Olivier Da Costa

Current

Project Officer at European Commission / DG Information Society

Past

Scientific Officer at European Commission / Joint Research Centre / Institute for Prospective Technological Studies
Chargé de Mission at Association Nationale de la Recherche Technique
Consultant at ALTRAN Technologies

Post-Doc at Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
PhD student at JET - Joint Undertaking

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Education

JET - Joint Undertaking
Ecole polytechnique
Lycée Marcelin Berthelot

Collège du Fort

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Olivier Da Costa’s Summary

Evaluation, negotiation and monitoring of R&D projects in the field of cognitive systems & robotics. I am monitoring the following projects:
- sFly
- HUMOUR
- HUMANOBS
- REPLICATOR: http://www.replicators.eu
- POETICON: http://www.poeticon.eu

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Foresight
• Potential of Online Social Networks for Foresight
• Development of the FORLEARN Foresight online guide (http://forlearn.jrc.es/guide/0_home/index.htm)
• Cooperation with the European Commission DG Research for the set-up of the ‘Knowledge Sharing Platform’ between foresight managers, practitioners, users and stakeholders in Europe
• Organisation of the International Foresight Conference, September 2006, Seville, 160 participants
• Organisation of the EU-US Conference on ‘Technology Foresight, Forecasting & Assessment Methods’, May 2004, Seville, 100 participants
• Set up of the Expert group: ‘Building Europe and Its Place in the World’
• Various contributions to the AC/UNU Millennium Project

Convergence of Nano-, Bio- Info- Technologies and Cognitive Science
• Exploratory research project: ‘Converging Technologies for Active Ageing’
• Contribution to the High Level Expert Group ‘Foresighting the New Technology Wave’ set up by the European Commission DG Research

Science and Technology Roadmapping
• Development of the methodology
• Coordination of the ‘Ambient Intelligence in Everyday Life’ roadmap (http://esto.jrc.es/docs/roadmapping.html)
• Development of the roadmap graphical representations and redaction of the reports
• Contribution to the workshop: ‘eHealth in 2010: Towards the Knowledge-based Healthcare in the EU - Challenges for the Ambient Care System’

Universities & Human Resources for the Knowledge Society
• Development of an Integrated Information System on Career Paths and Mobility Flows of Researchers
• Changes in University Incomes and Impact on Research and Innovation
• Networking in University-based research activities

Olivier Da Costa’s Specialties:

Foresight, Strategy, Innovation, Cognitive Systems, Robotics

Olivier Da Costa’s Experience

Project Officer

European Commission / DG Information Society

(Government Agency; Government Administration industry)

April 2008 — Present (1 year 9 months)

Unit E5 – Cognitive Systems, Interaction, Robotics

Evaluation, negotiation and monitoring of R&D projects in the field of cognitive systems & robotics. I am monitoring the following projects:
- sFly
- HUMOUR
- HUMANOBS
- REPLICATOR: http://www.replicators.eu
- POETICON: http://www.poeticon.eu
Scientific Officer

European Commission / Joint Research Centre / Institute for Prospective Technological Studies

(Government Agency; 51-200 employees; Government Administration industry)

April 2002 — March 2008 (6 years )

- Foresight
- Convergence of Nano-, Bio- Info- Technologies and Cognitive Science
- Science and Technology Roadmapping
Chargé de Mission

Association Nationale de la Recherche Technique

(Public Policy industry)

2001 — 2002 (1 year )
Consultant

ALTRAN Technologies

(Public Policy industry)

1998 — 2000 (2 years )
Post-Doc

Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute

(Government Agency; JAERI; Research industry)

January 1996 — December 1997 (2 years )
PhD student

JET - Joint Undertaking

(Public Policy industry)

1991 — 1995 (4 years )

Olivier Da Costa’s Education

JET - Joint Undertaking

Docteur de l'Ecole Polytechnique , Plasma Physics , 1991 — 1995
Ecole polytechnique

Ingénieur / Master , Science , 1987 — 1990
Lycée Marcelin Berthelot

1981 — 1987
Collège du Fort

1977 — 1981

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Olivier Da Costa’s Interests:

Karate Shito-ryu, Martial Arts Mountaineering, sailing Travelling: about 40 countries visited Cultural activities: reading, history, humanism

Olivier Da Costa’s Groups:

AC/UNU Millennium Project
Association of Professional Futurists
European Regional Foresight College
FORLEARN
World Futures Studies Federation
World Future Society
Shaping Tomorrow's Foresight Network
Orkut / Foresight & Futures Studies
Synergies France-Japon