Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Visual Culture for Image Understanding (VISCUL)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: Computer science and informatics
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (ERC-2012-StG_20111012, 2012)
Start date: 2013-01-01
End date: 2017-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1481516.0
EU funding (EUR): 1481516.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The goal of computer vision is to interpret complex visual scenes, by recognizing objects and understanding their spatial arrangement within the scene. Achieving this involves learning categories from annotated training images. In the current paradigm, each category is learned starting from scratch without any previous knowledge. This is in contrast with how humans learn, who accumulate knowledge about visual concepts which they reuse to help learning new concepts. The goal of this project is to develop a new paradigm where computers learn visual concepts on top of what they already know, as opposed to learning every concept from scratch. We propose to progressively learn a vast body of visual knowledge, coined Visual Culture, from a variety of available datasets. We will acquire models of the appearance and shape of categories in general, models of specific categories, and models of their spatial organization into scenes. We will start learning from datasets with high degree of supervision and then gradually move to datasets with lower degrees. At each stage we will employ the current body of knowledge to support learning with less supervision. After acquiring Visual Culture from existing datasets, the machine will be ready to learn further with little or no supervision, for example from the Internet. Visual Culture is related to ideas in other fields, but no similar endeavor was undertaken in Computer Vision yet. This project will make an important step toward mastering the complexity of the visual world, by advancing the state-of-the-art in terms of the number of categories that can be localized, and in the variability covered by each model. Moreover, Visual Culture is more than a mere collection of isolated categories, it is is a web of object, background, and scene models connected by spatial relations and sharing visual properties. This will bring us closer to image understanding, the automatic interpretation of complex novel images.

Keywords: visual learning,scene understanding,object detection,transfer learning,image categorization
Flexoelectricity (FLEXOELECTRICITY)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: Condensed matter physics
Countries involved: Spain
Call:  (ERC-2012-StG_20111012, 2012)
Start date: 2013-01-01
End date: 2017-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1478400.0
EU funding (EUR): 1478400.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Flexoelectricity is a general property of all insulators whereby they generate a voltage when subjected to an inhomogeneous deformation such as bending. Research on this property has taken off with the observation that, due to the large gradients they can accommodate, devices operating in the nanoscale display colossal flexoelectric effects. The present proposal aims to set up Euroe’s first laboratory specialized on the exploration and exploitation of flexoelectricity. It shall focus on three areas with specific targets: 1) Flexoelectricity for energy harvesting: the inverse relationship between flexoelectricity and device size means that, at the nanoscale, flexoelectric energy harvesting can deliver electromechanical performances superior to the current state of the art. We aim to demonstrate record-high effective piezoelectric coefficients through the use of flexoelectricity. 2) Flexoelectricity for information technologies: Flexoelectricity affords mechanical control of polarity. This opens the door to novel memory device concepts where polarization (and magnetization) can be controlled by pushing with the tip of a scanning probe. We aim to achieve flexoelectric writing of domains under electrodes, and also to demonstrate the indirect coupling between flexoelectricity and magnetization (“flexomagnetism”). 3) Bioflexoelectricity: Flexoelectricity participates in human hearing, and is expected to participate in other bioelectric phenomena. In particular, bones are known to generate electricity in response to stress, and it has been hypothesised that this is due to strain gradients; if demonstrated, this would represent a significant step towards osteogenetic implants. Determining the role of flexoelectricity in in bone piezoelectricty will be the third aim of this project.

Keywords: ferroelectricity,piezoelectricity,multiferroic,thin films,ferroelectric memories.
Multi-source regenerative systems power conversion - REGENESYS (REGENESYS)

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,Italy
Call:  (SP1-JTI-CS-2011-03, 2011)
Start date: 2012-07-01
End date: 2015-02-28
Duration (months): 32.0
Total project cost (EUR): 911234.4
EU funding (EUR): 681929.1
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

