cm-viana-castelo.pt/pt/noticias/camara-municipal-e-associacao-empresarial-criam- incubadora-criativa-do-alto-minho
7 Activity 1 Global Report- Portfolio of Portugal North Region technologies for the maritime sector IPVC has an Office of Technology, Innovation and Knowledge Transfer (OTIC) to connect it with business and community at regional and international level.
8 Activity 1 Global Report- Portfolio of Portugal North Region technologies for the maritime sector I.2 R&D Institutions
The North region has a number of highly relevant research and innovation actors that aggregate skills, expertise, knowledge and infrastructures that are relevant for different marine and maritime sectors (Table 1). All of them are associated directly or indirectly to an HEI.
Table 1a R&D institutions connected with the Sea and/or ICT
Institution Related R&D Centres/Units CEHRA – Centre for Hydraulics, Water Resources and Environment from the Faculty of Engineering CIBIO – Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources; Associate Laboratory InBio CIGCE – Geo-Space Sciences Research Centre CIIMAR – Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research; Associate Laboratory CIMAR
IBMC – Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology; Associate Laboratory IBMC.INEB IHRH – Hydraulics and Water Resources Institute INEGI – Institute of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management INESC TEC – Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering of Porto LEPABE – Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy
Universityof Porto LSRE – Laboratory of Separation and Reaction Engineering; Associate Laboratory LSRE LSTS – Underwater Systems and Technologies Laboratory from the Faculty of Engineering REQUIMTE/LAQV – Associate Laboratory for Green Chemistry SYSTEC – Research Center for Systems and Technologies UMIB – Unit for Multidisciplinary Research in Biomedicine 3B's – Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics Research Group; Associate Laboratory ICVS/3B’s ALGORITMI – ALGORITMI Research Centre Automation and Robotics Laboratory
CBMA – Molecular and Environmental Biology Centre CCTC – Computer Science and Technology Centre CEB – Centre of Biological Engineering CGIT – Industrial and Technology Management Centre CIG-R – Centre of Geological Research, Management and Valorisation of Resources
Universityof Minho Embedded Systems and Telecommunications Laboratory HASLab – High-Assurance Software Laboratory Image Processing Laboratory IPC – Institute for Polymers and Composites - Associated Laboratory I3N NCT – Earth Sciences Centre
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os Centre for Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences (CITAB)
- Genomics and Biotechnology Research Centre (CGB)
University of Trás Alto Douro Vila Real Chemistry Research Centre (CQ-VR)
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9 Activity 1 Global Report- Portfolio of Portugal North Region technologies for the maritime sector Table 2b R&D institutions connected with the Sea and/or ICT
Institution Related R&D Centres/Units Catholic CBQF – Centre for Biotechnology and Fine Chemistry University CID2BIO - Research and Development in Biosignal and Biosystems Cell ESEIG (c) KMILT - Knowledge Management, Interactive and Learning Technologies Research Group ESTGF (d) CIICESI – Center for Research and Innovation in Business Sciences and Information Systems
(e) (a) ESTSP CISA - Research Center on Environment and Health
IPP GECAD - Knowledge Engineering and Decision Support Research Centre CIETI - Center for Innovation in Engineering and Industrial Technology ISEP(f) CISTER - Research Centre in Real-Time and Embedded Computing Systems LSA - Autonomous Systems Laboratory IDEALQ - Investigação, Desenvolvimento e Análises em Laboratórios de Química
(b) ESTG(g) UIDICTA - Unit for Research, Development and Innovation in Food Science and Technology
IPVC UMA - Applied Microbiology Research Unit ESA(h) Extension Unit of ESA-IPVC Other Institutions: IT – Institute for Telecommunications INL – International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory CEDT – Center of Excellence for Dematerialization of Transactions
(a) IPP – Porto Polytechnic Institute; (b) IPVC – Viana do Castelo Polytechnic Institute; (c) ESEIG – School of Management and Industrial Studies; (d) ESTGF – School of Management and Technology of Felgueiras; (e) ESTSP – School of Health Technology of Porto; (f) ISEP – School of Engineering of Porto; (g) ESTG – School of Technology and Management; (h) ESA – Agrarian School.
Considering their contribution within the STAMAR project, namely of the ICT offer for the maritime sector, the following R&D institutions are highlighted:
I.2.1 CIIMAR – Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research The CIIMAR (www.ciimar.up.pt) is a multidisciplinary research institute whose mission is to develop high-quality research, promote technological development and innovation and support public policies in Marine and Environmental Sciences. CIIMAR aggregates researchers from 5 schools of the University of Porto (ICBAS, Faculty of Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Law), the University of Madeira, the University of Azores, and the Portuguese Sea and Atmosphere Institute (IPMA).
The scientific programme of the centre embraces three research domains that address the main economic and societal challenges in the area: . Global Changes and Ecosystems Services . Aquaculture and Seafood Quality
10 Activity 1 Global Report- Portfolio of Portugal North Region technologies for the maritime sector . Marine Biotechnology
Currently, the CIIMAR hosts 10 research groups, covering a wide range of scientific expertise and sharing a common vision: “Contribute to the Knowledge of the Ocean as a basis for the sustainable management and exploitation of resources”. The scientific staff is composed by 165 PhD holders and 235 post-graduation students and technical staff with many different nationalities and scientific backgrounds, generating around 360 publications in international peer-review journals (60% in Q1) per year.
The centre is the main R&D performer of OCEANUS Marine Research and Innovation of the University of Porto and is a member of the Maritime Cluster OCEANO XXI that aims to promote and strengthen the national maritime economy. The strategic plan to foster innovation and technology transfer is anchored in MARINNOVA (www.marinnova.pt), an R&D company focused at providing innovative services and products in the field of Marine and Environmental Sciences. CIIMAR participates in national and international platforms (e.g. Member of European Science Foundation – Marine Board) and is a renowned centre for advanced training of researchers in Marine and Environmental Sciences, supporting several national (mainly from the University of Porto) and European Master and PhD programmes, and attracting a considerable number of post-graduation researchers. In 2014, 30 PhD theses and 100 Master theses were completed under the supervision or co-supervision of CIIMAR members.
I.2.2 INEGI – Institute of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management INEGI (www.inegi.pt) is an interface Institution between University and Industry, oriented to the activities of Research and Development, Innovation and Technology Transfer. It was founded in 1986, as an organization to strengthen the liaison between the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management (DEMEGI) of the University of Porto and industry. This strong link to DEMEGI is still maintained today, being one of the Institute’s main knowledge sources with its large range of scientific and technologic competences. During its 25 years of existence so far, it has developed and consolidated its position as an honoured Industry partner, through its participation in R&D projects, so that nowadays projects with Companies account for more than 50% of the Institute’s turnover. Being a non-profit private association and recognized as being of public utility, INEGI is currently considered an active agent playing a significant role in the development of the Portuguese industry, and in the transformation of its competitive model.
INEGI R&D activities are translated into a variety of products and services such as: . Vibration and Noise Analysis . Experimental Stress Analysis and Non-Destructive Testing . Combustion . Technical Drawings and Design . Industrial Energy and Thermal . Renewable energies
11 Activity 1 Global Report- Portfolio of Portugal North Region technologies for the maritime sector . Energy Management . Industrial Management . Integrity and Structural Simulation . Composite Materials and Structures. . Industrial Waste Measurement and Treatment . Methodologies and Tools for Product Development . New Casting Technologies . Rapid Prototyping and Tooling . Materials Reaction to Smoke and Fire . Simulation of Production Processes . Tribology and Industrial Maintenance . Wave and Wind Energy . Robotics . Automation and Control
I.2.3 INESC TEC - Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering of Porto INESC TEC (www.inesctec.pt), associate laboratory, was created to act as an interface between the academic world, the world of industry and services and the public administration. Its activities range from research and development to technology transfer, consulting and advanced training. The main areas of intervention are: Telecommunications and Multimedia; Power Systems; Manufacturing Systems; Information and Computer Graphics Systems; Optoelectronics and Electronic Systems; Robotics and Intelligent Systems; Innovation and Technology Transfer; Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support; Programming and Computing Languages; Industrial Management and Embedded and Real-time Computing Systems. INESC TEC main research and development activities are in the field of: a) Robotic Equipment and Systems; b) Oceanographic surveys and Risk Assessment study; c) Geomatics Campaigns d) Sensors for real time water quality monitoring; e) Electronic port system. The R&D activities are organized in to 12 R&D Centres: CPES – Centre for Power and Energy Systems CTM – Centre for Telecommunications and Multimedia CAP – Centre for Applied Photonics CESE – Centre for Enterprise Systems Engineering CSIG – Centre for Information Systems and Computer Graphics CROB – Centre for Robotics and Intelligent Systems CITE – Centre for Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship C-BER - Centre for Biomedical Engineering Research LIAAD – Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support CRACS – Centre for Research in Advanced Computing Systems CEGI – Centre for Industrial Engineering and Management HASLab – High-Assurance Software Laboratory
12 Activity 1 Global Report- Portfolio of Portugal North Region technologies for the maritime sector I.2.4 IT - Institute for Telecommunications IT (http://www.it.pt/) is a private, not-for-profit organization, of public interest, a partnership of nine institutions (7 higher education and 2 companies) with research and development in the field of Telecommunications.
IT has around 600 members (of which more than 250 are PhD holders) organized into research groups with specific scientific backgrounds.5 In Porto, IT is based at the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto, where it hosts graduate and postgraduate students to conduct fundamental and applied research in several expertise spans such as Wireless Communications, Optical Communications, Networks and Multimedia, Basic Sciences and Enabling Technologies. IT overall mission is to create and disseminate scientific knowledge in the field of telecommunications. Its high level of scientific research is demonstrated by a solid number of peer reviewed international publications (more than 450 papers yearly) and by other high internationalization and quality indicators.
I.2.5 LSA - Autonomous Systems Lab – ISEP - IPP The LSA, hosted at ISEP - IPP, is an R&D unit working on autonomous systems and mobile robotics. It performs research and develops systems with applications in environmental monitoring, forest management, oceanography, inspection, security and transportation. If develops innovative concepts and technological results to promote sustainable growth solutions.
The LSA’s activity follows four main lines of work: R&D programs, education projects, science and technology dissemination activities and technology transfer. In addition LSA offers external R&D services such as custom autonomous technology solutions, underwater inspection and tridimensional environmental monitoring. The laboratory has developed land, air and sea autonomous robots, including autonomous surface vehicles, unmanned aircraft systems and multiple land robots, from autonomous rovers to “soccer players”.
I.2.6 LSTS – Underwater Systems and Technologies Laboratory The LSTS (http://lsts.fe.up.pt/), from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, is a pioneer in the development and integration of autonomous and operator-assisted vehicles and sensor networks, working for international organizations such as the NATO. LSTS designed and developed technologies such as: a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) for the inspection of underwater structures; a low cost AUV for coastal oceanography; low cost sensor modules for remote and/or networked environmental data collection; acoustic navigation technology for multiple AUVs; operational concepts for the coordinated operation of multiple AUVs; control architecture for the coordination and control of multiple vehicles.
5 Source: http://www.it.pt/ .
13 Activity 1 Global Report- Portfolio of Portugal North Region technologies for the maritime sector I.3 Research Infrastructures
The first step towards the definition of a Portuguese Roadmap of Research Infrastructures of Strategic Interest for 2014-2020 (RNIE) was launched by the Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation in 2013. A strategic assessment was conducted from the perspective of ensuring that the research infrastructures articulate with the national and regional smart specialisation strategies and other relevant sectorial policies. The current Portuguese Roadmap6 provides an overview of the current landscape of research infrastructures, both in terms of geographical distribution and across scientific areas. From a total of 40 Research Infrastructures that were recommended to integrate the RNIE, we highlight the following three due to their unique relevance for marine sciences and the North Region:
I.3.1 EMBRC.PT - European Marine Biological Resource Centre - Portugal The EMBRC.PT is the national node of the ESFRI European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC). It provides services in marine sciences: access to marine ecosystems and biodiversity, microorganism collections and model organisms, mesocosms facilities, research vessels and smaller boats, scientific diving, “omics”, bioinformatics and chemistry platforms. Facilities include also a variety of aquaria facilities, general laboratories, outdoor experimental facilities, shallow water hydrothermal vents and marine observatories for long term observations. The EMBRC.PT is expected to increase the scientific activity in marine sciences that will potentiate the development of technologies and products, with a positive impact on the regional and national economies.
I.3.2 EMSO-PT - European Multidisciplinary Seafloor and Water Column Observatory - Portugal EMSO Portugal integrates the ESFRI Roadmap Research Infrastructure EMSO, which will coordinate and facilitate access to open ocean fixed point observatory infrastructures. It is a network of fixed point, deep sea multidisciplinary observatories, with the scientific objective of real-time, long-term monitoring of environmental processes related to the interaction between the geosphere, biosphere and hydrosphere.
I.3.3 TEC4SEA - Modular Platform for Research, Test and Validation of Technologies supporting a Sustainable Blue Economy TEC4SEA is a research infrastructure supporting research, development and testing of marine robotics, telecommunications, and sensing technologies for monitoring and operating in the ocean environment. Its characteristics, geographic location allowing fast access to deep sea, and support of multidisciplinary research, enable full validation and evaluation of technological solutions designed for the ocean environment, allowing researchers to evolve from simulation/lab experiment to field trial.
6 Source: http://www.fct.pt/apoios/equipamento/roteiro/2013/docs/Portuguese_Roadmap_of_Research_Infrastructures.pdf
14 Activity 1 Global Report- Portfolio of Portugal North Region technologies for the maritime sector I.4 Competitive Poles of Technology and Clusters
In 2009, the Portuguese Managing Authority of the Thematic Factors of Competitiveness Operational Programme (COMPETE) inserted in the National Strategic Reference Framework, the so called Collective Efficiency Strategies (EEC) to encourage cooperation and networking among companies and between companies and other relevant actors including R&D institutions, business associations, among others. From the 20 EEC recognised by COMPETE, three are highlighted in the present report due to their relevance to the sector: EEC Sea Knowledge and Economy Cluster (OCEANO XXI), EEC Information Technologies, Communication and Electronics (TICE.PT), EEC Production Technologies Cluster (PRODUTECH).
I.4.1 OCEANO XXI OCEANO XXI (http://www.oceano21.org/) is a private non-profit corporate body created at 2009 by the initiative of two regional associations IDCEM (Instituto para o Desenvolvimento do Conhecimento e Economia do Mar) and AFM (Associação Fórum Mar Centro). OCEANO XXI has in charge the management of the Portuguese Sea Knowledge and Economy Cluster and keeps a close link with the Portuguese Authorities in the matter. The Association has more than 60 members, covering different key sectors of the sea economy, among them companies and business associations, R&D centres, higher education institutions, local authorities and other associative organizations. The Cluster main's priority is to promote the sea as a valuable source for the economy, promoting cooperation between stakeholders through the intersection of knowledge and support for innovation, internationalization and entrepreneurship contributing, in sustainability conditions, for the country's competitiveness. OCEANO XXI was recognized with the BRONZE LABEL Excellence, assigned by European Cluster Excellence Initiative (ECEI), and is considered, since October 2014 and after publication in the Diário da República - the Portuguese Official Republic Gazette, a Public Utility Association.
OCEANO XXI works with supply chains and customers by organizing international business contacts. By identifying projects and cooperation between academy and industry through promoting focus groups’ discussions, the organization promotes and develops innovation. Other activities in which the association is involved include monitoring of anchor projects, dissemination of maritime affairs, promotion of studies and strategic reports, participation in national and international projects and networks, participation in business conventions, organizing and participation in entrepreneurial missions, organizing open and info days and organizing Sea Forum, yearly event in Portugal that comprises exhibition of products, business meetings and conferences about the sea. Besides that OCEANO XXI can interact with the European Clusters, directly and through the European Cluster Collaboration Platform and with other important partners at National and European levels. It has also participated in a number of collaborative projects under different types of funding schemes and programs at both national and European level (FP7, INTERREG, ESA, COMPETE).
I.4.2 PRODUTECH
15 Activity 1 Global Report- Portfolio of Portugal North Region technologies for the maritime sector PRODUTECH (http://www.produtech.org) is an initiative promoted by the Portuguese Industry of Manufacturing Technologies with the mission to promote the sustainable development and internationalization of the Portuguese industry of manufacturing technologies. It constitutes a network of manufacturing technology providers capable of responding to both competitiveness and sustainability challenges and to the manufacturing industry’s requirements with innovative, flexible, integrated and competitive solutions.
PRODUTECH embodies collective efficiency strategies aimed at innovating, qualifying and modernizing the developers and users of manufacturing technologies. The cluster action plans focus on the promotion of initiatives and actions fostering the international competitiveness of the Portuguese economy, in close collaboration with key sectors of the manufacturing industry, the Portuguese Science and Technology System and other stakeholders.
I.4.3 TICE.PT The National Portuguese ICT Cluster - TICE.PT (http://www.tice.pt) was created in 2008, with the mission to build a platform of collaboration involving and mobilize key actors of TICE on innovation processes, I&DT, knowledge transfer, advanced training, development, production and marketing of products and services, marketing and internationalization. TICE.PT aims to promote and leverage networking strategies for the sector. It promotes the interfaces between the academic world, represented by universities and institutes R&D, the business world, represented by the affiliates and also through networks, in particular of SMEs, represented by their associations. The intervention of the TICE.PT is focused on a set of horizontal intervention areas, at the production level of TICE products and services, to apply in vertical intervention fields (socio-economical sectors), with the “Internet of the Future” functioning as a structuring framework and aggregating element. Training and conversion of human resources capabilities, qualification of companies and of infrastructures for incubation and development, and internationalisation, are the main intervention vectors. The horizontal intervention areas provide sustainability for the set of vertical intervention areas: Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Environment; Education; Organisational Efficiency; Health and Quality of Life; Public Service; Mobility; Culture and Leisure.
16 Activity 1 Global Report- Portfolio of Portugal North Region technologies for the maritime sector I.5 Enterprises carrying out R&D projects
In this section we present an overview of the maritime economic sector in the North of Portugal. A selection of enterprises was made within the universe of actors and institutions which represent the first tier of potential to absorb the ICT technologies developed in the region.
Thirty-two (32) enterprises were identified within the universe of actors with potential interest in the context of the STAMAR project. From these two (2) are publicly held enterprises – Águas do Porto and APDL. Figure 1 analyses the field of action of the selected enterprises within the different maritime sectors – Aquaculture, Coastal tourism , Environmental monitoring, Fisheries, Marine renewable energy, Maritime services, Oil and gas, Shipbuilding Security, Shipbuilding, Transport and shipping 6% Maritime Coastal services tourism 13% and Water management. 6%
Oil and gas The selected enterprises have major action in 7% Security Maritime Services (13%), Security (13%), Marine 13% renewable Aquaculture (11%) and Environmental energy 7% Monitoring (11%). Shipbuilding (6%), Coastal Fisheries tourism (6%) are the least represented sectors. 7% Aquaculture 11% This is mainly due to the high specificity of these Water sectors. management 8% Environment al monitoring Transport 11% and shipping 11%
Figure 1 Fields of action for the selected Enterprise, considering the scope of STAMAR project.
Table 3 presents a non-exhaustive list of enterprises directly and indirectly involved in the maritime sector. These organisations have been also identified as potential SMEs to absorb the scouted ICTs within the STAMAR project. Detailed information on each organisation is presented under the following categories: Organisation, type of organisation, website and activity within the maritime sectors.
17 Table 3 Enterprises with interest within the STAMAR Project - characterisation of the North Region of Portugal
Application fields
Organisation Organisation Website Type
Aquaculture tourism Coastal Environmental monitoring Fisheries Marine renewable energy Maritime services gas Oil and Security Shipbuilding Transport and shipping Water management
Adventech - Advanced Environmental Technologies http://www.adventech.pt/en/ Private Enterprise
Águas do Porto, EEM http://www.aguasdoporto.pt/ Public Enterprise
Ambietel - Tecnologias Ambientais, Lda http://www.ambietel.com/ Private Enterprise
APDL - Administração dos Portos do Douro e Leixões, SA http://www.apdl.pt/header Public Enterprise
Atlântico Pronto e Fresco, SA Not available. Private Enterprise
Bluemater - Soluções Eco-eficientes http://bluemater.com/ Private Enterprise
Britagodo - Sociedade de Dragagens, Lda Not available. Private Enterprise http://www.brunswick-
Brunswick Marine - Emea Operations, LDA marine.com/ Private Enterprise http://www.criticalsoftware.co
Critical Software, SA m/ Private Enterprise
Doca Pesca (Póvoa do Varzim, Matosinhos e Viana do Castelo) http://www.docapesca.pt/ Private Enterprise
Douro Azul Turismo, Lda http://www.douroazul.com/ Private Enterprise http://www.dstrenovaveis.com
DST Renováveis / Private Enterprise
Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo, SA http://www.envc.pt/ Private Enterprise
Estaleiros Navais Postiga & Feiteira, Lda Not available. Private Enterprise
Estaleiros Samuel & Filhos, Lda http://www.samuelefilhos.pt/ Private Enterprise
FoodInTech, Lda http://foodintech.com/ Private Enterprise
Garland - Transportes, Logística e Distribuição http://www.garland.pt/ Private Enterprise
Glintt - Global Intelligent Technologies, SGPS, SA http://www.glintt.com/ Private Enterprise
MARIBÉRICA - Sociedade de Produtos Alimentares, SA http://www.mariberica.com/ Private Enterprise
Multisub - Serviço de Mergulho Profissional http://www.multisub.pt/ Private Enterprise http://www.oceanscan-
Oceanscan - Marine Systems & Technology, Lda mst.com/ Private Enterprise
CONSERVAS RAMIREZ, SA http://www.ramirez.pt/ Private Enterprise
SeaLife Aquarium (Merlin Group) https://www.visitsealife.com/ Private Enterprise
Silos de Leixões http://www.sdl.pt/ Private Enterprise Socrenaval - Sociedade de Querenagem e Construção Naval do Rio
Douro, Lda Not available. Private Enterprise
Soja de Portugal - Sorgal, SA http://www.sorgal.pt/soja.php Private Enterprise
SouNete - Fábrica de Aprestos Metálicos, Lda http://www.sounete.pt/ Private Enterprise
Stemmatters, Biotecnologia e Medicina Regenerativa SA http://www.stemmatters.com/ Private Enterprise
TCGL - Terminal de Carga Geral e de Graneis de Leixões, SA Not available. Private Enterprise
TCL – Terminal de Contentores de Leixões http://www.tcl-leixoes.pt/ Private Enterprise
WOW - Walk on wind http://www.walkonwind.eu/ Private Enterprise
Zodport - Equipamentos. Assistência e Engenharia, SA http://www.zodport.pt/ Private Enterprise
Activity 1 Global Report- Portfolio of Portugal North Region technologies for the maritime sector From the 32 selected enterprises, 50%7 have their own research, development and innovation (RDI) departments and/or have been closely working with research centres and Universities. Some of these enterprises have a major involvement within the scope of the STAMAR project technology surveillance. Therefore, they are further described below.
