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Routing Attack Vulnerability Evaluation for Networks (RAVEN)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Proof of concept grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Systems and communication engineering
Panel description: Electrical, electronic, communication, optical and systems engineering
Countries involved: Greece
Call: ERC Proof of Concept Grant (ERC-2019-PoC, 2019)
Start date: 2020-07-01
End date: 2021-12-31
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 150000.0
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The Internet is a critical infrastructure that is composed of The Internet is a critical infrastructure that is composed of tens of thousands of networks and is required to work reliably 24/7. An integral functionality to achieve this is stable, efficient and secure routing of data traffic across several network domains. The current inter-domain routing protocol, BGP, facilitates the exchange of control-plane information (i.e., reachability of Internet resources over network paths) in a scalable and expressive manner; however, the lack of inherent security (e.g., authentication) mechanisms in its design frequently results in routing attacks. We focus on BGP prefix hijacking attacks, where a network, either due to malicious intent or because of a misconfiguration, advertises fraudulent/invalid information to the BGP routers of other networks; this information is propagated to the entire Internet, eventually leading to traffic being directed to invalid destinations (ending up dropped or intercepted and manipulated). Available proactive defenses are typically limited and inefficient. In our previous work, we have developed an advanced production-grade detection and mitigation tool that works reactively to counter these attacks. However, in practice, network operators cannot even measure how exposed their networks are to hijacking attempts, as well as their potential impact. In this project, we address exactly this need and aim to build a Proof of Concept (PoC) of a BGP hijacking vulnerability assessment service employing real-world experimentation, accurate simulations and realistic emulations. We aim to evaluate this PoC on at least two real networks, and refine its design using feedback from its future users, i.e., the network operators. We further plan to investigate key challenges towards the commercialization of such a service, namely estimating the costs for rolling out a global peering infrastructure that is needed, and defining the associated product offering.

Keywords: vulnerability assessment,bgp prefix hijacking,bgp security,networking security,emulation,simulation,testbed,peering,routing
Internet of Things (IoT) platform for concrete strength measurement and Machine Learning (ML) predictions in construction. (cloudsensing)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Spain
Call: SME instrument (H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1, 2019)
Start date: 2019-08-01
End date: 2020-01-31
Duration (months): 6.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The construction industry, one of the oldest yet largest the world, is still forecasted to grow worldwide by 85% to $15.5 trillion by 2030. A major source of uncertainty during construction is the strength of the concrete. This variable is hard to accurately estimate. Well-known are traditional maturity models as a function of concrete temperature evolution, but these are not always accurate as the temperature also depends on the concrete mixture and the weather, and the current methods available to perform that action are also expensive and often impractical, construction workers still rely on their own experience to determine when concrete has sufficiently cured. Overestimating curing time leads to longer time elapsed (at 4 weeks of curing per floor, this has a huge economic impact). On the other hand, when curing times are not respected, consequences can be worse: the building can collapse leading to huge costs and lawsuits, not to mention possible accidents. cloudsensing provides concrete strength measurement sensors during curing, that can help construction companies cut time and improve security and project managing during the building process by giving accurate predictions on concrete maturity. The solution is offered as a service. Thanks to our cloud-based Internet of Things infrastructure, the captured data is processed seamlessly and provided to the user through a web interface, accessible worldwide. With an easy to scale solution like this, and a market as big and not exploited by digitalization like the construction industry is, the reachability of this project is global and exponential.

Keywords: machine learning,internet of things,maturity method
A Robust, Flexible and Scalable Cognitive Robotics Platform (RoBUTCHER)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Ukraine,Spain,Germany,Hungary,Norway,Norway,Sweden,Norway,Denmark,Denmark
Call: Robotics Core Technology (H2020-ICT-2019-2, 2019)
Start date: 2020-01-01
End date: 2023-06-30
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 7784900.0
EU funding (EUR): 7536303.5
Participants: 12
Project status: SIGNED

