Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Sensing-Aided Positioning with Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces for Next-Generation 6G (SPRING-6G) (SPRING-6G)

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: Sweden
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-09-01
End date: 2027-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 252180.0
EU funding (EUR): 252180.0
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Sensing-aided positioning is poised to be a key enabler for future sixth-generation (6G) systems, yet innovative approaches are required to realize its full potential. Future networks will integrate sensing-aided positioning to elevate accuracy and reduce latency, extending capabilities beyond traditional data communication. However, many IoT applications demand ultra-low power consumption, a requirement not fully supported by current 5G networks, posing challenges to the development of accurate sensing-aided positioning systems. This project addresses critical challenges preventing the large-scale deployment of reliable positioning services in 5G and beyond, such as computation latency due to path loss, mmWave channel constraints, range accuracy, angular estimation, and computational complexity. To tackle these issues, we propose SPRING-6G (Sensing-Aided Positioning with Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces for Next-Generation 6G), which will explore the design and implementation of sensing and positioning algorithms tailored for Reduced Capability (RedCap) systems, leveraging Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) for enhanced control. We will develop a high-resolution iterative estimation algorithm utilizing the line-of-sight (LoS) path with RIS for uplink 6G terahertz (THz) networks and also machine learning (ML)-based beam management framework that is computationally efficient and converge reachable, which minimizes large training overhead and optimizes sensing accuracy above 95% and latency from 500 to 100 ms or less and 30% system complexity reduction when compared to state-of-the-art sensing-aided positioning methods. The SPRING-6G project is centered around four key objectives: enhancing sensing capabilities, improving accuracy and resolution, reducing processing latency, and managing hardware complexity, paving the way for scalable, efficient, and highly accurate positioning systems in 6G networks.

Keywords: sixth generation 6g,reduced capability redcap device,ssensing,positioning,angle of arrival aoa estimation,machine learning ml,and wireless communication
Imaging Single Glycoconjugates (GlycoX)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Physical and Analytical Chemical Sciences
Panel description: Analytical chemistry, chemical theory, physical chemistry/chemical physics
Countries involved: Germany
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2022-STG, 2022)
Start date: 2023-05-01
End date: 2028-04-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2000000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2000000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

GlycoX aims to develop single molecule analytical methods to address the challenge of elucidating glycoconjugate structures. Glycoconjugates are glycans (a.k.a carbohydrates) that are attached to another biomolecules such as proteins or lipids. Glycoconjugates are essential to all living organisms, carrying out key cell-cell communication roles in immune system or in microbial infection. Glycoconjugates are found in all biological systems and yet, when compared to proteins or nucleotides, very little is known about their structures and how they lead to their biochemical properties or how they can be exploited in therapeutics. Efforts to reveal their structures by ensemble averaged approaches, whether primary structures (sequences) or secondary structures (conformations), have been severely hampered by the high complexity and flexibility of glycans. GlycoX addresses this challenge by direct imaging of single glycoconjugate molecules, devoid of any ensemble averaging. To this end, glycoconjugate ions generated from electrospray ionization are soft landed on surface and imaged one-at-a-time by scanning probe microscopy in vacuo. The Project proposes the use of direct imaging (1) to identify the glycoforms of any glycoconjugates (i.e. variants of a specific glyconjugate that possess different glycan primary structures), (2) to sequence any glycan residues in any glycoconjugates, and (3) to determine the conformations of any glycoconjugates. The Project plans to focus on glycoconjugates that are intractable by present analytical methods, many of which are central in immune system, in microbial infection, and in emerging diagnostics, drugs, and vaccines. These works have far reaching impacts: shedding light into the language used by cells to communicate and by pathogens to infect; creating new opportunities in glycan-based therapeutics; as well as opening new frontiers in single molecule analytical chemistry of biomolecules.

