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Evaluation of the Efficiency of Artificial Reefs by Advanced Numerical Simulations - Towards Environmentally Friendly Coastal Protection (EVERANS)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: European Re-integration Grants
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Bulgaria
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2007-2-2-ERG, 2007)
Start date: 2007-10-01
End date: 2010-09-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 45000.0
EU funding (EUR): 45000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The strategic objective of the project is to develop tools and methods to facilitate appropriate design of artificial reefs / reef breakwaters, applied in conjunction with or without beach nourishment, towards an environmentally friendly coastal protection. The specific targeted research objectives include: - Verification and improvement of a RANSE/VOF CFD wave model (developed within the Marie Curie Fellowship) with available data from physical model test - Development of an ‘Extreme Wave Numerical Flume’ for evaluation the impact of extreme waves in coastal waters (numerical study on interaction of reef structures with tsunamis and coastal ‘freak’ waves) - 2D/3D Numerical study on ‘wave-pumping effects’, wave-driven currents, local scour and sediment transport around an artificial reef (using Hydrodynamics and Boussinesq Wave models, as well as a Sand transport model) - Application to practical design of reef breakwaters with respect to protection of coasts against erosion and impact of extreme waves. Work will include: collect/process/analyse data; write software codes (numerical models); perform numerical simulations, write technical reports. Expected results are: - An improved RANSE/VOF CFD model of wave environment (including simulations of solitary waves; regular (monochromatic) waves; irregular waves / group waves / freak waves; breaking waves) - New knowledge on the mechanism of breaking of waves passing artificial reefs - New knowledge on the mechanism of ‘wave-pumping effect’ and wave-driven currents in the vicinity of artificial reefs - New knowledge on the propagation and impact of extreme waves on coastal beaches and protection facilities - Recommendations on practical design of reef breakwaters: optimizing geometry & other reef parameters; preventing shoreline erosion & local scours; protecting coastal environment from extreme waves.

Keywords: hydraulic engineering,coastal structures,modelling tools,hydrodynamics
Instant SLAM: Ultimate Performance in Visual Localisation and Mapping (ULTIMATESLAM)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: Materials and Synthesis
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (ERC-2007-StG, 2007)
Start date: 2008-09-01
End date: 2013-08-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1613659.0
EU funding (EUR): 1613659.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

In recent breakthrough work at the boundary of robotics and computer vision, I demonstrated that the core `Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping' (SLAM) approach of probabilistic map-building for mobile robots can be applied to real-time 3D motion estimation from the image stream from a single agile camera. Now I propose to take this line of research to its logical conclusion by investigating a paradigm of `Instant SLAM'. Can monocular visual SLAM be pushed far enough to estimate in real-time the motion of cameras potentially moving and accelerating very rapidly, turned on at arbitrary times and pointed at arbitrary scenes? Is is possible to develop a real-time vision algorithm, running on the standard processors of today or the near future, which can accurately track the motion of a camera attached to flying or bouncing robot, carried by a running person or even just thrown across a room? The ability to track camera motion with so few restrictions on dynamics and prior knowledge would turn simple webcam-type or embedded camera modules into truly flexible, low cost, go-anywhere position sensors with any number of applications in robotics, wearable computing and beyond. Achieving this goal requires both theoretical and practical research on extracting with ultimate efficiency the motion information available in an image sequence, with emphasis on high frame-rate capture, information-theoretic analysis, optimised probabilistic filtering and the relaxation of prior assumptions.

Keywords: slam,computer vision,mobile robotics,tracking
Studies of neurosecretion by remote control of exocytosis and endocytosis with ligt (OPTICALBULLET)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: Diagnostic tools, therapies and public health
Countries involved: Spain
Call:  (ERC-2007-StG, 2007)
Start date: 2008-09-01
End date: 2013-08-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1338000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1338000.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