Uptake of advanced robotics and automation in the Agri-Food sector, specifically in meat processing, has been stifled due to the perceived high cost as well as the lack of flexibility, robustness and scalability to suit different volumes, smaller in particular. This conflicts with recommendations that governments across Europe should encourage greater food system efficiency and security. Pioneers in Norway (NMBU/Animalia) and Denmark (DTI) have been working to address this issue and have created a new automation concept for the meat sector: the Meat Factory Cell (MFC). The MFC today is simple, relying upon the intelligence of human experts to complete complex tasks. However, meat processing plants are amongst the lowest quality working environments in Europe, making autonomy a must. RoBUTCHER aims to develop a cognitive MFC, capable of autonomy. To achieve this, RoBUTCHER has the following underpinning objectives: (1) Assessment of social, legislative and best practise meat industry requirements; (2) Development of novel technology modules for autonomous cutting trajectory planning, and integration with cooperative human–robot interfaces; (3) Creation of enabling intelligent tools to evaluate the system, chiefly for cutting and handling; and (4) Industrial scale pilot of the cognitive MFC. Core robotic technologies are integral to RoBUTCHER, where the main emphasis is AI and Cognition, but natural overlap exists to include Cooperative Human-Robot Interfaces and Cognitive Mechatronics. Today there are no suitable “off-the-shelf” solutions. The ambition for RoBUTCHER is to develop a system to TRL6, using existing MFC infrastructure within the Consortium as a catalyst for research and innovation. Successful delivery of the project will provide the robustness, flexibility and scalability that small and medium meat processors require to lower the technical barriers they face in adopting robotic automation, which would improve job quality and food security in Europe.

Keywords: agri food,agile production,meat factory cell,cellular automation,ai and cognition,safe human robot interaction,ai decision support,cognitive mechatronics,meat processing
Developing and Enabling Nanotechnology Awareness-Building through the Creation and Exchange of enhanced Communication and Visualisation Tools and Guidance for ‘Seeing at the Nanoscale’ (SeeingNano)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Advanced Manufacturing and Processing, and Biotechnology
Theme: Developing the societal dimension of nanotechnology
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Spain,Austria,Austria,Germany,Italy,Belgium,Slovenia,Sweden,Czechia,Netherlands,Netherlands,Netherlands,Portugal,United Kingdom,United Kingdom
Call: Novel visualization tools for enhanced nanotechnology awareness (H2020-NMP-CSA-2014, 2014)
Start date: 2014-12-01
End date: 2016-11-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 996478.75
EU funding (EUR): 996478.75
Participants: 18
Project status: CLOSED

The SeeingNano project will create Novel Visualisation Tools for Enhanced Nanotechnology Awareness through a coordinated collaborative approach conducted by leading experts in the relevant fields: the target audiences identified in the proposal will be analysed by the consortium's socio-economic sciences and humanities, who - in collaboration with the consortium's state-of-the-art information visualisation partners - will elaborate and agree on the most appropriate tool to address the respective audiences. The scientific and technical content to be communicate through each tool to the respective audiences will be provided by experts from the nano-phenomena research community in collaboration with experts from the risk-communication and nanotoxicology community, in order to provide the key audiences with an ability to ‘seeing at the nanoscale’, and an understanding and awareness for the breadth of nanotechnologies, and the uncertainties and potential risks connected to them. The resulting tools are flexibly designed for customisation by the nanotechnology stakeholder community, and supported by guidance documents on (a) the socio-economic aspects of awareness-building exercises on nanotechnologies, (b) the science- and technology content and story boards on the nanotechnology-phenomena and their potential risks, and (c) the technical customisation of the tools provided. The It is the ultimate goal of the SeeingNano project to make available a public online SeeingNano exchange with visualisation tools, guidance and content for the enhancement of nanotechnology awareness-building exercises conducted by the nanotechnology stakeholder community. The backbone of this repository is formed by the SeeingNano output: a set of good-communication practices, developed and stress-tested within the project, supported by captivating customisable visualisation tools, to demonstrate the raising of awareness and understanding.

