Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
New Operational Sensing sYstem (NOSY)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Secure societies - protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens
Action type: Innovation actions
Countries involved: Germany,Italy,Italy,Sweden,France,France,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Portugal,United Kingdom
Call: Law enforcement capabilities topic 1: Develop novel monitoring systems and miniaturised sensors that improve Law Enforcement Agencies' evidence- gathering abilities (H2020-FCT-2014, 2014)
Start date: 2015-09-01
End date: 2018-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5389132.68
EU funding (EUR): 4198684.63
Participants: 15
Project status: CLOSED

Organized crime investigation can greatly benefit from the availability of very small, concealable sensing devices to monitor, record and communicate criminal activity to remote surveillance stations. Acquired data can be used as proof in Courts of Justice only if the sensing device, the communication channel and the monitoring station are tamper proof and comply with all legal, integrity and chain-of-custody requirements. The NOSY project is focused on the development of a miniaturized yet highly sensitive platform, for the detection of illicit or suspicious substances. The platform includes the development of a miniature sensing device, a monitoring station and communication infrastructure for LEA network integration. The enabling technology of the system is an innovative microelectronics sensor that combines state of the art micro and nanotechnologies with advanced smart sensing materials, which will be integrated as part of the project. In addition there will be the development of complete devices for both stand alone and embeddable monitoring and recording. A critical requirement is that the recorded or transmitted data to be usable as proof in Court. The device will include proofing from any type of external tampering; the communication channel will be secure, compliant and integrated into the existing LEA data networks. As deemed necessary by LEAs, the project will develop prototype products to help tackle illegal drug trafficking and development of homemade bombs. Accurate and unambiguous identification of substances is fundamental to allow LEA to intervene with the most suitable action or counter measure. LEAs will be involved at all critical milestones of the project, from initial requirements, to a first prototype validation, to the extensive trial phase. The project will also propose a certification process tailored to the new sensing devices to enable their legal validation for forensics use while in compliance with European privacy requirements.
Rich, Structured Models for Scene Recovery, Understanding and Interaction (RSM)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Computer science and informatics
Panel description: Informatics and information systems, computer science, scientific computing, intelligent systems
Countries involved: Germany,Germany
Call: ERC Consolidator Grant (ERC-2014-CoG, 2014)
Start date: 2015-10-01
End date: 2021-09-30
Duration (months): 72.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1998281.0
EU funding (EUR): 1549535.88
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

Computer vision has gained considerable momentum in recent years – both in industry and academia. There seems to be a spirit that the time is ripe to realize grand goals and to bring computer vision from the lab into real life. But is a vision system already as good as a human is? The answer is: “Unfortunately, not yet.” Given a single image, a child can describe the objects and their relationships in a much more detailed manner than any computer can. Also, humans can quite effortlessly “visually extract” an object from its background, even in the presence of fine details such as hair. Computers cannot yet achieve this automatically. But, for many real-world applications it is absolutely necessary to reach such levels of rich output, accuracy, quality, robustness, and system autonomy. In this proposal we try to get closer to this overarching goal. We believe that the key to success is a richer representation. Here “rich” stands for rich, detailed output, modelling rich, physical and semantic constraints, and learning rich, statistical relations between different aspects of a scene. Towards this end we propose the Rich Scene Model (RSM), which is one joint statistical, structured model of many physical and semantic scene aspects that can take full advantage of the synergy effect between all its components. This effort goes beyond previous attempts, in many respects. However, it is simple to say “We will build the best ever joint, rich scene model”. Accordingly, the crux of this proposal is to design novel models, learning and inference techniques to make the RSM a reality. This proposal addresses not only theoretical questions such as, “What can we infer from a few images of a dynamically changing 3D scene?”, and “Is our RSM rich enough to make statistical learning “work better” than deterministic learning?” we also propose a model that can give new forms of output, better deal with challenging real world scenarios, and can adapt nicely to human and application needs
High energy density modular batteries for a sustainable construction industry (WATTELSE)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: France
Call: H2020-EIC Accelerator pilot –SME Instrument - Green Deal (H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020-4, 2020)
Start date: 2020-11-01
End date: 2023-01-31
Duration (months): 27.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2358500.0
EU funding (EUR): 1650950.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

