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

The LHCb experiment at CERN was created in order to investigate decays of beauty and charm mesons produced in the proton collisions of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Through measurements of the observables in such decays, for example amplitudes and phases in the angular distributions of decay products, the effects of New Physics can be discovered. Disproving the Standard Model (SM) predictions through so-called flavour observables is an exciting approach to discover the answers to the questions the SM cannot solve, such as the source of the matter-antimatter differences necessary for our existence. The large backgrounds present in proton-proton collisions mean that large quantities of data must be processed, for example if all events were kept from the nominal LHCb luminosity, this would equate to ~50PB of raw data. The TNT project will enhance the physics abilities of the LHCb experiment, and will also dictate the future direction of Big Data analytics in High Energy Physics. The first two goals of this TNT project involve two new analyses of b→s transitions decaying to neutral particles, namely Bd→K*(→KSπ0)μμ and Bs→γγ, that provide complementary experimental inputs to New Physics searches. The study of these transitions will expand the physics case for the LHCb experiment and will involve the creation of new collaboration tools for the optimisation of all analyses with a single neutral particle. The third and final goal of the TNT project aims to optimise the LHCb data processing model through the extensive use of real-time analysis. Building on the success in 2015 and 2016 of the Turbo stream, allowing physics analyses to be performed with the LHCb trigger event reconstruction, the extension of this principle to flexibly save any required part of the event will transform the data processing model, permit all LHCb analyses to be performed in real time.

Mots clés : big data, flavour physics

Participants :
- Dutch Research Council (Pays-Bas) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 165598.8 €
Projet LHCbDFEI (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2019)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Physics
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The LHCb experiment has shown an excellent performance in precision measurements of beauty- and charm-hadron decays during the LHC runs 1 and 2. Now, it is undertaking its first major upgrade, to face the challenges of a large increase in instantaneous luminosity, that implies augmented event complexity and background levels. This impacts the trigger, which needs to quickly and efficiently identify signals, while facing limits on the disk storage capacity. The proposed project aims at fighting these limitations in a new way for LHCb: performing a Deep Full Event Interpretation (DFEI) during trigger, where a deep neural network processes the low-level information from the detector and infers the heavy-hadron decays that occurred in the event. This allows to quickly identify different types of background and provides enhanced information on the mother particles. As a first application of DFEI, the first angular analysis of semitauonic decays at LHCb is proposed. Semitauonic decays are partially reconstructed in LHCb, due to the presence of neutrinos in the final state. This leads to high levels of backgrounds, hard to separate from the signal, which makes them a perfect validation bench for the power of DFEI. From a physics perspective, the recently-observed flavour anomalies defy the concept of Lepton Universality of the Standard Model (SM), and point towards potential beyond-the-SM effects in semitauonic B decays. The complementary aim of this project is to perform the first LHCb angular analysis of both B0 -> D+ tau- nu and B0 -> D*+ tau- nu decays, where D*+ -> D+ pi0 and tau- -> mu- nu nu. This analysis will provide crucial information to discriminate between different new models proposed to explain the anomalies. The ambitious projects in this proposal are solidly based on my experience with semitauonic decays, angular analyses and the creation of new software tools, as well as the broad experience of the host group in event reconstruction and data analysis.

Mots clés : event reconstruction, lhcb, deep learning, real time analysis, trigger, b physics, flavour anomalies, lepton flavour universality, semileptonic decays, tau lepton, angular analysis, new physics

