Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Internet of Things Architecture (IOT-A)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Pervasive and Trustworthy network and service infrastructures
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,United Kingdom,Germany,Germany,Switzerland,Germany,United Kingdom,France,Belgium,Spain,Italy,Greece,Germany,France,Belgium,Finland
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2009-5, 2009)
Start date: 2010-09-01
End date: 2013-11-30
Duration (months): 39.0
Total project cost (EUR): 18321198.0
EU funding (EUR): 11956284.0
Participants: 20
Project status: CLOSED

There has been much hype about the so-called “Internet of Things”. The idea of such a globally interconnected continuum emerged with the RFID technology, and this concept has considerably been extended to the current vision that envisages a plethora of heterogeneous objects interacting with the physical environment. Today, a large number of different means are used to enable communication between heterogeneous devices. We see these as &quot;Intranet of things&quot;, representing vertical silos that do not support interoperability. However, this balkanisation of efforts will lead to a predictable slowdown in devising a viable global solution. Furthermore, existing solutions do not address the scalability requirements for a future Internet of Things, they provide inappropriate models of governance and fundamentally neglect privacy and security in their design. IoT-A, the Internet-of-Things Architecture, proposes the creation of an architectural reference model together with the definition of an initial set of key building blocks. Together they are envisioned as crucial foundations for fostering a future Internet of Things. Using an experimental paradigm, IoT-A will combine top-down reasoning about architectural principles and design guidelines with simulation and prototyping to explore the technical consequences of architectural design choices. IoT-A will lead to the following tangible outcomes: 1) architectural reference model for the interoperability of Internet-of-Things systems, outlining principles and guidelines for the technical design of its protocols, interfaces, and algorithms; 2) corresponding mechanism for its efficient integration into the service layer of the Future Internet; 3) novel resolution infrastructure, allowing scalable look up and discovery of Internet-of-Things resources, entities of the real world, and their associations; 4) novel platform components; 5) implementation of real-life use cases demonstrating the benefits of the developed architecture.

Keywords: internet of things,architecture,iot
Integrated photonic transceivers at sub-terahertz wave range for ultra-wideband wireless communications (IPHOS)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Components, systems, engineering
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Spain,Netherlands,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Germany,Germany,France,France,Germany
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2009-5, 2009)
Start date: 2010-06-01
End date: 2013-11-30
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4475804.0
EU funding (EUR): 3099998.0
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

This project targets the development of compact and low power transceivers that enable wireless data transfer at sub-terahertz carrier frequencies and their application to future high data-rate short-distance communication links. The interest of the topic relies in the fact that advances in semiconductor technology, favourable spectrum policy and demand for gigabit throughput capabilities have created an opportunity for millimetre wave radio technology above 100GHz. The iPHOS research plan aims to address what has been identified as the “Achilles heel” of systems operating in this frequency range: the lack of reliable, compact low cost sources which can give rise to commercially successful products. We propose optical techniques to generate the carrier wave, enabling us to integrate a high level of functionality such as tunability of the carrier wave and modulation to superimpose data. The carrier frequency will result from beating two optical modes from dual mode laser on a high speed photodiode with an integrated antenna. The technical challenge that iPHOS is going to address is the integration of all of these elements on a single chip, including dual-wavelength sources, passive waveguide for optical couplers and connecting waveguides, electro-optical modulators for data encoding and high speed photodiode for electro-optical conversion. This challenge will require a strong effort on chip integration. In addition, advanced packaging technology will contribute to the goal of providing a compact and rugged system. The first application field targeted by iPHOS are future on-board flight entertainment systems, effort led by partner THALES. Nevertheless iPHOS impact strategy includes channeling the designs and devices obtained through licensing design libraries within the European manufacturing platforms of JePPIX and ePIXpack, opening up the possibility for other companies and consortiums to incorporate the mm-wave sources in other fields of applications.

