AVL is the world’s largest privately owned company for development, simulation and testing technology of powertrains (hybrid, combustion engines, transmission, electric drive, batteries and software) for passenger cars, trucks and large engines. AVL was founded in 1948, and has currently more than 8600 employees worldwide, with the headquarter located in Graz, Austria, and a global network of about 45 representations and affiliates worldwide.

FTW is a nationally leading and internationally acclaimed centre for research and development of technologies for future communication systems. FTW concentrates on research and development of theories, algorithms and processes for the intelligent management of future communication systems under real-time conditions. FTW closely cooperates with partners from industry and academia and has a solid track record of participating in more than 20 European projects under FP5, FP6 and FP7.

The Institute of Electrical Measurement and Measurement Signal Processing (EMT) belongs to the Faculty of Electrical and Information Engineering of Graz University of Technology. Fundamental and applied research at the Institute is performed to a great extent in cooperation with international industrial and scientific partners in the fields of automotive electronics, sensors and vehicle component modelling, process measurement and condition monitoring, model-based measurement and simulation, image processing and image based measurement as well as digital signal processing

The Institute of Smart System-Technology (IST) belongs to the Faculty of Technical Science at Universität Klagenfurt. Fundamental and applied research at the Institute is performed to a great extent in cooperation with international industrial and scientific partners.

SIRRIS, the joint research centre for the technology industry in Belgium, is a private collective research centre founded in 1949 by Agoria, the multi-sector federation for the Belgian technology industry. SIRRIS has about 2500 member companies, which range from small and medium-sized businesses to multinational companies (>95% SME’s), active in 13 technological sectors including Information & Communication Technology. Its mission is to improve the competitiveness of its member companies through technology and innovation. SIRRIS has currently 140 employees focusing on knowledge acquisition (applied research) and knowledge transfer (industrial projects).

iMinds is an independent research institute bringing together companies, authorities, and non-profit organizations to join forces on research projects. iMinds unites more than 1000 researchers from several research groups belong to Flemish universities, each group specialized in one or more of the basic competencies of iMinds. In this project, iMinds-IBCN/UGent (Internet-Based Communication Networks and Services group of Ghent University) participates, as well as iLab.o, our test and experimentation platform that performs Living Lab research.

Wholly owned by Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands, WOOX Innovations (www.woox.com) specializes in the development, distribution and marketing of a wide range of consumer electronics products. The company’s products – audio, headphones, video, home cinema, multimedia, home communications and accessories – reflect an ongoing commitment to meaningful innovation in connected entertainment. WOOX holds leading market positions under the Philips brand in key categories including audio systems, docking stations, sound bars, headphones and connected audio.

NXP-BE: NXP Semiconductors is a large semiconductor company with an annual turnover of 4.3 Billion $. NXP is market leader in the market of identification and security IC’s. In Belgium NXP has a large research center in different areas. One of these is the Center of Competence of Security & Authentication, which supports all businesses within NXP on security aspects and which develops both hardware & software secure elements.

Silverskin Information Security is a SME focusing on information security and business assurance. Silverskin has vast experience in development and audit of information security management models, technical controls and governance processes for external and internal corporate customers. Silverskin supports high individual competence among employees: all key staff members are multi-certified by GIAC, ISACA and/or ISC2.

Centria is a University of Applied Science with 50 people international research laboratory which has focus in wireless applications for machines and systems. In this focus energy saving of cities is one important application area. Centria addresses the gap between academic research and the needs of industrial companies. Centria aims at establishing an iterative architecture development approach which takes into account also the existing systems of the companies and gives better possibilities to go to business and thus also for SMEs to join the EU projects.

Lassila & Tikanoja is a leading facility services provider in Finland founded in 1905. L&T services consists of environmental services, industrial services, facility services and renewable energy sources. In facility services L&T provides cleaning and support services and maintenance of properties and technical systems. In 2012 L&T had a total of 8962 personnel at the end of the year. L&T has a very strong drive towards providing energy efficient and sustained development.

TCS is a leader in the defence and security segments with 13 B€ of yearly sales and 67000 employees. TCS is offering dual systems (civilian, defense) where crucial properties related to the safety, the security and usual applications are to be combined and must be managed the proper way to guarantee the efficiency, the trustworthiness and the reliability of these critical systems: border surveillance, avionics, UAV, governmental or police communication devices, secured networks.

