Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Magnetism, Berry-curvature engineering and topology in chalcogenide superlattices and heterostructures (MagTopCSL)

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: Poland
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2020, 2020)
Start date: 2021-08-01
End date: 2023-07-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 137625.6
EU funding (EUR): 137625.6
Participants: 1
Project status: TERMINATED

I will explore superlattices and heterostructures in chalcogenide materials as a platform for Berry-curvature engineering and topological devices. To this end, I will study superlattices created by superimposing single- and bilayers of transition-metal dichalcogenides with periodic arrays of magnetic adatoms in various configurations. Moreover, I will study multilayer heterostructures of group-II monochalcogenides with a compositional gradient across layers. The interplay of the underlying electronic structures with the ingredients and configurations of the superstructures is envisioned to lead to new phases with highly altered properties. I will study this interplay theoretically with a focus on three main objectives: (i) designing quantum anomalous Hall phases with large Chern numbers, which is highly relevant for electronic devices with low-power consumption; (ii) realizing topological superconductors as a platform for Majorana quasiparticles, which hold potential for exotic nonlocal phenomena and quantum computers; and (iii) realizing stable intertwined order in a 3D material with flat energy bands, a research direction I will pioneer with this project. I will model the proposed setups numerically using low-energy tight-binding models of the materials. The models will be constructed in close collaboration with experimentalists and DFT experts at the host institution MagTop within IF PAN. I will calculate Berry curvature, topological invariants, magnetic order, phase diagrams, and signatures of the emerging phases with regard to charge, spin, and thermal transport. The code used for the calculation of these quantities will be implemented as a software package, which I will utilize and develop during this project. My investigations will provide concrete guidelines for accompanying experimental studies at MagTop. In this way, the outcomes of my project will lay the foundation for tunable topological devices based on chalcogenide superlattices and heterostructures.

Keywords: berry curvature,chern number,topological insulator,topological superconductor,chalcogenides,superlattice,multilayer,moir superlattice,magnetic impurities,flat bands,intertwined order
Preventing human-induced seismicity to fight climate change (INJECT)

Framework: Horizon Europe — 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: France
Call: ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS (ERC-2022-COG, 2022)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2028-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1999999.02
EU funding (EUR): 1999999.0
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Climate change poses an imminent threat to our civilization. Prominent new technologies to fight climate change involve the earth’s underground renewable and sustainable energy resources and underground storage. However, all these technologies depend on the injection of fluids into the earth’s crust, which, in turn, can cause significant earthquakes. INJECT will solve this problem on the basis of a new, ground-breaking scientific method that will prevent human-induced seismicity and will maximize energy production and storage from renewable and sustainable natural resources. INJECT’s interdisciplinary methodology is based on an astute scientific programme that brings knowledge far beyond the current state of the art. It brings control theory and mathematics to the heart of this new challenging problem. Based on cutting-edge theoretical developments, robust controllers and observers will be designed to optimally adjust fluid injection rates, prevent induced seismic events over large regions and optimize energy production and storage. The controllers will be derived using rigorous mathematical proofs and will take account of the complexity, the heterogeneities and the various uncertainties of the underlying physical processes. INJECT’s innovative theoretical methods will be thoroughly tested through novel numerical models and original experiments. High-fidelity numerical models will account for poro-elasto-dynamics, Coulomb friction, multiphysics and reduced-order modeling, and will outpace any existing algorithms in fault mechanics, both in terms of speed and accuracy. The experimental plan will build on a novel laboratory-scale demonstrator and hybrid lab-computer testing that will be designed and constructed to experimentally validate INJECT’s new concepts. Only then will it be possible to apply INJECT’s methodology in practice and unlock the significant energy potential of the Earth, reduce carbon emissions and help save our civilization.

