1. Institute of Information Systems
“Innovation in the service of sustainable
economic development”
Prof. Laurent Sciboz
Head of Institute of Information Systems
laurent.sciboz@hevs.ch
Techno-Pôle 3 – CH-3960 Sierre

2. Facts and figures
• 80 staff members
– 22 Professors
– 18 Research scientists
– 29 Research assistants
– 7 Administrative collaborators
– 4 Interns
• 92 Scientific publications
• 291 projects
– 2013
• CHF 8,85 millions
– Turnover in 2013
90%
10%
2013
Ra&D
Consultancy services

3. Institute of Information Systems
“Innovation in the service of sustainable
economic development”

4. GDP of Valais

5. Innovation in the service of
sustainable economic development
SME
(jobs)
Incubator Ra&D
teaching
TechnoArk
Influence on SME
economic development
Process
start-up  SME
Attraction for ICT Start-Up
Economic
growth
Industrial
reputation
Innovation
reputation
Attraction for
start-up
"co-sourcing"
Research
partner
Spin-Off
Technopole
Image
Start-Up
locaux
Open
innovation
450 jobs
52 compagnies

6. Our business
• Software engineering
– Development of information systems useful and
high added value for each firm regardless
their business
• Research projects
– European, national and local levels
• Teaching
– State-of-the-art and future technologies
• Consulting services
• Partnership
– ICARE Research Institute

7. eEnergyeEnergy ERPERPeGoveGov
Innovation to serve
sustainable economic development
Innovation to serve
sustainable economic development
Multilingual, complementary profiles (Academic + Industrial)
Recognized experience in R&D projects at international and national levels
Neutrality & objectivity
Multilingual, complementary profiles (Academic + Industrial)
Recognized experience in R&D projects at international and national levels
Neutrality & objectivity
eHealtheHealth
A unique positioning!
Postgrade
training
Postgrade
training
eServiceseServices

8. eHealtheEnergy
BPM
Cloud Computing
Data Intelligence
Ergonomy, Usability
Intelligent Agents
Internet of Things
Medical Information
Processing
Semantic Web
Software Engineering
eGov ERP eServices
IIG: 15 years as a
Software Factory

9. United Kingdom
University College of London
University of London
Imperial college of Science,
Technology and Medicine
The University of Sheffield
Ireland
Dublin City University
The Netherlands
Motek Medical
Portavita BV
Stichting Vu‐Vumc
Technische Universiteit Delft
Universitair Medisch
Centrum Utrecht
Belgium
Katholieke Universiteit
Leuven & University Hospital
Luxembourg
University of Luxembourg
France
CNRS
Ecole des Mines d’Albi
ELDA
INRIA
RunMyProcess
Gnúbila France
Italy
Biomolecular Research Genomics
Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù
Istituto Gianna Gaslini
Lynkeus
Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”
Slovenia
Jozef Stefan Institute
Germany
Empirica Gesellschaft für Kommunikations
und Technologieforschung
Fraunhofer‐Gesellschaft zur Förderung
der Angewandten Forschung
Bodytel Europe
Deutsches Forshungzentrum
für künstliche Intelligenz
Institute of Robotics and
Mechatronics
SIEMENS AG
Univerität Duisburg-Essen
University of Heidelberg
Poland
Medical University of Lodz
Czech Republic
Charles University
Austria
Medizinische Universität Wien
Technische Universität Wien
Society of Physicians in Vienna
Romania
Universitatea Transilvania din Brasov
Bulgaria
Ontotext
Serbia
Ericsson
Greece
Athena Research and
Innovation Center in Information
Spain
Atos Research Spain
Universidad de Murcia
Catalan Agency for Health Information, Assessment and Quality
IIG: 15 years of European
collaborations

10. InternationalNational
IIG: 15 years of trust!

11. eEnergy
The research in eEnergy carried out by the Institute of
Information systems is part of the broader topic of intelligent
energy management. We develop information systems capable
of interacting with devices that provide energy production and
consumption data in view of improving the daily management of
energy consumption.
Keywords: Data Intelligence Analysis, Ergonomy & Usability,
Internet of Things, Microgrid

