Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Identity, Ideology and Textual Production in Late Medieval Iceland (IITLMI)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Outgoing Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Iceland
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IOF, 2012)
Start date: 2013-09-01
End date: 2016-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 241522.5
EU funding (EUR): 241522.5
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The objectives of this project are to add to the researcher's understanding of, expertise in and potential to disseminate knowledge about the literature, culture and textual production of medieval Iceland, and the way literary texts shape and reflect identity and ideology. On one hand, studying the late medieval period’s literary output in an inclusive and comprehensive manner, and making appropriate use of all extant evidence, will lead to a more integrated, multivalent and nuanced image of late medieval Iceland, its ideology and its relationship with Europe. Framing texts even wider with textual production, i.e. in their contemporary historical context and their physical vessel, the manuscript, adds more information to an already rich image that the sources will compose. By taking a thematic approach across genre boundaries, and examining texts defined as both historical writing as well as fictional material, the aim is to set out a view of late medieval identities and ideologies in relation to the outside world as they are constructed and represented in literary texts. On the other hand, the project will be informed by theoretical frameworks borrowed from fields outside of medieval studies that are conducive to uncovering hidden subtexts and have the potential to produce insights that would be difficult to achieve otherwise. By applying (post)colonial theory and other appropriate theoretical frameworks to the sources, the project aims to tease out the ways in which literature reflected and possibly shaped ideology and identity on many levels in late medieval Iceland. The second goal is for the researcher to acquire transferable skills through professionalisation programmes at Harvard University; the fellowship will provide opportunity for the researcher to be mentored by a leading scholar in the field, and create opportunities for collaboration.

Keywords: medieval iceland,medieval scandinavia,postcolonial studies,identity,ideology,saga literature,manuscripts,textuality,materiality,historical context
Quantum Coherence and Decoherence in Cavity Optomechanics (QCDOM)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Incoming Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Switzerland
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IIF, 2012)
Start date: 2013-12-01
End date: 2015-11-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 184709.4
EU funding (EUR): 184709.4
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Rapid progress in the field of optomechanics has undergone a paradigm shift in the last two years. It is now possible to use light to prepare and sense the quantum ground state of a nanomechanical oscillator. Alongside parallel developments in electromechanics, this success marks the emergence of a third wave of quantum technology based on mechanical systems, following in the footsteps of atomic physics in the 1970s and solid state spin ca. 10 years ago. The new field of quantum optomechanics faces key challenges on several fronts, including execution of protocols for preparation and readout of nontrivial quantum states, mitigation of fundamental sources of mechanical decoherence, and the search for robust and field-distributable architectures. The following proposal takes aim at this new threshold, exploring fundamental and practical aspects of coherence in a mechanical system optomechanically-cooled to near the quantum ground state. We build upon the capabilities of a state-of-the-art optomechanical system developed by the host group of T. J. Kippenberg at EPFL, consisting of a cryogenically-cooled silica microcavity with strongly coupled, high-Q optical and mechanical resonances. Using the recent development of quantum-coherent optomechanical coupling, we propose to demonstrate, for the first time, quantum-coherent state transfer of a nanomechanical resonator onto an optical field. Second, exploiting the tools of cryogenic optomechanics, we seek to observe and control *resonant* coupling of a micromechanical resonator to a two-level-fluctuator for the first time. Third, building upon developments in the integration of ultr-high-Q SiN nanobeams and Silica micro-disk resonators, we propose to realize a robust chipscale optomechanical system suitable for ground-state cooling using a simple table-top cryo-cooler. (The applicant was trained at Caltech in the quantum optics group of J. Kimble, and brings significant cross-disciplinary expertise to the project.)

