Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
NEXT GENERATION BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM BASED ON DATA RICH DIGITAL TWIN (ENERGETIC)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Climate, Energy and Mobility
Theme: Energy
Destination: Cross-sectoral solutions for the climate transition
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Partnership: Batteries (co-programmed)
Countries involved: France,United Kingdom,Luxembourg,Spain,Germany,Serbia,Estonia,Belgium
Call: Physics and data-based battery management for optimised battery utilisation (Batteries Partnership) (HORIZON-CL5-2022-D2-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-06-01
End date: 2026-08-31
Duration (months): 39.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4170167.5
EU funding (EUR): 4170167.5
Participants: 17
Project status: SIGNED

The EU roadmap towards a climate-neutral economy by 2050 sets ambitious decarbonisation targets that shall be achieved by a massive deployment of renewable energy sources. Energy storage improves grid flexibility and allows higher penetration levels of renewable energy sources to create a decarbonised and more electrified society by means of leveraging second-life batteries. Battery management plays an essential role by ensuring an efficient and safe battery operation. However, current battery management systems (BMS) typically rely on semi-empirical battery models (such as equivalent-circuit models) and on a limited amount of measured data. Therefore, ENERGETIC project aims to develop the next generation BMS for optimizing batteries’ systems utilisation in the first (transport) and the second life (stationary) in a path towards more reliable, powerful and safer operations. ENERGETIC project contributes to the field of translational enhanced sensing technologies, exploiting multiple Artificial Intelligence models, supported by Edge and Cloud computing. ENERGETIC’s vision not only encompasses monitoring and prognosis the remaining useful life of a Li-ion battery with a digital twin, but also encompasses diagnosis by scrutinising the reasons for degradation through investigating the explainable AI models. This involves development of new technologies of sensing, combination and validation of multiphysics and data driven models, information fusion through Artificial Intelligence, Real time testing and smart Digital Twin development. Based on a solid and interdisciplinary consortium of partners, the ENERGETIC R&D project develops innovative physics and data-based approaches both at the software and hardware levels to ensure an optimised and safe utilisation of the battery system during all modes of operation.

Keywords: battery management systems,digital twins,ai,battery sensors,cloud and edge computing,data driven models,multiphysics models
V2X Cell Free massive MIMO Networks with Active RIS: From Analytical Optimization to Federated Machine Learning (VeXaRIS)

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: France
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2025-01-01
End date: 2026-12-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 211754.88
EU funding (EUR): 211754.88
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS), cell-free (CF) massive multiple-input multiple-output (mMIMO), and vehicle-to-everything (V2X) are key technologies for next-generation wireless communication, i.e., beyond 5G and 6G. The CF mMIMO involves deploying many APs in a large geographical area to jointly serve all users. V2X allows vehicle user equipment (VUEs) to communicate with base stations, pedestrians, and other vehicles. The high mobility of VUEs leads to frequent handovers and channel ageing. This makes the CF mMIMO ideal for V2X since handovers are eliminated. To reduce the impact of channel ageing, more APs must be deployed which increases the power consumption. The RIS comprises many passive reflecting elements (REs), which can independently induce phase and amplitude change, with marginal power needs. Thus, the RIS can improve the spectral/energy efficiency (SE/EE). However, the passive RIS suffers from double-fading attenuation which may be detrimental for VUEs. This proposal seeks to analyze the SE/EE of the active RIS (aRIS)-aided CF mMIMO enabled for V2X. Each AP serves VUEs with the aid of multiple aRISs. We will derive closed-form solutions for the uplink/downlink SE by assuming imperfect channel state information, spatially correlated Rician channels, and channel ageing. For the aRIS, while increasing the reflected signal amplitude improves the desired signal, it also enhances the noise. Also, the aRIS requires extra power to amplify the signal which grows the network power consumption. The tradeoff between the SE and EE will be analyzed to identify the best operating regions. Increasing the APs (or VUEs) transmit power may increase the SE but saturates at a point due to interference. Therefore, we seek to jointly optimize the power, aRIS amplitude and phase with the objectives of (1) maximizing the sum SE (2) maximizing the EE. Finally, we propose a federated learning algorithm for CSI forecasting to mitigate channel ageing effects.

