Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-actions-marie-curie-participations-et-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Projet DISTINCT (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2018)
Action : Doctoral Networks
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The main aim of DISTINCT will develop a premier quality multi-disciplinary, multi-professional and intersectorial education and training research framework for Europe aimed at improving technology and care for people with dementia and their carers, and to use coherent themes an.d interrelated ESRs within DISTINCT to provide the evidence to show how technology can improve the lives of people with dementia. The unique collaborative partnership DISTINCT comprises 9 world leading research organisations plus IDES an SME for technology, research and care, with 9 collaborative partners who include Alzheimer Europe, the leading non-academic sector organisation representing people with dementia and carers within Europe, Alzheimer’s Disease International, the global voice on dementia representing an international federation of Alzheimer’s associations, the World OT Federation, other major universities and 2 other SMEs. The consortium is the ideal team to offer interdisciplinary, intersectorial, and international perspectives with 8 countries, 3 international organisations, key sectors and the right range of disciplines. The academic and non-academic partners within DISTINCT will be closely involved with INTERDEM, a well-established, interdisciplinary European collaborative research network of 180 leading academics and researchers in 20 European countries with an aim to improve early detection and timely and quality psychosocial interventions in dementia

Mots clés : technology, dementia care

Participants :
- Maastricht University (Pays-Bas) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 531239.76 €
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgique) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 256320.0 €
- University of London (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 303172.56 €
- National University of Ireland (Irlande) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 274684.32 €
- University of Nottingham (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 606345.12 €
- I mas d y empleo serviconsulting sl (Espagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 501809.76 €
- Amsterdam University Medical Centers (Pays-Bas) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 531239.76 €
- University of Bremen (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 252788.4 €
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 505576.8 €
- Czech Technical University in Prague (Rép. Tchèque) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 234871.56 €
Projet IslamPolTheory (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2019)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - Global Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The main aim of IslamPolTheory is to provide training-through-research toward the examination of the intellectual foundations of Islam-based political ideologies and movements that have become one of the main elements of politics throughout Europe and the world in the last two decades, by conducting an interdisciplinary study of the Islamic intellectual field in Turkey, through an examination of 20 leading non-academic periodicals specializing in political thought published since the 1990s. This field is a unique, rigorous, diverse field of political theorizing that brings together Turkish, Islamic and Western intellectual traditions, and themes ranging from politics and economics to philosophy. Based on conceptual and methodological training under the supervision Prof Thomas B. Hansen at Stanford University, this study will define and develop the anthropology of political thought as a new field of inquiry that not only applies to Turkey, but also to different countries where an intellectual field can be studied as a site of political theorizing in relation to its social, political and global context. This study will focus on the Islamic intellectual field in Turkey to locate different schools of thought established around periodicals along the Islamist-conservative divide through ethnographies of ideas and intellectuals. IslamPolTheory is designed as a career development project that will enable Dr. Çınar to make significant academic and policy-related contributions by launching a new subdiscipline and helping expand public awareness by bringing into light novel information on Islam-based political movements, identities and ideologies in Europe and the world. The new conceptual and methodological skills, knowledge and networks acquired at Stanford will be brought back, utilized and disseminated among multidisciplinary, transnational and multisectoral audiences in Turkey and Europe in consultation with beneficiary supervisor, Dr Ilker Ayturk at Bilkent University.

