About
The Operational Marine Biology (OMB) information flow will be based on an automatic pipeline of information production, from acquisition to interpretation and dissemination.
To achieve this, ANERIS will work to design the next-generation of scientific instrumentation tools and methods for marine life-sensing technologies: genomics, imaging bio-optics and participatory sciences; which will be implemented in a co-design framework involving and training interested stakeholders from academia, industry, government and the public to develop OMB data products.
The project will develop a training program for the operation and use of these new solutions for all the involved stakeholders, citizen scientists and particularly the research infrastructures staff.
ANERIS proposes to benefit all the actors involved in the quintuple helix framework of innovation, promoting innovation and knowledge sharing among them with the following objectives:
- Benefitting academia and industry with new life-sensing technologies and methods for research and exploitation
- Support governments by providing improved observational systems and accessible data to be used in environmental management
- Empowering civil society through participative technologies and collaborative networks
- Improving research infrastructures (RI) by integrating new generation of instruments and training staff for their use
Work Packages
Led by the Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC), WP1 will ensure the delivery of project outcomes through project management, coordination of Research & Development activities and transparent progress tracking. It will arrange the involvement of stakeholder groups, facilitate internal communication, and ensure ethical research practice throughout the project.
Led by LifeWatch, WP2 will co-design new technological solutions for in-situ use of genomics as well as co-develop research products for processing and analysis of genomics data in vitro and in silico. It will also train personnel and citizens on the use of these solutions.
Led by OSLOMET, WP3 will focus on co-design and validation of algorithms and software development for processing , analysing and interpreting the imaging and bio-optics data in ANERIS to achieve the goals of Operational Marine Biology (OMB).
Led by the Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC), WP4 will develop the technologies related to participatory platforms and citizen science (i.e Citizen Observatories) following the ANERIS co-design principles and making use of agile methodologies ensuring constant collaboration at all stages.
Led by QUANTA Labs, WP5 will integrate the products and technologies designed in WP2-4 to establish the cyber infrastructure needed for the proposed ANERIS case studies. The technologies will be validated on a distributed edge-cloud before final implementation.
Led by Pensoft, WP6 will raise awareness of ANERIS and guarantee the high impact of the developed technologies by creating and implementing a sustainable Communication & Dissemination plan that includes all external communication activities directed at academia, business, policymakers, and civil society.