Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Methods for Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization for eDFY of complex Nano-scale Circuits (MANON)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Italy,Germany
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IAPP, 2009)
Start date: 2010-10-01
End date: 2014-09-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 752481.0
EU funding (EUR): 752481.0
Participants: 4
Project status: CLOSED

Cost control, production efficiency, cycle time and yield are critical quality benchmark for nanoelectronics productions. An increasingly important downside of nano-CMOS technology scaling is the fact that the scaling of feature sizes cannot be accompanied by a suitable scaling of geometric tolerances. In addition, when getting into deep miniaturized dimensions, phenomena like edges or surfaces roughness, or the fluctuation of the number of doping atoms within the channels are becoming increasingly significant. As a result, the figures of merit of a circuit, such as performance and power, have become extremely sensitive to uncontrollable statistical process variations (PV). To ensure stable manufacturability and secure high manufacturing yield, it is mandatory to manage complete design flows and to link traditional methods for design with Technology CAD models. In this context, multi-objective optimization algorithms and statistical analysis are essential on device and behavioral levels to secure high yielding by modeling the impact of inevitable process variations and doping fluctuations on IC performance. Statistical circuit modeling is a viable solution to nano-electronics production quality, on which the European Union is already investing. The project intends to create a partnership between academies, industry and SME so to create a Transfer of Knowledge between the organizations in order to pass the mathematical know how on multi-objective optimization, symbolic techniques and numerical statistical simulation on one side, the industrial design experience, real test cases availability and Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software modeling skills on the other. The scope of the research activity will be to create PV-aware and PV-robust circuit design techniques, tools and models in the frame of the analogue and mixed-signal circuit industrial design.

Keywords: edfy,circuit optimisation,device variability,process variation,statistics,yield,robustness,behavioral model
Transforming SMEs into successful experience stagers (STAGEIT)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Iceland,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Denmark
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IAPP, 2009)
Start date: 2010-05-01
End date: 2014-04-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 726962.0
EU funding (EUR): 726962.0
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

The goals of the StageIt project are to develop knowledge about how SMEs can take advantage of experience staging as a means to improve their competitiveness and put this knowledge into practice in three SMEs. The point of departure is the recognition that technological innovation alone does not necessarily insure market acceptance. Instead, competitive environments require innovation that goes beyond technology to provide less tangible, but potentially more valuable, experiential benefits. The StageIt project is based on the notion of the “experience economy”, which is the fourth stage in the progression of economic value, preceded by extracting fungible commodities, manufacturing tangible goods and delivering intangible services. Each stage in this progression represents a superior value proposition, with higher potential for competitive advantage. StageIt’s industry-academia collaboration includes two universities and three SMEs that will benefit from transformation to experience staging. The academic participants contribute their knowledge, research findings and expertise and the industry participants contribute their practical experience prior to, during and following the transformation. The collaboration will make it possible to approach the transformation of SMEs into experience stagers from both a pragmatic and a theoretical point of view. Knowledge will be transferred within the consortium by staff secondments and workshops. Knowledge will be transferred to the broader academic and industrial communities through presentations in academic and industry conferences, academic publications and industry reports. The academic partners will raise the quality of their research on experiential design based on the data and insight gained. The industry partners will improve their RTD capability based on the knowledge gained from collaboration with the academic partners, and each other, and enhance their competitive advantage based on the transformations realized.

