Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
YMIR - Improve access to finance for innovative SMEs. (YMIR)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Horizontal support actions
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Belgium,Greece,Portugal,Spain
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2009-4, 2009)
Start date: 2010-02-01
End date: 2012-04-30
Duration (months): 27.0
Total project cost (EUR): 522037.0
EU funding (EUR): 469155.0
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

YMIR bridges the gap between innovative SMEs and investors (venture capital firms, business angels and other private equity firms) and contributes to exploiting the innovation potential of SMEs and their ICT research project results by developing a range of services to enable them to benefit from financial investors. The YMIR project has as a strategic objective the provision of services and assistance to facilitate access to finance for innovative SMEs participating in past and ongoing ICT projects in the EU Framework Programme that will lead to increased investment in high growth SMEs in the ICT field. YMIR will promote innovation in Europe via the promotion of links between, on one side, innovative SMEs and on the other, venture capital firms, business angels and other private equity firms. A unique and professional experience will be guaranteed through a methodology that will ensure a quick and reliable matching and interaction between both sides. The YMIR project strategy foresees the analysis of past and ongoing FP6/FP7 ICT projects and selection of SMEs with the aim of identifying and profiling 250 of them with the objective of establishing a business community of 100 innovative SMEs with high growth potential, involved in research activities and committed to long term, sustainable partnerships. In parallel, YMIR will identify European venture capital (VC) firms, business angels and other private equity willing to align in trust-based partnerships, guided by a strong belief in sustainable investment and social responsibility principles, as well as by economic objectives. YMIR foresees the provision of consultancy and assistance services on finance issues to SMEs participating in past and ongoing ICT projects that intend to promote their research results, the organisation and running of four Venture Academies (workshops dedicated to training and preparing SMEs for their meetings and negotiation with VC or other investors) organised in correspondence with the four Investment Forums (partnering events where SMEs will present their business plans and ideas and meet with investors) each of which will take place on the day after a Venture Academy. This activity should lead to the collection of approximately 60 innovative ideas, from which YMIR aims to build 20 business plans to be presented to investors. In this context, the ultimate objective is the presentation of 10 innovative projects and their business plan to investors during the Investment Forums.

Keywords: venture capital innovative sme support equity
MOre Safety for All by Radar Interference Mitigation (MOSARIM)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: ICT for mobility, environmental sustainability and energy efficiency
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,Germany,Germany,European organisations area,France,Germany,Sweden,Germany,Germany,Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2009-4, 2009)
Start date: 2010-01-01
End date: 2012-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4785310.0
EU funding (EUR): 2897173.0
Participants: 12
Project status: CLOSED

Since several years millimeter-wave radar systems are used for vehicular applications, predominantly in comfort functions and a few in safety functions. Different frequencies and modulation schemes, emission powers and radiation patterns are used and up to now almost no care or precaution is undertaken to reduce or avoid mutual interference. Within a few years the penetration rate of vehicular radar systems will drastically increase in this new emerging market and especially for safety-related applications the interference risk will threaten further proliferation if harmful mutual interference pops up. Trying to find efficient and pragmatic countermeasures to avoid the apparent interference risk at that point in time in the future, when severe interference problems create malfunction or out-of-order situation of the safety radar devices, is too late. The only reasonable and valid approach is to counteract in advance before the problem becomes manifest. As almost nothing exists regarding radar interference mitigation for automotive radars this research project aims to generate a first assessment, a common understanding of the interference effects and problematic and a first set of recommendations and guidelines to avoid inefficient interference troubleshooting at a later stage. A well-selected consortium of specialists from all disciplines necessary to realize the project aims is already operational and prepared to tackle the demanding challenges. The project outcome and results are vitally important for a long-standing success of radar-based devices for automotive systems. The results of this project proposal also create the foundation for taking the next step in further reducing the number of people being killed or injured by vehicles, after the EC recently forced all OEMs to make ESP mandatory in new cars.. Missing the results that will be achieved within this project, will have a severe and strong impact on the vehicular radar roadmap beyond 2015.

