Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Halogen Free Flame Retardant ABS nanocomposites for electric and electronic devices (NANOFRABS)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research for the benefit of SMEs
Destination: Research for SMEs
Action type: Research for the benefit of specific groups
Countries involved: Spain,Italy,Italy,Germany,Italy,Greece
Call:  (FP7-SME-2011, 2011)
Start date: 2012-09-01
End date: 2014-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1558826.13
EU funding (EUR): 1063700.0
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

The Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) and waste electric and electronic equipment (WEEE) directives discouraged the use of halogenated flame retardants in electric and electronic devices. For this reason, effective non halogenated alternatives have to be developed. The project aims at developing new halogen free flame retardant (HFFR) for ABS (acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene) compounds, which are widely use in the electric appliances sector, with good impact and fire properties. In order to reach these improvements, nanofillers will be combined with phosphorous-based flame retardants, either a) by Physical Combination of flame retardants and nanofillers in proper mixtures (PC), b) by Chemical Combination of nanofillers with flame retardants (CC) or c) by Physical Combination of Chemical functionalized lamellas and flame retardants (PCC) to be dispersed in the polymer by melt blending or melt reactive blending. NANOFRABS counts on a well balanced consortium of 4 SMEs and 2 RTDs. SMEs partners are complementary and cover the whole project necessities: nanoparticles, fire retardant, ABS compounder and an end-user. The RTD performers cover the four necessary scientific fields: Nanotechnology, polymer science, fire behaviour and flame retardants.

Keywords: nanotechnology,flame retardants,fire behavior,hffr abs nanocomposites,electric and electronic devices
Deployable SAR Integrated Chain with Unmanned Systems (DARIUS)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Security
Destination: Restoring security and safety in case of crisis
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: United Kingdom,France,Switzerland,France,Norway,France,Greece,Ireland,France,Ireland,Belgium
Call:  (FP7-SEC-2011-1, 2011)
Start date: 2012-03-01
End date: 2015-02-28
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 10645581.0
EU funding (EUR): 7475830.0
Participants: 14
Project status: CLOSED

Unmanned systems through military programs and numerous R&D projects are now becoming operationally mature. Their use in Search and Rescue operations can now be envisaged to enhance first responder capabilities and intervene in hazardous areas. For cost and procedural reasons however, the market is still very fragmented and business models are unclear. The DARIUS project will leverage previous R&D efforts on technologies and possible added-value of these systems for situation awareness to envisage their adaptation and integration in complex multi-national/agency SAR operations. The main objective of DARIUS is to reach effective levels of interoperability so these systems can be shared between several organisations. This objective will be achieved in designing a Generic Ground Station with associated proposed standards, a full integration in the command and control cycle and a consistent communication network. In addition, DARIUS will adapt the existing unmanned systems and their payloads (air, ground and maritime) to the specificities of the Search and Rescue missions. DARIUS solutions will be evaluated in real conditions through 3 scenarios (Urban, forest fires and maritime SAR) designed by the end-users. The project will be implemented under the control of a wide panel of fully committed end-users. It will be performed following an optimised structure and with flexible and proven procedures. The DARIUS consortium encompasses several end-users, major players in the domain of C4I and large system integration, unmanned system solution providers, SMEs that will bring innovative solutions and support the integration and RTOs that will further develop novel technologies. The expected impact from DARIUS is the better integration of the systems in real operations and in enhancing the safety of citizens. The economic studies will enable the production of a relevant business model and will better enable RTO and industry to exploit the results of the projects.

Keywords: search,rescue,unmanned
SUstainable Network for Japan-Europe aerospace research and Technology cooperation (SUNJET)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Aeronautics and air transport
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: France,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,France,Spain,Belgium,Belgium
Call:  (FP7-AAT-2011-RTD-1, 2011)
Start date: 2011-06-01
End date: 2012-12-31
Duration (months): 19.0
Total project cost (EUR): 333347.96
EU funding (EUR): 308494.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

SUNJET is a European Project within the Framework Programme 7 (Research / Aeronautics and Air Transport) aiming at establishing an initial framework, data base and network, in order to facilitate and enhance the cooperation in R&T activities between Japan and Europe. Through the participation of all the relevant Stakeholders, it will introduce a more structured dialogue to identify the similarities in the respective research agendas / road maps. It will be used to create a better mutual understanding, thus permitting to : * Build up ad-hoc EU-Japan R&T cooperation areas of mutual benefit * propose win-win R&T roadmaps / cooperations * Have a mutual understanding of administrative mechanisms: clarify the principles governing such EU-Japan R&T cooperation, respective funding mechanisms, IPRs, …etc…and the main barriers to that cooperation and suggest ways to overcome all the problems. SUNJET project will indicate the areas where the cooperation topics are mutually favoured assuring a good reciprocity between the parties. It will not interfere with the various EU-Japan R&T cooperative activities already undertaken, but might nonetheless provide rules and reference that could be beneficial to all. Finally the project will provide common R&T road maps for cooperation to be introduced in future calls for proposals within Framework programmes of the European Commission and mechanisms in Japan.

