Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Eco-Design Transverse Activity (GAM-2020-ECO)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Smart, green and integrated transport
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Clean Sky 2
Action type: Innovation actions
Partnership: CS2 (Art-187)
Countries involved: Germany
Call: The Eco-Design Transverse Activity GAM 2020 (H2020-IBA-CS2-GAMS-2019, 2019)
Start date: 2020-01-01
End date: 2023-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3573815.93
EU funding (EUR): 3518050.76
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Integrating ecologic, economic and socio-economic effects, ecoDESIGN will strongly contribute to sustainability and future competitiveness of the European aviation industry according the European Eco innovation agenda. It covers the assessment of materials, processes and resources (MPR) employed along the entire aircraft life cycle. Based on the fundamental structure of eight Eco themes , ecoDESIGN enables an extended Life Cycle Analysis (LCA+), going far beyond aircraft operation. As a Transversal Activity in Clean Sky 2 ecoDESIGN concentrates on the development and integration of fundamental methodologies, tools and databases into a comprehensive platform and on the assessment and evaluation of innovative technology developments within the SPDs. Extending the coverage of the technology base for ecoDESIGN, validated LCI Data will be employed to derive Eco-Statements and to enable future standardized, consistent and comparable analysis with regard to Design for Environment (DfE) Approaches as of 2020. In parallel, ecoDESIGN will monitor the socio economic development of the European aviation industry in Clean Sky 2 by means of socio-economic derivative.

Keywords: eco design,life cycle analysis,socio economic derivative,global kpi
Linking phylogeography to ecology: extracting rules for butterfly biodiversity at large spatial scale (Eco-PhyloGeo)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Standard European Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: Spain
Call: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-EF) (H2020-MSCA-IF-2014, 2014)
Start date: 2015-09-01
End date: 2017-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 170121.6
EU funding (EUR): 170121.6
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Phylogeography is one of the most integrative disciplines within biology, involving genetics, ecology, geospatial analyses, climatology and computer science. Despite its potential to unravel the determinants that shape biodiversity and to predict the effects of global changes on organisms, phylogeography has not yet been projected onto a unified ecological and evolutionary framework, mainly because most studies rely only on restricted subsets of species without revealing patterns at community levels. The Eco-PhyloGeo project aims to fill this gap for the West Mediterranean butterflies by creating and correlating two datasets: i) a high-resolution assessment of the genetic diversity for the mitochondrial gene COI of all the butterfly species occurring in this area, and ii) a dataset for the main ecological traits of all European butterflies. A substantial amount of the data are already available to the ER and the supervisor, and the datasets will be completed by training-through-research. In addition, the creation of new phylogeographic indexes will allow the partitioning of species genetic structure over space in nestedness and turnover components. The project has two ambitious yet feasible objectives: 1) Complete and freely release the DNA and the species traits datasets together with a R package to allow a wide use of these resources in biogeography, ecology and taxonomy. 2) Provide for the first time a mathematical background to link species phylogeography with ecological traits for an entire and large animal taxon. Given the novelty of the analyses and the unprecedented geographic resolution and taxonomic completeness of the datasets (around 12,000 sequences and about 20 ecological traits for 450 butterfly species), the Eco-PhyloGeo is expected to have a great impact on the scientific community represent a key step towards drawing out general rules in phylogeography and ultimately determining biodiversity patterns.

Keywords: butterflies,ecological traits,phylogeography,west mediterranean
Integrated Modular Distributed Drivetrain for Electric/Hybrid Vehicles (DRIVEMODE)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Smart, green and integrated transport
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Partnership: EGVI (cPPP)
Countries involved: Italy,Germany,Austria,Germany,Germany,Italy,Slovenia,Sweden,Sweden,Finland,Finland
Call: Next generation electric drivetrains for fully electric vehicles, focusing on high efficiency and low cost (H2020-GV-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2017-11-01
End date: 2021-03-31
Duration (months): 41.0
Total project cost (EUR): 9519067.5
EU funding (EUR): 9519067.5
Participants: 13
Project status: CLOSED