Mots clés : anthropology of islam, political anthropology, islamic political thought, political islam in turkey, turkish intellectual history, muslim conservative thought, intellectual ethnography

Participants :
- Bilkent University (Turquie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 255943.68 €
- Stanford University (Etats-Unis) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
Projet SECURE (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2014)
Action : Doctoral Networks
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The majority of existing robots in industry are pre-programmed robots working in safety zones, with visual or auditory warning signals and little concept of intelligent safety awareness necessary for dynamic and unpredictable human or domestic environments. In the future, novel cognitive robotic companions will be developed, ranging from service robots to humanoid robots, which should be able to learn from users and adapt to open dynamic contexts. The development of such robot companions will lead to new challenges for human-robot cooperation and safety, going well beyond the current state of the art. Therefore, the SECURE project aims to train a new generation of researchers on safe cognitive robot concepts for human work and living spaces on the most advanced humanoid robot platforms available in Europe. The fellows will be trained through an innovative concept of project-based learning and constructivist learning in supervised peer networks where they will gain experience from an intersectoral programme involving universities, research institutes, large and SME companies from public and private sectors. The training domain will integrate multidisciplinary concepts from the fields of cognitive human-robot interaction, computer science and intelligent robotics where a new approach of integrating principles of embodiment, situation and interaction will be pursued to address future challenges for safe human-robot environments.

Mots clés : cognitive robotics, intelligent systems

Participants :
- Universität Hamburg (Allemagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 740726.76 €
- Italian Institute of Technology (Italie) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 516122.64 €
- University of Plymouth (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 447888.47 €
- Fraunhofer Society (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 498432.96 €
- Danieli telerobot labs s.r.l. (Italie) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 258061.32 €
- University of Hertfordshire (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 546575.76 €
- University of Manchester (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 98687.29 €
Projet SalFluMa (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2016)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Environment and Geosciences
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The majority of natural diamonds that have great economic importance for the gem industry are formed at great depth beneath old continents in the subcontinental lithospheric mantle (SCLM). The main carrier of these diamonds are kimberlites, deep volcanic rocks that transport fragments of the SCLM to the Earth’s surface. Both diamond formation and kimberlite genesis are still heavily debated processes in the Geosciences. Growing evidence from natural samples, such as fluid inclusions in diamonds, suggests that chloride-bearing fluids may play an important role in diamond formation and possibly in kimberlite generation. These saline fluids are envisaged to percolate into the SCLM from slabs of oceanic crust that are subducted underneath the continents. The proposed research will investigate this hypothesis from an experimental perspective. High-pressure and temperature experiments, performed at the Institute for Mineralogy at the University of Münster (WWU), will examine the reactions between saline fluids and different rock types that constitute the SCLM. The reaction products will be evaluated by micro-analytical methods, and their compositions compared to natural samples and to kimberlitic melts. These petrological experiments are completely novel and indispensable in testing existing hypotheses on diamond formation and kimberlite generation. The applicant is new to the field of experimental petrology, but brings along a wealth of complimentary experience. During his Diplom and PhD research (at the University of Mainz and the University of Alberta, respectively) he has worked with a wide range of analytical methods and gained profound knowledge of kimberlites, diamonds, and phase equilibria of the mantle. The WWU would benefit from the applicant’s previous research experience and his contacts in academia and industry. In return, the applicant would greatly benefit from a transition into experimental petrology at one of Europe’s top research institutes in this area.

Mots clés : experimental petrology, high pressure high temperature experiments, diamond formation, kimberlite formation, saline fluids, subcontinental lithospheric mantle

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

The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, which causes ~600,000 deaths annually, propagates within host erythrocytes. Roughly synchronous egress of blood stage parasites in vivo causes the periodic fevers associated with malaria and is essential for parasite replication. Blocking parasite egress can stop disease progression, so understanding its mechanism is key to identifying new drug targets. Egress of malaria parasites from host erythrocytes involves the rupture of two membranes- the parasitophorous vacuole membrane and the erythrocyte membrane. It is unclear how the parasitophorous vacuole membrane ruptures during egress, and what mechanism is responsible for poration of the erythrocyte membrane. While it has been shown that egress is protease-dependent, the effector molecules that bring about the disruption of both membranes remain unknown. Potential effector molecules include parasite perforin-like proteins (PLPs) and phospholipases. This project aims to test the hypothesis that Plasmodium PLPs and phospholipases are involved in malarial egress. First, we will apply newly developed conditional knockout strategies to establish the role in egress of a candidate perforin-like protein. Second, we aim to devise a novel conditional genetic screen to identify egress related phospholipases in a medium-throughput manner. This work will add to the efforts being made to understand egress and will attempt to develop a much needed forward genetic screen in the malaria parasite. The interdisciplinary approach proposed here combines the experienced researcher (ER)’s skills in genomics and the host laboratory’s expertise in malarial cell biology and conditional knockout technologies. This will equip the ER with the right exposure and new skills to pursue a future independent research career in malaria research.