Keywords: experience economy,experience staging,exploitation of research results,innovation strategies,innovation good practice,competitive advantage,marketing,social sciences
Adaptive Transceivers for Wireless Communications (ATWC)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Italy,Sweden,Sweden,United States
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IAPP, 2009)
Start date: 2010-10-01
End date: 2014-09-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 992642.0
EU funding (EUR): 992642.0
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

The project aims at using adaptive optimization to reduce energy consumption in a multimode wireless communication terminal. This is becoming increasingly important to reduce carbon emission and pollution associated with battery disposal especially considering the projected growth of wireless networks. The idea is to use hardware reconfigurability not only for multi mode/multi standard operation, but also to adapt the performance of the terminal to the requirement of the user in the changing environment. The main innovation compared to existing adaptive transmission techniques is to dynamically configure the system to achieve the Quality of Service required by the user instead of trying to maximize the throughput. This calls for significant progress in the re-configurability of all the circuits of the terminal and on the estimation of the channel operating conditions requiring specific skills in electronic design and communication systems. The research will concentrate on these aspects with a special emphasis on the reconfiguration of the analog/RF portion of the transceiver. Extending the reconfigurability of a mobile terminal in addition to making it more eco friendly, also allows to implement a commercially competitive multi-mode multi-standard personal communication device which is a key enabling technology to achieve a broad connection for all at any time and any place. The teams involved focus on different areas of expertise: University of Pavia and the University of Lund in RF integrated circuit design, Marvell on the definition of the targets and on the industrial compatibility of the solutions, Ericsson on communications and system aspects. They are all well known for their contributions to the design and implementation of electronic circuits and systems for mobile terminals. As such they represent the proper starting point for a work that will require a deep-interaction among all fields of expertise.

Keywords: technological sciences,electronic engineering,wireless transceivers,green electronics,adatpive performace
Enhancing hydraulic fracturing on the basis of numerical simulation of coupled geomechanical, hydrodynamic and microseismic processes (HYDROFRAC)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Poland,United States,Poland,Norway
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IAPP, 2009)
Start date: 2010-09-01
End date: 2014-08-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1530901.0
EU funding (EUR): 1530901.0
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

The project aims to enhance the hydraulic fracturing techniques for increasing productivity of oil and gas reservoirs. The objective will be reached by developing numerical simulation of coupled geomechanical, hydrodynamic and microseismic processes for proper choices of equipment, regimes and parameters of hydraulic fracturing. Simulation of microseismicity will also provide a unique means to improve the interpretation of microseismic data. The fracture propagation will be traced by combining 3D boundary element models of elastic/poroelastic media with the finite difference models for a non-Newtonian liquid flow with taking into account mass transport within the fluid. Improved criteria for fracture growth and adequate boundary conditions on the lagging liquid front will be used. The microseismicity will be simulated by randomly seeding initial flaws with specially chosen statistical distributions of parameters, by checking the strength and stability of the flaws on the time steps and by processing the resulting statistical data on the simulated events. The expertises of the Rzeszow University of Technology and SINTEF Petroleumsforskning AS participants in developing numerical models and codes and the skill of the Aberystwyth University participants in formulation and modelling of boundary value problems will be joined in this work. The simulation of microseismicity will employ the theory developed by the researches from Rzeszow University of Technology and New Mexico State University. The codes will be adjusted to practical needs in permanent close collaboration with the industrial partner (EUROTECH). In this way, the conclusions and recommendations will be verified and the model parameters adjusted to field conditions by comparing the predicted oil/gas output with that observed in field and by comparing the predicted and observed microseismicity. Finally, the gained knowledge and computer codes will be shared with the industrial partner.

Keywords: gas,thermal heat production,passive geophysics,engineering mathematics,numerical analysis,mining,environmental science,acoustics
Mapping the brain with PET radiolabeled cannabinoid (CB1) ligands (PET BRAIN)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Italy
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IAPP, 2009)
Start date: 2010-06-01
End date: 2014-05-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 930577.0
EU funding (EUR): 930577.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

