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Advanced Mixed Realities (AdMiRe)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Action type: Innovation actions
Countries involved: Spain,Spain,Ireland,Spain,Norway,Switzerland,Norway,Romania,United Kingdom,Luxembourg
Call: Interactive Technologies (H2020-ICT-2019-3, 2019)
Start date: 2020-09-01
End date: 2022-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2461225.0
EU funding (EUR): 1989512.5
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

The main goal of AdMiRe is to develop, validate and demonstrate innovation solutions, based on Mixed Reality (MR) technology, which will allow for TV audiences a step change in interactivity, and bring for content creators a radical improvement in talent immersion and interaction with computer generated elements. AdMiRe is focused on sectors where the lead industry partners in the consortium are key players, thus guaranteeing the impact of the innovation and the take up of the technology. At present, TV audiences can interact with the shows they are watching only through social media or HBBTV. Comments, video and audio from the audience may be incorporated into TV program formats, but this is done in such a way that viewer engagement is quite limited and there is not much potential for innovation. AdMiRe will radically change this by producing solutions that will allow viewers at home to be incorporated into the live TV program they are watching and to interact with people in the TV studio. The key innovation here is to use a regular mobile phone to capture the viewer, extract him/her from the background and finally composite the viewer into the studio footage as an MR object. As for content creators, be it in film, TV or live productions, there is an ever growing trend to combine actors and performers with computer generated objects and have them interact. But the number and difficulty of the technical challenges involved have resulted in methods and technologies of reduced scope, resulting in less engaging content. AdMiRe takes the exact opposite approach, producing authoring tools that remove the main technological obstacles and that will allow actors to be immersed in virtual environments, performers to feel at home within the space, and directors to have the opportunity to better capture emotion, all in all resulting in the possibility to create more compelling visuals and more engaging programming.

Keywords: multi user interaction,mixed reality,real time 3d graphics,teleportation,future media,audience interaction
Innovative Eco-Technologies for Resource Recovery from Wastewater (INCOVER)

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: Spain,Spain,Spain,Spain,Germany,Germany,Germany,Germany,Spain,Greece,France,Denmark,Denmark,Denmark,United Kingdom,Portugal,Portugal,Portugal
Call: Demonstration/pilot activities (H2020-WATER-2015-two-stage, 2015)
Start date: 2016-06-01
End date: 2019-07-31
Duration (months): 38.0
Total project cost (EUR): 8432456.43
EU funding (EUR): 7209032.01
Participants: 20
Project status: CLOSED

Taking into account the current global water scarcity and the expensive operation and maintenance cost of wastewater treatment, INCOVER concept has been designed to move wastewater treatment from being primarily a sanitation technology towards a bio-product recovery industry and a recycled water supplier. A wastewater specific Decision Support System methodology will be tailored to the INCOVER technologies and provide data and selection criteria for a holistic wastewater management approach Three added-value plants treating wastewater from three case-studies (municipalities, farms and food and beverage industries) will be implemented, assessed and optimised concurrently. INCOVER plants will be implemented at demonstration scale in order to achieve Technology Readiness Level(TRL) of 7-8 to ensure straightforward up scaling to 100,000 population equivalents (PE). INCOVER added-value plants will generate benefits from wastewater offering three recovery solutions: 1) Chemical recovery (bio-plastic and organic acids) via algae/bacteria and yeast biotechnology; 2) Near-zero-energy plant providing upgraded bio-methane via pre-treatment and anaerobic co-digestion systems; 3) Bio-production and reclaimed water via adsorption, biotechnology based on wetlands systems and hydrothermal carbonisation. To improve added-value production efficiency, INCOVER solutions will include monitoring and control via optical sensing and soft-sensors INCOVER solutions will reduce at least a 50% overall operation and maintenance cost of wastewater treatment through the use of wastewater as a source for energy demand and added-value production to follow UE circular economy strategy. In addition, strategies to facilitate the market uptake of INCOVER innovations will be carried out in order to close the gap between demonstration and end-users An estimated turnover of 188 million€ for INCOVER lead-users is expected after the initial exploitation strategy of 5 years implementing 27 INCOVER solutions

Keywords: wastewater added value plant,optical sensing and control,pha and organic acids from wastewater,anaerobic co digestion,near zero energy plant,irrigation water
Fostering Innovation Networks in a Digital Era (FINDER)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Innovative Training Networks (ITN)-European Industrial Doctorates
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Economic Sciences
Countries involved: Spain,Belgium,United States,Netherlands,Canada
Call: Innovative Training Networks (H2020-MSCA-ITN-2018, 2018)
Start date: 2018-11-01
End date: 2023-04-30
Duration (months): 54.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1328099.4
EU funding (EUR): 1328099.4
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

