Project Presentations

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Project Presentations

• Irina Alexeeva,
• Deputy Director,
• The Russian SME Resource Centre, Moscow.
• www.rcsme.ru

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Agenda / content

• Project ideas
• ICT for innovative SMEs support and coordination
  activities support to international Communities
  of Practice of innovative SMEs.
• ICT for research and culture Development of a
  regional system of monitoring the condition of
  cultural heritage objects using advanced ICT
  tools (computerized digital image analysis)
• Establishment of nano-centre or nano-consortium
  for applied research in nanotechnology.
  Coordination of EU and Russian research programs
  (in partnership with innovative SMEs,
  universities and research institutions in
  Zelenograd)

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Description of the Project/Project idea/line of
research

• 1. ICT for innovative SMEs Support to
  international Community of Practice of innovative
  SMEs (CoIP).
• Background
• Under the FP6 RUSMECO project, a sustainable
  pioneer Community of Practice (CoP) for Russian
  innovative SMEs was established in Zelenograd
  (Moscow).
• The CoP establishment was preceded by research
  which revealed problems and needs of Russian
  innovative SMEs and identified effective
  solutions to these problems.
• ICT for knowledge sharing and networking the
  RUSMECO CoP had a web-portal, conducted regular
  f2f meetings with peer experts in order to share
  innovative practices and ideas.

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Description of the Project/Project idea/line of
research

• 1. ICT for innovative SMEs Support to
  international Community of Practice of innovative
  SMEs (CoIP).
• The CoP in Zelenograd is now operating, it is
  funded from local resources.
• New project idea to create CoIP - enabling
  environment for boosting innovations conceive
  incubate give birth to innovations.
• CoIP members Russian and EU researchers,
  practitioners, entrepreneurs, academics, local
  business support infrastructure, sponsors.

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Description of the Project/Project idea/line of
research

• 1. ICT for innovative SMEs Support to
  international Community of Practice of innovative
  SMEs (CoIP).
• Advantages
• CoIP will build on RUSMECO experience
  networking practices f2f meetings facilitators
  training.
• CoIP will join highly competent experts and
  institutions from EU and Russia and promote best
  EU practices of supporting innovations.
• CoIP will be co-funded from Russian and EU
  funding sources.
• Prospects CoIP will facilitate building
  international consortia for future RD projects

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Description of the Project/Project idea/line of
research

• 2. ICT for research and culture Development of a
  cost-effective regional system of monitoring the
  condition of cultural heritage objects using
  advanced ICT tools (computerized digital image
  analysis)
• Project goal establish an international facility
  for monitoring the condition of cultural heritage
  objects.
• Project idea use an innovative cost-effective
  technique of identification of the type and
  degree of monument biodestruction for the
  monitoring of monument biodeterioration in
  different environments (urban, natural, wet or
  cold climate, etc.)
• Potential applications research, restoration and
  conservation activities, museums, libraries
  (including digital libraries), universities.

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Description of the Project/Project idea/line of
research

• 2. ICT for research and culture Development of a
  cost-effective regional system of monitoring the
  condition of cultural heritage objects using
  advanced ICT tools (computerized digital image
  analysis)
• The International Monitoring Facility will
  benefit from combining traditional and innovative
  monitoring tools used by partners in different
  countries.
• The proposed innovative technique is based on
  computerized digital image analysis of monuments
  affected by environment.
• It was developed jointly with biologists and
  mathematicians of Saint-Petersburg State
  University. The mathematic algorithms and
  technology components were tested on historical
  monuments of Saint-Petersburg.

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Description of the Project/Project idea/line of
research

• 2. ICT for research and culture Development of a
  cost-effective regional system of monitoring the
  condition of cultural heritage objects using
  advanced ICT tools (computerized digital image
  analysis)
• The proposed innovative technique allows
  monitoring monument condition by means of a
  regular digital photography of monuments followed
  by a computer-aided analysis of the colour
  images.
• The output electronic atlas or database of
  monument condition changes is produced as a
  result of processing digital image series, using
  a special computer-aided system.
• This approach significantly reduces monitoring
  costs. It facilitates and speeds up creation of
  electronic atlases and databases of cultural
  heritage objects.
• gt informed decisions on monument preservation
  restoration.

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Description of the Project/Project idea/line of
research

• 2. Development of a cost-effective regional
  system of monitoring the condition of cultural
  heritage objects using advanced ICT tools
  (computerized digital image analysis)
• Potential project partners
• EU
• University of Barcelona, Department of
  Crystallography, Mineralogy and Mineral Deposits
  (Spain).
• Sopraintendenza Valle d'Aosta (Italy)
• Other interested potential partners
• Russia
• St.-Petersburg University Research Institute of
  Biology in association with Faculty of Applied
  Mathematics
• The GREC Research and restoration group (SPB)
• http//www.grecproject.spbu.ru/
• The Russian SME Resource Centre, RCSME (Moscow)
• www.rcsme.ru

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Description of the Project/Project idea/line of
research

• 3. Establishment of nano-centre or
  nano-consortium for applied research in
  nanotechnology.
• Project goal establishment of an operating
  nano-centre for applied research, based in
  Zelenograd (Moscow).
• Prospects coordination of EU and Russian
  research programs (in partnership with innovative
  SMEs, universities and research institutions in
  Zelenograd).
• Advantages for Russia and EU sharing knowledge
  and resources. Synergy due to co-funding and
  joint support

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Description of the Project/Project idea/line of
research

• 3. Establishment of nano-centre or
  nano-consortium for applied research in
  nanotechnology.
• Potential partners
• EU
• Lund University, Division of Solid State Physics
• Other interested potential partners.
• Russia
• NT-MDT (Zelenograd)
• Lukin Institute of Physical Problems
• MIET (Moscow Institute of Electronic Technology),
  Zelenograd
• VNIIFTRI
• RCSME (technical coordinator).

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Thank you

• Contact persons
• Irina Alexeeva,
• Deputy Director,
• The Russian SME Resource Centre (RCSME)
  www.rcsme.ru
• E-mail irina1_at_rcsme.ru, phone/FAX 7(495)
  332-00-34 7(916) 649-07-97 (mobile)
• Stanislav Shchigorets, Project Director,
• GREC research team, St.-Petersburg, Russia,
• stanislav266_at_gmail.com
• http//www.grecproject.spbu.ru