I.5.1. Bluemater Organization Type: SME Website: http://www.bluemater.com/ Description: Bluemater is a SME that develops and commercialise innovative systems for the treatment of water and urban and industrial wastewaters.
The company presents a set of novel solutions regarding the latest generation membrane systems, such as ultra-filtration and reverse osmosis; and innovative disinfection techniques as electrolysis and ozonation. BLUEMATER has also developed innovative solutions for biological treatment of wastewaters; such as the patented organic Natantia® plate. Another innovation is the tertiary treatment of effluents using microalgae. The cultivated macro and microalgae are applied in cosmetics, pharmaceutical, biodiesel oils and other added value products.
BLUEMATER treatment methods are characterized by their reduced power consumption, compact size, and low maintenance.
I.5.2 FoodInTech Organization Type: SME Website: http://foodintech.com/ Description: FoodInTech is a company with extensive experience and background in information technology mainly focused on the development of innovative and specific software and hardware to support companies in the Agro-Food sector. FoodInTech presents sophisticated solutions considering the real context of agro-food companies. It has now available in the market a set of specific tools to meet the need of the targeted agro-food companies. FoodInTech offers three products: FMS I (Food Management System - Industry), FMS Q (Food Management System - Quality, FMS R (Food Management System - Restaurants), equipped with integrated technologies: T-Surface (Thermal Monitoring System without Contact), Auto (PCT Automaton for Thermal Process Control), RTLS (Real Time Location System).
7 Enterprises with RDI activities or connected with Universities: Adventech; Águas do Porto; Ambietel; Bluemater; Brunswick Marine; Doca Pesca; DST Renováveis; Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo; Estaleiros Navais Postiga & Feiteira; Estaleiros Samuel & Filhos; FoodInTech; Glintt; Oceanscan-MST; Conservas Ramirez; Soja de Portugal - Sorgal; Stemmatters; WOW - Walk on wind.
19 Activity 1 Global Report- Portfolio of Portugal North Region technologies for the maritime sector Based on the integration of several systems associated to the food production activity in a single computing platform, the application FMS for production management is the basis for the integration of a set of technologies, supporting the strategy: Information systems > Integration > Automation.
I.5.3 OCEANSCAN-MST Organization Type: SME
Website: http://www.oceanscan-mst.com/
Description:
OceanScan-MST is a start-up from the University of Porto, Portugal, one of the leading institutions in underwater robotics in Europe.
OceanScan-MST has an innovative approach to develop tools, vehicles, systems and technologies for the cost-effective access to the ocean. This is done thought a strategic partnership with Porto University in Portugal. Its approach is based on three key principles: a) open systems; b) continuous technological integration; c) co-develop solutions and operational experience with the users.
OceanScan’s team has been designing, building and operating underwater vehicles and systems for over a decade. The team has an extensive experience in state-of-the art technologies and advanced engineering systems and it is focused on the delivery of innovative solutions in close cooperation with the customers.
20 Activity 1 Global Report- Portfolio of Portugal North Region technologies for the maritime sector SECTION II – Forthcoming R&D results: projects
Within the framework of the STAMAR project, R&D projects are important scientific and technological activities that may lead in the future to pre-commercial and/or commercial results. Thereafter, the results of such activities may require a technical and commercial path in order to reach the market. In this sense, it is of utmost importance to highlight here the undergoing RDI activities that may potentially be object of valorisation processes in the future.
In this section a list of forthcoming R&D results8 with potential relevance in the scope of STAMAR is presented. As an example, two projects (MarineUAS project and RAIA Project) which its results contributed to the technology portfolio of North Region are described on this report.
II.1 Participation in transnational projects
Portugal and in particular the North Region have been involved in several projects under the European territorial cooperation programmes (either at cross-border, transnational or interregional levels), focusing on different priority topics such as innovation, environment and maritime heritage, accessibility and sustainable and economic urban development.
II.1.1 Participation in H2020 programme Table 4 presents a list of H2020 approved projects in the North Region within the maritime domain. Information is available by acronym, title, topic and programme. Further information is available on CORDIS Database9. The results were selected according to the following methodology: 1) Download XLS files with all the results available on CORDIS Database5 for projects under H2020 programme. Only H2020 approved and signed projects were considered, i.e. with signed Grant Agreements (SGA)10. 2) Open the spreadsheets with Microsoft Excel® and apply the following sequence of filters: 2.1. Organisation country (for both Coordinators and Applicants): filter by Portugal (PT); 2.2. Organisation name (for both Coordinators and Applicants): filter by STAMAR institutions11,12;
8 Research, development and innovation projects that were recently completed or are currently in progress. 9 CORIDS Database: http://cordis.europa.eu/projects/home_en.html 10 SGAs – Signed Grant Agreements. 11 This criteria will narrow down the search results to the projects in the North Region that are considered in the context of STAMAR project: 12 STAMAR institutions: the institutions described in Section I.
21 Activity 1 Global Report- Portfolio of Portugal North Region technologies for the maritime sector 2.3. Key-word filter: Title and Abstract were analysed and ICT and Maritime terms were identified. ICT key-words: Information; Communication; Technology; Robotics; Software; Sensing; Sensor; Model; Autonomous; Informatics; Remote; System; Control; Automatic; Electronic; Satellite; Wireless; Bluetooth. Maritime key-words: Sea; Ocean; Marine; Maritime; Coastal, Aquaculture; Fisheries; Atlantic; Aquatic (Sub-aquatic); Water (underwater); Estuarine; Boat. 2.4. Project objectives validation: Analyse the project objectives and validate the ICT field and the potential application to the maritime sector.
A total of 2400 H2020 projects were available on CORDIS Database. After applying the abovementioned filters, search results were narrow down to twenty-one (21) entries. The selected results are presented in Table 4.
22 Table 4 H2020 signed grant agreements relevant in the context of STAMAR project13
Acronym Title Topic Start Date End Date Organisation Role
AnyPLACE Adaptable Platform for Active Services Exchange LCE-07-2014 01/01/2015 01/01/2018 INESC TEC COORDINATOR AtlantOS Optimizing and Enhancing the Integrated Atlantic Ocean Observing System BG-08-2014 01/04/2015 01/07/2019 CIIMAR PARTICIPANT OCEANSCAN-MST PARTICIPANT BRIDGES Bringing together Research and Industry for the Development of Glider Environmental Services BG-06-2014 01/03/2015 01/03/2019 UPORTO PARTICIPANT Enabling Demand Response for short and real-time Efficient And Market Based smart Grid DREAM-GO MSCA-RISE-2014 01/02/2015 01/02/2019 IPP COORDINATOR Operation - An intelligent and real-time simulation approach FAME Flexible and Mobile Economic Processing Technologies SC5-11b-2014 01/01/2015 01/01/2019 UPORTO PARTICIPANT Innovative ultra-BROadband ubiquitous Wireless communications through terahertz iBROW ICT-06-2014 01/01/2015 01/01/2018 INESC TEC PARTICIPANT transceivers MarineUAS Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Systems for Marine and Coastal Monitoring MSCA-ITN-2014-ETN 01/01/2015 01/01/2019 UPORTO PARTICIPANT MICROWINE MICROWINE - Microbial metagenomics and the modern wine industry MSCA-ITN-2014-ETN 01/01/2015 01/01/2019 UCP PARTICIPANT MORE- Development and advanced prefabrication of innovative, multifunctional building envelope EE-01-2014 01/12/2014 01/12/2018 UMINHO PARTICIPANT CONNECT elements for MOdular REtrofitting and CONNECTions NOMORFILM Novel marine biomolecules against biofilm. Application to medical devices. BG-03-2014 01/04/2015 01/04/2019 CIIMAR PARTICIPANT OpenAIRE2020 Open Access Infrastructure for Research in Europe 2020 EINFRA-2-2014 01/01/2015 01/07/2018 UMINHO PARTICIPANT progRESsHEAT Supporting the progress of renewable energies for heating and cooling in the EU on a local level LCE-04-2014 01/03/2015 01/11/2017 INEGI PARTICIPANT RAWFIE Road-, Air- and Water-based Future Internet Experimentation ICT-11-2014 01/01/2015 01/01/2019 OCEANSCAN-MST PARTICIPANT SCREEN Space Cognitive Radio for Electromagnetic Environment maNagement COMPET-06-2014 01/01/2015 01/01/2017 INESC PORTO PARTICIPANT SDIN Service Design for Innovation MSCA-ITN-2014-ETN 01/01/2015 01/01/2019 UPORTO COORDINATOR SeaChange Sea Change BG-13-2014 01/03/2015 01/03/2018 CIIMAR PARTICIPANT Smarter Grid: Empowering SG Market Actors through Information and Communication SmarterEMC2 LCE-07-2014 01/01/2015 01/01/2018 INESC TEC PARTICIPANT Technologies SmartHELMET Intersectorial Network for Innovation on Smart Thermal Solutions for Bicycle Helmets MSCA-RISE-2014 01/03/2015 01/03/2019 UPORTO COORDINATOR TCCM Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling MSCA-ITN-2014-EJD 01/01/2015 01/01/2019 UPORTO PARTICIPANT TheLink European Training Network to Accelerate the Development Chain of Nanostructured Polymers MSCA-ITN-2014-ETN 01/11/2014 01/11/2018 UMINHO PARTICIPANT VAMOS ¡Viable and Alternative Mine Operating System! SC5-11a-2014 01/02/2015 01/08/2018 INESC TEC PARTICIPANT
13 Source: CORDIS Database: http://cordis.europa.eu/projects/home_en.html. Retrieved on 18 June 2015.
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Figure 2 Distribution of the selected H2020 approved projects by institution.Figure 2 shows the selected projects distributed by institution. Higher Education Institutions (52%) are responsible for most of GAs signed under H2020 programme. The UPORTO, IPP and INESC TEC are involved as coordinators in three of the selected H2020 projects.
Higher Education Institutions R&D Institutions Enterprises 11 projects 8 projects 2 projects
0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21
UPORTO UMINHO IPP UCP INESC TEC CIIMAR INEGI OCEANSCAN-MST
Figure 2 Distribution of the selected H2020 approved projects by institution.
Regarding the involvement of the STAMAR enterprises14 in H2020 projects OCEANSCAN-MST is the only one with representation. Furthermore, OCEASCAN-MST and the UPORTO are participant institutions in one of the largest consortiums within H2020 programme for the Project BRIDGES – Bringing together Research and Industry for the Development of Glider Environmental Services. This project gathers 20 institutions from France, Cyprus, Germany, Italy, Israel, Norway, Portugal, Spain, The Netherlands and United Kingdom; to provide an effective answer to the call BG-06-2014: Delivering sub-sea technologies for new services at sea.
It shall be noticed that projects such as MarineUAS, AtlanticOS, SeaChange and NOMORFILM were proposed with relevant background in marine and maritime issues. However, there are a set of other projects with different backgrounds that may be interesting in the context of STAMAR project, i.e., projects (and subsequent results) which may potentially have application to the maritime sector. Therefore, the applicability to the maritime sector was further analysed and is presented in
14 STAMAR enterprises – enterprises described in Section I.5.
24 Activity 1 Global Report- Portfolio of Portugal North Region technologies for the maritime sector Table 5.
25 Activity 1 Global Report- Portfolio of Portugal North Region technologies for the maritime sector Table 5 Analysis of the potential applicability in the maritime sector of the H2020 selected projects
Potential application in the maritime sector
Project Acronym
Aquaculture tourism Coastal monitoring Environmental Fisheries energy renewable Marine services Maritime gas Oil and Security Shipbuilding shipping and Transport management Water
AnyPLACE
AtlantOS
BRIDGES
DREAM-GO
FAME
iBROW
MarineUAS
MICROWINE
MORE-CONNECT
NOMORFILM
OpenAIRE2020
progRESsHEAT
RAWFIE
SCREEN
SDIN
SeaChange
SmarterEMC2
SmartHELMET
TCCM
TheLink
VAMOS
As shown in Figure 3, the selected H2020 Shipbuilding 4% approved projects have major potential Coastal Oil and gas tourism 5% application in Maritime services (17%), 5% Maritime Environmental Monitoring (16%), and Marine services Fisheries 17% Renewable Energies (12%). Coastal tourism 6% Environment (5%), Oil and gas (5%) and Shipbuilding (4%) Aquaculture al 7% monitoring are the sectors with smallest representation. 16% Water Marine management 8% Transport renewable and shipping energy Figure 3 Potential applicability of the H2020 projects 10% 12% within the analysed maritime sectorial activities. Security 10%
26 Activity 1 Global Report- Portfolio of Portugal North Region technologies for the maritime sector II.1.2 Participation in INTERREG projects It is provided below a short list of INTERREG projects15 conducted in the North Region in the maritime domain (Table 6). Information is available by acronym, title and programme. The period considered was from 2006 to 2014. Further information can be found on the specific websites.
The applicability to the maritime sector was further analysed and is presented in
Table 7.
Table 6 Interregional projects funded by Interreg programme with potential interest in the context of STAMAR project.
Acronym Title Programme Website
ARCOPOLP Platform for improving maritime coastal pollution Interreg IV B - AA http://www.arcopol.eu/ LATFORM preparedness and response in Atlantic regions ARCOPOLP Improving maritime safety and pollution response through Interreg IV B - AA http://www.arcopol.eu/ LUS technology transfer, training & innovation http://www.mitin- AtlanticBlue Imagine the marine bio-resources' sector for 2014-2020 Interreg IV B - AA network.org/Atlantic-Blue- Tech Tech-2318-0-0-0.html http://atlanticprojects.ccdr- ATLANTOX Advanced Tests about New Toxins appeared in Atlantic Area Interreg IV B - AA n.pt/project-area/atlantox AUXNAVALI Improving innovation and competitiveness skills of the navy Interreg IV B - AA http://www.auxnavalia.org/ A sector and industry AUXNAVALI Improving Atlantic Area Maritime Industry Innovation
Interreg IV B - AA http://auxnavaliaplus.org/ A PLUS Capacities and Competitiveness BIOTECMA BIOTEChnological exploitation of MARine products and by-
Interreg IV B – AA http://www.biotecmar.eu/ R products
CINCO Centres of Innovation and Competitiveness Interreg III B - AA www.portalcinco.com
http://www.fameproject.eu/e FAME The Future of the Atlantic Marine Environment Interreg IV B – AA n/ Knowledge transfer to improve marine economy in regions KIMERAA Interreg IV B – AA http://kimeraa.eu/ from the Atlantic Area http://marenproject.eu/what- MAREN 2 Marine Renewable Energy Interreg IV B – AA is-maren2/
MARENET Marine Atlantic Regions Network Interreg IV B – AA http://marnetproject.eu/
http://www.project- MARINE MAritime Incident Research and Innovation NEtwork Interreg III B – AA marine.eu/ http://www.nautisme- NEA2 Nautisme Espace Atlantique 2 Interreg IV B – AA espace- atlantique.com/fr/600/00/ Desarrollo Sostenible de las Pesquerias Artesanales del Arco http://www2.mercatura.pt/pr PRESPO Interreg IV B – AA Atlantico espo/?pag=13 Conversão de recursos naturais e resíduos marinhos em http://www.proteusproject.eu PROTEUS Interreg III A – AA produtos de alto valor acrescentado para aplicação industrial / Interreg IV A – http://www.observatorioraia. RAIA Observatório Oceânico da Costa Ibérica POCTEP org/ SHAREBIOT Sharing life science infrastructures and skills to benefit the Interreg IV B – AA http://www.sharebiotech.net/ ECH Atlantic area biotechnology sector
SPAA Sustainable Promotion of Atlantic Areas Interreg III B – AA www.spaa-atlantic.org
15 The list of interregional projects was retrieved from http://atlanticarea.ccdr-n.pt/ .
27 Activity 1 Global Report- Portfolio of Portugal North Region technologies for the maritime sector
Showcasing Technology Applicable to Maritime SMEs in the STAMAR Interreg IV B – AA http://stamar-project.eu/pt Atlantic Area
Table 7 Potential applicability in the maritime sector of the INTERREG selected projects
Potential application in the maritime sector
Acronym
Aquaculture tourism Coastal Environmental monitoring Fisheries Marine energy renewable services Maritime gas Oil and Security Shipbuilding shipping and Transport management Water ARCOPOL PLATFOR M
ARCOPOL PLUS
AtlanticBlu eTech
ATLANTO X
AUXNAVA LIA
AUXNAVA LIA PLUS
BIOTECM AR
CINCO
FAME
KIMERAA
MAREN 2
MARENET
MARINE
NEA2
PRESPO
PROTEUS
RAIA
SHAREBI OTECH
SPAA
STAMAR
As shown in
28 Activity 1 Global Report- Portfolio of Portugal North Region technologies for the maritime sector
Shipbuilding Transport 3% and shipping Oil and gas 3% Water 4% management 6% Environment al monitoring Coastal 21% tourism 6%
Aquaculture Maritime 8% services 15% Security 9% Marine renewable Fisheries energy 11% 14%
Figure 4, INTERREG projects that have been develop have more potential application in Environmental Monitoring (21%), Maritime services (15%) and Marine Renewable Energies (14%).
Oil and gas (4%), Shipbuilding (3%) and Transport and Shipping (3%) are the least explored sectors.
These results are well correlated with the priority areas of the Atlantic Area Programme. In this sense, RDI activities in the Atlantic Area are mainly focused on Environmental and Maritime services and therefore there are more projects on these subjects.
Shipbuilding Transport 3% and shipping Oil and gas 3% Water 4% management 6% Environment al monitoring Coastal 21% tourism 6%
Aquaculture Maritime 8% services 15% Security 9% Marine renewable Fisheries energy 11% 14%
Figure 4 Potential applicability of the INTERREG projects within the analysed maritime sectorial activities.
29 Activity 1 Global Report- Portfolio of Portugal North Region technologies for the maritime sector II.2 Case Studies
II.2.1 MarineUAS project MarineUAS - Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Systems for Marine and Coastal Monitoring is a trans- european project designed to prepare European researchers for the development of UAS technology; it that puts together the efforts of 5 universities16, 5 private companies17 and 4 partner organizations18.
Objectives:
The challenges of monitoring and managing the vast European coasts and economic zones, that go far into the Atlantic and Arctic oceans, as well as the need to protect the natural environment and sustainably manage the marine resources require new solutions that are both efficient and cost effective.
In this context, autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle systems (UAS) are a key area of development, with advantages such as high endurance, reduced cost, increased flexibility and availability, rapid deployment, higher accuracy or resolution, reduced risk for humans and little negative impact on the environment.
However, the development of UAS technology is complex, inter-disciplinary and requires extensive field testing and airworthiness qualifications to meet the demands by aviation authorities and end-users. The aim of this consortium is to gather the in research and researcher competences to adequately prepare European researchers for these demanding tasks.
MarineUAS will facilitate a comprehensive researcher training programme across a partners in several countries, establishing a cooperative environment that draws on the partners’ complementary knowledge, operational experience and experimental facilities. The project wishes to be the foundation for long-term European excellence and innovation in the area by sharing infrastructures for field testing and disseminating the best practices and research and training outcomes through the partners’ doctoral schools.
Specifically on doctoral training, MarineUAS will combine the best of its members existing programs, namely cutting edge training-by-research, high quality supervision, complementary and transferable skills training, secondments, hands-on UAS operator training, cross-disciplinary skillset, and a series of
16 Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway; Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Lisbon, Portugal; University of Porto (UPORTO), Portugal; Linköping University (LiU), Linköping, Sweden; University of Sevilla(USE), Spain. 17 Maritime Robotics AS (MR), Trondheim, Norway; Northern Research Institute Tromsø AS (NORUT), Norway; Center for Advanced Aerospace Tech. (CATEC), Seville, Spain; Honeywell International SRO (HON), Prague, Czech Republic; Innovationsgesellschaft Technische Universitt Braunschweig mbH (iTUBS), Braunschweig, Germany. 18 Instituto do Mar (IMAR), Azores, Portugal; Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera (IPMA), Lisbon, Portugal; CIIMAR-Madeira (CIIMAR), Madeira, Portugal; Forschungszentrum der Bundesrepublik Deutschland für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Institute of Flight Systems, Braunschweig, Germany
30 Activity 1 Global Report- Portfolio of Portugal North Region technologies for the maritime sector network-wide training events that cover UAS technology, rules and regulations, operations in non- segregated airspace, air traffic management, marine and coastal monitoring and science, and the integration of the air, surface and underwater segments.
II.2.2 RAIA projects RAIA (NW Iberian Margin Ocean Observatory) results of a common strategy developed by two regions – Galicia, in Spain, and the North of Portugal – for a deeper understanding of the ocean. This project, gathered a consortium of 13 partners, 7 from Spain19 and 6 from Portugal20, with different backgrounds on operative, technological and scientific levels. In common, the decision to use their experience of the marine environment and their own existing projects in operational oceanography as starting points for this collaboration.
