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Institute for Language and Speech Processing

EXODUS S.A.

Systema Technologies S.A.

Department of Systems and Informatics (Univ. of Florence)

Music School of Fiesole

Grame, Centre National de Creation Musicale

KTH, Royal Institute of Technology

Institute for Language and Speech Processing (Project coordinator) The Institute for Language and Speech Processing was founded in Athens, Greece, under the auspices of the General Secretariat for Research and Technology (Ministry of Development) with the aim to support the development of Language Technology. To this end, it has created the critical mass of experienced scientists and the necessary technical infrastructure. Among the activities of ILSP is the development of Language Technology for Greek. ILSP has developed research activities in the fields of theoretical, applied and computational linguistics, natural language processing and engineering, computer assisted language learning, speech processing, synthesis and recognition. It collaborates with Greek and European research centers and Universities, as well as with the private sector, either within the framework of European and National research and development projects or within bilateral collaborations. The developmental activity of the Institute focuses on the creation of laboratory prototypes based on the outcome of research in the above mentioned fields leading to industrial prototypes. The research in the Institute supports and promotes the development, both by supplying the theoretical background for the design of the prototypes and by pursuing new directions for the implementation of new prototypes. Thus, tools are developed for language processing, language teaching and speech synthesis and recognition. The combination of research on speech and natural language by a group of linguists and engineers, gives these domains a new impetus which springs from their complementarity. Specifically, ILSP develops environments for translating from and into the Greek language, as well as computational tools and products which assist the translation task develops CD-ROMs for computer assisted Greek language learning creates electronic dictionaries (monolingual and multilingual), computational lexica and electronic dictionaries for children develops prototypes for speech recognition, synthesis and compression creates text correction tools With its expert researchers (90 employees), ILSP will continue its developmental activities in the next decade, thus contributing to the creation of user-friendly applications and new services by embedding language technology.

Epidavrou & Artemidos 6 Marousi 151 25 Athens GREECE Contact person: Spyros Raptis Tel: +30 210 6875300 Fax: +30 210 6854270, 6856794 Email: spy@ilsp.gr http://www.ilsp.gr

EXODUS S.A. EXODUS S.A. designs, creates and offers the Greek and international markets software solutions and services in the area of electronic business. We constantly seek to serve our clients by integrating solutions that transform state-of-the-art technologies into successful business practices, accelerate adaptation to the new business environment and facilitate the exploitation of opportunities presented by the modern economy. We offer integrated solutions and services for intranets and extranets. We implement systems for workflow, knowledge management, document management and business intelligence (data ware housing, data mining). We develop applications for e-commerce (B2B) and e-procurement. We also offer powerful infrastructures for e-learning and for contemporary and efficient project management. EXODUS S.A. is simply the leader of e-business solutions providers in Greece. Our primary strategic goal is to maintain our leading position in the Greek market and successfully penetrate the international markets, through our company's continuous growth. We place special focus on: comprehensive training of our workforce, which is our most important asset, continuous involvement in research and development projects, which constitute a fundamental factor for acquiring technology know-how, and development of new, integrated services based on state-of-the-art technology, while at the same time emphasising quality. We adhere to a business development strategy that aims at achieving ultimate customer satisfaction by ensuring quality, credibility, technological know-how, innovation, support and development.

6-10, Farantaton Str. Athens, 115 27 GREECE Contact person: Elena Avatangelou Tel: +30 210 7450300 Fax: +30 210 7450399 Email: elav@exodus.gr http://www.exodus.gr

Systema Technologies S.A. Systema Informatics specialises in the development of advanced information technology applications in the areas of Multimedia Databases and Networking, Virtual Reality, and Image & Video processing and archiving. The company has also built significant experience both in managing as well as participating in projects funded through European Union and National Research and Technological Development programmes where it has co-operated successfully with many Greek and European organisations. In parallel, Systema Informatics is a regional Distributor and Value Added Reseller for a number of international Multimedia and VR software and hardware manufacturers and integrators. Our Mission To provide innovative solutions to customers that fully satisfy their needs by effectively exploiting the latest, state-of-the-art information technologies while ensuring superior customer satisfaction through highly motivated and committed employees. Scope of Application Development Expertise Currently, the company's application development expertise covers the following main areas: 1) Networked Data Base Applications including e-Learning Content management, 2) Multimedia Applications and desktop VR including educational products and services, 3) Internet e-business Applications, 4) Immersive Virtual Reality Applications including services and products for education and training. Organisation Systema Informatics has a team of highly skilled application developers capable of successfully undertaking any project within the scope of the company's expertise. The company's team is not only highly professional and enthusiastic but, most importantly, it is characterised by a balance between extensive experience and young dynamism. The company's technology department is organised into three groups: Information Systems development; Internet, multimedia 2D and 3D applications; research and development. The company also has a growing commercial department, promoting the products and delivering on and off line services. Systema Informatics takes particular care to ensure the on-going training and professional development of its entire staff and fosters a constructive environment where innovative thinking and exceptional performance are the essence.

