Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-actions-marie-curie-participations-et-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Projet MIDAS-6G (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The MIDAS-6G project aims to seamlessly integrate high-resolution imaging capabilities into the 6G infrastructure using a pioneering multiband distributed multiple input multiple output (D-MIMO) system. This innovative application enhances imaging resolution via large physical and frequency apertures without compromising communication functionalities, marking one of the first such integrations in the field. Structured around three key objectives, optimizing the D-MIMO system for high-resolution imaging capabilities, developing imaging techniques tailored for the D-MIMO 6G infrastructure, and investigating the synergies and trade-offs within an Integrated Communication and Imaging (ICAI) framework, the project is methodically aligned with distinct work packages. This alignment ensures a systematic approach from the initial system design, which utilizes heuristic and convex optimization methods, to the advanced development of imaging techniques using nonlinear compressed sensing and Bayesian methods, culminating in the robust implementation of ICAI. Interdisciplinary expertise from fields such as electromagnetic theory, compressed sensing, and wireless communications is leveraged to enhance the system's capabilities, creating a dynamic collaborative environment that drives technological innovation. Performance is rigorously evaluated through detailed simulations, with metrics such as resolution, signal-to-noise ratio, signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio, and bit error rate serving as indicators of success. The anticipated outcomes include the development of novel, scalable imaging technologies well-positioned for dissemination across academic and industrial sectors, and enhancing urban safety and autonomous navigation. By integrating high-resolution imaging solutions with cutting-edge 6G technology, the MIDAS-6G project is set to transform technological standards, delivering significant benefits across various sectors.

Mots clés : 6g wireless communication

Participants :
- École polytechnique Chalmers (Suède) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 252180.0 €
Projet 6G-LUNAR (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2023)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The surge in demand for precise localization services, driven by location-based applications and autonomous vehicles (AVs), necessitates advancements beyond current GPS and 5G technologies. 6G presents a transformative opportunity by leveraging non-terrestrial networks (NTNs), sub-terahertz terrestrial networks (TNs), and reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS). NTNs extend cellular localization to remote areas through LEO satellite constellations. Utilization of sub-terahertz frequencies in TNs results in precise range and angle measurements, especially in complex urban environments. Finally, RIS enhances signal propagation by overcoming obstacles and extending the reach of NTNs and TNs. To this day, no unified framework exists for integrating NTN, TN, and RIS for localization purposes. The 6G-LUNAR project aims to bridge this gap to meet the stringent AV localization needs within the 6G-LUNAR paradigm. To do that, three work packages are set. WP1 focuses on developing a unified theoretical framework and a holistic simulation tool. WP2 derives the theoretical error bounds and conducts short-term and long-term system optimization. WP3 leverages the applicant's experience in sensor fusion algorithms to integrate NTN, TN, and RIS technologies. Various integration methods, including least-squares and Kalman filters, will be explored for snapshot localization and tracking. Loosely coupled and tightly coupled integration schemes will be evaluated and benchmarked against theoretical bounds using the simulation tool developed earlier. Realizing the 6G-LUNAR project will not only shape the future of cellular-based location services but also the future of the applicant. Through the vast network of the supervisor, the applicant will interact with world-leading academics and industries and participate in large EU projects. Through these interactions, the applicant will sharpen his technical and managerial skills to realize his dream of becoming a renowned academic.

Mots clés : 6g localization autonomous vehicles state estimation and tracking estimation theory system optimization

Participants :
- École polytechnique Chalmers (Suède) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 222727.68 €
Projet NEAT-6G (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2023)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : SIGNED

As the technological world marches ahead, the advent of the sixth generation (6G) networks promises unprecedented advancements in communication capabilities. One of the core components of 6G systems will be the inclusion of various large array structures such as the extremely large antenna array, reconfigurable intelligent surface, and cell-free multiple-input multiple-output. Ttraditional positioning and tracking methodologies (which are based on far-field signal models) are ill-suited for these innovations. This is mainly caused by curved wavefront in the near-field models. Consequently, the conventional methods for positioning both passive objects (e.g., walls) and active users (e.g., phones) will be severely degraded when the far-field assumption does not hold. On the other hand, the radio signals optimized for positioning and sensing in the far-field are sub-optimal in the near-field regime. To address this gap, this research aims to develop novel positioning and tracking methods tailored explicitly for the near-field environment of these large array structures. To this end, three work packages (WP) are conducted. WP1 is to design optimal signal waveforms for positioning and sensing with large and/or sparse antenna arrays that can make full use of the near-field features. WP2 is to develop phase-coherent sensing and tracking methods for non-isotropic and extended targets. WP3 is to develop algorithms for carrier-phase based positioning and tracking of active targets, by using the near-field signals transmitted by them. This research intends to solve these challenges through the development and implementation of innovative algorithms and methodologies, such as compressive sensing, convex or non-convex optimization, and machine learning, establishing a dedicated framework for near-field positioning and tracking in 6G networks.

