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A New Connoisseurship: Smart ways to detect forgeries (ARTDETECT)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Texts and Concepts
Panel description: Literary studies , literature,  philosophy
Countries involved: Belgium
Call: ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS (ERC-2022-COG, 2022)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2028-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1999430.0
EU funding (EUR): 1999430.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Although scientific methods to analyze cultural heritage are being developed rapidly, research in the field of forgery detection (art created with the intent to deceive) is too fragmentary and discipline-bound to face the current scholarly confusion and information overload. This project lays the intellectual foundation for a new type of connoisseurship, building on the latest developments in (technical) art history and data science. Art historians are used to focus on the past and the present. This project will allow art experts –for the first time– to face forward and predict high risks. The goal is to first generate fundamental new insights into significant anomalies that betray forged paintings (as well as into key characteristics of comparable originals); secondly, to develop ‘thin-slicing’ tools, i.e. computer programs and checklists that help to quickly and effectively select potential forgeries for in-depth analysis; and ultimately, to give connoisseurship a new reach and relevance through the novel, integrated approach to assess, categorize and interpret paintings. Despite the great importance of connoisseurship for art history (providing the basic classification of who created what and when, information essential for virtually all interpretative studies in this field), its methodology has not kept abreast with innovative multi-disciplinary approaches to collaboration among experts in different fields of inquiry. The 21st century has witnessed major breakthroughs in thinking about authenticity within art history; the scientific methods and technical means to examine artworks have improved tremendously; and data science and data visualization techniques allow us to think on an unprecedented scale. Building on classified research for the French Ministry of Justice, two recent Dutch Research Council (NWO) projects and extensive experience, I am in a unique position to forge effective multi-disciplinary collaborations and spearhead this project.

Keywords: connoisseurship,forgery identification,old master paintings,modern paintings,smart tools,cultural heritage
PRE-NORMATIVE RESEARCH ON INTEGRITY ASSESSMENT PROTOCOLS OF GAS PIPES REPURPOSED TO HYDROGEN AND MITIGATION GUIDELINES (PilgrHYm)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Climate, Energy and Mobility
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Clean Hydrogen
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Partnership: CLEANH2 (JU-JTI)
Countries involved: France,Spain,Belgium,Germany,Norway,Italy
Call: Pre-Normative Research about the compatibility of transmission gas grid steels with hydrogen and development of mitigation techniques (HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-1, 2023)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2027-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3999073.75
EU funding (EUR): 3999073.75
Participants: 12
Project status: SIGNED

Transporting natural gas through pipelines has been shown to be safe and efficient for decades. However, decarbonizing the European industry and reducing carbon emissions will require a significant portion of the existing pipeline infrastructure to be used for transporting gaseous hydrogen under high pressure across the continent, from production sites to end users. The pipelines, originally designed for natural gas, are not considered H2-ready, and Transmission System Operators must demonstrate their compatibility with hydrogen. The existing standards, such as ASME B31.12, are often viewed as overly conservative and not conducive to the development of pure hydrogen networks. PilgrHYm is an ambitious R&D project that seeks to develop a pre-normative framework to support the development of a European standard. The project aims to conduct a comprehensive testing program on small-scale laboratory specimens, focusing on 8 base materials, 2 welds, and 2 heat-affected zones that are representative of the EU gas grids. These specimens will be selected after a thorough review by TSOs to address safety concerns, lack of regulations, codes, and standards, as well as research gaps related to the compatibility of current pipelines with hydrogen. PilgrHYm's ultimate goal is to provide quantified data on more than 70% of the EU grid and refine existing norms, codes, and standards by reducing over-conservatism and ensuring the safety and reliability of flaw assessment methodologies. The results of PilgrHYm will serve as the baseline for a harmonized European solution. This project represents a significant step forward in the development of a comprehensive European standard for transporting hydrogen through pipelines and will be instrumental in the successful decarbonization of the European industry and reducing carbon emissions.

