Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-actions-marie-curie-participations-et-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Projet F.I.T. for Future (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2014)
Action : European Researchers' Night
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The proposal F.I.T. for Future for the European Researchers’ Nights 2014 and 2015 is the advancement of the successful concepts of 2011 F.I.T. for Research (www.fit-fuer-forschung.eu) and 2013 Destination Future (www.destinationfuture.eu). The proposal suggests one concept to be implemented in two different locations in the Vienna Region for 2014 (Vienna, Aula der Wissenschaften) and 2015 (St. Pölten, city center). In the German language, the acronym FIT can stand for Forschung, Innovation and Technology (“Research, Innovation and Technology”). This special understanding of F.I.T.ness states that Research, Innovation and Technology are the keys to the most important challenges of our society. Thus F.I.T. for Future presents European efforts to cope with the manifold complex questions concerning our future and to solve the upcoming problems. From the societal challenges mentioned in Horizon 2020 F.I.T. for Future especially addresses demographic change and wellbeing, food security, smart, green and integrated transports and inclusive, innovative and secure societies. As initiator, coordinator and curator of the EU Researchers’ Night in Austria St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences refers not only to the experience of the successful events in 2011 and 2013 as well as some other similar several similar actions, but to the capacity of staff and more than 1000 students in media technology and media economics (covering topics such as event management, event technology, public relations, content production and others) and research focuses on info- and edutainment and science communication. To keep the management as simple as possible, St. Poelten University of Applied Sciences acts as the only participant. As in 2011 and 2013 intensive cooperation with other institutions, initiatives, researchers and scientists, such as the Science Center Network, Science Slam Austria, NÖ Forschung + Bildung (Research + Education Lower Austria) and many others will be important.

Mots clés : research, innovation and technology, timeshift, f i t ness center, science slam, speed dating, art and science, students, pupils, workshops, future, making off, theatre, musicperformances

Participants :
- St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences (Autriche) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 160000.0 €
Projet PEROGAN (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2018)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The proposal aims to produce novel light emitters by merging two promising semiconductor families, III-Nitrides and lead halide perovskite nanocrystals (LHP NCs) into novel nanostructured architectures. III-Nitrides are established emitters with widespread use in the lighting industry and high-density optical disks and with great promises for power electronic applications. On the other hand, the field of LHP NC photonics is at its infancy but breakthroughs have already been accomplished with demonstrations of optically-pumped lasers and light emitting diodes (LEDs). Research on the two material families has thus far proceeded independently. Yet new architectures with improved performance and functionality may emerge from their integration into hybrid devices that can exploit the favourable properties of each, namely the superior electrical properties and established technology of the nitrides with the ease of solution-processability, visible spectral tunability and high emission quantum yields (QY) of the LHP NCs. The proposed project will be investigating the potential flow of energy from the donor material (III-nitrides) to the acceptor (LHP NC), via radiative pumping but also via efficient non-radiative Förster energy transfer (FRET,) under optical and electrical excitation. Additionally is aiming to demonstrate hybrid electrically excited nanostructure devices, allowing the two materials to exist with nanoscale proximity. Moreover, the project is targeting to the fabrication of electrical-excited of a hybrid microcavity-based heterostructures, via an elaborate design of two back to back microcavities. The outcome of this project is expected to particularly benefit the scientific semiconductor area and industry fro the development of efficient high colour rendering index (CRI) LEDs for solid state lighting and display applications.The methodology for a demonstration of novel light emitters is highlighted in work packages (WPs) 3 to 5.

Mots clés : iii nitrides, lead halide perovskite nanocrystals  lhp ncs, nanostructures, hybrid, non rative fret, hybrid microcavity laser