Keywords: high data-rate wireless communication links,dual wavelength laser,optical heterodyning,photodiode,integrated antenna,subterahertz carrier,broadband modulation,carrier tunability,packaging
Cooperative and Self growing Energy aware Networks (CONSERN)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Components, systems, engineering
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Greece,Germany,Sweden,Germany,Germany,Belgium,United Kingdom,Belgium
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2009-5, 2009)
Start date: 2010-06-01
End date: 2012-09-30
Duration (months): 28.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3275748.0
EU funding (EUR): 2099988.0
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

CONSERN is introducing a novel paradigm for dedicated, purpose-driven small scale wireless networks characterized by a service-centric evolutionary approach, referred here as an energy-aware self-growing network and system. In the context of CONSERN, the Self-Growing network paradigm considers (i) mechanisms for energy efficient interaction of the wireless network elements and (ii) mechanisms for the reliable and efficient evolvement towards later lifecycle phases. A Self-Growing network is set up on-demand and is initially dedicated to a single purpose such monitoring and/or control. Self-growing can be applied on large scale, distributed and cooperative systems, including, for example, construction sites, and delivering wireless services within a complex home/office environment requiring network parameter negotiation with a multitude of neighbouring networks, etc. In the course of its lifecycle, it may coexist and cooperate with other wireless networks of distinct owners and interest groups evolving in the deployment area using or augmenting existing capacity in order to either serve additional purposes (e.g. in case of an emergency) or optimising under a specific purpose. CONSERN facilitates the emergence of mechanisms achieving energy efficient, robust, predictable and self-adaptive operation for future networked systems by considering mechanisms and methods for autonomic (design- and run-time) energy optimisations as well as cooperative energy aware behaviour of the distributed system nodes.

Keywords: cooperating objects,energy efficiency,self-growing network,autonomic paradigm
Desert Storms - Towards an Improved Representation of Meteorological Processes in Models of Mineral Dust Emission (DESERTSTORMS)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: Earth system science
Countries involved: Germany,United Kingdom
Call:  (ERC-2010-StG_20091028, 2010)
Start date: 2010-10-01
End date: 2015-09-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1355024.8
EU funding (EUR): 1355024.8
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

This project aims at revolutionizing the way the emission of mineral dust from natural soils is treated in numerical models of the Earth system. Dust significantly affects weather and climate through its influences on radiation, cloud microphysics, atmospheric chemistry and the carbon cycle via the fertilization of ecosystems. To date, quantitative estimates of dust emission and deposition are highly uncertain. This is largely due to the strongly nonlinear dependence of emissions on peak winds, which are often underestimated in models and analysis data. The core objective of this project is therefore to explore ways of better representing crucial meteorological processes such as daytime downward mixing of momentum from nocturnal low-level jets, convective cold pools and small-scale dust devils and plumes in models. To achieve this, we shall undertake (A) a detailed analysis of observations including station data, measurements from recent field campaigns, analysis data and novel satellite products, (B) a comprehensive comparison between output from a wide range of global and regional dust models, and (C) extensive sensitivity studies with regional and large-eddy simulation models in realistic and idealized set-ups to explore effects of resolution and model physics. In contrast to previous studies, all evaluations will be made on a process level concentrating on specific meteorological phenomena. Main deliverables are guidelines for optimal model configurations and novel parameterizations that link gridscale quantities with probabilities of winds exceeding a given threshold within the gridbox. The results will substantially advance our quantitative understanding of the global dust cycle and reduce uncertainties in predicting climate, weather and impacts on human health.

Keywords: dust,peak winds,sahara,low-level jets,haboobs,dust devils,models,parameterization
Smart and Efficient Location, idEntification, and Cooperation Techniques (SELECT)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Components, systems, engineering
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,France,Italy,Spain,Norway,Slovenia
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2009-5, 2009)
Start date: 2010-09-01
End date: 2014-02-28
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4607280.0
EU funding (EUR): 2850000.0
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

