Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-actions-marie-curie-participations-et-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Projet SemioMaths (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2018)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The SemioMaths project aims at proposing a formal model for the automatic analysis of mathematical corpora, based on semiological theories and on recent advances in formal and computational linguistics, in order to provide a broad and solid framework for the philosophy and the history of mathematics especially concerned with the study of mathematical practices. In order to achieve this objective, the action includes advanced training in the technical fields concerned by the project, the study of various existing mathematical corpora, the development of concrete implementations of linguistic computational models on mathematical corpora, and the elaboration of the corresponding results in the form of both scientific articles and a software package. Scientific training will be achieved by following suitable courses and exchanging with the research community of the host institution; the study of corpora will be done in close collaboration with the research team of the host chair; models will be implemented using the institution’s advanced computing infrastructure and IT support; finally, a teaching activity will help to systematize the conceptual grounds of the proposed approach. As a result of its inherent interdisciplinarity, other than in the specific fields of philosophy and history of mathematics, an impact is expected from the connections to be established with the other fields with which this project is concerned (computational linguistics, computer science, logic), and between the corresponding scientific communities. In this way, the SemioMaths project will improve our comprehension of the relations between mathematical knowledge and empirical textual practices. This shall result in a better understanding of the singularity of mathematics as a human practice and of its role in society, thus ultimately helping to build new and original bridges between formal and natural sciences on one side, and the humanities on the other.

Mots clés : philosophy of mathematics  history of mathematics  philosophy of mathematical practices  semiology of mathematics

Participants :
- Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology (Suisse) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 191149.44 €
Projet SMACT (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2019)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The Skilled Migrant Adjustment to Career Transitions (SMACT) Project aims to research adjustment processes in skilled migrant workers in Switzerland. A sample of skilled multi-national migrant workers will be studied to examine their adjustment to a single host country (i.e., Switzerland) in terms of their work-related outcomes. The use of a single host country will allow better control to be achieved for the cultural and institutional influences that could be considered specific to Switzerland. The current interdisciplinary study aims to integrate adjustment dimensions that were previously used in diverse fields, such as psychology, human resource management and intercultural relations research. In this mixed-method research design, variables were investigated using qualitative (i.e., semi-structured focus group interviews with female skilled migrants) and quantitative data collections (i.e., online survey with skilled migrants administered over three time-points). The inclusion of qualitative focus group interviews with skilled female migrants aims to rectify the existing under-representation of female migrants’ adjustment experiences in expatriate literature. The SMACT project has four main goals: 1) examine female expatriate adjustment processes, 2) examine differences in adjustment and work-related outcomes between AEs and SIEs, 3) examine personality predictors on adjustment processes for work outcomes, and 4) examine personality predictors on adjustment processes for non-work outcomes. This research study is in line with European 2020 Strategy flagship initiatives of fostering employment and reducing poverty and social exclusion, because these study results could inform human resource management and career counselling practices to help facilitate skilled migrant adjustment processes, to address an existing gender dynamic and ultimately help organisations to better utilise the skills of migrants.

Mots clés : expatriate adjustment, skilled migrant groups, career transitions, female expatriate adjusment processes, personality predictors on adjustment processes for work and non work outcomes

Participants :
- University of Bern (Suisse) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- University of Lausanne (Suisse) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 191149.44 €
Projet DELTA (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2020)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Physics
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The Standard Model (SM) is a theory which accurately describes the elementary constituents of matter and interactions between them at the energy scales we have been able to probe in experiments up to the present day. However, since in the Nature we observe physics phenomena beyond the SM, it is expected that the SM is a low-energy effective approximation of a theory that describes the physics of particles and their interactions in a broader way. Lorentz Invariance is a fundamental symmetry of the SM, but it is not expected to be conserved necessarily at the high energy scale of quantum gravity where space-time could undergo violent fluctuations. The violation of the Lorenz invariance (LIV), which is predicted by some extensions of the SM theory, would manifests itself at energies accessible by the experiments nowadays. I propose to preform the first search for the possible LIV in the top quark interactions at the ATLAS experiment at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) that will pioneer the use of innovative approaches to analyse collision data taking into account detector orientation in the space-time continuum. The project will comprise phenomenological study to identify observables most sensitive to LIV, development of the novel framework for analysing data as a function of the sidereal time, study of the time-dependence of the ATLAS detector performance and state-of-the-art collision data analysis. My long-standing experience with measurements targeting the final states with top quarks and Higgs boson decays, provide me with unique expertise to perform this search and unlock the hidden potential of the LHC collision data. In addition, I plan to use my expertise in the jet flavour tagging and further improve the performance of the b-jet tagging algorithms for the upcoming LHC Run-3 data-taking period. My knowledge, skills and technical expertise gained over the course of last several years, supported by the extensive expertise in the key areas of IPB and CERN teams