The main aim of this project is to develop a flexible power conversion system incorporating multiple energy sources, as well as energy recovery and storage capability. The power system will be developed for use with the 270V DC power distribution network, typical of avionic applications. Safety and HW/SW certification factors will be taken into due consideration, either during the system and sub-system architecture definition, either during the design and development phase, when failure modes effects and robustness analyses will be performed both at system level and component level as deemed necessary. It will assess the suitability and potentialities of novel energy storage technologies and will provide a thorough and in-depth analysis of energy transfer management and control in order to ensure maximum flexibility of exploitation and optimised system performance. It will deliver a fully controlled power conversion system capable of efficient managing the regenerated and stored energy for use during peak power demands from the load. The required demonstration phase, when the system will be integrated and subjected to performance testing and compliance to the application through a test rig designed for purpose, has been considered.

Keywords: regenerative energy,energy storage,power converters
Study of Novel Low Noise Superconducting Mixers for Terahertz Radio Astronomy (TERAMIX)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: Universe sciences
Countries involved: Sweden
Call:  (ERC-2012-StG_20111012, 2012)
Start date: 2012-10-01
End date: 2017-09-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1497775.0
EU funding (EUR): 1497775.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Terahertz heterodyne receivers are valuable tools for molecular gas spectroscopy both for space (radioastronomy, planetary science) and terrestrial applications. They provide both high resolution spectral data, as well as broad bandwidth line survey data. Due to the progress in device physics, such receivers can now reach several THz. At such high radio frequencies, neither electronic nor photonic approaches for THz detectors work, but rather a combination of both is required. Superconducting devices have proven to provide sensitivity levels close to the quantum limit, hf/k. Superconducting Hot- Electron Bolometers (HEB) based on ultrathin NbN and NbTiN films are currently the only devices which are used as mixers for frequencies above 1.2THz (SIS mixer limit). However, their speed (i.e. the instantaneous bandwidth) is limited by the finite electron energy relaxation rate, of 40-100 ps. It corresponds to the bandwidth of maximum 4-5GHz. Such applications in radio astronomy as extragalactic spectroscopy, molecular line survey require this bandwidth to be doubled to say at least. In this project we will investigate response rate in ultra thin MgB2 superconducting films. Preliminary investigation measured the electron-phonon interaction time as short as 1ps. Our recent data, point out on the response rate being limited by the phonon dynamic in the thick films. We will develop technology for ultrathin MgB2 film deposition, and processing THz nanobolometers. The response rate will be investigated with regards to the film parameters. In particularly, the phonon diffusion in superconducting nanobolometers will be studied in order to enhance the instantaneous bandwidth of MgB2 mixers. We estimate that the bandwidth of the novel THz detectors will be at least doubled compared to the existing once, providing completely new functionalities for THz radio astronomical receivers.

Keywords: terahertz mixer,superconductor
Design and manufacture of a flight worthy intake system (scoop/NACA divergent intake) SCOOP AND NACA DIVERGENT INTAKE TRIAL (SANDIT) (SANDIT)

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,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,United Kingdom
Call:  (SP1-JTI-CS-2011-03, 2011)
Start date: 2013-01-01
End date: 2016-03-31
Duration (months): 39.0
Total project cost (EUR): 874641.83
EU funding (EUR): 466354.63
Participants: 4
Project status: CLOSED

This proposal supports the supply of an innovative scoop and NACA divergent intake, qualified to a sufficient level to support flight trial activities. With a successful pedigree in intake design, coupled with a wealth of experience in complex structures and having gained a detailed understanding of scoop intake design from successful delivery of the original JTI funded scoop program, GKN and its partners are very well positioned to optimise design solutions and provide the most appropriate design for icing performance, acoustic design and application, manufacturing techniques and optimisation of the novel technologies employed in the previous programme. Key to programme success is evaluating material selection early to meet the harsh environmental requirements encountered by the scoop. Material selection directly effects ice protection efficiency, structural capability, weight and validation of system performance. Component manufacture will incorporate the novel technology approaches applied in the previous program including lessons learnt and process capability. Within this partnership a wealth of composite manufacture in complex structures exists to optimise robust manufacturing solutions that can be converted into production solutions with ease. As a supplier of electro thermal ice protection systems for a multitude of applications, such as wing ice protection and engine intake systems, coupled with a high pedigree of successful acoustically optimised nacelle application technology, GKN has a foundation in providing design solutions for key technologies that support bleed less technology application and see the scoop ECS divergent intake system as a key step in providing all electric aircraft ice protection systems to support a change in systems architecture for future generations of aircraft. The scoop technology is also seen as a potential enabler for improved systems on derivative aircraft in the shorter term.