Keywords: public awareness
Sunlight Active Mesoporous Black TiO2 Micro/Nanomotors (STIMULATOR)

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: Chemistry
Countries involved: Czechia
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2020, 2020)
Start date: 2021-10-01
End date: 2023-11-04
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 156980.64
EU funding (EUR): 156980.64
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Photocatalytic Micro and nanomotors (MNMs) are artificial machines that convert light energy to propulsion and these light-powered machines have garnered considerable attention due to their potential applications in environmental detection/remediation, biomedicine, and microengineering. Since these machines are light controlled, their direction and velocity of motion can be regulated by modulating the intensity and orientation of the light source and the selection of light source is determined according to the absorption spectrum of the MNMs. For real-life applications, it is necessary to harvest solar energy directly for the autonomous propulsion of such motors that will pave the way for a unique motor system with enhanced motor skills. TiO2 is one of the most efficient and most investigated photocatalysts and researches are going on to directly harvest solar energy without using any external light source. It is necessary to synthesise a material that can harvest the whole solar spectrum containing 5% UV (absorb 200-400nm), 43% Visible (absorb 400-700 nm), and 52% IR (700-2500 nm) energy. In such a way, to exploit TiO2, its black version, the ‘black TiO2’ with mesoporosity will be implemented here in the form of its janus structural combinations with metals to form MMBT MNMs and bimetallics to form BMBT MNMs in a fuel free environment. These MNMs will be implemented in photocatalysis of a one component and two component systems, viz. using a single anionic or cationic dye as the target (single component) or a mixture of one anionic and one cationic dye as target (two component). So, the new class of MNMs will pave the way for selective and non-selective photocatalysis. Overall, STIMULATOR will develop, a new class of materials called ‘direct-sunlight active MNMs’.

Keywords: janus micro,nanomotors,sunlight active motors,self propulsion
Project Ô: demonstration of planning and technology tools for a circular, integrated and symbiotic use of water (Project O)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Climate action, environment,  resource efficiency and raw materials
Theme: Enabling the transition towards a green economy and society through eco-innovation
Action type: Innovation actions
Countries involved: Austria,Germany,Spain,Italy,Italy,Israel,Spain,Italy,Ireland,Spain,Italy,Croatia,Croatia,Croatia,France,France,Denmark,Denmark,Portugal,United Kingdom
Call: Water in the context of the circular economy (H2020-CIRC-2017TwoStage, 2017)
Start date: 2018-06-01
End date: 2022-11-30
Duration (months): 54.0
Total project cost (EUR): 10370751.51
EU funding (EUR): 9261272.38
Participants: 27
Project status: SIGNED

Project Ô intends to demonstrate approaches and technologies to drive an integrated and symbiotic use of water within a specific area, putting together the needs of different users and waste water producers, involving regulators, service providers, civil society, industry and agriculture. The project seeks to apply the pillars of integrated water management (IWM) as a model for “water planning” (akin to spatial planning) and to demonstrate low cost, modular technologies that can be easily retrofitted into any water management infrastructure at district/plant level, hence enabling even small communities and SMEs to implement virtuous practices. Technologies and planning instruments complement each other as the first make possible the second and the latter can provide as example or even prescribe the former (and similar technologies allowing virtuous water use practices). Indeed the technologies support the regulators in implementing policy instruments, as foreseen by IWM, for convincing stakeholders (like developers and industry) to implement water efficiency strategies and could include instruments for e.g. rewarding virtuous behaviours (for example: advantageous water tariffs), planning regulations that award planning consent more swiftly or even prescribe the use of water from alternative sources (including recycling). Project Ô has in summary the overall objective of providing stakeholders (everybody using or regulating the use of water in an area) with a toolkit that enables them to plan the use of and utilise the resource water whatever its history and provenance, obtaining significant energy savings in terms of avoided treatment of water and waste water and release of pressure (quantity abstracted and pollution released) over green water sources. This overall objective will be demonstrated in up to four sites each in different Countries of Europe and in Israel, involving industries, aquaculture and agriculture as well as local authorities of different sizes.

Keywords: water footprint,advanced oxidation processes,nanoadsorption,modularisation,demosntration activities,industrial symbiosis,textile finishing,food processing,agriculture,aquaculture
Dissipative Self-Assembly: A powerful but unexplored tool to create temporary supramolecular hydrogels (DisMolGels)

