Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Device for safety and security in liquid petroleum gas systems (Safe2LPG)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Secure societies - protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Denmark
Call: Engaging SMEs in security research and development (H2020-SMEINST-1-2016-2017, 2016)
Start date: 2017-01-01
End date: 2017-03-31
Duration (months): 3.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

LPG leakages represent both a safety and a security global issue, often causing structure fires and explosions. A total of 1170 home fires were reported in 2010 by the US National Fire Protection Association stemming from liquid petroleum gas (LPG) leakages, resulting in an annual average of 34 civilian fire deaths and 135 injuries. More than 7000 accidental fires and explosions occur annually due to LPG leaks in grills systems, resulting in more than 20,000 emergency room visits and more than 20 deaths, solely in US. The Danish SME Integrated Gas Technology ApS (IGT) will target a major market opportunity through testing and demonstrating an innovative device to detect and shut-off gas leakages in LPG systems (Safe2LPG). The Safe2LPG solution has the potential to substitute current LPG gas regulators and become a step forward for safety and security standards of residential, commercial and public buildings supplied by LPG systems. The novel Safe2LPG is an advanced and highly sensitive mechanical shutoff gas valve, capable of detecting and automatically shutting off irregular gas consumption caused by gas leaks, including very small leaks (15 cm2/h). Safe2LPG will effectively mitigate the risk of long and dangerous gas leakages, and consequently their potentially serious consequences. By ensuring and demonstrating a maximum level of safety and security, we will attain a key differentiating factor in order to gain access to the market. Initially, this will require a Phase 1 feasibility study that will give us a clear direction for our demonstration and market replication strategies. Subsequently, based on proven feasibility, in the Phase 2 we will need to generate full-scale showcases, which demonstrate the technical and economic benefits of our solution to generate enough consumer confidence and facilitate broader market uptake. Accordingly, we foresee a cumulative revenue of more than €101 million, 5 years after commercialization of the novel Safe2LPG.

Keywords: intelligent lpg safety regulator,safety,security,gas leaks,fires,explosions
Single-Molecule Spintronics: a Coordination Chemistry Approach to Quantum Computing (SIMOF)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Career Restart panel
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Chemistry
Countries involved: Spain
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2016, 2016)
Start date: 2017-05-01
End date: 2019-04-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 158121.6
EU funding (EUR): 158121.6
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The project proposed herein develops in the frame of the Coordination Chemistry approach to Molecular Magnetism and Molecular Spintronics, aiming at the design, synthesis and characterisation of new prototypes of multifunctional and multiresponsive molecular magnetic devices based on Single Ion Magnets (SIMs), as models of electro- and photoswitchable multiple Quantum Bits and Quantum Gates (QGs) for the physical implementation of Quantum Information Processing in the emerging field of Quantum Computation. The project focuses on three different targets: (i) The synthesis of multi-dimensional SIM-based coordination polymers, whereby the feebly interacting and potentially switchable individual SIMs would constitute the nodes of the open-framework structure of Metal-Organic Frameworks (SIM-MOFs). Their properties will be investigated as a proof-of-concept design for multi-responsive electro- and photoswitchable multiple qubits and quantum gates of interest in quantum computation; (ii) The preparation of individual and multiple SIMs, referred to as multiSIMs, within the confined space of Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOF-confined SIMs/multiSIMs) by taking advantage of the host-guest chemistry to produce technology-generating properties. Well-ordered host-guest hybrid materials will be obtained through the in-situ synthesis of SIMs and multiSIMs within the pores of magnetic MOFs by means of single-crystal to single-crystal post-synthetic processes (iii) The preparation and study of uniformly organised thin films of individual SIMs and multiSIMs on either gold or functionalised silicon surfaces, respectively, as prototypes for magnetic devices for Quantum Computing (SIMs and multiSIMs thin films). Addressing this new class of multifunctional molecular magnetic materials on thin films is mandatory in order to take advantage of their unique properties and eventually cross the bridge between fundamental science and technological applications.