Keywords: single molecule imaging,single molecule chemistry,single molecule sequencing
The Mathematics of Interacting Fermions (FermiMath)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Mathematics
Panel description: All areas of mathematics, pure and applied, plus mathematical foundations of computer science, mathematical physics and statistics
Countries involved: Italy,Spain
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2021-STG, 2021)
Start date: 2022-05-01
End date: 2027-04-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1306637.0
EU funding (EUR): 1306637.0
Participants: 3
Project status: SIGNED

The quantum many-body problem presents us with a baffling variety of phenomena whose mathematical understanding is just leaving infancy. One of the most prominent examples is the behavior of electrons in condensed matter: surprisingly, despite the presence of strong interactions between particles in the microscopic Schroedinger equation, on a macroscopic level one observes almost non-interacting particles. Moreover, some properties even turn out to be universal, i.e., do not depend on the details of the microscopic equation at all. Fermi liquid theory has been phenomenologically developed as an emergent theory to describe these correlation effects in systems of interacting fermionic particles. The first goal of this project is a rigorous derivation of Fermi liquid theory from the Schroedinger equation. My approach will be based on the analysis of high-density scaling limits. While the analysis of scaling limits has been tremendously successful in the last years for bosonic systems, in fermionic systems it has been restricted to the derivation of mean-field theories. Recently I have developed an approximate bosonization for three-dimensional systems which can be rigorously applied in high-density scaling limits. This is one of the few tools that permit an analysis beyond mean-field theory, enabling us now to describe correlations without relying on perturbation theory. The second goal is to show that one-dimensional systems can be analyzed similarly but display a very different behavior called Luttinger liquid, demonstrating that the approach allows to distinguish Fermi from non-Fermi liquids. Thus I will not only provide a unified justification of the non-interacting electron approximation in two and more dimensions, but also pave a new way to and partially resolve the classification problem of the fermionic phase diagram.

Keywords: quantum many body problem,schroedinger equation,effective theories,scaling limits
Scalable AI-driven Framework for Comprehensive Gameplay Characterization (GAMECHAR)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Computer Science and Informatics
Panel description: Informatics and information systems, computer science, scientific computing, intelligent systems
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2025-STG, 2025)
Start date: 2026-02-01
End date: 2031-01-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1500000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

GAMECHAR addresses a critical gap in gameplay characterization of video games by developing scalable, data-driven methods that link gameplay mechanics to player experiences. Current methodologies face limitations due to fragmented approaches, small datasets, and challenges in comparing human-generated and AI-generated gameplay data. Existing tools struggle to standardize the characterization of gameplay, making it difficult to extract meaningful insights from diverse games. Additionally, the emergent and interactive nature of gameplay requires systematic, scalable solutions for comprehensive analysis. To overcome these challenges, GAMECHAR will develop innovative methodologies to characterize gameplay data, establishing standardized descriptors and classification models. This approach will automate gameplay data collection, processing, and feature engineering, enabling researchers and developers to distinguish between restorative and harmful gameplay. The project will contribute to gameplay evaluation and advance the quality of gameplay developed to address societal needs, e.g., healthcare. The project contributes to the EU goals for AI excellence and digital health. Key outcomes will include a comprehensive gameplay data repository, AI agents capable of automated gameplay testing, and classification models that generalize across different game environments. Methods and processes will provide researchers with tools for gameplay analysis, enabling more effective comparative studies and predictors of player experience. The PI’s pathways to regulatory authorities have the potential for broad societal impact, applying the developed approach in policy and regulation of exploitative gameplay.

Keywords: games user research,cognitive modeling,ai driven game design,human ai interaction,behavioral analytics
Causal Pattern Analysis of Networked Economic Sovereignty (CaPANES)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Institutions, Governance and Legal Systems
Panel description: Political science, international relations, law
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call: ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS (ERC-2021-COG, 2021)
Start date: 2023-01-01
End date: 2027-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1929204.0
EU funding (EUR): 1929204.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The legal concept of sovereignty does not capture foreign trade relations, networks or economic clout. This shortcoming has resulted from a historical reduction of its meaning since the 1600s. This project will analyze legal concepts of sovereignty that developed before that time, within six networked cities of commerce (Bruges, Southampton, Rouen, Lübeck, Toulouse and Florence). In the period of 1400-1620 cities were interconnected through trade routes, correspondence and diplomacy. Legal concepts of sovereignty were crafted bottom-up and were more encompassing than the present-day legal concept of sovereignty, also for economic relations. In the process, these concepts absorbed changes within the cities and in the economic relations between cities. In the project proposed, agent-based and network methods will be used to track down these changes. The dynamism of conceptual change at the level of individual cities related to commercial, political and social developments, which will be assessed with agent-based modelling. These developments influenced institutional set-ups, constitutional approaches, the organization of trade and policies of access toward foreigners. At the level of networks between cities, dynamics impacting on sovereignty concepts related to foreign relations and yielded features different to developments within cities. Network analysis will make it possible to detect the dispersal and weight of sovereignty concepts and whether some concepts underpinned a transnational field of sovereignty. Causal patterns underlying change will be the outcome of this research into the cities and their networks, and these patterns will be used to create an updated legal concept of economic sovereignty.