Keywords: millimeter wave radar,vehicular radar,radar interference,mitigation techniques,interference countermeasure,harmful interference,radar norm interferer,interference simulation models
ICT-enabled Wearable Artificial Kidney and Personal Renal Care System (NEPHRON+)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Towards sustainable and personalised healthcare
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Greece,Switzerland,Netherlands,Netherlands,Germany,France,Austria,Netherlands,Germany,Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2009-4, 2009)
Start date: 2010-04-01
End date: 2014-12-31
Duration (months): 57.0
Total project cost (EUR): 6931031.0
EU funding (EUR): 4999640.0
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

NEPHRON+ will provide a major leap forward in Renal Care. It aims at a next generation, integrated solution for personalized treatment and management of chronic diseased, end-stage renal patients. It offers an ideal solution for continuous dialysis outside the hospital offering better blood clearance, while patients can stay mobile and active in social and economic life. It relies on an ICT-enabled wearable artificial kidney for on-body blood purification. This blood treatment can be adjusted to personal parameters and can be remotely controlled by clinical specialists. The system allows for real-time, continuous, multiparametric (tele) monitoring of both the patient and the device via innovative sensors. The continuous data collection allows for early detection of anomalies and trend analysis on the health status of the patient, offering learning curves for improved treatment. Hereby, NEPHRON+ guarantees accuracy of measurements and treatment, personalized feedback and advice and provides a basis for education of patients. The patients benefit from lower costs, higher clearance levels, and more comfort which will result in: a) improvement of their health condition, b) longer life expectancy and c) improved economical and social living conditions. The potential applications of NEPHRON+ solution can be exploited further beyond Renal Care patients, such as those with acute blood poisoning, liver disease, cancer and chemotherapy patients suffering from heart rhythm variations, weight loss and in need of controlled chemotherapy medicine release based on body parameter and fluid measurements.

Keywords: wearable artificial kidney,personal renal care system,blood purification,continuous dialysis,renal applications
Interactive Urban Robot (IURO)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Cognitive systems, interaction, robotics
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,Switzerland,Austria,Sweden,Poland
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2009-4, 2009)
Start date: 2010-02-01
End date: 2013-01-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4563009.0
EU funding (EUR): 3486972.0
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

The inability to cope with abstract commands confines today s robots to very constrained, well-controlled environments. To overcome these limitations, a-priori knowledge - preprogrammed or learned - is required. However, as objectives and situations may radically change over time there will always be knowledge gaps. Even if provided with sophisticated cognitive capabilities, sufficient information will not always be available in the environment to fill these gaps. Humans, however, are a rich source of information to be utilized, e. g. by asking for directions. Access to this source provides robots with a powerful means to improve its adaptability and cope with new situations as they arise. The IURO project explores the integration of information retrieval from humans into robot control architectures to complement their perception and action control capabilities. IURO follows a multi-disciplinary approach combining environment perception, communication, navigation, knowledge representation and assessment, and human factors studies as well as a novel robot platform for human-centred urban environments as a pre-industrial development. IURO focuses on several main aspects, which address core objectives of the call: perception and appropriate representation of dynamic urban environments, identification of knowledge gaps arising from dynamically changing situations and contexts not specified a priori, retrieval of missing information from humans in a natural way by pro-actively approaching them and initiating communication situations. Quantitative and comparative benchmark measures considering flexibility and robustness regarding navigation and interaction capabilities in real-world scenarios are developed. IURO targets novel technologies for new commercial service robots with improved flexibility and dependability. The project consortium combines research in environmental and human action perception, human-robot interaction and communication aspects, navigation and planning, knowledge representation and assessment, and human factors studies as well as robot platform development.

Keywords: outdoor robot platform,human-robot-interaction and communication,navigation and planning in dynamically changing environments
Intelligent Car Support (ICAR SUPPORT)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: ICT for mobility, environmental sustainability and energy efficiency
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Belgium,Finland,Norway,Germany,Belgium,Hungary
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2009-4, 2009)
Start date: 2009-12-01
End date: 2012-11-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2140457.0
EU funding (EUR): 1949767.0
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

