Provider Technology CEA
The CEA is the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (Commissariat à
l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives), the French DoE. It is a public body established in
October 1945 by General de Gaulle. A leader in research, development and innovation, the CEA
mission statement has two main objectives: to become a leading technological research
organization in Europe and to ensure that the nuclear deterrent remains effective in the future.
Located at the heart of Saclay area (Paris region), the CEA LIST Institute focuses its research
activities on developing innovative technologies for smart and complex systems. Its R&D
programmes, with potentially major economic and social implications, centre on interactive
systems (ambient intelligence), embedded systems (architecture, software and systems
ENGINEERING ), sensors and signal processing (industrial control systems, health, security and
metrology). Dedicated to technological research, CEA LIST’s more than 700 researchers and
technicians strive to encourage innovation and technology transfer through long-term industrial
partnerships. The dynamism of the Institute's teams, their project-based culture and their
consistently high standard of scientific excellence underpin this objective.
Within CEA LIST, the L3S laboratory is specialized in building compilers and runtime
environment for either safety, security or performance-critical systems. A number of technologies
developed in the laboratory have been transferred to private companies and are now commercially
exploited. As a recent example, the lab has developed a complete dataflow compiler and RTE for
the 256-cores MPPA architecture commercialized by the KALRAY company which is now
commercializing the aforementioned compiler as part of its AccessCore SDK. Since 2010, le team
develops its activities in the fields of mixed-criticality, virtualization and (hardware-assisted or not)
cryptographic runtime environments. More specifically, the team started to work homomorphic
encryption-based cryptocomputing towards the end of 2010 (the first PhD on the topic of
compilation for cryptocomputing will be defended in autumn 2014) and is now in possession of
aggressively optimized implementations of two of the most efficient known (somewhat)
homomorphic encryption systems (namely the BGV and the Fan-Vercauteren systems) along with
a compiler tool chain prototype which allows to express algorithms in a high level programming
language (namely C++) independently of the underlying cryptosystem. This compiler chain is a
source-to-source compiler which transforms an applicative code into an efficient parallel code
compliant with the OpenMP standard. Lastly, a runtime environment allows execution of the
generated code directly on encrypted data. With this tooling and RTE, the team has been able to
demonstrate the feasibility of executing a first benchmark of lightweight algorithms, still
representative of several real-world application domains (most notably from the field of medical
diagnostic). As the coordinator of the HC4APPS project, the main CEA LIST objectives is to
further develop its compilation and RTE technology for computation over encrypted data and to
validate both its performance and user-friendliness of the real-world use cases in which the project
is grounded.
CEA LIST has been a strong contributor to FP7:
- Partner in 92 projects, essentially in the Cooperation
programme (90) with 54 ICT project;
- Coordinator of 12 FP7 projects (6 ICT, 5 Security, 1 NMP).
CEA LIST therefore has an extensive experience in EU programmes and in the coordination of EU
funded projects.
Provider Technology CNR
The Italian National Research Council (CNR) is the main public research organisation of Italy. The
CNR consists of about 100 different research institutes that span from human sciences to
ENGINEERING sciences. The security group of the Institute of Telematics and Informatics Institute
(IIT-CNR) in Pisa runs research and development activities in cyber-security. The group consists
of about 20 persons, ranging from researchers to Ph.D. students and software engineers.
The security group has a significant expertise on cloud and mobile devices security, formal models
for security and trust, secure software ENGINEERING , data sharing agreements, language-based
security, usage control monitoring and enforcement, and study of security metrics and risk. They
are currently leading the FP7 funded Network of Excellence of ENGINEERING Secure Software and
Systems (NESSoS). Moreover, they coordinate the CNR Interdepartmental Security Project, for
the prevention of any action that may be harmful to society, humans, and organizations in Italy,
with special emphasis to cyber security and critical infrastructure protection. Also, they lead the
technological platform for national security (SERIT, SEcurity Research in ITaly). These
researchers are (or have been) involved, with several roles, in national and European projects FP6-
FP7: NESSoS, Aniketos, Coco-Cloid, Connect, Contrail, SESAMO, Consequence, Bionets,
Sensoria, S3MS, GridTrust, ARTIST2, VISITO, MobiCare, FSE.
TCS is represented by the LCH cryptography laboratory. LCH carries out different activities in
several cryptographic areas. Its main task relates to fundamental cryptography studies for French
government on wide cryptographic scopes (symmetric, asymmetric, primitive design, protocol
design, algebraic and side-channel cryptanalyses, countermeasures, quantic, codes and provable
security) from state of the art to optimized implementations and cryptanalyses. LCH also assists
Thales hardware teams in integrating cryptographic algorithms into chips (ASIC, FPGA). LCH
also realizes optimized software implementations of cryptographic algorithms included in
operational software and integrated into various products (civil and defence). Lastly, LCH is
involved in the security aspects of system ENGINEERING for large system architecture of Thales
solutions (civil and defence products).
Provider User-Case THALES
Thales is a global technology leader in the Aerospace & Transportation and the Defence &
Security markets. In 2012, the company generated revenues of €14.2 billion with 65,000
employees in 56 countries. With its 25,000 engineers and researchers, Thales has a unique
capability to design, develop and deploy equipment, systems and services that meet the most
complex security requirements. Drawing on its strong cryptographic capabilities, Thales is one of
the world leaders in cyber-security products and solutions for critical state and military
infrastructures, satellite networks and industrial and financial companies. With a presence
throughout the entire security chain, Thales offers a comprehensive range of services and solutions
ranging from security consulting, intrusion tests and architecture design to system certification,
development and through life management of products and services, and security supervision
(Security Operation Centres in France and the United Kingdom).
