Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
HOBBIT - The Mutual Care Robot (HOBBIT)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: ICT for Health, Ageing Well, Inclusion and Governance
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Austria,Greece,Sweden,Germany,Germany,Austria
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2011-7, 2011)
Start date: 2011-11-01
End date: 2015-08-31
Duration (months): 46.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3824573.0
EU funding (EUR): 2830000.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

Ageing has been prioritised as a key demographic element affecting the population development within the EU member states. Experts and users agree that Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) and Social and Service Robots (SSR) have the potential to become key components in coping with Europe’s demographic changes in the coming years. From all past experiences with service robots, it is evident that acceptance, usability and affordability will be the prime factors for any successful introduction of such technology into the homes of older people. While world players in home care robotics tend to follow a pragmatic approach such as single function systems (USA) or humanoid robots (Japan, Korea), we introduce a new, more user-centred concept called “Mutual Care”. The intention is to create a possibility for the Human to “take care” of the robot like a pet. It is easier to accept assistance from a robot when in certain situations the Human can also assist the machine. In turn, older users will more readily accept the help of the HOBBIT robot. Close cooperation with institutional caregivers will enable the consortium to continuously improve acceptance and usability. In contrast to current approaches, “HOBBIT, the mutual care robot”, will offer practical and tangible benefits for the user with a target price tag considerably below present solutions. Through an interface designed specifically for elderly users, HOBBIT will be able to follow a user and guide a user through the home, assist with getting up and offer alert functions, it will be able to learn user-defined objects and be able to retrieve them. Connection to other AAL equipment is foreseen. With this, HOBBIT will offer the benefit to remain longer in the private home environment, which will justify the expenses. We will insure that the concept of HOBBIT seeds a new robotic industry segment for “ageing well” in the European Union.

Keywords: ageing,ambient assisted living,social and service robots,mutual care,aging well
Engineering the POlicy-making LIfe CYcle (EPOLICY)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: ICT for Health, Ageing Well, Inclusion and Governance
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Italy,Ireland,United Kingdom,Portugal,Germany
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2011-7, 2011)
Start date: 2011-10-01
End date: 2014-12-31
Duration (months): 39.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3272373.0
EU funding (EUR): 2559162.0
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

The e-POLICY project presents a multi-disciplinary research effort whose goal is to support policy makers in their decision process across the engineering of a policy making life-cycle. The life-cycle integrates, in a unique way, global and individual perspectives on the decision process, bringing to the policy maker’s attention both global concerns (e.g., impacts, budget constraints and objectives), and individual concerns (i.e. opinions, reactions), giving guidance towards better policy implementation strategies. An innovative game theoretical approach guides the interaction and conflict management between these two levels. In addition, the e-POLICY project proposes the evaluation of the economical, societal and environmental impacts of policy at both the global and individual levels. Societal impacts are derived from data retrieved by e-participation and Web2.0 tools. Both policy maker and citizens are assisted in the decision-making and participation processes through visualization tools. From a technological perspective, leading-edge optimization and decision support techniques contribute to global policy making, while agent-based simulation tools will perform a social simulation at the individual level, with game theory being used to manage conflicts and regulate the interaction between the two levels. Subsidiary, but no less important, techniques will aid the decision-making process by using opinion-mining from e-participation derived data and advanced visualization tools. The project proof of concept will be an open source decision support system where the above components are implemented, integrated and evaluated with a realistic target: that of a real-world regional energy plan. One of the key barriers to the progress of renewable energy projects is recognized as the planning and consenting process. The e-POLICY project goes towards resolving this issue by aiding both processes.

Keywords: computational logics,constraint reasoning and optimization,visual analytics,machine learning and data mining,open source decision support system
Modular Multi-use Deep Water Offshore Platform Harnessing and Servicing Mediterranean, Subtropical and Tropical Marine and Maritime Resources (TROPOS)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Sustainable surface transport (INCLUDING THE �EUROPEAN GREEN CARS INITIATIVE�)
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Spain,United Kingdom,Germany,Portugal,Spain,Germany,France,Norway,Denmark,Greece,Taiwan, Province of China,France,France,United Kingdom,France,Spain,Spain,Spain
Call:  (FP7-OCEAN-2011, 2011)
Start date: 2012-02-01
End date: 2015-01-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 6726623.82
EU funding (EUR): 4877911.0
Participants: 21
Project status: CLOSED

