Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Browser-based Multilingual Translation (Bergamot)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Estonia,Germany,Czechia,United Kingdom,Denmark,United Kingdom
Call: A multilingual Next Generation Internet (H2020-ICT-2018-2, 2018)
Start date: 2019-01-01
End date: 2022-06-30
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2999096.25
EU funding (EUR): 2999096.25
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

The Bergamot project will add and improve client-side machine translation in a web browser. Unlike current cloud-based options, running directly on users' machines empowers citizens to preserve their privacy and increases the uptake of language technologies in Europe in various sectors that require confidentiality. Free software integrated with an open-source web browser, such as Mozilla Firefox, will enable bottom-up adoption by non-experts, resulting in cost savings for private and public sector users who would otherwise procure translation or operate monolingually. To understand and support non-expert users, our user experience work package researches their needs and creates the user interface. Rather than simply translating text, this interface will expose improved quality estimates, addressing the rising public debate on algorithmic trust. Building on quality estimation research, we will enable users to confidently generate text in a language they do not speak, enabling cross-lingual online form filling. To improve quality overall, dynamic domain adaptation research addresses the peculiar writing style of a website or user by adapting translation on the fly using local information too private to upload to the cloud. These applications require adaptation and inference to run on desktop hardware with compact model downloads, which we address with neural network efficiency research. Our combined research on user experience, domain adaptation, quality estimation, outbound translation, and efficiency support a broad browser-based innovation plan.

Keywords: browser,neural machine translation,domain adaptation,quality estimation,speed,efficiency
REshaping Photocatalysis via Light-Matter hYbridization in Plasmonic Nanocavities (REPLY)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Products and processes engineering
Panel description: Product and process design, chemical, civil, environmental, mechanical, vehicle engineering, energy processes and relevant computational methods
Countries involved: Italy
Call: ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS (ERC-2020-COG, 2020)
Start date: 2021-11-01
End date: 2026-10-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1986250.0
EU funding (EUR): 1986250.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Life on Earth relies to a large extent on light-matter interactions. Photosynthesis is indeed a brilliant example of chemistry driven by light, which, as almost any naturally occurring interaction is optimized for the preservation of life. With the study of photocatalysis mankind targets to copy such natural processes, adapting them to the production of energy. In this context, REPLY represents an effective solution to impart control and acceleration on photoreactions for solar-to-fuel conversion via water splitting. To improve device efficiencies and to create new paradigms in semiconductor-based photocatalytic technology, here we propose to strengthen the coupling between light and photocatalysts, by exploiting the outstanding capabilities of plasmonic architectures in manipulating the electromagnetic radiation at the nanoscale. Precisely, a new energy landscape inside the semiconductor photocatalyst can be created via light/matter hybridization in the strong-coupling regime. This will ensure the effective control of the junction barrier height at the semiconductor/co-catalyst interface and a paradigmatic redefinition of the energetics and charge-transfer characteristics at solid/liquid heterojunctions. The proposed approach is readily converted to cost-effective semiconductor/co-catalyst ensembles in order to achieve photocatalytic activities comparable or even superior to the ones of “golden benchmarking systems”, typically based on toxic and/or unaffordable noble metals. The project identifies three objectives to reach the final goal of fabricating photo(electro)catalytic devices based on strong coupling regime: I) the realization of a new class of adaptive heterojunctions via light-matter hybridization; II) the understanding of the photophysical mechanisms that regulate the system architecture; III) the fabrication and characterization of a novel efficient photo(electro)catalyst prototype for solar-to-hydrogen conversion.