Mots clés : 6g localization and sensing, dual function radar, communications and sensing, positioning and tracking, compressive sensing

Participants :
- École polytechnique Chalmers (Suède) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 206887.68 €
Projet MuRe (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2021)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Life Sciences
Statut du projet : CLOSED

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD) affected more than 6.8 million people worldwide in 2017, and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease(COPD) caused 3.23 million deaths in 2019. Both illnesses present a disturbance in the quantity and quality of mucus due to an abnormal expression and secretion of mucins. The mucins are the main component of mucus and are specifically expressed in cells and tissues. Mucin secretion is crucial for the normal physiology of wet mucosal epithelium. Growing data shows that alterations in mucins expression and their localization are related to pathological processes, such as inflammation, infection, autoimmunity, and cancer. All mucins are synthesized in the endoplasmic reticulum and exported to the Golgi complex, and after extensive glycosylation, are transported to the plasma membrane. However, how these mucins are sorted and packed into granules that can reach micrometers in size remains largely unknown. I hypothesize that transmembrane and secreted mucins are sorted and packed in separate containers by regulatory partners, different from those involved in other bulky-cargo pathways – as collagen –. The Malhotra lab is a world-leader in the study of protein secretion. Recently, I have tagged mucins with fluorescent proteins by CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing technology, which will allow me to understand these glycoproteins from synthesis to functional target. Unveiling this fundamental knowledge could stimulate the development of therapies aimed to modulate the expression and precise release of mucins, both in pathologies due to mucin hyposecretion – such as IBD – and hypersecretion – observed in COPD –.

Mots clés : mucins protein sorting protein trafficking bulky cargoes

Participants :
- Centro de Regulación Genómica (Espagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 175674.96 €
Projet Egg-Cortex (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2021)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Life Sciences
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The fusion of two specialized gametes represents the starting point of life in sexually reproductive organisms. Despite this fundamental role in the creation of life, the molecular and biophysical mechanisms underlying this process remain largely elusive. It is evident that the dynamic modulation of the egg actomyosin cortex plays a central role during different steps of fertilization including cortical granule exocytosis, Ca2+ signaling and sperm uptake. How this high plasticity of the actin cortex is regulated during fertilization has not been studied in detail. In the past, research of this dynamic process has been limited by live-cell microscopy techniques lacking the needed spatiotemporal resolution. Gamete interaction is not only a very fast process; in mammals, it also occurs synchronously with gamete activation. To overcome these limitations, we propose utilizing eggs isolated from zebrafish that can be activated independently of interaction with sperm. Specifically, we will comparatively characterize the dynamic egg actomyosin cortex properties during fertilization using advanced single-molecule imaging techniques and biophysical tools like optical tweezers. We will specifically address whether the egg actin cortex has mechanosensitive properties that might facilitate gamete fusion, as has been shown for other cell-cell fusion events. It is our goal to identify the basic molecular and biophysical mechanisms underlying fertilization, and the comprehensive quantitative study of actin structures within the egg cortex will establish an essential step in addressing this question.

Mots clés : fertilization, zebrafish, mechanotransduction, actomyosin cortex, exocytosis, calcium signaling

Participants :
- Centro de Regulación Genómica (Espagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 165312.96 €
Projet GPIDR (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2021)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Life Sciences
Statut du projet : CLOSED

Transcription factors often serve as key hubs for dynamic protein-protein interactions in eukaryotic cells. Aside from their characteristic DNA binding domains, the vast majority of transcription factors contain activation domains that are often intrinsically disordered. These domains are not well-characterized, but are thought to contain key sequence-distributed features that enable transcription factors to interact with their many binding partners, and have recently been associated with the capacity to form transcriptional condensates through phase separation. Many questions remain about how genotype and phenotype are related in these relatively uncharacterized regions, particularly with respect to their dynamic binding interactions, with important implications for human disease-associated mutations. Here, we propose to help uncover the relationships between sequence, structure, and dynamics of these interactions in vivo, using the power of deep mutational scanning and protein complementation assays in budding yeast.