Mots clés : malaria, plasmodium, egress, perforin like proteins, phospholipases, dicre conditional mutagenesis

Participants :
- The Francis Crick Institute (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 183454.8 €
Projet AG-GF (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2014)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - Global Fellowships
Panel : Life Sciences
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The mammalian brain integrates behaviorally relevant sensory information by recruiting large parts of the neocortex to enable precise perception, apt decisions and adequate actions. The large-scale interactions and the distinct roles of the various neocortical regions, namely frontal motor-related areas and posterior sensory-related regions, remain poorly understood. Here, we aim to characterize how behavior-related activity in higher-order regions (e.g. frontal area) of the mouse is spatiotemporally organized, and how does it relate to lower-order regions (e.g. somatosensory cortex). Mice will be trained on an S1-dependent texture discrimination task under head-fixed conditions, enabling simultaneous imaging of neuronal populations. First, we will use a novel wide-field preparation to map lower and higher-order functions throughout the cortex. Next, we will zoom-in on specific areas of interest using two-photon microscopy to achieve single cell resolution. Finally, we will use an array of labeling techniques to track behavior-dependent activity of neuronal populations that project to a specific area. A special emphasis will be to identify how the activity in subsets of neurons that project ‘top-down’, from frontal areas to the primary sensory area, relates to different behavioral aspects. We expect that our results will provide fundamental insights into the contribution of frontal cortical regions to perception-related and decision-related activity before sensation (anticipation), during sensation (texture touch) and after sensation (holding in memory and 'licking for reward' action). We believe that this multidisciplinary project in behaving animals is a challenging and promising approach bound to generate novel and exciting results which will be of great interest to the scientific community.

Mots clés : texture discrimination task, behaving mice, wide field imaging, two photon microscopy, long range projections, top down interactions

Participants :
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israël) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 278674.2 €
- University of Zurich (Suisse) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
Projet FIRST (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2016)
Action : Staff Exchanges
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The manufacturing industry is entering a new era in which new ICT technologies and collaboration applications are integrated with traditional manufacturing practices and processes, which brings virtual organisations to factories, i.e. Manufacturing 2.0. Virtual factory to future manufacturing slows the flexible amalgamation of manufacturing resources in multiple organisations to create timely, demand driven product lines. The project “vF Interoperation suppoRting buSiness innovaTion” (FIRST) provides the new technology and methodology to describe manufacturing assets; to compose and integrate the existing services into collaborative virtual manufacturing processes; and to deal with evolution of changes. From the overarching objective to enhance manufacturing integration through the application of advanced IT solutions, the innovative project brings together an experienced researcher with expertise in the designing an interoperability framework for facilitating interoperability on data/information, services and process levels respectively. These outcomes lead to significant business innovations for virtual factories, made possible by an internationally recognised group expertise in (manufacturing) services/assets description languages, semantic services discover methods, and automated interoperability. The experienced researcher has an existing background in service oriented business process management; ontology based process model registration and management; and web service discovery and selection. She combines this with a perspective on application of those technologies. The FIRST project will take advantage of this complementary experience as well as the academic and industrial relationships in Europe and China respectively, taking advantage of the unique opportunity to address the concept from both perspectives.