Keywords: hydrogen,repurposing,code,standardization,regulations,mitigation,eu grid,over conservatism,testing protocols,pipelines,pre normative research,100 european tsos,decarbonizing
Targeting Circadian Clock Dysfunction in Alzheimer’s Disease (TClock4AD)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Doctoral Networks
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Life Sciences
Countries involved: Italy,Spain,Portugal,Czechia,Belgium,Greece,Israel,United States,Austria,China,United Kingdom,Hungary,Germany
Call: MSCA Doctoral Networks 2021 (HORIZON-MSCA-2021-DN-01, 2021)
Start date: 2023-03-01
End date: 2027-02-28
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4023940.11
EU funding (EUR): 3811636.8
Participants: 27
Project status: SIGNED

Recent Nobel Prize-winning discoveries on circadian clock (CC) have laid the foundation for ground-breaking approaches to treat many diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease (AD). AD is a current public health priority. Amplifying the demographic burden of the rising numbers of patients is the low success rate of AD therapies. Given that CC genes regulating memory, sleep, and neurodegeneration have altered expression profiles in AD, CC has recently emerged as a viable therapeutic target for new effective drugs. However, how to develop them remains a fundamental challenge. The “Targeting Circadian Clock Dysfunction in Alzheimer’s Disease” Doctoral Network (TClock4AD) is proposed to create a new generation of researchers able to face such challenge by harnessing neurobiology, medicinal chemistry, pharmaceutical nanotechnology, neuroimmunology, big data, bioinformatics, and entrepreneurship. TClock4AD will exploit unique expertise and advanced technologies at 10 leading universities, 3 research centers, a hospital, 10 non-academic institutions including SMEs, a large pharma company, a Health industry association, and a patient organization across EU, UK, Israel, USA and China. TClock4AD will deliver double degrees to 15 doctoral candidates, with triple-i knowledge/skills, broad vision and a business-oriented mindset. Their research activities will be structured around 5 scientific themes to: (1) develop novel artificial intelligence-, proteolysis targeting chimeras- and multitarget-based strategies for new CC drug candidates (2) develop novel drug delivery nanotechnologies, which take into consideration CC (3) investigate innovative in vitro (stem-cells, 3D cultures) & in vivo (Drosophila), as well as organ-on-chip techniques, for preclinical validation of CC drugs (4) get insight into the molecular mechanisms underlying CC in AD and associated drug response in mice and C. elegans models (5) develop innovative biotech business model and exploitation strategies.

Keywords: circadian clock,alzheimer s disease,drug discovery,drug delivery,nanotechniques,organ on chip,artificial intelligence,preclinical modelling and validation
Cyber-kinetic attacks using Artificial Intelligence (KINAITICS)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Civil Security for Society
Theme: Civil Security for Society
Destination: Increased Cybersecurity
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: France,Greece,Spain,Italy,Belgium
Call: AI for cybersecurity reinforcement (HORIZON-CL3-2021-CS-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-10-01
End date: 2025-09-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4030723.75
EU funding (EUR): 4030723.75
Participants: 7
Project status: SIGNED

The interconnection between Information Technologies and Operational Technologies is underway, with many impacts on the related cybersecurity of various application domains. For a long time, we have known that attacks or malfunctions in the cyber world can have critical impacts on the physical world, especially in critical infrastructures. Conversely, intentional perturbations of physical systems, through e.g. attacks on sensor measurements, can have disastrous consequences on digital control mechanisms, and thus on physical processes. In this interconnected cyber-physical world, the advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI) opens the door to various new kinds of attacks, and also offers numerous defence capabilities. In the KINAITICS project, we aim at exploring the new attack opportunities offered by the introduction of AI-based control and perceptive systems, as well as those offered by combination of behavioural understanding of physical systems and cyber-attacks. On the defence side, we aim at offering an innovative spectrum of tools and methodologies, to combine behavioural monitoring and classical cybersecurity tools to protects against these new threats. Importantly, we also target innovative methodologies, which incorporate human factors and their uncertainties in the tools. This last point raises crucial challenges on trustworthy approaches, explanations provided, and how to deal with uncertainties in response decisions. The project will also thoroughly assess the regulation of big data uses and provide guidelines for EU policy actions and cybersecurity experts’ responsible development, thanks to the implication of researchers specialised in legal and ethical aspects of ICT innovation. Our research will strive to counter AI attacks. The seven tools produced during the course of the project, as well as the cyber-defence platform, will significantly improve systems robustness, resilience and response, and will help Europe save 3-4 billion€ yearly by 2030.