The main goals of the RAIA project are the following:
1. To consolidate an extended grid of ocean-meteorological observations on the continental shelf in the Northern Portugal and Galicia region. Four new oceanographic buoys will be installed off the mouths of the rivers Douro/Duero and Minho/Mino, on the edge of the continental shelf off Porto and near Cabo Silleiro. With this observational system, real-time meteorological, oceanographic and biological data will be monitored. Water quality sampling and monthly cruises on research vessels will provide complementary data. 2. Improve ocean monitoring technologies in areas such as common protocols for data validation, communication, monitoring of biogeochemical variables and calibration of oceanographic sensors to allow the creation of capacities within the region that are appropriate for extension to international applications. 3. Creation of a common data platform with observations and predictions for the entire region, including both RAIA’s real time data and data from sources such as oceanographic, satellite, HF radar, river outflows and coastal meteorological stations. Enabling the database to be visualized through a single platform than complies with international standards.
19 Consellería de Medio Ambiente, Territorio e Infraestructuras (MeteoGalicia), Instituto Tecnolóxico para o control do Medio Mariño de Galicia (INTECMAR), Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO), Instituto de Investigaciones Mariñas (CSIC-IIM), Centro Tecnológico del Mar (CETMAR) and Grupo de Oceanografía Física de la Universidad de Vigo (GOFUVI).
20 Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR), Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores (INESC), Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica e Gestão Industrial (INEGI), Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Instituto Hidrográfico (IH), Universidade de Aveiro and Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto.
31 Activity 1 Global Report- Portfolio of Portugal North Region technologies for the maritime sector 4. Operational implementation of the hydrodynamic and wave models for the continental shelf and littoral in the region, improving the predictions accuracy by assimilating new data in the shelf hydrodynamic models and validating the models with more observational grids. Creation of a model data provision service on the webpage. 5. Operational implementation of services such as models of current and mixing in the ports of Vigo, Viana do Castelo and Leixões, models of larval drift, models of the dispersion of spills, predictions of sea state for collectors of goose barnacles. This increase in the comprehension of the coastal dynamics in this region will have impact on activities such as fisheries, wave energy, etc. 6. Pre-operational implementation of a predictive system for water quality both on the continental shelf and in coastal zones, through the validation of the models from previous studies and the new observational matrix created by this project. 7. Implementation of a sustainable system for the observation and modelling of the northwestern Iberian oceanic region, that will take the form of an organization to maintain the infra-structure, products and services developed during the project.
One of the most interesting results of the RAIA project for the region are the following:
Monitoring of the current state and foreseeing the coastal ocean circulation off the region Galicia‐North Portugal using a 3D high resolution (~1 km) realistic configuration of the ROMS model during winter, when the presence of river plumes and the Iberian Poleward Current (IPC) fills the description of the scenario.
Results show the strong spatial variability of the river plumes and how the arrival of weather fronts force these structures to flow along the inner shelf in a fast (> 1 m s‐1) jet-like structure. In addition, some lagrangian modelling experiments reveal the transport ability of the plume and its possible effects on the biological material trapped in it. The impact of the ocean and shelf circulation in the coastal region becomes obvious with the description of the intrusion of the IPC in estuaries, and this is just the second time that this phenomenon has ever been observed.
32 Activity 1 Global Report- Portfolio of Portugal North Region technologies for the maritime sector SECTION III – PATENTS
Patents are important technological outcomes of R&D projects. Patent records were retrieved from Espacenet21,22. The results were further refined according to the following methodology:
1) Search on the Espacenet – Advanced search by Applicant(s): a) University of Porto (UPORTO), b) University of Minho (UM), c) University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), d) Catholic University of Portugal (UCP), Porto Polytechnic Institute (IPP) and Viana do Castelo Polytechnic Institute (IPVC);
2) Elaborate an Excel Database with all the results for each institution. The database includes the following fields: Title; Publication number; Publication date; Inventor(s); Applicant(s) and Abstract.
3) Refine the results to obtain patents on ICT. This was done by keyword selection on the Title and Abstract fields. The keywords used were: Information; Communication; Technology; Robotics; Software; Sensing; Sensor; Model; Autonomous; Informatics; Remote; System; Control; Automatic; Electronic; Satellite; Wireless; Bluetooth.
4) The final list of selected patents was further validated by the technology transfers offices of each institution.
5) The selected patents were classified regarding their application to the Maritime and Marine Sector.
In total, thirty (30) ICT patents were found of which eleven (11) have already been granted (Table 8).
The potential application to the Maritime and Water Fisheries Marine sector was further studied. In this management 1% Marine 2% Oil and gas Aquaculture context, patents were classified regarding its renewable 0% 3% energy application in the different sectorial targets, 7% namely: Aquaculture; Coastal tourism; Security Environment 19% Environmental monitoring; Fisheries; Marine al monitoring 10% renewable energy; Maritime services; Oil and gas; Security; Shipbuilding; Transport Coastal Transport tourism and shipping and shipping; Water management. 10% 19% As shown in Figure 5, most of the analysed patents have major potential application in Maritime services Shipbuilding 17% Security (19%), Transport and Shipping 12% (19%) and Maritime services (17%).
21 Espacenet – Patent Search, database available at http://worldwide.espacenet.com/?locale=en_EP . 22 Patent search has also performed with INPI – Patent search services available at http://servicosonline.inpi.pt/pesquisas/main/patentes.jsp?lang=EN. The results retrieved from both databases were the same.
33 Activity 1 Global Report- Portfolio of Portugal North Region technologies for the maritime sector Figure 5 Applicability of the ICT Patents to the maritime sector – distribution within the different sectorial activities.
34 Table 8a ICT Patents with potential application to the maritime sector
ICT Patents Potential application in the maritime sector
National or Title Publication number Publication date International
patent?
Aquaculture tourism Coastal monitoring Environmental Fisheries energy renewable Marine services Maritime gas Oil and Security Shipbuilding shipping and Transport management Water
3D OBJECT MOTION TRACKING AND LOCATING SYSTEM BY MEANS OF SYNCHRONISED LIGHT EMITTERS PT104224 (B) 21/04/2010 National WITH A STEREOSCOPIC VISION SYSTEM
ACOUSTIC FEEDBACK CANCELLATION BASED ON CESPTRAL ANALYSIS WO2015044915 (A1) 02/04/2015 International
EP2789139 (A1) 15/10/2014 DENSITY-AWARE ZONE-BASED PACKET FORWARDING IN VEHICULAR NETWORKS International
WO2014072849 (A1) 15/05/2014
DEVICE TO MONITOR AND REGISTER THE TRANSPORT AND STORAGE TEMPERATURE OF TEMPERATURE- PT103649 (B) 31/07/2008 International
SENSITIVE PRODUCTS AND METHOD THEREOF WO2008093282 (A2) 07/08/2008
DISPOSITIVO E MÉTODO PARA A GERAÇÃO DIRECTA E ENTREGA EFICIENTE DE IMPULSOS LASER ULTRA-
PT104609 (B) 07/12/2011 National CURTOS
DISPOSITIVO PARA COMUNICAÇÃO DE DADOS E MÉTODO PARA A CONEXÃO NA REDE PT104128 (A); PT104128 (B) 31/12/2009 National
WO2008035297 (A2) 27/03/2008 FLOW SENSOR BASED ON A PIEZOELECTRIC POLYMER PT103565 (B) 08/08/2008 International
EP2074388 (B1) 28/07/2010
PT103807 (A) 13/01/2009 FULLY AUTONOMOUS OR REMOTELY OPERATED GOLF BALL PICKING SYSTEM International
WO2009022929 (A2) 19/02/2009
GUIDANCE, NAVIGATION AND INFORMATION SYSTEM ESPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BLIND OR PARTIALLY
US2011172907 (A1) 14/07/2011 International SIGHTED PEOPLE
INTEGRATED TUNABLE MICRO-ANTENNA WITH SMALL ELECTRICAL DIMENSIONS AND MANUFACTURING PT103299 (A); PT103299 (B) 29/12/2006 International
METHOD THEREOF WO2007000749 (B1) 03/05/2007
PT106896 (A) 16/10/2014 INTERACTIVE BOOK ELECTRONIC SYSTEM AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF International
WO2014170840 (A1) 23/10/2014
US8314722 (B2); 07/10/2010 KEYBOARD BASED IN POLYMER, COPOLYMER OR COMPOSITES WITH PIEZO- AND/OR PYROELECTRIC WO2009011605 (A2) 22/01/2009 International PROPERTIES AND RESPECTIVE USE PT103791 (B) 01/04/2010
EP2168030 (A2) 31/03/2010
WO2013030811 (A1) 03/07/2013 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FEEDBACK-BASED REAL-TIME NETWORK CODING International
EP2751943 (A1) 09/07/2014
WO2013054292 (A1) 18/04/2013
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE SIMULTANEOUS COMPRESSION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ULTRASHORT EP2766963 (A1) 20/08/2014 International LASER PULSES
PT104609 (A) 09/12/2010
Table 7b ICT Patents with potential application to the maritime sector
ICT Patents Potential application in the maritime sector
National or Title Publication number Publication date International
patent?
tourism
Aquaculture Coastal monitoring Environmental Fisheries energy renewable Marine services Maritime gas Oil and Security Shipbuilding shipping and Transport management Water
US8972159 (B2) 09/05/2013 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COORDINATING VEHICULAR TRAFFIC USING IN-VEHICLE VIRTUAL TRAFFIC
WO2012009620 (A1) 19/01/2012 International CONTROL SIGNALS ENABLED BY VEHICLE-TO-VEHICLE COMMUNICATIONS
EP2593932 (A1) 22/05/2013
WO2007035122 (A1) 29/03/2007 OMNIDIRECTIONAL ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR CONTROL SYSTEM PT103354 (B) 12/07/2007 International
GB2444683 (B) 05/01/2011
EP2789118 (A1) 15/10/2014 PROBABILISTIC KEY DISTRIBUTION IN VEHICULAR NETWORKS WITH INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT International
WO2014072933 (A1) 15/05/2014
PROCESS FOR THE AUTOMATIC CALCULUS OF THE CONVEX OR CONCAVE HULL OF AN ARBITRARY SET OF PT103677 (B); PT103677 (A) 30/09/2008 International
POINTS WO2008107859 (A1) 12/09/2008
PROCESSO DE IDENTIFICAÇÃO ULTRARRÁPIDA, DESTRUTIVA OU NÃO DESTRUTIVA E AMIGA DO AMBIENTE
DE CLONES DE PLANTAS UTILIZANDO ESPECTROSCOPIA, ANÁLISE MULTIVARIADA OU MÉTODOS DE PT106253 (A); PT106253 (B) 14/10/2013 National INTELIGÊNCIA ARTIFICIAL
SENSOR PARA DETERMINAR A FORÇA DE IMPACTO DA QUEDA DE GRANIZO PT104441 (A) 20/09/2010 National
SENSOR PORTÁTIL PARA MEDIÇÃO DE FORÇAS PLANTARES EM 3D PT104092 (A); PT104092 (B) 09/12/2009 National
SISTEMA DE GESTÃO DE PARQUES DE RUA BASEADO EM GPS SISTEMA DE GESTÃO DE ESTACIONAMENTO
PT105024 (A) 26/09/2011 National DE RUA
SISTEMA DE INFORMAÇÃO PARA ATENDIMENTO AO PÚBLICO PT105392 (A); PT105392 (B) 21/05/2012 National
SISTEMA DE MONITORIZAÇÃO DE QUALIDADE DE SERVIÇO E CONTROLO DE ADMISSÃO EM REDES DE
PT106740 (A) 16/07/2014 National SENSORES SEM FIOS E RESPECTIVO MÉTODO
SISTEMA DE VIGILÂNCIA E RESGATE PT104558 (A) 08/11/2010 National
PT105929 (B); PT105929 (A) 12/04/2013 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CALCULATION OF ROUTES International
WO2013054310 (A1) 18/04/2013
US8213616 (B2) 27/05/2010 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING OPPORTUNISTIC SECURITY FOR PHYSICAL COMMUNICATION
WO2008036633 (A3) 09/04/2009 International CHANNELS
PT104250 (A); PT104250 (B) 05/05/2010 TRANSDUCER FOR MEASURING VERTICAL DISPLACEMENTS International
WO2010053392 (A1) 14/05/2010
TRANSDUTOR DE BASE ÓPTICA PARA MEDIÇÃO DE DESLOCAMENTOS RELATIVOS EM OBRAS DE ARTE DE PT105524 (A); PT105524 (B) 13/08/2012 National ENGENHARIA CIVIL
X-RAY IMAGING MATRIX WITH LIGHT GUIDES AND INTELLIGENT PIXEL SENSORS, RADIATION OR HIGH US2009146070 (A1) 11/06/2009 International
ENERGY PARTICLE DETECTOR DEVICES THAT CONTAIN IT, ITS FABRICATION PROCESS AND ITS USE PT103370 (B) 19/01/2009
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SECTION IV – PRECOMMERCIAL TECHNOLOGIES AND SOLUTIONS
This section presents the pre-commercial technologies and solutions23 identified in North Region of Portugal as result of the technological surveillance exercise performed in the context of the STAMAR project.
IV.1 Technological Surveillance Exercise
In the context of the surveillance exercise, a questionnaire [Appendix A] was disseminated through the Institutions mentioned in Section I and others participating in projects or connected to Intellectual Property Rights identified in Section II and III. The questionnaire was disseminated considering the requirements for ICT characterisation within the STAMAR project. Therefore, the institutions were asked to briefly describe the technologies and their potential application in the maritime sectors. The technologies were further characterised regarding Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and the Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs)24.
The applicability to the maritime sector was evaluated in eleven main categories, representing the main sectorial targets: . Aquaculture; . Coastal tourism; . Environmental monitoring; . Fisheries; . Marine renewable energy; . Maritime services; . Oil and gas; . Security; . Shipbuilding;
23 In the context of this report “Pre-commercial technologies and solutions” are outcomes of R&D and innovation projects that have been validated through proof of concept, prototyping and pilot activities, increasing their commercial value due to a less market and technical risk and uncertainty. 24 The current state of readiness of the technology was attributed according to Technology Readiness Levels European Commission classification: TRL 1 - basic principles observed; TRL 2 - technology concept formulated; TRL 3 - experimental proof of concept; TRL 4 - technology validated in lab; TRL 5 - technology validated in relevant environment (industrially relevant environment in the case of key enabling technologies); TRL 6 - technology demonstrated in relevant environment (industrially relevant environment in the case of key enabling technologies); TRL 7 - system prototype demonstration in operational environment; TRL 8 - system complete and qualified; TRL 9 - actual system proven in operational environment (competitive manufacturing in the case of key enabling technologies; or in space).
37 Activity 1 Global Report- Portfolio of Portugal North Region technologies for the maritime sector . Transport and shipping; . Water management.
Forty-two (42) technologies and solutions with potential application to the maritime sector were reported through the questionnaire (Table 9). As shown on Table 9, most of the selected technologies are potential applied to the Environmental Monitoring Activities. On the other hand, very few technologies were reported has having potential application in Shipbuilding activities.
Table 9a Technological Offer – ICT – Portugal | North region
Technological Offer – ICT – Portugal | Northern region Potential application in the maritime sector
(a) (b) Technology Institution IPR TRL
Aquaculture tourism Coastal monitoring Environmental Fisheries energy renewable Marine services Maritime gas and Oil Security Shipbuilding shipping and Transport management Water
ACRYLIC PHOTOBIOREACTORS BLUEMATER No n.d.
AIRBORNE GEOID MAPPING SYSTEM /STRAPDOWN GRAVIMETRY CIIMAR No TRL 7
AQUAMONITOR - SENSORS FOR WATER QUALITY MONITORING IN INTENSIVE AQUACULTURE INESC TEC n.d. n.d.
AUTOMATIC SHIP DETECTION USING SA UTAD No n.d.
Secret AUV - AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE FOR OCEANOGRAPHY, LSTS - FEUP know- n.d. HYDROGRAPHY, MAPPING AND MCM how
COASTAL MONITORING USING ADVANCED MULTI TEMPORAL INTERFEROMETRY METHODOLOGIES UTAD No n.d.
EASER: ENSEMBL EASY SEQUENCE RETRIEVER CIIMAR GPL(c) n.d.
ECOPISCIS - A SYSTEM THAT HARVESTS AND TREATS THE ORGANIC WASTES GENERATED AND RELEASED IN MARITIME ENVIRONMENT INEGI n.d. TRL 6
FLOW - WAVE ENERGY CONVERTER INEGI n.d. TRL 4
GRIFO AUTONOMOUS AERIAL VEHICLE INESC TEC n.d. n.d.
HYDRAULIC WINDER OF SYNTETHIC CABLE INEGI n.d. n.d.
IMPACT: INTEGRATED MULTIPROGRAM PLATFORM FOR ANALYSES IN CONTEST CIIMAR GPL(c) n.d.
IMPACT_S: INTEGRATED MULTIPROGRAM PLATFORM TO ANALYZE AND COMBINE TESTS OF SELECTION CIIMAR GPL(c) n.d.
JANUS-NC - MULTI-TECHNOLOGY MESH ACCESS POINT FOR NEAR- COAST COVERAGE INESC TEC n.d. n.d.
JANUS-OS - MULTI-TECHNOLOGY MESH ACCESS POINT FOR OFFSHORE FACILITIES INESC TEC n.d. n.d.
JANUS-SR - MULTI-TECHNOLOGY MESH ACCESS POINT FOR SAR OPERATIONS INESC TEC n.d. n.d.
LAUV – LIGHT AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE OCEANSCAN No n.d.
MARES – AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE INESC TEC n.d. n.d.
METHODOLOGY TO PREDICT AND TRACK OIL SLICKS UTAD No n.d.
MIELE – MULTIMODAL INTEROPERABILITY E-SERVICES FOR n.d. n.d. LOGISTICS AND ENVIRONMENT SUSTAINABILITY INESC TEC
MODAL - MODELS FOR PREDICTING ALGAE BLOOMS INESC TEC n.d. n.d.
MORWAQ - MONITORING AND REDICTING WATER QUALITY n.d. n.d. PARAMETERS INESC TEC
(a) IPR – Intellectual Property Rights
(b) TRL - Technology Readiness Levels European Commission classification | TRL 1 - basic principles observed; TRL 2 - technology concept formulated; TRL 3 - experimental proof of concept; TRL 4 - technology validated in lab; TRL 5 - technology validated in relevant environment (industrially relevant environment in the case of key enabling technologies); TRL 6 - technology demonstrated in relevant environment (industrially relevant environment in the case of key enabling technologies); TRL 7 - system prototype demonstration in operational environment; TRL 8 - system complete and qualified; TRL 9 - actual system proven in operational environment (competitive manufacturing in the case of key enabling technologies; or in space).
(c) GPL - GNU General Public License. n.d. – not defined.
38 Activity 1 Global Report- Portfolio of Portugal North Region technologies for the maritime sector Table 8b Technological Offer – ICT – Portugal | North region
Technological Offer – ICT – Portugal | Northern region Potential application in the maritime sector
(a) (b) Technology Institution IPR TRL
Aquaculture tourism Coastal monitoring Environmental Fisheries energy renewable Marine services Maritime gas and Oil Security Shipbuilding shipping and Transport management Water
OCEAN CIRCULATION MODELS CIIMAR Utility Model TRL 9
OPTOFLUIDIC DEVICES FOR MICROANALYSIS - HYBRID n.d. n.d. MICROFLUIDIC CHIP FOR SINGLE CELL DIAGNOSIS INESC TEC
PROTEU - ADVANCED OPTICAL SENSOR FOR MONITORING n.d. n.d. ESTUARINE AND COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS INESC TEC
RAIA - IBERIAN COAST OCEANOGRAPHIC OBSERVATORY INESC TEC n.d. n.d.
Patent REMOTE DEBBUGING SERVICE U. PORTO n.d. (pending)
RESOURCE RESERVATION STRATEGIES FOR BOTH SYNCHRONOUS AND ASYNCHRONOUS TRAFFIC IN COOPERATIVE CLUSTERED OBS U. PORTO No NETWORKS
ROAZ II – AUTONOMOUS SURFACE VEHICLE INESC TEC n.d. n.d.
ROV (REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE) E L-AUV (LIGHT - n.d. n.d. AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE) INEGI
SCOPE - ELECTRONIC PORT COMMUNITY SYSTEM INESC TEC n.d. n.d.
SEAFLOOR - HYPERBARIC CHAMBERS TO SIMULATE SUBAQUATIC n.d. n.d. INEGI ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS UP TO 2000 METERS.
SELF-AUTOMATED PARKING LOTS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES Patent U. PORTO n.d. BASED ON VEHICULAR AD HOC NETWORKING (pending)
Copy SIGA I - MES – MANUFACTURING EXECUTION SYSTEM FOODINTECH rights TRL 9
SPAR BUOY INEGI n.d. TRL 6
Patent SURVEILLANCE AND RESCUE SYSTEM IPP PT104558 TRL 2
TI2BIOP: TOPOLOGICAL INDICES TO BIOPOLYMERS CIIMAR GPL(c)
n.d. TORRE BIOLÓGICA SYCON BLUEMATER ® (d)
n.d. n.d. TORRE BIOLÓGICA SYCON AIR BLUEMATER
n.d. n.d. TRIMARES – AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE INESC TEC
UAV - AERIAL DRONE FOR MAPPING AND VISUAL AID LSTS - FEUP No n.d.
VIDEOGRAMETRIC MAPPING SYSTEM / MOBILE MAPPING CIIMAR No TRL 7
(a) IPR – Intellectual Property Rights
(b) TRL - Technology Readiness Levels European Commission classification | TRL 1 - basic principles observed; TRL 2 - technology concept formulated; TRL 3 - experimental proof of concept; TRL 4 - technology validated in lab; TRL 5 - technology validated in relevant environment (industrially relevant environment in the case of key enabling technologies); TRL 6 - technology demonstrated in relevant environment (industrially relevant environment in the case of key enabling technologies); TRL 7 - system prototype demonstration in operational environment; TRL 8 - system complete and qualified; TRL 9 - actual system proven in operational environment (competitive manufacturing in the case of key enabling technologies; or in space).
(c) GPL - GNU General Public License.
(d) Torre Biológica Sycon; Placa biológica Natantia ® n.d. – not defined.