The key objective of the TROPOS project is the development of a floating modular multi-use platform system for use in deep waters, with an initial geographic focus on the Mediterranean, Tropical and Sub-Tropical regions but designed to be flexible enough not to be limited in geographic scope. The TROPOS approach is centered on the modular development where different types of modules can be combined as appropriate in each area. In this way, the TROPOS multi-use platform system is able to integrate a range of functions from the transport, energy, aquaculture and leisure sectors, in a greater number of geographical areas than if it was a set platform design. This subsequently provides greater opportunities for profitability. The TROPOS design will focus on a floating multi-purpose structure able to operate in, and exploit, deep waters, where fixed structures such as those piled in the seabed are not feasible. The multi-use platforms developed from the concept designs will have the potential to provide European coastal regions with appropriate aquaculture systems, innovative transport services as well as leisure and offshore energy solutions. The main S/T objectives of the project are: • To determine, based on both numerical and physical modeling, the optimal locations for multi-use offshore platforms in Mediterranean, sub-tropical and tropical latitudes • To research the relations between oceanic activities, including wind energy, aquaculture, transport solutions for shipping, and other additional services • To develop novel, cost-efficient and modular multi-use platform designs, that enable optimal coupling of the various services and activities • To study the logistical requirements of the novel multi-use platform • To assess the economic feasibility and viability of the platform • To develop a comprehensive environmental impact methodology and assessment • To configure at least three complete solutions, for the Mediterranean, Sub-tropical and tropical areas

Keywords: ocean,platform,multiulse,energy,aquaculture,transport,modular
Support of Patient Empowerment by an intelligent self-management pathway for patients (EMPOWER)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: ICT for Health, Ageing Well, Inclusion and Governance
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Austria,Germany,Switzerland,Türkiye,Greece,Germany
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2011-7, 2011)
Start date: 2012-02-01
End date: 2015-01-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4276946.0
EU funding (EUR): 3024340.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

Patient Empowerment involves patients to a greater extent in their own healthcare process and disease management becomes an integrated part of their daily life. The capability of self-management opens the possibility for patients not only to contribute to their own healthcare but also to be more in control of their disease. EMPOWER will develop a modular and standard-based Patient Empowerment Framework which facilitates the self-management of diabetes patients based on PHRs and on context-aware, personalised services. EMPOWER focuses the research and development efforts on a patient-centric perspective that also involves healthcare professionals. EMPOWER provides knowledge-based Self-Management Pathways for diabetes patients and this includes (1) services for the specification and execution of actions to change behaviour according to diabetes-specific health care needs and (2) services for monitoring of vital, physical, mental parameters as well as physical and lifestyle activities based on health standards. EMPOWER semantically integrates multiple information sources (EHR/PHR, diabetes guidelines, patterns of daily living) for a shared knowledge model. The Self-Management Pathways facilitate the specification of recommendations that allow specifying individual goals for the patient. Based on these goals, relevant information and their preferences patients can specify their individual diabetes-specific actions. The Self-Management Pathways are an iterative process where executed actions and reported patterns of daily life can be evaluated. Recommendations, goals and actions can be updated iteratively according to current needs and preferences. Finally, the services in EMPOWER will embrace semantic interoperability based on health standards e.g. HL7 and IHE profiles. A pilot application in Turkey (hosted by the Ministry of Health) and one in Germany (hosted by a network of GPs) will demonstrate that EMPOWER can interoperate with other health applications.

Keywords: patient empowerment,personal health record system,self-management
A framework for musculoskeletal robot development (MYOROBOTICS)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Cognitive Systems and Robotics
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,Switzerland,United Kingdom,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2011-7, 2011)
Start date: 2012-03-01
End date: 2015-02-28
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3309890.0
EU funding (EUR): 2528175.0
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

