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Industry-grade Quantum Memory Links enabling the Quantum Internet (Welinq)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Transition
Destination: Open to supporting projects in all areas of science, technology,...
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: France
Call: EIC Transition Open 2023 (HORIZON-EIC-2023-TRANSITION-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-04-01
End date: 2026-03-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2499375.0
EU funding (EUR): 2499375.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The prospect of a “Quantum Internet” interconnecting quantum computers & sensors via quantum information networks (QINs) promises to enable new technological & societal breakthroughs. Quantum “entanglement” between pairs of particles enables the prospect of absolutely-secure communications and distributed quantum computing within the QIN. However, quantum principles render classical techniques for extending range inapplicable. A Quantum Internet thus requires an efficient means of enabling reliable quantum links. QMLINK builds upon our team’s work within the EU Flagship Quantum Internet Alliance (QIA) project in developing a quantum memory (QM) based upon laser-cooled ensembles of cold atoms and quantum networking protocols leveraging this technology. Welinq’s QM, with a world record 90% storage efficiency, makes quantum interconnection possible. Our ambitious project goal is to develop the world’s first industry-grade QM links for QINs combining high-efficiency & long storage time with integrated frequency conversion for interfacing with optical telecommunication bands. Welinq’s QM addresses the critical need for quantum repeaters essential for secure, fast communication at long distances. We have a well-defined plan to achieve TRL6, while attaining storage times at least an order of magnitude beyond state-of-the-art for high-efficiency QM, which will greatly increase the maximal ranges & capabilities of QINs. We will integrate our QM link solution in the QIN test-bed deployed throughout the Paris region (ParisRegionQCI) to demonstrate our system at a TRL6 level, showcase our product to potential customers & key QIN industry players, and gain invaluable insight towards realizing the Quantum Internet. EIC support will accelerate our translation of cutting-edge research into industrial products critical to European quantum sovereignty, advancing towards applications of our QM in distributed quantum computing, while creating high-quality jobs for a digital Europe.

Keywords: quantum memory quantum interconnection quantum information networks quantum internet quantum computing quantum repeaters cold atom ensembles quantum communication entanglement distribution
Tracking Health and Ancestry Impact of the Greek colonisation in Southern Italy (THAIS)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: Denmark
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-06-01
End date: 2025-05-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 214934.4
EU funding (EUR): 214934.4
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The period of Greek colonisation between 900 and 500 BC was one of the most formative periods of classical antiquity. Historical and archaeological research has greatly informed our understanding of this era, but the exact nature and demographic impact of the colonisation process remains unclear. The THAIS project will shed new light on this process by combining existing archaeological evidence with new ancient DNA data based on the analysis of human skeletal remains from four archaeological sites in Southern Italy, one of the focal points of Greek colonisation. Using archaeological and molecular lines of evidence, the project will address the following objectives: 1) reconstruct the genetic ancestry and kinship structures of the local Italic population in southern Italy; 2) investigate the origins of the Greek colonists at two colonial sites (Metaponto and Siris); 3) assess nature and demographic impact of the Greek colonisation by investigating possible admixture processes and sex-biased migration, and 4) investigate the genetic legacies and lasting health impact of the Greek colonisation in Southern Italy. The THAIS project will be the first to use ancient DNA analysis to study the impact of the Greek colonisation and together with archaeological lines of evidence will provide new information on the colonisation process and the interactions between the colonists and the indigenous Italic population at a key moment in Mediterranean history.