Keywords: molecular spintronics,coordination chemistry,quantum computing,qubit,single molecule magnet,metal organic frameworks,thin films,host guest chemistry,molecular magnetism
Low cost tracking and data management solution for biopharma cold chain logistics (LowCostTracking)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Smart, green and integrated transport
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Denmark
Call: Small business innovation research for Transport and Smart Cities Mobility (H2020-SMEINST-1-2016-2017, 2016)
Start date: 2016-09-01
End date: 2016-11-30
Duration (months): 3.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The Danish company Globe Tracker International (GT) is revolutionizing supply chain visibility and profitability as a leading provider of data sharing, data analytics and global asset tracking. GT has developed a fully functional hardware/data management system that is ready to be deployed globally and is currently being tested in commercial trials in the reefer market. GT has partnered with global OEMs, container manufacturers and data transmission companies to help commercial expansion. For this project, GT has identified the the pharma product delivery market as a high value segment in which demand exists but where its solution needs adaptation to meet customer and regulatory requirements. The demand stems from the need for safe, secure and efficient distribution of pharma products in a strictly controlled and refrigerated environment in order to protect the integrity of the drugs. Today temperature deviations endanger patient safety and increase costs. In addition, sabotage and counterfeiting damages safety and brand values. This need is especially apparent in the fast growing biologics market that already represents a third of blockbuster pharma shipments and over half of clinic trials. The feasibility study will (1) identify the most promising pharma market niche for entry that will ultimately open up growth into all other temperature/security/counterfeit relevant segments and (2) define the technical design for its final products to deliver the largest possible economic benefits to the supply chain. The feasibility study will help to understand how the multi-layered stakeholders need to be involved. GT will evaluate the competitive landscape, analyse pricing and ROI models and monitor its FTO position, while it is building a patent portfolio throughout Phase1 and Phase 2. The succesful outcome of the Phase II project will reduce product loss by 25%, reduce the influx of counterfeit by 50% and ensure compliance with recent EU and US logistics regulations.

Keywords: tracking,monitoring,supply chain,supply chain visibility
Macroevolutionary Rates by Integrating Phylogenomics and Ancestral character States - A study on Neotropical butterfly evolution. (MARIPOSAS)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Standard European Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: Sweden
Call: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-EF) (H2020-MSCA-IF-2015, 2015)
Start date: 2017-01-16
End date: 2019-01-15
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 185857.2
EU funding (EUR): 185857.2
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Delving into the factors and processes driving biodiversity is essential to understand the potential consequences of environmental changes in species-rich and vulnerable ecosystems. MARIPOSAS (Macroevolutionary Rates by Integrating Phylogenomics and Ancestral character States – Mariposas is also the Spanish translation for butterflies) aims to unveil the macroevolutionary mechanisms governing diversification and geographical distribution of two butterfly families, Hesperiidae and Nymphalidae, across tropical America's biomes. Through a multidisciplinary approach that integrates genomics, ecology, biogeography, palaeoenvironmental reconstructions and advanced bioinformatics, this project will disentangle the components of insect evolution in tropical environments. The research is (1) timely, since the tempo and mode of arthropod radiation in the Neotropics remains largely unexplored at high taxonomic levels, (2) original, as it aims to establish a novel direction in insect macroevolutionary research applying state-of-the-art methods (e.g., high-throughput sequencing) to study tropical biodiversity dynamics, and (3) innovative, by studying insect evolution in a multi-layer approach that will allow to comprehensively understand the ecological and evolutionary processes driving Neotropical insect diversity. The project will be enriched and highly benefited by merging my solid background in tropical insect diversification with the outstanding expertise in Neotropical biogeography and biodiversity dynamics at Prof. Alexandre Antonelli's research group (University of Gothenburg). This post-doc will ensure the best possible career opportunities for me as I will receive substantial training in cutting-edge approaches, largely expand my collaborative network, and gain the fundaments for becoming a mature, independent researcher within the topic of insect evolution.
Why farm and field size matters: Exploring their role for food security and sustainable agriculture in South America (FFSize)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Global Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: Germany,Canada
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2018-09-01
End date: 2021-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 225352.8
EU funding (EUR): 225352.8
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

Global agricultural systems fail to meet food security objectives, are a major cause of global environmental degradation, and are currently undergoing a rapid scale transition. This transition mainly affects small-scale farmers, who are key to attaining food security as they constitute more than 80% of all farms and disproportionately contribute to food production and nutrition. Guiding the agricultural transition onto sustainable pathways that safeguard food security is thus important. Therefore, a sound understanding of the operational realities of farms and fields with respect to size, productivity, location factors, and socio-economic and environmental impacts is needed to develop targeted actions and policies, but is currently lacking especially for large spatial scales. FFSize will address this knowledge gap based on four work packages focussing on South America. WP1 will overlay novel data sets on farm and field size to quantify and map their relationship and use advanced statistical methods to identify determinants of their spatial patterns. WP2 will assess size-related differences in agricultural land-use intensity of farms and fields based on input, output, and system metrics and map intensity archetypes. WP3 will evaluate size-related environmental and socio-economic impacts of farms and fields by linking them to metrics such as land-cover change and nutritional value. WP4 will synthesise this action by mapping socio-ecological systems states to analyse trade-offs at the food security-sustainability nexus and outline potential pathways into preferred future states. FFSize will contribute substantially to the fields of land-system, sustainability, and food security science. It will have major policy relevance for current discussions on land reform, large-scale land acquisitions, and smallholder vulnerability to food security and climate change (cf. EC’s Horizon 2020 strategy and 2013 CAP reform) and has the potential to be transferred to other regions.

