Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-actions-marie-curie-participations-et-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Projet PallaVen (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - Global Fellowships
Panel : Physics
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The discovery of high-temperature superconductivity in cuprates gave rise to a wide field of research in condensed matter physics. After many decades of searching, superconductivity in a nickelate was reported for the first time in 2019. This gave rise to what some have called the "nickel age", providing a family of compounds analogous to cuprates that may shed some light on these fascinating materials.  Now, in 2024, we see the need to open a new research front to this decades-long enigma of high-temperature superconductivity. In this project, at the frontier between physics and chemistry, we aim to synthesise and study a new family of palladium-based materials, analogous to the already studied cuprates and nickelates. We plan to apply new ideas to synthesise these compounds and tune their properties. We will also use different techniques to analyse and understand the physics of these oxides and ultimately be able to observe superconductivity in the palladium family. The results we obtain will certainly help in our understanding of the phenomenon of high-temperature superconductivity in any scenario. However, if superconductivity is also observed in any of these materials, we could be looking at the advent of a new age, which we could call the "palladium age".

Mots clés : transition metal oxides, palladates, high pressure synthesis

Participants :
- Conseil supérieur de la recherche scientifique (Espagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 420966.72 €
- Université du Texas (Etats-Unis) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 300169.44 €
Projet TONES (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2023)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

TONES aims to explore the idea of philosophy as a presupposition-free science and to develop this idea as a new metaphilosophical paradigm that provides a theoretical underpinning for value-free science and prejudice-free judgment and. The idea of philosophy as a presuppositionless science (PLS) has a significant history: it is traditionally associated with the philosophy of G.W.F. Hegel and is originally developed both to show the uniqueness of philosophy and to ensure the neutral-objective standpoint of philosophy. Growing number of scholars have noticed the significance of PLS mainly to understanding Hegel’s philosophy. Despite this interest, scholars have largely overlooked the pre-Hegelian tradition of PLS in classical German philosophy (CGP), the metaphilosophical significance of PLS and its distinct potential to contribute to contemporary theories that seek freedom from presuppositions. TONES aims to fill this gap. The project is motivated by the following key questions: (1) What are the origins of PLS, and how was it developed in CGP? (2) What are the metaphilosophical implications of PLS for the uniqueness of philosophy compared to other sciences? (3) How the unique standpoint of PLS can fruitfully contribute to contemporary fields that strive for presuppositionlessness or value neutrality, such as implicit bias and value-free science?

Mots clés : history of philosophy metaphilosophy implicit bias philosophy of science

Participants :
- KU Leuven (Belgique) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Padoue (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 172750.08 €
- Université de Pittsburgh (Etats-Unis) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
Projet AGILE-KWS (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2021)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - Global Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : CLOSED

Speech technologies like keyword spotting (KWS), which is concerned with the detection of keywords from an audio stream comprising speech, are nowadays in vogue thanks to their integration in many electronic devices in order to comfortably interact with them by means of the voice. Despite all the research progress made over the last decades, the performance of speech technologies is still severely degraded when acoustic distortions like background noise or reverberation are present. This can make these technologies completely unusable for the real-world applications. As a result, this project proposal aims at taking KWS technology forward by researching and developing novel state-of-the-art acoustic distortion-robust methods based on concepts successfully applied to related areas like automatic speech recognition to get a leap of KWS performance in real-world (i.e., noisy) acoustic conditions. This will be achieved while working towards two different and exciting timely goals with high social impact giving an interdisciplinary dimension to this action: 1) the preservation of the NASA’s Apollo mission speech recordings for future generations (during the outgoing phase), and 2) the improvement of hearing-impaired people’s life quality by facilitating voice-based interaction with hearing assistive devices like hearing aids (during the incoming phase).