This European Industrial Doctorate partnership entitled “Fostering Innovation Networks in a Digital Era” (FINDER) will prepare a new generation of business and entrepreneurship researchers who will contribute to the development of innovative ecosystems in a digital era, leveraging the academic and industry expertise of both organisations, and developing their research capabilities to trigger innovative aptitude that transcend beyond the boundaries of the financial services to other - currently less digitally savvy sectors and less affluent stakeholders – as example of inclusive innovation. The proposal addresses the way that networks of entrepreneurship can be fostered through activities and initiatives driven by large organisations in a manner that engages small FinTech start-ups as drivers of future innovation. To achieve this goal the early stage researchers (ESRs) in FINDER will be trained by prominent specialists (academic and non-academic) in the relevant fields within FINDER, with Radboud University, the Netherlands, as prime academic research institution, and Atos, a leading European information technology company, as prime business partner. Both institutions operate at the forefront of collaborative and innovative research and practice, as well as training and inspiring the next generation of business and entrepreneurship researchers and entrepreneurs in the domain of inclusive innovation. They are joined by three Fintech Start-ups from Europe, Canada and the USA, respectively: NGDATA, Voleo Inc. and Moven.

Keywords: social networks,digital transformation
Innovative down-scaled FOod processing in a boX (FOX)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy
Theme: Sustainable and competitive agri-food sector for a safe and healthy diet
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Germany,Spain,Spain,Germany,Germany,Belgium,Belgium,Poland,Poland,Slovenia,France,Czechia,Czechia,Czechia,Czechia,Netherlands,Netherlands,Netherlands,Denmark
Call: Towards healthier and sustainable food (H2020-SFS-2018-2, 2018)
Start date: 2019-06-01
End date: 2023-11-30
Duration (months): 54.0
Total project cost (EUR): 7065223.75
EU funding (EUR): 7065223.75
Participants: 27
Project status: SIGNED

The unique FOX approach will research and develop innovative, small scale technologies in mobile or flexible processing units for different applications for small and medium enterprises and farmers in the fruit and vegetable sector in Europe. This will stimulate the transition from a centralised industry to regional hubs that employ innovative, flexible and sustainable technologies based on seasonality and demand. By this, FOX meets expectation of small food businesses for innovative processing solutions, technically and economically feasible, that also consider needs of the food chain and consumers. Consumers expect food they can trust, natural as possible. FOX will focus on mild processing technologies: low temperature drying, mild extraction, mild preservation with pulsed electric field or high pressure, innovative conditioning and packaging and rapid quality testing. By this a variety of fruit/vegetable products can be produced with superior physical and nutritional quality and so contributing to a healthier food diet. FOX processes will be researched (aim TRL 5-6) and demonstrated in six European model regions and seven associated partner regions (only demonstration) with significant fruit and vegetable growing (conventional and organic production). Per Food Circle (=application of a FOX processing unit in specific region) the potential for new business options will be exploited and strategies will be designed to engage consumers in product development processes. Impact of the FOX approach on the environment, business, people and their health will be assessed and serve as input for these developments. To promote the FOX approach of small scale technologies for regional food systems a Europe-wide Interest Group of Small Scale food Processors will be set up that will also foster the dialogue to deliver policy recommendations. Guidelines and targeted communication for each processing technology will be developed to reach potential users (ca. 2,000 companies).

Keywords: consumer,minimal processing,modular food unit,mobile food unit,knowledge and technology transfer
Coherent Optomechanical and Hyperfine interactions Engineering with Silicon-Vacancy impurities in diamond for quantum networks (COHESiV)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Global Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Physics
Countries involved: Netherlands,United States
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2018, 2018)
Start date: 2020-02-01
End date: 2023-06-16
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 253052.16
EU funding (EUR): 253052.16
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