Participants :
- University of Milano-Bicocca (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 171473.28 €
Projet LIDOS (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2017)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Chemistry
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The LIDOS project uses in-silico approaches to design nanometer sized photomagnetic (PM) switches. Switches of this kind find use in myriad technological devices, primarily because of their ability to alter their magnetic response upon light irradiation. This project follows an underexplored, yet promising, strategy to obtain new PM switches with enhanced properties. Specifically, dyads (i.e. two-component molecules) will be designed that combine a photoswitch and a magnetic moiety hosting unpaired electrons. Despite attempts to design PM switches employing both transition metals and purely-organic radicals as magnetic units, significant advances in magnetic response remain elusive. This project aims to rationally develop efficient PM switches featuring pronounced changes in magnetic response at room temperature, using purely-organic components. Azobenzene and Diarylethene derivatives will serve as photoswitches, whose primary mission is undergoing a reversible structural change that modulates the magnetic interaction between the radical moieties of adjacent dyads. Thus, the design principles are based on supramolecular choreography. DTA- and Verdazyl- molecules will be targeted as radicals, and will be affixed to photoswitches via linker groups. In the first step, computational screening will be used to explore the best component combinations leading to a set of potential PM switches. In the second step, candidates will be further tuned to optimize their optical properties. The overarching goal is the identification of a reversible PM switch triggered by visible light. LIDOS lies at the intersection of photochemistry, molecular magnetism, computational chemistry, and physical organic chemistry. It combines well-established DFT-based approaches, computational methods to describe and understand non-covalent interactions recently developed at the host institution (EPFL), and state-of-the-art molecular dynamics techniques to study the photochemical process.

Mots clés : molecular magnetism, photochemistry

Participants :
- Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology (Suisse) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 175419.6 €
Projet MTrill (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2018)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The MTrill is a process-oriented research that aims at investigating how online freely available Machine Translation (MT) systems are impacting the acquisition and processing of English as a second language. The research will shed light on issues involving a central aspect of language acquisition: the so-called language binding, i.e., the ability to combine single words properly in a grammatical sentence in a second language. To pursue this goal, a syntactic priming experiment will be carried out in which participants will be tested as whether they produce the same syntactic structures that had been previously seen during a translation task using a MT. The project brings a brand-new methodological approach within MT process-oriented evaluation research and it goes beyond the existing state-of-the-art approaches since it will focus on translation processing complemented by product analysis (oral production). The project will be conducted under the supervision of Professor Andy Way and Doctor Monica Ward in the ADAPT Centre based in Dublin City university. A four-months secondment will be carried out in the Max Planck Institute of Psycholinguistics (MPI) in Nijmegen, The Netherlands, in the Neurobiology of Language research group under the supervision of Professor Peter Hagoort. The knowledge acquired during the secondment will be consolidated in the return phase through implementation of the experiments carried out for this project as well as through teaching and co-supervision activities. Results of this research will be disseminated through conferences and journal paper publications and will be communicated to multiple audiences through articles published in non-academic magazines, blogs and social media. The fellowship will attract academic networking opportunities, skill-set improvements and a personal and professional transformative experience to the researcher since it will establish her as the new leading light in research of an interdisciplinary field.

Mots clés : language learning, syntax, psycholinguistics

Participants :
- Dublin City University (Irlande) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 184590.72 €
Projet NOSTER (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2020)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Physics
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The NOSTER project is about unveiling the dynamics and features of spatiotemporal coherent structures emerging in multimode optical fibers, such as spatiotemporal solitons, also known as light bullets. Solitons are particle-like states, emerging due to a double balance between linear and nonlinear processes, that maintain their shape while propagating in a medium. Solitons arise in a large variety of different natural media, ranging from hydrodynamics and plasma physics, to nonlinear optics and biology. In nonlinear optics, the emergence of solitons is related to the light confinement in time or space. One basic example of a system yielding to this type of state are single mode optical fibers, where the Kerr nonlinearity counteracts the spreading of the light produced by the chromatic dispersion. In multimode optical fibers, temporal and spatial effects, such as chromatic dispersion and diffraction, can occur simultaneously and counteract the Kerr nonlinearity, leading to the space-time confinement of light, and therefore, to the formation of much more complex coherent structures. My approach in this project is to predict and analyze the generation of localized spatiotemporal states, in particular light bullets and vortices, from a pattern forming and bifurcation theory perspective. Applying advanced analytical and numerical methods, I will first elucidate the origin of light bullets, characterizing their dynamics and bifurcation structure. In a second step, I will study the dynamical properties of optical vortices and the potential transition to optical turbulence. In both cases, their interaction dynamics, and the influence of high-order effects and losses will be analyzed. The understanding of such complex dynamics is crucial, and it will enable a tremendous breakthrough in many technological areas such as high-power multimode fiber lasers, optical communication systems, and a large variety of other industrial and biomedical applications.

