Frequently Asked Questions
What is FInES?
Future Internet Enterprise Systems (FInES) has emerged as a field of activity that aims at enabling enterprises, including SMEs, by means of ICT, to exploit the full potential of the Future Internet. In this interesting quest, the European Commission has supported the FInES Cluster activities over ten years in order to embrace the past and current research experts and organisations and offer an increased opportunity for synergy and enhanced collaboration among research projects. |
How can I get involved in the FInES Cluster activities?
You may get involved by registering in our mailing list, participating in our Task Forces, endorsing our position papers, and joining our activities in social media.
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How can I participate in the FInES Cluster meetings?
Typically, 3 or 4 cluster meetings are organized every year by the European Commission and the cluster projects in Brussels. They are timely announced in the cluster website and the newsletter, as well as in social media. Registration is free and open to everyone interested in the enterprise perspective of Future Internet. |
What is the EISB?
EISB stands for Enterprise Interoperability Science Base which is a long-sought challenge for the FInES Cluster that was originally documented back in 2006 in the 4th version of the EI Research Roadmap. In 2008 the Cluster formed a small task force to work on the EISB while during 2009, the European Commission sponsored an “Enterprise Interoperability Science Base Meeting” to which members of the Future Internet Enterprise Systems (FInES) Cluster as well as international scientific experts were invited. The possible purpose and structure of the EISB were then discussed and led to the EC call for a Coordinating and Support Action under Framework Programme 7 in October 2009. The activities for promoting the EISB are now undertaken by the ENSEMBLE project with the support of the European Commission and the FInES Cluster projects. |
Which are the functionalities offered by the FInES Cluster Website?
- Up-to-date information about the FInES Cluster news and events.
- Easy access to the position papers, research roadmaps and generally all the reports published by the FInES Cluster. Insight to the FInES Cluster projects through visualizations of their classification in multiple facets.
- Briefing of the FInES Cluster Task Forces activities and status.
- Aggregation of content from multiple sources (including social media) in order to provide a single point of access to FInES-related advancements. Sharing in social media and providing comments to the website content of interest to you.
- Easier interaction, cooperation and knowledge co-creation in FInES (i.e. in the context of Task Forces or for the establishment of the long-desired Enterprise Interoperability Science Base) with the help of the FInES Cluster wiki, which is open for continuous updates by the Task Forces leaders, the projects and the cluster.
- Easier and more efficient collaboration through online discussions, commenting and consultations and more productive deliberations based on structured, paragraph-to-paragraph feedback and “collaborative annotations”. Such collaborative consultation features are at the disposal of the projects and the task forces and are enabled whenever they need to discuss their advancements with the cluster.
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How do I register in the FInES Cluster Website?
You may create an account in the website’s home page. Then, you receive a confirmation mail according to which you need to activate your account for completing your registration. The administrator may eventually assign additional rights to your account based on your profile (i.e. project coordinator or participant, task force leader, etc.). In case you encounter any difficulties, do not hesitate to contact us at: fines-cluster@intrasoft-intl.com |
Which are the advantages offered through my registration to the FInES Cluster Website?
After your registration, you may typically edit the content provided in the wiki, as well as provide your valuable comments in the open deliberations within the Collaboration Environment. |
Proceedings of FInES Aalborg Workshop