The proposal COHESiV aims to establish a novel physical system with ideal properties for the realisation of quantum networks. Quantum information processing (QIP) promises to drastically increase computation abilities and thus unlock key computational problems with wide ranging benefits. An outstanding issue is however the choice of the fundamental building block to implement QIP. COHESiV's goal is to take advantage of the remarkable optical, mechanical and spin coherence properties of a novel quantum bit, the silicon-vacancy centre (SiV) in diamond and establish it as a central component of quantum networks for the implementation of QIP. To do so, COHESiV addresses two crucial operations on which standard quantum algorithms are based: entangling two quantum bits efficiently and storing quantum information in a long-lived quantum register. COHESiV’s objectives are to 1) Interface the spin of a single SiV with a well-defined vibrational mode (phonon) of a mechanical resonator 2) Demonstrate phonon-mediated entanglement between two SiV spins 3) Take advantage of long-lived neighbouring nuclear spins to store and retrieve a quantum state encoded in the SiV spin. Owing to the fact that the strong coupling regime between spin and phonon will be attainable with current mechanical resonators thanks to the remarkably large strain susceptibility of the SiV spin, COHESiV will also aim to open the new field of quantum acousto-dynamics, analogous to quantum electrodynamics, where phonons replace photons. Those objectives will be achieved by combining the expertise of the researcher on the physics of the SiV centre with the state-of-the-art design and fabrication of diamond nanostructures of the outgoing phase partner and the breakthroughs in QIP with a comparable physical system at the host institution.

Keywords: quantum computing,spin,colour centres,diamond,optomechanics,entanglement
Training network for COmputational Spectroscopy In Natural sciences and Engineering (COSINE)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Innovative Training Networks (ITN)-European Training Networks
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Chemistry
Countries involved: Germany,Italy,Germany,Italy,Germany,Norway,Sweden,Norway,Sweden,France,United States,Denmark,Denmark
Call: Innovative Training Networks (H2020-MSCA-ITN-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2018-01-01
End date: 2021-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3745978.92
EU funding (EUR): 3745978.92
Participants: 17
Project status: CLOSED

During the last two decades, ab-initio Quantum Chemistry has become an important scientific pillar in chemical research. For electronic ground states, well established theoretical research tools exist, that can be applied by scientists in order to guide experimental interpretation and synthesis design. For optical properties and excited electronic states, dominated by electron correlation, computational tools are lagging behind and are currently missing the accuracy needed in order to have predictive power. However, such tools are urgently required for the fundamental understanding of natural photo-initiated processes as well as organic optical devices. The COSINE ETN will, on one hand, devise novel theoretical tools and computational codes rooted in Electronic Structure Theory for the investigation of organic photochemistry with the aim of enabling accurate simulation of spectroscopic experiments on the computer. To this end a complementary series of tools, rooted in Coupled Cluster, Algebraic Diagrammatic Construction, Density Functional Theory, as well as selected multi-reference methods, will be developed, also accounting for the effects of external environments. On the other hand, COSINE will train the next generation of computational chemists in the most modern state-of-the-art high performance computing techniques for these purposes. The complementary expertise of all participating scientists/institutions, covering all fields required, from Molecular Mechanics to Response Theory, single- and multi-reference methods as well as time-dependent Schrödinger equation, will be exploited and will assure the feasibility and the success of the proposed training. The research which is proposed within COSINE is a quintessential prerequisite for genuine progress in the field of computational spectroscopy on molecules relevant in nature and/or engineering, and in particular for rationally designing new photo-active materials.

Keywords: quantum chemistry,electronic structure theory,high performance computing,electron,correlation,ab initio methods,density functional theory,response theory,time dependent,schr dinger equation
Determination of physiologically relevant RNA substrate(s) and design of small-molecule inhibitors for Zα domains as potential intervention strategies for viral infections and autoimmunity (Za-AV)

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: Life Sciences
Countries involved: Portugal
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2018-04-01
End date: 2020-03-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 160635.6
EU funding (EUR): 160635.6
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

DNA/RNA molecules adopting the Z-conformation have been known to possess immunogenic properties. However, their biological role and importance has been a topic of debate for many years. The discovery of Z-DNA/RNA binding domains (Zα domains) in varied proteins that are involved in the innate immune response, such as the interferon induced form of the RNA editing enzyme ADAR1 (p150), Z-DNA binding protein 1 (ZBP1), the fish kinase PKZ and the pox-virus inhibitor of interferon response E3L, indicates important roles of Z-DNA/RNA in immunity and self/non-self-discrimination. Such Zα domain-containing proteins recognize Z-DNA/RNA in a conformation-specific manner. Recent studies have implicated these domains in viral recognition. Given these important emerging roles for the Zα domains, it is pivotal to understand the physiologically-relevant nucleic acid substrate for them. In this proposal, we propose to deduce the physiologically relevant substrates for Zα domains from ADAR1 p150 and ZBP1 employing next-generation RNA-seq methodologies. Knowledge on the biochemical and structural aspects of substrate specificity and substrate recognition by these domains would yield important insights into the specific roles these proteins play in the physiological context and would propel efforts at designing effective and specific small-molecule inhibitors against these proteins. Utilizing next-generation virtual ligand screening approaches and high-throughput experimental screening, efforts would be undertaken to discover potential binders/inhibitors of these domains. Small-molecule inhibitors of this domain have potential applications in anti-viral treatments especially against viruses such as influenza and human immunodeficiency virus that have huge human and economic impact as well as in the treatment of autoinflammatory disorders.