215 Mesogeion Ave. Αthens,115 25 GREECE Contact person: Elias Kalapanidas Tel: +30-210-6743243 Fax: +30-210-6755649 Email: systema@systema.gr http://www.systema.gr

Department of Systems and Informatics (Univ. of Florence) The Department of Systems and Informatics, DSI, Faculty of Engineering, University of Florence, Italy presents several different competencies: artificial intelligence, software engineering, multimedia, systems, automatic control, environmental aspects, operative research, speech recognition, database navigation, image modelling. At the DSI there are few research groups. Prof. P. Nesi is the co-ordinator of a group which is strongly active in the field of: software engineering, HPCN, computer music, parallel architectures, object-oriented, formal methods, visual languages, CASE tools, real-time techniques, logic languages, temporal logic, object-oriented user interface, vision, scheduling, distributed systems, multimedia, graphic user interfaces, software quality and assessment, testing, object oriented languages, verification and validation techniques, image processing, optical music recognition, simulation, and electronic design. The group of DSI involved in IMUTUS has been present in several national and European music projects. These are: MOODS HPCN ESPRIT IV (Music Object Oriented Distributed Systems) http://www.dsi.unifi.it/ moods IMEASY HPCN ESPRIT IV (Integrated Multiprocessor Expandable Audio Spatialisation System) http://www.dsi.unifi.it/~hpcn/wwwimeasy /wwwpag.html WEDELMUSIC IST 1999 (WEB delivering of music scores) http://www.wedelmusic.org MUSICNETWORK, Interactive-Music Network IST 2002 http://www.interactivemusicnetwork.org a network of excellence on interactive music.

Dept. of Systems and Informatics University of Florence Via S. Marta 3 50139 Firenze Italy Contact person: Paolo Nesi Tel: +39-055-4796523, +39-055-4796425, 567 cell: +39-329-4309883, +39-335-5917797 Fax: +39-055-4796363 Email: nesi@dsi.unifi.it http://www.dsi.unifi.it

Music School of Fiesole SMF (Scuola di Musica di Fiesole - founded by M. Piero Farulli of the Quartetto Italiano in 1974) is a European Foundation musical institution that welcomes students from 3 to 90 with the core school for all instruments, the master classes, the master classes for orchestra and the Italian Youth Orchestra directed by C. Abbado, C.M. Giulini, R. Muti and G. Sinopoli. SMF's program includes professional level seminars taught by world renowned musicians, composers and directors, but the most successful objectives of SMF are the instrument and chamber music courses that cultivate young talents from their first approach to music to active participation in one of SMF's three orchestras and numerous chamber groups. SMF has always prided itself in experimentation of innovative teaching techniques and is in the avantgarde for implementation of computer technology applied to music instruction.

Via delle Fontanelle, 24 50016 S. Domenico di Fiesole Firenze Italia Contact person: Luigi Fiorentini Tel: +39 (0)55-597851 Fax: +39 (0)55-599686 Email: info@scuolamusica.fiesole.fi.it http://www.scuolamusica. fiesole.fi.it/

Grame, Centre National de Creation Musicale Grame is a National Center for Music Creation supported by the French Ministery of Culture, the Rhone-Alpes region and the City of Lyon. The main mission of the center is to encourage and promote contemporary music creation in a rich and pluridisciplinary environment associating artistical and research activities. The activities of Grame are organized in four main departments : music creation, concert and festival organisation, music education and research in computer music. Grame is strongly involved in international music and research activities and provides many opportunities for composers, performers and researchers to collaborate. The areas of expertise of Grame in computer music research are: real time and distributed systems, music operating systems, composition environments and music programming languages.

Grame, 9 rue du Garet BP 1185 69202 Lyon Cedex FRANCE Contact person: Yann Orlarey Tel: (+33) 4 72 07 37 00 Fax: (+33) 4 72 07 37 01 Email: orlarey@grame.frr http://www.grame.fr

KTH, Royal Institute of Technology KTH is the largest and oldest technical university in Sweden. The Music Acoustics Group within the Department of Speech, Music and Hearing teaches and performs research in the areas of the acoustics of musical instruments and voice, computer analysis of sound, music and gestures, and computer performance of music. The KTH generative music performance grammar Director Musices, which transforms MIDI files into musically expressive performances with emotional colouring, is an application which has attracted widespread attention in computer music science.

KTH TMH Drottning Kristinas vag 31 SE-100 44 Stockholm SWEDEN Contact person: Anders Askenfelt Tel: +46 8 790 7877 Fax: +46 8 790 7854 Email: andersa@speech.kth.se http://www.speech.kth.se