Keywords: scoop,naca,gkn,ice protection,icing,acoustics,acoustic treatment,flight worthy,flight trial,manufacturing,design,novel,environmental,lightning,bird strike,composite,ecs,aircraft
The Endless Runway (ENDLESS RUNWAY)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Aeronautics and air transport
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Netherlands,Germany,France,Spain,Poland
Call:  (FP7-AAT-2012-RTD-L0, 2012)
Start date: 2012-06-01
End date: 2014-01-31
Duration (months): 20.0
Total project cost (EUR): 709948.0
EU funding (EUR): 562242.0
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

The airport’s capacity is determined by the capacity of its runway system. The real capacity is usually lower than the declared capacity because of weather restrictions (cross- and tailwind and visibility) and because of dependencies between runways. Aircraft need to take off and land within defined cross- and tailwind limits. The direction of the runway determines the cross- and tailwind components. With changing wind (direction and speed), other runways in other directions need to be used. This proposal investigates the use of a circular runway. Starting anywhere in the circle, aircraft can take off from the point where the crosswind is at minimum (or zero). Just as well, they can land at the point where they fly exactly headwind and continue their landing roll in the circle, exiting anywhere where they are closest to their gate. This will create a runway that can be used under any conditions without loss of capacity.

Keywords: runway,sustainable capacity,atm,airport,circular
Policy Options for a Resource-Efficient Economy (POLFREE)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Environment (including Climate Change)
Destination: Improving resource efficiency
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Germany,Netherlands,Netherlands,Germany,Germany,Austria,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-ENV-2012-one-stage, 2012)
Start date: 2012-10-01
End date: 2016-03-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3711473.2
EU funding (EUR): 2928069.35
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

The project will construct a theoretical framework for the analysis of resource efficiency, with detailed comparison of the trends and policies at EU and Member State (MS) level, cross-country econometric analysis to derive resource-reduction cost curves, and an analysis of business barriers to resource efficiency; thereby developing an enhanced understanding of the drivers of inefficient resource use. This will lead to an exploration of new concepts and paradigms that can bring about a radical increase in resource efficiency, and a vision for a resource-efficient economy in the EU, with suggestions also for new more resource-efficient business models for firms, and ideas for a global governance regime that can promote resource-efficient economies among the EU's trading partners and more widely will be explored. From its new vision for a resource-efficient Europe, the project will propose new policy mixes, business models and mechanisms of global governance through which resource-efficient economies may be promoted. This will lead in turn to intensive work on creating, modelling and visualising scenarios for the emergence of resource-efficient economies, through linking quantitative economic and ecological models, and simulating the policies and policy mixes derived in the earlier work, supplemented with appropriate LCA analysis for selected products and sectors, to ensure that the policies and business models in the scenarios lead to adequate absolute decoupling of economic activity from resource use and environmental degradation. The scenarios and associated policy analysis will be given an integrated interpretation across economic, ecological and social dimensions. The project will be explicitly geared to support policy efforts and initiatives on resource efficiency in the European Commission, and will involve a wide range of stakeholders from business, the policy world, and NGOs. The results will be widely disseminated in a variety of innovative ways.