Keywords: security of artificial intelligence behavioural modelling cyber physical attacks cyberange ethics in ai
NeurovasculAR coupling and Neuronal Infraslow Activity (NARNIA)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Life Sciences
Countries involved: Spain
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-11-04
End date: 2026-11-03
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 181152.96
EU funding (EUR): 181152.96
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Cerebral autoregulation and neurovascular coupling have a critical role in sustaining brain activity and preventing irreversible damage. Yet, despite revolutionary advances in neuroimaging methods questions remain on the relation and reciprocal interactions between cerebral hemodynamics (blood flow, oxygenation, vascular regulation) and neuronal activity. NARNIA aims to unravel this intricate relationship and pushes the boundaries by developing a high-spatiotemporal resolution, multi-modal cortical neuronal activity and hemodynamics imaging system using 32-64 channel graphene-based solution gated field-effect transistors (gSGFET) and new high-density Speckle Contrast Tomography. This system will study both spontaneous and electrically evoked activity in the cerebral cortex, uniting neuroscientists, engineers, and physicists. As an experienced researcher with a background in developing high-speed A-line rate swept source mode-locked lasers and interferometers for Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), I have a deep understanding of the intricacies of optical imaging systems. My work includes combining multimodal biomedical imaging systems (Gabor Domain Optical Coherence Microscopy and Multi-channel Scanning Confocal Fluorescence Microscopy), demonstrating my ability to bridge various technologies and methodologies. This endeavor will significantly expand my skills, research capabilities, and network, ultimately advancing my career as an independent researcher. By gaining a deeper understanding of these processes, in the long run, we envision contributing to the development of targeted interventions that can improve the quality of life for >12.5% EU population suffering from conditions like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, stroke, etc. A fundamental understanding of this relationship will allow us to propose new hypotheses towards newer diagnostic and therapeutic approaches, potentially offering earlier diagnoses and more effective treatments for these neurological conditions.

Keywords: neurovascular coupling,cerebral autoregulation,cerebral hemodynamics,cortical dynamics,infraslow oscillation,speckle imaging,tomographic imaging,multi electrode array,electrophysiology
Modelling the Effect of DIspersion on convection in porous mediA (MEDIA)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021 (HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01, 2021)
Start date: 2023-09-01
End date: 2025-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 203464.32
EU funding (EUR): 203464.32
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Global warming attracts great social, economic, political and scientific attention. A major proportion of the carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted in the atmosphere is due to anthropogenic activities and represents one of the main causes of this global problem. A possible solution is represented by carbon sequestration: CO2 is captured from power plants and injected in underground geological formations, where it dissolves into the resident fluid (brine) and can be safely stored for hundreds of years. In this frame, the properties of the rocks play a key role: after injection, CO2 follows sinuous pathways among the rock grains and spreads in a complex manner, making predictions on the long-term dynamics hard to obtain. For this reason, the identification of suitable sequestration sites and the design of the injection process is still a challenging task. Moreover, injection of CO2 takes place at depths between 1 and 3 km beneath the earth surface, which makes in-situ measurements hard to obtain: simulations and lab-scale experiments are essential. To make practical and prudent decisions about the future energy production strategies, the European Union (EU) must be able to accurately identify its carbon storage capacity. The research proposed here, “Modelling the Effect of Dispersion on convection In porous mediA (MEDIA)”, aims at improving our understanding and design capabilities of carbon storage processes in geological formations. This study will focus on the analysis and interpretation of experiments and simulations of convection in porous media. The results will be used to develop models that describe the rock properties, contributing also to improve commercial reservoir simulators. As part of MEDIA, the applicant will (1) examine the effect of dispersion via innovative experiments in bead packs, (2) quantify the effect of dispersion with state-of-art numerical pore-scale simulations, and (3) identify appropriate models of dispersion for large-scale simulations.