The development of innovative technology for the introduction of PET-radionuclides (18F, 11C, etc.) in organic compounds, as well as the identification of new radiolabeled molecules suitable for being used as PET tracers is one of the priorities in the areas of Applied Chemistry and Medical Technologies. First objective of this project is the identification of novel radiolabeled CB1 (cannabinoid) receptor ligands with an emphasis on the development of innovative synthetic methodologies for the introduction of 18F and 11C radioisotopes. These CB1 radioligands could be used at least in a couple of different ways. First to see whether the potential CB1 ligand makes it to the brain, where CB1 receptors are predominantly located, and what other organs sequester the drug. Second, to see how good is the affinity of the CB1 radioligands, an information that can be critical in dosimetry studies. The most promising and effective CB1 radioligands will be further investigated with the view of introducing chemical functions suitable for the development of multi-modal contrast agents for PET-CT, MRI, fluorescence and ultrasound. As an example, the radioligands will be functionalized with fluorescent tags, or chelating functions for paramagnetic metal cations for MRI use. The main goals of the project are (1) the identification of novel CB1 receptor radioligands with potential for clinical development, (2) a detailed study of their use for brain imaging, with the objective to use these PET-tracer molecules to visualize CB1-receptor related processes in the brain of animal models, with the future perspective of using these novel molecular tools as diagnostic tools in human brains. The partners in this project are (1) the University of Aberdeen (Scotland, UK), which is strong in the area of radiochemistry and imaging, and (2) Pharmaness-Neuroscienze (Sardinia, Italy) a research-driven SME with strong expertise in the area of cannabinoids.

Keywords: organic chemistry,medical technology,brain research,tomography,applied chemistry
Low Carbon Future Fuels (LOWCAFF)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Germany,France,Italy
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IAPP, 2009)
Start date: 2010-07-01
End date: 2014-06-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 796093.0
EU funding (EUR): 796093.0
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

There is an urgent requirement at the European and global levels for the development of low carbon transportation fuels as they have a key part to play in the enabling of sustainable mobility. The area is vitally important for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and the resulting climate change impact of transportation. This will be achieved by adopting a holistic approach which studies fuel design parameters and engine behaviour along with carbon sequestration technologies and green house gas life cycle analysis. This proposed industry-academia interchange tackles fundamental challenges in understanding mechanisms that will be key to unlocking future improvements in the development of low carbon fuels. Long-term collaborative relationships will be established between Shell, the coordinating host organisation and four partner universities - Aachen, CNRS (Orleans), Bologna and Imperial College. This will link their collective combustion and lifecycle CO2 scientific expertise directly with Shell’s longstanding R&amp;D capability in CO2 reduction technologies. In the first two years, university researchers will participate via secondments to multi-disciplinary R&amp;D projects carried out at Shell. An annual one-week workshop will bring together all the participants (research fellows, industrial and university supervisors, and a scientific advisory board), enabling new technical synergies to be established. Industry approaches to the commercialisation of knowledge will be conveyed to each university via the short term secondments of senior Shell researchers. To demonstrate commitment to a durable intersectorial collaboration, Shell will pay for the cost of the researchers&apos; reintegration year and academia and industry will jointly develop and implement follow-on programmes of research. This will establish the platform for a lasting intersectorial collaboration.

Keywords: low carbon transportation fuels,partially premixed combustion,chemical kinetics,autoignition,biochar,life cycle analysis,well to wheels,diesel engines,carbon sequestration,carbon intensity
ADVANCED METAL HYDRIDE TANKS FOR INTEGRATED HYDROGEN APPLICATIONS (ATLAS-H2)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Greece,France,France,Cyprus
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IAPP, 2009)
Start date: 2010-07-01
End date: 2014-06-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2268340.0
EU funding (EUR): 2268340.0
Participants: 4
Project status: CLOSED