Keywords: ancient dna,greek colonisation,antiquity,southern italy,migration,beta thalassemia
Miniaturized flexible batteries for next generation wearable healthcare sensors (FlexiMin)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Proof of concept grants
Action type: ERC actions
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: ERC PROOF OF CONCEPT GRANTS (ERC-2024-POC, 2024)
Start date: 2025-06-01
End date: 2026-11-30
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 150000.0
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Global societal health challenges are increasingly reliant on the continuous monitoring of key indicators used to trigger aimed interventions. Only the timely sensing of specific biomarkers can underpin the prevention, diagnosis, and drug response necessary to make a societal change in healthcare. Wearable healthcare sensors for wireless real time remote monitoring of biomarkers can only rely on batteries. These should be flexible, small in lateral dimensions, non-flammable, and they should be based on widely available raw materials. FlexiMin proof-of-concept aims at demonstrating a flexible miniaturized battery to power next generation of wearable sensors of biomarkers in body fluids. The specific objective is to demonstrate the continuous powering of a commercial sensor as well as of a new class of sensors, which are the organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs), for the detection of specific biomarkers in either interstitial fluids or sweat. The goal is to demonstrate powering of individual sensors as well as of arrays of sensors for accurate medical diagnosis over days of operation and a Go-to-Market Strategy will be designed as one of the objectives of the project. FlexiMin will create a new solution for the newly growing market of wearable healthcare sensors for continuous monitoring.
SoMoWalk: Communicating walking movement through sonification. (SoMoWalk)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: Spain,France
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01, 2022)
Start date: 2024-03-01
End date: 2026-02-28
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 165312.96
EU funding (EUR): 165312.96
Participants: 3
Project status: SIGNED

In the EU, stroke is the second most common cause of death and a leading cause of adult disability, affecting the ability to walk in 60%-80% of people suffering a stroke. In 2017, the cost associated with stroke was estimated at €45 billion. As populations continue to live to an older age, the corresponding costs are expected to increase dramatically. New non-invasive motor learning techniques based on sensory-based rehabilitation are needed. Movement sonification implies a translation of movement signals into sound, thus allowing communication of movement performance through sounds. The long-term goal of the present project is to open new avenues for introducing a new sensory rehabilitation approach, based on sonification, which will allow for inducing body illusions and creating virtual environments, treating motor disorders, as well as for inducing changes in distorted body representation after a brain injury. To date, none investigated the impact of sonification associated with a walking movement on the motor and sensorimotor cortex. On a neural level, EEG can be used to measure motor learning and bodily sensory integration, which is linked to body representation. Our short-term goal is to develop a deeper characterization of the type of sounds that can be used for motor learning through sonification, and how this will impact the sensorimotor and motor cortex, focusing on the rehabilitation of the walking ability. The project has the following specific aims: 1_Evaluate the impact of sonification on walking ability as indexed by neural markers on the sensorimotor and primary motor cortex in healthy subjects(WP2); 2_Characterize the specific sounds that will be tested for walking rehabilitation through an interactive shoe interface system in patients with stroke(WP3); 3_Investigate the possible correlations between the improvement in gait parameters and changes in body representation and bodily experience in patients with stroke when using sonification(WP3).

Keywords: sonification,technological interface,sensory learning,neurorehabilitation
Performing as the expert: urban activists’ roles and identities online and offline (PERFORM)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: Austria
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01, 2022)
Start date: 2024-03-01
End date: 2026-02-28
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 183600.96
EU funding (EUR): 183600.96
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The meaning of (urban) space is undergoing constant renegotiation, it is reproduced in everyday actions and in political discourse. Urban activists advocate for a more just distribution of physical urban space away from motorised traffic towards sustainable, human-scale cities. Most activists act on their own behalf, as concerned or affected residents; others choose to perform specific roles, for instance, as topic experts. In this research, I investigate which roles urban activists perform, how they choose a role, and which motives influence the choice. I ask whether activists’ performativity can shift the political landscape in their favour, and how performed roles are perceived by politicians, lobby groups, and the public. I am interested in the influence of situational, cultural, and political settings; specifically, whether urban activists perform different roles online and offline, in societies trusting in experts and in more populist societies, and in the Global North and in the majority world. I employ a mixed-method approach that combines innovative quantitative methods from computational linguistics and social network analysis, and state-of-the-art qualitative methods from visual anthropology, digital ethnography, and digital anthropology. Beyond academic output, this research project will engage the public, among other channels, using videos posted to social media, and provide a ‘handbook’ to urban activists to support their work transforming our cities into more just and sustainable places. In this MSCA, I will receive the necessary training to establish myself as a multidisciplinary scholar who is firm in qualitative and quantitative methods, and is confident with theories from different fields. As such, this action has the potential of setting my career path towards becoming a leading researcher investigating timely issues of societal relevance from a multi-paradigmatic and holistic perspective.

