Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Environmental Data Models and Interface development in Aviation (ENDAMI)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Joint Technology Initiatives (Annex IV-SP1)
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Clean Sky
Action type: Article 171 of the Treaty
Partnership: CLEAN-SKY (Art-185)
Countries involved: Germany,Germany,United Kingdom
Call:  (SP1-JTI-CS-2011-01, 2011)
Start date: 2011-10-01
End date: 2014-05-31
Duration (months): 32.0
Total project cost (EUR): 719997.0
EU funding (EUR): 539997.75
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

Within the project „Environmental Data Models and Interface Development (JTI-CS-2011-ECO-01-018)”, the partners within the project consortium will assess environmental performance in the aviation sector in order to support ecological improvement. Under the lead of University of Stuttgart, the project will take important steps towards the application of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Thinking (LCT) in the aviation sector. The project will: - Create a methodological framework for LCA application in the aviation sector - Create LCA models of most relevant materials and processes - Create parameterized models of current and future reference a/c - Set up an advisory board, consisting of companies representing the most important supplying industries for the aviation sector (“Material Board”) in order to have access to their expert knowledge - Identify the environmentally most relevant parts, processes and materials - Perform an impact assessment and sensitivity analysis, based on those models - Create datasets according to the ILCD 1.1 requirements - Create an easy-to-use user interface and harmonization with the EDA LCA tool - Actively communicate progress, findings and results to the CLEAN SKY Eco-Design partners and the topic manager - Capitalize on the outcomes of the LCA DATIM project Modelling will be done in the GaBi LCA software tool, thus offering full compatibility with all models, processes and database of the preceding LCA DATIM project. This software tool in combination with the easy-to-use user interface and the underlying ILCD-compatible database will be an important step to support improvement of sustainability in the aviation sector. The ENDAMI project comprises the major aircraft manufacturer among the CLEAN SKY Eco-Design partners and leading material providers to the aviation industry (in the MATERIAL BOARD), covering a wide range of materials used in the aircraft industry,leading to an added value for the CLEAN SKY consortium.

Keywords: parametrized lca models,aviation,methodological framework,ilcd datasets,easy-to-use software interface,eda lca tool,material suppliers,material board,environmental impact assessment
Machine Understanding for interactive StorytElling (MUSE)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Future and Emerging Technologies
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Belgium,Slovenia,United Kingdom,Netherlands,France
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2011-C, 2011)
Start date: 2012-09-01
End date: 2015-11-30
Duration (months): 39.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2543279.0
EU funding (EUR): 1993326.0
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

The MUSE project will introduce a new way of exploring and understanding information by “bringing text to life” through 3D interactive storytelling. Taking as input natural language text like children’s stories or medical patient education materials, MUSE will process the natural language, translate it into formal knowledge that represents the actions, actors, plots and surrounding world, and then render these as virtual 3D worlds in which the user can explore the text through interaction, re-enactment and guided game play. To enable such a system, MUSE will make targeted advances in natural language processing that enable the translation of natural language text to the necessary knowledge representations, as well as targeted advances in the action representation and story planning necessary for interactive storytelling. In natural language processing, MUSE will develop new techniques for finding explicit action structures in text and combining them with implicit action structures inferred from the context based on probabilistic models of translation and automatic methods for acquiring world knowledge from large corpora. In interactive storytelling, MUSE will develop action and object representations that bridge the gap between natural language and virtual worlds, and will create advanced techniques for planning virtual world stories given inconsistent and incomplete information. The proposed methodology will be evaluated and showcased on two scenarios: one for creating immersive children’s stories from text and one for allowing medical patients to interact with patient education materials. Comparable to the invention of symbolic writing systems several millennia ago, MUSE contributes to a novel symbolic system communicating natural language utterances.