Valeo is a French automotive components manufacturer. It designs, manufactures and supplies electronic solutions for the connected car, from wired to long range wireless connectivity. Its product portfolio is structured around 3 product lines: Body Controllers, Access Electronics and Telematics. It is one of the key players in the field of keyless access (Smart Passive Entry Passive Start) with product and system experience since 2000 and a large product portfolio (Handle switch Units, Proximity Sensor Units, Controllers, Keys, …) already deployed on several car manufacturers like Renault, Peugeot, Honda, Ford, Toyota, …

EpiSensor is a privately owned SME. It is a leading provider of wireless energy monitoring systems that uniquely combines reliability, ruggedness, and interoperability to systematically improve energy performance, lower energy costs, and reduce environmental impact. The EpiSensor wireless energy monitoring system uses advanced wireless self-healing mesh networking technology to collect data from wireless nodes.

IMCS was established in 1959 as Computing Centre of research character. The staff of IMCS consists of 150 researchers, engineers and software developers. For all these years the Institute has played the role of an incubator for rearing of leading specialists in Computer Science and Mathematics in Latvia. The main activities of IMCS are research and development of Internet technologies and their applications, system modeling and design, simulation of physical and technological processes, natural language processing, real time systems, theoretical investigations in mathematics, bioinformatics, quantum computing etc. IMCS is a member of ARTEMISIA. Currently IMCS is participating in ARTEMIS project R3_COP.

Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands is a global leader in healthcare, lifestyle and lighting, delivering products, services and solutions through the brand promise of “sense and simplicity. With sales of EUR 24.7 billion in 2012, the company is a market leader in medical diagnostic imaging and patient monitoring systems, energy efficient lighting solutions, personal care and home appliances, as well as consumer electronics. In close cooperation with the Philips businesses, the Philips Research organization generates options for new and improved products and processes and produces important patents in many fields.

Philips Lighting is one of the 3 business sectors of Philips, besides Philips Healthcare and Philips Consumer Lifestyle. In the lighting domain Philips is the clear market leader. In order to prepare itself for the advent of LED technology, which will disrupt the lighting world, its focus is shifting from the supply of lighting components to the delivery of lighting solutions. In order to speed up this process over the recent years Philips Lighting acquired a substantial amount of leading luminaire companies, being active in the both in the professional as well as in the consumer segment. Key products: Livingcolours, Cosmopolis outdoor lighting, Colour Reach Powercore architectural lighting, Lexel LED Down Light Module, master LED energy savers.

The Eindhoven University of Technology (TUE) was established in 1956, and is ranked among the top universities in Europe. The TUE is world-leading having the best industry collaborations, and has strong links with European and Dutch industries, including the semiconductor industry, with partners at different positions in the value chain (manufacturing, IP houses, system houses, EDA tooling, and applications), consumer electronics industry, personal and institutional health care industry, etc.

SiGarden SA is a manufacturer of innovative industrial tablets, computers and modules dedicated to work in harsh conditions. An important feature of our products is the possibility of far-reaching adjustment of their characteristics and parameters for specific customer requirements. The Company also provides services in the design and construction of electronic hardware for specialized industrial applications

SpaceForest Ltd. is a company based in Gdynia, Poland, founded in 2010. We create and commercialize new ideas and specialize in artificial intelligence (AI) and video recognition (VR) used in the optimization of industrial processes. We work in a variety areas of engineering related to Electronics, IT, Research Rocketry.

Our strongest asset is a highly educated and experienced staff graduated in IT, Electronics and Telecommunications Sciences, holding master’s and doctorate degrees.

Critical Materials S.A. is a high-tech SME company providing technology and efficient products for monitoring, diagnosis, prognosis and management of the structural integrity of critical components and materials for the Aerospace, Defence and Energy industries. CMT positions itself as an enabling technology provider for the “nervous system and bio-brain” of critical applications of advanced materials, providing a SHM platform for structural systems health management: PRODDIA® (www.proddia.com).

The School of Engineering of the Polytechnic Institute of Porto (Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto – ISEP), is a public higher education and research institution, one of the largest schools of engineering in Portugal (6000 students), with leading departments and research units in the areas of, among others, computer science and engineering, electrical and electronics engineering and mechanical engineering. The work in DEWI will be done by ISEP’s research unit CISTER (www.cister.isep.ipp.pt), a top-ranked Portuguese Research Unit, which focuses its activity in real-time and dependable embedded computing systems and is currently one of the leading European research units in the area.

Softec Internet is the world leader in APS development (Application Packaging Standard), which is a connector that allows all types of applications to communicate with different cloud delivery systems. The company has a cloud application marketplace with a pay-per-use platform, which makes the market accessible to those companies that do not want to make a big investment initially, by providing a low-risk option with minimal time to market. Softec Internet is one of Parallels’ main partners worldwide for the deployment and configuration of cloud platforms with Parallels Automation technologies.

