The outcome of the project is a complete
system (terminal, servers, communication
protocols, software, etc.)
that allows older adults (not necessarily
familiar with ICT technologies) to build
virtual communities dynamically based
on interests and needs they share.
PEERASSIST facilitates establishing
on demand ad-hoc communities with
friends, family, neighbours, caregivers,
facilitators, care providers, etc., based
on shared interests and communication
needs. The community building and
the peer-to-peer (P2P) interaction are
achieved using information extracted
from peer roles, profiles and user modelling,
i.e., context that describes the
overall user environment, all of which
are represented semantically in a machine
understandable form.
The expected time to market is
8-12 months, depending on the general
market conditions and interest
for the product. The main barrier is the
cost of establishing and maintaining
the service.

https://cnl.di.uoa.gr/peerassist/

• Western Europe and North America

• Older persons

The main scope of the PeerAssist project is the conceptualisation, design, implementation and demonstration of a flexible Peer-to-Peer (P2P) platform, which will allow elderly people (not necessarily familiar with ICT technologies) to build virtual communities dynamically based on interests and needs they share. The PeerAssist platform will facilitate establishing on demand ad-hoc communities with friends, family, neighbours, caregivers, facilitators, care providers, etc., based on shared interests and communication needs. The community building and the P2P interaction will be achieved using information extracted from peer roles, profiles and user modelling, context that describes the overall user environment, and the specific request initiated, or service provided, by a peer, all of which are represented semantically in a machine understandable form. An end-user request (query) is first represented semantically and then routed through the network in order to find semantically matching peers.