Mots clés : deep mutational scanning, intrinsically disordered

Participants :
- Centro de Regulación Genómica (Espagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 165312.96 €
Projet INCELNOR-MA (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2021)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : CLOSED

On May 23, 2014 in California, Elliot Rodger, aged 22 years and self-identifying as a member of the incel community, murdered six women and injured more than ten people by gunshot, stabbing and vehicle ramming, and also shared these acts on social media. Alek Minassian, a known member of the incel community, committed a vehicle-ramming attack on April 23, 2018 in Toronto and killed ten people, injuring more than 15. Rodger and Minassian shared the same motive: revenge for sexual and social rejection by women. Incels are involuntary celibates – a misogynist and antifeminist digital-based community with radical tendencies who commit public shaming of women (slutshaming) or feminicide. Defined as ‘misogynist violent extremism’ by many social scientists, these attacks have not only been observed in the US and Canada, but also in Europe. The social media play a major role for the incel community, helping them find allies or spread their views. Moreover, incels’ digital culture is very influential in broadcasting anti-feminist ideas. In this regard, incel communities create a visual culture in which feminicide and gender-based violence (GBV) are signified by heroic, nationalist, conservative symbols and discourses. In relation to other misogynist, extremist and/or alt-right (alternative-right) mobilizations (e.g. Proud Boys, ‘Unite the Right rally’) that take part in masculinist raising, incels take less violent action. Nonetheless, they are one of the most active communities conveying pro-violence and exclusionary ideas by sacralizing hatred towards women and feminism on a daily basis. Our research ‘Incel Norms and Masculinities’ (INCELNOR-MA) sheds light on how the incels’ anti-feminist and misogynist ideas are displayed via incel artefacts and aesthetics.

Mots clés : anti democracy, gender based violence, political masculinites, anti feminism, digital networking, anti gender, youth, politicization, artivism

Participants :
- Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies (Norvège) — Partner, associated partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Stavanger (Norvège) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 226751.04 €
Projet SCOPC (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2021)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Physics
Statut du projet : CLOSED

SCOPC (Strong-Coupling for Optimal Plasmon-Catalysis) will provide a theoretical methodology and detailed investigation to improve photo-chemical plasmonic catalysis and extend it with a non-intrusive control-strategy. I will efficiently embed realistic external electromagnetic environments into first-principles density-functional theory calculations. Shaping this electromagnetic environment into the form of a resonator, the ‘resonator, plasmonic particle and molecule’ constitute multi-component cavities which provide non-intrusive control over the plasmon-molecule dynamics by means of the size and quality of the external resonator. SCOPC paves a way to control photo-absorption cross-section and catalytic features on-the-flight without the need to change structure or composition of the nanoparticles. In addition, I will resolve current limitations of first-principles QED. Especially the limitation to treat only very few molecules strongly coupled to a photonic environment stands in clear conflict with experimental reality, a problem that will be resolved with the help of subsystem density-functional theory. I will provide a detailed study from first-principles on the impact of strong light-matter coupling on plasmonic catalysis and energy-transfer in general. SCOPC adds a new facet to plasmonic catalysis and delivers vital extensions to first-principles QED.

Mots clés : strong light matter coupling, first principles qed, plasmonics and hot carriers, density functional theory, plasmonic catalysis

Participants :
- École polytechnique Chalmers (Suède) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 222727.68 €
Projet SmartHEM (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2022)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : SIGNED

To achieve carbon neutrality and reduce the dependence on fossil energy, solar panels, heat pumps and electric vehicles (EVs) are becoming commonplace in European homes. The abundant solar power, geothermal energy, as well as environmentally friendly electric vehicles, reduce the usage of fossil-based energy, while posing challenges to the home energy management system at the same time due to the intermittent feature of renewable energy and potential battery degradation from EVs. In this proposal, we propose a smart home management system that optimises the entire home energy cost while considering a set of constraints related to battery safety and reliability, driver/household demand and actuator. As an MSCA-PF fellow, Dr. Meng Yuan will receive crucial training at the Chalmers University of Technology and engage in battery power control and home energy optimisation works which span the areas of control theory and electrical engineering. Interaction between different areas will spur novel methodologies and fruitful outcomes including 1) an adaptive and robust power controller for EV battery systems, 2) a learning-based energy management algorithm that minimises the total energy cost while satisfying the household power supply, and 3) a safe learning-based control framework for home energy system management. The foreseeable results of the project will include a health-aware optimal control for vehicle battery systems that enables vehicle-to-home technology and prolongs the battery's lifetime; a new interdisciplinary energy management system combining machine learning and control algorithms to revolutionise energy sectors.