Adevice is a Spanish SME, which acts as a provider of smart electronic systems for automation using wireless sensor networks with applications to industrial sectors including transport. Adevice develops its own electronic systems, including wireless sensor networks, providing comprehensive and customer specific solutions.

Fagor Electronica began manufacturing circuits for the telecommunications industry in1965. Over the years, its innovative products combined with extensive business experience has enabled it to continue developing and expanding its now impressive range of products (automotive, aeronautic, white line, renewable energies..).

TECNALIA RESEARCH AND INNOVATION (TECNALIA – www.tecnalia.com ) is the largest private non-for-profit R+D+i entity in Spain with a staff of over 1.400 employees, a turnover of almost 116 million Euros, 172 projects in FP6 (29 as coordinators), and 229 projects in FP7 (51 as coordinators). Tecnalia has 7 Business Divisions: Energy & Environment, Industry & Transport, ICT-European Software Institute, Health, Sustainable Building, Innovation Strategies and Technological Services.

HI Iberia Ingenieria y Proyectos SL is an application development SME founded in 1999 of around 210 employees. HI Iberia develops applications for distributed environments and embedded SW for Telecommunications systems (BS) and Sensor networks SW. The R&D department has interest in Safety applications, Embedded Systems, Intelligent Transport Systems, e-Health and ambient assisted living. The company is currently participating in more than a dozen FP7, Artemis and AAL running projects.

Indra is a global consulting, technology, innovation and talent company. Indra ranks second in Europe by R&D spend, investing close to €550m during the last three years and operates in more than 128 countries and has more than 42,000 employees worldwide, focusing on developing innovative solutions that meet the needs of the most demanding clients.

ITI is a Private Technological Centre specialized in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Research, Development and Innovation. It develops the research activity in three main areas, Computer Science (Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision, Operations Research, Distributed Systems, Ambient Intelligence and Cloud Computing), Hardware and Communications (Communications, Sensor Networks, Embedded Systems) and Software Engineering (Software Quality, Software Architectures and Development) and has participated in many national and international research projects in these fields, in collaboration with companies and institutions.

IntegraSys, established in 1990, is a Spanish SME engineering company specialized in the design, development and integration of critical software systems in the telecommunication and aerospace domains. The core business activity is the design, development and commercialisation of Operations Support Systems for networks and services management −including QoS, Mobility and Security aspects− based on dynamic and flexible SLA-schemes and policies. The company also develops turn-key measurement systems under computer control in the areas of quality assurance, conformance testing, and satellite signal monitoring and type approval test certification of telecommunications equipment.

MONDRAGON Corporation is a cooperatives alliance composed by mutually independent cooperatives which through a voluntary membership establish a coordinated group. These group´s corporative services lay on Mondragon S. COOP, who is also an independent cooperative society. Mondragon S.COOP. leads coordinated research joint agreements in several strategic areas of the Corporation, among which is the Energy Efficiency research unit, as It is the case of this proposal.

Mondragon Goi Eskola Politeknikoa JMA S. Coop. (Mondragon University’s Faculty of Engineering) is a cooperative integrated in Mondragon Cooperative Corporation, which is a business group, made of more than 250 companies and entities. The Faculty of Engineering has as relevant role in the corporation as research partner of the companies in the group. The Embedded System Research group has participated in several Artemis projects, such as eDIANA, p/nSAFECER, p/nSHIELD, CRAFTERS and ARROWHEAD.

We specialize in helping companies develop embedded systems for advanced products. We have experts in system design and implementation of hardware and software. Our customers are to be found in many different trades such as tele- and data communication, transport, defense and medical. We strive to always be one step ahead of our customers. Research is important and we have experience from Artemis PaPP & Artemis SMECY.

Volvo Technology AB is the legal entity that represents Advanced technology and Research. Advanced technology and Research is the centre of research, advanced engineering and innovation within the Volvo Group with the mission of the company is to ensure that the Volvo Group stays competitive many years ahead. The mission is accomplished by scouting for new technology, develop new technology and industrializing it so that product development in other parts of the Group (e.g. trucks, construction equipment, buses, etc) can more easily adopt the new technology and exploit it in new products. The company has about 450 employees, where the biggest part is located at Lundbystrand and Chalmers science park in Gothenburg, Sweden. However, the company also has offices in France, USA, India and Japan