Keywords: interactive virtual worlds,natural language understanding,knowledge representation
The Conversion of Recycled Carbon Fibre Yarn and Tape Into High Value Fabrics and Materials (HVRCFM)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Joint Technology Initiatives (Annex IV-SP1)
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Clean Sky
Action type: Article 171 of the Treaty
Partnership: CLEAN-SKY (Art-185)
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (SP1-JTI-CS-2011-01, 2011)
Start date: 2011-10-01
End date: 2013-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 250000.0
EU funding (EUR): 187500.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

The use of Carbon fibres is becoming widespread throughout the developing and developed world. As the use continues to grow, methods of recycling the waste materials are being developed. Whilst methods exist to recycle materials containing Carbon Fibre, these are not high value and tend to involve crushing and burning, which themselves are not environmentally friendly. This proposal will highlight the use of yarns, tapes and consolidated Matt virgin fibre materials for use in higher value recyclate with better properties which will substitute current materials with lighter, more efficient recycled materials. A number of commercially available polymer fibres soluble in epoxy based resin are available for use in thermoset composite manufacture (eg PEI, PES). These matrix soluble fibres can be blended with chopped recycled carbon fibre or waste carbon fibres to produce hybrid spun yarn to be achieved high performance thermoset composite form low value materials. The main benefit of this technology is uniform blending of recycled CF with resin soluble fibres, which will be dissolved in the epoxy resin during composite fabrication. It is expected that by integrating the recycled fibres into current state of the art materials development, a wide range of high value, lower carbon footprint materials can be developed. Currently the ability to manufacture woven fabrics in 2 Dimensions and 3 Dimensions is available, as well as Multiaxial NCF materials. This ability to convert a wide range of substrates into useable fabrics and materials will provide better opportunities for realizing the higher value available from the recycled fibres. Having the experience of handling and converting high modulus, brittle materials into specialized fabrics, and the ability to create performance yarns to feed the fabric manufacture is of primary importance in the Project

Keywords: 3d woven,2d woven,uni-directional non crimp fabrics,multiaxial non crimp fabrics,ud tapes,ud fabrics,high value recycled materials
Combining streak camera technology with ultra-fast imaging to improve mass resolution and ion throughput in time-of-flight mass spectrometry. (STREAKMS)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Proof of concept grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Countries involved: United Kingdom,France
Call:  (ERC-2011-PoC, 2011)
Start date: 2012-08-01
End date: 2014-01-31
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 168224.3
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

We aim to develop a new type of detector for use primarily in time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Innovation in mass spectrometer design is largely driven by the desire for increased mass resolution and increased ion throughput. To date, improving the time resolution in time-of-flight measurements has relied on improving the detector and detection electronics in order to achieve better resolution of a time-dependent signal. Our detector approaches the problem in a different way. Utilising streak camera technology, the time-dependent signal from the ion detector is mapped onto a spatial axis, creating a 'streak image' that may be captured by a single column of pixels in an imaging sensor. By utilising multiple columns of pixels within a 2D image sensor, many such measurements may be made in parallel, providing a large increase in ion throughput relative to the 'one dimensional' signal acquisition employed in current time-of-flight detectors. To obtain time-of-flight (and therefore mass) resolutions competitive with high-end commercial mass spectrometers requires a highly specialised imaging sensor with clock speeds on the order of tens to hundreds of nanoseconds. We have recently developed such a sensor as part of the ImageMS project funded by an ERC Starting Grant. We plan to work together with Photonis, a leading streak camera manufacturer, to develop a working prototype of the StreakMS detector which can be beta tested by mass spectrometer manufacturers. We have already carried out extensive computer simulations and design work to demonstrate the feasibility of the new detector.

Keywords: 10442
Molecular by-pass therapy for mitochondrial dysfunction - Proof of Concept (MITO BY-PASS POC)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Proof of concept grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Countries involved: Finland
Call:  (ERC-2011-PoC, 2011)
Start date: 2012-06-01
End date: 2013-05-31
Duration (months): 12.0
Total project cost (EUR): 168224.4
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Defects in the primary metabolic functions of mitochondria, the cell’s ‘power-plants’, underlie a diverse range of human pathologies, including rare neuromuscular syndromes, many cases of common multifactorial diseases (e.g epilepsy, deafness, diabetes), neurodegenerative conditions such as Parkinson’s disease (PD), and devastating metabolic disorders of infancy. Mitochondrial dysfunction is also a major cause of tissue damage in heart attack and stroke, and is involved in cancer progression. This project will facilitate an R&D effort to develop a common genetic therapy for this vast range of diseases, taking advantage of the fact that lower organisms possess a built-in biochemical mechanism for relieving the stress caused by mitochondrial dysfunction, using alternative respiratory chain enzymes that simply by-pass the problem. Under ERC Project 232738 (MITO BY-PASS) we have succeeded in expressing the alternative oxidase AOX from the sea squirt Ciona intestinalis in mammalian cells and transgenic flies. In the fruit-fly, AOX expression overcomes the lethality of poisons directed at mitochondria, and cures flies of genetic defects that produce features equivalent to PD or fatal mitochondrial diseases of infancy. Preliminary data on mammalian models also indicates that the gene can be safely expressed, and contributes similar benefits. These now constitute a key validation tool to test the potential for AOX therapy of many human diseases. This PoC project will undertake the crucial next steps in the development of AOX therapy by implementing a partner search and negotiating terms for testing the technology in many different mammalian models of common diseases associated with mitochondrial dysfunction, and by soliciting major investment for the development of AOX therapy from both public and private-sector partners.

