Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Saliency-aware High-resolution Video Processing (SHIVPRO)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Incoming Fellowships (Return Phase)
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: China
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IIF, 2011)
Start date: 2014-09-13
End date: 2015-09-12
Duration (months): 12.0
Total project cost (EUR): 15000.0
EU funding (EUR): 15000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The ever-increasing spatial/temporal resolution of video such as ultra high definition has raised new challenges on storage, transmission and display for business, home, and mobile video applications, and thus efficient representation, compression, and retargeting of high-resolution (HR) videos become the key issues for effective deployment of these applications. Saliency models can facilitate to address these issues, but in practice, the current state-of-the-art saliency models are insufficient for efficiently handling complicated scenes containing multi-scale non-homogenous objects, highly textured regions and cluttered background. The objective of this project is to propose an efficient spatiotemporal saliency model to predict salient regions in HR videos, and fully exploit it to ease the design and improve the performance of HR video compression and retargeting applications. With the aim to overcome the drawbacks of existing saliency models, based on a multiscale region representation, the proposed model systematically realizes statistical model saliency measuring, intra-scale saliency modification, inter-scale saliency propagation and flexible incorporation of top-down information, to generate a novel saliency representation form with scalability, saliency tree, from which a multiscale saliency fusion scheme is used to derive high-quality saliency maps at various scales. Saliency tree enables an efficient search of multiple salient objects, guides the temporal non-uniform downsampling, and directs the enhanced mode decision in HR video compression. Saliency diffusion, shrinkability/stretchability estimation, and an integration of cropping/warping and uniform scaling are exploited for HR video retargeting. The research results will consolidate Europe as a leader in the research domain of saliency modeling and saliency based applications, facilitate to promote the developments of HR video services in Europe, and thus boost the European competitiveness.
GLOBALIZATION, INSTITUTIONAL REFORM, AND CHINA’S INNOVATION CHALLENGES (CHINAINNOVATION)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Incoming Fellowships (Return Phase)
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: China
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IIF, 2011)
Start date: 2015-04-01
End date: 2016-03-31
Duration (months): 12.0
Total project cost (EUR): 15000.0
EU funding (EUR): 15000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

University of Nottingham proposes to host Dr. Yutao Sun of Dalian University of Technology for a Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowship. As one of the most promising Chinese scholars in the study of innovation, Dr. Sun will bring with him extensive research experience, project management capability, and especially expertise in the quantitative study of innovation, and apple the knowledge to the study of China’s innovation challenges under globalization and reform of China’s S&T system. He will work with Dr. Cong Cao, the scientist in charge who has recognized skills in macro-level innovation policy analysis and synthesis, to chart China’s innovation trajectory. The combination of the expertise will enable a first-class project that will enhance Nottingham’s research capacity in the study of China’s S&T enterprise and innovation policy, which in turn will help to advance Europe’s understanding of the rise of China as a technological power. The project will be of considerate interest to academics, policy-makers, and the business community in Europe. It will produce academic papers on globalization, innovation, and China’s national capability; position and role of China in the global innovation network; and China’s innovation trajectory for publication in leading international journals, which also will lead to a book. It will generate policy papers and briefs to be circulated in the European scholarly and policy communities. It also will provide recommendations to the Commission on EU’s future S&T cooperation with China, as such activities have been on the rise, and advise the EU–China Business Summit on the innovation-related issues that seem to be taking up an increasingly significant position. While at Nottingham, Dr. Sun will be exposed to advanced research in social science and management science so as to help advance his career in China upon finishing the fellowship. Collaboration between the two scholars and their institutions also will enter a new stage.
Microbial Biomarker Records in Tibetan Peats: Monsoon Variability and its Impact on Methane Biogeochemistry (TIBETMETH)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Incoming Fellowships (Return Phase)
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: China
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IIF, 2011)
Start date: 2015-10-01
End date: 2016-09-30
Duration (months): 12.0
Total project cost (EUR): 15000.0
EU funding (EUR): 15000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