Participants :
- University of Belgrade (Serbie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 140021.76 €
Projet GlobalP3HS (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2017)
Action : Cofund Doctoral programme
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+) - a foundation of eight Swiss universities - seeks to launch a Global PhD Programme in Public Health Sciences (GlobalP3HS) to competitively recruit 50 talented students from around the world to pursue PhD studies in Switzerland. More than 150 SSPH+ faculty members are engaged in interdisciplinary public health sciences and are highly qualified to supervise and train the next generation of public health leaders in both the academic and non-academic sector. Self-driven, critical public health scientists are needed to improve public health on a global scale by providing scientific evidence to shape policies, health systems, life-styles, economies, laws and regulations. Recruitment will be initiated with a global call. Applicants must be eligible for PhD studies in Switzerland and provide a letter of support from a committed supervisor of the SSPH+ community. An International Review Board will score applications on a scale of 0 - 10, based on four dimensions. The Steering Board will select the best candidates (scores ≥8). To guarantee the highest standards for PhD studies, students must register in one of the structured PhD programmes led by SSPH+ partners — programmes that adhere to the quality standards of PhD education as defined in the EU Charter for Researchers. Students choose programmes from a wide range of interdisciplinary offers, including health economics, public health, epidemiology, social health sciences, nursing or law. Students must pass at least 18 ECTS, including formal training in transferable skills and research ethics. Furthermore, secondments are offered to allow students to explore non-academic career paths as well. SSPH+’s long-standing experience with highly successful inter-university PhD programmes make SSPH+ well-placed to implement a doctoral programme that builds capacity in public health sciences on a global scale and prepares students for academic as well as non-academic career paths.

Mots clés : health economics, social health science, health law, prevention, health promotion, scholarship, secondment, epidemiology, public health, doctorate, international collaboration

Participants :
- Swiss School of Public Health (Suisse) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Autres, subvention : 4578000.0 €
Projet FP-RESOMUS (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2017)
Action : Cofund Postdoctoral programme
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The Swiss research network NCCR MUST (National Center of Competence in Research Molecular Ultrafast Science and Technology) and the German Cluster of Excellence RESOLV (Ruhr Explores Solvation) propose to establish the new Postdoctoral Fellowship Program FP-RESOMUS. FP-RESOMUS will be integrated in and fed by the two national networks of research teams, bringing together over 70 research groups covering the fields of chemistry, physics, material sciences, engineering, and biology to solve interdisciplinary scientific questions using the latest available technology and theoretical insights. Both RESOLV and the NCCR MUST operate at the frontiers of what is technically possible, in large parts complementary in focussing on fundamental and applied research on ultrafast processes and solvation. Building on the existing cooperation between the two networks, the FP-RESOMUS is well placed to attract postdoctoral fellows from all around the world (incoming), further promote the exchange of postdoctoral researchers between the two networks (outgoing) as well as enabling the return of Swiss and German researchers who have worked overseas into a European research environment (reintegration). It is our vision that novel technologies, advanced modeling techniques, and the spirit of our thriving networks create an ideal environment for high-level postdoctoral research projects. Our program will provide Europe with a new generation of researchers in ultrafast and solvation sciences and therefore considerably improve the research quality of the ERA.

