OMC & TRUSTLESS Roadmap for Q1-Q2 2015
(Find here the live updated version of our roadmap)
(“!!!” marks indicate priority)
By Jan 20th, 2016, submit a 5-6M€ proposal to the Italian “Piano Nazionale della Ricerca Militare” (PNRM):
Basic. TRL: 2-6; Funding Rate: variable (50-75% on average);
Draft: The proposal webpage TRUSTLESS Extended & Dual-Use describes both PNRM and ECSEL. The PNRM is smaller than ECSEL, as detailed at this gdoc anchor of our 34-pager live Proposal Draft.
Slides: Slides were presented at the European Defence Agency.
By Feb 2016, pursue alternative funding possibilities, such as direct funding through seed funders or large company direct investments, by extending and updating draft business case analysis, possibly in conjunction with SME Instrument Phase 2 and/or Fast Track to innovation.
By Apr 12th, 2016, submit to DS-01-2016: Assurance and Certification for Trustworthy and Secure ICT systems, services and components. Details & Match: See p. 58 of Secure Societies (PDF)
By Apr 12th, 2016, !!!!! Submit to ICT-12-2016: Net Innovation Initiative.
Details & Match: See p.33 of LEIT ICT (PDF); Type: RIA; TRL: n/a; Max request: €M2-5+; Total Budget: 5M€; Draft: TBD; Partners Sought:
By Apr 12th, 2016, ! Submit to ICT-35-2016: Enabling responsible ICT-related research and innovation.
Details & Match: See p.89 of LEIT ICT (PDF);
!! Type: RIA Smaller Short-Term; TRL: n/a; Max request:3-500K€; Total Budget: 7M; Draft: TBD; Partners Sought: TBD.
By Apr 12th, 2016, ! Submit to ICT-03-2016: SSI – Smart System Integration
Details & Match: p.11 of LEIT ICT (PDF)
?? Type: RIA; TRL: 2-4; Max request: €M2-4+; Total Budget: 17M€;
By Apr 12th, 2016,!!! Submit to ICT-06-2016: Cloud Computing
Details & Match: See p.18 of LEIT ICT (PDF); Type: RIA; TRL: n/a; Max request: €M3-5+; Total Budget: 35M€; Partners Sought: TBD.
By May 2016, !!!!!!!! Submit to ECSEL 2016 program
Drafts: TRUSTLESS-based Extended & Dual-use proposal web page, with link to Draft Proposal 34-pager and Slides PDF. We will present a 9-19M€ in parallel an EDA Category-B proposal, of the (European Defence Agency).
Success rate: 35% in 2015;
By June-July 2016, hold the 1st Free and Safe in Cyberspace – North American Edition in New York, with participants from mostly from the EU and US, but also from South America and Africa.
Location: New York; Co-organizers: TBD; Budget: 30-50K€
Additional Partners Sought
In addition to our current partners, we are actively seeking other participants for important roles for participation in one or more of our TRUSTLESS-based proposals described above.
We are seeking especially 1 to 3 EU-based international IT companies, large or SMEs, that have one or more of the following expertises or characteristics:
Integration of high-assurance, IT systems, and filling general expertise gaps throughout the lifecycle;
Exploitation of the global commercial potential, military and/or civilian, of a solution like TRUSTLESS, in high potential sub-market globally; such as for example: defense and offense communications systems for governments; ultra-high assurance mobile solutions or unified communication solutions, for high-value government, corporate and consumer users.
Coordination of large foundational R&D projects, and willingness to do so.
Design or verification of high or ultra-high assurance, IT component, that are complementary to current partners.
Design and/or commercially exploit high-availability IT systems in end-2-end any communications and cloud and/or IoT, M2M domains – civilian and/or military. These will need to be compatible with the form factor, performance and power consumption of the CivicPod or 1st stage SW/HW architecture. Especially:
Critical infrastructure, cyber-physical systems;
Civilian ultra-high assurance autonomous and semi-autonomous IT systems (fixed and moveable, such as drones, self-driving vehicles, robots);
Command & control systems for military missions.
We are also seeking relevant end-user entities, and suitable project coordinators.