ATLAS-H2 is an Industry-Academia Partnership on hydrogen storage in solid materials aiming to develop and test (in the short term) and bring to the market (in the medium to longer term) integrated advanced metal hydride tanks with high added value applications especially for stationary systems and hydrogen compression. Storing H2 without compression and energy losses is a challenge for the widespread use of hydrogen as energy carrier and the establishment of a hydrogen economy. Hydrides offer the best volumetric density for H2 storage, far better than storage in liquid state insulated reservoir or high pressure tanks. In a complete new process, thermal heat energy is stored within the metal hydride tank and is kept available for desorption with high insulating patented materials. The so called adiabatic metal hydride tanks are ideal for the storage of Renewable Energy, power peak shaving to stabilize electricity grid distribution, waste heat valorisation, but also transport applications as these new ternary alloy hydrides can feed directly fuel cells. On the other hand, compression of H2 using reversible metal hydride alloys offers an economical alternative to traditional mechanical hydrogen compressors. Hydride compressors are compact, silent, do not have dynamic seals, require very little maintenance and can operate unattended for long periods. When powered by waste heat, energy consumption is only a fraction of that required for mechanical compression, which reduces the cost of H2 production and storage. The simplicity and passive operation of the hydride compression process offers many advantages over mechanical compressors. The main ATLAS-H2 objectives will be achieved by implementing a well structured IAPP program between two high level European Research Institutes and two key SME partners, all having considerable background on hydrogen storage, materials R&amp;D and energy systems.

Keywords: hydrogen energy systems,hydrogen storage,materials technology,nanotechnology,energy technology
Next generation disease mapping (NEXTGENE)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Denmark,Iceland
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IAPP, 2009)
Start date: 2010-10-01
End date: 2014-12-31
Duration (months): 51.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2098194.0
EU funding (EUR): 2098194.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

During the last few years, most major disease phenotypes have been studied through genome-wide association mapping. This has been a remarkably successful enterprise, resulting in the discovery of more than 500 validated SNP-phenotype associations. Yet, these associations do not explain all the heritability of many common genetic diseases and it is not at all clear how they exert their effect at the cell level. Furthermore, current genome-wide association studies are designed to only find common polymorphisms associated with diseases, and they have very limited ability to detect rare variants and variants that interact with each other to cause a given disease phenotype. In the near future disease mapping projects will have access to full genome sequencing. Our limitations will therefore not be lack of information about the genetic differences but our ability to analyse very high dimensional data in a statistically powerful way, manage the data, and last, but not least, to interpret these in relation to complex phenotypes. Next generation disease mapping therefore calls for methods that can handle complete genetic information and relate it to complex biological information on the disease phenotypes. We propose to do research into new methods that can find more variants contributing to disease by explicitly modelling their interaction and combine the statistical signal contributed by several rare variants. To do this we need methods that can handle the large scale sequencing data and we need systems level approaches that make explicit models of each phenotype (disease) under consideration. The outcome should be a more thorough understanding of the cellular changes that lead to disease and how certain genetic variants contribute.

Keywords: disease mapping,disease modeling,complete genome sequencing,epistasis,systems biology,structural variation,rare disease variants
Tribology of Elastomers on Lubricated Surfaces (TELLUR)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Luxembourg,Finland
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IAPP, 2009)
Start date: 2010-06-01
End date: 2014-05-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 254322.0
EU funding (EUR): 254322.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

The TELLUR project is based on a strong and balanced public-private European partnership including one large multi-national company (Goodyear, Luxembourg) and one university (Aalto, Finland). The project aims at developing new knowledge and technologies in the field of friction between elastomers and lubricated surfaces. This will be done through the understanding of the contact conditions between the tire and the road, and the characterization of the structure and evolution of both contact surfaces. TELLUR aims to: - Understand the links between vehicle wet braking performance and the self-affine roughness properties of lubricated road surfaces, - Establish a strong knowledge base concerning the influence of the rubber compound properties on the rubber – Ice/snow friction mechanism and its evolution, - Implement a method for producing surface samples that resemble worn asphalt to perform tests on rubber-asphalt friction, - Develop intuitive and powerful software to analyze high-speed infrared images acquired during friction tests. Goodyear, as the coordinator of the project, will work in close collaboration with Aalto to ensure that TELLUR produces innovative technological solutions for the automotive industry, that can be further transfer to other areas as well.

Keywords: elastomer tribology,tire,road,lubricated surface,friction,infrared images,asphalt wear