• Digital systems are found in all developing sectors
• A €2.4 billion market in 2010, growing at 8% per year
• 30% average yearly growth in the global market for connected objects
• 40% of EU productivity growth is generated by the information and communication technology industry

Challenges

• Combine heterogeneous models to design robust and flexible hybrid systems that integrate hardware architectures, sensor networks and embedded software on a large scale.
• Analyse and search for massive, complex and heterogeneous data streams.
• Design security protocols and cryptographic components without hardware or software failures.
• Improve computing performances and energy efficiency for hardware and software.
• Design interactive simulation and augmented reality environments.
• Model human-physical-digital ecosystems that respect privacy.