Keywords: quantum coherence decoherence cavity optomechanics phonon photon ground state cooling microtoroid resonator
Children’s personal epistemologies: capitalizing children and families knowledge in schools towards effective learning and teaching (ChiPE) (CHIPE)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IEF, 2012)
Start date: 2013-04-01
End date: 2015-03-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 221606.4
EU funding (EUR): 221606.4
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The conceptions of knowledge and knowing that students hold have increasingly become a focus of interest for educational researchers in the last decades. Research on personal epistemology has highlighted the educational relevance of students’ beliefs about knowledge and knowing and its important role in students’ academic motivation, cognition, and performance. Relevant theoretical frameworks have advanced the knowledge on epistemological beliefs, despite those frameworks have been grounded in research conducted with adults such as university students, and with adolescents. Less research has been found that clarifies the relationship between learning contexts and types of instruction and children’s personal epistemologies, in order to foster effective teaching and learning in more inclusive classrooms, and ultimately increase educational success. This research proposal aims to contributing to fill such gap by examining the personal epistemology of elementary school children, teachers and families participating in dialogic-based classrooms. This approach often contributes to enhance classroom’s “epistemic climate” composed of learners’ and teachers’ personal epistemologies and epistemic knowledge, but at the same time brings closer knowledge from children’s out-of-school experience to classroom knowledge. This research project will explore children and families’ epistemological beliefs in the school context to capitalise on their funds of knowledge and promote effective learning. In the framework of the EU Strategy 2020, it is crucial to make available for more schools and communities those actions that help citizens succeed educationally, and then gain access to the labour market and full participation in society.

Keywords: s213 education,s208 use of language
A multiphysics approach to optimize modified atmospheres for packaging of respiring food products (MULTIMAP)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Outgoing Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Spain
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IOF, 2012)
Start date: 2013-07-01
End date: 2016-06-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 352823.7
EU funding (EUR): 352823.7
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The design of modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) for fruit and vegetables is a complex task that requires the understanding of the dynamic interactions occurring between product and package. Current mathematical models only cover gases and vapors such as O2, CO2 and H2O, but not others like ethylene or flavors which are relevant for product acceptance. In addition, these models have only been focused on petroleum-based materials while bio-based materials are in the market and more bio-based materials are being developed. Therefore, multiMAP research interests are grouped into the following themes: 1) Novel materials: The suitability of bio-based and biodegradable materials, nanocomposites and foamed materials for MAP applications will be investigated. Polylactic acid (PLA) and protein-based films will be evaluated as examples of bio-based films that are commercially available and in a research state, respectively. Their permeability will be investigated under current supply chain temperature and relative humidity conditions. The same studies will be performed using improved biodegradable materials such bio-based nanocomposites, foamed materials and microperforated films. 2) Modelling: Modified atmosphere packaging systems will be modelled utilizing a computational fluid dynamics and multiphysics approach. A space-time dependent mathematical model will be developed to predict gases concentrations in continuous and microperforated films. Computational fluid dynamics and multiphysics models will be applied to integrate both diffusive and convective mass transfer phenomena, and to investigate not studied factors. 3) Validation: Development and optimization of biodegradable packaging for fruits and vegetables. Selected novel materials will be utilized for the packaging of different fruits and vegetables. The packages will be evaluated for gas and vapour compositions over time. Produce will be evaluated through physico-chemical and sensory analyses over time.

Keywords: g302 chemical engineering - technical chemistry,g311 materials engineering,v404 food sciences,g111 modelling tools
Exterior Differential Systems of Riemannian Geometry (EDSRGFF)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Italy
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IEF, 2012)
Start date: 2013-09-09
End date: 2015-09-08
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 249242.8
EU funding (EUR): 249242.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The importance of "gwistor space" is being recognized today. The Researcher R. Albuquerque has discovered a natural G2 structure existing on the unit tangent sphere bundle of any given oriented Riemannian 4-manifold M. It was a major breakthrough in the theory of G2 manifolds and special structures. That discovery has been appreciated by many great mathematicians. Firstly referred to as the "G2 sphere of a 4-manifold", the Researcher decided to call the bundle's total space the "gwistor space" of M. Also due to relations with genuine twistor theory. Considering G2 geometry in general, it is known to be of great importance for its applications to String theory - but not only. There are few known examples satisfying several important equations of holonomy of metric-connections. On the other hand, mathematicians know that the geometry induced by the largest normed unit division algebra, the octonians, must comprise much more structure than it is understood today. E.g. the theory of associative calibrations, of special Riemannian submanifolds or relations with a proper gauge theory of G2-instantons are just in their beginning. Many aspects must be developed and that's where our project with gwistor space will give new answers. Gwistor space is cocalibrated (the structure 3-form is coclosed) if and only if the base 4-manifold M is Einstein. This is undoubtedly a strong result in special Riemannian geometries. Giving new insight, on its own, to the long-sought theory of Einstein 4-manifolds. Now, with this FP7 Project, the Researcher wishes to study a difficult problem, which arose from gwistors but is far more outstanding. Hidden aside of that structure was an exterior differential system (EDS) of Riemnanian manifolds in any dimension, the Griffiths system, and their Euler-Lagrange equations. Many beautiful features of such EDS are now on a pre-published article. We may say it is of fundamental nature and importance for the great field which Riemannian geometry is.

