ITU-T Focus Groups
Focus Groups are an instrument created by ITU-T that follow
ITU-T A.7 to augment the Study Group work programme by providing an alternative working environment for the quick development of specifications in their chosen areas. Focus Groups are now widely used to address industry needs as they emerge, and when they are not covered within an existing Study Group. The key difference between Study Groups and Focus Groups is the freedom that the latter have to organize and finance themselves. Focus Groups can be created very quickly, are usually short-lived and can choose their own working methods, leadership, financing, and types of deliverables.
FG-CD
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ITU-T Focus Group on cost models for affordable data services (FG-CD)
(in operation since 2023-03)
FG-CD provides a collaborative platform for studying and exploring the various costing models for providing affordable data services and was established by ITU-T Study Group 3 at its meeting of 1-10 March 2023.
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FG-MV
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ITU-T Focus Group on metaverse (FG-MV)
(in operation since 2022-12)
This Focus Group provides a collaboration platform for dialogue, for identifying stakeholders with whom ITU-T could collaborate, and for enabling the inclusion of non-members to contribute to the technical pre-standardization work. The Focus Group work will be enriched with the identification of relevant use cases.
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FG-TBFxG
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ITU-T Focus Group on Testbeds Federations for IMT-2020 and beyond (FG-TBFxG)
(in operation since 2021-12)
ITU-T Focus Group on Testbeds Federations for IMT-2020 and beyond (FG-TBFxG) was established by ITU-T Study Group 11 on its virtual plenary on 10 December 2021. The Focus Group will serve as a platform to harmonize testbeds specifications across SDOs/Fora. The FG-TBFxG will develop the required application program interfaces (APIs) aligned with the Testbeds Federations Reference Model defined in Recommendation ITU-T Q.4068, developed in collaboration with ETSI TC INT, and define a set of use cases for Federated Testbeds and APIs. The Focus Group will play a role in providing a platform to share views, to develop a series of deliverables and it will also offer a platform to different stakeholders to share their initiatives and projects aligned with the outlined vision and the desired Ecosystem on Testbeds Federations. The Focus Group will develop technical specifications that may become a basis for further standardization in the area of Testbeds Federations.
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FG-AI4A
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ITU-T Focus Group on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) for Digital Agriculture (FG-AI4A)
(in operation since 2021-10)
ITU-T Focus Group on AI and IoT for Digital Agriculture (FG-AI4A) was established by ITU-T Study Group 20 on 21 October 2021. This Focus Group will work closely with FAO to address the challenges within the agricultural sector, examine existing standardization gaps, and conduct the preparatory work for best practices related to the use of AI and IoT in supporting data acquisition and handling, improving modeling based on agricultural and geospatial data, and delivering interventions related to the optimization of agricultural production processes.
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FG-AI4NDM
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ITU-T Focus Group on AI for Natural Disaster Management (FG-AI4NDM)
(in operation since 2020-12)
ITU-T Focus Group on AI for Natural Disaster Management (FG-AI4NDM) was established in December 2020, to explore the potential of AI in supporting data collection and handling, improving modelling across spatiotemporal scales, extracting complex patterns and gaining insights from a growing streams of geospatial data, to enhance the preparedness for (and response to) natural disasters. This FG seeks to build a community of stakeholders and experts to underscore the use of AI (in the context of data, modelling, and communication technologies) for natural disaster management and create a roadmap for AI activities in the context of natural disaster management.
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FG-AI4H
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ITU-T Focus Group on Artificial Intelligence for Health (FG-AI4H)
(Established 2018-07; Terminated 2023-09)
The ITU-T Focus Group on Artificial Intelligence for Health (AI4H) was established by ITU-T Study Group 16 at its meeting in Ljubljana, 9-20 July 2018, which operated in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO) towards a common methodology for the assessment of AI4H solutions until its closure in September 2023. It produced
36 deliverables and its work is grandfathered in the
Global Initiative on AI for Health (GI-AI4H)
launched during the AI for Good Summit on 5 July 2023 by ITU, WHO and WIPO.
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