For the construction sector, and more globally for Non-Road Mobile Machineries, electrification is a major stake, as most of construction equipment is working with diesel engines and presents a lot of drawbacks that will not be acceptable anymore in the future: Air pollution, Emission of CO2, Noise Meantime, users of these machineries, e.g. construction companies, are facing very demanding needs in term of autonomy, productivity, operation cost and investment costs. The trade-off between all these parameters causes a lot of construction machineries to be still operated with diesel engines. Non-road equipment original equipment manufacturers (OEM) begin to propose electrical solutions, but they are pricey, and the developments needed to engineer such solutions take a very long time, and demand advanced knowledge regarding battery management. That is why WATTALPS propose its innovative turnkey solution to OEMs: A versatile, modular lithium-ion battery system using patented state-of-the-art technologies to provide OEMs with a tailored solution capable of maintaining power to equipment for an entire day at a high-power rate. WATTALPS masters the battery technology (cooling, power electronics…) and can deliver high power rate or high energy density, depending on the customers’ needs. Using WATTALPS solution, Non-Road mobile machineries (NRMM) OEMs will be able to provide their customers electric solutions with a CAPEX divided by 20, and to accelerate their time to market by a 4 factor when compared with an in-house solution. This will be a real game changer for them, and for the demanded electrification of NRMM.

Keywords: non road mobile machineries,nrmm,lithium ion,batteries
Measuring Convergence and Divergence in Varieties of Chinese: A Lectometric Approach (CHILECTO)

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: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: Belgium
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2018-09-01
End date: 2021-03-11
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 172800.0
EU funding (EUR): 172800.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

What can Chinese teach us about the languages of Europe? Sociolinguistic research has obtained important insights into the dynamics of the languages of Europe: the emergence of pluricentric varieties, the global influence of English, the tendency towards informalization of the standard languages. But are these phenomena typically European, or are the same forces at work in other linguistic areas? A comparison with Chinese may provide an answer: I will analyze three varieties of Chinese (mainland China, Taiwan, Singapore) from the same perspectives that have been applied to the convergences and divergences of European languages, and with the same (quantitative, so-called ‘lectometric’) methods. Getting to know these methods better will be how I will benefit from the project. Conversely, the data that I will be able to obtain for the current evolution of Chinese will deepen the understanding of the European tendencies. For instance, does the size of the languages involved play a role, or the kind of language policies at work in the different countries? In practice, the project intends: 1) to evaluate lectometric measurements that have been recently developed for studying changes in the position of standard languages in Europe and offer a methodological guideline with which lexical variation among lects can be structured more comprehensively and cost-efficiently; 2) to identify the multifactorial variational structure that underlies the Chinese lexicon in written texts (synchronically); 3) to uncover how the stratificational distances among lects are changing progressively (diachronically) and to confront with what we find for Chinese and what we know about the processes in Europe. The project targets academics as well as policy makers. It will provide new insights into the (lectometric) study of language variation, and thus yield fine-grained empirical evidence for language planning at the political level.

Keywords: lectometry,varieties of chinese,lexical variation,convergence and divergence,language planning and policy
Molecular Communications for Internet of Nano-Things (Mo-IoNT)

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: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2018-09-15
End date: 2020-10-10
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 195454.8
EU funding (EUR): 195454.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The Internet-of-Nano-Things (IoNT) paradigm has the potential to dramatically transform society and is recognised as one of the top 10 emerging technologies by the World Economic Forum. In order to connect nano-scale devices, this timely fellowship will focus on molecular signalling, which underpins multi-scale coordinated biological actions. Despite its prevalent nature, we do not yet understand the information carrying potential of molecular signals in complex and multi-scale fluids, nor do we know how to design credible communication protocols. Inspired by these challenges, the objectives of this fellowship are: (1) bridge fluid dynamic and communication theory knowledge by combining complex fluid dynamic experiments with molecular communication testing, and (2) design and test innovative capacity achieving communication protocols in complex diffusion-advection environments. The experienced applicant and the scientist-in-charge have the joint ambitious vision to achieve fundamental understanding of the underpinning science through the co-creation of inter-disciplinary knowledge. The project will provide career accelerating training and knowledge transfer and enable the applicant to become a world leader in molecular communications and create sustainable societal impact.