Within this project a new compact and efficient high speed 30-50 kW electrical machine will be integrated with an efficient fully SiC drive and a gearbox within a powertrain traction module. The electrical machine will have a dry rotor direct liquid cooling system integrated with the cooling system for the SiC drive. This traction module can be mechanically coupled with an axle of a low performance electric/hybrid vehicle, or several units could be coupled directly with the wheels for a high performance vehicle or a light-duty vehicle or a bus. Economic feasibility of mass-manufacturing of different electric machine topologies will be studied to choose the best trade-off between performance, manufacturing cost, and efficiency in the selected performance range. Feasibility of direct drive, single stage, and two-stage switchable high speed gearboxes will be studied as well. The resultant powertrain traction module will be an optimal trade-off between efficiency, manufacturability, and cost, utilizing newest technologies in electrical machines, power electronics, and high speed gearboxes. We will demonstrate the scalability of the solution by embedding several powertrain modules on board a test vehicle.

Keywords: distributed drive,high speed motor,sic inverter,mass manufacturing
PROtect traditional built HERITAGE Skills – PRO-Heritage (PRO-Heritage)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Secure, clean and efficient energy
Theme: Reducing energy consumption and carbon foorpint by smart and sustainable use
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Spain,Austria,Austria,Austria,Slovakia,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Portugal
Call: Construction skills (H2020-EE-2017-CSA-PPI, 2017)
Start date: 2019-02-01
End date: 2022-07-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1477812.5
EU funding (EUR): 1477812.5
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

According to the climate change and energy policy of the EU, each member state needed to identify and develop a series of energy efficient goals and regulations, of which buildings are a key element, in order to reach the set goals. However, Europe has numerous historic buildings, which need permanent maintenance and refurbishment in order to fulfil the requirements of sustainability and use. When responsible bodies do spend money anyway, it seems logical and ecologically worthwhile to apply “soft” maintenance procedures, which save costs and also reduce energy consumption of historic buildings. Integrating these buildings into national climate change and energy policies seems therefore quite necessary and a challenge, as far as appropriate techniques and procedures are concerned, which can only be met through excellently trained craftsmen and apprentices of the crafts concerned. PRO-Heritage partners aim to offer initial and permanent education for professionals and craftsmen providing traditional competences and skills for built heritage, based on Best Practice of partner organisations. Additionally, PRO-Heritage is going to establish a structure and environment for regular journeyman's travel in Europe, in order to further support the exchange of competences and skills across Europe. Major needs addressed in PRO-Heritage are • to protect traditional competences and skills for built Cultural Heritage relevant for energy efficiency and renewable energy • the need to involve adequately educated and trained professionals and craftsmen in “soft” conservation, maintenance and ongoing care • the need to certify those professionals and craftsmen in order to give them recognition of their competences and skills Achieving better energy performance in historic buildings is a WIN-WIN situation for all – owners facing less energy costs, residents enjoying modern comfort at reasonable prices and society reducing energy consumption and CO2 emission.
Human and Cultural Dynamics in the West African Middle Stone Age (WAMSA)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Standard European Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: Germany
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2020, 2020)
Start date: 2022-01-01
End date: 2024-04-12
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 174806.4
EU funding (EUR): 174806.4
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The origins of modern humans are hotly debated among researchers. However, fossils, genetic and archaeological data are increasingly supporting a deep, long-lasting and complex evolution, with key biological and cultural changes occurring relatively recently. These changes include possible genetic exchanges between Homo sapiens and late (i.e. ~45ka) “ghost” archaic specimens in Africa, the surprisingly late persistence of archaic morphological traits in Homo sapiens (i.e. ~16-12ka) and a concurrent late persistence of Middle Stone Age technology (i.e. 12ka), usually associated with time periods in excess of 30 thousand years. These key Late Pleistocene features all have West Africa in common and point to this long-neglected region as critically important for understanding the final stages of human evolution prior to the development, spread and homogenizing effects of agriculture. Given that these changes occurred prior to a significant period of mixing and migration both within Africa and beyond, understanding processes of late human evolution in West Africa are critically important, if chronically understudied. Was West Africa isolated from other regions of the continent, thus forming an important reservoir of biological diversity? Or were these unique features of the West African record the result of cultural boundaries, and therefore perhaps among the earliest examples of the defining features of cultural diversity today. The WAMSA project will test these hypotheses and unravel the cultural patterning and sequence of the West African MSA between ~40-11 ka, thus elucidating key late processes of human evolution from a major – and critically under researched - world region. To adequately address this question the project will use an interdisciplinary approach which combines results of archaeological investigations with computational model (ecology, demography) underpinned by the "human niche approach”.