Participants :
- University of Cyprus (Chypre) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 145941.12 €
Projet TECAM (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2016)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The proposal focuses on Theory of Characteristic Modes(TCM), a reasonably general methodology to systematically design and analyse arbitrary antennas in wireless communication systems by providing accurate physical insights of the working mechanism. With the rise of the diverse and complex requirements of modern antenna systems, the existing TCM is not sufficiently effective to handle critical design problems such as multi-scale vehicular antenna systems and large-scale massive MIMO base station arrays, which leads to an urgent need for further improvement of TCM. Firstly, for the theoretical aspect, with the help of volume integral equations and appropriate basis functions, characteristic modes(CMs) of inhomogeneous anisotropic dielectric bodies based on the method of moments will be extracted for the first time. The novel theory will be used to design practical antennas coated by the inhomogeneous anisotropic materials. Secondly, concerning CM computation, CMs are planned to be established on special non-uniform meshes through an effective Discontinuous Galerkin method. The novel strategy is fully dependent on the detailed features of the physical structure and scales of the target, which will lead to a wider range of targeted applications. Finally, for the application aspect, quasi-entire domain basis functions will be constructed based on specific CMs of an arbitrary antenna element in the array to enhance the efficiency of electromagnetic computation for extremely large-scale periodic arrays without loss of accuracy. Through the strict execution of the jointly conceived career development plan, the fellow's competencies will be enhanced in all aspects during the project, including leadership and cooperation skills, teaching and supervisory skills, professional network development as well as professional skills in scientific research. Additionally, mutually beneficial long-term collaborations will be developed and established between the host and the fellow.

Mots clés : theory of characteristic modes, antenna design and analysis, computational electromagnetics, anisotropic material, multi scale system, large scale array

Participants :
- Lund University (Suède) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 173857.2 €
Projet ONISILOS (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2020)
Action : Cofund Postdoctoral programme
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The proposed ONISILOS project is coordinated by the University of Cyprus (UCY) and is of 60 months duration. UCY has committed to offer €3.678.000 in a period of five years starting from 2021 to support excellent Experienced Researchers (ERs) to carry out 50 (25 x 2 rounds) research projects of 24 months duration each in one (out of six) interdisciplinary focus research areas. It will comprise 2 calls for proposals starting from month 6 of the project. The mobility requirements as well as the evaluation criteria and process are almost identical to the corresponding MSCA-IF ones with a fully independent peer-review evaluation process and emphasis on Excellence and the Impact for the careers of the involved ERs as well as UCY, Cyprus and the EU. Within these fellowships, Career Restart and Reintegration Fellowships applications will be welcome. Intersectoral secondments and interdisciplinary approaches are highly encouraged and will be facilitated through the partners and the excellent network of supporting organizations. It is envisioned that ONISILOS will: • transform the current post-doc fellowships programme of UCY into an international, intersectoral and interdisciplinary funding scheme for ERs, • enhance high quality research at UCY and more broadly in Cyprus, • create the conditions through which international and intersectoral mobility of researchers will be secured, • offer both innovative training through research and transferrable skills training to the fellows involved, • attract the future generation of top researchers in Cyprus by offering a very attractive remuneration package, • combine science with industry experience to develop an entrepreneurial culture within the research community.

Mots clés : excellence in research and innovation, university of cyprus, research in biomedicine, biology, mathematics, statistics, medieval neuroscience, pv systems energy, social, architecture, fellowships

Participants :
- University of Cyprus (Chypre) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 3678000.0 €
Projet RNA-RAPSODY (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2020)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The proposed bioinformatics project has strong ties to even several diverse disciplines, namely computer science, molecular biology, genetics, mathematics and statistics. RNA Biology plays a central role in bioinformatics research such that numerous model-driven algorithms and methods are developed to predict and calculate structures and functions or compare sequences of RNA molecules that are essential in molecular and genetic processes and thus for medical and pharmaceutical applications. Many of these problems can be cleanly phrased as optimization problems with 'optimal substructure' and thus solved exactly and efficiently by dynamic programming (for arbitrary parametrization of the objective function). This project will systematically explore the impact of parameter changes on the quality of results of DP optimization methods, such as predictions of molecule structures or comparison of sequences. Our approach strongly relies on algebraic dynamic programming (ADP), which decouples the decomposition of the search space from the algebra used to compute a final result. Thus, the ADP framework provides a unified setting and a generic implementation to quickly test working hypotheses. Here, it enables naturally implementing the suggested parametric optimization by developing novel algebras. Those include the polytope algebra, which allows to segment the parameter space based on its impact of the final prediction, and a formal derivative algebra, which allows to compute the derivative of ensemble predictions with respect to a given parameter. Conversely, those methods can be used to learn the optimal parameter sets based on a reference set of instances. This will result in deeper insights into robustness of the algorithms to changes of parameters or input data and hence, results can be assessed based on robustness measures and leads to the calculation of biologically more meaningful results. The overall methodology will be applied to problems in RNA Bioinformatics.