The project focus on studying innovative solutions enabling high-accuracy detection, identification, and location of objects/persons equipped with small ultra-low power tags using a network of intelligent self-configuring radio devices. Network functionalities will be enhanced to include the detection and tracking of moving objects/persons without tags eventually present in the same area. To achieve this goal, several technologies such as radio frequency identification (RFID), ultra wideband backscattering modulation, time reversal, relaying and energy scavenging, and associated advanced algorithms, will be considered and partly or totally integrated in a demonstrator. This will require the design of multi-frequency/multi-technology tags for system-neutral identification along the use lifetime of a tag, based on advanced concepts in low-consumption chip and antenna design. Innovative techniques will be considered to improve the location accuracy, increase tag energy efficiency and extend system coverage by a mixture of progress in the system architecture, in the detection and tag activation techniques, and in the complexity-performance trade off of chip design. Special emphasis will be given to the analysis and design of “green” solutions by considering low complexity and low power tags through the exploitation of passive communication (without integrated tag batteries) as well smart cooperation strategies. Finally, single system components and the overall system performance will be validated through experimental characterization, hardware implementation, as well as simulation. Identification/detection reliability, tracking accuracy, power consumption will be amongst the major evaluation criteria. A wireless network integrating detection, identification, and location would lead to relevant improvements in the development of a wide range of advanced applications including logistics (package tracking) and supply chain management (SCM).

Keywords: rfid networks,supply chain management,smart sensor networks,real time location
Future Internet Testing (FITTEST)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Pervasive and Trustworthy network and service infrastructures
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Spain,United Kingdom,Israel,Italy,Netherlands,France,Germany,Finland
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2009-5, 2009)
Start date: 2010-09-01
End date: 2013-12-31
Duration (months): 40.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5885768.0
EU funding (EUR): 3998017.0
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

The Future Internet will be a complex interconnection of services, applications, content and media, on which our society will become increasingly dependent for critical activities such as public utilities, social services, government, learning, finance, business, as well as entertainment. Consequently, Future Internet applications have to meet high quality demands. Testing is the mostly used quality assurance technique applied in industry. However, the complexity of the technologies involved in the Future Internet makes testing extremely challenging and demands for novel approaches and major advancement in the field. The overall aim of the FITTEST project is to address these testing challenges, by developing an integrated environment for automated testing, which can monitor the Future Internet application under test and adapt to the dynamic changes observed. The environment will implement continuous post-release testing to address self-modifiability and run-time adaptation of Future Internet applications. Since services can be dynamically discovered and added, intended use of the application can change after release. The environment will integrate, adapt and automate various techniques for continuous Future Internet testing (e.g. dynamic model inference, model-based testing, log-based diagnosis, oracle learning, combinatorial testing, concurrent testing, regression testing, etc.). The environment will make use of evolutionary search based techniques, to make it possible for the above mentioned techniques to deal with the huge search space associated with the Future Internet testing challenges. In this way, we can address new, emerging or unexpected behaviour that may originate from the dynamism, autonomy and self-adaptation. FITTEST results will be evaluated with case studies using real Internet systems like virtual worlds, social networking, highly scalable service providers and a SaaS enabled CASE tool, that are highly relevant to the Future Internet vision.

Keywords: future internet,verification and validation,continuous post-release testing,search based testing,combinatorial testing,model-based testing,regression testing,coverage criteria,oracle learning
Plug and Play monitoring and control architecture for optimization of large scale production processes (PAPYRUS)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Components, systems, engineering
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,Germany,France,Finland
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2009-5, 2009)
Start date: 2010-09-01
End date: 2013-06-30
Duration (months): 34.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2995141.0
EU funding (EUR): 1750000.0
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

The first objective of the project is plant-wide application of asset management. It lifts the focus from single-component diagnostics to a plant-wide view of both asset performance and asset condition. Secondly, because di-agnostics need to result in actions, diagnostic information (asset information) is used to generate control actions. Control refers to all levels of the automation pyramid, i.e. production control, plant maintenance, as well as field level control. A third and necessary objective is to achieve and maintain this in a modular and efficient way. The starting point for plant-wide diagnosis is the collection, harmonisation and aggregation of the available com-ponent diagnoses in order to be able to realise a plant-wide approach. One essential aspect in this work is the inte-gration of both condition information and performance assessment. A decision support system will also be developed that maps plant information, together with constraints and re-quirements, in order to generate and propose plant actions that satisfy production and other requirements. Implementation of these concepts can only be done using modern software architecture in accordance with avail-able standards (modeling, interfaces). One important basic principle will be the ease of use. Large-scale applica-tions require simple, standardized solutions for sustainable operation. The project fits in well with the ICT call because a modern production plant is a highly complex and inter-connected entity. The concepts developed in the project will, in a straightforward manner, be applicable to other industries, and also to the site level once the plant level solution is in place. The second important point is that the project extends diagnostics from a purely passive to an active approach con-trolling the entire plant. Control in this instance refers to much more than the classical automatic control of field devices, and includes the operation and maintenance of the plant itself.