Keywords: urban activism,sustainable urban transformation,mixed methods,scholar activism
Black holes: gravitational engines of discovery (Gravitas)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Fundamental Constituents of Matter
Panel description: Particle, nuclear, plasma, atomic, molecular, gas, and optical physics
Countries involved: Portugal
Call: ERC ADVANCED GRANTS (ERC-2021-ADG, 2021)
Start date: 2022-12-01
End date: 2027-11-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1944825.0
EU funding (EUR): 1944825.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Gravity's unique geometric structure is manifest in strong field regions, especially around black holes. The new-born era of gravitational-wave astronomy and of very long baseline interferometry is now providing data from such regions, carrying information about the gravitational interaction in highly dynamical setups. The access to this new and uncharted territory may hold the key to outstanding puzzles, such as the nature of dark matter, or the fate of singularities or horizons within a quantum field theory context. The breakthroughs at the observational and experimental level make strong gravity physics one of this century's most active and exciting fields of research. I propose to explore the discovery potential of black holes, a foundational project which will transform the field into data-driven with solid theoretical foundations. This coordinated program will study and test the strong-field regime of gravity and the matter content of our universe. The project will explore comprehensively the potential of black holes and compact binaries to perform spectroscopy and to strengthen the black hole paradigm. I will ascertain the evidence for black holes, providing new and robust tools to quantify their existence with electromagnetic and gravitational-wave observations. Finally, I will undertake a systematic study of environmental effects, including the ability for new observations to study the host galaxy, and will constrain the existence of new fundamental ultralight fields in our universe to unprecedented levels. The project aims to implement pipelines for its realization in planned and ongoing missions. The proposed program will significantly advance our knowledge of Einstein's field equations and their role in foundational questions, as well as the interplay with high energy, astro and particle physics. This is a multidisciplinary program with an impact on our understanding of gravity at all scales.

Keywords: black hole physics,numerical relativity,perturbation theory,dark matter
MYSTICAL ITALY. THE CONTESTED SIDE OF HOLINESS (quasi-SANTE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: Italy
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2025-09-01
End date: 2027-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 172750.08
EU funding (EUR): 172750.08
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Worshipped, contested, abandoned. This downward spiral marked the fates of dozens of mystics and aspiring saints who lived in Italy in the first half of the twentieth century. Neglected today by the majority of the faithful, condemned by the ecclesiastical authorities and ignored by scholars, the memory of these figures risks falling into the haze of history and, with it, also the devotional practices and popular cults developed around them. By forgetting them, we are renouncing any understanding of a significant part of the lived religion of the recent past, as well as ignoring the heterogeneous dimension of venerations shaped ‘from below’ (vox populi) and the importance of minority and marginalised groups (such as emulators of holiness) in contemporary Catholicism. Following this path means flattening research to the dominant narrative (vox cleri) and feeding the main historiographical mainstreams based on the top-down perspective (officially approved saints and politicised cults). Against this scenario, ‘Mystical Italy. The contested side of holiness’ (quasi-SANTE) aims to go beyond the institutional and formal approach to the religion to focus on the popular and potentially contested dimension of holiness through the analysis of aspiring saints who, during their lifetime, attracted veneration and suspicion and catalysed public attention. Through quasi-SANTE, we will get innovative insights into (1) the ‘ordinary people’s’ perception of holiness; (2) the features that mystics had to embody or the skills they had to display to gain the social reputation of ‘living saints’; (3) the devotions judged problematic for the clergy; (4) and how the media, science, and authorities (religious, civil and medical) fit into these dynamics, supporting or opposing them. Quasi-SANTE will develop scientific articles, international workshops, a database on contested holiness, social and multimedia content, and an exhibition aimed at the scientific community and a wider audience.