12. IoT6 // eEnergy
• Exploiting the potential of IPv6 and related
standards
– Overcome current shortcomings and fragmentation of the
Internet of Things
• Our tasks
– Information treatment
• Funding
– European Commission
• Leader
– Prof. Yann Bocchi

13. MEU 2012 // eEnergy
• Urban Energy Management
– Help public managers to take the right decision concerning
urban development
• Our tasks
– Software and graphic interface development
• Funding
– The Ark Energy
• Leader
– Prof. Jean-Pierre Rey

14. INTBAT // eEnergy
• Development of an information system for energy
monitoring of buildings
• Our tasks
– To provide a list of needs
– To propose an open-source
solution
• Funding
– RCSO ISNet
• Leader
– Prof. Alexandre Cotting
Moteur d'inférence
Raisonneur
Standards
d'ontologies
Couchesémantique
Règles
Données +
Données inférées
modèle : données
controleur : algorithme
vue : display
Energho
Cités de l'énergie
IGREM
TENER
sBat
webNergie
OPEN SOURCE
licence GPL
commun
propriétaire
spécifique
TelecomWatchers
acquisition de données
propriétaire
spécifique
interface standard services
interface standard services
objective-A
Standard
Standard
Spécifique
Spécifique
SI divers
(Siemens, ...)
Capteurs Applicatifs divers
(sBat, TENER, ...)

15. i-BATs // eEnergy
• Energy management of a microgrid
– Reducing consumption peaks by smoothing the load curve in
order to reduce fossil fuel powered electricity generation
– Avoiding overload problems
– Facilitating the integration into alternative, clean and safe
energy networks (often irregular and diffuse)
• Our task
– Development of an intelligent information system
• Funding
– The Ark Energy
• Leader
– Prof. Dominique Genoud
Techno-Pôle’s microgrid

16. i-Bat // eEnergy

17. SCCER-CREST // eEnergy
• Swiss Competence Center for Energy Research
– Competence Center for Research in Energy, Society and Transition
(CREST)
– HES-SO is an associated partner
• Our task
– Supporting the Energy Strategy 2050, in particular by research in
• Energy Entrepreneurship and Foresight Practices
• Business Model Innovation
• Smart Regional Energy Systems
• Funding
– Several sources
• Leader
– Prof. Dr. René Schumann

18. QuaD // eEnergy
• Decision support software prototype for urban planning
competition
– Modelise of neighborhood during procedures
– Assess energy and sustainable performances of planned variants
– Estimate an indicative cost of different alternatives
• Our task
– Software development (HTML5)
• Funding
– The Ark Energy
• Leader
– Prof. Arnaud Zufferey

19. New renewable energy portail // eEnergy
• Database gathering information on new renewable
energy in Valais
– Installed renewable energy sources
– Showing the existing potential
• Our task
– Web site development
• Funding
– The Ark Energy
• Leader
– Prof. David Wannier

20. eGovernment
Our eGovernment specialists develop information systems
for public administrations. The eGovernment standards of
the Swiss Confederation require expertise and specific skills.
The exchange of data is possible thanks to the new
technologies and web platforms.
Keywords: BPM, Ergonomy & Usability, Semantic Web

21. eCH BPM // eGovernment
• eCH BPM Starter-Kit
– Help Swiss administrations to describe their process
• Our tasks
– Methodology for BPM project management
– Open-source software
• Funding
– Mandat SECO, ISB
– RCSO
• Leader
– Prof. Florian Evéquoz

22. eGovernment Innovation center
• Competence center for eGovernment
– Academic, public and private partners
• Our tasks
– Platform for exchange of process
– Semantic management for data and process
• Funding
– Call HES-SO
• Leader
– Prof. Florian Evéquoz

23. CARES-BPM // eGovernment
• Concrete aid for Swiss administrations to do requirements
engineering towards a request for proposals
– Implementation of standards and best practices for for issuing RFP
using BPMN
• Our tasks
– Creation of a software providing a methodology that will allow public
authorities to do requirements engineering and issue RFP
– Development of an online platform
• Funding
– RCSO HES-SO
• Leader
– Prof. Florian Evéquoz