Keywords: air transport,aeronautics,acare,strategic research agenda-sra,japan,icao,environment,ipr,cooperation,eu-japan,moc,airframe,propulsion system,safety,security,interoperability,erea,easn
Collaboration Concepts for Comodality (CO3)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Sustainable surface transport (INCLUDING THE �EUROPEAN GREEN CARS INITIATIVE�)
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Netherlands,United Kingdom,Belgium,United Kingdom,Spain,Spain,Italy,Netherlands,Sweden,France,Italy,Netherlands,Netherlands,Belgium,United Kingdom,Belgium
Call:  (FP7-SST-2011-RTD-1, 2011)
Start date: 2011-09-01
End date: 2014-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2293287.6
EU funding (EUR): 2000000.0
Participants: 19
Project status: CLOSED

Collaboration Concepts for Co-modality, CO3 is a business strategy enabling companies throughout the supply chain to set up and maintain initiatives to manage and optimise their logistics and transport operations by increasing load factors, reducing empty movements and stimulate co-modality, through Horizontal Collaboration between industry partners, thereby reducing transport externalities such as greenhouse gas emissions and costs. The CO³ consortium, which is made up of logistics specialists, manufacturing industry and transport service providers, has been working on the topic of collaboration and co-modality for two years and already produced a first draft of a model framework with legal and operational guidelines for collaborative projects in the supply chain. The 18 partners of the consortium in seven EU countries will coordinate studies and expert group exchanges over a period of three years, and build on existing methodologies to develop European legal and operational frameworks for freight flow bundling, (WP2) -. We will come up with joint business models for inter- and intra-supply chain collaboration (WP3) to deliver more efficient transport processes, increase load factors and the use of co-modal transport. The results of the studies and expert group exchanges will be applied and validated in the market via case studies (WP4). The aim is to set up at least four different real-life applications of collaboration across the supply chain by using road transport, multimodal transport, regional retail distribution and collaboration for warehousing activities. We will also promote and facilitate matchmaking and knowledge-sharing through CO³ conferences and practical workshops to transfer knowledge and increase the market acceptance of the CO³ results. This will be done through discussions with a High Level Board of European Industry supply chain Leaders, (WP5).

Keywords: collaboration,co-modality,sustainable supply chain,transport business models,shapley value,operational framework,legal framework
Miniaturised Robotic systems for holistic in-situ Repair and maintenance works in restrained and hazardous environments (MIROR)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Recovery Package: Public-Private Partnership (PPP) topics within NMP
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Germany,Spain,Switzerland,United Kingdom,Spain,Romania,Germany
Call:  (FP7-2011-NMP-ICT-FoF, 2011)
Start date: 2012-02-01
End date: 2016-01-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4981842.63
EU funding (EUR): 3399998.0
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

MiRoR aims to develop a fundamentally novel concept of a Miniaturised Robotic Machine (Mini-RoboMach) system, that equipped with intelligence-driven and autonomous abilities, will be demonstrated for holistic in-situ repair and maintenance of large and/or intricate installations. This will be done via the following research steps: -Develop a novel concept of Mini-RoboMach, with unique complementary miniature systems: (1) novel “free-leg hexapod” (i.e. without base platform) for providing both “walking” and 6-axis processing capability; (2) an original stiffness-controlled flexible-arm robot for enabling “snaking” and 6-axis light processing ability. The complementarily means that a hybrid configuration of Mini-RoboMach, i.e. “walk & snake-in” can be utilised. -Develop MiRoR intelligent controller equipped with following key abilities: Self-positioning: enable walk and/or snake navigations to/from work and calibration of end-effectors on required features; Reasoning: decide on methods of accessing the working area (walking and/or snaking-in mode) while learning from these experiences. Planning: schedule task successions and optimise Mini-RoboMach path in reference to intervention on different places within the installation Adaptation: modify the parameters of treatment procedures for developing a self-protection ability of Mini-RoboMach in case it encounters harmful/unfavourable conditions. -Develop a unique virtual test bench for the hardware (e.g. Mini-RoboMach) and software (intelligent controller) of MiRoR so that its robustness and capability to work unsupervised within required harsh/remote workspaces can pre-assessed and corrected before its effective utilisation. -Demonstrate MiRoR by performing in-situ holistic repair/maintenance works (e.g. inspection and processing – material deposition, removal) on high investment, large and/or intricate industrial such as (power plants, aero-engines, construction / infrastructure, offshore platforms, etc).

