Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Research on Really Reliable and Secure Systems Software (R3S3)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: Computer science and informatics
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call:  (ERC-2008-AdG, 2008)
Start date: 2008-11-01
End date: 2014-04-30
Duration (months): 66.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2448420.0
EU funding (EUR): 2448420.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

Current operating systems have poor reliability and security. Computers crash regularly whereas other electronic devices such as televisions and mobile phones never crash. Furthermore, practically every week one reads about another security hole in Windows. As computers become more essential for all aspects of society this situation is unacceptable. The goal of my proposed research is to conceive, design, implement, and test an operating system that is as reliable and secure as is humanly possible. The job will be finished when the average user has never experienced a crash in his lifetime and RESET buttons on computers have passed into history, like 5¼ -inch floppy disks. The basic concept I want to use to achieve a reliable, secure operating system is the POLA The Principle of Least Authority. The operating system will be moved out the kernel (where it has unrestricted access to all of memory, critical machine instructions the I/O devices) into a set of multiple, tightly constrained user processes. Each process (e.g., a file server) will be given exactly the authority it needs to do its job and no more. This mechanism ensures that problems in one process cannot spill over into other ones. While this goal has floated around for years, no one really knows how to do it, so research is needed. Furthermore, I also want to make the system fault tolerant and self healing so it can continue to run even in the presence of hardware and software errors. Recovery should be done automatically without affecting running programs. Designing and building a new operating system that runs counter to 50 years of experience is extremely ground-breaking and ambitious. But the current road we are on with millions of lines of code in the kernel and growing all the time cannot be sustained. We need research that will lead to much better reliability and security. I have 30 years experience in the field and think I have a chance to pull it off.

Keywords: reliability,dependability,operating systems
Complex structure and dynamics of collective motion (COLLMOT)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: ERC Advanced Grant Interdisciplinary Panel
Countries involved: Hungary
Call:  (ERC-2008-AdG, 2008)
Start date: 2009-03-01
End date: 2015-02-28
Duration (months): 72.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1248000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1248000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Collective behaviour is a widespread phenomenon in nature and technology making it a very important subject to study in various contexts. The main goal we intend to achieve in our multidisciplinary research is the identification and documentation of new unifying principles describing the essential aspects of collective motion, being one of the most relevant and spectacular manifestations of collective behaviour. We shall carry out novel type of experiments, design models that are both simple and realistic enough to reproduce the observations and develop concepts for a better interpretation of the complexity of systems consisting of many organisms and such non-living objects as interacting robots. We plan to study systems ranging from cultures of migrating tissue cells through flocks of birds to collectively moving devices. The interrelation of these systems will be considered in order to deepen the understanding of the main patterns of group motion in both living and non-living systems by learning about the similar phenomena in the two domains of nature. Thus, we plan to understand the essential ingredients of flocking of birds by building collectively moving unmanned aerial vehicles while, in turn, high resolution spatiotemporal GPS data of pigeon flocks will be used to make helpful conclusions for the best designs for swarms of robots. In particular, we shall construct and build a set of vehicles that will be capable, for the first time, to exhibit flocking behaviour in the three-dimensional space. The methods we shall adopt will range from approaches used in statistical physics and network theory to various new techniques in cell biology and collective robotics. All this will be based on numerous prior results (both ours and others) published in leading interdisciplinary journals. The planned research will have the potential of leading to ground breaking results with significant implications in various fields of science and technology.

Keywords: collective behaviour,group motion,networks,flocking,phase transitions,robotic swarms,videomicroscopy
Soft Matter Nanotechnology to Create Life-Like Machines (SFN)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: ERC Advanced Grant Interdisciplinary Panel
Countries involved: Sweden
Call:  (ERC-2008-AdG, 2008)
Start date: 2009-01-01
End date: 2013-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2500000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

We propose several new soft-matter nanotechnology-bases where the underlying principles of operation as well as the materials used are derived or inspired by biological systems. Specifically, in one aspect we wish to develop nanoscale biomimetic components, some of them with complex capacities (such as memory functions) that can perform a task in a useful device setup and that are mainly KT-driven (thermal energy-no external power source needed). A central issue relates to remote control of nanoscale soft-matter devices using microfluidics integration. Specifically, control of reactor shape, volume, connectivity, reactant concentrations etc are proposed. In another aspect, we wish to address central questions in biochemistry, biophysics and cell biology pertaining to among other things nanotube-mediated transport in cell-and cell-hybrid networks, and reaction dynamics in geometrically fluctuating nanoenvironments.