24. SAB Modeling // eGovernment
• Semi Automatic BPM Modeling
– Design and implement an interactive approach of semi-automatic
generation of business processes
• Our tasks
– Propose an optimization approach when creating / business process
modeling based on: semantic technologies and similarity based
process search
– Design and implement a prototype that validate the proposed approach
• Funding
– RCSO HES-SO
• Leader
– Prof. Maria Sokhn

25. Val2Pro // eGovernment
• Validation and Valorization of Process Models
– Automated quality control mechanisms for business process models
• Tasks
– Validate Services:
• Schematic, style and structure
– Demonstrate validation of models (quick wins)
• Funding
– RCSO HES-SO
• Leader
– Prof. Dr. René Schumann

26. eHealth
The internet has completely changed health care practices.
Patients search for information online and health practitioners
have changed their approach. Against this background, the
Institute carries out several eHealth projects aimed at
improving the services offered, i.e. aspects such as reliability of
information, user friendliness and risk prevention.
Keywords: Medical Information Processing, Cloud Computing,
Intelligent agents

27. Khresmoi // eHealth
• Development of a multi-lingual multi-modal search and
access system for biomedical informations and
documents
• Our tasks
– Project management
– Coordination of the user tests
– Image retrieval
• Funding
– European commission
• Leader
– Prof. Henning Müller

28. G-Demande // eHealth
• Gestational Diabetes Expert-based Monitoring Aided by
Networks of Distributed agent Environments
– Constant monitoring and recording to ease treatment adjustment
– Automatic alerts to medical staff
• Our tasks
– Market sensors (glucometers)
– Multi-agent middleware (GOLEM)
– Deductive & Abductive logic
• Funding
– Nano-Tera
• Leader
– Prof. Michael Schumacher

29. COMMODITY12 // eHealth
• Continuous Multi-parametric and Multi-layered
analysis of Diabetes 1 & 2
– Design, build, and validate an intelligent system for the analysis
of multi-parametric medical data
• Our tasks
– Standardisation to define the data model for COMMODITY12
– Providing structured information to the intelligent agents
• Funding
– European commission
• Leader
– Prof. Michael Schumacher

30. SENSIMED Diagnosis // eHealth
• Technologies for the detection of glaucoma
– A wearable non-invasive solution
– Monitoring of the intra-ocular pressure
• Our tasks
– Advanced signal processing technologies
– Pattern recognition techniques
• Funding
– CTI
• Leader
– Prof. Dominique Genoud

31. MANY // eHealth
• Medical image retrieval in mANY dimensions
– Development of the current content–based medical image retrieval
approaches from two dimensions to three and more dimensions
• Our tasks
– Development of a browser–based user interface for
multi–dimensional data visualization
• Funding
– Fonds national suisse (FNS)
• Leader
– Prof. Henning Müller
Use of 3D texture analysis to
characterize biomedical tissue

32. NinaPro // eHealth
• Non Invasive Adaptive Hand Prosthetics
– Augmentation of dexterity and reduction of training time for surface
electromyography controlled prosthesis of the hand
• Our tasks
– Development of a family of algorithms able to control high dexterity
sEMG prosthesis and to reduce the patient training time
• Funding
– Swiss national science foundation
(Sinergia)
• Leader
– Prof. Henning Müller

33. The Institute of Information Systems offers advice on the choice
of business process management systems, the
development of process repositories and the setting up of BPM
centres of excellence to private enterprises and public
administrations.
The SAP Academic Competence Center Valais, a member of
the SAP University Alliances Program, is a partner of our
research institute. It is hosting SAP solutions for over 90
academic partners.
ERP

34. ACC SAP Valais // ERP
• Academic Competence Center Valais
– Part of the SAP University Alliance Program
– One of the 7 hosting centers in the world
– In Sierre, Since 1996
– More than 90 partners are connected
• Leader
– Prof. Werner Maier

