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The AEther project is composed of 14 different partners from 9 different coutries: France, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, Finland, Spain, Czech Republic, and Greece.

CEA is a French government-funded technological research organisation. A leader in research, development and innovation, the CEA mission statement has two main objectives: To become the leading technological research organization in Europe and to ensure that the nuclear deterrent remains effective in the future. The CEA is active in three main fields: Energy, information and health technologies, and defence and national security.
The CEA LIST, which is based near Paris (Saclay and Fontenay-aux-Roses), is a key software systems and technology research centre working in three areas with vital societal and economic implications: embedded systems (architecture and design of systems, methods and facilities for software and system dependability, and intelligent vision systems), interactive systems (knowledge engineering, robotics, virtual reality and sensorial interfaces) and signal detection and processing (ionizing radiation metrology and instrumentation, optical fiber sensors and non-destructive testing).
With the strong project-centred culture of its 450 researchers, engineers and technicians, the LIST is able to perform research work in partnership with the major industrial players in the nuclear, automotive, aeronautical, defence and medical fields and thus investigate and develop innovative solutions corresponding to their requirements. The LIST, which is actively engaged in research work extending from conceptual design of systems to pre-industrial prototypes, contributes to the transfer of technology and encourages innovation, particularly by assisting the emergence of new businesses.

Role in the project: CEA LIST is the coordinating institution of the project. CEA LIST is leading the SP1 (hardware architecture) and the SP6 (management) sub-projects.

University of Amsterdam is performing state-of-the art research in Informatics. Within this environment, the Computer Systems Architecture (CSA) group performs leading-edge research in the fields of scalable, instruction-level parallel architectures and system-level computer architecture modelling and simulation. With a wide range of expertise in a variety of architectures from highly-parallel meta-computers through to SoC-based embedded systems, this group is able to explore a variety of paradigms and find optimal solutions. CSA has extensive experience in this spectrum, and has access to a local super-computer cluster (DAS 2) for large scale simulations of parallel architectures.

Role in the project: UvA is leading the SP2 sub-project on Run-time Management. UvA will also contribute to SP1 (hardware architectures), SP3 and SP5 subprojects.

The proposed research will be conducted by the Science and Technology Research Institute within the University of Hertfordshire. The Institute engages in a wide range of basic, strategic, and applied research projects within the disciplines of science and engineering. The current value of grants and contracts based in the Institute exceeds £6.5 million, with approximately one-third coming from the UK Research Councils, one-third from the EU, and the remainder from industry and national Government. The group involved in this proposal is Computer Architecture and Compilation Technology group.

Role in the project: UH is leading the SP3 sub-project (software architecture).

ITIV (Institute for Information Processing Technology) is a laboratory of the Dept. of Electrical Engineering & Information Technology of Universität Karlsruhe (TH), the oldest German technical university. ITIV concentrates on VLSI integration and computer aided methods for the design of embedded, reconfigurable electronic systems and microsystems. ITIV R&D activities include strong industrial cooperation in e.g. communication, VLSI and processor technology, EDA, automotive, sensors and medicine microsystems.

USI is involved through ALaRI (Advanced Learning and Research Institute), in Lugano. ALaRI was established in 1999 at the University of Lugano (Università della Svizzera italiana), Switzerland, with the mission to promote research and education in Embedded Systems Design. It has participated in a number of national and international research projects; including the EU-IST training project ANTITESYS. Aware of the real need for a cross-disciplinary approach to education, ALaRI equips the participants with a unique body of knowledge ranging from electronic engineering to computer sciences, including interpersonal skills. In addition, the research activity is mainly based on real-life design issues, especially in the fields of mobile security and pervasive computing.

Imperial College London (Imperial) is ranked amongst the top universities in the world for teaching and research. The Department of Computing at Imperial is recognised as a leading centre of research and advanced training in computer science and software engineering in Europe. Extensively linked with industry, the Department had had the top rating in every oen of the UK Research Assessment Exercises and has 49 permanent academics, also involved in education, 76 Postdoctoral researchers and about 160 doctoral students.

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is an impartial expert organisation. Its objective is to develop new technologies, create new innovations and value added thus increasing clients' competitiveness and competencies. With its know how VTT produces research, development, testing and information services to public sector and companies as well as international organisations. With its staff of 2700 VTT experts VTT provides high-end technology solutions and innovation services. From its wide knowledge base, VTT can combine different technologies, create new innovations and a substantial range of world class technologies and applied research services. Through its international scientific and technology network, VTT can produce information, upgrade technology knowledge, create business intelligence and value added to its stakeholders. VTT's turnover in 2004 was 218 Million €.

The Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya is a public university specialised in the fields of architecture, engineering, merchant seamanship, economics, health sciences and applied mathematics. The “AHA Team” (Advanced Hardware Architectures and Neural Networks) is a research group of the Department of Electronic Engineering of UPC, with very good expertise on electronics (analogue and digital), electronic design, high level description and synthesis of systems, specification of electronic systems. AHA staff participating in the project develops (i) activities in the domain of electronic system design, including Neural Networks, their implementation and industrial applications, (ii) industrial electronic projects and specific hardware implementation realisations. Three main research activities can be identified: (i) Advanced architectures for microprocessors and information processing machines (VLSI architectures, mapping on high performance FPGA, bio-inspired design of electronic systems), (ii) High performance programmable architectures (SoC, re-configurable structures, dynamic re-configurable FIPSOC), (iii) Connectionist engineering (neural, fuzzy, adaptive models), (iv) Continuous formation activities for the industry.