Mots clés : ultrafast, femtosecond, attosecond, dynamics, molecular, solvation, catalysis, processes, charge, transfer, chemical, biomolecular, interface, surface, solid state, materials, modelling

Participants :
- Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology (Suisse) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 3540000.0 €
Projet RefugeeBioEmbed (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2019)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The Syrian Civil War led to the displacement of more than 5.6 million Syrians in surrounding nations, millions of whom are children. Nations around the world are striving to resolve the economic, cultural, and societal strains of accommodating an unprecedented number of refugees. The proposed project aims to begin tackling this problem by investigating experiences of Syrian refugee children to determine whether individual characteristics influence their psychological and behavioral responses to the Syrian Civil War and subsequent circumstances. The research objectives entail applying innovative, evolutionary-developmental models to explore individual differences in the ways early childhood adversity is biologically embedded and reflected in developmental milestones and mental health. The project applies strong interdisciplinary methods to the analysis of existing, high-quality data to understand the intersections of genetics, endocrinology, psychology, and behavior. The overarching goals of the project are to 1) understand individual differences in the developmental origins of health and illness, 2) identify modifiable risk and protective factors that suppress or enhance refugee mental health, and 3) inform individualized interventions to prevent and treat mental illness among Syrian—and other—displaced populations. Bringing to bear leading experts in neuroendocrinology, genetics, psychiatry, and resilience; high-quality, longitudinal data; and state-of-the-art training in genetic and hormonal data analyses, this project will showcase European excellence in innovative, interdisciplinary, and intersectoral research in child development and public health and policy.

Mots clés : life history theory, differential susceptibility, developmental timing, pubertal timing, mental health, physical health, poverty, morbidity, mortality, family dynamics, refugees, adversity, stress

Participants :
- University of London (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 212933.76 €
Projet TALENT (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2017)
Action : Cofund Doctoral programme
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The TALENT Doctoral Fellowship Programme aims to leverage the intersectoral and international opportunities offered by the Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, in order to produce a cohort of graduates with the skills and expertise needed to meet the growing demand for highly educated human resources within the natural and technical sciences in Europe. The urgency of this challenge is exemplified by the fact that the ICT sector alone is projected to lack 913,000 highly skilled employees by 2020. As such, the TALENT programme will equip its fellows with sought after skills though providing access to world leading research environments at our faculty but importantly also facilitate interaction with: 1) Industry, through partnerships with a wide range of private sector organisations such as the Confederation of Danish Industry, representing thousands of relevant companies committed to assist in finding secondment opportunities for PhD students 2) Research facilities of the highest order such as collections at the Natural History Museum of Denmark, the Faculty’s Arctic Station or indeed ESS and MAXIV close by. 3) World leading research environments working with some of the most important fundamental and applied research questions of today 4) International exposure through stays abroad and collaborations with partners through networks such as the European League for Life Sciences, League of European Research Universities and the International Alliance of Research Universities. To attract the very best candidates, TALENT is based upon a bottom-up principle allowing potential fellows the freedom to identify their own project, within the wide research scope of our faculty.

Mots clés : intersectoral, open science, access to industry, access to infrastructure, talent development, added value, career perspectives, regional and european impact

Participants :
- University of Copenhagen (Danemark) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 5807520.0 €
Projet TUNICS (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2018)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The TUNICS project explores the impact of cultural cross-fertilization between the diverse populations in Egypt in the Early Medieval period (7th - 10th centuries AD) through an innovative, comparative study of the tunics, the basic garment in Ancient Egypt, and items par excellence to express their wearers’ identity. TUNICS will be the first comprehensive study of clothing from this period in Egypt and will provide a systematic overview of an almost entirely unexplored field in Egyptian archaeology. Both comparative, experimental archaeology and innovative digital research methods will be used to fully investigate the relationship between the garments and their wearer. This research will be primarily object-based and the comparative analysis of data gathered from various museum collections and archaeological sites will not only enhance the insight in technical crafts knowledge, but will also contribute to the understanding of the development of ancient garments and offer a unique perspective to explore different aspects of cultural identity and society. The TUNICS project is hosted by the University of Copenhagen’s Centre for Textile Research (CTR) a world-wide renowned institute in the field of ancient textile studies. The project will benefit from the stimulating and interdisciplinary scientific environment, training opportunities and CTR’s international network. The comparative study will be communicated through a series of academic publications and conferences. An Open Access database will be accessible to professionals as well as to a broader audience with interest in costume and textile history.

