Cognitive Systems in the Scope of Modern European Strategic Priorities

摘要

Cognitive systems are a fundamental prospect of innovation and growth activities in the European Union (and worldwide) as they are able to perceive, reason and vigorously interact in modern digital operational environments by interpreting received information and acting purposefully (and autonomously) towards achieving specific goals. Their effective use will help open up new technological and business opportunities for industry and will affect an immense variety of the underlying market sectors-domains, especially by offering major innovative opportunities and facilities, aligned to the perspective of network and service convergence. Cognitive networks constitute a very significant strategic priority for the European Union policy context and actual corresponding research effort has been identified as one of the European key priority research areas. In the scope of the present work we discuss recent European initiatives and we assess the potential motivation for further development. We evaluate essential features of innovative cognitive systems, as outlined by the European strategic framework for growth. In addition, we identify several targeted areas where further progress is expected and we analyze the impact on the market sector, by identifying several categories of market players (users, network operators, manufacturers, service and application providers). As cognitive systems have the potential to address (and to satisfy) an extended variety of both modern technical- and business-related characteristics, while being fully in line with the European policies for development, they hold great promise for future wide-scale applications.