6 billion euro to be invested in research and development

The EU Commissioner for research and innovation Ms. Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, announced this week a future investment of the EU of €6.4 billion for research and development, which is the biggest investment ever in this area coming from the EU and confirms innovation as a priority for the current European Commission and Belgian Presidency of the European Council.

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ContexTour: New Project looking for Partners

The goal of the ContexTour proposal is the development of a user-centric platform which provides touristic services, products and information adapted to the user’s context and preferences. Through a mobile application, the platform aims for providing the tourist proactively and in real-time with touristic products and services such as activities, events, concerts, offers etc. Furthermore, the application shall guide the foreign tourist through the city, proposing him city routes with sights to visit and the means of transportation to take using interactive maps and augmented reality. The application will be largely context-aware, taking into account a whole series of variables such as e.g. geo positioning, time and date, weather conditions, user’s preferences, social contacts in the destination. A tight integration with social networks and web 2.0 platforms such as Twitter (information), Spotify (music), Flicker (photos), YouTube (video), etc. is therefore crucial to be able to automatically analyze the interests of the visitor and his social network to propose him customized services and products to the user.

Desired project partners
Technological companies with a strong profile in:
- Semantic representation model
- Core Engine Development:
> Recommendation systems or recommendation engines
> Algorithms engines
> Destination Management Organisations or other Touristic content providers such as city councils, municipalities, tourism associations, etc.

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