Thales Communications & Security (TCS), which head office is located in Gennevilliers (France),
is a company with a headcount of approximately 7000, and whose employees are spread over 9
sites. Thales Communications & Security concentrates over half of the Group’s business (around
€3 billion) on C4I (Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Information) systems for
defence and security.
Provider User-Case ENGINEERING
Leader in software and IT services in Italy and
with a complete offer of business integration, application
and infrastructure outsourcing, innovative solutions and
strategic consultancy, Engineering has a consolidated presence
on all vertical markets and operates through its 4 business units
- Public Administration & Healthcare, Telco & Utilities, Industry
& Services, Finance - supported by cross-business unit centers of
competence and by the Research and Innovation Department which,
with its 250 resources, has the dual role of promoting research
on software at an international level and transferring innovation
to the production cycle of the business structures.
Inventing and innovating are two fundamental moments
of the renewal process for the Group's offer.
Engineering believes in research and in the need to
transform the potential of information technology into growth
opportunities for its own clients through innovation, in a continuous
alignment with the evolution of technologies, processes and business
models.
Engineering opened its first research laboratory in 1987
and today, working with companies, universities and research centers
both in Italy and overseas, it can count on:
250 researchers
70 ongoing research projects
6 development laboratories
about 25 million Euro in annual investments.
The activities include the various challenges linked to
the future of the Internet, intended as a global information system
and computing environment.
The goal is to contribute to the change in markets and
companies via solutions that can create innovative experiences for
the users, in order to encourage a safe, aware use of information
technology.
MISSION
Designing and creating innovative architecture that guide
and support all the organizations' business and service models in all
markets.
VISION
Promoting innovation in organizations, processes and
services with the passion and enthusiasm of an Italian company.
Research projects in all strategic sectors, to drive
and be at the center of innovation.
Research is carried out together with a global ecosystem
of enterprise, universities and research centers, which are constantly
'fed' with numerous projects and initiatives started by the Engineering
Group both in Italy and overseas.
Intelligent Systems & Social Software Research Laboratory
The IS3 Lab is one of the R&D Lab within the Research and
Innovation Division at the ENGINEERING Group.
The overall mission of the IS3 Lab is to study, analyse, and
adopt novel technologies to define and develop innovative services,
applications, and intelligent systems in the domains of Security,
Enterprises, Transport, and (Critical) Infrastructures.
The IS3 Lab is particularly focusing on adopting social software
and computing in order to enable and support social business initiatives and
paradigm in any organizational context (i.e. enterprises, working groups,
research, law enforcement, etc.).
The IS3 Lab is structured in three application-oriented research areas:
- Security: Border and External Security, Digital
Security and Security Intelligence
- Enterprise: Social Software for Business, Operational
and Supply Network Intelligence, Social Software in Workplace, Collaborative
Decision-Making and Factory of the Future
- Smart Transport and Infrastructure: Smart Transport
and Infrastructure, Logistics, Critical Infrastructures
- Moreover several cross-application areas and topics
are addressed, such as: Intelligent Systems Engineering, Human-Machine Interaction,
Smart Object and Environment, Semantic-based Information Management.
Provider User-Case ATOS eHealth solutions
Healthcare solutions from Atos focus on empowering healthcare professionals
to provide the best care they can, for the best outcomes.
Improving citizen self-management
Multichannel access to secure and reliable information empowers citizens to manage their own healthcare decisions,
from preventative care to treatment options for long-term chronic ailments.
Better access to information for healthcare professionals
Easy and secure access to essential decision-making information, regardless of location, and better management of
disparate systems and sources helps to support care professionals, ensuring they make the right decisions for the right outcomes.
Improving operations for better patient care
Taking an intelligent and innovative approach to the way you manage, maintain and develop your systems is vital to ensuring your resources go further.
This can greatly impact the citizen care you are able to provide.
Enabling collaborative working
Healthcare organizations now have to rely on complex chains of stakeholders and niche service providers to fulfil their missions. It’s essential to align all of
these connections so that the required information is available to those who need it, quickly, reliably and securely.
The Atos eHealth track record
For over two decades we have worked with health authorities across the world,
designing and implementing cutting-edge diagnostic, health provision and record management systems tailored
for specific needs. We foster closer and mutually beneficial partnerships between public and private bodies.
Our track record in healthcare includes:
- Being a strategic partner to all 17 health regions in Spain
- Electronically managing over 36 million electronic bookings to English hospitals and processing up to 700,000 transactions a day
- Atos is a strategic partner to the Austrian government, including the country-wide eCard rollout of nine million cards;
eMedication for 6,000 pharmacies; and eHealth infrastructure management.
- Managing the medical costs of 6.5 million private patients in South America
- Creating a system that will ultimately collect healthcare information on 60 million French citizens,
for use by authorized clinicians.
- Hosting and maintaining services for 70 hospitals for NHS Scotland and developing all eHealth systems as a strategic partner
- Designed and built a digital hospital for ORBIS, one of the biggest healthcare providers in the Netherlands,
including all telephony, bedside systems, identity access management and more.
And that is just a snapshot.
We have more than 3,000 business technologists worldwide specializing in healthcare, and our health leadership
team have all held senior managerial and clinical positions in the wider health sector.