Keywords: fabrication of nanocomposites for solar to hydrogen photo conversion,plasmonic cavities,semiconductor junctions,light matter hybrid states
The first on-board automatic ship hull management cleaning system for hull fouling prevention towards maritime eco-efficiency (FLIpER)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Smart, green and integrated transport
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Denmark
Call: Small business innovation research for Transport and Smart Cities Mobility (H2020-SMEINST-1-2016-2017, 2016)
Start date: 2017-01-01
End date: 2017-05-31
Duration (months): 5.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The world fleet consumes up to 325 million tonnes of fuel/ year, being responsible for the emission of 1,099 million tonnes of greenhouse gas (GHG). Ships only use 28% of the energy from the fuel to generate propulsion, of which the majority is spent overcoming fouling. Thus, keeping the hull clean can result in significant cost savings and reduce the GHG emissions. Currently, when the ship performance decreases significantly a call on-demand underwater service for removal or killing of the fouling is contracted. This is performed when the ship is docked using diver- or unmanned-operated vehicles. These solutions have often poor quality, are expensive, unsafe for the divers and/ or maritime traffic and only provide a transient increase in the hull performance. Cliin has developed the first on-board automatic cleaning system – FLIpPER – that enables a completely new procedure for ship-owners/operators’ management of the hull. FLIpER will be permanently installed on the ship and available at any given time and location, allowing a continuous cleaning, thus preventing early formation of fouling. FLIpER will allow savings in fuel consumption of up to 20% over 5 years when compared to call on-demand solutions. Moreover, the use of FLIpER improves sustainability of maritime sector by reducing GHG emissions by 95% in comparison to current solutions, minimizing the transport of invasive aquatic species associated with the fouling and improving the health and safety at the workplace, as there is minimum crew involvement in the cleaning operation and the marine traffic in ports is not disturbed. Through the successful development and implementation of FLIpER technology, Cliin will be in a strong position to exploit a market projected to value US$ 4 Billion by 2020 and enhance its profitability by the stream of the sales, with an expected cumulated revenue of €195 million, 5 years after project completion.

Keywords: ship hull management,automatic unmanned vehicle,prevent fouling,increase fuel efficiency,reduce ghg emissions
Pathways to Statehood: Authority, legitimacy and Social Diversity in the Horn of Africa (11th-16th centuries) (StateHorn)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: The study of the human past
Panel description: Archaeology, history and memory
Countries involved: Spain
Call: ERC Starting Grant (ERC-2019-STG, 2019)
Start date: 2020-06-01
End date: 2026-05-31
Duration (months): 72.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1499848.0
EU funding (EUR): 1499848.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The StateHorn Project presents a radically new, archaeology-based approach to one of the key issues in the contemporary world: the nature and characteristics of weak and failed states. Based in the Horn of Africa, an area widely known by recurrent problems of fragmented systems of governance and legitimate authority, the StateHorn project aims to build an alternative vision on the ways statehood has been conceptualized, studied and analyzed in the region. It will do it from a archaeological, deeper past perspective which will take as its focus the medieval period (1100—1600) in northern Somalia and south-eastern Ethiopia, a period which saw the emergence of the defining political, demographic and economic characteristics which have shaped the modern region until the present day. The project aims to understand the nature and conceptualization of the medieval states in this region, which were the roots of their legitimacy and power and how they related with their populations and other neighbouring states. Organized around five Research Lines (Territory, Material Culture, Written and Oral Sources, Urbanization and Trade), the State Horn project will complement archaeological information with written historical sources, oral traditions, linguistics, literature and ethnography to present the most comprehensive study of statehood in the Horn of Africa during the medieval period. It will also move beyond an enclosed, isolated study of a specific historical period to develop a theory of statehood in the Horn of Africa which is at the same time coherent with the archaeological and historical sources and useful to analyze the current political situation in the region and any other places where weak or failed states are present.