Keywords: z dna,z domain,cooperativity,antiviral,influenza,autoimmune disorders,innate immunity
Building an Interoperable, Data-Driven, Innovative and Sustainable European Agri-Food Sector (DEMETER)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Action type: Innovation actions
Countries involved: Italy,Spain,Spain,Ireland,Germany,Italy,Germany,Spain,Germany,Spain,Ireland,Italy,Serbia,Romania,Finland,Greece,Norway,Norway,Serbia,Belgium,Belgium,Poland,Poland,Romania,Poland,Norway,Norway,Belgium,Slovenia,Belgium,Serbia,Finland,Poland,Slovenia,Georgia,Czechia,Portugal,Portugal,Montenegro,Luxembourg,Portugal,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Portugal
Call: Agricultural digital integration platforms (H2020-DT-2018-2, 2018)
Start date: 2019-09-01
End date: 2023-08-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 17563230.86
EU funding (EUR): 14998282.38
Participants: 70
Project status: SIGNED

The DEMETER Project is a large-scale deployment of farmer centric interoperable smart farming-IoT based platforms delivered through a series of 20 pilots across 18 countries (15 States in the EU). Involving 60 partners, DEMETER adopts a multi-actor approach across the value chain (demand and supply), with 25 deployment sites, 6,000 farmers and over 38,000 devices and sensors being deployed and participants involved come from different production sectors (dairy, meat, vegetables, fruit and arable crops), production systems (conventional and organic) and different farm sizes and types, optimising the data analysis obtained across multiple farms. DEMETER will demonstrate the real-life potential of advanced standards-based interoperability between IoT technologies by adapting and extending existing standards into an over-arching Agricultural Information Model, concurrently ensuring security, privacy and business confidentiality across the full value chain in multiple agri-food operational environments. DEMETER will encompass a multi system and multi data source integration considering not only IoT but legacy systems, open data, geographical and satellite information, and in general will provide an open and interoperable data integration model. DEMETER displays how an integrated approach to business modelling and user acceptance can support sustainable farming and food production systems, provide safe food and support farmers in their decision-making in ‘doing more with less’. DEMETER will bring new business opportunities on the farm and in the wider agri-food economy, while concurrently contributing to the safeguarding of Europe’s precious natural resources. DEMETER’s goal is the creation of a secure and sustainable European IoT technology and business ecosystem whose impact could be transformative in the EC food and agriculture sector, and potentially across the world.

Keywords: agriculture,food,sensors,data science,interoperability,business models,standards,innovation,smart farming,precsion agriculture,privacy,security,large scale
High definition and time-resolved studies of exoplanet atmospheres: a new window on the extreme diversity of the exoplanet zoo (exoZoo)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Universe sciences
Panel description: Astro-physics/-chemistry/-biology; solar system; planetary systems; stellar, galactic and extragalactic astronomy; cosmology; space sciences; astronomical instrumentation and data
Countries involved: Netherlands,United Kingdom
Call: ERC Starting Grant (ERC-2018-STG, 2018)
Start date: 2019-09-01
End date: 2024-08-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1500000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1386358.39
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

The ongoing search for a second Earth has revealed an astounding diversity in the population of planets orbiting other stars. This eclectic zoo of other worlds shows little similarity with our own solar system. The key to understanding this diversity lies in exoplanet atmospheres, which hold vital information on their formation histories and evolutionary pathways. To access them, I propose three ambitious new windows into exoplanet characterization that will: i) Deliver the largest homogenous study of exoplanet atmospheres at high spectral resolution, and provide a novel framework that combines multi-resolution data to deliver precise atmospheric measurements. This will place unprecedented constraints on the physical causes of exoplanet diversity and is a game changer in understanding their origins. ii) Perform the first robust study of the reflective properties of exoplanet atmospheres at high spectral resolution, constraining their evolution and demonstrating how to interpret, and crucially, optimise high-resolution observations for the upcoming biomarker hunt with the extremely large telescopes. This may be our only way to characterize the nearest habitable worlds. iii) Pioneer an innovative photometric monitoring technique for exoplanet atmospheres and use it to measure their rotation, detect giant storms, and hunt for occulting moons to begin surveying their demographics. The achievement of these three main objectives will be a ground-breaking step forward in our understanding of exoplanets and Earth’s place amongst them, bringing us ever closer to answering the question: are we alone?

Keywords: exoplanet atmospheres