Mots clés : rna biology, discrete algorithms, algebraic dynamic programming, statistical learning

Participants :
- École polytechnique (France) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 196707.84 €
Projet 3DNCPM (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2014)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Physics
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The proposed project aims at a comprehensive understanding of the processes underlying the nonlinear optical responses of three-dimensional chiral plasmonic metamaterials (3DNCPM). Electromagnetic fields that interact with chiral plasmonic nanostructures result in strong chiroptical effects. Because their optical response is proportional to multiple powers of the enhanced near-field intensity, chiral metal nanostructures also constitute excellent candidates for nonlinear optical materials with new or improved properties. Utilizing advanced nanofabrication technologies, we are able to create complex three-dimensional metallic nanostructures and tailor their spectral response at will depending on the material properties, the nanostructure geometry, and its surrounding. The ability to concentrate light in sub-wavelength dimensions and to locally enhance the strength of the electromagnetic field in a tailored fashion will give us a full understanding of the physics behind the nonlinear optical mechanisms of plasmonics and chirality. Using sophisticated metamaterial designs, we aim at enhancing the nonlinear chiroptical effects and we believe that our work will provide a framework for exploiting the benefits of chiral nonlinear metasurfaces for novel applications, such as plasmonically enhanced mid-IR and THz generation, as well as nonlinear plasmonic sensing.

Mots clés : plasmonics, metamaterials, nonlinear lithography

Participants :
- University of Stuttgart (Allemagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 159460.8 €
Projet SiMAero (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2017)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The proposed project aims at combining advanced numerical techniques for the modeling of damage to Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) methods to provide tools for the on-line detection of damage in aircraft structures. Two cases will be considered: the detection of damage in advanced stages in operating conditions and the detection of damage in early stages in parked conditions. The extended finite element method (XFEM) along with model order reduction (MOR) techniques will be employed for the modeling of damage while detection process will be based on vibration measurements. For the in-flight detection case the operating loads will be estimated as well. The developed tools will be tested initially in simulated damage detection scenarios and subsequently in experimental setups.

Mots clés : extended finite element method, model order reduction, structural health monitoring

Participants :
- Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology (Suisse) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 175419.6 €
Projet TRIA (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2015)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The proposed project aims at combining quantitative, corpus based research with qualitative research on language typology and language change. In particular, I plan to provide a thorough description of verbal valency and of valency-changing categories in Old Indo-Aryan along with their development in Middle and New Indo-Aryan. The main tasks of the research are: (i) creation of an online free-accessible data base of early Old Indo-Aryan verbs based on data extracted from the Rgveda; (ii) a description of the diachronic development and balance of the different intransitivity markers in Indo-Aryan ranging from Old Indo-Aryan up to New Indo-Aryan. The data base of early Old Indo-Aryan verbs will provide a template for annotation of valency-changing categories in other texts. It will also contain data concerning the token and type frequency of verbs and verb forms. The diachronic analysis of the valency-changing categories in Indo-Aryan will be performed on a selection of verbs, and will serve as a basis for the typological study of these categories in a new perspective, particularly, for uncovering the stability of some categories and the expansion of some others, and thereby for determining what is constant in dynamic processes. The innovative and challenging character of the research is determined by its threefold perspective: (i) it will provide freely accessible resources for research on valency-changing categories in Old Indo-Aryan in their synchronic and (partly) diachronic aspects; (ii) together with similar works on other ancient Indo-European languages, it will offer a basis for the reconstruction of the Proto-Indo-European syntax; (iii) evidence from Indo-Aryan offers a possibility to study different features and developments within a group of related categories (passive, causative,etc.), being of particular relevance for a typological diachronic study of these categories.

