Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-actions-marie-curie-participations-et-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Projet TRAVELLING SOUNDS (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2016)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : CLOSED

In this postcolonial and globalised world, the movement and criss-crossing of people, ideas, and sonic artefacts across the boundaries of nation states have become integral to the everyday cultural practices of individuals and groups. The vibrant connection between everyday cultural practices, artistic expressions, and new ways of thinking about culture in times of growing migratory movements and globalisation, has fascinated me ever since I started my PhD project on South Asian British musical cultures in the context of postcolonial history and theory. Aiming at establishing myself as an independent scholar, and at taking my expertise in cultural studies, sound studies and postcolonial studies to the next level, I am keen to study the postcolonial condition (Gilroy) of Europe not only through its musical, but also through its wider sonic cultures, taking into account sonic artefacts from different contexts, such as: sonic reinventions of urban space, the social functions of mobile devices, and the identificatory power of sound in cultural memory and commemoration. The overall aim of this project is to establish a comparative perspective which includes case studies from Denmark and the UK, and to investigate the cultural, social and political potential of sonic artefacts – music, voices, and everyday sounds – to forge a better understanding of Europe’s transcultural and entangled postcolonial histories and how they have shaped contemporary sound cultures. To exemplify this, the project focuses on specific iconic events and artefacts such as the sonic-cultural politics of “Greenlandic Square” in Copenhagen, the postcolonial signature sound of the steel drum at Notting Hill Carnival in London, and the 2011 so-called "Blackberry riots" addressing its use of social media networks for messaging, activist organisation and sonic representation. The challenging question when looking at these diverse examples is how they are connected to Europe’s postcolonial condition.

Mots clés : sound studies, auditory culture, postcolonial studies, cultural analysis, sensory ethnography

Participants :
- University of Copenhagen (Danemark) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 212194.8 €
Projet TOQUAM (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2019)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Physics
Statut du projet : CLOSED

In this project I will study the properties of interacting topological insulators using ultracold atoms in optical lattices. To this aim, I will build the first bosonic quantum gas microscope that allows single site resolution in combination with excellent control of atomic interactions. This project will be able to detect and manipulate in-situ a wide number of topological Hamiltonians from the weakly to the strongly interacting regime. The first part of the project involves a construction stage. After characterization of the experimental setup, in a first series of experiments I will study the interacting 2D Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model where higher-order symmetry-protected topological phases are expected. In this model, the control of interactions is crucial to observe interaction-induced topological phase transitions. In a second series of experiments, I will implement a new technique based on Raman-induced tunneling in state dependent potentials to create artificial gauge fields. This scheme will provide full control of the hopping matrix elements and will avoid the typical heating associated to driven-many-body systems in cold atoms experiments. The spatial resolution provided by the quantum gas microscope, the acquired knowledge provided by the interacting SSH model and the implementation of this new driving-scheme will open the possibility to study and prepare adiabatically for the first time a strongly-correlated topological phase.

Mots clés : artificial gauge fields, optical lattices, quantum gases, topology, topological insulators, fractional quantum hall effect, strongly interacting systems, phase transitions, chern insulators

Participants :
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Allemagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 162806.4 €
Projet PartialIO (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2020)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Economic Sciences
Statut du projet : SIGNED

In this project novel econometric panel data models of consumer demand will be developed. In particular, the determinants affecting individuals’ decisions will be examined when individuals are observed making decisions over time using new and less restrictive models. The new models will examine the role of inertia, habits and lock-in in choices and the importance of dynamics in decisions, when consumers choose from a set of alternatives offered in different quality levels. The methodologies in this project will allow the examination of substitution patterns not examined before. Traditional panel data demand models often use distributional and functional form assumptions for identification and estimation. If misspecified, these models can lead to interpretation and inference problems, jeopardizing the success and effectiveness in the policy decision-making processes of firms and governments. Semiparametric models that make fewer assumptions have increased credibility, however, can lose identification power hence partially identifying the parameters of interest. Such models can be applied to many different settings and datasets and do not rely on unfounded assumptions, making it clear what can be tested and what conclusions can be drawn from the analysis. This directly relates to one of the seven priority challenges identified by the EU as part of the H2020, related to health, demographic change and wellbeing, since accurate representation of individuals’ decision process has a direct effect on the welfare policies designed. This project will lead to publication outcomes in econometric theory and applied microeconometrics in terms of novel methodologies. These methodologies will form the basis for a broad spectrum of theoretical and applied research in econometrics and microeconomics; discrete response data is found in many applications including marketing, industrial organization, health and labour economics, as well as help economic decision and policy making.