It is crucial to understand terrestrial microbial processes because they govern greenhouse gas emissions; unfortunately, the long-term microbial responses to climate change remain unclear, causing uncertainty in predictions for how they will impact future climate and atmospheric composition. The peatlands from the Tibetan Plateau, controlled by the Indian Monsoon and East Asian Monsoon systems, have been major players in climate change and carbon cycling, such that these deposits represent a truly novel potential to address the above scientific issues. This proposed research will expand the Tibetan Plateau dataset of peat-forming plant δD values, a key hydrological indicator; quantify and isotopically characterise microbial biomarkers and especially those derived from organisms involved with methane cycling; evaluate the link between precipitation, vegetation, redox conditions and microbially mediated processes and especially methanogenesis. These records will be developed using cutting edge approaches exploiting gas chromatography (GC), GC-mass spectrometry, high performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry, GC-isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS) and GC-thermal conversion-IRMS. This dataset seeks to understand methanogenic and methanotrophic processes and will be used to develop higher resolution and longer-term CH4 biogeochemical records over the Holocene and to better understand the effect of Asian monsoon change on modern and ancient CH4 biogeochemistry, and to ultimately embed them in the framework of known and hypothesised relationships between microorganisms and climate change. This work will be one of the very first applications of these novel methodologies to the study of past changes in peat biogeochemistry outside of Northern Europe. It will validate and expand on the European investigations and contribute to a better mechanistic understanding of the microbial response to climate change and its impact on CH4 biogeochemistry.
Cross-cultural Encounters – the Travels of Gender Theory and Practice to China and the Nordic Countries (CULTURAL ENCOUNTERS)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Incoming Fellowships (Return Phase)
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: China
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IIF, 2011)
Start date: 2015-09-01
End date: 2016-08-31
Duration (months): 12.0
Total project cost (EUR): 15000.0
EU funding (EUR): 15000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

This interdisciplinary project is concerned with the cross-cultural translation of knowledge and practices that may or may not take place when different cultures interact, and the resulting production of new knowledge. Taking the travelling routes of gender theory and practice to, and also between, China and the Nordic countries as the empirical object of study, the project will focus on the crucial questions of why and how knowledge travels or fails to travel. The project will explore in which forms and by whom knowledge is sent, received, understood, translated, or even refused. The project then seeks to assess the impact of these travels. The main objective is to develop an interdisciplinary framework in the form of an alternative travelling theory to facilitate an improved understanding of the cross-cultural translation of knowledge and practices. The project is significant for the European Research Area, as well as for governments, civil society and public opinion in light of increased cross-cultural interaction between Europe and Asia.
Prediction and control of porosity in laser welding of non-ferrous metals (PCPLAS)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Incoming Fellowships (Return Phase)
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: China
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IIF, 2009)
Start date: 2013-10-10
End date: 2014-10-09
Duration (months): 12.0
Total project cost (EUR): 15000.0
EU funding (EUR): 15000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Laser welding is a robust process for producing full penetration welds in steels. Welds in non-ferrous materials (such as Al and Ti), achieving acceptable weld quality is less straightforward. Of particular concern is porosity formation in the deep penetration. Achieving low levels of porosity in a reproducible way is currently preventing acceptance of laser welding in the aerospace and to some extent, in the automotive industries, in spite of the economic and manufacturing benefits. The porosity problem in laser welds is well documented in published literature but it is often very difficult to compare the results. Recent developments in high brightness solid-state lasers such as Yb-fibre and Yb:YAG disc lasers increase the possibilities for laser welding in these fields. In comparison to the other lasers, the fibre laser represents a better beam quality, higher cost efficiency and more flexible integrated system with a promising future. There is very little results available using the latest high brightness lasers. There is a clear need for better understanding the beam-materials interactions when welding with these high brightness lasers. The objective of this project is to develop technical solutions for achieving high quality (low porosity) laser welds and to establish guideline for using fibre laser welding in non-ferrous metals including aluminium and titanium. The specific objectives are: 1. To carry out numerical modelling to simulate the interactions between the laser beam and molten metal and to understand the formation of porosity in laser welds in non-ferrous metals; 2. To develop monitoring techniques for direct observing the weld pool behaviours in laser welding and hybrid laser-MIG welding, using high speed camera; 3. To establish the characteristics of plume formations during laser welding and to develop techniques for effective suppression of plumes in laser welding; 4. To produce recommendations for eliminating porosity in laser welded non-ferrous alloys
Improved Millets for Phosphate ACquisition and Transport (IMPACT)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Incoming Fellowships (Return Phase)
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: India
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IIF, 2011)
Start date: 2014-06-18
End date: 2015-06-17
Duration (months): 12.0
Total project cost (EUR): 15000.0
EU funding (EUR): 15000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Phosphorus is an essential plant nutrient and is limiting for crop yield on up to 40% of arable land worldwide, including Europe. The major scope of current proposal is the exploitation of strategies to improve the phosphate use efficiency of a key crop, foxtail millet (Setaria italica). Several families of membrane transport proteins are involved in the uptake of Pi from soil and its distribution within the plant. These transport proteins are referred as Pht1. In this study we propose to characterise the Pht1 family of Seteria italica and determine whether manipulation of expression level or affinity for substrate is a useful approach for improving phosphate use efficiency. Molecular approached involved in this study include gene expression studies of the phosphate transporter (Pht1) family from foxtail millet (Seterica italica), construction of a homology models of all expressed SiPht1genes, down regulation of the major low P inducible root and shoot transporters by RNAi, cloning the most significant members of this family and confirm their function by expression in heterologous systems. Site directed mutagenesis guided by the homology model will also be performed to identify important residues. Finally, millet will be transformed with wild type and selected mutants and tested for the performance on different phosphorous regimes. This study underpins the efficient phosphate usage in foxtail millet and help to improve the yield in other crops by utilizing the technology
Mobile Assistance for Social Inclusion and Empowerment of Immigrants with Persuasive Learning Technologies and Social Network Services (MASELTOV)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: ICT for Health, Ageing Well, Inclusion and Governance
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Austria,Austria,Greece,Spain,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Czechia,Italy,Spain,United Kingdom,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2011-7, 2011)
Start date: 2012-01-01
End date: 2015-03-31
Duration (months): 39.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5098326.0
EU funding (EUR): 3751000.0
Participants: 16
Project status: CLOSED