Keywords: soft matter,nanotubes,self-organization,life-like materials,transport,networks,signaling systems
Self-Managing Situated Computing (SMSCOM)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: Computer science and informatics
Countries involved: Italy
Call:  (ERC-2008-AdG, 2008)
Start date: 2008-12-01
End date: 2013-11-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2544156.0
EU funding (EUR): 2544156.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

SMScom will develop a consistent, integrated, and homogeneous set of methods and tools for the design, validation, and operation of dependable self-managing situational software, i.e., software that addresses a particular situation, problem, or challenge, and behaves according to the evolving situation in which it operates. Examples of situations are: the type of user (its preferences, its knowledge, ...), the physical environment (the current location of the executing environment), the time at which the application is executed, the device on which it runs, environmental conditions (like temperature, light, ...). We assume that situational changes are frequent, or even continuous, and require adaptation as the application is running and offering a service. This requires the software to be able to self-manage itself via a control loop that propagates the sensed information about situation to changes in the software structure. Several examples of situational applications already exist, and several research directions are already being explored. We argue, however, that at this stage most efforts are ad-hoc, and we miss a coherent global picture. We know how to deal with specific problems, but we lack general methods. SMScom is a holistic approach to self-managing situational computing. The term computing stresses the fact that our work will be rooted into an underlying theory of the field, upon which we wish to develop unified engineering methods and tools to develop dependable self-managing situational software applications. SMScom is a far-looking software engineering research project, which aims at providing a sound and systematic approach to developing practical and useful products. As any far-looking engineering research, it is expected to provide radical innovations. Radical innovations come in two flavors: by pushing some emerging requirements to their extreme and by revisiting through them in a radical manner the way we today develop and operate software.

Keywords: dynamic software architectures,distributed software engineering,dependability,security,context-awareness,model checking,run-time verification,self-managing systems.
New Opportunities in Terahertz Engineering and Science (NOTES)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: Systems and communication engineering
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (ERC-2008-AdG, 2008)
Start date: 2008-11-01
End date: 2013-10-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1542600.0
EU funding (EUR): 1542600.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Over the last 20 years, the study of mesoscopic quantum-confined electronic systems has revealed a wealth of exciting physics. The characteristic energy scale in many important mesoscopic devices such as two-dimensional electron systems, layered semiconductor structures, semiconductor quantum dots, and laterally-confined wires, dots, and other geometries, corresponds to the terahertz (THz) frequency range, which until recently has been difficult to access. Furthermore, invaluable information on the states and dynamics of carriers in condensed matter systems, not obtainable by other techniques, can potentially be accessed though the dynamic (high frequency) electronic response. My vision is to create a step-change in the study of mesoscopic electronic systems by developing and exploiting THz frequency technology to probe the THz frequency/picosecond response of quantum-confined electronic systems. I will develop quasi-optical guided-wave techniques to generate (and detect) single-cycle THz/picosecond electronic pulses adjacent to the mesoscopic system in a cryostat, avoiding the RC bandwidth-limiting problems inherent in previous high frequency (up to the GHz range) electrical measurements. In parallel, I will develop a series of original imaging and spectroscopy technologies based on the THz quantum cascade laser, including continuous wave coherent detection. These will be exploited in a range of proving projects, including phase-stepping interferometry, coherence-gated imaging and, ultimately, depth-resolved THz holography. This programme, comprising the symbiotic development of THz engineering and science, will be unique internationally and will open new opportunities and directions in the study and exploitation of THz frequency electronics and photonics.