Mots clés : archaeology, egypt, tunics, textile history, costume history, late antiquity, early islamic period, textile structures

Participants :
- University of Copenhagen (Danemark) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 219312.0 €
Projet SuperSolders (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2020)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : TERMINATED

The accelerated electrification in different sectors raises higher requirements on the reliability of electronics, which stimulates the demand for novel electronic interconnection materials. This proposed training-through-research aims to design new electronic interconnection materials to tackle three emerging bottlenecks in electronics manufacturing, which are i) low process-temperature solders to reduce energy consumption and facilitate 3D integration in consumer electronics, ii) high-reliability solders for harsh environments in the automotive and aerospace sectors, and iii) novel die-attach materials to enable the use of wide-bandgap power semiconductors. Advanced experiments and simulation techniques will be used to design novel solder alloys, study solidification microstructures, and evaluate the reliability and understand the deformation/failure mechanisms of solder joints. Comprehensive understandings on composition-processing-microstructure-property relationships will be built-up to drive the development of the three novel electronic interconnection materials in this project: i) novel multi-compositional low-temperature solders with refined microstructure and excellent ductility and strength superior to conventional Sn-Bi solders, ii) advanced high-reliability solders strengthened by mechanisms from microstructures of different scales including not only solid solutions and secondary phases but also grain structures and orientations that have not been incorporated by current solders, and iii) novel transient liquid phase bonding (TLPB) materials that can significantly reduce the processing time and produce refined high entropy intermetallic bonds with mechanical properties overmatching current TLPBs. This inter-/multi-disciplinary project promises a tremendous positive impact on the European consumer electronics, power electronics, and automotive and aerospace sectors, contributing to the European excellence, competitiveness, and quality of manufacturing.

Mots clés : pb free solders, solidification, intermetallic, microstructure, reliability

Participants :
- Imperial College London (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 224933.76 €
Projet MolecularArp (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2020)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Life Sciences
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The actin cytoskeleton is a dynamic polymer system, that provides the driving force and structural support for the physical integrity of cells, and their interactions. It also regulates many essential cellular processes, such as membrane trafficking and cell migration. Not surprisingly, its malfunction results in a wide variety of syndromes and diseases. Branched actin networks can only be assembled by the Arp2/3 complex, consisting of seven protein subunits. Activated by nucleation promoting factors (NPFs), Arp2/3 binds to the side of an actin filament to initiate an actin branch and new filament growth. Arp2/3 has been regarded as a single entity, but in mammals, three of its subunits exist as two isoforms, thus allowing the formation of 8 different complexes. Recent work demonstrates that the 8 human Arp2/3 complexes have unique cellular properties. However, it is unclear why these complexes are so different and whether they have distinct cellular functions. Using in vitro biochemical assays and single molecule analysis together with sophisticated cell biology approaches, I will determine the molecular basis for the individual properties of the different Arp2/3 complexes. Observing in vitro reconstituted actin networks, I will perform a detailed analysis of the actin nucleation properties of the 8 Arp2/3 complexes and the impact of different NPFs. In addition, I will also analyse actin branch disassembly to uncover the molecular basis of actin debranching, which still remains to be established. To investigate the cellular function of individual Arp2/3 family members, I will generate genome edited cells expressing defined Arp2/3 complexes and examine their lamellipodial actin dynamics and cell migration. Moreover, by generating Arp2/3 complex specific biosensors, I will map the cellular distribution of individual Arp2/3 complexes. My combined approaches will allow me to understand the molecular and cellular basis of Arp2/3 diversity in humans.

Mots clés : actin dynamics, arp2, 3 complex, branched actin networks, cell migration

Participants :
- The Francis Crick Institute (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 212933.76 €