Keywords: convection,convection in porous media,carbon dioxide sequestration
Gold nanoparticle films for universal biosensors (DESIRE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Life Sciences
Countries involved: Germany
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-09-04
End date: 2025-09-03
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 173847.36
EU funding (EUR): 173847.36
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The current biosensing marker for healthcare and environmental applications is dominated by laboratory instrumentation that is bulky, time consuming, and expensive and requires well-equipped laboratories and skilled personnel. Many essential applications, such as disease diagnostics (e.g. hepatitis B, tuberculosis, HIV) and water quality monitoring (e.g. pathogens, heavy metals, toxins), are often neglected due to economic reasons, causing millions of deaths globally. The most significant challenges facing biosensors are their fabrication and instrumentation costs, insensitivity, and low-throughput detection. One technique capable of tackling these challenges is localised surface plasmon resonance which has demonstrated the potential to deliver cost-effective hand-held point-of-care devices with rapid, multi-analyte detection. To date, this potential has been limited by the available techniques for fabricating feasible nanoscale sensors. I have chosen a world-recognized research centre, the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology in Germany, as my host institution to develop my MSCA under the supervision of an excellent mentor in nanobiophotonics, where I will be trained in advanced techniques in nanophotonics. The acquired skills in combination with my own knowledge will perfectly match for developing a novel nanofabrication technique to deliver affordable and versatile sensors based on a 2D array of well-ordered and dense gold nanoparticles - a unique blend of interdisciplinary methods with the potential to rival lithography techniques but at a fraction of their costs. Precise control over nanostructured dimensions will allow me to tune the sensor for biosensing applications. Microarray biofunctionalisation of the sensor will demonstrate multiplexed detection of pathogens (DNA), disease biomarkers (proteins), and heavy metals and will pave the way for improved healthcare and environmental screening, where test availability, speed, and cost play a decisive role.

Keywords: biosensor,lspr,multiplexing,gold nanoparticles,self assembly arrays
Spin glasses and random polynomial systems: structure, algorithms and connections (PolySpin)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Mathematics
Panel description: All areas of mathematics, pure and applied, plus mathematical foundations of computer science, mathematical physics and statistics
Countries involved: Israel
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2024-STG, 2024)
Start date: 2024-10-01
End date: 2029-09-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1433796.0
EU funding (EUR): 1433796.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The project focuses on two areas in the study of random functions in high-dimensions: mathematical Spin Glass theory and random systems of polynomial equations. Research in these fields is currently conducted by two separate mathematical communities. The study of algorithms for solving random systems has so far mostly focused on the well-known 17th problem of Steve Smale posed in 1998, which originally concerns complex polynomials. Mean-field spin glass models, on the other hand, deal with real random polynomial functions. However, Smale also posed a real version of his problem, even more difficult and much less understood. The polynomials in the real version of the problem are exactly the spherical pure p-spin models of spin glass theory. This creates a bridge between the two theories. One part of this project sets out to investigate how this can be exploited, by using the theory of spin glasses to gain insights into real random polynomial systems and the real 17th problem of Smale. We offer a new perspective by viewing the problem of solving a system as a problem of minimizing an appropriate ''energy function'' --- a common, general problem in statistical physics. Most importantly, this approach allows us to build on recent important developments on optimization of spin glasses, and specifically to adapt a Hessian Descent algorithm originally developed for the spherical models to variants of the real 17th problem of Smale. These recent advances on algorithmic optimization were inspired by a new geometric analysis for the celebrated Thouless-Anderson-Palmer (TAP) approach to the mixed p-spin models from 1977. In another part of the project we wish to extend this analysis to various other spin glass models and use it to design new optimization algorithms. Other geometric problems we seek to solve concern the structure and critical points of full-RSB models, relations of the TAP approach to pure states, and properties of the Gibbs measure.

Keywords: spin glasses,random systems of real polynomials
Functional Magnetic Nanomessengers for Bidirectional Molecular Communication (ERMES-HopOn)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area
Programme: Widening participation and spreading excellence
Theme: Improved access to Excellence
Destination: Improved access to Excellence
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Italy,Serbia
Call: Hop-on facility (HORIZON-WIDERA-2025-03, 2025)
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 494857.5
EU funding (EUR): 494857.5
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

Integration of a Serbian widening partner with expertise in magnetic nanomaterials to develop superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticle (SPION)-based molecular messengers, enabling non-invasive, remote detection via inductive sensing and advancing multimodal molecular communication within the ERMES project.

Keywords: magnetic nanoparticles,molecular communication,implantable devices