Keywords: miniaturised robotic machines,intelligence controller,performance predictor,holistic in-situ treatments of large and dense installations
Biometrics Evaluation and Testing (BEAT)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Security
Destination: Improving Security systems integration, interconnectivity and interoperability
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Switzerland,Spain,United Kingdom,Türkiye,France,France,Belgium,Sweden,Germany
Call:  (FP7-SEC-2011-1, 2011)
Start date: 2012-03-01
End date: 2016-02-29
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4743988.4
EU funding (EUR): 3499784.0
Participants: 11
Project status: CLOSED

Identity management using Biometrics is deployed in a growing number of applications ranging from identification platforms (e.g. biometric passports) to access control systems for border checks or banking transactions. Unfortunately, the reliability of these technologies remains difficult to compare. There are no european-wide standards for evaluating their accuracy, their robustness to attacks or their privacy preservation strength. BEAT will fill this gap by building an online and open platform to transparently evaluate biometric systems, designing protocols and tools for vulnerability analysis and developing standardization documents for Common Criteria evaluations. The planned impact is three-fold: the reliability of biometric systems becomes standardized and comparable, potentially leading to a meaningful increase in their performance; technology transfer from research to companies becomes easier with the use of an interoperable framework; authorities and decision-makers become more informed about the progress made in biometrics as results impact standards.

Keywords: evaluation,biometrics,vulnerability,spoofing,attack,privacy preservation,legal issues,face,fingerprint,iris,vein.
REduction of COgnitive BIAses in Intelligence Analysis (RECOBIA)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Security
Destination: Security and society
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: France,France,Spain,France,Italy,Germany,Austria,United Kingdom,Belgium
Call:  (FP7-SEC-2011-1, 2011)
Start date: 2012-02-01
End date: 2015-01-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4445420.6
EU funding (EUR): 3215454.0
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

The aim of the RECOBIA project is to improve the quality of intelligence analysis by reducing the negative impact of cognitive biases upon intelligence analysis. To this end, we will make an assessment of cognitive biases and assess how these biases affect the practice of intelligence. Building on this initial assessment, best practices to reduce the negative impact of cognitive biases will be defined. Solutions are likely to be found in the following domains: - Software tools - Training of analysts - organization. In order to focus research and development on the needs and requirements of professional analysts, their involvement will be facilitated through the organisation of a series of workshops. During those workshops the end-users will be able to express their needs and requirements. On the other hand, the researchers and developers of the consortium will be able to receive input and guidence in order to identify or develop appropriate solutions. The EUROSINT FORUM,a pan-European not- for-profit association, which is a network with over 400 intelligence professionals working in agencies and administrations across the Member States and EU institutions, will be in charge of this task. End-users include, inter alia, staff from Poland, France, UK, Romania, Lithuania, Hungary, Belgium, Netherlands, and EU institutions such as FRONTEX, EDA, SITCEN, SATCEN, etc. The network has been notified of the RECOBIA project and many end-user organizations have expressed strong interest to participate if the project will receive funding.

Keywords: intelligence analysis reduction cognitive biases
Artificial sniffer using linear ion trap technology (SNIFFLES)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Security
Destination: Intelligent surveillance and enhancing border security
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: United Kingdom,France,Netherlands,Italy,Germany,Sweden,United Kingdom,Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-SEC-2011-1, 2011)
Start date: 2012-01-01
End date: 2015-07-31
Duration (months): 43.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4972971.21
EU funding (EUR): 3493625.0
Participants: 11
Project status: CLOSED