Mots clés : solitons, vortices, localized structures, nonlinear optics, photonics, multimode optical fibers, spatiotemporal phenomena, bifurcation theory, dynamical systems

Participants :
- Sapienza University of Rome (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 171473.28 €
Projet INTERACTIONS (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2018)
Action : Cofund Postdoctoral programme
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The Niels Bohr International Academy (NBIA) is a permanent research centre within University of Copenhagen. It functions as a primary venue for basic research in theoretical and mathematical physics, including the model description of physical systems and data. Constantly focusing on new developments, the NBIA spearheads the introduction of new research areas by attracting international, high-profiled young scientists working on brand-new topics. NBIA provides the unrestricted intellectual environment essential to enable curiosity-driven, breakthrough research by fostering a cross-disciplinary scientific culture. To this end, the NBIA endeavours to attract to Denmark the best and brightest international talent from all over the world, with total commitment to selecting the very best candidates, regardless of race, religion or gender. INTERACTIONS supports the ambitious goal of the NBIA is to become the leading European institution of its kind. The idea behind the Niels Bohr International Academy is a throwback to the days when scientific breakthroughs resulted from close interactions between people driven by their own curiosity. INTERACTIONS: With this application for an ambitious EU-supported programme called INTERACTIONS we aim to use the NBIA as a platform to enhance the internationalization and cross-fertilization among different subjects within theoretical physics and associated sciences for the benefit of Europe. Through this programme we will train some of the brightest theoretical physicists available from all over the world. We provide • Exceptional opportunities to interact and collaborate with top international research environments • Opportunities to develop independent research projects and create independent research groups • Employment under world leading salary and work conditions • Acquisition and sharpening of scientific and technical skills to strengthen fellow career opportunities

Mots clés : theoretical physics, mathematical physics, international collaboration, excellence

Participants :
- University of Copenhagen (Danemark) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 2427480.0 €
Projet EPICE (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2017)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Environment and Geosciences
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The North Atlantic Ocean has been shown to be 1) potentially predictable up to a decade ahead, 2) important in the predictability of other regions/indices e.g. European temperatures, Atlantic hurricanes, Sahel rainfall, and, 3) crucial to the manifestation of longer term climate change involving the large-scale ocean (e.g. the AMO/AMV; Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation/Variability). Nonetheless, similarly to the widely considered “equilibrium climate sensitivity” (ECS; the long term temperature change in a climate model given a doubling of carbon dioxide levels), the spread in projections over the North Atlantic has remained large throughout IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) assessment reports. In this project, we will investigate the causes of the spread in climate projections of the North Atlantic across IPCC-CMIP6 to derive emergent constraints that will allow better projections of climate change in Europe: We will (1) investigate the specific mechanisms of North Atlantic change in these models and compare with historical observations. This will lead to (2) testing how these comparisons are sensitive to the model formulation (via targeted experiments in two comparable state-of-the-art CMIP6 models from European institutions that use the same underlying ocean model). Finally, this will allow us to (3) derive emergent constraints to narrow the spread in CMIP6 projections. This project will combine the statistical power of the CMIP6 archive with the detailed process understanding obtained from targeted sensitivity experiments conducted within a coordinated ocean framework. Our goal is twofold: To understand the mechanisms behind climate change projections in the North Atlantic/Europe and to use this knowledge to derive emergent constraints with which to narrow the uncertainties in these important projections. EPICE: Emergent Properties to Improve European Climate Estimates

Mots clés : climate change, atlantic, ocean, dynamics, variability, decadal, projections, predictions

Participants :
- Sorbonne Université (France) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 173076.0 €
Projet TADFORCE (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2014)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Physics
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The OLED worldwide market is growing rapidly and Europe needs experts possessing a comprehensive knowledge and practical experience in this technology. OLED technology is used in small devices such as smart phones and tablets but also in high-end TVs and lighting, as OLEDs are still relatively expensive compared to LCD. But with research progressing towards lower cost and longer lifetime, together with a growing trend to use flexible displays in smartphones etc., the OLED market is growing fast. Europe is a huge supplier of the materials for OLED displays, taking in to account that electronic market is changing very fast and companies are search for new cheaper materials the input of research in this area is needed. The flexible OLED display market is predicted to quadruple next year, with predicted global market revenue for flexible OLEDs to increase from $21.9 million in 2013 to $12 billion by 2020 and this project will help to maintain Europe place as a major supplier of OLED materials. The high demand for flexible OLEDs will increase the need for very expensive and rare iridium. The TADFORCE project aims to explore exciplex emitters and thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) in OLEDs i) to replace currently used Ir complexes, and ii) to show how to easily tune emitter, resulting in reduced production cost, especially blue, where Ir based emitters fails. The main research goal of the multi-disciplinary TADFORCE project is to explore CT and exciplex emitters and their application in OLED devices by training Experienced Researcher through joint research in chemical, physical and material science in both academia and industry. The ER will gain experience in conducting research in a multidisciplinary environment to produce important data in this new OLED field to enable the development, modeling and tailoring of TADF OLED devices, which are at the forefront of new OLED research and development.