Keywords: 232738
Reliable Operating Systems for Embedded Systems (ROSES)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Proof of concept grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call:  (ERC-2011-PoC, 2011)
Start date: 2012-05-01
End date: 2013-10-31
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 167953.2
EU funding (EUR): 149758.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

Current computer software, including operating systems, have poor reliability and security. Unfortunately, this lack of reliability also applies to embedded systems, that is physical systems controlled by a microprocessor, such as those used on cars, airplanes, MRI scanners, pacemakers, insulin pumps, cameras, set-top boxes, mobile telephones, appliances, and many more. Software failures in these devices can have catastrophic effects. Bugs in the code of the Therac-25 and Cobalt-60 radiation machines killed several dozen people due to overdoses of radiation and bugs in the software of the Prius’ software-controlled braking system have led to fatal accidents, for example.The related ERC Advanced Grant was about redesigning operating systems to make them more reliable, with a focus on desktop systems. In this project we want to use the results of the research to try to make embedded systems more reliable and then move toward commercializing the software. One area of interest to us is embedded systems that are currently or will soon be networked. It will not be too long before, say, next generation pacemakers get networking capability to send patient monitoring information to the hospital in real time. Such systems need to be extremely reliable and protected against hackers. They also need to be updatable while they are running. No current embedded systems provide this kind of capability, but we think we can provide it and we believe there will be a market for it. The first step is to port our desktop system to the ARM processor, which dominates the embedded systems world, and make a prototype to show potentially interested parties. At that point we will be able to see if the project is commercial viable. Before the ARM port and a sample application have been done, that is nearly impossible to do.

Keywords: 227874
Spectrally encoded flow cytometry (SEFC)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Proof of concept grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Countries involved: Israel
Call:  (ERC-2011-PoC, 2011)
Start date: 2012-07-01
End date: 2013-10-31
Duration (months): 16.0
Total project cost (EUR): 163680.0
EU funding (EUR): 149848.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Measuring blood parameters noninvasively in patients is of great importance in many clinical applications. During the course of our research in an ERC-funded project, in which light is used to image and threat cancer, we have discovered that the minimally invasive imaging technique we have been developing, termed spectrally encoded endoscopy, is extremely effective for imaging flowing blood cells without the need for mechanical scanning. We have shown that this technique, termed spectrally encoded flow cytometry (SEFC), is capable of subsurface confocal imaging at sub-micron resolutions, at speeds that are sufficient for the detection of rapid capillary flow. Being able to image microscopic cellular features in patients without pain, stress, timely analysis and risk of infection, this technique represents an uncharted territory in medical diagnosis, and would have a wide variety of applications in routine care, intensive care and in the operating room. During the twelve months of the requested fund, we plan to complete a system prototype for future pre-clinical and clinical tests and establish a feasible business plan for further commercialization of the technology.