Keywords: reconfigurable intelligent surface ris,vehicle to everything v2x,cell free massive multiple input multiple output mimo,channel state information csi,federated learning fl
Coordinated Intelligent Networks for NEPHrops norvegicus In-situ Long-term Imaging-based Assessment (CINNEPHILIA)

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: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: Spain
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01, 2022)
Start date: 2024-09-01
End date: 2026-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 165312.96
EU funding (EUR): 165312.96
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

The fishery of the Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus is among the most prominent ones in Europe (Atlantic and Mediterranean waters). With signs of overexploitation and stock decline, standardised monitoring of populations over large areas is a priority for the authorities. However, traditional assessment methods based on fishing (trawl sampling) are expensive, highly invasive for the environment and influenced by the species’ burrowing (buried individuals are not sampled). Besides, alternative video-based methods like UnderWater TeleVision surveys with Remotely Operated Vehicles count burrow entrances and rely on the rough assumption that 1 entrance equals 1 individual and vice versa. CINNEPHILIA aims to semi-automate a data-processing pipeline and establish relevant ecological indicators to monitor N. norvegicus populations in test sites and Marine Protected Areas of the Catalan coast, pushing stock estimation accuracy beyond the current state of the art. Footage and oceanographic data from planned research cruises and lander-station deployments will be analysed and compared with available data from local fisheries, to calculate densities per Km2 and a more precise ratio of individuals to burrow entrances. Through the main host and secondment phases, I will connect to interdisciplinary groups (ecology, oceanography, fishery science, image analysis and marine engineering). Moreover, I will enhance my future career with training on data science, project management, soft skills, and exposure to fishery and ecosystem management practices. The output (a standardised, highly automated protocol) is directly transferable to international initiatives such as the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES, responsible for Nephrops monitoring in the Atlantic) through the participation of my supervisor in the ICES Working Group on Nephrops Surveys. Finally, the aims align to the Horizon Europe mission on “Healthy Oceans, Seas, Coastal and Inland Waters”.

Keywords: intelligent robotic platforms nephrops norvegicus landers data processing pipeline automatisation non destructive marine ecosystem monitoring fish stock assessment
Towards a transdisciplinary demographic theory of birth and death trajectories (Born Once - Die Once)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Human Mobility, Environment, and Space
Panel description: Human geography, demography, health, susta inability science, territorial planning, spatial analysis
Countries involved: Denmark
Call: ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS (ERC-2021-COG, 2021)
Start date: 2022-09-01
End date: 2028-08-31
Duration (months): 72.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2000000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2000000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Fertility and mortality fuel population renewal. Fertility theory struggles with a multitude of underlying, entangled dimensions, whereas mortality theory can build on strong regularities. Intriguingly, strong regularities analogous to death begin to emerge for birth, shown with my novel born once—die once approach. The Gompertz Law of death appears to apply to birth as well. The linear rise in record life expectancy seems to be mirrored by a linear rise in record ‘birth expectancy’ over decades. Thus encouraged, I propose to harness the power of mortality modeling to (1) add an unexplored, innovative dimension to fertility modeling and (2) develop a shared theoretical framework of birth and death trajectories that applies across the social sciences by conceptualizing different ‘types of individuals’ that are ‘born’ and ‘die’. I strive to achieve Ambition 1 by investigating birth with eight established regularities of death, modeling emerging patterns, and extending existing models of population renewal. Broadening the scope, Ambition 2 applies the approach of Ambition 1 to case studies of couples, families, and households, which I consider ‘social individuals’. I will define types of social individuals along shared dimensions and components rooted in cross-disciplinary perspectives of what defines an individual. Much will be learned from feasible empirical analysis in (1) and (2) about new relationships that can support and invigorate existing formal and empirical demographic research. If I master the conceptual challenges of this proposal, a shared and mirrored theoretical framework of birth and death will contribute a new and powerful toolbox for formal demographic analysis. Together with a generic concept of individuality, it would pioneer a new, transdisciplinary field of research that synergistically investigates the basic principles of formation, dissolution, and renewal, strengthening the theoretical foundation of population sciences.