Keywords: legal history
Advancing Research and Training on Ageing, Place and Home (HOMeAGE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Doctoral Networks
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: Ireland,Belgium,Switzerland,United Kingdom,Czechia,Italy,Norway,Canada,Germany,Finland,Netherlands
Call: MSCA Doctoral Networks 2021 (HORIZON-MSCA-2021-DN-01, 2021)
Start date: 2023-01-01
End date: 2027-06-30
Duration (months): 54.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2808056.57
EU funding (EUR): 2675527.2
Participants: 29
Project status: SIGNED

Ageing in place is critical to the future of ageing societies in Europe. Older people’s places are recognised as fundamental to long-term health and wellbeing outcomes - a fact that has been magnified during the Covid-19 pandemic. Yet, critically, almost a third of older people in Europe experience neighbourhood deprivation, a fifth encounter a lack of cohesion, a growing number are homeless, and approximately 3 million people continue to reside in institutional settings. There are significant concerns that efforts are failing to support ageing in place. With its development as a field fragmented across disciplines and sectors, and with few researchers equipped to tackle this fragmentation, innovation in research and policy risks stagnation. This is despite the renewed interest and urgency arising from the pandemic in de-institutionalizing later life residential experiences. HOMeAGE will institute an interdisciplinary, intersectoral and international programme of doctoral training and research that drives the development of new leaders in excellence for the advancement of evidence-based innovation on ageing in place. In tackling the three interconnected challenges of (1) needs and systems, (2) home and belonging and (3) rights and voice, HOMeAGE delivers a unique employability and skills development process for doctoral researchers (DRs) ensuring that they can lead the response to current research and policy deficits. HOMeAGE addresses significant demand for DRs who possess essential competencies to overcome challenges concerning Europe’s demographic transition, and ‘sticking points’ in its developing Silver Economy. HOMeAGE directly addresses the critical priority of enabling ‘older people to age in a place that is right for them’ within the WHO’s Global Strategy and Action Plan on Ageing. Crucially, it also addresses strategic themes in the EU Green Paper on Ageing, and key goals within the UN Sustainable Development Agenda concerning equity and sustainability.

Keywords: ageing,place,lifecourse,housing and mobility,home and belonging,representation and voice
DEVELOPERS OF CIRCULAR SOLUTIONS (DECISO)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
Theme: Bio-Environment
Destination: Circular economy and bioeconomy sectors
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Italy,Portugal,Greece,Germany,Belgium
Call: Circular Cities and Regions Initiative’s project development assistance (CCRI-PDA) (HORIZON-CL6-2022-CIRCBIO-01, 2022)
Start date: 2022-11-01
End date: 2025-10-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1999725.0
EU funding (EUR): 1999725.0
Participants: 10
Project status: SIGNED

"DECISO - DEVELOPERS OF CIRCULAR SOLUTIONS” aims to support the delivery of services to induce investments projects for developing circular economy at local and regional scale in the following regions: Hamburg. Northwest Germany, West Macedonia, Alentejo. This is in line with implementing the European Green Deal and the EU circular economy action plan. DECISO will accompany the actions aiming to provide assistance for promoters in the development of financial schemes/programs for projects on Circular Economy, based on the concept of Circular Economy Ecosystem (CEE), which implies mobilizing local stakeholders and, when necessary, citizens, and scaling up the results from the local, to the national and European levels. The CEE approach will make it possible to deal with economic, organizational and cultural change through systemic solutions that involve all the players in the value chain of an asset and all those who can influence, even indirectly, its value. This approach also allows reducing risks for investors, because ecosystems with all their key factors, including geographic location, cultural factors and institutional support, actively help an innovation become successful. Since the paradigm of the Circular Economy Ecosystems can be declined in different ways, based on the objective of the initiative, the local context, the type of actors and the sector, the DECISO approach will be implemented in different local contexts and topics in order to produce guidelines that can facilitate the replicability of the initiatives put in place considering all the technical, economic, legislative, and social factors that can determine the success or failure of the initiatives.

