To achieve the aforementioned objectives, the scientific part of SMARTTEST is organized in four research lines which are organised in work package(s) (WP), totally integrated in the context of the doctoral training programme and bridging the perceived gap between research and industry:
- Work package 1 - Integrating sensing and communication
- Work package 2 - Human sensing
- Work package 3 - Health status assessment
- Work package 4 - Sustainability, EMF, and Regulations
The organisational part of the NEPIT project is organised via the work packages:
- Work package 5 - Management
- Work package 6 - Training
- Work package 7 - Dissemination, Exploitation & Communication
WP1 – Integrating sensing and communication
Lead Beneficiary: 2 - KUL – Work Package Leader: tbd
Objectives: To implement and evaluate performances of distributed or co-located radio systems that can dynamically reconfigure beam patterns/directions for simultaneous communication and radar sensing operations at sub-6GHz, mmWave and FR3 bands.
Linked to Doctoral Candidates:
- DC01 at ADANT (IT) on ISAC implementation and performance of WLAN beam-steering system & multi-beam multi-band hopping combined with 5G NR FR2/FR3 cellular beam-reconfigurable system (WP1 and contributing to WP2/WP4)
- DC02 at KUL (BE) on ISAC implementation and performance of mmWave cellular beam-configurable systems & joint performance optimization using RIS (WP1 and contributing to WP2/WP4)
- DC03 at UT (NL) on Co-existing MIMO radar/cellular, synchronization, interference cancellation (WP1 and contributing to WP2/WP4)
WP2 – Human sensing
Lead Beneficiary: 4 - CNR – Work Package Leader: tbd
Objectives: To develop and validate resource-aware algorithms for contact-free human localization/tracking and extraction of healthrelated info (pose, vital signs, etc.), and to propose solutions to solve the accuracy degradation caused by dynamics such as patient movements.
Linked to Doctoral Candidates:
- DC04 at CNR (IT) on Bayesian federated & distributed model/algorithm for localization and mapping (WP2 & contributing to WP3,4)
- DC05 at POLIMI (IT) on Human limb model and algorithm for pose recognition (WP2 and contributing to WP3/WP4)
- DC06 at KUL (BE) on Robust vital sign estimation (WP2 and contributing to WP3/WP4)
WP3 – Health status assessment
Lead Beneficiary: 1 - UT – Work Package Leader: tbd
Objectives: To develop pipelines transforming the human motion, pose, vital sign information to clinical biomarkers for informative remote monitoring of representative use cases: children with heart disease, elderly after hip-fracture surgery, adults’ life style and chronic disease.
Linked to Doctoral Candidates:
- DC07 at UMCU (NL) on Early detection of abnormalities in young children with congenital heart disease (WP3 & contributing to WP4, 1)
- DC08 at UT (NL) on Learning-assisted prediction for the recovery of elderly after hip fracture surgery (WP3, contributing to WP4/1)
- DC09 at VSB (CZ) on Remote monitoring of circadian rhythm for adult health resilience (WP3 and contributing to WP4/WP1)
WP4 – Sustainability, EMF, and Regulations
Lead Beneficiary: 1. UT – Work Package Leader: tbd
Objectives: To develop energy models, to optimize energy efficiency and reduce radiation towards humans considering system topology and configuration as well as beamforming techniques, representing the resources required for different sensing tasks and monitoring cases.
Linked to Doctoral Candidates:
- DC10 at UT (NL) on Generic energy model for ISAC based sensing and health monitoring (WP4 & contributing to WP1,2,3)
- DC11 at KUL (BE) on Autonomous resource management for EMF reduction and energy efficiency maximization (WP4)
WP5 – Management
Lead Beneficiary: 1. UT – Work Package Leader: Jan Beerens
Objectives: Successful and efficient recruitment, project execution according to the work plan, maintenance of relations between the beneficiaries, associated partners and the DCs, communication management and reporting.
WP6 – Training
Lead Beneficiary: 3 - POLIMI – Work Package Leader: tbd
Objectives: Create a European Doctoral School for intelligent sensing and communication for remote health monitoring; develop a structural training programme for current and future generations of researchers/engineers active in Europe; create impact of contact-free human sensing and remote health monitoring to the general public and to the relevant community.
WP7 – Dissemination, Exploitation & Communication
Lead Beneficiary: 6 - VSB – Work Package Leader: tbd
Objectives: Disseminate the results of SMARTTEST to the academic, teaching, industrial, hospital and public communities in Europe. Establish and deploy a solid exploitation plan for the market introduction of remote health monitoring in both telecom and radar worlds.