Keywords: earthquake mechanics,control theory,soil dynamics,geomechanics
Disappearing Act: Reconstructing the Crime of Disappearances in Times of Political Violence (DISACT)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Institutions, Governance and Legal Systems
Panel description: Political science, international relations, law
Countries involved: Cyprus,United Kingdom
Call: ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS (ERC-2022-COG, 2022)
Start date: 2023-07-01
End date: 2028-06-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1990598.0
EU funding (EUR): 1990598.0
Participants: 5
Project status: SIGNED

DISACT will investigate the logic of the crime of disappearances in repressive and (post)conflict settings. Even though combatants have always gone missing on the battlefield, the purposeful disappearance of people is a relatively recent phenomenon. Around 1,000 people now disappear daily, with high levels of public attention to the phenomenon, yet we know relatively little about the historical origins of the crime, the rationale for violent (state and non-state) actors to deploy it, or the processes underpinning its international diffusion. In answering these questions, the project will draw on in-depth analysis of six carefully selected cases, each geared towards documenting a different stage or thematic manifestation in the historical evolution of disappearances. First, DISACT will use archival sources to examine how disappearances emerged in the context of the French colonial counterinsurgency in Algeria (1954-1962). It will then draw on rich ethnographic evidence of violence in Cyprus (1955-1974) to shed light on the logic of the crime in conflict settings. Next, DISACT will investigate the hitherto unexplored role of illiberal intergovernmental organizations in facilitating regional diffusion by analysing the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Eurasia (2005-2020). Finally, the project will innovate methodologically by using forensic evidence to uncover the strategic logic of selective removal of remains of victims from original grave sites, comparing the experiences of Cyprus, Chile, and Bosnia. This comparative, interdisciplinary, and multimethod project will blend ethnographic, forensic, legal, and archival evidence to enrich the understanding of one of the most complex human rights violations of our time. Understanding the motives driving disappearances could identify the unexamined and interlinked dynamics of state repression, colonialism, violent conflict, and post-conflict accountability.
Food Safety for Africa (FS4Africa)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
Theme: Bio-Environment
Destination: Fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food systems from primary production to consumption
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Nigeria,Netherlands,Slovenia,Ghana,Greece,South Africa,Egypt,Kenya,Germany,Canada
Call: EU-Africa Union – food safety (HORIZON-CL6-2023-FARM2FORK-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2027-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4984995.0
EU funding (EUR): 4984995.0
Participants: 16
Project status: SIGNED

The Food Safety for Africa (FS4Africa) proposal is designed to address food safety challenges in Africa. Focus is given to addressing food safety issues associated with weak channels for value chain organisation, traceability & authentication of safe food. Food safety challenges addressed include mycotoxin contamination in multiple food crops including food and feed, pesticide residues in grains and vegetables, microbial contamination particularly Escherichia coli contamination, and food adulteration of foods. The aim of the proposed proposal is to improve African food safety systems – with particular attention to the informal sector – through local market transformation enhancing food security and regional trade while reducing negative impacts on the environment, biodiversity, health and society. to By utilizing expertise, skills, networks and tools available within the consortium comprising partners based in Africa and Europe, we aim to address food safety challenges through policy development & implementation of existing policies, implementation of strategies uplift the informal sector using a combination of tools, approaches to transform the informal sector to a mezzanine status utilizing digital tools, communication of strategies, utilization of sound scientific, social and technological approaches. Tools in physical sciences, social science and humanities including in behavioral science, One Health, preservation of biodiversity is given attention in the proposal through implementation of interdisciplinary approaches that given consideration to human, animal, environmental and plant health. By employing strategies that meet "the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." The proposed project will leverage on activities of other projects in previous and current EU projects and involve collaboration with the Joint Research Center especially as EC, Knowledge Center for Global Food and Nutrition Security.