The research will develop a universal gas sensor using modular technologies to function as an artificial sniffer. It will detect a range of substances, including but not limited to people, drugs, explosives (including weapons) and CBRNe. The technology will complement trained sniffer dogs. The technology proposed is based on linear ion trap (LIT) mass spectrometry (MS). MS techniques have been increasingly deployed in security sniffing applications in the USA. MS is a non-intrusive high-resolution technique able to detect single atoms and complex molecules through their charged species (ions) or fragmentation pattern. The technique is capable of detecting a wide range of substances rapidly, with high accuracy and with a stand-off capability – critically it is able to detect trace levels below parts per million. Once the MS fingerprint of a unknown substance is measured it can be compared online with a database of known substances enabling real-time rapid identification. Sniffles will develop a LIT MS based device with a larger mass range than other comparable MS techniques. Methods for miniaturisation and modularisation will be applied to allow reduced vacuum demand and upgradeability. Miniaturisation will be made possible through improved designs based on results from modelling, novel manufacturing techniques and improvements in the MS drive electronics and vacuum system. These advances will bring benefits including reduced acquisition/operating costs, greater mobility, user friendliness and flexibility. Sniffles has the potential to significantly impact on National Security and border control and enable exploitation of International Markets. Performance will be benchmarked against a state-of-the-art conventional MS system and security sniffer dogs – within the context of a border security checkpoint. Sniffles aims to demonstrate an automated portable MS-based sniffer device, tested and evaluated for a range of security applications and markets by end-users.

Keywords: mass spectrometry,linear on trap,electronic nose,explosive detection,mass spectra,cbrne
Data Interoperability Solution At STakeholders Emergencies Reaction (DISASTER)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Security
Destination: Improving Security systems integration, interconnectivity and interoperability
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Spain,Germany,Denmark,United Kingdom,Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-SEC-2011-1, 2011)
Start date: 2012-02-01
End date: 2015-01-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3573156.0
EU funding (EUR): 2783970.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

Emergency management becomes more challenging in an international crisis episode because of cultural, linguistic and legal differences between all stakeholders, especially first responders. Misunderstandings between first responders makes decision-making slower and more difficult. However, spread and development of networks and Emergency Management Systems (EMS) has improved emergency responses, becoming more coordinated. Despite improvements made in recent years, EMS have not still solved problems related to cultural, legal and linguistic differences which are the real cause of slower decision-making. In addition, from a technical perspective, the consolidation of current EMS and the limitations of their exchanged data formats offers another problem to be solved in any solution proposed for information interoperability between heterogeneous EMS surrounded by different contexts. To overcome this problem, a two step solution is proposed: (i) As main objective and foundations of this proposal, the development of a common and modular ontology shared by all the stakeholders offers the best solution to gather all stakeholders knowledge in a unique and flexible data model, taking into account different countries cultural, linguistic and legal issues (ii) Taking advantage of the fact that most legacy Emergency Management Systems are based on Service-Oriented-Architectures (SOA), i.e. they collect information from services offered by other systems (e.g. Geographic Information Systems), the interoperability burden will be addressed by means of transparent SOA mediation algorithms compliant with current data formats and existing solutions. Taking into account the heterogeneity and diversity of all existing scenarios in crisis episodes, the potential results of this proposed ontology-based interoperability solution will be validated through the design and development of a realistic prototype scenario actively involving both emergency managers and emergency first responders.

Keywords: emergency management,data model,ontology,semantic,mediation,interoperability,data exchange
Grasping the Links in the Chain: Understanding the Unintended Consequences of International Counter-Narcotics Measures for the EU. (LINKSCH)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Security
Destination: Increasing the Security of citizens
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: United Kingdom,France,Germany,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Netherlands,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-SEC-2011-1, 2011)
Start date: 2012-02-01
End date: 2015-01-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1067166.81
EU funding (EUR): 881742.2
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

Since the end of the Cold War there has been an explosion in the international drugs market and a consequent general desire to review and reform the existing international control regime. Academic understanding of the role of the drugs market in the international economy has increased, but the cumulative impact of counter-narcotics measures in transit chain countries between source and market remain poorly understood, nor are there many comparative studies of the manner that differing illicit drug economies work. These factors remain obstacles to understanding and eliminating the unintended consequences of current counter-narcotic policies, particularly since supply and demand-based counter narcotics measures are separated by the intermediary impact of the geographical 'transit chain' in most cases. This proposal offers the novelty of undertaking a comparative strategic study of two major drug markets, heroin and marijuana, through the prism of the transit chains that currently operate between Afghanistan and the EU and North Africa and the EU respectively, with a view to then evolving a more comprehensive counter-narcotics policy aimed at minimising the proliferation of unintended consequences. The proposal aims to bring this about via a combination of building up an up-to-date strategic model of how these two drugs markets currently operate, conducting interviews with counter-narcotics practicioners and field research in both the source and transit chain countries concerned, and then disseminating this research in the form of concrete policy recommendations via conference activity and publications, including a collection of conference papers and at least one major monograph.

Keywords: globalization,drugs,counter-narcotics policy,international control regime