Optical switches are photoisomerizable compounds that allow to remotely controlling the activity of proteins, cells and entire organisms with light. These tools are revolutionizing research in biology with their high selectivity and spatiotemporal resolution. Here we propose to develop and apply optical switches to investigate the fundamental processes of secretion, exocytosis and endocytosis, in a way that is non-invasive, acute, and orthogonal to pharmacological and electrophysiological techniques. The optical control of exocytosis will be carried out by means of photoswitchable, Ca2+-permeable channels (LiGluR and Channelrhodopsin-2) which allow triggering vesicle fusion at single synaptic terminals. This procedure will allow studying vesicle release kinetics and the differences between synapses of the same neuron. The photocontrol of endocytosis will be carried out with: (1) inhibitory peptides of the clathrin pathway modified with an azobenzene crosslinker in order to photomodulate their structure and affinity, and (2) photoswitchable synthetic compounds based on chemical inhibitors of dynamin. Photomodulation of endocytosis in chromaffin cells and neurons will allow interfering with the internalisation of membrane receptors with an unprecedented spatial and temporal control. The use of photoswitchable inhibitors of endocytosis would allow for the first time to manipulate reversibly and with subcellular resolution, the vesicular trafficking of the endocytic pathway. In addition, these photoswitches could reveal how endocytosis regulates spatially receptor activation, controlling cell patterning and cell fate.

Keywords: optical switch,photoswitch,azobenzene,channelrhodopsin,clathrin,dynamin,photostimulation,photoisomerization,remote control,non-invasive methods,patch clamp,synaptic vesicle,trafficking
Genome Maintenance in the Context of Chromatin (CHROMOREPAIR)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: Molecular and Structural Biology and Biochemistry
Countries involved: Spain
Call:  (ERC-2007-StG, 2007)
Start date: 2008-12-01
End date: 2013-11-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 948426.0
EU funding (EUR): 948426.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

With the availability of the essentially complete sequence of the human genome, as well as a rapid development of massive sequencing techniques, the research efforts to understand genetics and disease from a cis standpoint will soon reach an endpoint. However, our emerging knowledge of gene regulation networks reveals that epigenetic regulation of the hereditary information plays crucial roles in various biological events through its influence on processes such as transcription, DNA replication and chromosome architecture. Another scenario in which the control of chromatin structure is crucial is the repair of lesions in genomic DNA. There is mounting evidence, particularly from model organisms such as Saccharomyces cerevisiae, that histone modifying enzymes (acetylases, deacetylases, kinases, …) are essential components of the machinery that maintains genome integrity and thereby guards against cancer, degenerative diseases and ageing. However, little is known about the specific “code” of histone tail modifications that coordinate DNA repair, and the impact that an aberrant “histone code” may have on human health. In CHROMOREPAIR we will systematically analyze the chromatin remodelling process that undergoes at DNA lesions and evaluate the impact that chromatin alterations have on the access, signaling and repair of DNA damage. Furthermore, we propose to translate our in vitro knowledge to the development of mouse models that help us evaluate how modulation of chromatin status impinges on genome maintenance and therefore on cancer and aging. As a provocative line of research and based on our preliminary data, we propose that certain chromatin alterations could not only impair but also in some cases promote a more robust response to DNA breaks, which could be a novel and not yet explored way to potentiate the elimination of pre-cancerous cells.

Keywords: dna repair,h2ax,chromatin,atm/atr,mouse models.
Involving Transnational Communities - Civil Society Forum on Conflicts (INFOCON)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Socio-economic sciences and Humanities
Destination: Europe in the world
Action type: Research for the benefit of specific groups
Countries involved: Belgium,Belgium,Netherlands,United Kingdom,Germany,Canada,France,Netherlands,Netherlands,Germany,Belgium,Belgium,Germany,Serbia
Call:  (FP7-SSH-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-04-01
End date: 2011-03-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1062029.4
EU funding (EUR): 849877.0
Participants: 17
Project status: CLOSED