Compliant, musculoskeletal robotic systems offer several advantages, especially in situations where human and robot work in close proximity. A musculoskeletal design takes inspiration from the mechanics of the human body. It makes extensive use of viscous-elastic materials to emulate the muscles and tendons which enhance safety, dexterity and adaptivity in uncertain environments. It also allows reducing body weight and developmental cost, while at the same time increasing design flexibility. Although there are several research platforms available that employ this design, current systems utilize custom-made, complex hardware and software, which inhibits their use beyond robotics research in academic settings. In fact, most of these systems are custom designed and built by one research group and, as a result, are seldom in use by people other than the initial developers. The MYOROBOTICS project aims to improve the quality and reliability of the hardware involved and to make musculoskeletal robots readily available to researchers working in robotics and other domains (e.g. cognition, neuroscience), educators and the industry. The approach taken utilizes a modular design, involving components that can be easily interconnected in different ways to achieve required forms and functionality. These components will be mass-producible and reproducible (leveraging rapid prototyping techniques), improving cost-effectiveness and facilitating the transition to the market. A software toolchain will be made available that will allow the assembly of a virtual musculoskeletal robot, the definition of control algorithms and high-level behaviours, the optimization of the controller's performance and the simulation of its interaction with the environment. Three different control schemes will be developed that will target the individual muscles, the joints and the entire body, respectively. All the aforementioned components, both software and hardware (the latter as CAD designs, board schematics and part lists) will be bundled in the MYOROBOTICS toolkit that will be made available as open-source to the community at large.

Keywords: musculoskeletal robots,design framework,compliant robots,rapid prototyping
immersiVe ENhancemenT of User-woRld Interactions (VENTURI)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Pervasive and Trusted Network and Service Infrastructures
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Italy,Germany,France,Sweden,France,France,Spain
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2011-7, 2011)
Start date: 2011-10-01
End date: 2014-09-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5097179.0
EU funding (EUR): 3435893.0
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

Augmented Reality (AR) is a concept and a vision that has been with us, and will be with us, for the foreseeable future. We’re already augmented today using mobile devices with a connection to the Internet allowing us to almost instantly gain access to the collective global human knowledge. We’re starting to add visual augmentation into some devices, but we are only tapping into a small part of the available potential. VENTURI aims to create a pervasive AR paradigm, where available information will be presented in a ‘user’ rather than a ‘device’ centric way. This requires a change in how we think of and develop user interaction interfaces, making ‘context’ the starting point of all interactions. Our goal is to create an experience that’s always present whilst never obstructing. To date, convincing AR has only been demonstrated on small mock-ups in controlled spaces; we haven’t yet seen key conditions being met to make AR a booming technology: seamless persistence and pervasiveness. VENTURI addresses such issues, creating a user appropriate, contextually aware AR system, through a seamless integration of core technologies and applications on a state-of-the-art mobile platform. VENTURI will innovate and enrich contextual awareness: exploiting a richer sensor set and innovative sensor fusion to extract multi-depth context: at home/on the move; user type and level of activity; noisy urban/quite countryside; smart object/other user proximity. Responding to contextual factors and data connection state, VENTURI will have the ability to change the modality of data delivery. Currently, mobile platform evolution is not driven by user expectations nor by AR core technologies/applications leaving the user isolated from information, creating a poor sense of immersion. VENTURI will exploit, optimize and extend current and next generation mobile platforms; verifying platform and QoE performance through life-enriching use-cases and applications to ensure device-to-user continuity.

Keywords: immersive,contextually aware,adaptive,qoe,augmented reality,embedded mobile computing platform,visor,peripheral interaction,ubiquitous computing,3d audio,trans-modal information delivery
Advanced photonic antenna tools for biosensing and cellular nanoimaging (NANO-VISTA)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Alternative Paths to Components and Systems
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Spain,France,Netherlands,France,Switzerland
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2011-7, 2011)
Start date: 2011-11-01
End date: 2016-10-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4049511.0
EU funding (EUR): 3020000.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

Advances in the fields of molecular and cell biology are strongly coupled to the implementation of photonic tools that allow highly-sensitive measurements in living cells at high molecular concentrations and at the nanometre scale. The goal of NANO-VISTA is to exploit novel concepts of photonic antennas to develop a new generation of bionanophotonic tools for ultrasensitive detection, nanoimaging and nanospectroscopy of biomolecules, both in-vitro and in living cells. By taking advantage of the extraordinary field enhancement, directionality and nanofocusing of photonic antennas, our approach will allow single biomolecule detection in ultra-reduced detection volumes, including living cells. The project focuses on three main objectives: a) to pioneer the development of novel photonic antennas for ultrasensitive detection in fluids and simultaneous spatio-temporal superresolution in living cells; b) to develop high-throughput large-scale nanofabrication of photonic antennas fully compatible with life science applications; c) to demonstrate the functionality of the technology for biosensing and transferability into potential market products, and for nanoimaging and nanospectroscopy on living cells. Thus, NANO-VISTA is fully targeted to the development of disruptive photonic technologies fundamental in strategic applications such as medicine and biology. To maximise the chances of success we have chosen for an interdisciplinary, trans-national and multi-institutional partnership (including a SME and a Medical Centre). True European specialists, with long standing expertise in the fields of nanophotonics, photonic antennas, large-scale nanofabrication approaches and nanoimmunologists are concentrated in this proposal strengthening European research cohesion. In the mid-long term we expect that both, cell biologists as well as industrial sectors (biophotonic, microscopy and biotechnology enterprises) will benefit from this new technology