Mots clés : consumer demand, discrete response models, panel data, partial identification, semiparametric identification

Participants :
- University of Cyprus (Chypre) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 145941.12 €
Projet POTION (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2019)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : CLOSED

In this project the fellow, Gabriele Navickaite, will conceive and realize monolithic integration of semiconductor photodetectors on top of a passive Silicon Nitride (SiN) Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC). This project will show for the first time the monolithic combination of the SiN passive platform with an active semiconductive element and thus constitutes an important step towards further integration. It clearly fills a market gap in the growing integrated photonics business. Whereas the SiN platform has obtained significant attention in the past years, because of its low loss (10 times better than silicon) and large transparency window, the application space is limited by the absence of active elements on the PIC platform. A research and business breakthrough would be the combination of the low loss SiN platform with an active material for photon detection. LIGENTEC has already gained market insights that the additional integrated functionality is desired by the end-customer and will be still affordable due to wafer scale processing. In addition to passive SiN component (see an array waveguide grating chip in Figure 1) LIGENTEC has developed fabrication processes that enable evanescent coupling of SiN to other materials. The applicant seeks to build on this development and integrate evanescently coupled photodetectors. The fellow Gabriele Navickaite together with the host company LIGENTEC proposes to reach the following objectives in the time frame of 24 months for the first time: ● Demonstration of integrated photodiodes on SiN photonic platform ● Demonstration of a packaged SiN PIC for wavelength splitting at VIS wavelengths and detecting (DEMO) This 24-month project foresees to design and simulate the integrated photodiode, develop the material and finally fabricate and test a prototype.

Mots clés : silicon nitride photonics integration photodiode

Participants :
- Ligentec sa (Suisse) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 191149.44 €
Projet SCIMOD (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2017)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : CLOSED

In this project we will develop a systematic account of how scientific models are used to understand the natural world. It’s generally accepted, by both practicing scientists and philosophers of science, that scientific models are the primary (although perhaps not the sole) units of scientific investigation. But the model-world interface has yet to be fully understood. Recent work on scientific representation has urged us to think about models not as ‘intended copies’ of their target systems; but rather as exploiting much more conventional associations between features of models and features to be exported to their targets. We will build on this basic insight and explore its implications in a series of five subprojects. First we will develop an account of scientific explanation which is designed to apply to model-based science and which is sensitive to the basic insight mentioned previously. Second we will develop an account of structure of scientific theories that balances formal considerations with the actual practice of using theoretical models to draw inferences about their targets. Third we will explore the ontological status of models across different scientific fields. Fourth we will apply/illustrate the insights from the above projects to/with a series of detailed case studies focusing on models from fundamental physics and biology. Finally we will explore the connections between scientific representation and representation in other domains (language, mind, and art).

Mots clés : models, representation, explanation, theories, ontology

Participants :
- University of Barcelona (Espagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 158121.6 €
Projet STOPFIRE (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2018)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : CLOSED

In this project, fire accidents on offshore oil and gas platform will be analysed to identify the typical fire scenarios, followed by numerical simulation on the temporal and spatial evolution of the fires. Secondly, the coupling mechanism between human behavior and fire development will be investigated to quantitatively characterize the impact of fire on people and other assets. Thereafter, based on fire numerical simulation and multi-agent theory, an evacuation simulation model of offshore platform fires will be proposed. Thirdly, the dynamic risk of offshore platform fire evacuation will be evaluated by considering both failure consequences and their probabilities. A risk warning model of offshore platform fire evacuation will be built based on the Wavelet Genetic Neural Network. Finally, a dynamic decision-making support system for fire emergency evacuation will be designed by integrating Computation Fluid Dynamic (CFD), multi-agent theory and the Virtual Reality (VR) technology. This project covers a wide range of disciplines including CFD, multi-agent-based evacuation simulations, probabilistic inference (Bayesian inference and system dynamic model) and the VR technology. This Individual Fellowship will significantly accelerate the development of interdisciplinary knowledge, innovative research skills and new career of the nominated Fellow.