INFOCON is the unique result of extensive consultations and discussions between members of civil society and leading scholars in various disciplines. These consultations have been synthesised into the objectives of the proposed project. The overall objective of the project is to create a better understanding of how Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) representing Transnational Communities (TCs) can help in preventing and resolving conflicts in Europe and the world. Under this overall objective INFOCON strives to attain the following specific objectives: 1. Provide recommendations and strategic tools for CSOs based on the project’s results in order to increase the efficiency and involvement of CSOs in the elaboration of policies related to transnational communities and conflicts. 2. Verify past research on TCs and their role in conflicts with the benefit of CSOs’ experience and their involvement in the research process. It also addresses the current gap between civil society knowledge and academic expertise. 3. Advance the scientific knowledge on the dynamics and current potential role of CSOs in different conflicts by elaborating new and innovative comparisons of TCs across Europe (four cities: Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels and London) and the world (three regions of origin: Turkey, Kosovo and Great Lakes). 4. Provide conflict-sensitive policy recommendations in order to enhance current conflict policy and to use the leverage and opportunities that transnational community CSOs offer in the field of conflict and peace. 5. Significantly contribute to public debate on the role of TCs in conflicts and conflict policies by large-scale dissemination activities aimed at fostering global communication and connectivity.

Keywords: conflict,transnational communities,peace,conflict-sensitive policies,civil society,involvement of csos,social networks,comparative research,interdisciplinary,conflict prevention
Learning and volatility in financial markets: theory, experiments and empirics (LVFM)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: Individuals, institutions and markets
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (ERC-2007-StG, 2007)
Start date: 2008-10-01
End date: 2014-09-30
Duration (months): 72.0
Total project cost (EUR): 765000.0
EU funding (EUR): 765000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The project aims to study learning and volatility in financial markets. We will develop a theoretical market microstructure model to analyze how informational inefficiencies can arise in financial markets even though traders (who have non speculative reasons to trade) are allowed to buy or sell any quantity of an asset (in a continuous action space). In this theoretical framework, we will also analyze the case in which the asset value can change over time (e.g., because of shocks to the economy). We will study how learning occurs in this economy with changing fundamentals and how learning affects price volatility. This will create a bridge between the theoretical literature on learning and the empirical literature on time varying volatility (e.g., ARCH and GARCH). After developing the theoretical analyses, we will test the predictions in experiments, and proceed to a structural estimation of our models. We will run both field and laboratory experiments. The structural estimation will use transaction data in order to shed light on the process of information aggregation and volatility in different markets (e.g., more or less speculative) and different conditions (tranquil times versus financial crises).

Keywords: learning,information aggregation,financial markets,market microstucture,experimental economics,structural estimation.
Massively Parallel Computations of Combustion and Emission Simulations (MYPLANET)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Initial Training Networks
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: France,Germany,Spain,United Kingdom,Cyprus,France,Germany
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2007-1-1-ITN, 2007)
Start date: 2008-10-01
End date: 2012-09-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3028986.0
EU funding (EUR): 3028986.0
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

The MyPlanet collaborative initial training network represents a European initiative to train a new generation of engineers in the field of high performance computing applied to the numerical combustion simulation, energy conversion processes and related atmospheric pollution issues. Indeed, the project is based on the recognised lack on European level of highly skilled engineers that are equally well-trained in both combustion technologies and high-performance computing (HPC) techniques. The project will contribute to the structuring of existing high-quality initial research training capacities in fluid mechanics and the HPC field through combining both public and private (industrial) sectors. The research is motivated by the fact that in today’s industrial society more than 80% of the energy consumed on Earth is produced by burning fossil fuels, i.e. through combustion. It is widely recognised that important technological progress is required in order to optimize these combustion processes in the context of growing pollution, fuel depletion and global Earth warming. The computer simulation of combustion appears as a prerequisite to a better understanding of the underlying physical and chemical processes. The main objective is to develop an ambitious training programme in the field of high-performance computations of reacting flows on massively parallel machines. Through the training actions they will learn both the fundamental physics behind combustion processes as well as software implementation aspects of high-performance computing as a prerequisite to the numerical simulation of reacting flows. Such training is necessary for developing future energy- and carbon-efficient devices based on biofuels. Thanks to the industrial partners involved in the project, the trainees will experience the industrial use of these new simulation tools while industry will obtain a first-hand experience with new methodologies.