Keywords: bionanophotonics,field enhancement,emission directional control,nanofocusing,nanoimaging,nanospectroscopy,near-field imaging,plasmonics,photonic antennas,photon emitters,spectral selection
Parallel & Heterogeneous Architecture for Real-time ApplicatiONs (PHARAON)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Alternative Paths to Components and Systems
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: France,Italy,France,Belgium,Spain,France,Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2011-7, 2011)
Start date: 2011-09-01
End date: 2014-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3689214.0
EU funding (EUR): 2658033.0
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

For a few years, multiprocessors have penetrated the embedded market. Platform providers such as Texas Instrument, STMicroelectronics or ST-Ericsson now propose multicore architectures with scalable performances. These architectures are capable to cope with the rising processing needs, while keeping stable power consumption. They provide developers with more flexibility and offer efficient power monitoring and control features. These evolutions will therefore help to sustain the market growth, but at the expense of programmability. Hardware architectures evolve faster than software tools, and the specification and mapping of applications onto new heterogeneous multicore architectures becomes more complex. The lack of efficient software tools hinders adoption of new architectures and increases software development costs. The European industry therefore has to face a new challenge and sustain software developments by introducing efficient tools capable to assist designers. The main objective of PHARAON is to improve competitiveness of the European electronic industry, especially with respect to reducing power consumption and improving performance, by providing new paradigms for multicore architectures programming, monitoring and control, as well as new dynamic power adaptation strategies, algorithms and interfacing standards. Raising the expertise of European industry in system architecture, software development and power management is crucial to ease the transition to multicore platforms. It will enlarge the range of applicability of a hardware platform and plays in favour of re-use, cost and time-to-market reduction, which have become crucial requirements in a worldwide competition.

Keywords: new paradigms,uml,parallelisation,multicore,heterogeneous,low-power,run-time reconfiguration
Social Media Analytics and Decision Support Tools Enabling Sustainable Integration Policies and Measures (UNITEEUROPE)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: ICT for Health, Ageing Well, Inclusion and Governance
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Netherlands,Austria,Sweden,Germany,Germany
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2011-7, 2011)
Start date: 2011-10-01
End date: 2014-09-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3678446.0
EU funding (EUR): 2787919.0
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

The integration of third-country nationals is one of the most important topics for governments and policy makers in the European Union and has risen in prominence on the agenda because it is seen as one of the most visible challenges of globalization. UniteEurope aims at building scalable and flexible Social Media analytics and decision support tools enabling sustainable integration policies and measures. After the collection of citizen generated content and mass data related to integration issues out of Social Media and already existing participation platforms an intelligent filter and aggregation architecture delivers relevant information for policy makers. An integration issue grid model with multi-layer logic patterns is used for consistent categorisation of relevant integration areas (e.g. education, business, culture) in cities. Coherent layers with multilingual semantic tags, significant sources and parameters are used for the logical core of the tool. Supported with information on web-based dashboards with intuitive visualisations, local decision makers can initiate effective and efficient integration measures and policies. An integrated decision support system suggests adequate measures in case of critical integration issues. Users of the UniteEurope tool can save, monitor and track specific cases to measure impacts and to predict the effect of future decisions. Additionally, identified target groups and policy makers at European level are provided with aggregated data and key figures to monitor urban integration in Europe and identify good practices for specific areas of integration. UniteEurope supports operational integration measures and strategic policy development at regional and pan-European level. The UniteEurope team consists of system architects, software developers, E-Government, Social Media and integration experts from leading universities, competence centres, companies and three European cities considering integration an agenda priority.

Keywords: urban administration,participation,integration measures and policies,immigrants,social web monitoring,decision-making support,good practices,web 2.0,crowdsourcing,tool,prediction