Multichannel Adaptive Information Systems

Project Goals

The current fast evolution in the ICT world suggests that it will be possible to offer access to information systems, in a ubiquitous way, through various kinds of interaction devices (PCs, laptops, palmtops, cellular phones, TV sets, and so on).

The MAIS project main research goal is to provide a flexible environment to adapt the interaction and provided information and services according to ever changing requirements, execution contexts, and user needs.

The Approach

The MAIS project is a three year project, ending in November 2005, funded by Basic Research Funds (FIRB Program) of the Italian Department of Education (MIUR).

The project approaches the main research theme from a multi-disciplinary perspective, coordinated within a general framework defined in the project. The involved research areas are information systems, database systems, human computer interaction, computer networks and telecommunication, hardware design, middleware, management engineering.

The goal is to develop reference models, new architectures, and prototypes to validate the theoretical proposals developed in the project.

The project involves research teams from six Italian Universities, two research centers, and two industries.

CEFRIEL Contribution

• Defining a model for adaptive multichannel information systems
• Studying aspects bound to the transmission level and at the datalink level
• Definition and implementation of the reflexive platform allowing for access to e-services with variable characteristics
• Development of a prototype wireless multi-hop mesh network

Research Units

• Politecnico di Milano
• CEFRIEL
• Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca
• Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza"
• Università Roma Tre
• STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
• Engineering Ingegneria Informatica
• Università degli Studi di Lecce

Project web site: http://www.mais-project.it/