Keywords: molecular communication,internet of nano things,pipeline,prototype,synchronisation
A Paradigm Shift in Reactor Safety with the Molten Salt Fast Reactor (SAMOFAR)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Euratom
Programme: Nuclear fission and radiation protection
Theme: Nuclear safety
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Germany,Italy,Switzerland,Belgium,France,France,France,France,Netherlands,Mexico
Call: New innovative approaches to reactor safety (NFRP-2014-2015, 2014)
Start date: 2015-08-01
End date: 2019-07-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5235071.56
EU funding (EUR): 3466896.5
Participants: 14
Project status: CLOSED

Imagine an inherently safe reactor that produces all electricity world-wide for thousands of years, and recycles all actinides until fission. The Molten Salt Fast Reactor (MSFR) can reach this goal. The cylindrical reactor core contains actinide-fluorides mixed in lithium-fluoride. The liquid salt is at ambient pressure and can freely expand upon heating, giving a strong negative reactivity feedback. The core is in its most reactive state and any geometrical change lead to lower reactivity. In case of hypothetical accidents, the fuel salt will automatically be drained via freeze plugs into fail-safe tanks. The fuel salt is continuously cleaned and controlled in an integrated chemical plant. The MSFR can operate as a breeder reactor in the thorium fuel cycle or as a burner reactor fuelled with plutonium and minor actinides. In short: the MSFR excels in safety, sustainability and optimal waste management. Within SAMOFAR we will perform advanced experiments to proof the key safety features: • The freeze plug and draining of the fuel salt • Measurement of safety-related data of the fuel salt • New coatings to structural materials like Ni-based alloys • The dynamics of natural circulation of (internally heated) fuel salts • The reductive processes to extract lanthanides and actinides from the fuel salt Furthermore, we will build a software simulator to demonstrate the operational transients, and we will show the mild responses of the MSFR to transients and accident scenarios, using new leading-edge multi-physics simulation tools including uncertainty quantification. All experimental and numerical results will be incorporated into the new reactor design, which will be subjected to a new integral safety assessment method. The goal of SAMOFAR is to deliver indisputable evidence of the excellent safety features of the MSFR, and to enable a consortium of important stakeholders like TSO’s and industry, to advance with the MSFR up to the Demonstration phase.

Keywords: reactor safety,molten salt fast reactor
Innovative Coarsening-resistant Alloys with enhanced Radiation tolerance and Ultra-fine -grained Structure for aerospace application (ICARUS)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)
Theme: EIC Pathfinder
Destination: Novel ideas for radically new technologies
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Italy,Italy,Italy,Italy,Austria,Austria,Spain,Greece,Hungary,Belgium,Czechia
Call: FET-Open research projects (H2020-FETOPEN-2014-2015-RIA, 2015)
Start date: 2016-09-01
End date: 2019-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2698062.5
EU funding (EUR): 2698062.5
Participants: 13
Project status: CLOSED

ICARUS proposes a new thermodynamic methodology able to identify the elements and the relative chemical composition allowing a nanocrystalline state to occupy a relative minimum of the Gibbs free energy, which makes the nanostructure reasonably stable against coarsening. This approach will be integrated, in synergy with multiscale and thermodynamic (Nano-Calphad) modeling, in order to implement a High-Throughput Screening (HTS) tool that will open a new horizon of discovery and exploration of multinary thermal stable nanocrystalline alloys, exhibiting superb tailored properties. ICARUS brings a radically new concept by addressing a still unsolved problem in the stabilization of nanocrystalline alloys. The materials discovery approach of ICARUS will be synergistic with the forefront industrial production technologies of nanomaterials and alloys. Results arising from ICARUS exploration will be materialized in specific demo compounds representative of carefully selected new alloys families that will change the present paradigm of EU aerospace industry. The most promising nanocrystallyne material identified will be synthesized by mechanical alloying and physical vapor deposition, and the obtained samples characterized toward the applicability in the aerospace sector. A proof of concept from its approach will be given and tested by experts and specialized industries working in the aerospace sector in close contact with NASA and ESA. In particular, ICARUS will demonstrate its potential by producing innovative coarsening-resistant nanocrystalline alloys with enhanced radiation tolerance (based on refractory metals), and light-weight high strength (based on Al, Mg, Ti) alloys.