39 Activity 1 Global Report- Portfolio of Portugal North Region technologies for the maritime sector The technologies identified in the surveillance exercise were characterised regarding their technological field and applicability to the maritime sector. Figure 6 presents the graphic distribution of the technologies: A) by maritime sector with potential application; and B) by technological domain – ICT field.
Regarding the applicability to the maritime sector (Figure 6A), Environmental Monitoring (22%) is the sector where the scouted technologies have more potential to be applied, followed by Aquaculture (12%) and Maritime services (12%).
The 42 scouted technologies were well distributed within the different technological domains (Figure 6B). Advanced Engineering was the ICT field with the largest contribution and in the other hand, Satellite Navigation was the ICT field with the smallest contribution (5%).
Figure 6 Results of the technological surveillance exercise – A) Applicability to the maritime sector; B) ICT Field.
Figure 2 Distribution of the selected H2020 approved projects by institution.Figure 7 shows the scouted technologies distributed by institution. The majority of the technological offers (TOs) were reported by R&D Institutions (approximately 60%). Regarding the R&D institutions and as it was mentioned in Section I, INESC TEC (comprising 12 R&D centers) intends to provide an interface between academia and industry; therefore it is expected to have high technological representation in the context of STAMAR project. Therefore as shown in Figure 7, INESC TEC technological offers account for almost 40% of the analysed technologies.
Higher Education Institutions and Enterprises reported five (6) and six (5) TOs, respectively.
40 Activity 1 Global Report- Portfolio of Portugal North Region technologies for the maritime sector
INESC TEC Higher Education R&D Institutions Institutions CIIMAR 28 Tech Offers 9 Tech Offers INEGI UPORTO UTAD IPP Enterprises Bluemater 5 Tech Offers OCEANSCAN FoodInTech 0 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36 40 44 Figure 7 Results of the technological surveillance exercise – Technological Offer by Institution. Blue: R&D Institution; Orange: Higher Education Institutions; Green: Enterprises.
Regarding preferences between regions for the diffusion and demonstration of each technology, replies demonstrated no differentiation at all, which lead us to conclude that there are no geographical limitations for the scouted technologies.
41 Activity 1 Global Report- Portfolio of Portugal North Region technologies for the maritime sector IV.2 Technology Portfolio – ICT applied to the maritime sector
A questionnaire [Appendix A] was disseminated through the Institutions mentioned in Section I. In the context of this surveillance exercise, a total of 42 technologies were communicated by its owners. The submitted questionnaires are presented hereafter.25
OWNERS INSTITUTION
Institution/ Company name Bluemater SA
Address UPTEC – Pólo do Mar, Leça da Palmeira
Website www.bluemater.com
R&D Institution/University Public Category Company Private Other
Contact person at institution / company Nuno Gomes
Email [email protected]
Phone No 913 040 342
TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION
Title / Technology Name Acrylic Photobioreactors / Fotobioreactores
Description / Fotobioreactores em acrílico para a aquacultura e reciclagem de águas Commercial Description [max. 1500 characters including spaces]
Please provide photographs or any illustration of the technology.
TECHNOLOGY FEATURES
ICT Field: Advanced engineering (including robotics/control systems) [Select the specific technological domain of the technology presented] Communications (including data acquisition and transmission) Data management (including storage and processing) and visualisation data analysis and modelling (including geoinformatics) Materials/fabrication/assembly Satellite Navigation Sensors/instrumentation/electronics Software engineering/development Other technology: Please specify here. Are there any intellectual property rights regarding the technology?
Yes No Technology Intellectual Property Rights: If yes, please identify and describe: Please identify and describe the technology IPR. e.g.: Secret know-how; trade mark; utility model; applied/granted patent; etc.
Technology Readiness Level: Select the current state of readiness of your technology.
25 The technological offers are presented by name of the technology on alphabetic order. 42 Activity 1 Global Report- Portfolio of Portugal North Region technologies for the maritime sector
POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN MARITIME SECTOR
In which marine sector could the Aquaculture technology be potentially applied? Coastal tourism Environmental monitoring Fisheries Marine renewable energy Maritime services Oil and gas Security Shipbuilding Transport and shipping Water management Other market areas: Please specify here.
Which of the following regions do you Portugal: North Region (Porto) Ireland: Tipperari County believe to be interesting for the diffusion Portugal: Algarve (Faro) Ireland: Galway and demonstration activities for this technology: U.K: Scotland (Glasgow) France: Bretagne (Brest)
OWNERS INSTITUTION
Institution/ Company name CIIMAR – Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research
Address Rua dos Bragas, 289, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal
Website www.ciimar.up.pt
R&D Institution/University Public Category Company Private Other
Contact person at institution / company Luísa Bastos
Email [email protected]
Phone No (+351) 22 340 18 00
TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION
Title / Technology Name Airborne Geoid Mapping System /Strapdown gravimetry
Description / This system consists of a low-cost tactical-grade strapdown Inertia Measurement Unit (IMU), a CrossBow AHRS440 and one or more Novatel DL-V3 GNSS receivers mounted Commercial Description in an aircraft. This high reliability IMU provides attitude and heading measurement with [max. 1500 characters including spaces] static and dynamic accuracies that exceed traditional spinning mass vertical and directional gyros with a performance of 100 Hz frequency with high stability MEMS Sensors. The Novatel DL-V3 GNSS is a two frequency L1/L2 receiver and its data is post processed using reference stations on the ground with known coordinates. The IMU detects accelerations caused by all force acting on the aircraft like the gravity and the GNSS receiver detects the total acceleration of the aircraft. By combining the measurements from the two types of instruments it is possible to compute the gravity acceleration of the Earth at each measurement point. The combining and filtering of the measurements is done with a Kalman filter developed and improved by the researchers from CIIMAR/FCUP result in a Kalman filter that will help to evolve strapdown IMU/GPS Geoid Modeling, Gravimetric surveys airborne and seaborne gravimetry.
43 Activity 1 Global Report- Portfolio of Portugal North Region technologies for the maritime sector Please provide photographs or any illustration of the technology.
Figure 1 – Equipments mounted in a Portuguese Air Force aircraft
Figure 2 – Portuguese Air Force aircraft used to do the flights
44 Activity 1 Global Report- Portfolio of Portugal North Region technologies for the maritime sector
TECHNOLOGY FEATURES
ICT Field: Advanced engineering (including robotics/control systems) [Select the specific technological domain of the technology presented] Communications (including data acquisition and transmission) Data management (including storage and processing) and visualisation data analysis and modelling (including geoinformatics) Materials/fabrication/assembly Satellite Navigation Sensors/instrumentation/electronics Software engineering/development Other technology: Geoid Modeling, Gravimetric surveys Are there any intellectual property rights regarding the technology?
Yes No Technology Intellectual Property Rights: If yes, please identify and describe: Please identify and describe the technology IPR. e.g.: Secret know-how; trade mark; utility model; applied/granted patent; etc.
Technology Readiness Level: TRL 7 - system prototype demonstration in operational environment
POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN MARITIME SECTOR
In which marine sector could the Aquaculture technology be potentially applied? Coastal tourism Environmental monitoring Fisheries Marine renewable energy Maritime services Oil and gas Security Shipbuilding Transport and shipping Water management Other market areas: Please specify here.
Which of the following regions do you Portugal: North Region (Porto) Ireland: Tipperari County believe to be interesting for the diffusion Portugal: Algarve (Faro) Ireland: Galway and demonstration activities for this technology: U.K: Scotland (Glasgow) France: Bretagne (Brest)
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OWNERS INSTITUTION Institution/ Company name INESC-TEC Address Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200 - 465 Porto, Portugal Website www.inesctec.pt R&D Institution/University Public Category Company Private Other Contact person at institution / company Email [email protected] Phone No +351 222 094 000 TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION AQUAMONITOR - Sensors for water quality monitoring in intensive Title / Technology Name aquaculture Description / INE SC TEC is leading a consortium – which includes CIMAR – Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental –, the CIQ FCU P – Centro de Investigação em Química Commercial Description at the University of Porto, and the University of Pécs in Hungary – created to develop new [max. 1500 characters including spaces] sensors for real time water quality monitoring in hyper intensive aquaculture systems. In systems of stackable shallow raceway tanks with water recirculation there are more fish present in less water. Therefore, it is necessary to accurately and constantly monitor parameters, including dissolved CO 2 and O2, pH, nitrates and phosphates. Currently used tools do not respond to the industry’s needs. However, these types of tools are critical to reducing the investment risk and to increasing fish production and welfare. In order to make these tools capable of responding to these needs, they should be equipped with more effective optical sensors. New optical sensors are being developed by the consortium for this purpose. In this project, optical fibre interferometric platforms are being combined with sensitive polymeric membranes to enable the detection of different analyte concentrations with the same instruments. The target analyte in the project is dissolved CO 2 but the technology will evolve towards the detection of multiple parameters to determine water quality. Developed in 2 years (2011-2012) MAIN FEATURES: Electromagnetic immunity; Based on standard telecom optoelectronics; Miniaturisation and versatility; Multipoint multiparameter detection; High sensitivity; Real time remote operation; Adaptable for different applications
TECHNOLOGY FEATURES ICT Field: Advanced engineering (including robotics/control systems) [Select the specific technological domain of the technology presented] Communications (including data acquisition and transmission) Data management (including storage and processing) and visualisation data analysis and modelling (including geoinformatics) Materials/fabrication/assembly Satellite Navigation Sensors/instrumentation/electronics Software engineering/development Other technology: Please specify here. Are there any intellectual property rights regarding the technology?
Yes No Technology Intellectual Property Rights: If yes, please identify and describe: Please identify and describe the technology IPR. e.g.: Secret know-how; trade mark; utility model; applied/granted patent; etc.
Technology Readiness Level: Select the current state of readiness of your technology.
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POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN MARITIME SECTOR In which marine sector could the Aquaculture technology be potentially applied? Coastal tourism Environmental monitoring Fisheries Marine renewable energy Maritime services Oil and gas Security Shipbuilding Transport and shipping Water management Other market areas: Please specify here.
Which of the following regions do you Portugal: North Region (Porto) Ireland: Tipperari County believe to be interesting for the diffusion Portugal: Algarve (Faro) Ireland: Galway and demonstration activities for this technology: U.K: Scotland (Glasgow) France: Bretagne (Brest)
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OWNERS INSTITUTION
Institution/ Company name Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro
Address Quinta de Prados- 5000-801 Vila Real
Website www.utad.pt
R&D Institution/University Public Category Company Private Other
Contact person at institution / company Joaquim João Sousa
Email [email protected]
Phone No +351933254140
TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION
Title / Technology Name Automatic ship detection using SAR
Description / SAR images are particularly suitable for fishing vessel detection, ship traffic monitoring and immigration control. Ships can be identified as hard targets or by their wakes in the Commercial Description SAR image. In general, the Radar Cross Section (RCS) of ships is higher than the [max. 1500 characters including spaces] surrounding sea clutter. This is due to the effect of multiple bounces of incoming radar waves from the ships superstructure. Therefore, ships can be separated from the sea cluster with an appropriate choice of RCS threshold.
Please provide photographs or any illustration of the technology.
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TECHNOLOGY FEATURES
ICT Field: Advanced engineering (including robotics/control systems) [Select the specific technological domain of the technology presented] Communications (including data acquisition and transmission) Data management (including storage and processing) and visualisation data analysis and modelling (including geoinformatics) Materials/fabrication/assembly Satellite Navigation Sensors/instrumentation/electronics Software engineering/development Other technology: Please specify here. Are there any intellectual property rights regarding the technology?
Yes No Technology Intellectual Property Rights: If yes, please identify and describe: Please identify and describe the technology IPR. e.g.: Secret know-how; trade mark; utility model; applied/granted patent; etc.
Technology Readiness Level: Select the current state of readiness of your technology.
POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN MARITIME SECTOR
In which marine sector could the Aquaculture technology be potentially applied? Coastal tourism Environmental monitoring Fisheries Marine renewable energy Maritime services Oil and gas Security Shipbuilding Transport and shipping Water management Other market areas: Please specify here.
Which of the following regions do you Portugal: North Region (Porto) Ireland: Tipperari County believe to be interesting for the diffusion Portugal: Algarve (Faro) Ireland: Galway and demonstration activities for this technology: U.K: Scotland (Glasgow) France: Bretagne (Brest)
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OWNERS INSTITUTION
Institution/ Company name LSTS - FEUP
Address Insert Institution / Company Address.
Website www.lsts.pt
R&D Institution/University Public Category Company Private Other
Contact person at institution / company Insert Name of the contact person.
Email [email protected]
Phone No Insert Phone number of the contact person.
TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION
Title / Technology Name AUV
Description / Autonomous underwater vehicle for oceanography, hydrography, mapping and MCM (more info at lsts.pt) Commercial Description
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Please provide photographs or any illustration of the technology.
TECHNOLOGY FEATURES
ICT Field: Advanced engineering (including robotics/control systems) [Select the specific technological domain of the technology presented] Communications (including data acquisition and transmission) Data management (including storage and processing) and visualisation data analysis and modelling (including geoinformatics) Materials/fabrication/assembly Satellite Navigation Sensors/instrumentation/electronics Software engineering/development Other technology: Please specify here. Are there any intellectual property rights regarding the technology?
Yes No Technology Intellectual Property Rights: If yes, please identify and describe: Secret know-how
Technology Readiness Level: Select the current state of readiness of your technology.
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POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN MARITIME SECTOR
In which marine sector could the Aquaculture technology be potentially applied? Coastal tourism Environmental monitoring Fisheries Marine renewable energy Maritime services Oil and gas Security Shipbuilding Transport and shipping Water management Other market areas: Please specify here.
Which of the following regions do you Portugal: North Region (Porto) Ireland: Tipperari County believe to be interesting for the diffusion Portugal: Algarve (Faro) Ireland: Galway and demonstration activities for this technology: U.K: Scotland (Glasgow) France: Bretagne (Brest)
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OWNERS INSTITUTION
Institution/ Company name Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro
Address Quinta de Prados- 5000-801 Vila Real
Website www.utad.pt
R&D Institution/University Public Category Company Private Other
Contact person at institution / company Joaquim João Sousa
Email [email protected]
Phone No +351933254140
TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION
Title / Technology Name Coastal Monitoring using advanced Multi Temporal Interferometry methodologies
Description / Coastal areas are known to be prone to changes due to natural and anthropogenic causes. Frequent surveys are required in order to detect and quantify those changes Commercial Description and foresee the near term evolution of the associated coastal areas, both for safety and [max. 1500 characters including spaces] economic reasons. In order to detect and quantify the changes, terrestrial based field survey monitoring (GNSS alone or integrated with other sensors), high-resolution aerial images, and laser scanning can be used for coastal morphodynamics monitoring. Remote Sensing, in particular, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) missions, appears as a very interesting alternative for coastal monitoring, mainly because it provides data on a monthly or weekly time-scale, covering an area of up to 100 km by 100 km and exist a vast SAR data archive to be explored. Therefore, we are able to focus on the application of the most recent and advanced Multi Temporal Interferometry methodologies to measure and monitor geomorphological dynamics in coastal areas. One aspect of crucial relevance is to assess the ability of this technique for the identification of areas prone to collapse, contributing to a further understanding of the dynamical features of the coastal zone, especially towards the reliable identification where ground displacements occur (detection and monitoring of unstable cliffs, monitoring deformation in coastal urban areas and monitoring the stability of ports and sea protection structures);
Please provide photographs or any illustration of the technology.
TECHNOLOGY FEATURES
ICT Field: Advanced engineering (including robotics/control systems) [Select the specific technological domain of the technology presented] Communications (including data acquisition and transmission) Data management (including storage and processing) and visualisation data analysis and modelling (including geoinformatics) Materials/fabrication/assembly Satellite Navigation Sensors/instrumentation/electronics Software engineering/development Other technology: Please specify here. Are there any intellectual property rights regarding the technology?
Yes No Technology Intellectual Property Rights: If yes, please identify and describe: Please identify and describe the technology IPR. e.g.: Secret know-how; trade mark; utility model; applied/granted patent; etc.
Technology Readiness Level: Select the current state of readiness of your technology.
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POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN MARITIME SECTOR
In which marine sector could the Aquaculture technology be potentially applied? Coastal tourism Environmental monitoring Fisheries Marine renewable energy Maritime services Oil and gas Security Shipbuilding Transport and shipping Water management Other market areas: Please specify here.
Which of the following regions do you Portugal: North Region (Porto) Ireland: Tipperari County believe to be interesting for the diffusion Portugal: Algarve (Faro) Ireland: Galway and demonstration activities for this technology: U.K: Scotland (Glasgow) France: Bretagne (Brest)
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OWNERS INSTITUTION
Institution/ Company name CIIMAR – Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research
Address Rua dos Bragas 289
Website www.ciimar.up.pt
R&D Institution/University Public Category Company Private Other
Contact person at institution / company Agostinho Antunes
Email [email protected]
Phone No (351) 22 3401 813
TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION
Title / Technology Name EASER: Ensembl Easy Sequence Retriever
Description / Prepare an appropriate sequence dataset is of utmost importance in genomic analyses. EASER is a script that can widely facilitate the easy, fast, and effortless downloading Commercial Description and preparation of a proper biological sequence dataset for various genomics studies. [max. 1500 characters including spaces] This script retrieves Ensembl defined genomic features, associated with a given Ensembl identifier. Coding (CDS) and genomic sequences can be easily retrieved based on a selected relationship from a set of relationship types, either considering all available organisms or a user specified subset of organisms.
Please provide photographs or any illustration of the technology.
Flow chart exhibiting the functionality of EASER. Retrieved form Maldonado et al., 2013. (Supplementary Figure 2). Maldonado, E., Khan, I., Philip, S., Vasconcelos, V., Antunes, A. (2013) EASER: Ensembl Easy Sequence Retriever. Evolutionary Bioinformatics Online 9, 487-490.
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TECHNOLOGY FEATURES
ICT Field: Advanced engineering (including robotics/control systems) [Select the specific technological domain of the technology presented] Communications (including data acquisition and transmission) Data management (including storage and processing) and visualisation data analysis and modelling (including geoinformatics) Materials/fabrication/assembly Satellite Navigation Sensors/instrumentation/electronics Software engineering/development Other technology: Bioinformatic Are there any intellectual property rights regarding the technology?
Yes No Technology Intellectual Property Rights: If yes, please identify and describe: Please identify and describe the technology IPR. e.g.: Secret know-how; trade mark; utility model; applied/granted patent; etc.
Technology Readiness Level: Select the current state of readiness of your technology.
POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN MARITIME SECTOR
In which marine sector could the Aquaculture technology be potentially applied? Coastal tourism Environmental monitoring Fisheries Marine renewable energy Maritime services Oil and gas Security Shipbuilding Transport and shipping Water management Other market areas: Marine Genomics
Which of the following regions do you Portugal: North Region (Porto) Ireland: Tipperari County believe to be interesting for the diffusion Portugal: Algarve (Faro) Ireland: Galway and demonstration activities for this technology: U.K: Scotland (Glasgow) France: Bretagne (Brest)
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OWNERS INSTITUTION
Institution/ Company name INEGI – Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Address Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 400. 4200 – 465 Porto
Website www.inegi.up.pt
R&D Institution/University Public Category Company Private Other
Contact person at institution / company Tiago Morais
Email [email protected]
Phone No +351 229578710
TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION
Title / Technology Name ECOPISCIS
Description / Technology suitable for Aquaculture. A system that harvests and treats the organic wastes generated and released in maritime environment. Commercial Description [max. 1500 characters including spaces]
TECHNOLOGY FEATURES
ICT Field: Advanced engineering (including robotics/control systems) [Select the specific technological domain of the technology presented] Communications (including data acquisition and transmission) Data management (including storage and processing) and visualisation data analysis and modelling (including geoinformatics) Materials/fabrication/assembly Satellite Navigation Sensors/instrumentation/electronics Software engineering/development Other technology: Please specify here. Are there any intellectual property rights regarding the technology?
Yes No Technology Intellectual Property Rights: If yes, please identify and describe: Please identify and describe the technology IPR. e.g.: Secret know-how; trade mark; utility model; applied/granted patent; etc.
Technology Readiness Level: TRL 6
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POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN MARITIME SECTOR
In which marine sector could the Aquaculture technology be potentially applied? Coastal tourism Environmental monitoring Fisheries Marine renewable energy Maritime services Oil and gas Security Shipbuilding Transport and shipping Water management Other market areas: Please specify here.
Which of the following regions do you Portugal: North Region (Porto) Ireland: Tipperari County believe to be interesting for the diffusion Portugal: Algarve (Faro) Ireland: Galway and demonstration activities for this technology: U.K: Scotland (Glasgow) France: Bretagne (Brest)
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OWNERS INSTITUTION
Institution/ Company name INEGI – Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Address Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 400. 4200 – 465 Porto
Website www.inegi.up.pt
R&D Institution/University Public Category Company Private Other
Contact person at institution / company Tiago Morais
Email [email protected]
Phone No +351 229578710
TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION
Title / Technology Name FLOW
Description / FLOW is a Wave Energy Converter. In this project INEGI studied a shaft-bearing system to be integrated in the device, which was developed by MARTIFER. Commercial Description [max. 1500 characters including spaces]
TECHNOLOGY FEATURES
ICT Field: Advanced engineering (including robotics/control systems) [Select the specific technological domain of the technology presented] Communications (including data acquisition and transmission) Data management (including storage and processing) and visualisation data analysis and modelling (including geoinformatics) Materials/fabrication/assembly Satellite Navigation Sensors/instrumentation/electronics Software engineering/development Other technology: Please specify here. Are there any intellectual property rights regarding the technology?
Yes No Technology Intellectual Property Rights: If yes, please identify and describe: Please identify and describe the technology IPR. e.g.: Secret know-how; trade mark; utility model; applied/granted patent; etc.
Technology Readiness Level: TRL 4
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POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN MARITIME SECTOR
In which marine sector could the Aquaculture technology be potentially applied? Coastal tourism Environmental monitoring Fisheries Marine renewable energy Maritime services Oil and gas Security Shipbuilding Transport and shipping Water management Other market areas: Please specify here.