Keywords: m106 geometry,m107 topology,m108 lie groups - lie algebras
Spectroscopy Combined with Optical Polarization for Endoscopy (SCOPE)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IEF, 2012)
Start date: 2013-04-01
End date: 2015-03-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 221606.4
EU funding (EUR): 221606.4
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Multispectral imaging system is proposed to fit in a rigid endoscope for aiding reflectance spectroscopy and observing auto fluorescence This will allow simultaneous recording of stereoscopic and spectral images with the aim to develop a near real time, three dimensional 3D imaging tool, which can detect spatial distribution of various molecules and the evaluation of the properties of tissue chromophores such as Oxy and Deoxy Haemoglobin. Contrast enhancing methods are proposed to aid diagnosis. Further development of this instrumentation could be used for intraoperative imaging, for screening precancerous dysplasia, for detecting and mapping suspicious sites in the peritoneum, the liver and kidney, for visualizing of the bile duct and observing the oxygenation status of organs and evaluating transplant organ viability. Epithelia dysplasia is an early form of precancerous lesions with high probability of transition to high grade dysplasia (carcinoma in situ) and invasive cancer. Early diagnosis of dysplasia may allow faster interventions and improve the outcome for the patients. Traditionally dysplasia is regognisable by pathologist with biopsy. During this procedures a tiny fraction of the affected tissue is selected for pathological examination, and has a low probability of detection because dysplasia is highly focal and visually indistinguishable. There is a high clinical demand for developing non invasive methods for large area tissue surveillance and discriminating healthy from diseased tissues with particular interest for cancer screening. In response to this a Multispectral Imaging system is proposed to fit in a rigid endoscope and provide high field of view imaging with spectroscopic analysis. Reflectance spectroscopy and autofluorescence will allow simultaneous characterisation of tissue morphology and haemodynamic measurements. Contrast enhancing methods based on polarization and laser speckle pattern analysis are proposed to in

Keywords: morphology and functional imaging of cells,l702 diagnostic tools,l406 cancer and its biological basis,g314 medical engineering and technology,p320 medical physics
Embedding Measurement UNcertainty in Decision-making and Optimization (EL MUNDO)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Life-long training and career development
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: France
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-CIG, 2012)
Start date: 2013-04-01
End date: 2016-03-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 75000.0
EU funding (EUR): 75000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

This project is a multi-disciplinary effort to integrate two complementary fields of Computer Science, namely fuzzy regression analysis and constraint-based reasoning, in order to develop decision support systems for optimization problems permeated with measurement uncertainty. Data uncertainty due to imprecise or incomplete measurements is ubiquitous in many real world applications. Recently, models derived from fuzzy regression analysis have been defined to represent incomplete and imprecise measurements. They are mostly used in complex systems analysis seeking a correlation between crisp or fuzzy measurements. The Constraint Programming (CP) paradigm has proved successful to tackle decision and optimization problems in planning and resource optimization. Interestingly, it handles some forms of uncertainty, but has not, to our knowledge, been enhanced to deal with fuzzy regression models. Our objectives are threefold: 1) to study the theoretical aspect of integrating two complementary paradigms, 2) to design and implement an interval regression constraint system, and apply it to a case study in the field of Renewable Energies (RE) techno-economics. The decision support prototype will tackle the problem of RE portfolio optimization for short and longer term, 3) to disseminate our results at the EU and International levels. The objectives will be achieved by combining the host expertise in fuzzy regression models, and the applicant’s expertise in CP languages and optimization techniques, and her more recent works in RE techno-economics problems in Egypt. A set of three activities matching the objectives will be carried out divided into survey, design and implementation work packages and clear milestones. This project is relevant to CIG Work Programme for 3 main reasons: 1) it is a multi-disciplinary project, 2) expertise will be transferred and acquired, 3) dissemination and re-integration will enhance EU research excellence already strong in these domains.