Mots clés : smart homes, electric vehicles, home energy management, model predictive control, robust control, reinforcement learning

Participants :
- École polytechnique Chalmers (Suède) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 222727.68 €
Projet ET4PCM (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2021)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : CLOSED

Heating/cooling demands represent more than half of energy consumption in households and drive most of energy-related GHG emissions in the residential sector. To achieve decarbonisation goals heating/cooling demands must be supplied with heat pumps driven by renewable electricity. However, the mismatch between energy availability and heating/cooling demand needs to be reconciled with low-cost, efficient and flexible energy storage. Latent thermal energy storage (LTES) with phase change materials (PCMs) is becoming a key enabling technology for low-carbon heating/cooling. However, smart control of LTES systems require monitoring of the liquid fraction, which determines the total stored energy. The present research proposal, ET4PCM, aims to develop a first-of-a-kind, smart, non-invasive, versatile impedance sensor to evaluate in real-time the liquid fraction evolution of PCMs in LTES. The ET4PCM sensor will provide detailed information regarding phase distribution evolution during freezing/melting of PCMs in macrocapsules (spherical or cylindrical shells). The project planning contemplates four key tasks, which correspond to the sub-objectives: SO1) Characterization and enhancement of electrical properties of PCMs, SO2) design of the electrical sensing system, SO3) experimental implementation and validation of the proposed sensing system, and SO4) Validation of ET4PCM technology in a real LTES. The research approach involves experimental, numerical, and theoretical research activities. I, Dr. Carolina Mira-Hernández will develop the ET4PCM project under the supervision of Pr. Simone Mancin at University of Padua (UNIPD), who is renowned expert in LTES. In addition, I will spend 3 months during a secondment at the start-up COWA, where I will deploy the ET4PCM sensor in a real-world LTES, and I will have a non-academic placement at HEXXCELL, a consulting company on predictive analytics, where I will develop “in silico” smart control tools for LTES.

Mots clés : latent thermal energy storage, liquid fraction, phase change materials, nanotechnology, electrical tomography, thermal energy systems

Participants :
- Sunservice srl (Italie) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Padoue (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 215937.6 €
- Cowa thermal solutions (Suisse) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
Projet MaRC (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2021)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The International Energy Agency’s recent Net Zero by 2050 report concludes that by 2030 four trillion USD of annual global investment into clean energy is needed to avert catastrophic climate change. Yet in the last four years such investments have averaged just one trillion. Critical economic geography has emphasized the role of non-price factors in this renewable investment gap. Materializing Renewable Capital (MaRC) advances this inquiry through a survey of how the 'materiality' of the production process for 14 key components of the transition interlink with and inform renewable capital mobilization from energy financing firms. MaRC's objective is to (1) survey the materiality of key renewable production processes (2) assess how investors view the relative quality of these processes (3) create an integrated analysis of how their materiality relates to capital accumulation (4) create a future research program. Empirically, MaRC achieves these objectives through parallel surveys involving interviews and desk work. First, of the materiality of these production processes. Second, of the financial logic driving capital accumulation in these processes. Three papers will result. Results will also be communicated through a website, an online video, and 3 articles in the popular press. MaRC combines the extensive experience of the researcher in energy with the world-class expertise of the supervisor, Prof Brett Christophers, in finance. Additional support from Uppsala’s Earth Science department will ensure the success of this innovative, interdisciplinary project. This project will substantially improve the researcher’s career prospects, especially given the outstanding track-record of the supervisor with post-docs, multiple points of advising, and rich support from Uppsala University. The host, in turn, will benefit from the researcher’s outstanding teaching, seminars, and an interdisciplinary workshop on the renewable investment gap.

Mots clés : energy geography, critical economic geography, critical political economy, resource geography, renewable energy transition, resource materiality

Participants :
- Université d'Uppsala (Suède) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 222727.68 €