Keywords: farm size,field,size,food security,sustainable agriculture,land systems,south america
Digging out Kinorhynch Roots (KinoRoot)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Reintegration panel
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Life Sciences
Countries involved: Denmark
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2019-03-15
End date: 2021-03-14
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 200194.8
EU funding (EUR): 200194.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The Ecdysozoa includes animals with a hard cuticle. Besides the specious Arthropoda and Nematoda, it also nests minor groups like the Kinorhyncha and Priapulida. The Ecdysozoa accommodates more species than all other organism groups in total. Segmentation occurs in two ecdysozoan clades, Kinorhyncha and Arthropoda, and the project addresses the question whether ecdysozoans evolved from a segmented ancestor or if segmentation evolved twice within Ecdysozoa. Understanding ecdysozoan evolution, is understanding the early evolution of a majority of all living organisms. Through immunohistological morphological examinations of muscular and nervous systems in selected kinorhynchs, and Illumina RNAseq-based phylogenetic analyses, I wish to explore if segmentation, as broadly accepted, is a basal trait for all kinorhynchs. The results will allow us to infer if the ancestral kinorhynch was an unsegmented worm. This work has not previously been achievable due to the lack of a reliable kinorhynch phylogeny, and because the hard kinorhynch cuticle has hampered staining of muscular and nervous systems. However, after next generation sequencing techniques have enabled transcriptomic sequencing from even tiny animals, we are now able to produce an improved kinorhynch phylogeny. Furthermore, I have developed methods to overcome cuticular penetration problems, which makes me one of the very few researchers that can successfully carry out immunohistological studies on kinorhynchs. The project “KinoRoot” unites morphological studies with modern molecular sequencing methods, and builds a bridge between these two scientific fields. The expected outcome will not only apply to people with an interest in kinorhynch evolution. It will be relevant for conceptual morphologists working with segmentation across the animal kingdom, paleontologists working with early Cambrian evolution and in general everyone who has an interest in the early evolution of the large animal groups.

Keywords: evolution,phylogeny,comparative morphology,metazoa
Implementation and Sustainability of Microbial Resource Research Infrastructure for 21st Century (IS_MIRRI21)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Research Infrastructures
Theme: Research infrastructures
Destination: Development and infrastructures
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Spain,Spain,Italy,Italy,Italy,Italy,Italy,Belgium,Belgium,Greece,Belgium,Poland,Russian Federation,Latvia,France,Netherlands,Portugal,Portugal,Portugal
Call: Individual support to ESFRI and other world-class research infrastructures (H2020-INFRADEV-2019-2, 2019)
Start date: 2020-02-01
End date: 2023-07-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4914855.71
EU funding (EUR): 4914855.71
Participants: 21
Project status: SIGNED

IS_MIRRI21 aims to implement the Microbial Resource Research Infrastructure (MIRRI) and secure its long-term sustainability. With this in mind, the mission of IS_MIRRI21 is to serve Bioscience and Bioindustry by providing (a) a broad range of high-quality biological resources and associated data, (b) long-term sustainability of microbial biodiversity, and (c) knowledge and professional development. This mission will be achieved by offering users from academia, governmental laboratories and the private sector access to a portfolio of microbial Biological Resource Centres´ (mBRC’s), services, expertise, education and training build-up and synergistically on the top of mBRC’s proficiencies. To accelerate innovative research processes in life sciences and biotechnology using microorganisms, or their derivatives, IS_MIRRI21 will set up a single-entry point portal (Collaborative Work Environmental) to promote its services, resources, expertise and knowledge transfer activities, as well as to provide access to partners´ resource associated data made interoperable for data searching and data mining. The continuously increasing knowledge will be transferred to users via expert clusters (e.g., for legal framework, for biosecurity, to support training and education programmes, information and cut edge technology, etc.). It will promote cross-disciplinary and innovative solutions (industry and academic) research collaboration through the transnational access offer (pilot study) in different microbial topics defined in pipeline services. With this project IS_MIRRI21 envisages to be a sound partner of the ESFRI landscape on the Biological and Medical Sciences Research Infrastructures, consolidate the operation of MIRRI and enlarge the membership and European coverage and beyond.