Keywords: g109 knowledge engineering and artificial intelligence,g108 intelligent systems,g111 modelling tools
Guaranteed Component Assembly with Round Trip Analysis for Energy Efficient High-integrity Multi-core Systems (CONCERTO)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Joint Technology Initiatives (Annex IV-SP1)
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Embedded Computing Systems
Action type: Collaborative project
Partnership: ARTEMIS (Art-185)
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Italy,France,France,Germany,Hungary,Portugal,Norway,Sweden,Hungary
Call:  (ARTEMIS-2012-1, 2012)
Start date: 2013-05-01
End date: 2016-04-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 9650442.0
EU funding (EUR): 1611623.84
Participants: 16
Project status: CLOSED

Emerging embedded systems platforms harnessing new heterogeneous, multicore architectures to enable the next generation of powerful mission-critical applications are demanding across-the-board advances in all areas of design and development to fulfil their promise. The integration of component-based design with model-driven development creates a potent combination especially capable of mastering the complexity of these new systems. CONCERTO will deliver a reference multi-domain architectural framework for complex, highly concurrent, and multi-core systems, where non-functional properties (including real-time, dependability, and energy management) will be established for individual components, derived for the overall system at design time, and preserved by construction and monitoring at run-time. The CONCERTO framework will integrate: + Correctness-by-construction for multicore systems with innovative model-to-code transformation techniques targeted at their special characteristics + A multi-view, hierarchical cross-domain design space sufficiently rich to enable a compositional approach to the next generation of complex, heterogeneous platform architectures. + Support for iterative and incremental development of multicore systems through simulation and early model-based analysis, with fully automated back propagation of results to the user model. + Hardware modeling facilities equipped to cope with the new generation of heterogeneous, multicore platforms. + Advances in run-time monitoring of mission- and operation-critical non-functional properties such as energy consumption on partitioned and multicore processor architectures. The applicability of the CONCERTO solutions to multiple industrial domains (including aerospace, telecoms, automotive, petroleum and medical) will be ensured through the elaboration of representative industrial use cases. CONCERTO builds on the CHESS project (ARTEMIS-2008-1-100022) results, as well as the results of several other related projects. Approved by ARTEMIS-JU on 05/04/2013. Ammendment 1 approved by ECSEL-JU on 26/04/2016.

Keywords: components,non-functional properties,multicore,analysis,safety-critical,compositional,provable transformations,run-time monitoring
Cognitive strategies and self-regulation of learning character based scripts as a second language: The learning of kanji and hanzi (Japanese and Chinese characters) by alphabetic first language users (KANJI HANZI LEARNING)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Life-long training and career development
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Ireland
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-CIG, 2012)
Start date: 2013-04-01
End date: 2017-07-01
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 100000.0
EU funding (EUR): 100000.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

The proposed study investigates the kanji and hanzi learning (the learning of Japanese and Chinese written characters) of native-English speaking learners of the Chinese and Japanese languages. The purpose of the study is to investigate cognitive strategies and self-regulation of kanji and hanzi learning using in-depth qualitative methods to broaden the understanding of how learners approach this difficult writing system. Previous studies into Japanese and Chinese language learning suggest that the learning of a meaning-based script such as hanzi and kanji are a major obstacle for learners to progress in the Japanese and Chinese languages, and are also a major contributing factor to the high attrition rate in Japanese and Chinese language courses at universities. Studies have shown it takes European language background students 3 to 4 times longer to acquire Japanese and Chinese than other alphabet-based languages and that the root of this difficulty is the writing system. Therefore, the study makes a significant contribution to the field in broadening our understanding of how learners cope with the memorization of these scripts. The study is also significant in its application of relatively new theories of strategic learning and self-regulation to the task of learning character-based languages, as much of what we know of second language acquisition is based on an over-representation of research into the learning of English as a second or foreign language. Data will be collected over the duration of three years in the form of interviews, stimulated recall sessions (utilizing eye-tracking technology), and questionnaires. The study will examine Japanese and Chinese language in three separate case study contexts: Introductory language courses offered by Trinity College Dublin (the host institution), advanced language courses offered at the University of Sheffield; and immersion style courses offered at Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan.

Keywords: s207 acquisition and knowledge of language,s213 education,japanese,chinese,writing systems,applied linguistics,second language acquisition,cognition,learning strategies,motivation