Keywords: african archaeology,horn of africa,state building processes
A multimodal approach to tendon mechanobiology (TENDON_MECHBIO)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Products and processes engineering
Panel description: Product and process design, chemical, civil, environmental, mechanical, vehicle engineering, energy processes and relevant computational methods
Countries involved: Sweden
Call: ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS (ERC-2020-COG, 2020)
Start date: 2021-05-01
End date: 2026-04-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2002622.0
EU funding (EUR): 2002622.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Achilles tendon ruptures are common and costly, and more than 50% heal unsuccessfully. Tendons respond to mechanical load over time and loading is fundamental for good mechanical performance. However, the regulatory mechanisms are still largely unknown. The main objective of this proposal is to clarify how intact and ruptured healing Achilles tendons are responding to mechanical load. The hypothesis is that the underlying mechanisms can be elucidated through an advanced multimodal approach that combines novel experimental and numerical models across several length scales to clarify the distinct adaptive response of elastic and viscoelastic mechanical behaviour. The proposal combines well-controlled in vivo animal experiments that are uniquely characterized (in situ) to develop and validate novel adaptive computational (in silico) models that can comprehensively predict the spatial and temporal tissue distributions and biomechanical behavior of healthy intact and ruptured healing tendons. On each length scale, experimental mechanical tests are carried out concurrently with 3D/2D high resolution imaging/scattering (in situ), to clarify how the inhomogeneous meso-, micro- and nanostructures behave under loading, in a setup planned to deliver optimal data for development and validation of computational models. The interdisciplinary project will deliver high-impact science where the multimodal approach on several length scales could establish new paradigms in tendon biomechanics and mechanobiology. Further, it will lift bioengineering to new levels by unravelling the link between load-controlled molecular mechanisms and viscoelastic mechanical response. It will deliver a novel validated computational framework that the research community may use to propose enhanced solutions for managing tendon injuries. As such, it approaches a well-defined clinical problem from an engineering view, where the PI’s well-received published and ongoing work is the foundation for the idea.

Keywords: biomaterials,biomechanics,mechano regulation,mechanical properties,synchrotron,phase contrast x ray tomography,small angle x ray scattering,computational modeling,finite element modeling
Cavity-QED Ion Quantum Network (ION-QNET)

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: Physics
Countries involved: Austria
Call: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-EF) (H2020-MSCA-IF-2014, 2014)
Start date: 2015-05-01
End date: 2017-04-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 166156.8
EU funding (EUR): 166156.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Trapped ions are promising candidates as qubits. However, their scalability for quantum information processing (QIP) remains challenging. A route to address this issue relies on quantum networks (QN), in which material qubits held at separate locations (nodes) exchange quantum information via photons. The QN architecture can also be used to transfer quantum information over long distances, and as the basis for a quantum simulator. We propose to realize a two-node QN based on ions and cavity quantum electrodynamics. At each node, photons and ions interact via a high finesse cavity, allowing coherent transfer of information. Our QN will consist of two nodes separated by 8 meters and connected by a 15 meter long optical fiber. A first node is already built and working, based on a cavity operating in the intermediate coupling regime. The second node is under development and should reach the strong coupling regime, which has not yet been observed with a single ion. Our approach relies on a high-finesse cavity with a small mode volume, defined by the shaped and coated facets of two optical fibers. This fiber cavity is integrated with a miniaturized linear ion trap. The fellow will first develop and optimize the fiber-cavity setup to demonstrate the strong coupling regime. Then he will implement at this node a toolbox of quantum communication protocols. Finally he will interconnect both nodes and test the resulting QN with fundamental protocols: entanglement of two distant ions heralded by the detection of photons, and transfer of a quantum state from one ion to the other. Such a proof-of-principle ion-based QN represents a building block for more complex architectures, reinforcing and securing the European Union’s leadership in strategic research areas like QIP, quantum communication, quantum simulation and metrology.

Keywords: cavity qed,quantum network,trapped ions
Industrial Manufacturing Process for A high temperature superconducting Coated conductors Technology (IMPACT)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Proof of concept grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Products and processes engineering
Panel description: Product and process design, chemical, civil, environmental, mechanical, vehicle engineering, energy processes and relevant computational methods
Countries involved: Spain
Call: ERC Proof of Concept Grant (ERC-2019-PoC, 2019)
Start date: 2020-01-01
End date: 2021-12-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 150000.0
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Coated conductors (CCs), known as the second generation of high temperature superconductors (2G-HTS), have triggered broad and fruitful R&D efforts to ensure industrial scalability and enable wide market adoption. Major challenges currently limit the practical use of HTS conductors. First, the high cost / performance ratio imposed by the fabrication methods of kilometre-lengths epitaxial YBCO films that work at too low growth rates limits CC manufacturing throughput. Second, the low throughput in the production of CCs leads to a severe limitation in generating drastic cost reductions for CCs, required for wide market implementation. Due to overall cost, today it remains inefficient to unlock the potential of large-scale applications such as wind turbines, highly efficient and compact industrial scale generators, Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage and advanced HTS MRI/RMN machines. The overall objective of this Proof of Concept (PoC) proposal is to demonstrate the commercial relevance and to build a business strategy for the industrial scale-up of a new manufacturing process for HTS films, which will push the emerging HTS industry to full market adoption. IMPACT combines low cost (CSD), high throughput (TLA ultrafast growth) and high performance (strained nanocomposites), by integrating additive manufacturing processes and digital printing, to deliver a commercially relevant and industry scalable manufacturing process for HTS CCs. Our value creation process is focused on several inflection points which will pave the way towards commercial implementation of our novel manufacturing process. At the end of IMPACT, we aim to capture value by having identified the commercial exploitation strategies of our technology.