Mots clés : offshore safety, fire analysis, offshore platforms, decision making

Participants :
- Liverpool John Moores University (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 224933.76 €
Projet IRS-THz (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2020)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : SIGNED

In this project, we aim to develop and experimentally demonstrate terahertz (THz) communication technologies for the sixth generation (6G) of wireless networks. In particular, we will integrate ultra-massive multiple-input-multiple-output (UM-MIMO) and intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) technologies into THz systems and apply directional beamforming to establish reliable, long-distance, and ultra-fast THz communication links. To realize channel training for directional beamforming, we will design hierarchical multi-resolution codebooks and find the optimal phase-shift matrix for the IRS. Since the presence of the IRS complicates the original one-hop communication topology into a two-hop topology and user equipments (UEs) are usually moving, to reduce the channel training overhead and maintain high-quality links, we will study beam management (BM) problems, including adaptive beam alignment and beam tracking. Besides channel training, we will also design joint resource allocation algorithms to fully reap the potentials of the THz networks and support the diverse needs of UEs. To assess the performance of the proposed schemes in a real-world environment, we will also develop an easy-to-use software-defined IRS-assisted THz testbed for experimental demonstration. With seven years of research experience, Dr. Xu has developed a wide range of research expertise in massive MIMO, millimeter-wave networks, IRS-assisted communications in sub-6GHz systems, machine learning, etc. The implementation of this project will not only further extend his research field into IRS-assisted UM-MIMO THz communications, but will also significantly improve his project management and leadership skills.

Mots clés : intelligent reflecting surface, multi resolution codebook design, beam alignment, beam tracking, joint resource allocation

Participants :
- University of London (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 212933.76 €
Projet DiMeTrack (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2015)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Life Sciences
Statut du projet : CLOSED

In this proposal we aim to expose and characterize members of the human-associated microbial dark matter and exploit the novel information to dramatically enhance the resolution of metagenomic profiling and develop accurate predictive/diagnostic tools. As a first step we will discover currently uncharacterized human microbiome members from metagenomic data through novel application of assembly-based approaches on a large compendium of newly generated and available shotgun metagenomes (Aim 1). The new identified genomes will be phylogenetically and taxonomically characterized and investigated to track strain-level individual and temporal genetic variability (Aim 2). The new genomes will be then used to develop a next generation host condition prediction approach through a genome-level machine learning tool (Aim 3). The three main objectives of the proposal are functional to the characterization of microbial dark matter from human microbiome and its use for strain-level microbiology tasks and metagenomic prediction/association tools. DiMeTrack focuses specifically on shotgun metagenomics and tracking across time and individual on many samples from publicly available databases and generated at the host laboratory. By discovering previously uncharacterized microorganisms and unravelling their roles in specific biological phenomena (e.g., mother-to-neonate transmission) and association with disease states, we fulfil the Horizon 2020 policies in supporting research and innovation that improve our understanding of the causes and mechanisms underlying healthy and diseased people and improve our ability to monitor and detect diseases. The profile and the future research plan of the applicant fits well with these research areas. In addition, after working in United States for a few years, he wants to be reintegrated in a research position in EU.

Mots clés : assembly, human microbiome, machine learning, microbial dark matter, shotgun metagenomics

Participants :
- University of Trento (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 180277.2 €
Projet QQT (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2017)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Physics
Statut du projet : CLOSED

In this proposal we look at thermodynamics in extreme regimes, i.e. out of equilibrium quantum systems displaying coherence and entanglement, far from the thermodynamic limit and in single-shot scenarios. The main objectives are: 1) Creation of a thermodynamic dictionary that reconciles the resource-theoretical formalism with the variety of approaches to the field, clarifying the scope of abstract results in experimentally relevant scenarios, including restricted control and finite-time constraints. 2) Inclusion of quantum coherence and correlations in extreme quantum regime, beyond simple energy quantisation. We propose a new paradigm looking at the interplay of coherence and entanglement in thermodynamics and explore its consequences for cooling protocols and non-locality. 3) Presenting clear evidence of genuine non-classicality in thermodynamics. With the ultimate goal of providing a framework to achieve non-classical advantages, we propose to establish a new research venue looking at signatures of quantum contextuality in thermodynamics. We propose to devise experimentally testable protocols whose statistics defies any non-contextual explanation. This highly innovative proposal will be carried out with a host of world experts coordinated and led by the fellow. The great interdisciplinary content will significantly extend the applicant's expertise in the diverse areas of quantum thermodynamics, but also in contextuality, non-locality and their applications to computing and cryptography. Within a world-class institute like ICFO, the networking opportunities, involvement in the PhD programme and the training offered will allow the fellow to acquire the flexibility, critical thinking, broad horizon and supervision skills required to eventually lead a research group, either in academia or hi-tech industry.