Which of the following regions do you Portugal: North Region (Porto) Ireland: Tipperari County believe to be interesting for the diffusion Portugal: Algarve (Faro) Ireland: Galway and demonstration activities for this technology: U.K: Scotland (Glasgow) France: Bretagne (Brest)
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OWNERS INSTITUTION Institution/ Company name INESC-TEC Address Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200 - 465 Porto, Portugal Website www.inesctec.pt R&D Institution/University Public Category Company Private Other Contact person at institution / company Email [email protected] Phone No +351 222 094 000 TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION Title / Technology Name GRIFO Autonomous Aerial Vehicle Description / GRI FO is a small scale, fixed wing autonomous flight vehicle (unmanned aircraft) designed for environmental monitoring, security, forest fire prevention, communications relay and Commercial Description search and rescue missions. Developed by a team with more than 10 years of experience [max. 1500 characters including spaces] in aerial robots, this vehicle with on-board image processing and autonomous flight control can operate without direct communication with the land station. A custom developed inertial navigation system and autopilot allows the tight integration of additional sensors, a high degree of navigation positioning and sensor in the loop custom manoeuvres for particular applications. Advanced on-board image processing is used not only in application tasks (event detection, target tracking etc.) but also in automatic visual detection of obstacles (land and in flight) in order to endow the UAV with the capability of operating in accordance with VFR (Visual Flight Rules) aerial regulations. MAIN FEATURES: Electric propulsion; Custom developed autopilot; Custom developed small scale inertial navigation system; Low consumption on-board ARM (Cortex A8) CPU; WiFi communication; Autonomous flight control in gliding mode; On-board imaging processing; Image based sense and avoid; LiPo batteries (Lithium-ion polymer). SPECIFICATIONS: Wingspan: 4 m; Maximum take-off weight: 10 kg; Cruising speed: 50 km/h; Autonomy: 4 to 6 hours; Fibreglass glider airframe
TECHNOLOGY FEATURES ICT Field: Advanced engineering (including robotics/control systems) [Select the specific technological domain of the technology presented] Communications (including data acquisition and transmission) Data management (including storage and processing) and visualisation data analysis and modelling (including geoinformatics) Materials/fabrication/assembly Satellite Navigation Sensors/instrumentation/electronics Software engineering/development Other technology: Please specify here. Are there any intellectual property rights regarding the technology?
Yes No Technology Intellectual Property Rights: If yes, please identify and describe: Please identify and describe the technology IPR. e.g.: Secret know-how; trade mark; utility model; applied/granted patent; etc.
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POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN MARITIME SECTOR In which marine sector could the Aquaculture technology be potentially applied? Coastal tourism Environmental monitoring Fisheries Marine renewable energy Maritime services Oil and gas Security Shipbuilding Transport and shipping Water management Other market areas: Please specify here.
Which of the following regions do you Portugal: North Region (Porto) Ireland: Tipperari County believe to be interesting for the diffusion Portugal: Algarve (Faro) Ireland: Galway and demonstration activities for this technology: U.K: Scotland (Glasgow) France: Bretagne (Brest)
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OWNERS INSTITUTION
Institution/ Company name INEGI – Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Address Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 400. 4200 – 465 Porto
Website www.inegi.up.pt
R&D Institution/University Public Category Company Private Other
Contact person at institution / company Tiago Morais
Email [email protected]
Phone No +351 229578710
TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION
Title / Technology Name Hydraulic winder of syntethic cables
Description / System to pull and wind synthetic cables of large size, resistance and stiffness, to use in deep-water offshore platforms. Commercial Description [max. 1500 characters including spaces]
TECHNOLOGY FEATURES
ICT Field: Advanced engineering (including robotics/control systems) [Select the specific technological domain of the technology presented] Communications (including data acquisition and transmission) Data management (including storage and processing) and visualisation data analysis and modelling (including geoinformatics) Materials/fabrication/assembly Satellite Navigation Sensors/instrumentation/electronics Software engineering/development Other technology: Mechanical Project and Manufacturing Are there any intellectual property rights regarding the technology?
Yes No Technology Intellectual Property Rights: If yes, please identify and describe: Please identify and describe the technology IPR. e.g.: Secret know-how; trade mark; utility model; applied/granted patent; etc.
Technology Readiness Level: Select the current state of readiness of your technology.
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POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN MARITIME SECTOR
In which marine sector could the Aquaculture technology be potentially applied? Coastal tourism Environmental monitoring Fisheries Marine renewable energy Maritime services Oil and gas Security Shipbuilding Transport and shipping Water management Other market areas: Please specify here.
Which of the following regions do you Portugal: North Region (Porto) Ireland: Tipperari County believe to be interesting for the diffusion Portugal: Algarve (Faro) Ireland: Galway and demonstration activities for this technology: U.K: Scotland (Glasgow) France: Bretagne (Brest)
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OWNERS INSTITUTION
Institution/ Company name CIIMAR – Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research
Address Rua dos Bragas 289
Website www.ciimar.up.pt
R&D Institution/University Public Category Company Private Other
Contact person at institution / company Agostinho Antunes
Email [email protected]
Phone No (351) 22 3401 813
TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION
Title / Technology Name IMPACT: Integrated Multiprogram Platform for Analyses in ConTest
Description / A Graphical User Interface that estimates evolutionary rates on protein sequences by assessing changes in biochemical constraints. It is a platform-independent (tested in Commercial Description Linux, Windows, and MacOS) easy to install software written in Java. IMPACT integrates [max. 1500 characters including spaces] the use of a built-in multiple sequence alignment editor, with programs that perform phylogenetic and protein structure analyses (ConTest, PhyML, ATV, and Jmol) allowing the user to quickly and efficiently perform evolutionary analyses on protein sequences, including the detection of selection (negative and positive) signatures at the amino acid scale, which can provide fundamental insight about species evolution and ecological fitness. IMPACT provides the user with a working platform that combines a number of bioinformatics tools and utilities in one place, transferring information directly among the various programs and therefore increasing the overall performance of evolutionary analyses on proteins
Please provide photographs or any illustration of the technology.
Illustrative representation on how IMPACT simplifies the protein evolutionary analyses. Retrieved from Maldonado et al, 2011. Maldonado, E., Dutheil, J.Y., da Fonseca, R.R., Vasconcelos, V., Antunes, A. (2011) IMPACT: Integrated Multiprogram Platform for Analyses in ConTest. Journal of Heredity 102, 366-369.
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TECHNOLOGY FEATURES
ICT Field: Advanced engineering (including robotics/control systems) [Select the specific technological domain of the technology presented] Communications (including data acquisition and transmission) Data management (including storage and processing) and visualisation data analysis and modelling (including geoinformatics) Materials/fabrication/assembly Satellite Navigation Sensors/instrumentation/electronics Software engineering/development Other technology: Please specify here. Are there any intellectual property rights regarding the technology?
Yes No Technology Intellectual Property Rights: If yes, please identify and describe: Open source software with associated publication to cite.
Technology Readiness Level: Select the current state of readiness of your technology.
POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN MARITIME SECTOR
In which marine sector could the Aquaculture technology be potentially applied? Coastal tourism Environmental monitoring Fisheries Marine renewable energy Maritime services Oil and gas Security Shipbuilding Transport and shipping Water management Other market areas: Marine Genomics
Which of the following regions do you Portugal: North Region (Porto) Ireland: Tipperari County believe to be interesting for the diffusion Portugal: Algarve (Faro) Ireland: Galway and demonstration activities for this technology: U.K: Scotland (Glasgow) France: Bretagne (Brest)
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OWNERS INSTITUTION
Institution/ Company name CIIMAR – Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research
Address Rua dos Bragas 289
Website www.ciimar.up.pt
R&D Institution/University Public Category Company Private Other
Contact person at institution / company Agostinho Antunes
Email [email protected]
Phone No (351) 22 3401 813
TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION
IMPACT_S: Integrated Multiprogram Platform to Analyze and Combine Tests of Title / Technology Name Selection
Description / Research in evolutionary biology requires the identification of genes targeted by natural selection and understanding how various regimes of evolution affect the fitness of an Commercial Description organism. In particular, adaptive evolution enables organisms to adapt to changing [max. 1500 characters including spaces] ecological factors such as diet, temperature, habitat, predatory pressures and prey abundance. This easy-to-use Graphical User Interface (GUI) software, rapidly and effectively integrates, filters and combines results for assessing the influence of natural selection acting on protein-coding genes. It enables the identification and tabulation of sites as evolving under the influence of positive, neutral and negative selection, and allows the mapping of these sites onto the three-dimensional structures of proteins.
Please provide photographs or any illustration of the technology.
IMPACT_S - 3D mapping and related functionalities. Retrieved from Maldonado et al., 2014. Maldonado, E., Sunagar, K., Almeida, D., Vasconcelos, V., Antunes, A. (2014) IMPACT_S: Integrated Multiprogram Platform to Analyze and Combine Tests of Selection. PLoS ONE 9, e96243.
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TECHNOLOGY FEATURES
ICT Field: Advanced engineering (including robotics/control systems) [Select the specific technological domain of the technology presented] Communications (including data acquisition and transmission) Data management (including storage and processing) and visualisation data analysis and modelling (including geoinformatics) Materials/fabrication/assembly Satellite Navigation Sensors/instrumentation/electronics Software engineering/development Other technology: Please specify here. Are there any intellectual property rights regarding the technology?
Yes No Technology Intellectual Property Rights: If yes, please identify and describe: Open source software with associated publication to cite.
Technology Readiness Level: Select the current state of readiness of your technology.
POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN MARITIME SECTOR
In which marine sector could the Aquaculture technology be potentially applied? Coastal tourism Environmental monitoring Fisheries Marine renewable energy Maritime services Oil and gas Security Shipbuilding Transport and shipping Water management Other market areas: Marine Genomics
Which of the following regions do you Portugal: North Region (Porto) Ireland: Tipperari County believe to be interesting for the diffusion Portugal: Algarve (Faro) Ireland: Galway and demonstration activities for this technology: U.K: Scotland (Glasgow) France: Bretagne (Brest)
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OWNERS INSTITUTION Institution/ Company name INESC-TEC Address Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200 - 465 Porto, Portugal Website www.inesctec.pt R&D Institution/University Public Category Company Private Other Contact person at institution / company Email [email protected] Phone No +351 222 094 000 TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION JANUS-NC - MULTI-TECHNOLOGY MESH ACCESS POINT FOR NEAR-COAST Title / Technology Name COVERAGE Description / Network equipment capable of offering Wi-Fi coverage, while connecting to the Internet via multiple heterogeneous links such as 3G. WiMax. and even other Wi-Fi connections. The Commercial Description devices connect to JANUS via a single stable Wi-F1 connection and the box transparently [max. 1500 characters including spaces] selects the best connection to the infrastructure. Depending on temporal conditions. JANUS can form a transparent mesh network that is used to extend a network infrastructure or Internet link to remote locations. Via multi-hop wireless links. JANUS can offer Internet connectivity and services (e.g. VoiP} to passengers on boats near the coast or at the dock. Improved Internet connectivity can be achieved using fibre or ADSL as backhaul instead of 3G/WiMax. It can also be used to provide a dedicated network for nodes of the same entity. FUNCTIONALITIES: Near coast Internet extension; Self configured network; Support for prioritised traffic and QoS; Support for data storage; Remote management; JANUS GPS location- estimated position of network clients. MAIN FEATURES: Support for multi-hop and mobile mesh network mode (Wi-Fi}; Scales to large mesh networks (up to 7000 JANUS boxes); Multiple link layer technologies: 3G. Wi-Fi. WiMax. etc.; Stable Wi-F1 connection regardless of the Internet link used; Unnecessary network planning: dynamic auto-configuration. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS: Dimensions: 26cm length. 23cm width. 8.8cm height; Power: DC jack or passive POE. 7-20 V. 5-6 W; Supports renewable energy sources (e.g. solar panels); Internal Batteries: 12 V. 7.2 Ah; Autonomy: -10 hours; WRAP-BOX is rated NEMA-67 I IP67.
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TECHNOLOGY FEATURES ICT Field: Advanced engineering (including robotics/control systems) [Select the specific technological domain of the technology presented] Communications (including data acquisition and transmission) Data management (including storage and processing) and visualisation data analysis and modelling (including geoinformatics) Materials/fabrication/assembly Satellite Navigation Sensors/instrumentation/electronics Software engineering/development Other technology: Please specify here. Are there any intellectual property rights regarding the technology?
Yes No Technology Intellectual Property Rights: If yes, please identify and describe: Please identify and describe the technology IPR. e.g.: Secret know-how; trade mark; utility model; applied/granted patent; etc.
Technology Readiness Level: Select the current state of readiness of your technology.
POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN MARITIME SECTOR In which marine sector could the Aquaculture technology be potentially applied? Coastal tourism Environmental monitoring Fisheries Marine renewable energy Maritime services Oil and gas Security Shipbuilding Transport and shipping Water management Other market areas: Please specify here.
Which of the following regions do you Portugal: North Region (Porto) Ireland: Tipperari County believe to be interesting for the diffusion Portugal: Algarve (Faro) Ireland: Galway and demonstration activities for this technology: U.K: Scotland (Glasgow) France: Bretagne (Brest)
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OWNERS INSTITUTION Institution/ Company name INESC-TEC Address Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200 - 465 Porto, Portugal Website www.inesctec.pt R&D Institution/University Public Category Company Private Other Contact person at institution / company Email [email protected] Phone No +351 222 094 000 TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION JANUS-OS - MULTI-TECHNOLOGY MESH ACCESS POINT FOR OFFSHORE Title / Technology Name FACILITIES Description / Network equipment capable of automatically interconnecting with other boxes to form a single large area mesh network. At the same time. It offers Wi-F1 connectivity to normal Commercial Description terminals. The terminals connected to a JANUS box may communicate with any other [max. 1500 characters including spaces] terminals. Even if they are kilometres apart, as long as they are connected to this broadband network. Each JANUS box provides a set of interfaces to support the integration of different devices and technologies (e.g. GPS. sensors. BT. ZigBee. etc.) and it is capable of providing QoS. FUNCTIONALITIES: Broadband network connecting off-shore infrastructures and mobile terminals (e.g. user terminals on boats); Self configured network; Video, VoiP and data exchange among different equipment; Prioritised traffic and QoS-namely events/alarms; Support for data storage; Remote management; JANUS G PS location-estimated position of network clients. MAIN FEATURES: Support for multi-hop and mobile mesh network mode (Wi-Fi); Scales to large mesh networks (up to 7000 JANUS boxes); Multiple link layer technologies: Wi-Fi. WiMAX. ZigBee. Etc; Nodes/Clients connect to a normal Wi-F1 connection; Unnecessary network planning: dynamic auto-configuration. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS: Dimensions: 26cm length, 23cm width, 8.8cm height; Power: DC jack or passive POE. 7-20 V. 5-6 W; Supports renewable energy sources (e.g. solar panels); Internal Batteries: 12 V. 7.2 Ah; Autonomy: -10 hours; WRAP-BOX is rated NEMA-67 I IP67.
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TECHNOLOGY FEATURES ICT Field: Advanced engineering (including robotics/control systems) [Select the specific technological domain of the technology presented] Communications (including data acquisition and transmission) Data management (including storage and processing) and visualisation data analysis and modelling (including geoinformatics) Materials/fabrication/assembly Satellite Navigation Sensors/instrumentation/electronics Software engineering/development Other technology: Please specify here. Are there any intellectual property rights regarding the technology?
Yes No Technology Intellectual Property Rights: If yes, please identify and describe: Please identify and describe the technology IPR. e.g.: Secret know-how; trade mark; utility model; applied/granted patent; etc.
Technology Readiness Level: Select the current state of readiness of your technology.
POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN MARITIME SECTOR In which marine sector could the Aquaculture technology be potentially applied? Coastal tourism Environmental monitoring Fisheries Marine renewable energy Maritime services Oil and gas Security Shipbuilding Transport and shipping Water management Other market areas: Please specify here.
Which of the following regions do you Portugal: North Region (Porto) Ireland: Tipperari County believe to be interesting for the diffusion Portugal: Algarve (Faro) Ireland: Galway and demonstration activities for this technology: U.K: Scotland (Glasgow) France: Bretagne (Brest)
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OWNERS INSTITUTION Institution/ Company name INESC-TEC Address Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200 - 465 Porto, Portugal Website www.inesctec.pt R&D Institution/University Public Category Company Private Other Contact person at institution / company Email [email protected] Phone No +351 222 094 000 TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION Title / Technology Name JANUS-SR - MULTI-TECHNOLOGY MESH ACCESS POINT FOR SAR OPERATIONS Description / Network equipment capable of automatically interconnecting with other boxes to form a single broadband mesh network covering a large area for Searchand-Rescue (SAR). Commercial Description JANUS automatically discovers and reconfigures the network topology, providing [max. 1500 characters including spaces] broadband Wi-Fi connectivity to legacy terminals for local Command and Control. Each terminal, mobile or not, can communicate with any other terminal as if they all belonged to the same LAN (even if they are kilometres apart). Connections to the Internet can also be established if at least one JANUS box has Internet access through Wi-Fi, 3G, WiMAX or other technology. Integration of drones is supported using the 802.11p wireless technology. FUNCTIONALITIES: Broadband wireless coverage -JANUS in boats or buoys; Data exchange among equipment of different technologies; VoiP. video, and convey alarm information from sensors; Self configured network; Support for prioritised traffic and QoS; Remote management; Integration of drones- using the 802.11p wireless technology; JANUS GPS location- estimated position of network clients. MAIN FEATURES: Support for multi-hop and mobile mesh network mode (Wi-Fi); Scales to large mesh networks (up to 7000 JANUS boxes); Multiple link layer; technologies: Wi- Fi. WiMAX. ZigBee. etc.; Stable Wi-Fi connection regardless of the Internet link used; Unnecessary network planning: dynamic auto-configuration; Fast deployment of broadband telecommunications networks. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS: Dimensions: 26cm length, 23cm width, 8.8cm height; Power: DC jack or passive POE. 7-20 V. 5-6 W; Supports renewable energy sources (e.g. .. solar panels); Internal Batteries: 12 V. 7.2 Ah //Autonomy: -10 hours; WRAP-BOX is rated NEMA-67 I IP67
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TECHNOLOGY FEATURES ICT Field: Advanced engineering (including robotics/control systems) [Select the specific technological domain of the technology presented] Communications (including data acquisition and transmission) Data management (including storage and processing) and visualisation data analysis and modelling (including geoinformatics) Materials/fabrication/assembly Satellite Navigation Sensors/instrumentation/electronics Software engineering/development Other technology: Please specify here. Are there any intellectual property rights regarding the technology?
Yes No Technology Intellectual Property Rights: If yes, please identify and describe: Please identify and describe the technology IPR. e.g.: Secret know-how; trade mark; utility model; applied/granted patent; etc.
Technology Readiness Level: Select the current state of readiness of your technology.
POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN MARITIME SECTOR In which marine sector could the Aquaculture technology be potentially applied? Coastal tourism Environmental monitoring Fisheries Marine renewable energy Maritime services Oil and gas Security Shipbuilding Transport and shipping Water management Other market areas: Please specify here.
Which of the following regions do you Portugal: North Region (Porto) Ireland: Tipperari County believe to be interesting for the diffusion Portugal: Algarve (Faro) Ireland: Galway and demonstration activities for this technology: U.K: Scotland (Glasgow) France: Bretagne (Brest)
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OWNERS INSTITUTION
Institution/ Company name OCEANSCAN – Marine Systems & Technology Lda
Address Av Liberdade Polo Mar UPTEC, 4450-718 Matosinhos, Portugal
Website www.oceanscan-mst.com
R&D Institution/University Public Category Company Private Other
Contact person at institution / company Alexandre Sousa
Email [email protected]
Phone No 00351 220301576
TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION
Title / Technology Name LAUV – Light Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
Description / LAUV (Light Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) – is an underwater robot designed to answer environmental, inspection and security applications. The LAUV is an open system Commercial Description that relies on a set of open source software tools (both on-board and off-board) specifically [max. 1500 characters including spaces] designed to enable end-user developments and interoperability with third-party systems.
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TECHNOLOGY FEATURES
ICT Field: Advanced engineering (including robotics/control systems) [Select the specific technological domain of the technology presented] Communications (including data acquisition and transmission) Data management (including storage and processing) and visualisation data analysis and modelling (including geoinformatics) Materials/fabrication/assembly Satellite Navigation Sensors/instrumentation/electronics Software engineering/development Other technology: Please specify here. Are there any intellectual property rights regarding the technology?
Yes No Technology Intellectual Property Rights: If yes, please identify and describe: Please identify and describe the technology IPR. e.g.: Secret know-how; trade mark; utility model; applied/granted patent; etc.
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POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN MARITIME SECTOR
In which marine sector could the Aquaculture technology be potentially applied? Coastal tourism Environmental monitoring Fisheries Marine renewable energy Maritime services Oil and gas Security Shipbuilding Transport and shipping Water management Other market areas: Please specify here.
Which of the following regions do you Portugal: North Region (Porto) Ireland: Tipperari County believe to be interesting for the diffusion Portugal: Algarve (Faro) Ireland: Galway and demonstration activities for this technology: U.K: Scotland (Glasgow) France: Bretagne (Brest)
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OWNERS INSTITUTION Institution/ Company name INESC-TEC Address Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200 - 465 Porto, Portugal Website www.inesctec.pt R&D Institution/University Public Category Company Private Other Contact person at institution / company Email [email protected] Phone No +351 222 094 000 TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION Title / Technology Name MARES – AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE Description / Developed by OceanSys (INESCTEC and FEUP). MARES- Modular Autonomous Robot for Environment Sampling is an autonomous vehicle used in underwater operations. This Commercial Description robot can be easily configured and its modular structure allows it to carry a large variety of [max. 1500 characters including spaces] sensor packages. MARES can be used for different applications such as environment monitoring, underwater inspection and mapping, and surveillance. An acoustic positioning system makes it possible to georeference collected data. This device has been used regularly since 2007 in environmental monitoring operations.