Mots clés : indo aryan, verbal valence, valence changes, data base, diachrony

Participants :
- University of Pavia (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 180277.2 €
Projet WFL (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2014)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The proposed project aims at the compilation of a derivational morphological dictionary of the Latin language, which connects lexical elements on the basis of wordformation rules, through the use of computational linguistic methods. The final resource will be both a standalone tool accessible through its own website, and interconnected with the Index Thomisticus Treebank (IT-TB), a syntactically annotated corpus of texts of Thomas Aquinas, currently based at the Centro Interdisciplinare di Ricerche per la Computerizzazione dei Segni dell’Espressione (CIRCSE), at the Universita’ Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan. The integration with the IT-TB will be operated through the embedding of the dictionary data within the morphological layer of annotation of the treebank, using TEI (Text Encoding Initiative) P5 conformant XML encoding which will ensure easy sharing and linking of the data across a variety of potentially related projects, and will make sure, through the use of an internationally recognised standard for the encoding of textual data, such data will be re-usable and expandable in the future

Mots clés : wordformation, lexicon, dictionary, latin, computational linguistics, digital humanities

Participants :
- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 180277.2 €
Projet PHOTORNA (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2016)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Chemistry
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The proposed project aims at the development of novel functional ligands whose association with ribonucleic acid (RNA) is reversibly activated by light. As several RNA forms are essential key elements in physiological processes, the control of their function or malfunction by the reversible binding of photoswitchable ligands possesses a great potential as a tool in anticancer, antiviral and antimicrobial therapy. Surprisingly, this innovative approach towards a controlled reversible generation of RNA binders was mainly neglected in this highly topical research field. Hence, in this project photochromic hemi-indigo and fulgide derivatives are chosen as a platform for the design of photo-responsive RNA ligands, because i) they exhibit general features of RNA binders; ii) their structure can be reversibly modified by light, iii) the core structures are readily synthesized, and iii) the substitution pattern can be easily varied to enable fine-tuning of binding selectivity based on structure-activity relationships. In addition, conjugates that comprise two photoactive RNA-binding units will be obtained and studied because such bifunctional binders are expected to have very high affinity and selectivity toward RNA. An extensive library of derivatives will be synthesized and tested for their photocontrollable association with RNA. As a special method, real-time NMR-spectroscopic studies with direct irradiation of the sample inside a specifically designed spectrometer will be used to assess in detail the dynamics in the course of the photoinduced ligand–RNA interactions. Overall, it is anticipated that this systematic approach will enable the identification and development of lead structures for controllable RNA-targeting drugs with a great pharmacological potential. Moreover, the high interdisciplinary, innovative character of this challenging project gives the researcher an excellent opportunity to achieve professional maturity and open up best career possibilities.

Mots clés : bioorganic chemistry, rna binders, photochromism, photoswitches, hemi indigo, hemithioindigo, fulgide, fulgimide

Participants :
- University of Siegen (Allemagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 159460.8 €
Projet MetEmbed (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2016)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Chemistry
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The proposed project aims to develop and apply quantum mechanical (QM) methods targeted at metalloenzymes, for which the methods in use today often fail. The failures are caused by inaccuracies in either 1) the underlying protein structures, 2) the employed QM method or 3) the embedding method that describes electrostatic interactions between the protein environment and the active site (i.e. metal and its nearest ligands). The MetEmbed project addresses 1), 2) and 3) with hydrogenases and polysaccharide monooxygenases (PMOs) as target enzymes. Hydrogenases mediate the reversible conversion of dihydrogen into hydride ions and protons, while PMOs have shown great potential for biofuel production. The overall objective is to investigate the reaction and spin-state energetics for key intermediates in the two proteins' catalytic cycles. To ensure that the underlying structures are accurate, extensive molecular dynamics (MD) simulations with tailored force fields and QM/MM methods will be employed. The adequacy of the QM methods will be ensured by using accurate, multireference QM methods that are known to be well-suited for transition metal systems. Two new multireference QM methods will be applied, namely a multiconfigurational density functional theory hybrid and the density matrix renormalization group method. These methods have high potential for metalloenzymes, but have until now only found little use in this area. To address the effect of the protein electrostatics, an accurate embedding scheme that, contrary to most QM/MM methods, includes the polarization of the environment will be used. The combination of 1) accurate structures, 2) accurate QM methods and 3) polarizable embedding schemes is unprecedented for metalloenzymes. The MetEmbed project will thus predict energetics with a new level of confidence for two systems with high potential in the areas of energy efficiency and low-carbon energy production; both central parts of the HORIZON2020 program.

Mots clés : mm methods, metalloenzymes, hydrogenases, polysaccharide monooxygenase

Participants :
- Lund University (Suède) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 173857.2 €