Mots clés : keyword spotting, noise robustness, multi channel speech processing, nasa, apollo missions, hearing aids

Participants :
- Université d'Aalborg (Danemark) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 286191.36 €
- Université du Texas (Etats-Unis) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
Projet VESSEL (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2022)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - Global Fellowships
Panel : Environment and Geosciences
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Baleen whales are mega predators that shape the ecosystem structure and maintain healthy marine environments. A decrease in their populations can therefore have cascading trophic impacts detrimental to marine ecosystems they inhabit. The marine soundscape has dramatically changed since the Industrial Revolution. With increasing traffic, ship noise has become the most ubiquitous and pervasive source of anthropogenic noise in the ocean. Baleen whales rely heavily on acoustic cues for interpreting and exploring the marine environment. However, they hear best and produce sound at the same frequencies where cargo ships make the most noise, which makes them potentially the most sensitive species to vessel noise disturbance. Numerous studies have documented short-term adverse effects on baleen whales exposed to vessel noise, including changes in behaviour, and decreases and/or cessations in foraging. However, there is a lack quantitative data on i) the specific noise levels that trigger changes in behaviour, and ii) how these noise-induced behavioural changes impact the fitness of the exposed individuals. Through VESSEL, I propose to fill these important knowledge gaps by applying an innovative combination of state-of-the-art tagging technology and noise analysis to, for the first time in baleen whales, i) quantify received noise levels on the animal, and ii) estimate a dose-response relationship between vessel noise levels and the energy budget of the exposed individuals. The outcomes of VESSEL will be crucial to parameterize Population Consequence of Disturbance (PCoD) models that link disturbance parameters to fitness and population dynamics. Importantly, VESSEL will be of direct relevance to the management of underwater noise levels in EU marine waters by providing evident-based estimates of critical noise thresholds for the fitness of baleen whales that will set thresholds for Good Environmental Status (GES).

Mots clés : marine mammals, cetaceans, biologging, foraging behaviour, noise disturbance, energy budgets, statistical modelling, acoustics

Participants :
- Université d'Aarhus (Danemark) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 309951.36 €
- Université Stanford (Etats-Unis) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
Projet BEAT B-cell Lymphoma (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2023)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - Global Fellowships
Panel : Life Sciences
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Project Title: BEAT B-cell Lymphoma: Biomarkers of Effective CART19 Assessed in Tissue microenvironment  B-cell lymphomas, encompassing Follicular Lymphoma (FL) and Large B-cell Lymphoma (LBCL), pose significant health concerns. While the use of T-cells modified with a chimeric antigen receptor targeting CD19 (CART19) offers a potential breakthrough in treating these malignancies, it is imperative to unravel the intricate dynamics between the CART19 and the tumor B-cells within their unique tissue microenvironment (TME).  The "BEAT B-cell Lymphoma" initiative is poised to transform lymphoma therapeutic strategies. More than just advancing the status quo, this project is geared towards unveiling novel biomarkers that facilitate immediate feedback on therapeutic outcomes. These newfound markers will empower clinicians and patients with predictive tools for CART19 interventions and serve as cornerstones for redefining inclusion criteria in subsequent clinical trials. But the ambition of this endeavor goes beyond mere biomarker discovery. It promises in-depth revelations on how CART19 impacts actual patient-derived tissues, deepening our knowledge and inspiring fresh treatment avenues. The short term concrete vision? Fine-tuning CART19's performance and honing the initial patient selection process.  As a medical doctor with a specialization in hematopathology, I've offered numerous diagnoses of B-cell lymphomas, grounded in histological and molecular markers predominantly sourced from tumor B-cells. My foundational training as an immunologist has sharpened my curiosity, drawing my attention to the often underemphasized tissue microenvironment. My affinity for bioinformatics further equips me to navigate and interpret vast datasets efficiently. To ensure the success of this project and to further my journey towards becoming an independent researcher, I partnered with the renowned Alizadeh Lab at Stanford, USA and will later join the de Miranda lab in the Netherlands.