MASELTOV recognises the major risks for social exclusion of immigrants from the European information society and identifies the huge potential of mobile services for promoting integration and cultural diversity in Europe. Mobile – everywhere/everytime - persuasive assistance is crucial for more efficient and sustainable support of immigrants. MASELTOV researches and develops novel ICT instruments in an interdisciplinary consortium with the key objective to facilitate and foster local community building, raising consciousness and knowledge for the bridging of cultural differences. MASELTOV realises this project goal via the development of innovative social computing services that motivate and support informal learning for the appropriation of highly relevant daily skills. A mobile assistant embeds these novel services that address activities towards the social inclusion of immigrants in a persuasive and most intuitive manner which is highlighted in MASELTOV with a representative application of most essential / beneficial information and learning services – such as ubiquitous language translation, navigation, administrative and emergency health services. MASELTOV researches for and develops enabling technologies with the industrial potential to easily exploit and scale up the prototypical user shares within the embedment of already existing successful services with worldwide user coverage. The project with its scientifically, technically and socially relevant results will enable a massive social impact on the future with respect to more cooperative – more successful - integration of millions of (im)migrants living together with hundreds of millions cohabitating European citizens.

Keywords: migration,social inclusion,mobile service,social computing,mobile learning,usability research,context awareness
Trans-national cooperation among ICT NCPs (IDEALIST2014)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Horizontal Actions
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Germany,Austria,Bulgaria,Switzerland,Czechia,France,Georgia,Israel,India,Italy,Morocco,Malta,Mexico,Norway,Poland,Romania,Türkiye,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Armenia,Belgium,Belarus,Hungary,Latvia,Moldova, Republic of
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2011-7, 2011)
Start date: 2011-10-01
End date: 2014-12-31
Duration (months): 39.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4775575.0
EU funding (EUR): 3999000.0
Participants: 25
Project status: CLOSED

The main objective of Idealist2014 is reinforcing the network of National Contact Points (NCP) for ICT under FP7, by promoting further trans-national cooperation within this network. This cooperation will not be reduced to only ICT NCPs but also a degree of collaboration and networking with similar networks in parallel themes (Security, SSH, ENV, Transport, Energy, Health,…etc) especially in the context of joint/coordinated or PPP calls will be covered. Special focus is put on helping less experienced NCPs from Member States (MS) and Associated States (AS) to access the know-how accumulated in other countries and to apply it in a locally relevant and efficient manner. Furthermore Idealist2014 aims to address national and cross-border audiences, relying on the NCP network mainly established in the MS and AS at national and regional level, to stimulate, encourage and facilitate the participation in current and future Community ICT research of organisations of all types. Special focus is put on newcomers and SMEs, including organisations from MS, AS and ICPCs which comprise countries from Eastern European Partner Countries (EEPC), Mediterranean Partner Countries (MPC) and selected ICPCs with high technical and economical potential. The activities of Idealist2014 are incremental to the formal NCP responsibilities as they address the international aspects not covered by the nationally funded NCP role. It is built upon: -Experience gained over more than 15 years from the 7 preceding projects covering FP4 to FP7 and now the transition to FP8 -Strengthening NCP cooperation with support for MS, AS and ICPCs -Provision of Training and Twinning for less experienced NCPs -Provision of partner search, pre- and full proposal quality support -Focused support for SMEs in the ICT sector and for organisations new to the FP -Provision of NCP support for countries with S&T international agreements -Promotion of opportunities and Idealist services ensuring a higher NCP visibility