Keywords: formal demography,mathematical demography,mortality,mathematical modeling,theory development,age trajectories of mortality and fertility,birth,death,individual,fertility,couple,family,household
Empowering Circular Operations in the Automotive Plastics Value Chain (EcoPlast)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
Theme: Bio-Environment
Destination: Other Bio-environnement destinations
Action type: Innovation actions
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Türkiye,Italy
Call: Increasing the circularity in plastics value chains (HORIZON-CL6-2024-CIRCBIO-02, 2024)
Start date: 2025-06-01
End date: 2028-05-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 6363490.98
EU funding (EUR): 4998189.44
Participants: 18
Project status: SIGNED

The overall objective of the EcoPlast project is to develop comprehensive digital solutions to enhance circularity in the automotive plastic value chain. These solutions will help ensure high quality, non-toxicity and durability of secondary materials. Share of secondary materials will be increased in new products. Recovery, recycling and upcycling rates will be increased and uptake of secondary materials for high value applications will be proliferated. We will develop EcoPlast platform which will consist of secured and privacy protected collaborative space, ecoDesign tool assisting circular product design, LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) tool for increasing sustainability, CI (Circularity Index) calculator for measuring circularity, Digital Twins (DTs) for process optimisation for extrusion and injection moulding processes as well as upcycling and recycling processes. AI and robotics will be integrated for End-of-life Vehicle (ELV) management processes consisting detection, sorting, and dismantling. Blockchain based Digital Product Passport (DPP) will be employed for automotive plastic products’ traceability to increase trust among the value chain partners. DPP will also help achieving 100% sorting efficiency. A circular marketplace in the platform will help trading recycled and upcycled products. This will also help in reuse, repair, refurbish and remanufacture of dismantled automotive plastic parts. All these activities will help create new value chains around the automotive plastic sector. Automotive plastic parts will be manufactured in this project using recycled plastics, bio-composites and biobased plastics and will be demonstrated, tested, and validated along with the developed digital technologies in large-scale facilities. Novel recycling and upcycling technologies will also be demonstrated. Wider adaptation of EcoPlast solution will help address almost all the challenges automotive plastic value chain actors are currently facing.

Keywords: circularity,automotive plastics,recycling,upcycling,digital product passport dpp,digital twin dt,artificial intelligence
Investigation of Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Sub-cortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) using induced pluripotent stem cell modelling and targeted therapeutic research (CADASIL-iMATTR)

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: Ireland,United States
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-05-01
End date: 2026-06-30
Duration (months): 38.0
Total project cost (EUR): 278571.36
EU funding (EUR): 278571.36
Participants: 3
Project status: SIGNED

CADASIL, a rare disease of the small blood vessels, is caused by mutations in NOTCH3 and can cause cognitive decline leading to dementia. Vascular disease is the second most common cause of dementia with the burden set to increase with population aging. Insights into CADASIL will prove instrumental in understanding and treating the vascular contributions to cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID). There are no therapies for CADASIL and a lack of translational human models for identification of dysfunctional pathways/targets and screening of existing and novel therapeutics. Recent proteomic insights generated at the Elahi Lab show that leukocyte extravasation, vascular fibrosis and inflammatory processes are upregulated in CADASIL. This project will investigate the anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrotic effects of novel pro-resolving synthetic lipoxin mimetics (sLXms). The objectives are to investigate: (1) which cell types and pathways in the vasculature are affected in CADASIL through the use of patient-derived iPSC unicellular and multicellular vascular models; (2) which immune cell types are dysfunctional in CADASIL through immunophenotyping of patient leukocytes and assessment of immunovascular interactions; (3) can sLXms resolve these dysfunctional phenotypes through the use of patient derived-iPSC models and a Zebrafish model of CADASIL. I will work with Asst Prof Elahi, Mount Sinai, a leader in the field of VCID, during the global outgoing phase including a secondment to the Zhang Lab (Harvard). The effects of sLXms in vivo will be explored in the return phase at the Godson Lab at UCD. This interdisciplinary proposal will merge my immunotherapeutic skillset with expertise of my mentorship team and cutting-edge technologies across several disciplines (iPSC modelling, bioengineering and therapeutics) and will result in impactful discoveries for CADASIL while generating significant European economic development and strengthening transatlantic research networks.