Keywords: circular economy ecosystem,project development assistance
Unlocking the potential of second life steel fibers from tire waste for the construction industry (FlexoFibers)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Challenges
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Spain
Call: EIC Accelerator Challenge: Technologies for ‘Fit for 55’ (HORIZON-EIC-2022-ACCELERATOR-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-03-01
End date: 2025-02-28
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3561512.5
EU funding (EUR): 2493058.75
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

After 4 years of R&D, we are the VERY FIRST COMPANY TO HAVE DEVELOPED A PRODUCTION PROCESS TO PRODUCE A SECOND LIFE STEEL FIBER THAT CAN BE USED IN A COMMERCIAL WAY, BEING VERY CLEAN, CLASSIFIED BY LENGTH WITH HIGH RESISTANCE TO TRACTION. Our high-quality steel wires called FlexoFibers have a small diameter (0.25 mm) lending them high tensility and flexibility while also enabling many filaments to be used per m3 of reinforced concrete. Our propriety process gives us the ability to control the length of the fibers to avoid a balling effect in the mixed concrete, while increasing the flexotraction and permeability of the material. THE FIRST CIRCULAR ECONOMY APPROACH TO PRODUCE STEEL FIBERS OF SECOND LIFE MATERIALS OPENS THE DOORS TO PRODUCE HIGH-IMPACT RESISTANT CONCRETE WITH A VERY LOW ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT and will propel the uptake of sustainable build materials into the construction value chain, while also granting the tire industry its entry into the CIRCULAR ECONOMY.

Keywords: reinforced concrete,recycled steel fibers,end of life tires
Efficient HV-electric modular battery and distribution systems for sustainable WAterborne VEssels (eWAVE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Climate, Energy and Mobility
Theme: Mobility
Destination: Clean and competitive solutions for all transport modes
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Partnership: ZEWT (co-programmed)
Countries involved: Austria,Norway,Belgium,Germany,United Kingdom,Netherlands,Spain,Türkiye,France
Call: Achieving high voltage, low weight, efficient electric powertrains for sustainable waterborne transport (ZEWT Partnership) (HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-02-01
End date: 2029-01-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 7576547.5
EU funding (EUR): 7494184.5
Participants: 18
Project status: SIGNED

eWAVE brings together 18 research, technology and shipbuilding experts to mature High-Voltage (HV) technology for electric vessels for future uptake in European shipbuilding sector, using efficient HV electric modular battery and distribution systems. It will research, develop and demonstrate solutions for sustainable maritime and inland vessels. However, the widespread adoption of such HV technology is hindered by several obstacles (e.g. current battery systems’ energy density, safety concerns, durable & sustainable materials), and, finally, economic viability/sustainability. This will be achieved by using new high-energy-density high-nickel-content batteries for waterborne applications in a lightweight housing made of recyclable thermoplastics, wired and wireless BMS solutions and multi-level converters that provide the required scalability for vessel systems up to 1MWh and far beyond. The battery system will be fostered by an integral safety system concept considering thermal runaway & ventilation, supported by an integrated real-time condition monitoring system using novel SoC/SoH algorithms and SoS estimation. The key results of eWAVE will be validated via laboratory and real-life vessel demonstrators. The applicability of the system will be investigated across multiple vessel types using an efficient modular digital twin to maximize industry uptake. To further improve circularity and sustainability of maritime battery systems, eWAVE will explore bio-based battery housings, a design for dismantling and recycling, the creation of a battery passport concept for the maritime sector, and potential 2nd life applications for the batteries. eWAVE’s HV technology solutions, tools and methods are expected to significantly improve the safety, efficiency, and sustainability of battery systems in shipping, thus supporting transition to all-electric shipping and contributing to the reduction of the environmental footprint of waterborne transport in the EU and far beyond.