Keywords: 239986
HIGH PERFORMANCE ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE FOR IN VITRO BIO-IMAGING (PROMISING)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Proof of concept grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Countries involved: France
Call:  (ERC-2011-PoC, 2011)
Start date: 2012-03-01
End date: 2013-02-28
Duration (months): 12.0
Total project cost (EUR): 158160.0
EU funding (EUR): 144926.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) is now a common tool for material analysis in both academic and industrial areas because it enables non-destructive high resolution images of nanometric objects. However, the available sensors face strong limitations in liquids, making the use of AFM on living material like proteins or cells still a challenge. Thanks to our breakthroughs in MEMS sensors technology, we propose to extend the AFM potential to in vitro imaging of biological objects. Targeting beyond the academic applications, our goal is to establish a marketable force imaging technique for creating and addressing new instrumentation markets from biology and life sciences to medical analysis. The proof of concept will focus on building a dedicated microscope employing our microsystems probes for demonstrating high performance, user-friendly bio-imaging. The objectives of the present proposal are threefold: (i) verifying the innovation potential of the idea arising from the ERC Starting Grant Project "SMART" by pushing a new instrument to a pre-demonstration stage of commercialization, (ii) establishing the viability of the concept and the near term market potential, (iii) clarifying IPR position and market launch strategy. Expected outcomes lie in the consolidation of information and data making possible to take strategic decisions and to put together a reasonable and acceptable development plan.

Keywords: 210078
Finding the True Path Beyond the Standard Model (THE TRUE PATH BEYOND)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IEF, 2011)
Start date: 2012-06-01
End date: 2014-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 200371.8
EU funding (EUR): 200371.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The Standard Model of Elementary Particle Physics is the best description of Nature we have. Yet we know that it must be incomplete, and we need to find the correct extension, which is done by developing new mathematical models and investigating their consequences. Contrary to the usual approach of constructing "yet another model" that can only explain particular aspects, we propose to identify the decisive characteristics of entire classes of theories, and use this knowledge to systematically develop new models. These classes will be tested thoroughly concerning their internal consistency, their experimental predictions, and their implications for the cosmology, instead of checking only the few points these models have been specifically designed for. Many theories are based on similar grounds, which is why there exist ways to classify them, test their predictions in a unified way, and detect remaining possibilities for new models. These principles shall be successfully searched for, which will be achieved by the unique combination the proposed fellow’s skills and the world-leading expertise of the two scientists in charge. This knowledge is ideally complemented by the fellow’s talent in combining a profound knowledge of theory with new results from on-going experiments, maximizing synergetic effects. This is the ultimate up to date strategy to optimize the use of the outstanding experimental activities currently going on in and funded by Europe, from the Large Hadron Collider at CERN to groundbreaking Dark Matter and neutrino experiments in Italy, France, or Germany, which will all yield results in the very near future. In short, one has to successfully connect expertise from different sectors in particle theory, identify generic principles, and link them correctly to experimental data in order to aim at "Finding the True Path Beyond the Standard Model". Giving a major contribution to these efforts is the goal of the proposed research.

Keywords: quantum field theory,relativity
Graphene Ribbon-based Nanomaterials for Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage (GRAPHENE)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Incoming Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IIF, 2011)
Start date: 2012-06-07
End date: 2014-06-06
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 209033.4
EU funding (EUR): 209033.4
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Graphene ribbon-based nanomaterials were proposed to be used as electrode materials for electrochemical energy conversion and storage devices including fuel cells and supercapacitors. The objectives are to discover the fundamental electrochemical properties of graphene ribbons, to design advanced graphene ribbon-based electrode materials for electrochemical energy conversion and storage devices with significantly improved performance, as well as to demonstrate their structure-property relationship. The fundamental electrochemical properties will be investigated by various electrochemical techniques. Functionalization and chemical doping will alter the electronic properties of graphene ribbons and thus enhance their intrinsic performance for fuel cells and supercapacitors. Meanwhile, graphene ribbons could be used as supporting materials to support foreign metal and metal oxide nanomaterials as electrode materials. In the current proposal, Pt nanoparticles and nanowires will be supported on graphene ribbon as electrocatalysts for direct methanol fuel cells and various metall oxide will be deposited on graphene ribbons for supercapacitors. Finally, carbon nanotubes will be grown on graphene ribbons to obtain 3D heterjunction carbon nanomaterials for supercapacitor application. All these graphene ribbon-based nanomaterials will be demonstrated to be highly active for electrochemical energy conversion and storage devices. The proposed project is closely relevant to the Work Programme. The successful completion of the proposed project would add to the research excellence in the host orgnization, due to the sharing and application of new knowledge transferred and developed by highly qualified researchers. At the same time the projects will constitute nuclei for future research relations at international level.

Keywords: fuel cell electrochemistry,fuel cell technology,supercapacitors,nanotechnology,electrochemical storage,graphene,carbon nanomaterials