Mots clés : hematology, pathology, tumor microenvironment, large b cell lymphoma lbcl , follicular lymphoma fl , car tcells, spacial transcriptomics

Participants :
- Leiden University Medical Center (Pays-Bas) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 296296.32 €
- Université Stanford (Etats-Unis) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
Projet MEASURING (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2023)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Life Sciences
Statut du projet : TERMINATED

Osteosarcopenia (OSP) is a recently recognized pathology of aging defined as the co-occurrence of osteopenia/osteoporosis (OP) and sarcopenia (SP) leading to high morbidity, disability, and mortality with an associated tremendous economic burden. There are no approved therapies specifically targeting OSP. It is critical to monitor OSP pathophysiology, progression, and response to therapy holistically by simultaneously measuring effective quantitative biomarkers sensitive to early changes in tissues to provide meaningful information on various mechanisms involved in OSP.  As an MSCA fellow, Dr. Barbieri will exploit crucial training at i) the University of Bologna (Host Institution), ii) Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute (Associated Partment linked to the beneficiary), and Stanford University (Associated Partner) during a secondment of 8 months. The excellent network of mentors and participant organizations will ensure the success of the overarching overall objective of the project: to propose technical advancements in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) sequences, protocols, and processing to overcome the current limitations of MRI-based assessment of cortical and trabecular porosities and to use a multi-parametric approach to study association of bone and muscle quality biomarkers in postmenopausal osteoporotic and osteosarcopenic women. The specifics objectives are (1) to develop a rapid MRI sequence to measure cortical and trabecular porosities, which is not currently feasible, (2) to develop a clinically feasible MRI protocol to map muscle and bone quality, and (3) to assess the association between bone biomarkers and muscle quality biomarkers in OP and OSP women.  The excellent technical expertise, paired with training in clinical imaging, will allow Dr. Barbieri to produce: a new MRI sequence to be deployed open access; a new multi-parametric approach to study OSP; information on bone and muscle biomarkers association; and dissemination to crucial target audiences.

Mots clés : quantitative mri osteosarcopenia bone imaging muscle imaging bone quality muscle quality magnetic resonance fingerprinting cortical porosity bone marrow adipose tissue myosteatosis

Participants :
- Istituto Ortopedico Gaetano Pini (Italie) — Partner, associated partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Bologne (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 172750.08 €
- Université Stanford (Etats-Unis) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
Projet WAVES (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - Global Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Human intimacy with water has been a distinctive feature of the Anthropocene. As seas rise, glaciers melt and warmer air absorbs more moisture, the need to recognize that human lives are physically, socially and culturally shaped by their relationship with water is imperative. Following the oceanic turn in the Humanities and attempting to reverse the patriarchal, land-centric paradigm that has long dominated ecocritical studies, WAVES aims to investigate the aquatic imaginary in contemporary archipelagic literature by anglophone women writers. Drawing from a broad corpus of primary water-texts from both Atlantic and Pacific oceanic contexts, i.e. Edwidge Danticat's Claire of the Sea Light (2013), Tiphanie Yanique's Land of Love and Drowning (2014), Elaine Castillo's America is not the Heart (2018), Lani Wendt Young's Afakasi Woman (2019), and Monique Roffey's The Mermaid of Black Conch (2020), and analyzing them through a material ecocritical lens, this project has a twofold objective. First, a critical examination of wet matter as an entity possessing intrinsic agency and vitality can prompt a reevaluation of current understandings of water as an exchangeable and utilitarian resource. Second, WAVES seeks to demonstrate that modern female authors’ representations of the archipelago, in its material and ideological dimensions, both elucidate the complex dynamics of water—as exemplified by the depiction of the unique archipelagic environmental system and the portrayal of postcolonial archipelagic diasporas—and imagine new ways to change our relationship to it. WAVES positions itself within the emerging field of the Blue Humanities and seeks to add a gender perspective to current research in archipelagic studies by pointing out the crucial part played by women in envisaging potential paths to enhance global environmental consciousness.