Keywords: microbial culture collections,preserving microbial diversity,biosecurity,microbial access and benefit sharing,nagoya protocol,microbial bioeric,microbial research,collaborative work environment
New, Advanced and Value-Added Innovative Ships (NAVAIS)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Smart, green and integrated transport
Action type: Innovation actions
Countries involved: Ukraine,Germany,Germany,Germany,Belgium,Poland,Romania,Belgium,France,France,Netherlands,Netherlands,Netherlands,Netherlands,Netherlands,Netherlands,Netherlands
Call: Complex and value-added specialised vessels (H2020-MG-2017-Two-Stages, 2017)
Start date: 2018-06-01
End date: 2022-05-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 7954169.94
EU funding (EUR): 6589361.38
Participants: 23
Project status: CLOSED

To maintain world leadership in complex, value-added and highly specialised vessels European shipbuilders must develop tailor-made innovative concepts that are efficient to design and build. Project NAVAIS proposed solution is a platform-based modular product family approach supported by the 3DEXPERIENCE integrated business platform. By sharing components and production across a platform of vessels, higher efficiency in vessel design and flexibility in production networks is achieved. NAVAIS uses system engineering approaches to develop the principles, procedures and a re-use component library for modular design and production and will apply these to develop two platform-based product families: passenger/road ferries and multi-use workboats. For each product family a demonstrator will be developed to TRL9 “digital twin”-level, validated and assessed on low impact environmental performance e.g. discharges to air and water, underwater radiated noise and cost-benefit aspects. The demonstrators are a 400 passengers/120 cars E-ferry and a multi-use workboat equipped for aquaculture activities. A major aspect of the platform-based modular approach is the change in value chain management. The current class approval procedure of engineered-to-order designs will be replaced by a procedure where pre-engineered product modules are approved by class, stored in a re-use library and applied in new vessel modular designs. This transfer from an engineered-to-order business model to an assemble-to-order business model will allow shorter process lead-times, constant quality, reduced design and production costs and better integration of the SME supply chain. Exploitation of results is expected at the end of the project duration. NAVAIS partnership contains 16 partners from 5 EU and 1 associated countries and includes technology providers, technology integrators and technology users. The project duration is 4 years and the required funding is € 6,6 MIO.

Keywords: modular design,platform based design,low impact,shipping,shipbuilding,ferry,workboat,standardised,customer decoupling point,underwater radiated noise
The first superbot to audit calls (CLARA)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Spain
Call: SME instrument (H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-2, 2019)
Start date: 2019-10-01
End date: 2021-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1542500.0
EU funding (EUR): 1079750.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Airlines, banks, electrical utilities, cable companies, wireless service providers and high-tech retailers rely on call centers to manage and response the massive amount of customer queries. However, there is a lack of detailed auditing from the brands to the contact centers to ensure the best customer engagement or it is only based on the manual and aleatory control of the calls. In every Call Center it is necessary to monitor calls to verify that voice interactions with clients or leads conform to the guidelines and policies of quality established by the company. While calls are abundant in useful data, it’s impossible to manually evaluate and analyze each one given their staggering volume. In fact, only about 1% of customer call data is assessed in random quality evaluation processes. Since quality monitoring is done manually by listening to random calls and since it’s impossible to review all the calls, only a small percentage of the recorded calls is being evaluated and much important data is lost. CLARA, is a Superbot capable of analyzing and interpret spontaneous conversations in real life conditions. CLARA is a proprietary technology of PREDICTIVA based on Deep Learning, a set of machine learning algorithms with multiple layers of nonlinear processing and learning representations of characteristics in each layer. CLARA Super Bot Speech Analytics offers a better way to leverage customer call data. The tool transcribes all recorded calls in their entirety, then analyzes the interactions using advanced speech detection technology. Through datamining these transcriptions, it allows to discover actionable insights for improving brand - and won’t ever worry about missing a detail again. CLARA offers a variety of must-have features to improve customer service experience. The Speech-to-Text feature automatically converts full audio recordings into text to easily identify root causes in customer interactions.

Keywords: call centers,contact centers