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: Chemistry
Countries involved: Germany
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2016, 2016)
Start date: 2017-05-01
End date: 2019-04-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 159460.8
EU funding (EUR): 159460.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The aim of this study is to develop molecular temporary hydrogels coupled to an energy dissipating chemical reaction (DisMolGels). Until now, most molecular self-assembled materials operate close to thermodynamic equilibrium, under static conditions, and are thus far from the interesting features biological living “materials” display. Biological materials are thermodynamically open and are kept far from equilibrium by a constant input of energy. This mode of self-assembly, one of the requirements of life, is referred to as dissipative or dynamic self-assembly. For this project I will focus on the recreation of part of such dissipative processes, and translating them to our current static hydrogel materials. With that, dynamic hydrogels with entirely new properties, most prominently their tunable lifetime and stiffness, will be developed. To do so, chemical fuels will be used as energy input and simple synthetic peptide derivatives will be constitute the self-assembling building blocks. Not only will this project result in hydrogels with a tunable lifetime and stiffness, it also aims at setting new design guidelines and requirements to develop dynamic systems. Thereby it aims at aiding the scientific community as such rules currently lack, hampering the development of these interesting systems. The ambitious research project builds on what I have already accomplished working on thermodynamically static self-assembled systems and the expertise that the host group offers in terms of dynamic materials approach. The research experience I will gain and all training received during the MSCA, will reinforce my expertise in this field and empower me to grow as an independent research leader.

Keywords: dynamic supramolecular materials,supramolecular hydrogels,out of equilibrium systems
SWALLIS - a disruptive wearable device that uses sound patterns to diagnose and monitor swallowing disorders (SWALLIS)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: France
Call: SME instrument (H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1, 2018)
Start date: 2019-01-01
End date: 2019-04-30
Duration (months): 4.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Dysphagia, or difficulty with swallowing, is a medical disorder that impacts 1 in 25 adults (from 18 to 65 years of age) and up to 75% of people older than 65 . This condition usually occurs as a consequence of other medical conditions such as stroke, sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease. Dysphagia often has devastating consequences including choking, chronic malnutrition, severe life threatening dehydration, aspiration pneumonia, an increased rate of infection, long-term care and in some cases even death. Following dysphagia diagnosis, constant awareness and review is needed to ensure that problems existence is monitored which is currently conducted manually. Indeed, no innovative solution is available for monitoring of the condition. SWALLIS is a unique medical device for the diagnosis and monitoring of dysphagia through the analysis of its sound components. The device uses an accelerometer and a microphone (see Figure 2) to detect sound signals of swallowing, filter and analyse breathing noises and voice signals. The innovation is based on the cervical auscultation method and on the revolutionary research conducted by Prof. Sylvian Moriniere on the origin of sound components during pharyngeal swallowing. SWALLIS is uniquely positioned to revolutionise the global dysphagia management market that is expected to be valued at 3.5 billion in 2024.

Keywords: dysphagia,swallowing,sound
Languages and Language Use (Language Use)

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: United Kingdom
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2018, 2018)
Start date: 2019-09-01
End date: 2021-10-14
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 212933.76
EU funding (EUR): 212933.76
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The ER (Jessica Keiser) is an early career researcher. The focus of her research to this point has been the philosophy of language, specifically metasemantics. The research goal of the project is to develop an account of the nature of language and language use (explained below) which reduces these phenomena to facts about the actions and mental states of language users. This project builds on the ER’s existing research expertise, but with the support of the host institution (University of Leeds) and the supervisor (Professor Robert Williams), the project will broaden the purview of her research by integrating it with empirical research in linguistics and evolutionary psychology, as well as core areas of philosophy such as metaphysics and the philosophy of mind. It will advance her career at a crucial early stage by making a mark with a large scale project which offers offering novel and viable solutions to recalcitrant problems, and position her at the cutting edge of contemporary discussion. The project has two main objectives: (1) to provide a novel metasemantic proposal, i.e., an account of what makes it the case that a community of speakers share a given language and (2) to provide a novel ontology of linguistic entities such as languages and expressions. The metasemantic proposal claims that populations speak the languages they do in virtue of conventions of locutionary action (using an utterance to direct attention). This proposal departs from the traditional conception of language as grounded in illocutionary action (using an utterance to elicit a propositional attitude), and overcomes problems concerning indeterminacy and nonliteral speech that were problematic for traditional accounts. The metaphysical proposal uses the tools and framework from metasemantic account to provide an ontology of the linguistic entities it is committed to. It moves away from standard approaches by using communicative actions (rather than the products of those actions e.g., sound

Keywords: metasemantics,convention,ontology of language,attention,meaning