Mots clés : archipelagic literature blue humanities ocean and island studies anglophone women s writings material ecocriticism

Participants :
- Université Ca' Foscari de Venise (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 407584.02 €
- Cappadocia University (Turquie) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Caroline du Nord à Chapel Hill (Etats-Unis) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
Projet U.P.S. project (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - Global Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

U.P.S. (Unravelling Pastoral Societies) project. Follow the sheep: origin and evolution of transhumance in a Central Mediterranean context. UNESCO has recently (2019) inscribed Transhumance on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Many European landscapes have been characterised by networks of transhumance routes, across space and time. UPS project focuses on the study of prehistoric transhumance in a pivotal zone of central Mediterranean, Southern Italy. This ambitious research will be based in advanced research centres, using state-of-the-art methods, in line with the multidisciplinary standards of the so-called ‘third revolution of archaeology’. The two Research Questions of the UPS project are: 1) verify if it is possible to track the early origin and development of transhumance, one of the most characterizing aspect of ancient (and modern) pastoral societies; 2) verify if transhumance can be considered one of the main factors inducing connectivity through mobility, making it possible the development of social complexity even in those inner context of peninsular Italy commonly considered less permeable to foreign contacts then coastal settlements. UPS project will be the first project to study prehistoric transhumant pastoralism in southern Italy combining the study of strontium, oxygen and carbon isotope ratios to address intra-annual mobility patterns of both animals and humans in a diachronic perspective. The combination of robust sampling strategies and advanced methodologies acquired through cutting-edge training in state-of-the-art facilities will allow the reproducibility of the results beyond the study area.

Mots clés : zooarchaeology, paleoanthropology, pastoralism, transhumance, ancient mobility, multi isotope investigations, connectivity, livestock management, ancient trades, social complexity, cultural contacts

Participants :
- Université de Rome « La Sapienza » (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 396991.08 €
- The University of Melbourne (Australie) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université du Michigan (Etats-Unis) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
Projet DIGIPOL (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2021)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - Global Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

At a time when online discourse is increasingly controlled by private platforms like Twitter and Facebook, and when fake news risks affecting elections and public health in Europe and the United States, there is a growing need for more transparency in online discourse. DIGIPOL argues that misinformation is one attribute of a larger digital information ecosystem over which we urgently require oversight. It launches a digital observatory of political discourse in the form of an online dashboard that tracks Twitter discourse in real-time. It is highly innovative - instead of an opinion poll, it models political science and media studies concepts (populism, expertise, echo chambers, and political identity) to present complex information on online discourse to policymakers, citizens, platforms, and researchers.

Mots clés : social media, twitter, misinformation, disinformation, political discourse

Participants :
- Institut universitaire européen de Florence (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 277159.2 €
- Université Harvard (Etats-Unis) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
Projet ETNA4Ryd (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2021)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - Global Fellowships
Panel : Physics
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Recent experiments with ultracold atoms, trapped ions, Rydberg atoms, and superconducting circuits succeeded in realizing quantum many-body states at unprecedented sizes and thus investigating their static and dynamical properties. These achievements have boosted the search for protocols to observe exotic phases of matter in quantum simulators and to implement quantum computations unaffordable for classical supercomputers. I aim to investigate Rydberg-atom platforms, improving their efficiency for future quantum simulation and computation tasks, motivated by their versatility and manipulation capability. Classical numerical simulations are fundamental to developing quantum simulators, engineering efficient experimental protocols, and benchmarking the results. Still, an exact representation for large quantum many-body states is highly inefficient and impossible to achieve for the sizes available in current experiments. I will exploit advanced numerical tensor network methods to simulate the out-of-equilibrium properties of highly constrained quantum phases, as topological spin glasses and quantum scars, recently realized on Rydberg-atom high-dimensional lattices. Indeed, tensor networks are a balanced approximation between accuracy and computational resources and are the ideal set of tools to investigate constrained regimes in quantum many-body systems. Realizing this project first at the Lukin Quantum Optics Group at Harvard University and then at theQuantum Theory Group at Padova University, I will access world-leading experimental and numerical expertise to perform cutting-edge analytical, numerical, and experimental investigations on Rydberg atom platforms. In addition, I will acquire experiment modeling expertise and apply them at the near-future quantum computation laboratory at Padova University. This project is aligned with the Quantum Technologies Flagship, making me valuable for future innovative research on competitive quantum technologies applications.

Mots clés : quantum many body systems, tensor network numerical simulations, quantum simulation and computation, rydberg atom experiments

Participants :
- Université de Padoue (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 267805.2 €
- Université Harvard (Etats-Unis) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €