Research- and innovation programmes
The department of informatics has coordinated parts of its research initiatives to meet future important national and international needs. Each focus field requires a research intensive effort abreast several proffesions and has potential for added value or social influence. The following focus fields are:
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eOperations
The goal of the eOperations programme is to contribute significantly to the technological development of the oil and gas industry through research and dissemination, and to educate more and better candidates that can serve the oil and gas industry, the ICT industry and the society in general.The scientific fields of the programme span most of the department research groups. Five initial focus activities have been identified:Advanced Sensor SystemsChallenged network technologySemantic Sensor NetworksReasoning agents for oil and gas ontologiesSustainable and scalable ICT support for Integrated Operations
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Everyware
Everyware represents an umbrella for future research activities related to pervasive and ubiquitous computing in mobile environments. We use the term everyware to denote the presence of processing power in virtually all everyday artifacts: small computers that are present everywhere in the physical environment and that are practically invisible to the user. In order to blend everyware into the environment, there is a need to address a range of issues from processing power and battery consumption to user routines and needs for privacy. It is the aim of the everyware programme to contribute significantly to the technological development of the ICT industry through research, dissemination, and education of candidates.
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eMedicine
I samarbeid med Radium-/Rikshospitalet forskes det på de muligheter som ny teknologi, simuleringer, billedbehandling, ultralyd, mini roboter og nye smarte sensorer gir ved operasjoner og pasientbehandling.
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ICT 4 Development
The goal of the ICT4D programme is to foster applications of ICT in developing countries to enhance social conditions and sustainable economic growth through education and research. The department already has a large activity in this field through the HISP project (Health Information System Programme) based at the group for Global infrastructures. This system, utilizing FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) not based on standard IPR (Intellectual Property Rights), is becoming a standard primary health information software in several developing countries. HISP is under continuous expansion and improvement. Given Internet access, state of the art FOSS is available for diverse applications and innovation, putting developing and developed countries on a more level playing field in the software domain. FOSS is an example of what has been denoted "commons-based peer production" which offers opportunities for developing countries in many areas. This is the focus of new projects within ICT4D at department.