Keywords: terahertz,high-frequency electronics,imaging and spectroscopy,low-dimensional electronic systems,nanotechnology,quantum cascade lasers.
Agile MIMO Systems for Communications, Biomedicine, and Defense (AMIMOS)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: Systems and communication engineering
Countries involved: Sweden,Sweden
Call:  (ERC-2008-AdG, 2008)
Start date: 2009-01-01
End date: 2013-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1872720.0
EU funding (EUR): 1872720.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

This proposal targets the emerging frontier research field of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems along with several innovative and somewhat unconventional applications of such systems. The use of arrays of transmitters and receivers will have a profound impact on future medical imaging/therapy systems, radar systems, and radio communication networks. Multiple transmitters provide a tremendous versatility and allow waveforms to be adapted temporally and spatially to environmental conditions. This is useful for individually tailored illumination of human tissue in biomedical imaging or ultrasound therapy. In radar systems, multiple transmit beams can be formed simultaneously via separate waveform designs allowing accurate target classification. In a wireless communication system, multiple communication signals can be directed to one or more users at the same time on the same frequency carrier. In addition, multiple receivers can be used in the above applications to provide increased detection performance, interference rejection, and improved estimation accuracy. The joint modelling, analysis, and design of these multidimensional transmit and receive schemes form the core of this research proposal. Ultimately, our research aims at developing the fundamental tools that will allow the design of wireless communication systems with an order-of-magnitude higher capacity at a lower cost than today; of ultrasound therapy systems maximizing delivered power while reducing treatment duration and unwanted illumination; and of distributed aperture multi-beam radars allowing more effective target location, identification, and classification. Europe has several successful industries that are active in biomedical imaging/therapy, radar systems, and wireless communications. The future success of these sectors critically depends on the ability to innovate and integrate new technology.

Keywords: mimo,wireless communications,radar signal processing,array signal processing
Conformal fractals in analysis, dynamics, physics (CONFRA)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: Mathematical foundations
Countries involved: Switzerland
Call:  (ERC-2008-AdG, 2008)
Start date: 2009-01-01
End date: 2013-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1278000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1278000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The goal of this project is to study conformally invariant fractal structures from the perspectives of analysis, dynamics, probability, geometry and physics, emphasizing interrelations of these fields. In the last two decades such structures emerged in several areas: continuum scaling limits of 2D critical models in statistical physics (percolation, Ising model); extremal configurations for various problems in complex analysis (multifractal harmonic measures, coefficient growth of univalent maps, Brennan's conjecture); chaotic sets for complex dynamical systems (Julia sets, Kleinian groups). Capitalizing on recent successes, I plan to continue my work in these areas, exploiting their interactions and connections to physics. I intend to achieve at least some of the following goals: * To establish that several critical lattice models have conformally invariant scaling limits, by building upon results on percolation and Ising models and finding discrete holomorphic observables. * To study geometric properties of arising fractal curves and random fields by connecting them to Schramm's SLE curves and Gaussian Free Fields. * To investigate massive scaling limits by describing them geometrically with generalizations of SLEs. * To lay mathematical framework behind relevant physical notions, such as Coulomb Gas (by relating height functions to GFFs) and Quantum Gravity (by identifying limits of random planar graphs with Liouville QGs). * To improve known bounds in several old questions in complex analysis by studying multifractal spectra of harmonic measures. * To estimate extremal behavior of such spectra by using holomorphic motions of (quasi) conformal maps and thermodynamic formalism. * To understand nature of extremal multifractals for harmonic measure by studying random and dynamical fractals. The topics involved range from century old to very young ones. Recently connections between them started to emerge, opening exciting possibilities for new developments in some long standing open problems.

Keywords: percolation,ising model,schramm loewner evolution,harmonic measure,conformal map
South East European Research Area for eInfrastructures (SEERA-EI)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research Infrastructures
Destination: Support to policy development and Programme implementation
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Greece,Albania,Bulgaria,North Macedonia,Moldova, Republic of,Montenegro,Romania,Serbia,Türkiye,Bosnia and Herzegovina
Call:  (FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2008-1, 2008)
Start date: 2009-04-01
End date: 2012-03-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1883138.4
EU funding (EUR): 1500000.0
Participants: 19
Project status: CLOSED