Keywords: contested holiness sanctity mysticism catholicism contemporary italy lived religion religious studies history of religion religious anthropology ethnography women studies
Teacher-AI Complementarity (TAICo)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Culture, creativity and inclusive society
Theme: Culture, creativity and inclusive society
Destination: Innovative Research on Social and Economic Transformations
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Austria,Finland,Estonia,Netherlands,United Kingdom,Germany,Italy,Belgium
Call: Assessing and strengthening the complementarity between new technologies and human skills (HORIZON-CL2-2024-TRANSFORMATIONS-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-02-01
End date: 2028-01-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2997767.5
EU funding (EUR): 2997767.5
Participants: 10
Project status: SIGNED

The education and training sector plays a key role in meeting Europe’s sustainability challenges and promoting inclusive growth, with teachers at the forefront of preparing future generations of children and lifelong learners. However, the recent surge in the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education has called this role into question. Therefore, the TAICo project sets out to develop, implement, and validate a model of Teacher-AI Complementarity that applies to the broader teaching profession across primary and secondary general education, higher education, and continuing education and training. Our model will enhance the understanding of the potential impacts of AI in aligning with human skills for teaching and learning. In 12 studies, we will apply and assess AI technologies in authentic educational settings in six countries (Austria, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Netherlands, UK). Aligned with the new European Skills Agenda, these studies will focus on activities that aim to support a variety of lifelong learning skills including collaboration, problem-solving, and self-regulation. This will allow us to derive practical and evidence-based guidelines for all stakeholders involved (incl. teachers, educational institutions, educational technology industry, and policy makers) and significantly contribute to the productive and ethical integration of AI in education. The project will actively engage stakeholders in participatory design activities and policy dialogues to shape the future agenda for how AI is developed and deployed, how teachers and EdTech developers are prepared, and how European policies respond to the future challenges of an AI-enhanced education system. The TAICo consortium includes leading institutions on research into AI in education in Europe, covering all areas of the education system, and key stakeholder organisations in Europe covering the EdTech sector, the teaching profession, and educational policy making.

Keywords: teachers,artificial intelligence,teaching profession,educational technologies,educational policy
The Stressed Cell as a Physical Aging Problem (StatCell)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Condensed Matter Physics
Panel description: Structure, electronic properties, fluids, nanosciences, biological physics
Countries involved: Israel
Call: ERC ADVANCED GRANTS (ERC-2021-ADG, 2021)
Start date: 2022-07-01
End date: 2027-06-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2497500.0
EU funding (EUR): 2497500.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Statistical physics successfully accounts for phenomena involving a large number of components using a probabilistic approach with predictions for collective properties of the system. While biological cells contain a very large number of interacting components, (proteins, RNA molecules, metabolites, etc.), the cellular network is understood as a particular, highly specific, choice of interactions shaped by evolution, and therefore not amenable to a statistical physics description. My premise is that when a cell encounters an acute, but non-lethal, stress, its perturbed state can be modelled as random network dynamics, rather than as a regulated response. Strong perturbations may therefore reveal the dynamics of the underlying network that are amenable to a statistical physics description. Based on the striking similarity between our data on stressed bacteria and physical aging in disordered systems, my goal is to develop an experimental and theoretical framework for the statistical physics description of cells exposed to strong perturbations. We will critically probe the predictions of the statistical model using a multidisciplinary approach combining three frontline methodologies: (1) dynamics of single bacteria under acute stress in microfluidic devices and single cell transcriptomics; (2) theoretical framework and simulations for cellular networks under acute stress; and (3) new biophysical measurements of the transition from the regulated to the disrupted cellular network. This approach should provide a paradigm shift in the analysis of cells under stress, differentiating between conditions described by the regulation of gene networks from those that can be quantitatively predicted by a statistical physics framework. The new knowledge should lead to innovative ways of controlling the cellular network under strong perturbations, with implications ranging from new methodologies for synthetic biology to new avenues for treating bacterial infections and cancer.

Keywords: physical aging,antibiotic persistence,tolerance