R & D
R&D is considered strategic for Karira Solutions, and the intention of further investment is strongly motivated by the core business objectives of the company and the awareness that only through intense research a competitive position can be achieved. Our professionals have been working for 10+ years in both EU and Spanish funded IT projects, providing Karira Solutions with a strong competitive advantage to deliver innovative solutions for our customers.
In line with this motivation, Karira Solutions keeps close connections with the academic field (both Universities and Research Institutes), seeded by more than 10 years of applied research. We are in constant collaboration with leading research departments (both public and private) all across Europe.
- In this respect, our main lines of research and expertise can be summarized as follows:
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- Intelligent Agents.
- Multi-agent Systems Development.
- Evolutionary Computation.
- Usability & Accessibility.
- Knowledge Management.
- Intelligent Content and Semantic Web.
- Supply Chain Management.
- Advanced 3D Graphics Solutions.
- Some of the R&D projects where we have been involved are presented next:
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- EMMUS (ESPRIT–28848), ‘European MultiMedia Usability Services’.
- DEEPSIA (IST–1999–20483), ‘Dynamic on-linE internet Purchasing System based on Intelligent Agents’.
- CORONET (IST-1999-11634), ‘Corporate Software Engineering Knowledge Networks for Improved Training of the Work Force’.
- FloCI-EE (GRD1–2000–25844), ‘Flexible Low-Cost Internet Extended Enterprise’.
- PLEXUS (IST–2001–32292), ‘Decision Support Tools and Methods for Management and Measurement of Intellectual Assets across Co-operative Networks’.
- SPACEMANTIX (IST-2001-34159), ‘Combining Spatial and Semantic Information in Product Data’.
- MaBE (GRD1–2001–40496), ‘Multi-agent Business Environment’.
- eVALUES (e-TEN-510716), ‘E-library Voice AppLication for eUropean Blind, Elderly and Sight-impaired’.
- USEME.GOV (IST–2005–002294), ‘Usability-drivEN open platform for MobilE GOVernment’.
- SUDDEN (IST–2005–35169), ‘SMEs Undertaking Design of Dynamic Ecosystem Networks’.
The results from the R&D activities are directly applied to the business processes of Karira Solutions and its portfolio of solutions, thus assuring that the latest innovations are always available to our customers.