Keywords: cadasil,notch3 mutation,ipscs,endothelial cells,pericytes,vascular smooth muscle cells,astrocytes,leukocytes,neutrophils,macrophages,lipoxins,vasculature models
Fintech Investor Network and Ecosystem (FINE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: European innovation ecosystems
Theme: Elevating the scalability potential of European business
Destination: Elevating the scalability potential of European business
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: France,Ireland,Netherlands,Malta,Spain,Romania
Call: Expanding Investments Ecosystems (HORIZON-EIE-2022-SCALEUP-02, 2022)
Start date: 2023-09-01
End date: 2025-11-30
Duration (months): 27.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1175982.14
EU funding (EUR): 1000000.0
Participants: 8
Project status: SIGNED

FINE aims to create more inclusive and connected networks between Fintech ecosystems on a local and international level, by promoting collaboration between investors through coinvestment for Fintech startups, thus creating a richer investment climate that will support innovation and company scale-up across borders. FINE will conduct a mapping of key ecosystem players in target countries, ranging from developed to less-developed Fintech environments, to create a KnowledgeBase containing information relevant to investing in that country including key players, regulatory frameworks, and up-to-date news articles covering local investment trends and opportunities. FINE will promote an inclusive investment ecosystem, by creating educational material on an online InvestorAcademy that empowers new investors, young investors, and women and minority investors to learn investment fundamentals and case-specific knowledge about investing in Fintech. FINE will actively manage community-building activities between investors and local networks across countries by developing a matchmaking tool and animating introductions, events, workshops, webinars and other activities. FINE will also set up a Fintech Ambassador Network to support international investment and provide expertise to local and foreign actors. Policy recommendations will be formulated concerning strategies to attract investors in emerging ecosystems, and how to attract new investors, young investors, women investors and other underrepresented groups. Moreover, recommendations on incorporating ESG principles in the investment screening process will be created. Hence, FINE aims to bring new investment and capital to less-connected ecosystems, enabling late-stage growth of local start-ups, by facilitating and animating increased investor deals with local actors, and improving investor knowledge on regulatory frameworks and opportunities, while supporting more inclusive and gender-equal measures in investment.

Keywords: fintech,investment,network,ecosystems
Mechanistic understanding towards how progerin contributes to premature ageing (ProgeroidNPC)

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 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-10-01
End date: 2026-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 173847.36
EU funding (EUR): 173847.36
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The nuclear lamina is a meshwork of lamin proteins that underlie the inner nuclear membrane and confer mechanical stability to the nuclear envelope. Mutations in lamins are associated with many disorders, including Progeria, a fatal premature ageing disease. In progeroid cells, expression of a truncated form of lamin A, named progerin, drastically deforms the nuclear envelope, causing premature cellular senescence. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms remain unclear. The nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) enable selective transport across the nuclear envelope. The diameter of the NPC central channel and the resulting nucleocytoplasmic exchange is governed by membrane tension, which is predicted to alter in the progeroid nuclei. Therefore, I postulate that the structural integrity of the NPCs is disrupted in progeroid cells, as a result of the deformed nuclear envelope, and/or direct interaction with progerin. This may lead to further deregulation of nuclear transport that potentially drives cellular senescence. I aim to investigate whether the NPCs indeed undergo compositional and conformational change in Progeria patient-derived primary cells, and to what extent nuclear transport is impacted. To do so, I will apply in cellulo cryo-electron tomography to unveil the molecular organisation of the progeroid NPCs. I will further employ fluorescence microscopy-based cellular assays to identify proteins with nucleocytoplasmic mislocalisation. The proposed work will have three major significances: (1) To date, in cellulo structures of the NPCs in disease states have rarely been examined. Visualisation of the NPCs directly in patient-derived cells will provide pivotal insights into NPC biology. (2) Investigation of nuclear transport in progeroid cells will reveal the mechanisms contributing to premature ageing. (3) Since progerin is also produced during normal ageing, its mechanistic investigation may add to understanding of the natural ageing processes.

Keywords: in cellulo cryo et,nuclear pore complexes,deformed nucleus,premature ageing