Keywords: new materials,nanocrystalline,supermaterials,nanocrystalline alloys,multinary alloys,superalloys,materials genome
Stratified turbulence and mixing processes (STAMP)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced 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: United Kingdom
Call: ERC Advanced Grant (ERC-2016-ADG, 2016)
Start date: 2017-10-01
End date: 2024-03-31
Duration (months): 78.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2283955.0
EU funding (EUR): 2283955.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

We propose to study turbulence and mixing in stably stratified fluid. Mixing is central to a wide range of questions from the heat uptake in the global ocean, the transport and dilution of pollutants in the atmosphere, the efficient cooling of buildings, to the homogenising of products in the food industry. However, the mechanisms that are responsible and their physical and dynamical aspects are largely unknown, and it is not possible to predict mixing rates from a knowledge of the overall flow and density fields. We have invented a new laboratory experiment that produces a maintained stratified shear flow in parameter ranges directly applicable to the situations described above. The experiment, consisting of a two-layer counterflow in a stratified inclined duct, is easy to use and highly flexible. A rich variety of flows from transitional, to spatial and temporal intermittent flow, to fully turbulent flow are obtained, and can be maintained for long times to explore the life-cycles of the turbulence. We have also developed a unique capability to make near-instantaneous, highly spatially resolved, measurements of all three components of velocity and the density field over a volume. This capability allows, for the first time in a laboratory experiment, measurements of all the quantities of interest over a three-dimensional region. In addition we have a computational code with which we will carry out direct numerical simulations (DNS) of the experiments over a limited region of parameter space. We will use data from the experiments as initial conditions for the DNS, and compare the time evolution of the flow in the computations and the experiments. We will then use the experiments to extrapolate the results to the full scale. This study, using the new experiment and diagnostics and state-of-the-art computations, will provide new insights into the dynamics of stratified turbulence and set the standard for future studies of this problem.

Keywords: mixing,turbulence,stratification,oceanic parameterisation,climate models
Improving support services to foster SMEs’ participation to PCP and PPI (innoPROCUR)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Italy,Poland,Netherlands
Call: Peer learning of innovation agencies (H2020-INNOSUP-05-2016-2017, 2016)
Start date: 2017-04-01
End date: 2018-03-31
Duration (months): 12.0
Total project cost (EUR): 50000.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

The aim of the project is to collaboratively address a common innovation support challenge, namely to facilitate and foster the participation of innovative SMEs in PCP - Public Commercial Procurement and PPI - Public Procurement of Innovation. Intermediary organizations and innovation agencies, offering support services to innovative SMEs, are relevant actors in this process because they can support SMEs in participating in European PCP and PPI, with numerous positive effects for them: improving the exploitation of IPRs and R&D results, increasing economic growth and employment, speeding up time-to-market of innovative solutions and gaining leadership in new global markets. The Peer learning activity will serve to learn from the best and to share good and bad practices in such support services to SMEs, which are still rare/not consolidated throughout the EU. The realized Design Options Paper will serve as a “guide” or a “handbook” to other agencies and business support centers to provide similar and/or more focused support services on PCP/PPI.

Keywords: public commercial procurement,public procurement of innovation,support services to smes
Agile Co-Creation of Robots for Ageing (ACCRA)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Health, demographic change and wellbeing
Theme: Active ageing and self-management of health
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Italy,Italy,France,France,Netherlands
Call: EU-Japan cooperation on Novel ICT Robotics based solutions for active and healthy ageing at home or in care facilities (H2020-SC1-2016-CNECT-EUJ, 2016)
Start date: 2016-12-01
End date: 2020-03-31
Duration (months): 40.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1999711.25
EU funding (EUR): 1999711.25
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

The mission of ACCRA is to enable the development of advanced ICT Robotics based solutions for extending active and healthy ageing in daily life by defining, developing and demonstrating an agile co-creation development process. To this end, a four-step methodology (need study, co-creation, experimentation, sustainability analysis) will be defined and applied in three applications (support for walking, housework, conversation rehabilitation) and assessed in France, Italy, Netherlands and Japan. The three applications will be based on a FIWARE platform integrating a number of enablers including features of universAAL and supporting two robotics solutions, Astro (Robot) and Buddy (Robot companion). The MAST impact assessment framework will be used integrating the following dimensions: user perceptions, user outcomes, ELSI, economic aspects, technical aspects, organisational aspects. ACCRA is a joint European-Japanese initiative including a multidisciplinary team of 6 European partners and 3 Japanese partners. The project has a three-year duration. It is structured to allow for balanced contribution and efficient synergistic collaboration between Europe and Japan

Keywords: cocreation,agile programming