BMBF Funded Projects
It is the task of the
Projektträger Informationstechnik
to support and relieve the
German Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Technology (Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft, Forschung und Technologie)
from scientific and administrative tasks,
when funding
universities, research institutions and indsutry
in the area of information technology.
During my employment at the
communication technologies section
within the
Projektträger Informationstechnik,
I was involved in following projects of funding:
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Multimedia Communication
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The proclamation of
multi-media communication,
which was published in March/April 1995,
aims for economic corporations
which would like to test the facilities of broadband networks
for multimedia applications
in pilot projects
on the networks of the
German Research Network
.
The first projects started in the first half year of 1996.
The care of this focal point of funding
was a task of my department
and of my own
before I moved to another section.
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Digital Audio Broadcasting
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Digital Audio Broadcasting
is a terrestrical transmitted medium,
which could replace FM radio on a long-term prospect.
Besides audio distribution in high quality,
it also offers facilities
to transmit all other kind of data as well
in a digital manner and without interruptions
especially for mobile receivers.
Additional benefits of DAB
are the better economics of frequency and power,
which are being achieved
through a special coding technology
in a single frequency network.
The development of DAB was funded within Eureka147
,
and the
Eureka147/DAB project office
was located at the
DLR
in
Cologne.
The possibilities for enhancements of DAB
in the area of multimedia data services
were funded by the
BMBF.
I was responsible for the care of these research projects.
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Optical / Holographical Storage
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The goal of the focal point of funding
Optical / Holographical Storage
is the development of optical storage
with high speed input and output
and large capacity.
It was also expected to have synergies
with another large and already running
focal point of funding called Photonic.
I was involved in the project in an early phase,
where a first discussion
with experts from industry, universities, and other research institutions,
took place on Tuesday, May 9, 1995,
on the area of the
DLR in Cologne,
in which organization I took part.
Besides that,
I was responsible for the common web pages of
Projektträger Informationstechnik
as well as the web information of the
communication technologies section.
The latter task
was taken over by my colleague
Dr. Ralph J. Dieter
(photograph (16KB)),
when I moved to another section.
Jürgen Röthig;
jr@jroethig.de;
last update: February 10, 2001