Mots clés : tadf, exciplex, oled, ambipolar, carbazole

Participants :
- Durham University (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 195454.8 €
Projet OPTIMIST (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2019)
Action : Staff Exchanges
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The OPTIMIST programme sets the ambitious aim to develop a modular end-to-end service platform tailored to the optimized delivery of personalised video content in 5G mobile networks, providing one of the first world-wide implementations of MEC-enabled service provisioning in 5G networks that is fully compatible with the emerging ETSI/3GPP reference architectures. To achieve this, the OPTIMIST service platform will design and implement different MEC services, which are currently studied in an isolated fashion in current literature, (e.g. edge network caching exploiting edge storage resources, video transcoding and data-driven content popularity prediction exploiting edge processing resources, optimized video content placement and delivery exploiting the new 5G radio capabilities), in the form of virtual network functions (VNFs) that are instantiated and optimized on-the-fly to construct a video service chain that is designed to meet the personalized requirements of 5G mobile video consumers. To formalize the integration of MEC capabilities into the operation of 5G mobile networks, the OPTIMIST service platform will be fully aligned with the existing and forthcoming standardization activities in the areas of MEC and 5G networks (ETSI MEC and 3GPP); thus, maximizing the impact of the project in the long-term both in terms of academic results (new methodological tools and algorithmic innovations) and market products (deliver specific products / services that will enhance the portfolio of industrial partners). To this end, OPTIMIST will leverage state-of-the-art (SotA) technologies in MEC-empowered service provisioning, data-driven service control and automation, QoE-driven dynamic adaptive video streaming over HTTP (DASH), GPS-free localization and machine learning (ML) for wireless communications.

Mots clés : multi access edge computing, 5g networks, quality of experience, mobile video, service provisioning

Participants :
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Grèce) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 276000.0 €
- Iquadrat (Spain) (Espagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 386400.0 €
- University of L'Aquila (Italie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 220800.0 €
- CERCA Institution (Espagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- West aquila srl (Italie) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 220800.0 €
- Fogus innovations & services p.c. (Grèce) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 386400.0 €
Projet OST-CDG-omics (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2019)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Life Sciences
Statut du projet : CLOSED

Congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG) are a group of over 100 inherited disorders characterised by defective glycosylation of proteins and lipids. Although the phenotypic and genetic characteristics of CDG as a whole are well established, their pathophysiology is poorly understood. In addition, the phenotype of affected patients is extremely variable, with dramatically different clinical presentations often appearing in patients with mutations in the same gene. I plan to investigate the link between pathogenic mutation and phenotype using recent advances in omics technologies, with a focus on the regulation of genes implicated in the pathophysiology of CDG. Firstly, using transcriptomics and epigenomics, I will identify the mechanism by which mutations in homologous genes encoding subunits of the oligosaccharyltransferase (OST) complex cause divergent phenotypes, thought to be due to differences in the regulation of tissue-specific transcription. The primary model for these studies will be the MAGT1 gene, mutations in which can lead to either a severe developmental disorder (MAGT1-CDG) or an isolated primary immune deficiency (XMEN). Secondly, using glycoproteomic techniques, I will study the proteins most affected by aberrant glycosylation in CDG affecting the OST, thereby characterising their pathophysiology in both patient-derived and modified cell lines. findings will be further investigated using targeted techniques such as LC-MS/MS. In summary, this study will simultaneously provide valuable insight into both the pathophysiology of CDG and the functional regulation of the OST complex, an understudied aspect of cell biology.


Participants :
- KU Leuven (Belgique) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 178320.0 €