The dept. of signal processing of UTIA AV CR has strong expertise in the field of control, information and computer sciences. It focuses on methodologies and design flows that enable partial dynamic reconfiguration for classical and novel programmable HW architectures in the DSP domain. Its expertise goes from theoretical aspects of algorithmic designs to implementation issues with industrial partners. Apart from AETHER, UTIA AV CR has been involved in several EU projects, including HSLA, COSINE and Reconf2.

The I3S laboratory is a Joint Research Unit associating CNRS and the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis. Its domains of activity are informatics, signal processing and systems theory, i.e. the digital part of Science and Technology of Information and Communication (STIC) French program. I3S includes 112 permanent searchers and about 80 PhD. The research group MOSARTS has a strong experience in embedded systems, reconfigurable architectures, power reduction techniques and HW/SW/RTOS partitioning. It participated in many National Research & Development projects and has much industrial collaboration (e.g. Philips SC).
The UBS/LESTER laboratory is a Joint Research associating CNRS and the South Brittany University (UBS). It gathers 52 members organised in 3 interacting teams (system, architecture, generic FPGAs) involved in Methods and CAD tools for algorithm/architecture matching regarding various constraints as e.g. power, area, speed, reusability. LESTER has been recognised by CNRS as an expert lab, at the junction between applications (telecom, multimedia), architectures & CAD tool design. It participated in many National Research & development projects, has different industrial partners (e.g. France Telecom, Thales, ST) and is also involved in the IST MORPHEUS project.

INTRACOM S.A. Telecom Solutions (INTRACOM TELECOM) is the leading telecommunications industry in Greece with an important presence worldwide. It is one of the main companies of INTRACOM HOLDINGS that is the largest Greek multinational investor in high technology. INTRACOM TELECOM created at the end of 2005 after the secession of the Telecom Solutions sector of INTRACOM S.A. (established in 1977). The company is involved in telecommunications (by producing its own telecom products), turn–key solutions, and provides outsourcing services. It is heavily involved in research and development and substantially it is forming the strongest industrial R&D centre in Greece. It employs a large number of highly qualified telecommunications and electronics scientists and engineers. Its R&D activities focus on the field of wireless communication devices, high-order data transmission, and software for digital telecommunication systems.

Role in the project: INTRACOM TELECOM (ICOM) is leading the SP4 sub-project on Applications.

Thales group is a global electronics company serving Aerospace, Defence, and Information Technology markets worldwide. As Thales corporate research laboratory, TRT’s mission is to provide short- and long-term competitive advantage to Thales Group by injecting innovation, and transferring leading edge knowledge, technologies & skills to the operating companies. Its activities cover Research & Technological development and engineering. Its technological scope covers both HW (materials & components) and SW, with a focus on dual-use technologies and optimisation of development environments to cut cycle times and reduce technological risks. To achieve its mission, TRT relies on its internal resources, common laboratories with the operating companies and co-operative agreements with academia and industrial research organisations.

ATMEL Hellas (former DCT Hellas), a part of the Multimedia & Communications Division of ATMEL Corp., is headquartered in Patras with a design centre in Athens. The company designs and develops integrated circuits for the communication markets, with emphasis on the Wireless LANs, Wireless VoIP, and Bluetooth technologies. It also develops complete system solutions based on these ICs, including reference designs, software/firmware development, and type certification where applicable. ATMEL HELLAS is a pre-eminent provider of system-level integrated solutions, and is responsible for the development of the FPGA tools that support the FPGA, FPSLIC product line. A critical component of those tools is the Dynamic Reconfiguration that allows efficient and effective real time reconfiguration of the FPGA part of the devices. Atmel Hellas has been involved in at least 9 European projects since FP4, and 7 national initiatives, as partner or as coordinator in several of them.

ACIES is a French SME specialised in Research Promotion and Management Consulting. It is the leading specialist in the Management and Financing of European Research Projects and Networks.
ACIES advises and assists players in Research and Innovation in the promotion of their projects at economic, scientific and society level.
Its areas of intervention cover Research Projects and Networks such as FPRTD (collaborative projects, networks of excellence), ANR (National Research Agency), OSEO, competitive clusters, RTRA (Thematic Networks for Advanced Research), the CARNOT Label, etc.… as well as Research Taxation and its environment such as Research Tax Credit, transfer prices, accounting standards (IFRS, etc.), industrial property rights, etc.
Since 1990, over 1000 national and international companies have placed their confidence in ACIES (ALCATEL ALENIA SPACE, AFM (French Muscular Dystrophy Association - TELETHON), CNRS, INSERM, MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE, MERIAL, SNECMA, STMICROELECTRONICS, TRANSGENE, EDF, FRANCE TELECOM, SAINT-GOBAIN, VALEO, etc.).