Keywords: high temperature superconductors,coated conductors,transient liquid growth,chemical solutions deposition
Tumor Regulation Assisted by Immunity and Nanotechnology (TRAIN)

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: Chemistry
Countries involved: Portugal
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-06-01
End date: 2025-06-30
Duration (months): 25.0
Total project cost (EUR): 169120.56
EU funding (EUR): 169120.56
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Cancer is the number one cause of death among Europeans under 65, being estimated that half of Europeans will develop cancer at some time in their lives. Despite the significant progress made in the prevention and treatment of cancer in recent years, this disease continues to claim lives and straining the European health and social systems and economies. In addition, cancer incidence and mortality are predicted to raise as consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. To reduce these dramatic repercussions, innovative therapies, more effective and accessible to a wider population, are needed to treat patients with advanced cancer. The overarching aim of the TRAIN project is to leverage the enzyme activities in the tumor microenvironment to boost the efficacy of cancer immunotherapies via molecularly engineered peptide nanomaterials capable of metabolic modulation of tumors and release of chemotherapeutic drugs. TRAIN is focused on pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PAAD) and will develop biomimetic 3D PAAD models to test the proposed combined chemo- and immuno-therapy. The feasibility of this major goal will be achieved through a multidisciplinary approach that will employ concepts from peptide nanotechnology, enzymology, immunology and cancer biology, together with cutting-edge materials science, proteomics and cell biology methods. TRAIN is in line with “The Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan”, aimed at reducing the negative impact of cancer for patients, their families and healthcare systems, and addressing cancer-associated disparities across countries, while providing training and career development opportunities for a young and creative researcher at the intersection of peptide nanotechnology and cancer immunology.

Keywords: peptides,enzyme sensitive nanobiomaterials,immuno therapy,cancer,3d biomimetic cancer models
A Systematic Exploration of Interreal Translations in the Media Multiverse (InterReal)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Texts and Concepts
Panel description: Literary studies , literature,  philosophy
Countries involved: Finland
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2024-STG, 2024)
Start date: 2025-01-01
End date: 2029-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1439590.0
EU funding (EUR): 1439590.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

What will be the shape of the mediated reality to come? Current models include a single interconnected immersive metaverse, an increasing integration between physical reality and ambient technology, and a postdigital disaffection towards immersive technologies. InterReal argues that the most probable outcome, in the near future, will not be the identification of a clear avenue, but rather a multiplication of “realities”: a Media Multiverse. This multiverse encompasses all kinds of media-generated virtual spaces, from those of immersive Virtual Reality (VR), to the layers of Augmented Reality (AR) visualized over the physical world, and to the virtual worlds of digital games. At the centre of the semiotic workings of the multiverse are mechanisms of interreal translations: specific forms of intersemiotic translation that transfer objects, spaces, or subjects across realities. InterReal aims to develop an innovative approach to study and understand translations between different realities, and how they could influence our future. The project objectives advance our empirical understanding of interreal translations (Obj1), our methodological capacity to approach them (Obj2) and the creation of a theoretical framework to understand the media multiverse (Obj3). To do so, we propose a combination and innovation of methods and approaches from translation studies and speculative research. The analytical approach (WP1) will provide us with a nuanced understanding of the current state of interreal translations. The speculative approach (WP2) will offer a critical look to the current ideologies and future possibilities related to the development of the media multiverse. The synthesis between the two (WP3) will pave the way for a new discipline: Multiverse Studies, which we urgently need as our mediascape becomes increasingly complex, difficult to navigate and fragmented.

Keywords: translation studies virtual realities speculative design