Keywords: policy,traceability,authentication,one health,mycotoxin,pesticide residues,
Building emotional circuits: interfacing intrinsic programs with early-life experiences (EmoDevo)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Neuroscience and Disorders of the Nervous System
Panel description: Nervous system development, homeostasis and ageing , nervous system  function and dysfunction , systems neuroscience  and modelling , biological basis of cognitive processes and of behaviour, neurological and mental disorders – In humans and all other organisms
Countries involved: Belgium
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2024-STG, 2024)
Start date: 2024-10-01
End date: 2029-09-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1500000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Emotion regulation and responses to fear and stress are vital for survival and interactions with the environment. Within the brain, the amygdala governs emotional states through specialised nuclei and connectivity, controlling anxiety, fear reactions, and emotional learning. In mammals, amygdala circuits mature postnatally and are influenced by mother-offspring bonding, which impairment causes early-life stress and leads to lasting consequences on anxiety. However, the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying amygdala neuron differentiation and wiring, their reliance on intrinsic programs, potential sex differences, and impact of early-life experiences remain poorly understood. Here, I hypothesise that the differentiation of amygdala neurons relies on transcriptional programs, which vary between sexes and are modulated by early-life stress. Building on advanced technologies and expertise for single-cell gene expression, spatial position and connectivity analyses, that I developed in my prior work, I propose to test this in the amygdalae of female and male mice, by: 1. Identifying transcriptional programs guiding neuron differentiation using single-nucleus and spatial transcriptomics. 2. Characterizing projection development and intrinsic programs using barcoded axon tracings combined with transcriptomics. 3. Determining the role of intrinsic determinants and the impact of early-life stress on projection development and function using CRISPR-Cas9-mediated gene manipulation, maternal separation, 3D axon tracings, and anxiety/emotional memory tests. These experiments will reveal transcriptional programs governing amygdala circuit development and sex dimorphisms. They will identify amygdala neuron types sensitive to environment, potentially more prone to be affected in diseases. This research will contribute to understanding the genetic and environmental aspects of emotional dysregulation, a common feature in neuropsychiatric disorders, including anxiety disorders.

Keywords: amygdala neuron differentiation axon development sexual dimorphism early life stress maternal separation single cell rna sequencing spatial transcriptomics gene expression manipulation
The Role of Gender in Virtual Work Environments (RGVWE)

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: Economic Sciences
Countries involved: France
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021 (HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01, 2021)
Start date: 2023-03-01
End date: 2025-02-28
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 195914.88
EU funding (EUR): 195914.88
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Virtual forms of interaction at work are gradually replacing the traditional in-person work style across many knowledge-intensive industries, and this change could signal the beginning of a lasting shift in how work is conducted. Despite obvious benefits, this emerging trend also raises an array of complex challenges, namely related to inclusiveness and participation in virtual work environment. Understanding the complexities of inclusive interactions in these digital environments, and what new challenges may arise, is a crucial issue. As a first step, this proposed research program seeks to focus on female participation and engagement on virtual work settings. In doing so, it aims to investigate: how interactions from and towards women are different compared to their male peers in virtual work environments; What are the drivers of (potential) differences? And finally, how digital platform architecture and design opportunities could be exploited to alleviate the barriers to female participation and interaction in these emerging work settings? To address these questions, a large-scale randomized vignette (survey) experiment with actual professional respondents is proposed. The results of the proposed experiment can enhance our understanding from the new virtual form of work and could generate implications for companies on how to arrange and design their virtual work environments.

Keywords: virtual work environment,gender,platform member engagement,vignette experiment
ECOology for Galaxies using ALMA archive and Legacy surveys (ECOGAL)

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: Physics
Countries involved: Denmark
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-10-01
End date: 2025-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 214934.4
EU funding (EUR): 214934.4
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Galaxy formation and evolution are intimately connected to the galaxy's surrounding environment and its halo. Baryonic components other than stellar mass, including interstellar medium (ISM) and circum-galactic medium (CGM) must be better constrained in different environments in order to fully characterise the relation between baryon and halo, which is fundamental concerning galaxy evolution in a cosmological context. I propose a project ECOGAL (ECOology for Galaxies using ALMA archive and Legacy surveys) that leverages the 10-year repository of the ALMA archive to constrain cosmic molecular gas density and investigate CGM in different phases (cold and hot) for several (proto)cluster systems at redshift greater than 1. With the complete dust and FIR line emission catalogue from the ALMA archive within optical/infrared(IR) legacy survey fields, ECOGAL will i) constrain cosmic gas density beyond redshift 1 with unarguably better number statistics; and ii) build a first representative sample on CGM properties in (proto)clusters at z=1-3, through carbon and carbon monoxide line emissions (cold phase) and thermal Sunyaev-Zel’dovich (tSZ) effect signals (hot phase). With the timely convergence with current and next-generation optical/IR facilities (JWST, Euclid, the Vera Rubin observatory) and a decade-old ALMA archive at submm/mm, the outcome of ECOGAL will produce a state-of-the-art reference to studies of galaxy formation and evolution in a large-scale structure. The Cosmic Dawn Center (DAWN) and DTU space have extensive access to the most advanced optical/IR facilities and extragalactic surveys and offer the necessary computing resources and research environment. Therefore, they are the optimal places to carry out this project. The expertise of G. Magdis and his group support is also essential to make this proposal successful.