Safe, clean and efficient mobility is a concern for all citizens and contributing to the deployment of ICT solutions aimed at this objective is of interest to all Europeans. eSafety is a joint industry-public sector initiative driven by the European Commission and co-chaired by ERTICO – ITS Europe and ACEA, to promote the development, deployment, and use of Intelligent Integrated Safety Systems to enhance road safety in Europe. With the launch of the Intelligent Car Initiative in 2006 whose objective is to improve the quality of the environment by supporting ICT solutions for safer, smarter and cleaner mobility of people and goods, the eSafety Forum became the first pillar of the Intelligent Car Initiative and extended its focus to those ITS systems supporting cleaner and smarter mobility. Intelligent Car Support is a 36 month Support Action with the objective to support the implementation of actions and recommendations resulting from the work of the eSafety Forum and the Intelligent Car Initiative. This includes support to The eSafety Forum and its constituencies, strengthening the eSafety cooperation among stakeholders , support the development of the Implementation Road Map for all eSafety systems, contribute to the implementation process of the European eCall system by promoting the eCall toolbox and by supporting the European eCall Implementation Platform, support the i2010 initiative in particular the activities dealing with user outreach and deployment of smarter, safer and cleaner vehicles in the future, launch minor studies on topics identified and endorsed by the eSafety Forum. Intelligent Car Support will establish a Secretariat that will be a key contact point for all stakeholders. It will organise major eSafety Forum events in close cooperation with the European Commission and will use a variety of tools to disseminate results including website, electronic and printed newsletters and brochures, press releases, television news spots, press articles.

Keywords: esafety,intelligent car,esafety forum,intelligent transport systems,mobility
Supporting Policy Dialogues and Strengthened Cooperation with sub-Saharan Africa (EUROAFRICA-ICT.ORG)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Horizontal support actions
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: France,United Kingdom,Belgium,Uganda,South Africa,Italy,Rwanda
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2009-4, 2009)
Start date: 2010-01-01
End date: 2011-12-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 844440.0
EU funding (EUR): 588000.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

The EUROAFRICA-ICT.ORG project is defined in full continuity and builds on the substantial results obtained and the important momentum created by two previous projects: the FP6/IST START and the FP7/ICT EuroAfriCa-ICT projects. It is on this basis and on the conclusions of the “1st Euro-Africa Cooperation Forum on ICT research” successfully organised in March 2009 in Brussels by the EuroAfriCa-ICT project, that the present project is proposed. Project activities will be developed over a 24-month period: • Policy and research priorities will be explored through an approach involving all interested stakeholders, and recommendations for future cooperation opportunities will be derived from them, • cooperation events will be organised in Europe and in Africa, synchronised whenever possible with policy dialogue meetings, in order to provide inputs to these meetings, facilitate the development of synergies with other programmes and initiatives (including the CAAST-NET project), involve key stakeholders (such as the ETPs and JTIs in the ICT area), fine tune priorities, etc. Among these cooperation events: the 2010 and 2011 editions of the “Euro-Africa Cooperation Forum on ICT research”, • Support will be provided to European and African organisations in their efforts to connect and develop joint projects (through an active online community of researchers from both regions, a database of African excellence research centers, proactive help desk services, etc.), • Dissemination activities will support all other activities in order to ensure the highest overall impact to the project. The EUROAFRICA-ICT project is: • A focused, result-oriented and ambitious project, while requiring a reasonable amount of resources, • Presented by a limited partnership, offering all skills to develop planned activities and having already worked together, hence being efficient since the start of the project, • Supported by a high number of leading ICT organisations from both regions

Keywords: international cooperation - sub-saharan africa - ict - policy dialogues - research
RNA-DIRECTED EPIGENETIC REMODELLING IN CANCER (RNA-DIREC)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Re-integration Grants
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-RG, 2009)
Start date: 2010-09-01
End date: 2014-08-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 100000.0
EU funding (EUR): 100000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Epigenetics describes the modification of gene expression without changing the DNA sequence. It is now well established that epigenetics plays a major role in cancer development. The Clark lab in which Dr. Coolen currently works (Sydney, Australia), has discovered that such epigenetic changes in cancer are not always localised to individual genes, but can encompass large chromosomal regions resulting in silencing of neighbouring genes (“Long Range Epigenetic Silencing” or LRES). They have now established that LRES commonly occurs in cancer and have identified 47 new LRES regions in prostate cancer (Coolen et al submitted). In collaboration with my lab in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, we are now in a world-leading position to unravel the critical components of this novel epigenetic control pathway in carcinogenesis. In particular, with our expertise on next generation sequencing technology we can address in detail the role of non-coding RNA in directing chromatin-remodelling across LRES regions. The expected results arising from this proposed study include characterisation of a new mechanism of gene inactivation through RNA-directed epigenetic remodelling. OVERALL AIM: In this proposal we aim to delineate the mechanism of RNA-directed epigenetic remodelling. HYPOTHESIS: Non-coding RNA transcripts can direct chromatin remodelling enzymes to target regions in the genome, thereby triggering specific genes or regions in the genome that become repressed. In cancer, chromatin remodelling non-coding RNA transcripts are deregulated leading to gene suppression and epigenetic remodelling. SPECIFIC AIMS: 1. To identify and characterise RNA transcripts bound to the H3K9 and H3K27 methyltransferase enzymes, G9a and EZH2, in normal and cancer cells. 2. To identify the epigenetic fate of regions targeted by the HMT-RNA complexes. 3. To manipulate levels of HMT-RNA complexes and interrogate their role in chromatin remodelling.