35. Krios – INFOPLACE // ERP
• Development of an EAI Web Interface
– Integration of every business administration software
• Our tasks
– EAI Web Interface
• Funding
– The Ark
• Leader
– Prof. Florian Evéquoz

36. The Institute of Information Systems works in promising, high
value-added areas. Our general focus is on the digitisation of
services (eLearning, eTourism,...). New information and
communication technologies and software are omnipresent in
our daily lives. Our job is to develop innovative and useful
services. The Institute manages Cyberlearn, the eLearning
Centre of the HES-SO.
eServices

37. FairTrace // eServices
• Tracability of bio- equitable textiles
– Promotion into the market of clean products
– Provision of this information in real time to the end consumer
• Our tasks
– BPML (processes)
– Mobile technologies
– Semantic Web
– Data Mining
• Funding
– CTI
• Leader
– Prof. Michael Schumacher

38. Juste-Neige // eServices
• Predict the snow height on the ski runs of a resort
– Reduction of production costs
– Reduction of environnemental impacts
• Our tasks
– Multi-agent simulation
• Funding
– CTI
• Leader
– Prof. Michael Schumacher

39. SECU4 // eServices
• Geolocalisation of valuables and people via a
mobile phone
– New generation of the SECU4 security card
– Development of location based services
– Optimization of the battery consumption
• Our tasks
– Create the remote middleware layer
• Funding
– CTI
• Leader
– Prof. Yann Bocchi

40. Clean City // eServices
• Prediction of the air quality
– Support urban project designers and/or authorities in their
decision-making process
• Our tasks
– Development of an IT system based on Computational Fluid
Dynamics freeware
– Offering of the required computing power for this type of very
complex simulation and modelling
• Funding
– Call HES-SO

41. SoftCust // eServices
• Intelligent matching platform
– Development of an intelligent matching web platform to help the
Chinese and Swiss IT SMEs match their competences, needs,
offers, and joint activities intelligently
• Our tasks
– Development of a system which can deal with
classical and semantic search
technologies to improve results
• Funding
– RCSO HES-SO
• Leader
– Prof. Anne Le Calvé

42. MDIS // eServices
• Multi-source Data Intelligence Services
– Data intelligence services for industry
• Our tasks
– Development of a complex information systems
– Exploitation of the Knime software solution
• Funding
– RCSO ISNet
• Leader
– Prof. Dominique Genoud

43. M-Drill // eServices
• E-Learning app for language study
– Decide when you want to learn (notification)
– Detection of frequent mistakes by an algorithm
– Available on i-Phone and Android
• Our tasks
– Development of an mobile app and of a questions database
– Deployment on App Store and Google Play
• Funding
– HES-SO
• Leader
– Prof. Anne-Dominique Salamin

44. What we can offer
• Contribute to your innovative projects in our core
competencies
• Help you finding funds for your innovative projects
– R&D European program
– Swiss Innovation Agency (CTI)
– The Ark Foundation (Valais)
• Help you recruiting the right people / students
– Bachelor and Master thesis
• Let you capitalize on our extended network in
Switzerland and Europe
– Leading universities and research centers
– Innovative enterprises (most of them on the computer market)

46. Application sur le site de techno-pôle
Mesure transfo 400V
Consommation
Production PV

47. Approche choisie: optimisation du
quartier (microgrid)
Concept
Transfos 400V
Analyse
microgrid
Extraction
d’informations
Analyse
intelligente des
données
Prédiction de
l’activité du
système

48. Production/consommation du site en kWh:
Observations sur 24 heures
Production et
consommation ne
sont pas alignées
13h8h 11h
Consommation
Production

49. Production sur le site : observations
 La production varie fortement
16.10
21.10
27.10
Production du site en kWh :
Observations durant le mois d’octobre

50. Consommation sur le site en kWh:
Observations
88 kWh
34 kWh
Vendredi 19.10
Samedi 27.10
11
18
 La consommation varie fortement

51. They trust us!
eEnergy eHealtheGov ERP eServices

52. Academic Partners
Regional InternationalNational