The South-East European eInfrastructure initiatives aim to ensure equal participation of the region in European networking and Grid computing trends. SEEREN initiative has established regional network and SEE-GRID the regional Grid. SEE-LIGHT project is currently establishing dark-fibre backbone in the region, and SEE-GRID-SCI empowering strategic regional user communities in common use of the eInfrastructure. Close collaboration of National Research &amp; Education Networks and National Grid Initiatives in the region was crucial in materialising this vision. The above initiatives have also raised awareness of national ministries for the necessity of local programmes and financial support for eInfrastructures: a number of ministries have contributed to local network funding and regional interconnections, as well as national Grid programmes. SEERA-EI will capitalise on this momentum and link national-level programme managers and provide an open forum for information exchange, in order to enable coordination of national programmes in eInfrastructures, and to set the framework for a common regional agenda. The project will gather and exchange information regarding current programmes and carry out a state-of-the-art analysis; produce set of best practices and guidelines for national eInfrastructure programmes; and identify areas for joint regional activities, ranging from short-term soft actions, mid-term policy-level actions, to preparatory activities for long-term actions. SEERA-EI will reduce fragmentation of national programmes, create a harmonised approach to national-level initiatives in eInfrastructures, ensure local commitment, and pave the way towards common regional vision, strategy and sustainable cooperation which will give the region a common voice on European and international stage and strengthen the ERA as a whole, enabling collaborative high-quality research across a spectrum of scientific fields.
South East Asia centre on European GNSS for international cooperation And Local development (SEAGAL)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Support to the European global satellite navigation system (Galileo) and EGNOS
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Italy,Spain,Not available
Call:  (FP7-GALILEO-2007-GSA-1, 2007)
Start date: 2009-03-15
End date: 2010-11-14
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 548228.6
EU funding (EUR): 458645.0
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

The main objective of the project is the definition of an implementation plan for a European GNSS Collaboration Centre in support of educational, commercial and technical needs in South-East Asia that “will increasingly be one of the most dynamic growth engines of the world economy”. The plan for the creation of the Collaboration Centre foresees also accompanying awareness actions (2 workshops; Centre Opening Ceremony) to facilitate the start-up of the Centre and its visibility as well as to link it to European institutions in order to ease continuing cooperation and sustainability. The Collaboration Centre should be set up within this project and start its operation at the end of the project. Since limited resources do not allow to target all the South-East Asia Countries, and in order to ensure the highest chance of success to the action, the project deeply relays on the commitment, from the Asian side, of two Universities: HUT and AIT. HUT is the leading Vietnamese higher education technical institution with important ties with Ministries and Governmental Bodies as well with specific technical expertise and technical staff trained in GNSS. Therefore, HUT is the ideal recipient for the Cooperation Centre to which it can offer important local and regional links both technical and political. AIT is a well known international higher education institution based in Thailand, but addressing a truly international group of users. Its long lasting cooperation with HUT makes it an ideal partner to direct the actions of the Cooperation Centre also in the whole South-East Asia region. European partners have complementary expertise in important sectors of GNSS with consistent Research and Teaching experience, as the Master on Navigation at Politecnico di Torino, supported by the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs. Some of the key persons involved are members of GNSS international committees such as the International Committee on GNSS of UN and the Galileo Signal Task Force.

Keywords: collaboration centre,international cooperation,european gnss,education and training
Visual Recognition (VISREC)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: Computer science and informatics
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (ERC-2008-AdG, 2008)
Start date: 2009-01-01
End date: 2014-12-31
Duration (months): 72.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1872056.0
EU funding (EUR): 1872056.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Our goal is to develop the fundamental knowledge to design a visual system that is able to learn, recognize and retrieve quickly and accurately thousands of visual categories, including materials, objects, scenes, human actions and activities. A ``visual google'' for images and videos -- able to search for the ``nouns'' (objects, scenes), ``verbs'' (actions/activities) and adjectives (materials, patterns) of visual content. The time is right for making great progress in automated visual recognition: imaging geometry is well understood, image features are now highly developed, and relevant statistical models and machine learning algorithms are well-advanced. Our goal is to make a quantum leap in the capabilities of visual recognition in real-life scenarios. The outcomes of this research will impact any applications where visual recognition is useful, and will enable new applications entirely: effortlessly searching and annotating home image and video collections on their visual content; searching and annotating large commercial image and video archives (e.g. YouTube); surveillance; using an image, rather than text, to access the web and hence identify its visual content.

Keywords: computer vision