Keywords: resource efficiency,policy mixes,scenarios,linked economic-ecological modelling,absolute decoupling
SERVICIZING POLICY FOR RESOURCE EFFICIENT ECONOMY (SPREE)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Environment (including Climate Change)
Destination: Improving resource efficiency
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Lithuania,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Sweden,Spain,Finland,Netherlands,Israel
Call:  (FP7-ENV-2012-one-stage, 2012)
Start date: 2012-07-01
End date: 2015-06-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3011619.4
EU funding (EUR): 2399663.2
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

The aim of SPREE project is to identify potential Servicizing Policies and simulate their effect on absolute decoupling of economic growth and resource use, while achieving societal benefits. Servicizing Systems facilitate the transition from selling products to providing services. Except for ICT, these are still quite rare. SPREE is dedicated to promote the implementation of Servicizing Systems in 3 different sectors: water, mobility and agri-food. We propose to use an advanced Agent Based Modelling (ABM) approach to structure and test options for Servicizing Systems and Policies. This provides a generic framework that allows exploring short and long term effects, and assessment of the 3 sectors in different countries. Based on the models' results and complementary qualitative analysis we will construct 'Servicizing Policy Packages' that take into account the environmental, economic and social dimensions and trade-offs between them. Thus, SPREE results will help to realize EU strategies particularly in the framework of EUROPE 2020. Based on conceptualization of Servicizing Systems, we use existing instruments and develop new tools that fit into the evaluation of emerging Servicizing Systems and policies' effects. We define more suitable dynamic tools needed for ex-ante assessment of newly created supply chains that can emerge out of Servicizing activities. Using ABM, we demonstrate how Servicizing Systems develop and test outcomes of proposed policies on the creation of successful Servicizing opportunities leading to absolute decoupling. The SPREE consortium consists of 10 partners from 7 different countries, and includes public bodies and research institutes to provide a sound base for both Servicizing Systems and Policy. The key deliverable is 'Servicizing Policy Packages' that exploit existing synergies to achieve a truly sustainable EU economy where economic growth is decoupled from environmental impact, society prospers and a global example is set.

Keywords: servicizing systems and policies,absolute decoupling,policy packages,agent-based model,sustainable consumption,sustainable production,eco-innovation,business strategy,well being
DEVelopment Of innovative Tools for understanding marine biodiversity and assessing good Environmental Status (DEVOTES)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Environment (including Climate Change)
Destination: Sustainable use and management of land and seas
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Spain,Norway,Finland,Denmark,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Portugal,Bulgaria,European organisations area,Greece,Lithuania,Italy,Netherlands,Spain,Türkiye,Ukraine,France,Saudi Arabia,Germany,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-ENV-2012-two-stage, 2012)
Start date: 2012-11-01
End date: 2016-10-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 12086862.36
EU funding (EUR): 8997984.62
Participants: 25
Project status: CLOSED

The objectives are to: (i) improve our understanding of human activities impacts (cumulative, synergistic, antagonistic) and variations due to climate change on marine biodiversity, using long-term series (pelagic and benthic). This objective will identify the barriers and bottlenecks (socio-economic and legislative) that prevent the GES being achieved (ii) test the indicators proposed by the EC, and develop new ones for assessment at species, habitats and ecosystems level, for the status classification of marine waters, integrating the indicators into a unified assessment of the biodiversity and the cost-effective implementation of the indicators (i.e. by defining monitoring and assessment strategies). This objective will allow for the adaptive management including (a) strategies & measures, (b) the role of industry and relevant stakeholders (including non-EU countries), and (c) provide an economic assessment of the consequences of the management practices proposed. It will build on the extensive work carried out by the Regional Seas Conventions (RSC) and Water Framework Directive, in which most of the partners have been involved (iii) develop/test/validate innovative integrative modelling tools to further strengthen our understanding of ecosystem and biodiversity changes (space & time); such tools can be used by statutory bodies, SMEs and marine research institutes to monitor biodiversity, applying both empirical and automatic data acquisition. This objective will demonstrate the utility of innovative monitoring systems capable of efficiently providing data on a range of parameters (including those from non-EU countries), used as indicators of GES, and for the integration of the information into a unique assessment The consortium has 23 partners, including 4 SMEs (close to 17% of the requested budget) and 2 non-EU partners (Ukraine & Saudi Arabia). Moreover, an Advisory Board (RSC & scientific international scientists) has been designed,to ensure a good relationship with stakeholders

Keywords: marine strategy,ecosystem approach,biodiversity,integrity,indicators,good environmental status,innovative tools,human pressures,climate change,modeling