Keywords: strengthening the trans-national cooperation among ict ncps in europe and beyond
Telemedicine System Empowering Stroke Patients to Fight Back (STROKEBACK)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: ICT for Health, Ageing Well, Inclusion and Governance
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,United Kingdom,Greece,Germany,Hungary,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2011-7, 2011)
Start date: 2011-10-01
End date: 2014-12-31
Duration (months): 39.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4300561.0
EU funding (EUR): 3030978.0
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

Stroke is a disease with very high socio-economic impact. In average the healthcare expenditure cost for Strokes across different countries in Europe and USA is 3% of their entire healthcare expenditure. This includes inpatient treatment cost, outpatient hospital visits and long-term rehabilitation and care. Analysis showed that costs of long-term care have increased from 13% to 49% of overall costs in average in recent years. Therefore there is an urgent need for devising an effective long-term care and rehabilitation strategy for Stroke patients, which will involve the patients actively in the process while minimising costly human intervention. The StrokeBack project intends to develop an automated remote rehabilitation system by blending advances of ICT and practical clinical knowledge that will empower the patients and their immediate carer for effective application of the rehabilitation protocol in home settings. StrokeBack will combine state-of-the-art monitoring devices forming a wireless Body Area Network that enable simultaneous measurement of multiple vital parameters and currently executed movements that are particularly of interest from a Stroke rehabilitation point of view. The measured parameters will be fused using advanced feature extraction and classification algorithms processed on-body, which will denote the accuracy of the executed exercise. The training parameters along with vital data will be stored in a patient health record to which the responsible clinicians and therapists have access so that they can dynamically update the rehabilitation program. By employing manual intervention only when actually necessary, it will eliminate costly human intervention and thereby significantly reduce the associated costs. The increased rehabilitation speed as well as the fact that the rehabilitation training can be done at home directly improves quality of life of patients. To sum up StrokeBack will increase rehabilitation speed while reducing cost.

Keywords: security/privacy,body area networks,decision systems,human computer interface,body movement tracing,signal processing
AALIANCE2 - Next Generation European Ambient Assisted Living Innovation Alliance (AALIANCE2)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: ICT for Health, Ageing Well, Inclusion and Governance
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Italy,Germany,United Kingdom,Germany,Spain,Belgium,Germany,Germany,Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2011-7, 2011)
Start date: 2011-10-01
End date: 2014-05-31
Duration (months): 32.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1285286.0
EU funding (EUR): 992000.0
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

Subject of the Coordination Action AALIANCE2 will be Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) solutions based on advanced ICT technologies for ageing and wellbeing of older persons in Europe. AALIANCE2 will built upon the successful work and the wide network already established in the AALIANCE Innovation platform (2008-2010). AALIANCE2 will Transform the existing AALIANCE Community in a long-term sustainable network - to create the central entity for all AAL-related issues and stakeholder in Europe - to form an European Technology Platform focusing not solely on technology but on integrated solutions for a societal challenge - to provide a central node for global interaction Find solutions for major challenges in AAL which consist of - coordinating the various activities of European industry and research institutions in the field of Ambient Assisted Living by building consenus upon research priorities in a AAL roadmap and Strategic Research Agenda for the upcoming decades - standardisation requirements in the field of ICT and Wellbeing (incl. care and healthcare standards) - providing recommendations for a overcoming market barriers and effective regulations in AAL markets - investigating the the current state-of-the-art and market developments in AAL in North America and Asia Support the implementation of coherent strategies of the public and private sector.

Keywords: coordination action,aaliance,ambient assisted living,ict for ageing well