Keywords: middle stone age msa,west africa,african middle,late pleistocene,lithic analysis,computational modelling,human evolution,cultural boundaries
Optimizing Second Language Learning: An Examination of Individual Differences in Speech Processing and their Role in Language Learning (OptiSeLL)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Standard European Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: Spain
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2019-09-01
End date: 2021-12-21
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 170121.6
EU funding (EUR): 170121.6
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Even though multilingualism is highly prevalent in Europe, those who speak a second or third language often differ substantially from native speakers in ways that hinder efficient communication. Despite it being acknowledged that individual differences play a critical role in learning a foreign language, the majority of research has focused on a narrow subset of factors such as learning strategies and personality traits. OptiSeLL aims to expand this exploration by looking at individual differences in phonological processing and the role they play in second language acquisition. OptiSeLL is based on recent findings from basic research in psycholinguistics showing that listeners differ substantially in how they process the speech signal. Our aim is to expand these novel findings and assess the degree to which they can be applied to second language learning. OptiSeLL specific objectives are to: 1. Examine whether individual differences in speech processing affect the acquisition of new phonological contrasts. 2. Examine whether such differences can also affect novel word learning. 3. Assess the degree to which exposure to different phonetic systems may lead to a more flexible speech processing. In other words, this project will take advantage of the existing individual variability to identify the key factors that facilitate second language learning, possibly through the development of flexible speech perception systems. Once known, we can then explore how we can manipulate these factors to design educational environments that support flexible communication and efficient language learning. In addition, the findings of this project will be of high theoretical significance to the field as they will considerably advance our understanding of basic speech perception mechanisms.

Keywords: second language learning,individual differences,speech perception
Coupled heat transfer and thermodynamic optimization of supercritical CO2 heat exchangers (CHT-sCO2)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Standard European Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2019, 2019)
Start date: 2021-06-01
End date: 2023-05-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 224933.76
EU funding (EUR): 224933.76
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The clean energy and its efficient utilization are effective solutions for the energy security, health and environmental pollution, which are highly promoted in Work Programme 2018-2020. The supercritical CO2 Brayton cycle has a great potential to generate clean power from sources such as solar energy and safer new-generation nuclear reactors. Heat exchangers play a crucial role on the cycle efficiency, safety and stability of the system. However, the sharply variable properties of CO2 through the components make heat transfer an extremely complex process, which is far from being fully comprehended or well-predicted, and seriously challenge conventional heat exchanger design and optimization theories and tools, thereby hindering further system development, implementation and uptake. To address these issues, this proposal attempts to perform first-of-a-kind measurements using the advanced optical (laser-based) diagnostic techniques and IR thermography simultaneously, which will provide previously-unavailable data and develop advanced tools for the prediction of the flow and heat transfer characteristics of supercritical fluids. Furthermore, a new optimization design method will be developed based on the piecewise design method and thermodynamic theory which can treat the coupled heat transfer problem on both sides of a heat exchanger, overcoming the problems with the existing single-side approaches. This action aims to deepen our essential understanding of flow and heat transfer of supercritical fluids, and develop novel coupled heat transfer enhancement theory. This proposal will be supervised by Prof. Christos Markides at Imperial College London. The host’s academic standing and expertise, and the innovative nature of the project, ensure this action not only provides an excellent pathway for knowledge transfer, but also provides a unique opportunity for my further maturity, which is instrumental to my achieving my career goal of leading my own research team.