Keywords: gas turbines,simulation engineering,atmospheric pollution (climate change)
European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility I3 (ETSF)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research Infrastructures
Destination: Support to existing research infrastructures
Action type: Combination of CP & CSA
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Germany,Germany,Germany,Belgium,Sweden,Italy,France,Spain,Spain,Spain
Call:  (FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-01-01
End date: 2010-12-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4374918.32
EU funding (EUR): 3800000.0
Participants: 14
Project status: CLOSED

The European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility addresses an important need of European science and technology by providing experimental, industrial and other researchers with access to state-of-the-art computer simulation tools for electronic excited states in matter, together with high-quality support from ETSF personnel, mirroring the massive progress in the power and resolution of new European experimental facilities. All domains that need knowledge about electronic excitations, transport and spectroscopy will benefit from the ETSF, such as condensed matter physics and chemistry, biology, materials science and nanoscience, atmospheric science, and astrophysics. The ETSF provides users with computer codes, background knowledge, customised support and development, training, and collaborators to enhance their studies of the electronic and transport properties of complex or nanoscale materials. Its focus is on the rapid transfer of ground-breaking fundamental knowledge of matter, at the quantum-mechanical level, to detailed understanding and future-oriented design of prototypical or technologically relevant systems. The ETSF has been successfully designed and recently brought into operation by the Nanoquanta Network of Excellence with the support of national and local institutions. In the present ETSF-I3 project, the ETSF is partnered by the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre to create a framework for deploying the ETSF infrastructure to a much wider range of users, through user training and projects supported by ETSF scientists. The ETSF-I3 project will monitor the scientific and technological needs of users, and will boost the user-oriented development of ETSF software, algorithms and libraries made available on the most advanced computational platforms. ETSF-I3 will be crucial to keep the ETSF at the forefront of knowledge and establish it as the world-wide reference centre for modelling of electronic excited states.

Keywords: electron spectroscopy and transport,advanced simulation tools for experimental and industrial users
Enabling advanced pre-combustion capture techniques and plants (DECARBIT)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Energy
Destination: CO2 capture and storage technologies for zero emission power generation
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Norway,United Kingdom,Switzerland,Germany,France,France,France,Netherlands,Russian Federation,United Kingdom,Italy,Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-ENERGY-2007-1-RTD, 2007)
Start date: 2008-01-01
End date: 2012-06-30
Duration (months): 54.0
Total project cost (EUR): 15535004.0
EU funding (EUR): 10215750.0
Participants: 18
Project status: CLOSED

DECARBit responds to the urgent need for further research and development in advanced pre-combustion capture techniques to substantially reduce emissions of greenhouse gases from fossil fuel power plants. The project will accelerate the technology development and contribute to the deployment of large scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) plants in line with the adopted European policies for emission reductions. DECARBit- short for “ Decarbonise it”, is established by 16 legal entities constituting the core group of the project. These encompass 5 leading industrial technology providers, 2 technology end-users (1 utility and 1 oil&gas company) and 9 highly ranked RTD providers representing in totality 8 countries. The project focus is to pursue the search for improved and new pre-combustion technologies that can meet the cost target of 15€/ton CO2 captured as stated in the Work Programme. DECARBit is designed as a Collaborative Large-scale Integrating Project. The RTD activities are structured in 5 sub-projects directly responding to the objectives of the Work Programme: • SP1 System integration and optimization • SP2 Advanced pre-combustion CO2 separation • SP3 Advanced oxygen separation technologies • SP4 Enabling technologies for pre-combustion • SP5 Pre-combustion pilots The project activities comprise theoretical and experimental investigations leading to extended pilot testing. Key expected impacts of DECARBit, all complying with the Work Programme are: * Cost reduced pre-combustion capture of CO2 promoting the development and deployment of large scale CCS plants (10-12 by 2020). Further industrial uptake is strengthened through an Industrial Contact Group established within the project framework * Strengthen the competitiveness of the European industry and economy by maintaining and reinforcing the leading position in CCS technologies, also exploring the potential impacts for other energy intensive industries.

Keywords: advanced gas separation techniques,pre-combustion enabling technologies,oxygen production,co2 separation,igcc,ircc