MAIN FEATURES Modular construction with reconfigurable sections Spare ports to accommodate additional payload sensors Robust and safe, with fully shrouded moving parts Operates in confined spaces- able to ascend/descend on the vertical Hovering in the water column -station keeping and close inspection 4 degrees of freedom (surge. heave. yaw. pitch) Autonomous operation with simple mission definition Rechargeable Li-lon batteries Low maintenance Compact and lightweight- easy transportation and deployment
SPECIFICATIONS: Length: 1.6 m; Diameter: 20 em; Weight: 32 kg; Maximum depth: 100m; Horizontal speed: 0-2 m/s, variable; Vertical speed: 0-0.5 mls. Variable; Autonomy/range: 10 hrs I 40 km; Typical sensors: CTD. sonar: turbidity. fluorescence. video camera TECHNOLOGY FEATURES ICT Field: Advanced engineering (including robotics/control systems) [Select the specific technological domain of the technology presented] Communications (including data acquisition and transmission) Data management (including storage and processing) and visualisation data analysis and modelling (including geoinformatics) Materials/fabrication/assembly Satellite Navigation Sensors/instrumentation/electronics Software engineering/development Other technology: Please specify here. Are there any intellectual property rights regarding the technology?
Yes No Technology Intellectual Property Rights: If yes, please identify and describe: Please identify and describe the technology IPR. e.g.: Secret know-how; trade mark; utility model; applied/granted patent; etc.
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POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN MARITIME SECTOR In which marine sector could the Aquaculture technology be potentially applied? Coastal tourism Environmental monitoring Fisheries Marine renewable energy Maritime services Oil and gas Security Shipbuilding Transport and shipping Water management Other market areas: Please specify here.
Which of the following regions do you Portugal: North Region (Porto) Ireland: Tipperari County believe to be interesting for the diffusion Portugal: Algarve (Faro) Ireland: Galway and demonstration activities for this technology: U.K: Scotland (Glasgow) France: Bretagne (Brest)
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OWNERS INSTITUTION
Institution/ Company name Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro
Address Quinta de Prados- 5000-801 Vila Real
Website www.utad.pt
R&D Institution/University Public Category Company Private Other
Contact person at institution / company Joaquim João Sousa
Email [email protected]
Phone No +351933254140
TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION
Title / Technology Name Methodology to predict and track oil slicks
Description / Among the different types of marine pollution, oil is a major threat to the sea ecosystems. Sea-based sources are discharges coming from ships or offshore platforms and can be Commercial Description accidental or deliberate. On the other side, routine tanker operations can lead still to the [max. 1500 characters including spaces] release of oily ballast water and tank washing residues. Furthermore, fuel oil sludge, engine room wastes and foul bilge water produced by all type of ships, also end up in the sea. In the last decade maritime transportation has been growing steadily. More ships also increase the potential number of illegal oil discharges. Both oil tankers and other kinds of ships are among the suspected offenders of illegal discharges. Spaceborne SAR sensors are particularly suitable for the detection of oil spills in the marine environment, as they are independent from sun light, they are not affected by cloudiness, they cover large areas and are more cost-effective than air patrolling.
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TECHNOLOGY FEATURES
ICT Field: Advanced engineering (including robotics/control systems) [Select the specific technological domain of the technology presented] Communications (including data acquisition and transmission) Data management (including storage and processing) and visualisation data analysis and modelling (including geoinformatics) Materials/fabrication/assembly Satellite Navigation Sensors/instrumentation/electronics Software engineering/development Other technology: Please specify here. Are there any intellectual property rights regarding the technology?
Yes No Technology Intellectual Property Rights: If yes, please identify and describe: Please identify and describe the technology IPR. e.g.: Secret know-how; trade mark; utility model; applied/granted patent; etc.
Technology Readiness Level: Select the current state of readiness of your technology.
POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN MARITIME SECTOR
In which marine sector could the Aquaculture technology be potentially applied? Coastal tourism Environmental monitoring Fisheries Marine renewable energy Maritime services Oil and gas Security Shipbuilding Transport and shipping Water management Other market areas: Please specify here.
Which of the following regions do you Portugal: North Region (Porto) Ireland: Tipperari County believe to be interesting for the diffusion Portugal: Algarve (Faro) Ireland: Galway and demonstration activities for this technology: U.K: Scotland (Glasgow) France: Bretagne (Brest)
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OWNERS INSTITUTION Institution/ Company name INESC-TEC Address Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200 - 465 Porto, Portugal Website www.inesctec.pt R&D Institution/University Public Category Company Private Other Contact person at institution / company Email [email protected] Phone No +351 222 094 000 TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION MIELE – Multimodal Interoperability E-services for Logistics and Environment Title / Technology Name sustainability Description / AIM: The goal was to implement a Logistic Single Window as a network of interoperating platforms, built by different organisations and commercial realities, capable of providing Commercial Description clients with integrated Door-to-Door logistic services with Business-to-Business and [max. 1500 characters including spaces] Business-to-Administration integrations.
INESC TEC main contribution: INESC TEC was responsible for defining the conceptual model, as well as for identifying business scenarios and requirements. Moreover, INESC TEC created an interoperable platform for the Logistic Single Window and a Mobile Application for transport operators to manage Bookings and Status reports. The systems are supported by the EC oNet – Enterprise Collaborative Network concept and by the GS 1 Access Points in order to comply with the new GS 1 messages.
TECHNOLOGY FEATURES ICT Field: Advanced engineering (including robotics/control systems) [Select the specific technological domain of the technology presented] Communications (including data acquisition and transmission) Data management (including storage and processing) and visualisation data analysis and modelling (including geoinformatics) Materials/fabrication/assembly Satellite Navigation Sensors/instrumentation/electronics Software engineering/development Other technology: Please specify here. Are there any intellectual property rights regarding the technology?
Yes No Technology Intellectual Property Rights: If yes, please identify and describe: Please identify and describe the technology IPR. e.g.: Secret know-how; trade mark; utility model; applied/granted patent; etc.
Technology Readiness Level: Select the current state of readiness of your technology.
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POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN MARITIME SECTOR In which marine sector could the Aquaculture technology be potentially applied? Coastal tourism Environmental monitoring Fisheries Marine renewable energy Maritime services Oil and gas Security Shipbuilding Transport and shipping Water management Other market areas: Please specify here.
Which of the following regions do you Portugal: North Region (Porto) Ireland: Tipperari County believe to be interesting for the diffusion Portugal: Algarve (Faro) Ireland: Galway and demonstration activities for this technology: U.K: Scotland (Glasgow) France: Bretagne (Brest)
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OWNERS INSTITUTION Institution/ Company name INESC-TEC Address Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200 - 465 Porto, Portugal Website www.inesctec.pt R&D Institution/University Public Category Company Private Other Contact person at institution / company Email [email protected] Phone No +351 222 094 000 TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION Title / Technology Name MODAL - MODELS FOR PREDICTING ALGAE BLOOMS Description / The occurrence of abnormal amounts of certain species of phytoplankton may be associated with eutrophication, which can lead to serious risks in terms of public health, Commercial Description particularly when these phenomena occur in places where drinking water is collected. [max. 1500 characters including spaces] Forecasting these phenomena in advance is essential for taking preventive actions and thus avoid undesirable consequences. INESC TEC has applied, compared and adapted several modelling techniques to the problem of predicting harmful algae blooms in the hydrographical bay of river Douro, namely in the reservoir of the Crestuma-Lever dam. This is a prediction problem with a strong social and economic impact on the metropolitan area of Porto because most of the drinking water in this region comes from this dam.
RESULTS: Several algorithms developed for forecasting algae blooms Software for monitoring and forecasting algae blooms TECHNOLOGY FEATURES ICT Field: Advanced engineering (including robotics/control systems) [Select the specific technological domain of the technology presented] Communications (including data acquisition and transmission) Data management (including storage and processing) and visualisation data analysis and modelling (including geoinformatics) Materials/fabrication/assembly Satellite Navigation Sensors/instrumentation/electronics Software engineering/development Other technology: Please specify here. Are there any intellectual property rights regarding the technology?
Yes No Technology Intellectual Property Rights: If yes, please identify and describe: Please identify and describe the technology IPR. e.g.: Secret know-how; trade mark; utility model; applied/granted patent; etc.
Technology Readiness Level: Select the current state of readiness of your technology.
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POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN MARITIME SECTOR In which marine sector could the Aquaculture technology be potentially applied? Coastal tourism Environmental monitoring Fisheries Marine renewable energy Maritime services Oil and gas Security Shipbuilding Transport and shipping Water management Other market areas: Please specify here.
Which of the following regions do you Portugal: North Region (Porto) Ireland: Tipperari County believe to be interesting for the diffusion Portugal: Algarve (Faro) Ireland: Galway and demonstration activities for this technology: U.K: Scotland (Glasgow) France: Bretagne (Brest)
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OWNERS INSTITUTION Institution/ Company name INESC-TEC Address Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200 - 465 Porto, Portugal Website www.inesctec.pt R&D Institution/University Public Category Company Private Other Contact person at institution / company Email [email protected] Phone No +351 222 094 000 TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION MORWAQ - MONITORING AND PREDICTING Title / Technology Name WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS Description / INESC TEC has developed models that can be used for monitoring and predicting water quality parameters in the context of water distribution network. These models were Commercial Description developed and tested in the context of the distribution network managed by the company [max. 1500 characters including spaces] Águas do Douro e Paiva (AdDP), SA. The AdDP conducts regular sampling procedures in different points of the distribution network in order to monitor a set of parameters associated with water quality. INESC TEC used the data resulting from these sampling procedures conducted for several years. Various models were developed using these data to address two main problems: Monitoring the large set of water quality parameters controlled by the AdDP in order to provide early warnings on eventual deviations from the expected “normal” values. Predicting the occurrence of extreme values on water quality parameters across the network, with the goal of allowing early preventive actions to be taken to avoid subsequent problems.
MAIN FEATURES: Predictive models for forecasting water quality parameters supporting preventive actions that can avoid abnormal values. Predictive models to estimate the value of several water quality parameters in different points of the network using information obtained at other geographically correlated points, avoiding costly sampling analyses. Models for discovering correlations among water quality parameters. TECHNOLOGY FEATURES ICT Field: Advanced engineering (including robotics/control systems) [Select the specific technological domain of the technology presented] Communications (including data acquisition and transmission) Data management (including storage and processing) and visualisation data analysis and modelling (including geoinformatics) Materials/fabrication/assembly Satellite Navigation Sensors/instrumentation/electronics Software engineering/development Other technology: Please specify here. Are there any intellectual property rights regarding the technology?
Yes No Technology Intellectual Property Rights: If yes, please identify and describe: Please identify and describe the technology IPR. e.g.: Secret know-how; trade mark; utility model; applied/granted patent; etc.
Technology Readiness Level: Select the current state of readiness of your technology.
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POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN MARITIME SECTOR In which marine sector could the Aquaculture technology be potentially applied? Coastal tourism Environmental monitoring Fisheries Marine renewable energy Maritime services Oil and gas Security Shipbuilding Transport and shipping Water management Other market areas: Please specify here.
Which of the following regions do you Portugal: North Region (Porto) Ireland: Tipperari County believe to be interesting for the diffusion Portugal: Algarve (Faro) Ireland: Galway and demonstration activities for this technology: U.K: Scotland (Glasgow) France: Bretagne (Brest)
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OWNERS INSTITUTION
Institution/ Company name CIIMAR
Address Insert Institution / Company Address.
Website CIIMAR.up.pt
R&D Institution/University Public Category Company Private Other
Contact person at institution / company Rui Caldeira
Email [email protected]
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Title / Technology Name Ocean circulation models
Description / We develop, run and analyse ocean circulation model products which can be useful to evaluate the ocean circulation regimes in coastal and deep-sea regions. Commercial Description
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Please provide photographs or any illustration of the technology.
TECHNOLOGY FEATURES
ICT Field: Advanced engineering (including robotics/control systems) [Select the specific technological domain of the technology presented] Communications (including data acquisition and transmission) Data management (including storage and processing) and visualisation data analysis and modelling (including geoinformatics) Materials/fabrication/assembly Satellite Navigation Sensors/instrumentation/electronics Software engineering/development Other technology: Please specify here. Are there any intellectual property rights regarding the technology?
Yes No Technology Intellectual Property Rights: If yes, please identify and describe: Utility model
Technology Readiness Level: Implemented within weeks
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POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN MARITIME SECTOR
In which marine sector could the Aquaculture technology be potentially applied? Coastal tourism Environmental monitoring Fisheries Marine renewable energy Maritime services Oil and gas Security Shipbuilding Transport and shipping Water management Other market areas: Please specify here.
Which of the following regions do you Portugal: North Region (Porto) Ireland: Tipperari County believe to be interesting for the diffusion Portugal: Algarve (Faro) Ireland: Galway and demonstration activities for this technology: U.K: Scotland (Glasgow) France: Bretagne (Brest)
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OWNERS INSTITUTION Institution/ Company name INESC-TEC Address Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200 - 465 Porto, Portugal Website www.inesctec.pt R&D Institution/University Public Category Company Private Other Contact person at institution / company Email [email protected] Phone No +351 222 094 000 TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION OPTOFLUIDIC DEVICES FOR MICROANALYSIS - HYBRID MICROFLUIDIC CHIP Title / Technology Name FOR SINGLE CELL DIAGNOSIS Description / Miniaturisation and portability. Increased automation. Minimum reagent consumption. High throughput and reduced manufacturing costs are some of the strong motivations to develop Commercial Description microfluidic sensing platforms. In this project, partners with complementary expertise [max. 1500 characters including spaces] (INESCTECOptoelectronics, CENIMAT- Material Science, ITQB- Biomolecular diagnosis) joined to develop a new optofluidic chip capable of performing optical and electrical characterisation of biological fluids and single cells. The technology currently being developed makes it possible to perform multiple simultaneous measurements with extremely reduced sample volumes. As a result, this project guarantees an improved analytical diagnostic tool. In this particular project, the goal is to analyse red blood cells (RBC) simultaneously using impedance spectroscopy and refractive index measurements. The aim is to provide a way to differentiate infected and healthy cells more accurately. Nevertheless, the technology is versatile and will allow a diversity of analytical applications.
POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS • Security and defence: high sensitivity detection of multiple chemical and biological threats using minimal sample amounts. • Biomolecular diagnosis: single cell manipulation and diagnosis (infectious states. cancer). • Point of care analysis: fast and sensitive multipara meter analysis of biological fluids (blood, urine). • Quality control: spectroscopic and refractive index analysis of dye solutions and other fluids (chemical industry. food industry).
PARTNERS: ITQB-UNUIBET BIOMOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY (PT1 CENIMAT DEPARTAMENTO DE ClÊNCIA DOS MATERIAlS (PT) INESCTEC IN ESC TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE (PT1 Financed by National Funds through the FCT-Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology) as part of project cHYBRID- PTDC /SAU -BEB /102247/2008•
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TECHNOLOGY FEATURES ICT Field: Advanced engineering (including robotics/control systems) [Select the specific technological domain of the technology presented] Communications (including data acquisition and transmission) Data management (including storage and processing) and visualisation data analysis and modelling (including geoinformatics) Materials/fabrication/assembly Satellite Navigation Sensors/instrumentation/electronics Software engineering/development Other technology: Please specify here. Are there any intellectual property rights regarding the technology?
Yes No Technology Intellectual Property Rights: If yes, please identify and describe: Please identify and describe the technology IPR. e.g.: Secret know-how; trade mark; utility model; applied/granted patent; etc.
Technology Readiness Level: Select the current state of readiness of your technology.
POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN MARITIME SECTOR In which marine sector could the Aquaculture technology be potentially applied? Coastal tourism Environmental monitoring Fisheries Marine renewable energy Maritime services Oil and gas Security Shipbuilding Transport and shipping Water management Other market areas: Please specify here.
Which of the following regions do you Portugal: North Region (Porto) Ireland: Tipperari County believe to be interesting for the diffusion Portugal: Algarve (Faro) Ireland: Galway and demonstration activities for this technology: U.K: Scotland (Glasgow) France: Bretagne (Brest)
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OWNERS INSTITUTION Institution/ Company name INESC-TEC Address Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200 - 465 Porto, Portugal Website www.inesctec.pt R&D Institution/University Public Category Company Private Other Contact person at institution / company Email [email protected] Phone No +351 222 094 000 TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION Title / Technology Name PROTEU - Advanced optical sensor for monitoring estuarine and coastal environments Description / INESC Porto has developed technology to monitor temperature and salinity in coastal environments using an innovative fully integrated monitoring infrastructure based on optical Commercial Description fibre. As part of the research project PROTEU, an 11 km optical fibre cable, with Bragg [max. 1500 characters including spaces] sensors placed every 500 meters, was installed that runs from the mouth of the Ria de Aveiro and follows the Espinheiro channel bed to the Vouga river. This made it possible to measure the water temperature at each sensor location in real-time. The results of this project are currently being used in several studies concerning the Ria de Aveiro and the surrounding area and are crucial for continuous environmental assessment and management. This technology is now being explored further and will be able to measure salinity and other chemical and biological parameters (dissolved CO2, cyanobacteria) making it an advanced analytical tool for the monitoring and study of marine conditions in estuarine environments. Developed in 2004 MAIN FEATURES: Electromagnetic immunity; Based on standard telecom optoelectronics; Multipoint detection; High sensitivity; Real-time remote operation Quasi distributed sensing; Adaptable for the detection of other environmental parameters SPECIFICATIONS:11 km Optical fibre cable (TON GERE from CABE LTE S.A.) with three SMF 28® optical fibres with19 Fibre Bragg grating temperature sensors distributed every 500 m. Cable anchored to the river bed with concrete structures placed every 500 m in the vicinity of the sensors. TECHNOLOGY FEATURES ICT Field: Advanced engineering (including robotics/control systems) [Select the specific technological domain of the technology presented] Communications (including data acquisition and transmission) Data management (including storage and processing) and visualisation data analysis and modelling (including geoinformatics) Materials/fabrication/assembly Satellite Navigation Sensors/instrumentation/electronics Software engineering/development Other technology: Please specify here. Are there any intellectual property rights regarding the technology?
Yes No Technology Intellectual Property Rights: If yes, please identify and describe: Please identify and describe the technology IPR. e.g.: Secret know-how; trade mark; utility model; applied/granted patent; etc.
Technology Readiness Level: Select the current state of readiness of your technology.
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POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN MARITIME SECTOR In which marine sector could the Aquaculture technology be potentially applied? Coastal tourism Environmental monitoring Fisheries Marine renewable energy Maritime services Oil and gas Security Shipbuilding Transport and shipping Water management Other market areas: Please specify here.
Which of the following regions do you Portugal: North Region (Porto) Ireland: Tipperari County believe to be interesting for the diffusion Portugal: Algarve (Faro) Ireland: Galway and demonstration activities for this technology: U.K: Scotland (Glasgow) France: Bretagne (Brest)
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OWNERS INSTITUTION Institution/ Company name INESC-TEC Address Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200 - 465 Porto, Portugal Website www.inesctec.pt R&D Institution/University Public Category Company Private Other Contact person at institution / company Email [email protected] Phone No +351 222 094 000 TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION Title / Technology Name RAIA - Iberian Coast Oceanographic Observatory Description / AIM - Implementation of a cross-border oceanic observation network to consolidate operational oceanography in the iberian coast and to create new scientific and Commercial Description technological opportunities that would foster the sea economy. [max. 1500 characters including spaces] INESC TEC main contribution: Creation of a distributed data services infrastructure, enabling a sensor geographic network for planning and decision support. This data infrastructure uses international standards (ISO 19100, OG C) and best practices, and complies with the INSP IRE EC Directive. START DATE JAN UARY 2009 | END DATE DECEMBER 2011| BUDGET ~2.5 M€ PARTNERS: METEOGALICIA // INTECMAR // IEO // CSIC-IIM // CETMAR // UNIV. VIGO // CIIMAR // INEGI // FEUP // IH // UNIV. AVEIRO // FCUP FUNDING: INTERREG IV-A(NORTE DE PORTUGAL - GALICIA) TECHNOLOGY FEATURES ICT Field: Advanced engineering (including robotics/control systems) [Select the specific technological domain of the technology presented] Communications (including data acquisition and transmission) Data management (including storage and processing) and visualisation data analysis and modelling (including geoinformatics) Materials/fabrication/assembly Satellite Navigation Sensors/instrumentation/electronics Software engineering/development Other technology: Please specify here. Are there any intellectual property rights regarding the technology?
Yes No Technology Intellectual Property Rights: If yes, please identify and describe: Please identify and describe the technology IPR. e.g.: Secret know-how; trade mark; utility model; applied/granted patent; etc.
Technology Readiness Level: Select the current state of readiness of your technology.
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POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN MARITIME SECTOR In which marine sector could the Aquaculture technology be potentially applied? Coastal tourism Environmental monitoring Fisheries Marine renewable energy Maritime services Oil and gas Security Shipbuilding Transport and shipping Water management Other market areas: Please specify here.
Which of the following regions do you Portugal: North Region (Porto) Ireland: Tipperari County believe to be interesting for the diffusion Portugal: Algarve (Faro) Ireland: Galway and demonstration activities for this technology: U.K: Scotland (Glasgow) France: Bretagne (Brest)
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OWNERS INSTITUTION
Institution/ Company name Universidade do Porto
Address Praça de Gomes Teixeira, 4099-002 Porto, Portugal
Website www.up.pt
R&D Institution/University Public
Category Company Private
Other
Contact person at institution / company Rui Maranhão
Email [email protected]
Phone No Insert Phone number of the contact person.
TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION
Title / Technology Name Remote Debugging Service
Description / The present invention discloses a method to localize software faults automatically and remotely, using an efficient technique without access to source code. This debugging Commercial Description technology allows the use of remote network service on software under test, which can [max. 1500 characters including spaces] be composed by multiple different systems and used distributed architectures. Background: Software is built upon source code written in a given programming language. Being a (mostly) manual task, software may have several faults, mainly on large projects. When a fault is activated at execution time, the behaviour may not be the expected one, leading to (catastrophic) failures. One of the most cumbersome and expensive tasks during software development is the localization of the root cause of failures (known to cost the US economy alone 60B dollars). Several approaches were developed to provide automatic debugging features. However, they are not easily applicable to current software systems. Some of these techniques require a complete rewrite of the source code. Moreover, almost all of these techniques require full access to the source code that may lead to privacy issues when dealing with debugging tasks performed in third party entities. Furthermore, these techniques are not ready to be used in technological heterogeneous and/or large distributed systems. Benefits: With this technology it is possible to fill the main gaps of the currently available automatic debugging techniques. It allows the creation of a remote debugging service that may be used with multiple technologies and systems with distributed components. It may be used with any operating system and programming language. Due to its nature, it also guarantees the source code confidentiality because it never accesses to it (it only access to data collected during the software runtime). This technology enables the offer of remote debugging services to the software industry, increasing efficiency and reducing costs and development time. It may be accessible from any part of the world and can be used with several different application paradigms (local applications, web applications, mobile applications, embedded devices, and several others). According to academic and industrial studies, this technology reduces the debugging task effort in up to 75%. The users who participated in these studies found the output produced by this technology fundamental to find the software faults. This technology has a very high accuracy that may lead the software developer directly to the faulty line of code. The Remote Debugging Service is also very fast, not only because it may be used in already implemented systems without much effort, but also because it is based on fast algorithms, and because the more demanding processing is done off-site. This allows the use of this service in devices presenting low computational resources. Potential Commercial Use / Applications: The remote debugging service can be used by the entire software industry, namely on critical systems but also in all the entities who need to debug their software, namely: software houses, independent software developers, consultancy agencies, specialists from academia, etc. Any software developer is a potential user of this technology. Software developers are present in every organization that develop software to use internally or to market (software houses). Furthermore, it may also be used by teams of software testers, software debuggers, and the ITC consulting professionals (in particular, from software quality and reliability fields). Due to the architecture of this technology, it also enables the creation of a new concept: debugging as a service. The users may subscribe the service and be only charged according to the used resources. It also allows the exploration of a “Freemium” model, to boost the dissemination of this technology.
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ICT Field: Advanced engineering (including robotics/control systems) [Select the specific technological domain Communications (including data acquisition and transmission) of the technology presented] Data management (including storage and processing) and visualisation data analysis and modelling (including geoinformatics)
Materials/fabrication/assembly
Satellite Navigation
Sensors/instrumentation/electronics
Software engineering/development
Other technology: Please specify here.
Are there any intellectual property rights regarding the technology? Yes No Technology Intellectual Property Rights: If yes, please identify and describe: Provisional Patent (pending)
Technology Readiness Level: Select the current state of readiness of your technology.
POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN MARITIME SECTOR
In which marine sector could the Aquaculture technology be potentially applied? Coastal tourism Environmental monitoring Fisheries Marine renewable energy Maritime services Oil and gas Security Shipbuilding Transport and shipping Water management Other market areas: Please specify here.
Which of the following regions do you Portugal: North Region (Porto) Ireland: Tipperari County believe to be interesting for the diffusion Portugal: Algarve (Faro) Ireland: Galway and demonstration activities for this technology: U.K: Scotland (Glasgow) France: Bretagne (Brest)
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OWNERS INSTITUTION
Institution/ Company name Universidade do Porto
Address Praça de Gomes Teixeira, 4099-002 Porto, Portugal
Website www.up.pt
R&D Institution/University Public
Category Company Private
Other
Contact person at institution / company Henrique Salgado
Email [email protected]
Phone No Insert Phone number of the contact person.
TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION
Resource Reservation Strategies for Both Synchronous And Asynchronous traffic In Title / Technology Name Cooperative Clustered OBS Networks
Description / The present invention discloses advanced periodic resource reservation strategies that fulfil the QoS requirements of heterogeneous traffic, improving the network efficiency and Commercial Description reducing network complexity. The reservation strategies are proposed for the Clustered [max. 1500 characters including spaces] Cooperative Optical Burst Switching (C2OBS) network architecture offering a circuit like service without two way end-to-end reservation, while still benefiting from a high level of statistical multiplexing by employing only OBS nodes. Background: Optical backbone networks carry both synchronous and asynchronous traffic. The synchronous traffic is mostly from telecomm operators utilizing legacy SONET/SDH over WDM, while the asynchronous traffic comes from IP networks which is also transported over WDM networks over long distances, and is either streamed long flows such as video of demand, video streaming, video conferencing, VoIP and e-science applications, or on-demand bursts. In the WDM layer, optical circuit switching (OCS) has been widely deployed so far, but it can be potentially bandwidth inefficient especially for highly bursty self-similar traffic such as IP traffic from several different sources. For this reason, optical burst switching (OBS) has been proposed as an alternative to OCS that increases statistical multiplexing at a subwavelength granularity. Unfortunately, classical OBS still cannot fulfil the QoS requirements of time constrained, loss intolerant, synchronous and streamed long flow traffic. The present invention presents two advanced periodic resource reservation strategies for efficiently transporting both synchronous and asynchronous streamed long flows over the C2OBS network architecture, respectively called C2OBS Synchronous Resource Reservation Scheme (C2OBS-SRR) and C2OBS Asynchronous Flow Resource Reservation scheme (C2OBS-aFRR).
Benefits: The proposed reservation strategies emulate a circuit like service for QoS constrained traffic over an optical burst switching node architecture, without two way end- to-end reservation, while reducing burst drop probability, delay, and jitter.
96 Activity 1 Global Report- Portfolio of Portugal North Region technologies for the maritime sector Moreover, these periodic resource reservation strategies deliver the above said advantages while still operating over an OBS like network architecture which uses relatively simple nodes when compared to other proposed alternatives. [1-13] Potential Commercial Use / Applications: Optical burst switching is envisioned as one of the promising technologies for future optical backbone networks. However, classical JET OBS is not suitable for synchronous and streamed long flow traffic due to both its relatively high burst loss probability and end-to-end delay. Furthermore, burst header packet (BHP) generation, transmission, processing and switch fabric reconfigurations for each burst results in an enormous overhead when transmitting synchronous traffic. The proposed reservation strategies will be applied in future optical burst switching backbone networks for supporting heterogeneous traffic, synchronous traffic from telecomm operators, and asynchronous streamed long flow traffic from IP networks. The proposed strategies reserve resources in advance for both types of traffic, resulting in a reduced burst loss probability and end-to-end delay. Moreover, both types of traffic are supported by employing only OBS switches resulting in lower capital cost and OAM expenditure, unlike hybrid switches which require two or more types of switches. References: [1] Chunsheng Xin, Chunming Qiao, Yinghua Ye, Sudhir Dixit, “A Hybrid Optical Switching Approach”, IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, 2003, Vol.7, Page(s) 3808-3812. [2] Sami Sheeshia and Chunming Qiao, “Synchronous Optical Burst Switching”, First International Conference on Broadband Networks, 2004, Page(s) 4-13. [3] Oliver Yu, Ming Liao, and Yuan Cao, “Synchronous Stream Optical Burst Switching”, 2nd International Conference on Broadband Networks, Vol.-2, 2005, Page(s) 1447-1452. [4] José Alberto Hernández, Pedro Reviriego, José Luis García-Dorado, Victor López, David Larrabeitti, and Javier Aracil, “Performance Evaluation and Design of Polymorphous OBS Networks with Guaranteed TDM Service”, Journal of Lightwave Technologies, Vol.27, No.13, July 2009, Page(s) 2495-2505. [5] Chunming Qiao, Wei Wei, and Xin Liu, “Extending Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching (GMPLS) for Polymorphous, Agile, and Transparent Optical Networks (PATON)”, IEEE Communications Magazine, vol-44 December 2006, Page(s) 104-114. [6] Christoph M. Gauger, Erik Van Breusegam, Paul J. Kühn, Mario Pickavet, Piet Demeester, “Hybrid Optical Network Architecture: Bringing Packets and Circuit Together”, IEEE Communication Magazine, August 2006, Vol.44, No.8, Page(s) 36-42. [7] Chun Tung Chou, Farzad Safaei, Paul Boustead, and Iradj Ouveysi, “A Hybrid Optical Network Architecture Consisting of Optical Cross Connects and Optical Burst Switches”, the 12th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, 2003, Page(s) 53-58. [8] Jens Buysse, Marc De Leenheer, Chris Develder, Bart Dhoedt, Piet Demeester, “Cost-effective Burst-Over-Circuit-Switching in a Hybrid Optical Network”, 5th International Conference on Networking and Services, 2009, Page(s) 499-504. [9] Xuan Zheng and Malathi Veeraraghavan, “CHEETAH: Circuit-Switched High-Speed end-to-end Transport Architecture Testbed”, IEEE Communication Magazine, Vol 43, No 8, 2005, Page(s) s11-s17. [10] Joachim Schart, Andreas Kimsas, Martin Köhn, and Guoqianng Hu, “OBS vs OpMiGua – A Comparative Performance Evaluation”, 9th International Conference on Transport Optical Networks, 2007, Vol.3, Page(s) 294-298. [11] Kostas Christodoulopoulos, Erik Van Breusegem, Kyriakos Vlachos, Mario Pickaver, Emanuel Varvarigos, and Didier Colle, “ Performance Evaluation of Overspill Routing in Optical Networks”, IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2006, Vol.6, Page(s) 2538-2543. [12] Erik Van Breusegem, Jan Cheyns, Davy De Winter, Didier Colle, Mario Pickavet, Piet Demeester, and Joris Mareau, “A Broad View on Overspill Routing in Optical Networks: A Real Synthesis of Packet and Circuit Switching”, Elsevier Optical Switching and Networking, Vol.1, No.1, January 2005, Page(s) 51-64. [13] Christoph M. Gauger and Biswanath Mukherjee, “Optical Burst Transport Network (OBTN) – A Novel Architecture for Efficient Transport of Optical Burst Data over Lambda Grids”, Workshop on High Performance Switching and Routing, 2005, Page(s) 58-62.
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ICT Field: Advanced engineering (including robotics/control systems) [Select the specific technological domain Communications (including data acquisition and transmission) of the technology presented] Data management (including storage and processing) and visualisation data analysis and modelling (including geoinformatics)
Materials/fabrication/assembly
Satellite Navigation
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Software engineering/development
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Technology Readiness Level: Select the current state of readiness of your technology.
POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN MARITIME SECTOR
In which marine sector could the Aquaculture technology be potentially applied? Coastal tourism Environmental monitoring Fisheries Marine renewable energy Maritime services Oil and gas Security Shipbuilding Transport and shipping Water management Other market areas: Please specify here.
Which of the following regions do you Portugal: North Region (Porto) Ireland: Tipperari County believe to be interesting for the diffusion Portugal: Algarve (Faro) Ireland: Galway and demonstration activities for this technology: U.K: Scotland (Glasgow) France: Bretagne (Brest)
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OWNERS INSTITUTION Institution/ Company name INESC-TEC Address Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200 - 465 Porto, Portugal Website www.inesctec.pt R&D Institution/University Public Category Company Private Other Contact person at institution / company Email [email protected] Phone No +351 222 094 000 TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION Title / Technology Name ROAZ II – Autonomous SURFACE Vehicle Description / ROAZ II is an autonomous surface vehicle designed for aquatic environment monitoring, bathymetry, data collection and oceanography, security and search and rescue missions. Commercial Description With on-board sensor processing and high precision navigation it is capable of operating [max. 1500 characters including spaces] autonomously in the ocean environment. The robot has a wide range of sensors and advanced on-board controls allowing its use in efficient precision environmental modelling (oceanographic, 3D sea floor modelling), automated intrusion detection, target tracking, identification, area patrol, communications relay in multi-vehicle scenarios and surface support to underwater assets. On-board ROV in coordinated missions makes it a suitable surface platform for underwater inspection and data collection tasks. This vehicle has already taken part in various operational missions. MAIN FEATURES: Autonomous operation; GPS with RTK and INS for precise positioning; RADAR for obstacle detection; Infra-red and visible light cameras On-board image processing; Wireless communication (data/video); CTD Multi-beam sonar and side-scan sonar; LiFePO4 Batteries; On-board inspection ROV (remotely operated Vehicle); SPECIFICATIONS: Length: 4.25 m // Width: 2 m // Weight: 250 kg; Maximum speed: 10 knots; Autonomy: 11 hours; Electric propulsion: 10 HP; Load capacity: 500 kg TECHNOLOGY FEATURES ICT Field: Advanced engineering (including robotics/control systems) [Select the specific technological domain of the technology presented] Communications (including data acquisition and transmission) Data management (including storage and processing) and visualisation data analysis and modelling (including geoinformatics) Materials/fabrication/assembly Satellite Navigation Sensors/instrumentation/electronics Software engineering/development Other technology: Please specify here. Are there any intellectual property rights regarding the technology?
Yes No Technology Intellectual Property Rights: If yes, please identify and describe: Please identify and describe the technology IPR. e.g.: Secret know-how; trade mark; utility model; applied/granted patent; etc.
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POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN MARITIME SECTOR In which marine sector could the Aquaculture technology be potentially applied? Coastal tourism Environmental monitoring Fisheries Marine renewable energy Maritime services Oil and gas Security Shipbuilding Transport and shipping Water management Other market areas: Please specify here.
Which of the following regions do you Portugal: North Region (Porto) Ireland: Tipperari County believe to be interesting for the diffusion Portugal: Algarve (Faro) Ireland: Galway and demonstration activities for this technology: U.K: Scotland (Glasgow) France: Bretagne (Brest)
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OWNERS INSTITUTION
Institution/ Company name INEGI – Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Address Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 400. 4200 – 465 Porto
Website www.inegi.up.pt
R&D Institution/University Public Category Company Private Other
Contact person at institution / company Tiago Morais
Email [email protected]
Phone No +351 229578710
TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION
Title / Technology Name ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) e L-AUV (Light - Autonomous Underwater Vehicle)
Description / Development of Autonomous Systems for environmental observation, capable to dive below 100 m, transporting scientific loads to measure salinity, temperature, pressure, Commercial Description etc. Development/Manufacturing of mechanical components, Mechanical Project, Rapid [max. 1500 characters including spaces] Prototyping and Assembly were undertaken.
TECHNOLOGY FEATURES
ICT Field: Advanced engineering (including robotics/control systems) [Select the specific technological domain of the technology presented] Communications (including data acquisition and transmission) Data management (including storage and processing) and visualisation data analysis and modelling (including geoinformatics) Materials/fabrication/assembly Satellite Navigation Sensors/instrumentation/electronics Software engineering/development Other technology: Please specify here. Are there any intellectual property rights regarding the technology?
Yes No Technology Intellectual Property Rights: If yes, please identify and describe: Please identify and describe the technology IPR. e.g.: Secret know-how; trade mark; utility model; applied/granted patent; etc.
Technology Readiness Level: Select the current state of readiness of your technology.
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POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN MARITIME SECTOR
In which marine sector could the Aquaculture technology be potentially applied? Coastal tourism Environmental monitoring Fisheries Marine renewable energy Maritime services Oil and gas Security Shipbuilding Transport and shipping Water management Other market areas: Please specify here.
Which of the following regions do you Portugal: North Region (Porto) Ireland: Tipperari County believe to be interesting for the diffusion Portugal: Algarve (Faro) Ireland: Galway and demonstration activities for this technology: U.K: Scotland (Glasgow) France: Bretagne (Brest)
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OWNERS INSTITUTION Institution/ Company name INESC-TEC Address Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200 - 465 Porto, Portugal Website www.inesctec.pt R&D Institution/University Public Category Company Private Other Contact person at institution / company Email [email protected] Phone No +351 222 094 000 TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION Title / Technology Name SCOPe - Electronic Port Community System Description / Commercial Description AIM: The project aim was to design and implement an integrated organizational model to manage the processes related to electronic data transfer regarding cargo passing through [max. 1500 characters including spaces] the Leixões Seaport for the two main business documents: Bill of Lading & Cargo Manifest.
ACTORS: Globally, all Port Community Actors (Port Authority, Customs Administration, Forwarders, Shipping Agents, Customs Agents, Shipping Lines, Original Shippers, Consignors & Consignees and also Software Houses) were involved in this project.
GOALS: The main goal was the conceptual development and validation of a system which needed to be open, critical, inter-operative with heterogeneous environments, flexible, scalable and compatible with UN /CEFACT standards. The system was also developed to solve the limitations detected in existing solutions, namely intrinsic quality certification, intelligent process monitoring, actor performance measurement and added-value services, such as compensation and certification. This was the innovative domain of this project, with its focus on process innovation (associated to Bill of Lading and Cargo Manifest), enabling product innovation (through associated supporting software applications) and promoting sector modernisation.
TECHNOLOGY FEATURES ICT Field: Advanced engineering (including robotics/control systems) [Select the specific technological domain of the technology presented] Communications (including data acquisition and transmission) Data management (including storage and processing) and visualisation data analysis and modelling (including geoinformatics) Materials/fabrication/assembly Satellite Navigation Sensors/instrumentation/electronics Software engineering/development Other technology: Please specify here. Are there any intellectual property rights regarding the technology?
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Technology Readiness Level: Select the current state of readiness of your technology.
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POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN MARITIME SECTOR In which marine sector could the Aquaculture technology be potentially applied? Coastal tourism Environmental monitoring Fisheries Marine renewable energy Maritime services Oil and gas Security Shipbuilding Transport and shipping Water management Other market areas: Please specify here.
Which of the following regions do you Portugal: North Region (Porto) Ireland: Tipperari County believe to be interesting for the diffusion Portugal: Algarve (Faro) Ireland: Galway and demonstration activities for this technology: U.K: Scotland (Glasgow) France: Bretagne (Brest)
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OWNERS INSTITUTION
Institution/ Company name INEGI – Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Address Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 400. 4200 – 465 Porto
Website www.inegi.up.pt
R&D Institution/University Public Category Company Private Other
Contact person at institution / company Tiago Morais
Email [email protected]
Phone No +351 229578710
TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION
Title / Technology Name SEAFLOOR
Description / Hyperbaric chambers to simulate subaquatic environmental conditions up to 2000 meters. Commercial Description [max. 1500 characters including spaces]
TECHNOLOGY FEATURES
ICT Field: Advanced engineering (including robotics/control systems) [Select the specific technological domain of the technology presented] Communications (including data acquisition and transmission) Data management (including storage and processing) and visualisation data analysis and modelling (including geoinformatics) Materials/fabrication/assembly Satellite Navigation Sensors/instrumentation/electronics Software engineering/development Other technology: Please specify here. Are there any intellectual property rights regarding the technology?
Yes No Technology Intellectual Property Rights: If yes, please identify and describe: Please identify and describe the technology IPR. e.g.: Secret know-how; trade mark; utility model; applied/granted patent; etc.
Technology Readiness Level: Select the current state of readiness of your technology.
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POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN MARITIME SECTOR
In which marine sector could the Aquaculture technology be potentially applied? Coastal tourism Environmental monitoring Fisheries Marine renewable energy Maritime services Oil and gas Security Shipbuilding Transport and shipping Water management Other market areas: Marine Biology
Which of the following regions do you Portugal: North Region (Porto) Ireland: Tipperari County believe to be interesting for the diffusion Portugal: Algarve (Faro) Ireland: Galway and demonstration activities for this technology: U.K: Scotland (Glasgow) France: Bretagne (Brest)
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OWNERS INSTITUTION
Institution/ Company name Universidade do Porto
Address Praça de Gomes Teixeira, 4099-002 Porto, Portugal
Website www.up.pt
R&D Institution/University Public
Category Company Private
Other
Contact person at institution / company Michel Ferreira
Email [email protected]
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TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION
Self-Automated Parking Lots for Autonomous Vehicles based on Vehicular Ad Hoc Title / Technology Name Networking
Description / The present invention discloses a new approach to park unmanned vehicles whereas vehicular communication (V2V, V2I), (semi-) autonomous vehicles and remote control Commercial Description technologies are used. The automated parking lots maximize space and minimize the [max. 1500 characters including spaces] time passengers require for parking. Background: Urbanization along with an increased number of vehicles leads to major implications on the urban landscape. While traffic congestions are one major impact, it is the phenomenon of “cruising for parking” that causes a surprisingly high amount of traffic. Besides, space within the urban area is getting scarce and thus more expensive. In order to counteract this trend several solutions to effectively use parking space have been proposed. Automated parking systems have been developed to cut space requirements by as much as 50%. However, those systems, which mechanically move the vehicles, are very expensive as well as complex in their operation and maintenance.
Benefits: Henceforth, a new concept will be presented to park (semi-) autonomous vehicles, safe space and time and thus reduce the costs of car park owners. The novelty of this invention is the use of vehicular communication (e.g. wireless, VANET, etc.), (semi-) autonomous vehicles and remote controller technologies to offer an optimized parking lot solution, which is related to an efficient parking and retrieval configuration. This invention can be considered a better alternative when compared to the automated parking lots with electric elevators, rolling and rotating platforms due to the selfmobility of the (semi-)autonomous vehicles which eliminates the use of mechanical devices. The results of computer based simulations indicate that by applying the new concept, space and time can be reduced. Besides, a vehicles total distance travelled compared to conventional parking lots can be reduced by as much as 30%.
Potential Commercial Use / Applications: The present invention may be incorporated in electrical vehicles with ad hoc networking. Intended users and beneficiaries of this invention are parking lot owners/operators, (semi-) autonomous vehicles' owners/drivers as well as car park owners and car manufacturers. The present invention discloses a new approach to park unmanned vehicles whereas vehicular communication (V2V, V2I), (semi-) autonomous vehicles and remote control technologies are used. The automated parking lots maximize space and minimize the time passengers require for parking.
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TECHNOLOGY FEATURES
ICT Field: Advanced engineering (including robotics/control systems) [Select the specific technological domain Communications (including data acquisition and transmission) of the technology presented] Data management (including storage and processing) and visualisation data analysis and modelling (including geoinformatics)
Materials/fabrication/assembly
Satellite Navigation
Sensors/instrumentation/electronics
Software engineering/development
Other technology: Please specify here.
Are there any intellectual property rights regarding the technology? Yes No Technology Intellectual Property Rights: If yes, please identify and describe: Provisional Patent (pending)
Technology Readiness Level: Select the current state of readiness of your technology.
POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN MARITIME SECTOR
In which marine sector could the Aquaculture technology be potentially applied? Coastal tourism Environmental monitoring Fisheries Marine renewable energy Maritime services Oil and gas Security Shipbuilding Transport and shipping Water management Other market areas: Please specify here.
Which of the following regions do you Portugal: North Region (Porto) Ireland: Tipperari County believe to be interesting for the diffusion Portugal: Algarve (Faro) Ireland: Galway and demonstration activities for this technology: U.K: Scotland (Glasgow) France: Bretagne (Brest)
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OWNERS INSTITUTION
Institution/ Company name Foodintech Lda
Address Edifício UPTEC – Rua Alfredo Allen 455/461 – 4200-135 Porto - Portugal
Website www.foodintech.pt
R&D Institution/University Public Category Company Private Other
Contact person at institution / company Miguel Fernandes
Email [email protected]
Phone No 00 351 916881716
TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION
Title / Technology Name SIGA
Description / SIGA i - MES – Manufacturing Execution System - Solution for the management of the transformation processes adapted to the Food Industry. SIGA I supports all the information Commercial Description of the production flow, from raw material reception to food distribution. It integrates features [max. 1500 characters including spaces] as: Management of Non Conformities, Documentation Management, Prerequisites Control, and Registers. PRODUCTION - In the SIGA I, IT tool, several areas are connected, all the data from the production and quality process can be found in a single interface. SIGA I leads to productivity gains through an improvement of the supply chain management, and a reduction of mistakes on the production management. Characteristics: Online analyses of the production status; Automatic integration of the product formulas according to their technical data; Automatic evaluation of different products costs; Immediate match between data from Production and Quality/HACCP; Mobile capture and emission of data; Real time cost calculation of each batch. STOCK MANAGEMENT - SIGA I, allows the monitoring of the company stocks at any moment of the process. It provides the effective cost of each produced batch in real time, enabling the sales department to negotiate with real data. Batch levels are optimized, leading to tangible earns in productivity. TRACEABILITY - SIGA I includes the stock batch management, allowing data capture and emission in the production line. The application presents a new concept of process traceability, where one can follow the several processes that originate a product. This feature allows an efficient traceability management, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 178/2002, as a standard related to consumer safety.
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TECHNOLOGY FEATURES
ICT Field: Advanced engineering (including robotics/control systems) [Select the specific technological domain of the technology presented] Communications (including data acquisition and transmission) Data management (including storage and processing) and visualisation data analysis and modelling (including geoinformatics) Materials/fabrication/assembly Satellite Navigation Sensors/instrumentation/electronics Software engineering/development Other technology: Please specify here. Are there any intellectual property rights regarding the technology?
Yes No Technology Intellectual Property Rights: If yes, please identify and describe: Copy rights
TRL 9 - actual system proven in operational environment (competitive manufacturing in Technology Readiness Level: the case of key enabling technologies; or in space)
POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN MARITIME SECTOR
In which marine sector could the Aquaculture technology be potentially applied? Coastal tourism Environmental monitoring Fisheries Marine renewable energy Maritime services Oil and gas Security Shipbuilding Transport and shipping Water management Other market areas: Sea Food Industries
Which of the following regions do you Portugal: North Region (Porto) Ireland: Tipperari County believe to be interesting for the diffusion Portugal: Algarve (Faro) Ireland: Galway and demonstration activities for this technology: U.K: Scotland (Glasgow) France: Bretagne (Brest)
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OWNERS INSTITUTION
Institution/ Company name INEGI – Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Address Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 400. 4200 – 465 Porto
Website www.inegi.up.pt
R&D Institution/University Public Category Company Private Other
Contact person at institution / company Tiago Morais
Email [email protected]
Phone No +351 229578710
TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION
Title / Technology Name SPAR buoy
Description / Development of a new concept of oceanographic SPAR buoy – Concept generation, hydrodynamic and structural modelling, instrumentation and definition of the deployment Commercial Description procedures. [max. 1500 characters including spaces]
TECHNOLOGY FEATURES
ICT Field: Advanced engineering (including robotics/control systems) [Select the specific technological domain of the technology presented] Communications (including data acquisition and transmission) Data management (including storage and processing) and visualisation data analysis and modelling (including geoinformatics) Materials/fabrication/assembly Satellite Navigation Sensors/instrumentation/electronics Software engineering/development Other technology: Please specify here. Are there any intellectual property rights regarding the technology?
Yes No Technology Intellectual Property Rights: If yes, please identify and describe: Please identify and describe the technology IPR. e.g.: Secret know-how; trade mark; utility model; applied/granted patent; etc.
Technology Readiness Level: TRL 6
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POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN MARITIME SECTOR
In which marine sector could the Aquaculture technology be potentially applied? Coastal tourism Environmental monitoring Fisheries Marine renewable energy Maritime services Oil and gas Security Shipbuilding Transport and shipping Water management Other market areas: Resource Assessment
Which of the following regions do you Portugal: North Region (Porto) Ireland: Tipperari County believe to be interesting for the diffusion Portugal: Algarve (Faro) Ireland: Galway and demonstration activities for this technology: U.K: Scotland (Glasgow) France: Bretagne (Brest)
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OWNERS INSTITUTION
Institution/ Company name Polytechnic Institute of Porto
Address Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 712 4200-465 Porto
Website www.ipp.pt
R&D Institution/University Public Category Company Private Other
Contact person at institution / company Eduardo Silva
Email [email protected]
Phone No +351 22 834 0500
TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION
Title / Technology Name Surveillance and rescue system
Description / We propose a semi-autonomous system, which it’s based in the integration of autonomous vehicles and automatic fixed surveillance means, with two main objectives of: to make a Commercial Description first detection of shipwreckeds and bathers and to begin a rescue operation when [max. 1500 characters including spaces] necessary. The system we describe give us the opportunity to act in two different levels
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TECHNOLOGY FEATURES
ICT Field: Advanced engineering (including robotics/control systems) [Select the specific technological domain of the technology presented] Communications (including data acquisition and transmission) Data management (including storage and processing) and visualisation data analysis and modelling (including geoinformatics) Materials/fabrication/assembly Satellite Navigation Sensors/instrumentation/electronics Software engineering/development Other technology: Please specify here. Are there any intellectual property rights regarding the technology? Yes No Technology Intellectual Property Rights: If yes, please identify and describe: Patent PT104558
Technology Readiness Level: TRL 2 - technology concept formulated
POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN MARITIME SECTOR
In which marine sector could the Aquaculture technology be potentially applied? Coastal tourism Environmental monitoring Fisheries Marine renewable energy Maritime services Oil and gas Security Shipbuilding Transport and shipping Water management Other market areas: Beach security
Which of the following regions do you Portugal: North Region (Porto) Ireland: Tipperari County believe to be interesting for the diffusion Portugal: Algarve (Faro) Ireland: Galway and demonstration activities for this technology: U.K: Scotland (Glasgow) France: Bretagne (Brest)
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Institution/ Company name CIIMAR – Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research
Address Rua dos Bragas 289
Website www.ciimar.up.pt
R&D Institution/University Public Category Company Private Other
Contact person at institution / company Agostinho Antunes
Email [email protected]
Phone No (351) 22 3401 813
TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION
Title / Technology Name TI2BioP: Topological Indices to BioPolymers
Description / Development of an alignment-free approach inspired in both the Topological Substructural Molecular Design (TOPS-MODE) and Markov Chain Invariants for Commercial Description Network Selection and Design (MARCH-INSIDE) methodology, which allows the [max. 1500 characters including spaces] calculation of the spectral moments as simple TIs to seek quantitative sequence-function relationships (QSFR) models. This methodology has many useful applications for biopolymers discovery, namely in microorganisms, such as to unravel cryptic bacteriocin-like domains and remote homologous of Adenylation domains (A-domains) from the Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetases (NRPS) class.
Please provide photographs or any illustration of the technology.
Schematic procedure for the classification of bacteriocins using TI2BioP software. Retrieved from Agüero- Chapin et al., 2011. Agüero-Chapin, G., Pérez-Machado, G., Molina-Ruiz, R., Pérez-Castillo, Y., Morales-Helguera, A., Vasconcelos, V., Antunes, A. (2011) TI2BioP: Topological Indices to BioPolymers. Its practical use to unravel cryptic bacteriocin-like domains. Amino Acids 40, 431-442.
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ICT Field: Advanced engineering (including robotics/control systems) [Select the specific technological domain of the technology presented] Communications (including data acquisition and transmission) Data management (including storage and processing) and visualisation data analysis and modelling (including geoinformatics) Materials/fabrication/assembly Satellite Navigation Sensors/instrumentation/electronics Software engineering/development Other technology: Please specify here. Are there any intellectual property rights regarding the technology?
Yes No Technology Intellectual Property Rights: If yes, please identify and describe: Open source software with associated publication to cite.
Technology Readiness Level: Select the current state of readiness of your technology.
POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN MARITIME SECTOR
In which marine sector could the Aquaculture technology be potentially applied? Coastal tourism Environmental monitoring Fisheries Marine renewable energy Maritime services Oil and gas Security Shipbuilding Transport and shipping Water management Other market areas: Marine Genomics
Which of the following regions do you Portugal: North Region (Porto) Ireland: Tipperari County believe to be interesting for the diffusion Portugal: Algarve (Faro) Ireland: Galway and demonstration activities for this technology: U.K: Scotland (Glasgow) France: Bretagne (Brest)
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Institution/ Company name Bluemater SA
Address UPTEC – Pólo do Mar, Leça da Palmeira
Website www.bluemater.com
R&D Institution/University Public Category Company Private Other
Contact person at institution / company Nuno Gomes
Email [email protected]
Phone No 913 040 342
TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION
Title / Technology Name Torre Biológica Sycon
Description / Torre biológica de perculação adequada para tratar águas residuais e de aquacultura Commercial Description [max. 1500 characters including spaces]
Please provide photographs or any illustration of the technology.
TECHNOLOGY FEATURES
ICT Field: Advanced engineering (including robotics/control systems) [Select the specific technological domain of the technology presented] Communications (including data acquisition and transmission) Data management (including storage and processing) and visualisation data analysis and modelling (including geoinformatics) Materials/fabrication/assembly Satellite Navigation Sensors/instrumentation/electronics Software engineering/development Other technology: Please specify here. Are there any intellectual property rights regarding the technology?
Yes No Technology Intellectual Property Rights: If yes, please identify and describe: Torre Biológica Sycon; Placa biológica Natantia ®
Technology Readiness Level: Select the current state of readiness of your technology.
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POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN MARITIME SECTOR
In which marine sector could the Aquaculture technology be potentially applied? Coastal tourism Environmental monitoring Fisheries Marine renewable energy Maritime services Oil and gas Security Shipbuilding Transport and shipping Water management Other market areas: Please specify here.
Which of the following regions do you Portugal: North Region (Porto) Ireland: Tipperari County believe to be interesting for the diffusion Portugal: Algarve (Faro) Ireland: Galway and demonstration activities for this technology: U.K: Scotland (Glasgow) France: Bretagne (Brest)
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OWNERS INSTITUTION
Institution/ Company name Bluemater SA
Address UPTEC – Pólo do Mar, Leça da Palmeira
Website www.bluemater.com
R&D Institution/University Public Category Company Private Other
Contact person at institution / company Nuno Gomes
Email [email protected]
Phone No 913 040 342
TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION
Title / Technology Name Torre Biológica Sycon Air
Description / Torre biológica de tratamento de gases industrias Commercial Description [max. 1500 characters including spaces]
Please provide photographs or any illustration of the technology.
TECHNOLOGY FEATURES
ICT Field: Advanced engineering (including robotics/control systems) [Select the specific technological domain of the technology presented] Communications (including data acquisition and transmission) Data management (including storage and processing) and visualisation data analysis and modelling (including geoinformatics) Materials/fabrication/assembly Satellite Navigation Sensors/instrumentation/electronics Software engineering/development Other technology: Please specify here. Are there any intellectual property rights regarding the technology?
Yes No Technology Intellectual Property Rights: If yes, please identify and describe: Please identify and describe the technology IPR. e.g.: Secret know-how; trade mark; utility model; applied/granted patent; etc.
Technology Readiness Level: Select the current state of readiness of your technology.
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POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN MARITIME SECTOR
In which marine sector could the Aquaculture technology be potentially applied? Coastal tourism Environmental monitoring Fisheries Marine renewable energy Maritime services Oil and gas Security Shipbuilding Transport and shipping Water management Other market areas: Please specify here.
Which of the following regions do you Portugal: North Region (Porto) Ireland: Tipperari County believe to be interesting for the diffusion Portugal: Algarve (Faro) Ireland: Galway and demonstration activities for this technology: U.K: Scotland (Glasgow) France: Bretagne (Brest)
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OWNERS INSTITUTION Institution/ Company name INESC-TEC Address Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200 - 465 Porto, Portugal Website www.inesctec.pt R&D Institution/University Public Category Company Private Other Contact person at institution / company Email [email protected] Phone No +351 222 094 000 TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION Title / Technology Name TriMARES – AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE Description / Commercial Description TriMARES is an underwater vehicle designed for autonomous inspection, bathymetry. mapping and data collection. TriMARES' modular structure is based on the underwater [max. 1500 characters including spaces] vehicle MARES (OceanSys) and allows different sensor package configurations. Its increased capacity to transport sensors allows it to carry an on-board high resolution video camera, as well as different types of sonar equipment. It can move smoothly in the water. Increasing the quality and georeferencing of the collected data. TriMARES was developed in 6 months by INESCTEC and commissioned by a consortium of Brazilian hydroelectric power companies (CEB Lajeado, EDP). The first unit was exported to Brazil in 2011.
MAIN FEATURES Modular construction with reconfigurable sections Spare ports to accommodate additional payload sensors Robust and safe. with fully shrouded moving parts Operates in confined spaces- able to ascend/descend on the vertical Hovering in the water column -station keeping and close inspection 5 degrees offreedom (surge. sway. heave. yaw. pitch) Autonomous operation with simple mission definition Rechargeable Li-lon batteries Low maintenance Optional fibre-optic umbilical for real-time video/data transmission (ROY mode)
SPECIFICATIONS Length: 1.3 m II Total width: 80 em II Overall height: 50 em II Weight: 75 kg Maximum depth: 100m Horizontal speed: 0-2 mls. variable //Vertical speed: 0-0.3 m/s, variable Autonomy/Range: 10 hrs/40 km Typical sensors: video camera. high sensitivity still camera. multi beam sonar; sidescan sonar. CTD. turbidity. fluorescence
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TECHNOLOGY FEATURES ICT Field: Advanced engineering (including robotics/control systems) [Select the specific technological domain of the technology presented] Communications (including data acquisition and transmission) Data management (including storage and processing) and visualisation data analysis and modelling (including geoinformatics) Materials/fabrication/assembly Satellite Navigation Sensors/instrumentation/electronics Software engineering/development Other technology: Please specify here. Are there any intellectual property rights regarding the technology?
Yes No Technology Intellectual Property Rights: If yes, please identify and describe: Please identify and describe the technology IPR. e.g.: Secret know-how; trade mark; utility model; applied/granted patent; etc.
Technology Readiness Level: Select the current state of readiness of your technology.
POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN MARITIME SECTOR In which marine sector could the Aquaculture technology be potentially applied? Coastal tourism Environmental monitoring Fisheries Marine renewable energy Maritime services Oil and gas Security Shipbuilding Transport and shipping Water management Other market areas: Please specify here.
Which of the following regions do you Portugal: North Region (Porto) Ireland: Tipperari County believe to be interesting for the diffusion Portugal: Algarve (Faro) Ireland: Galway and demonstration activities for this technology: U.K: Scotland (Glasgow) France: Bretagne (Brest)
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OWNERS INSTITUTION
Institution/ Company name LSTS – FEUP
Address Insert Institution / Company Address.
Website www.lsts.pt
R&D Institution/University Public Category Company Private Other
Contact person at institution / company Insert Name of the contact person.
Email [email protected]
Phone No Insert Phone number of the contact person.
TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION
Title / Technology Name UAV
Description / Aerial drone for mapping and visual aid Commercial Description [max. 1500 characters including spaces]
Please provide photographs or any illustration of the technology.
TECHNOLOGY FEATURES
ICT Field: Advanced engineering (including robotics/control systems) [Select the specific technological domain of the technology presented] Communications (including data acquisition and transmission) Data management (including storage and processing) and visualisation data analysis and modelling (including geoinformatics) Materials/fabrication/assembly Satellite Navigation Sensors/instrumentation/electronics Software engineering/development Other technology: Please specify here. Are there any intellectual property rights regarding the technology?
Yes No Technology Intellectual Property Rights: If yes, please identify and describe: Please identify and describe the technology IPR. e.g.: Secret know-how; trade mark; utility model; applied/granted patent; etc.
Technology Readiness Level: Select the current state of readiness of your technology.
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POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN MARITIME SECTOR
In which marine sector could the Aquaculture technology be potentially applied? Coastal tourism Environmental monitoring Fisheries Marine renewable energy Maritime services Oil and gas Security Shipbuilding Transport and shipping Water management Other market areas: Please specify here.
Which of the following regions do you Portugal: North Region (Porto) Ireland: Tipperari County believe to be interesting for the diffusion Portugal: Algarve (Faro) Ireland: Galway and demonstration activities for this technology: U.K: Scotland (Glasgow) France: Bretagne (Brest)
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OWNERS INSTITUTION
Institution/ Company name CIIMAR – Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research
Address Rua dos Bragas, 289, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal
Website www.ciimar.up.pt
R&D Institution/University Public Category Company Private Other
Contact person at institution / company Luísa Bastos
Email [email protected]
Phone No (+351) 22 340 18 00
TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION
Title / Technology Name Videogrametric Mapping System / Mobile Mapping
Description / A videogrammetric Mobile Mapping System (MMS) which supports different direct georreferencing systems developed at the CIIMAR / FCUP like the CrossBow AHRS440 Commercial Description and Novatel DL-V3 GNSS receivers with double frequency mounted in a platform on [max. 1500 characters including spaces] moto-quad can give us three-dimensional coordinates with better than 10 cm accuracy. Measurements are taken during the low tide, on a grid of profiles and along the water limit of the coast. The kinematic GNSS data is post processed using reference stations of known coordinates by differential mode and this result will be integrated with the IMU measurements by a Kalman filter developed to increase the accuracy of the positions. The geospatial data and attitude of the platform it’s given by the Kalman filter is used to obtain automated spatial data collection using software developed at the University of Porto to automatically extract 3D coordinates (Madeira et al., 2010). A process was developed that relies on an automatic selection and coordination of ground points in each pair of photogrammetric images obtained by the system’s video cameras. The Digital Terrain Models (DTM) was computed creating a TIN (triangulated irregular network) and converting it to a regular grid (with 1 m spacing) by linear interpolation.
Please provide photographs or any illustration of the technology.
Figure 1 – Mobile Mapping Diagram.
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Figure 2 – Works with the moto-quad at beach Figure 3 – Sensors in the platform mounted in the moto-quad
Figure 4 – Graphic User Interface of the software, when executing automatic Grid extraction.
Figure 5 – Mobile mapping sample grid.
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TECHNOLOGY FEATURES
ICT Field: Advanced engineering (including robotics/control systems) [Select the specific technological domain of the technology presented] Communications (including data acquisition and transmission) Data management (including storage and processing) and visualisation data analysis and modelling (including geoinformatics) Materials/fabrication/assembly Satellite Navigation Sensors/instrumentation/electronics Software engineering/development Other technology: Videogrametric Mapping System, Mobile Mapping, DTM, cartography Are there any intellectual property rights regarding the technology?
Yes No Technology Intellectual Property Rights: If yes, please identify and describe: Please identify and describe the technology IPR. e.g.: Secret know-how; trade mark; utility model; applied/granted patent; etc.
Technology Readiness Level: TRL 7 - system prototype demonstration in operational environment
POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN MARITIME SECTOR
In which marine sector could the Aquaculture technology be potentially applied? Coastal tourism Environmental monitoring Fisheries Marine renewable energy Maritime services Oil and gas Security Shipbuilding Transport and shipping Water management Other market areas: Risk assessment (coastal zone); Oceanography
Which of the following regions do you Portugal: North Region (Porto) Ireland: Tipperari County believe to be interesting for the diffusion Portugal: Algarve (Faro) Ireland: Galway and demonstration activities for this technology: U.K: Scotland (Glasgow) France: Bretagne (Brest)
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Appendix A Questionnaire disseminated in the surveillance exercise.
OWNERS INSTITUTION
Institution/ Company name Insert institution / Company Name.
Address Insert Institution / Company Address.
Website Insert Institution / Company Website.
R&D Institution/University Public
Category Company Private
Other
Contact person at institution / company Insert Name of the contact person.
Email Insert Email of the contact person.
Phone No Insert Phone number of the contact person.
TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION
Title / Technology Name Insert Technology Name / Title.
Description / Insert Technology Description [max. 1500 characters including spaces]. Commercial Description [max. 1500 characters including spaces]
Please provide photographs or any illustration of the technology.
TECHNOLOGY FEATURES
ICT Field: Advanced engineering (including robotics/control systems) [Select the specific technological domain Communications (including data acquisition and transmission) of the technology presented] Data management (including storage and processing) and visualisation data analysis and modelling (including geoinformatics)
Materials/fabrication/assembly
Satellite Navigation
Sensors/instrumentation/electronics
Software engineering/development
Other technology: Please specify here.
Are there any intellectual property rights regarding the technology? Yes No Technology Intellectual Property Rights: If yes, please identify and describe: Please identify and describe the technology IPR. e.g.: Secret know-how; trade mark; utility model; applied/granted patent; etc.
Technology Readiness Level: Select the current state of readiness of your technology.
POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN MARITIME SECTOR
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Which of the following regions do you Portugal: North Region (Porto) Ireland: Tipperari County believe to be interesting for the diffusion Portugal: Algarve (Faro) Ireland: Galway and demonstration activities for this technology: U.K: Scotland (Glasgow) France: Bretagne (Brest)
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