ONTOCHAIN Open Call 3 Webinar - Guidelines and success criteria

Slides presented at the ONTOCHAIN Open Call Webinar by Caroline Barelle

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1. CLICK TO EDIT MASTER TITLE STYLE Click to add subtitle Location Date ONTOCHAIN OPEN CALL 3 Webinar 05/07/2022
2. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU 2 AGENDA  The ONTOCHAIN Project o In brief o At that point what is the ONTOCHAIN Community? o Context, overall objective and approach o ONTOCHAIN Development and implementation  ONTOCHAIN Open Call 3 goals and why to apply o Goals o Why to apply?  ONTOCHAIN Open Call 3 topics  How to apply to ONTOCHAIN Open Call 3? o Eligibility criteria & selection process o Your proposal o Open Call 3 indicatives timelines o Application process 2
3. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU 3 The ONTOCHAIN Project 3
4. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU 4 IN BRIEF Up to 4.2 Millions € funding and mentoring program with best international experts in Semantic Web, Linked Data, ontology engineering, Blockchain interoperability, knowledge management, distributed and decentralised computing, business models for trusted knowledge … ONTOCHAIN was launched in September 2020 to empower innovators and end users through 3 Open Calls to develop blockchain-based knowledge management solutions that will be part of a novel software ecosystem for a better share of knowledge and value. ONTOCHAIN - Trust traceable and transparent ontological knowledge on blockchain, is a European project funded by the European Commission under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme, and part of the European Commission’s Next Generation Internet (NGI) initiative. 4
5. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU AT THAT POINT, WHAT IS THE ONTOCHAIN COMMUNITY? Experts in among others:  Semantic Web,  Linked Data,  Ontology engineering,  Blockchain interoperability,  Knowledge management,  Distributed and decentralised computing,  Business models for trusted knowledge  Communication & networking 7 Core Partners 30 Third parties innovators (OC1, OC2 and soon OC3) 8 Advisory Board Members from all over the world
6. 6 ONTOCHAIN IS BORN OUT OF THE FACT THAT : The internet of the future should be more resilient, trustworthy and sustainable. 6 The success of the Internet lied in free speech, open innovation & Interoperability APPROACH: Leverage semantic web and blockchain assets to built as a distinct added value for the next generation internet: -Trustworthy data and services exchange -Trustworthy content handling However Growing concerns that openness, trustworthiness, privacy and security are being threatened by the quest for high performance and profit Multiple threat have been identified when people interact with online services :  Unknown provenance of information  Anonimity in favor of criminal activities  Personal privacy violation & personal data exploitation  Biases in AI algorithms  No fair rewards for quality contribution  Spread of fake news  Centralisation of power Existing problems of misuse of information can soon achieve even more dangerous level ! OBJECTIVE: Develop a new software technologies stack based on this approach for different application domains e.g Online media, e-Education, e-Health, e-Government, e- Commerce, e-Tourism, e-Infrastructures, Industry 4.0 entertainment, and so forth.
7. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU 7 ONTOCHAIN DEVELOPMENT & IMPLEMENTATION 3 Open Calls – Codesign & Win-Win Exploitation OC1 Research (Design specification) - 1.140 M€ OC2 Protocol suite and software ecosystem foundations (Implementation) - 1,320 M€ OC3 Application and experimentation (Deployment) - 1,673 M€ Specifying the ONTOCHAIN framework as human centric decentralised & trustworthy solution based on available technologies. A first batch of specifications have been delivered by 17 Teams in phase one of the call and 7 remaining Teams has delivered the ONTOCHAIN framework in September 2021. Building the ONTOCHAIN software ecosystem, for the creation of a trustworthy information/service exchange process & a more trustworthy content handling. This call aims to deliver the ONTOCHAIN Framework prototypes. 13 Teams are actually working on it. Progress Open Exploit the ONTOCHAIN solution for real life use cases. 7 Over
8. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU 8 The ONTOCHAIN Open Call 3 goal and why to apply? 8
9. 9 OC1& OC2 solutions THE OPEN CALL 3 GOALS Applications & experimentations : Deployment  17th of May  15th of July 119 500 € (Maximum funding per Applicant) 10 months duration 2 Objectives with specific topics Obj. A- To complete the missing blocks of the ONTOCHAIN infrastructure Obj. B- To exploit the ONTOCHAIN infrastructure designed and implemented respectively through OC1 and OC2 for real life use cases that cover real need of individuals in terms of trustworthy data/services exchange and trustworthy content handling from various vertical domains/vital sectors of the European economy
10. WHY TO APPLY? ONTOCHAIN will offer you equity free funding, coaching on technical and business aspects, access to top infrastructure as well as visibility and promotion through innovators, industry and investors. 10 ONTOCHAIN testing platform OC1& OC2 solutions OC1& OC2 solutions
11. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU 11 The ONTOCHAIN OC3 topics 11
12. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU 12 How to apply to ONTOCHAIN OC3? 12
13. APPLICATION PROCESS -Read the ONTOCHAIN Open call 3 document & Guide for Applicant -Get inspired and base your solution on OC1 and OC2 outcomes Use the official ONTOCHAIN template for your proposal Check the eligibility criteria Take a look at the FAQs on our website Read the ONTOCHAIN background document Tips & Tricks for a good proposal -Provide a comprehensive research proposal according to the ONTOCHAIN template and instructions set in the Guide for Applicant. - Fill in the administrative part including any obligatory supporting documents specified in the Guide for Applicant. Proposal submission - Entry point for all proposals: https://www.f6s.com/ontochain-open-call-3/apply Submissions received by any other channels will be automatically discarded 13
14. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU OPEN CALL 3 INDICATIVES TIMELINES Important to have a look to the sub-agreement template at the time you are building your proposal (guide for applicant) 14
15. 15 ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA & SELECTION PROCESS Selection process -All Internet researchers, innovators and developers -High tech companies, academia and team of natural persons Projects developing scalable blockchain, decentralized reputation systems and semantic web technologies to achieve trustworthy content handling and information exchange as well as trustworthy service exchange in the next generation Internet using as a basis the ONTOCHAIN Framework (OC1 & OC2) and fulfilling one of the objectives A and B of the OC3. What? Who? 14 projects: 3 related to the Obj.A topics and 11 to the Obj.B topics 3 phases: eligibility check, proposal evaluation and online interview -Legally established in an EU Member State, H2020 associated countries or Overseas Countries and Territories linked to the Member States. - Maximum funding one beneficiary can receive from the whole ONTOCHAIN project is limited to €200,000.
16. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU EVALUATION CRITERIA 16 Criterion1: Excellence & Innovation Applicant background: Capacity and quality of the team, expertise, previous achievements in the same field. Proposal description -Vision, Objective & Concept -Innovation and progress beyond the state of the art, innovation potential in the context of ONTOCHAIN -Approach and methodology, links with the ONTOCHAIN framework: The proposed solution will have to use standard technology for full stack development and the results will have to be open source. It will have to use mechanisms that are already part of ONTOCHAIN services (OC1 & OC2). Criterion 2: Impact & Value for money Expected impact: social, economic, environmental for ONTOCHAIN, for the European and global market Impact scale and significance: Provide KPIs that will enable to measure impact Business model, exploitation, IP & sustainability: In the frame of ONTOCHAIN & for your entity Impact maximisation: Dissemination & Communication Criterion 3: Project Implementation - Work plan with clear WPs and tasks description, Gantt Chart 10 months - Integration in the ONTOCHAIN Framework - Milestones and functionalities that are going to be delivered - Risks analysis and mitigation Max 10 pages
17. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU Semantically complex, dynamic, trust-critical ecosystems: the challenges addressed by the proposed application should be clearly explained in the proposal The worker observed in the video: • Is he wearing a helmet? • Which colour is the helmet? • Does he wear a safety vest? • Is he a company employee? • Is he happy? • Was he at work yesterday? • Who is he conversating with? 17 PRIVACY! SECURITY SAFETY
18. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU PUT IN A TABLE AND EXPLAIN WHICH ON-CHAIN/OFF-CHAIN METADATA, ONTOLOGIES AND KNOWLEDGE WILL BE USED BY THE PROPOSED APPLICATION? • Ontology is the branch of philosophy that studies concepts such as existence, being, becoming, and reality. It includes the questions of how entities are grouped into basic categories and which of these entities exist on the most fundamental level. • Aristotle’s ontology is the philosophical study of being in general, or of what applies neutrally to everything that is real. • Plato's ontology is the theory of forms that are discovered by the exercise of reason. • Gruber’s ontology is an “explicit specification of a conceptualization. • Borst’s definition is a formal specification of a shared conceptualization. • W3C’s Semantic Web activity notably with RDF and the OWL2 Language species. 18
19. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU PROPOSALS SHOULD CLEARLY EXPLAIN THE DATA QUALITY PROPERTIES THAT WILL BE ACHIEVED WITHIN THEIR APPLICATIONS 19 Addressing needs of: • Semantically complex, dynamic, trust-critical ecosystems Fostering diversity, plurality and democracy Human-rights, security and privacy
20. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU YOUR APPLICATION SHOULD BE CREDIBLE EVEN IF IT DOES NOT SOLVE KNOWN BLOCKCHAIN ISSUES 20
21. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU YOUR APPLICATION SHOULD BE CREDIBLE EVEN IF IT DOES NOT SOLVE KNOWN SEMANTIC WEB ISSUES 21
22. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU EXPLAIN EXACTLY HOW TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS INCLUDING OPEN CALL 1&2 ONTOCHAIN SOLUTIONS UNDERPIN INNOVATION IN YOUR APPLICATION? 22
23. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU WHAT ARE THE MAIN ONTOCHAIN BUILDING BLOCKS AND PROPERTIES USED IN YOUR APPLICATION? • Type of application  semantic marketplace  part-tracing, logistics  trustworthy data/knowledge management  regulatory/policy compliance • The Self-Sovereign Digital Identity • Decentralised Identities (DID methods) and Verifiable Credentials (VCs) of W3C • Semantic interoperability  data/knowledge/services integration across multiple ledgers 23 • On-chain data management • Off-chain knowledge management  Smart Oracles, Internet of Things integration  Reputation management • Decentralised knowledge graphs use • Ontology space: ONTOSPACE use • Ecosystem economy: tokenomics  FT, SFT, NFT • Ecosystem scalability & integration • Other ONTOCHAIN technologies
24. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU INCLUDE AND EXPLAIN STRUCTURAL AND BEHAVIOURAL DIAGRAMS OF YOUR APPLICATION EXPLAIN HOW TRL 7+ WILL BE REACHED 24
25. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU CLEAR BUSINESS MODEL 25 Value proposition: What is offered to end-users? Is it attractive? What is the forecasted market value? BM Canvas: Competitors, Partners, Communication channels, Revenue/Cost streams, etc. Relation to ONTOCHAIN: Which OC services are used? How they are paid?
26. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU THINGS TO BE WAITING FOR 26 Within 2-3 days, there will be announced in our web site: 1) The early ONTOCHAIN white paper 2) An application ideas document outlining examples of how different OC components can be employed by potential apps
27. STAY UPDATED AND GET INVOLVED! /company/ontochain ontochain.ngi.eu @ONTOCHAIN @ONTOCHAIN f6s.com/ontochainproject /channel/UCcF7Ovd99lOKcjMGQdnhIvA Thank you! Special acknowledgement to all ONTOCHAIN partners and third parties innovators of OC1 & OC2 More info at: https://ontochain.ngi.eu/apply Apply via: https://www.f6s.com/ontochain-open- call-3/apply Support team: ontochain@ngi.eu