Mots clés : virtual factory, factories of the future  fof, manufacturing 2 0, virtual enterprise, information, systems

Participants :
- Gk software se (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 135000.0 €
- Shuangchi industrial co.ltd (Chine) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Sapienza University of Rome (Italie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 135000.0 €
- University of Groningen (Pays-Bas) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 198000.0 €
- Bournemouth University (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 288000.0 €
- University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 54000.0 €
- Shanghai Second Polytechnic University (Chine) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Wuhan km information technology coltd (Chine) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
Projet DeFacto (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2019)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - Global Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The manufacturing world is experiencing what many recognize as “the fourth industrial revolution”, characterized by production lines turning into complex cyber-physical systems (CPSs). This transformation offers unprecedented opportunities but brings a series of intellectual and engineering challenges. The DeFacto (Design Automation for Smart Factories) project aims at advancing the field of CPS design and its automation by developing novel modeling paradigms, scalable algorithms, and tools to aid the design of smart manufacturing systems, ultimately fostering their widespread adoption. DeFacto’s methodology reasons about systems using reliable compositional abstractions of system behaviors based on assume-guarantee (A/G) contracts. An A/G contract represents the interface of a component as a pair of assumptions and guarantees. Assumptions are the behaviors that a component expects from the environment; guarantees are the behaviors the component promises in the context of the assumptions. Contracts are mathematical models that provide rigorous composition rules and mechanisms to analyze complex system behaviors, validate the design requirements, and develop system components in a modular and hierarchical way. CPSs challenge the existing notions of “modularity”, “hierarchy”, and “separation of concerns” in electronic design. DeFacto rethinks these notions to enable effective and computationally tractable compositional abstractions for industrial CPSs, by blending techniques from formal methods, simulation, and optimization for virtual prototyping and algorithmic synthesis of control software. DeFacto is a major step for my personal growth and my career as a well-rounded, independent researcher. It allows broadening my horizons with new approaches to CPS design automation and develops the necessary skills to address major scientific and technological challenges to be faced by the European economies and societies.

Mots clés : cyber physical systems, design automation, contract based design, platform based design, advanced manufacturing, system level design, model based system engineering, industrial control systems

Participants :
- University of Verona (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 269002.56 €
- University of South Carolina System (Etats-Unis) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
Projet ICARUS (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2018)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The mechanical behaviour of granular materials subjected to large deformations is important in many problems in science and engineering. Current numerical simulation methods using zeroth-order constitutive relations give results that are dependent on the employed mesh size. This problem can be circumvented by using higher-order constitutive relations. However, current higher-order constitutive relations are heuristic, thus in many cases the results are still mesh-size dependent. Using an innovative multi-scale approach, I will constructively challenge current higher-order continuum theories from a fundamental perspective, namely by consideration of the underlying microstructure, in order to obtain mesh-independent solutions. In ICARUS, I will: 1) develop micromechanical expressions for three-dimensional higher-order strain and stress tensors for granular materials, 2) construct higher-order constitutive models within the thermodynamic framework, based on micromechanical analyses of DEM simulations, and 3) demonstrate their capabilities in solving “benchmark” geotechnical large-deformation problems. My investigation results in a computational simulation method that provides valuable insights in large-deformation engineering problems and thus will aid in assessing and reducing risks of natural hazards, with benefits for society. Under the guidance of Prof Kruyt, an internationally-recognised expert on micromechanics of granular materials, and of my high-level international steering committee, I will acquire deep knowledge on granular micromechanics and higher-order continuum theories. This lays a solid foundation for my scientific career. ICARUS paves the way for my ambition to become an outstanding independent researcher on multi-scale studies of granular materials, by significantly strengthening my scientific skills and track record, enhancing my mentoring and teaching capabilities and expanding my international scientific network.

Mots clés : granular materials, micromechanics, higher order continuum, fabric tensor, constitutive relations, microstructure, dem simulations, large deformation problems

Participants :
- University of Twente (Pays-Bas) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 187572.48 €