Universities and Research institutions

AAU: Association of American Universities
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_American_Universities

Research Funding

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_funding

List of funding opportunity database
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_funding_opportunity_databases
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Overview of new financial rules and funding opportunities 2007-2013： From European Commission:  for researchers page 11

http://ec.europa.eu/budget/library/publications/financial_pub/pack_rules_funds_en.pdf


List of National Contact Points:
www.cordis.europa.eu/fp7/get-support_en.html

• CORDIS website:
The site contains a great deal of information about FP7, including the latest
updates, the calendar of calls for proposals, the texts of the calls, frequently asked questions (FAQ), and more.
www.cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ 

• The European Commission's Research website:
This site contains simple, downloadable fact sheets explaining FP7, available
in 23 languages.
www.ec.europa.eu/research/fp7/ 

• Research Enquiry Service:
www.ec.europa.eu/research/enquiries 

• European Research Council:
http://erc.europa.eu/ 

What kind of research will get support from nation? industry?

Funding list? --> future research direction?

NSF?  et al.

Useful? crucial?

Internet of things? IOT

IOT 2008
http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/conf/iot/iot2008.html

IOT 2010:
http://www.iot2010.org/


SecIOT 2010: the 1st workshop on the security of IOT
Urban IOT 2010: Urban Internet of things - Towards programmable  real-time cities?
LocWeb 2010: Third International Workshop on Location and the web 2010
Trustworthy IoPTS: The 4th International Workshops on Trustworthy of Internet of
       people, things & services

MIT autoID lab
http://autoid.mit.edu/cs/

IOT & auto-id? The same thing? or autoID is part of IOT?

Science, technology, art?