Keywords: on-line plant asset management,fault-proactive services,toolkits,large- scale processing systems
MIRROR - Reflective Learning at Work (MIRROR)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Digital libraries and content
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,Austria,Italy,Germany,Germany,United Kingdom,Germany,Norway,Netherlands,Germany,Italy,United Kingdom,Germany,Germany
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2009-5, 2009)
Start date: 2010-07-01
End date: 2014-06-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 8786341.0
EU funding (EUR): 6450000.0
Participants: 15
Project status: CLOSED

Due to the dynamics in business environments and the large number of changes in job roles and tasks for employees, a time-consuming development of formal learning offers and the organisational-wide provision of vocational training are barriers for the wide adoption and use of learning technologies. Especially SMEs perceive current learning technologies as insufficient to support learning-on-the-job. Thus, the overall objective of MIRROR is to empower and engage employees to reflect on past work performances and personal learning experiences in order to learn in “real-time” and to creatively solve pressing problems immediately. MIRROR shall help employees to increase their level and breadth of experience significantly within short time by capturing experiences of others. A prerequisite for exploring innovative solutions in this context is to rely on human ability to efficiently and effectively learn directly from tacit knowledge – without the need for making it explicit. Specifically MIRROR will provide the following output: • Conceptual model of holistic continuous learning by reflection which incorporates the essential ingredients of training critical thinking, awareness of emotions, (collaborative) knowledge construction, creative problem solving and innovation. • Within a so-called “AppSphere” a bundle of real-time, interoperable learning applications that can be used within the collaborative and social work environment of the employees. • Prove of learning effectiveness through evaluation within five testbeds. MIRROR will be the first technology-enhanced learning approach that can be used in highly dynamic working situations where no teachers, no formal content, and no explicit knowledge are available. Existing research results from projects such as APOSDLE, MATURE, PROLIX will be made enriched by combining them with MIRROR applications. The MIRROR consortium brings together 15 partners of Europe’s TEL industry, high-quality research and testbeds.

Keywords: learning by reflection,collaborative learning,applicaion sphere for creative learning,learning technologies
Virtual Observatory Infrastructure for Earth Observation Data (TELEIOS)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Digital libraries and content
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Greece,Germany,Germany,Netherlands,Italy
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2009-5, 2009)
Start date: 2010-09-01
End date: 2013-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3732257.0
EU funding (EUR): 2847345.0
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

Earth observation data have increased considerably over the last decades with satellite sensors collecting and transmitting back to Earth several terabytes of data per day. This data acquisition rate is a major challenge to existing data management, exploitation and dissemination approaches used by various agencies such as ESA, NASA and European national space agencies. The availability of earth observation data now outstrips the availability of human intelligence to exploit it. To make the available petabytes of EO data easily accessible by an even larger group of end user applications, the proposed project will design and implement a Virtual Observatory infrastructure for EO data. The Virtual Observatory will use state-of-the art scalable DBMS technology to store and query raw image data, image metadata and symbolic representations of images capturing their content and its semantics. We will develop efficient algorithms to integrate images with relevant geospatial data sets, and to discover knowledge which currently lies dormant in EO archives. Because satellite instruments transmit data continuously, we will pay special attention to the streaming nature of EO data and will make significant contributions to querying streams of EO images and relevant geospatial data sets. Our advances to the state of the art are demonstrated in two use cases: “A Virtual Observatory for TerraSAR-X data” and “Real-time fire monitoring based on continuous acquisitions of satellite images in combination with geospatial data”. With the support of the European Space Agency, EO scientists will be involved in our project throughout its entire life-time, from requirements definition, through development to testing and validation, thus making sure that the our results have a lasting impact in the EO community.

Keywords: earth observation imaging data,temporal and geospatial extensions to rdf and sparql,arrays in dbms,stream query processing,knowledge discovery,data integration,virtual observatories