The GAZETTE
 
 Issue nr. 1
 
 SAPHIRE NEWSLETTER
 
 Date: April 2006  


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The Saphire Gazette is a quarterly publication of the Saphire project for dissemination purposes. Saphire is a Specific Targeted Research Project (STREP) co-financed by the European Commission and the Sixth Framework Programme, under Priority 2.4.13 for “Strengthening the Integration of the ICT research effort in an Enlarged Europe” Focus: eHealth. Project full title is: Intelligent Healthcare Monitoring based on a Semantic Interoperability Platform. Contract no.: IST-27074. Project start: January 2006. Project duration: 30 months. Project web site: http://www.srdc.metu.edu.tr/webpage/projects/saphire
Editorial: “the innovation resides on the integration”
  Dear friends,

The Saphire proposal had been submitted by 2005, under the 4th Call Priority concerning strengthening the integration of the ICT research effort in an enlarged Europe, and with a focus on eHealth.
   
Learn more about the Middle East Technical University and the Software R&D Center
  Middle East Technical University and the Software R&D Center
The Middle East Technical University (METU) (http://www.metu.edu.tr) is the leading technical university in Turkey.

The Software Research and Development Center (SRDC) (http://www.srdc.metu.edu.tr) is established by the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) in October 1991 and is operating under the Faculty of Engineering in METU.
   
  R&D Projects in METU-SRDC
METU-SRDC is involved in a number of research and development projects supported by the government, industrial companies, international organisations and the European Commission.
   
Interview with the boss
Saphire Gazette: Prof. Dogac, looking at its title, Saphire is about “Intelligent Healthcare Monitoring based on a Semantic Interoperability Platform”. How should we understand this in some relation to our own lives and some practical situations?

Prof Dogac: By intelligent healthcare monitoring we mean the patient follow-up and monitoring especially in remote
   locations through computerized decision support systems.
   
State of the art: Saphire in the world
  The SAPHIRE project mainly utilizes various current state-of-the-art technologies. Wireless medical sensor devices is one of them; by which it is possible to obtain measurements of heart rate, oxygen saturation, end-tidal CO2, and serum chemistries, including serum glucose, with small, non-invasive sensors.
   
Cultural links
  The Official site of the Ministry of Tourism of Turkey

Access to museums and cultural links in Turkey

Turkish cuisine and recipes

Tourism in Turkey
   


Impressum
The Saphire Gazette is a quarterly publication of the Saphire project for dissemination purposes. Saphire is a Specific Targeted Research Project (STREP) co-financed by the European Commission and the Sixth Framework Programme, under Priority 2.4.13 for “Strengthening the Integration of the ICT research effort in an Enlarged Europe” Focus: eHealth. Project full title is: Intelligent Healthcare Monitoring based on a Semantic Interoperability Platform. Contract no.: IST-27074. Project start: January 2006. Project duration: 30 months. Project web site: http://www.srdc.metu.edu.tr/webpage/projects/saphire