Keywords: oncology,prostate cancer,epigenetics,molecular mechanism,dna methylation,chromatin,gene expression
UAV-based capturing of HD/3D content with WSN Augmentation, real-time processing and immaterial rendering for immersive media experiences (SKYMEDIA)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Pervasive and Trustworthy network and service infrastructures
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Italy,Portugal,France,France,Greece,Italy,Hungary,Finland
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2009-4, 2009)
Start date: 2010-01-01
End date: 2012-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3056119.0
EU funding (EUR): 2133121.0
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

The objective of the SkyMedia project is to explore, design, and demonstrate a novel multimedia end-to-end architecture that can provide unique immersive media experiences to audiences during live events. The keys to enable such a rich portfolio of experiences are both in the media technologies and in the overall system architecture, which has to be scalable, flexible, and easy to manage. In particular, the following key technologies are synergically combined in the SkyMedia architecture: innovative 3D coding methods with MVD (Multi-view plus Depth), to be executed in real-time. Advanced transcoding methods that work in real-time to filter and adapt multimedia content to different distribution networks, terminals, and rendering methods. Innovative interactive user applications for mobile terminals with 2D/3D displays and interactive touchscreen monitors, enabling personalization of the provided 3D & HD content. UAV platforms, to provide access to the scene in a silent, convenient, and safe fashion, capturing HD video and images from the sky. Wireless Sensors, to form an Augmentation Network deployed on ground to enrich the multimedia content with useful and interesting side-information, to be fused with the main audiovisual content. Content fusion technologies are key, as they satisfy the need to extract the relevant information from a plethora of sensing devices. All technologies will come together to form a very advanced multimedia service platform. SkyMedia will empower the audience to interact with the live scene, enabling multiple user roles. The project will culminate in a immersive media experience demonstration during a public live event, to prove the potential and test the users’ reaction to the ensemble of these exciting technologies. SkyMedia is expected to have a very significant impact on the 3D and HD media industry.

Keywords: real-time 3d & hd processing,transcoding,live events,mobile service platform,immersive 3d displays,uav-based content capturing
Gene network-based maturation of embryonic stem cell-derived hepatocytes in a microfabricated array (MICROLIVERMATURATION)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Re-integration Grants
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Israel
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-RG, 2009)
Start date: 2011-03-01
End date: 2015-02-28
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 100000.0
EU funding (EUR): 100000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Embryonic stem cells (ESC) have a limitless capacity for self-renewal a remarkable ability to differentiate, promising a limitless source of cells for cell therapies and tissue engineering. Organ scarcity and lack of proliferative ability makes ESC-derived hepatocytes one of the few potential sources of cells for clinical applications and pharmaceutical drug discovery. However, current techniques for hepatocyte differentiation result in mixed cell populations, minimal metabolic function, and long-term de-differentiation. These differences between mature and differentiated hepatocytes are due to insufficient development of the hepatic transcriptional network during differentiation. Preliminary evidence suggests that modifying the nutritional state of ESC-derived hepatocytes by lowering glucose and increasing fatty acids, mimicking suckling, results in a more mature hepatic phenotype, possibly through the induction of the fatty acid-responsive nuclear receptors, PPARa and HNF4a. This result is interesting as the role of nutrients in differentiation has yet to be elucidated in spite of well known nutritional changes during the pre- and post-natal periods. The hepatic nuclear receptor network is especially important in this context as these ligand-activated transcription factors respond to glucose, sterols, fatty and bile acids offering an epigenetic point of regulation in the development of liver metabolism. The technology which allows us to elucidate and control transcriptional events during differentiation is a microdevice termed the Living Cell Array (LCA). The LCA is a microfabricated device containing multiple GFP reporter cells under microfluidic control allowing high-throughput screening of changes in transcriptional activity during ESC differentiation. The ability of the LCA to monitor transcriptional activity dynamics in high-throughput makes it a unique tool for the study of hepatocyte differentiation under varying nutritional stimulation.

Keywords: liver tissue engineering,microfabrication,bioengineering,developmental biology,systems biology