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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Austrian
Institute of Technology (AIT)</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> is Austria’s largest extra-university
research centre in applied research and development. There are five specialized
departments researching the key infrastructure issues of the future: the
Mobility, Energy, Health & Environment, Safety & Security, Foresight
Policy & Development departments develop technological innovations, methods
and solutions for industry and customers from public institutions and cooperate
with researchers at universities and other institutions of higher education or
research nationally and internationally. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The AIT
Business Unit Biomedical Systems of the Health & Environment Department has
been involved in<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>R&D on
assistive and ambient assistive living technologies as well as medical research
since 1994.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Biomedical
Systems is a high extensive experienced partner in EU-funded R&D and
national funded projects, in working on technical integration and coordination
as well as work package management. One of the key research areas of the
Biomedical Systems group is the field of assisted living and smart home<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>technologies.
The group is working on a national funded research project dealing with a
domotic sensor based monitoring and service platform for the elderly. The
multidisciplinary research group has the needed know-how usability research,
customised input devices, sensor fusion and integration and networking
technologies. From other EU funded projects, we have experience in network
implementation and high-level communication between modules in a smart-home
environment including setup of residential gateways to external networks and services.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Furthermore
AIT has experience in developing sensor systems for biosignal recording and
integrated signal analysis and processing. The focus is on the combination of
developing hardware and integrated processing units and a scientific approach for
biosignal analysis and interpretation. Because of the need for future sensor
system development and the exchange of medical data AIT is integrated in
projects dealing with interoperability and healthcare standards. A criterion of
each project and activity is user involvement, which is resulting from
operation of a network of information, testing and demonstration centres for
rehabilitation technology. AIT is strongly connected to national and
international research initiatives (RESNA, AAATE etc.) and also have rich
experience in international research collaborations (e.g. CEC funded projects:
RESORT, SMILE, MOVEMENT, MPOWER, CompanionAble, Bedmond). Biomedical Systems is
a member of IAHSA (International Association of Homes and Services for the
Ageing) and active in different standardisation working groups such as CEN251
and the ISO IEEE 11073 medical device communication working group.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>AIT has
experience concerning model driven software development, service oriented
architecture middleware for AAL applications and general developments like HL7
and ISO/IEEE standard integration as well as software module messaging with
SOAP learned in the MPOWER project. These experiences could also already be
extended in the running EU-funded CompanionAble project where AIT brought into
major input concerning the AAL middleware architecture and the software module
communication. In this project AIT has the lead of the
“Integration” work package. Biomedical Systems is ISO 9001:2000 and
ISO 13485:2003 certified by ÖQS and follows the requirements of the Medical
& Healthcare Products Regulatory Directives.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Actual
Project (AAL group):<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>MPOWER </span></b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- project defined and
implemented an open source platform to simplify and speed up the task of
developing and deploying services for persons with cognitive disabilities and
elderly./ EU IST FP6/ 2006-2009<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:
.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>CompanionAble </span></b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- will provide the
synergy of Robotics and Ambient Intelligence technologies and their semantic
integration to provide for a care-giver's assistive environment. This will
support the cognitive stimulation and therapy management of the care-recipient.
This is mediated by a robotic companion (mobile facilitation) working
collaboratively with a smart home environment (stationary facilitation)./ EU
FP7 2007.7.1 ICT and Ageing / 2008-2012<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:
.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:
Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>BEDMOND </span></b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- Project which will
develop an ICT-based system with the aim of an early detection of
Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative, focused in elderly
people, while living at home (phase 1, diagnosis) and a monitored specific
support to the elderly person at this upcoming stage of neurodegenerative
diseases detected when treatment is applied (phase 2, supervision)./
AAL-JP/2009-2012<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:
Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Avatars@Home </span></b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>–
Avatar-Interfaces for the Assistive Home. „Face-Lifiting“ user
dialogues in smart home environments by using photo-realistic avatars./ Benefit
BMVIT/FFG/ 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0cm' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>UniversAAL
</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>–
open platform and reference specification for Ambient Assisted Living. </span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The
main objective of the project is to <b>make it <i>technically feasible</i>
and <i>economically viable</i> to conceive, design and deploy innovative
new AAL services</b> (EU STREP FP7 2010-2014)</span><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Diverse other projects dealing with textile
electrodes, ECG / EMG / EOG biosignal conditioning, hemodynamicand neuronal
modules, medical device communication standards etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sten Hanke</span></b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> is master
in electrical engineering and a senior scientific researcher for AIT biomedical
engineering in smart biomedical systems. He has experience in leading work
packages in EU projects and leading national funded projects with several
research and SME partners. He is a working member of the international ISO/IEEE
11073, European ISO/TC 215 and CEN/TC 251<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Andreas Hochgatterer</span></b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> graduated
from a Technical College for Information Technology and Electronics. After
Education and Special Education Studies at the University of Vienna
(specialising in IT in Special Education) and a study visit at the Middlesex
University in London he joined AIT in the year 1998 and is now project manager
and leader of the AAL Research Group within the Health & Environment
Department. Furthermore he is initiator and leader of an AT information centre
for people with disabilities (Integr@Point e.V.).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>STEN HANKE<br>
</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7B8287'>Health
& Environment Department<br>
Biomedical Systems<br>
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