Keywords: observational astronomy,interstellar medium,circumgalactic medium
The revolutionary laptop ready for AI and new 3D worlds with fully virtualized interaction (MaverickAI)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Germany
Call: EIC Accelerator 2024 - Short application (HORIZON-EIC-2024-ACCELERATOR-01, 2024)
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2499999.0
EU funding (EUR): 2499999.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

AMERIA AG, based in Heidelberg, Germany, is the global market leader in integrated gesture control, setting the standard for touch-free interaction with screens. Our technology is already being used by retailers, consumer goods manufacturers and at trade fairs and events. Human-machine interaction is a challenge we have been trying to solve for decades. If you look at laptops, the human-machine interface has remained essentially the same for 40 years: a physical keyboard for text generation and a physical trackpad or external mouse for pointing and clicking. But this way of interacting is not ideal: it is a one-size-fits-all solution, and it is static, non-ergonomic, and uncomfortable. Also, with the advent of AI solutions, AI will take over many tasks like writing, coding, content creation, form filling, etc. It will eliminate almost all typing. MaverickAI revolutionizes the use of AI and makes it accessible to everyone, regardless of their prior knowledge. It unites two groundbreaking approaches to human-machine interaction: 1) It eliminates hardware-based inter-action and delivers a completely new UI/UX solution: the full virtualization of input, control, and interaction with the device. It offers voice control, a multipurpose screen / virtual board succeeding the physical keyboard and Ameria's touchfree technology for 3D in-air control. We allow the users to use their finger as the most natural and intuitive pointing device. 2) The AI Hub is a gamechanger for the use of generative AI by giving convenient access to multiple AI agents and providing iterative interaction for quickly gaining optimized results via one streamlined interface. We have attracted the interest of many big tech players and OEMs, including HP, Lenovo, Dell, Intel and Sony. With EIC's support in bringing Maverick AI to market, we will not only become a global technology and market leader, but also have a huge positive impact on Europe's economy, technology sector and innovation ecosystem.

Keywords: gesture control,laptop,touchfree,consumer electronics,human like interaction,virtualization
HYbrid DRilling & Laser Weed Elimination Robot (HYDRAZER)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call: EIC Accelerator 2024 - Short application (HORIZON-EIC-2024-ACCELERATOR-01, 2024)
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2000000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2000000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The population will reach 10 bn by 2050, while 56% increase in food production is needed to feed it. As such, farmers are challenged to produce considerably more and better food, whilst reducing environmental impact. They have significantly less resources, completely dependent on labor access for weeding. At the same time, vegetable production is particularly challenging, as many important herbicides are losing approvals. Moreover, current vegetable farming practices rely on non-precise herbicide spraying methods that result in inefficient weed management, excessive use of toxic pesticides, and high labor/environmental costs. Today’s practices lead to suboptimal yield and negative environmental impacts (98.9% of food products contain agrochemical residues. Our technology is a paradigm shift for global weed management practices; we develop Hydrazer, the first hybrid weeding robot, able to switch between mechanical (drilling) and laser weeding fully adapted on each specific weed. The robot combines Artificial Intelligence (AI), computer vision, photonics and mechatronics, to identify, locate and remove +90% of weeds on a field. We increase uptime by 90% for the farmers, while we reduce their costs of up to x12 (to weed 1 hectare). What is more, the embedded SW will maximize on board computing power to combine speed with precision, while the data Science and ML-OPS will give farmer performance insights and flexibility to scale to other crops. Our goal is to create a modular system, that can be easily integrated into various carriers, making it suitable for use from small Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farms up to industrial farms of 200HA+. This will allow any farmer to control weeds without relying on herbicides, providing healthy affordable vegetables to all Europeans.

Keywords: weeding robot,hybrid mechanical and laser weeding,machine learning and computer vision in agriculture,farming,herbicide,precision farming,herbicide resistant weeds