Keywords: heat exchanger,heat transfer enhancement,thermodynamic optimization,heat transfer deterioration,supercritical co2,optimization design
Boosting Europe’s Sovereignty in Technology by driving Photonics from Research to Market – Photonics21 (BestPhorm21)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Partnership: Photonics (cPPP)
Countries involved: Austria,Italy,Spain,Ireland,Italy,Germany,Finland,Lithuania,Sweden,Belgium,Switzerland,Greece,Poland,France,Netherlands,United Kingdom
Call: Advancing photonics technologies and application driven photonics components and the innovation ecosystem (H2020-ICT-2020-2, 2020)
Start date: 2021-01-01
End date: 2023-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3998337.75
EU funding (EUR): 3998337.25
Participants: 16
Project status: SIGNED

BestPhorm21 will provide the decisive support to Horizon Europe’s “Photonics Partnership”, which is currently established between the EU Commission and Photonics21, to stimulate the growth of the European photonics industry. The project is led by the Photoncs21 Secretariat, VDITZ, in partnership with 14 National Technology Platforms, representing Europe’s photonics industry, Research and Technology Organisations (RTOs) and clusters. BestPhorm21 will develop a community driven European photonics industrial strategy and roadmap, engaging over 3,000 experts from industry and academia, that will guide Horizon Europe and industrial investments in R&D and advanced manufacturing. BestPhorm21 thus makes a significant contribution to increasing European technological sovereignty in a key digital technology such as photonics. It will furthermore establish new strategic value chains between photonics and end user industries, through the delivery of 7 additional “photonics enabled” end user industry roadmaps. This will be done in close cooperation with the respective industry stakeholders organsiations, more than 700 experts from both the photonics and end-user industries will be involved. The industrial strategy will result in new product launches and services that drive sales growth and support the digitalization of these sectors. BestPhorm21 will trigger cross-member state and regional investments, which mobilise and leverage Europe‘s full innovation ecosystem to keep Europe at the global forefront in photonics R&D and technology development, delivering cross-member state calls valued at > EUR 10 m and 5 interregional investment projects. Finally, BestPhorm21 increases access to risk finance for over 300 photonics start-ups and SMEs in their critical growth phases, through “blended finance” (European Investment Council’s Accelerator), “Venture Capital” (dedicated VC events) and “Venture debt” (European Investment Bank).

Keywords: photonics partnership,photonics strategic research and innovation agenda
Perception–action based design for urban accessibility: principles for inclusive design grounded in an understanding of first-person control of locomotion in the urban setting (PADUA)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Global Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: United States,United Kingdom
Call: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-GF) (H2020-MSCA-IF-2015, 2015)
Start date: 2016-09-01
End date: 2019-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 251857.8
EU funding (EUR): 251857.8
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

The project will translate basic research in cognitive science to problems in urban planning and design. It will employ empirical and theoretical methods to deliver a set of design recommendations addressing the question: how can we design urban spaces that are accessible to all? The basic research question is: how does an individual perceive that a road is crossable? The empirical programme, to be carried out at the University of Cincinnati, will proceed from an analysis of the attentional structure inherent to specific road-crossing tasks. Using virtual-reality, it will investigate, (1) how pedestrians decide whether it is safe to begin crossing under conditions of uncertainty about future movements of other road-users, and (2) how pedestrians negotiate junctions where safe locomotion requires an awareness of vehicles that may be approaching from multiple directions, including from behind. This will enable the creation of new measurement techniques, including measures of head turns and whole-body acceleration as indexes of perceptual uncertainty. The project's theoretical programme, to be developed primarily at UCL's Bartlett School of Architecture, will generate a set of tools for guiding and analysing the design of roads. The project will culminate with the delivery of a document aimed at designers, presenting a set of recommendations for building accessible urban spaces. These recommendations will be based on a coherent, empirically-grounded understanding of the perceptual processes involved, and will be of particular relevance for designing infrastructure schemes where traffic modalities interact, for which existing guidelines can often be inadequate or unclear, e.g. for cycle lanes, pedestrian crossings, and shared spaces. This project, and the training envisaged, will allow me to establish myself as an expert in action-oriented psychological concepts and their real-world applications.

Keywords: visual perception,attention,traffic infrastructure,accessibility,cycling,shared space,road crossing