Mots clés : quantum thermodynamics, quantum information theory, quantum contextuality, non locality

Participants :
- Institute of Photonic Sciences (Espagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 158121.6 €
Projet Route2polyTepr (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2019)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Chemistry
Statut du projet : CLOSED

In this proposal we would like to demonstrate the strategic role that xanthates could play in providing a unified approach to a multitude of polycyclic terpenes and in shortening considerably the synthetic routes. By enabling the strategic intermolecular creation of new carbon-carbon bonds on unactivated alkenes and the formation of rings not readily accessible by other methods, the degenerative radical exchange of xanthates opens numerous synthetic avenues not hitherto available. Unusual retrosynthetic disconnections will now be envisaged, and it is hoped that a unified, short, and practical route to numerous classes of polycyclic terpenes and terpene alkaloids can be implemented. Demonstration of the advantage of using xanthate transfer to the synthesis of polycyclic terpenes will bring the academic’s attention to novel applications of radical reactions, promoting the development in the area.

Mots clés : total synthesis, terpenes, radical chemistry, xanthate transfer

Participants :
- École polytechnique (France) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 184707.84 €
Projet SCALES (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2019)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Physics
Statut du projet : CLOSED

In this research program, I will develop and use a tool solving for the dynamics of the coupled spin and structural (polarization and oxygen octahedral tilts) order parameters in bismuth ferrite nanostructures. The final outcome will be twofold: (1) advancements in the understanding and optimization of the collective magnetoelectric (ME) switching of BFO at the mesoscale. The focus will be on elucidating the influence of domain topology, size, elastic and electrical boundary conditions on the ME coupling (and resulting switching properties useful for an emergent device concept). (2) an open-source computational package to simulate both magnetic dipoles and structural distortions in a single dynamical phase-field simulation, useful for both BFO and also other multiferroic compounds. The developed open-source software Ferret, will be benchmarked against available codes and methods and to demonstrate a rigorous feasibility for use in academic research and industrial applications.


Participants :
- Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (Luxembourg) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 166320.0 €
Projet TUBEURB (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2017)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : CLOSED

In urban areas, tunnels for infrastructure and services are increasingly important. The project aims to develop numerical solutions of tunnelling beneath buildings and bridges supported by pile and piled raft foundations, focusing on structural deformations and reductions of pile capacity. The effect of compensation grouting is also addressed to optimize its design and minimize its risks. Two novel simulation approaches are proposed to account for both stress variations and movements within the soil caused by pile installation, tunnelling and grouting: 1) a simplified formulation, with low computational costs, that combines analytical two-stage analysis methods with cavity theory and nonlinear pile-soil load transfer mechanisms; 2) the Particle Finite Element Method (PFEM) model to accurately model the entire soil-structure domain. An online damage assessment system is proposed to facilitate the implementation of outcomes in the construction and educational sectors. Prof Jimenez, highly skilled in numerical and analytical methods for tunnelling engineering, will guide the fellow to the delivery of the simplified solutions. The CIMNE research team, world-leader in development of PFEM, will lead the researcher to implement the advanced numerical models. Partner organisations will provide experimental data from high-gravity tests and field measurements for validation; in particular, the industrial partner will guarantee that this research tackles real-world engineering. The experienced researcher, specialised in two-stage solutions and experimental testing of tunnel-structure interaction, will acquire new computational and theoretical skills in a wide variety of approaches while enhancing his mentoring and teaching capability. The end-users will have full access to results and developed models; this will maximise academic impact and it will help the construction sector to deliver more cost-effective and sustainable tunnelling projects, with benefits for the society.

Mots clés : tunnelling, soil structure interaction

Participants :
- Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Espagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 158121.6 €