Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Three-Dimensional Graphene Architectures as Templates for Electrochemical Devices (3D-GATED)

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: Chemistry
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-EF) (H2020-MSCA-IF-2014, 2014)
Start date: 2015-05-15
End date: 2017-05-14
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 195454.8
EU funding (EUR): 195454.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

3D-GATED will focus on the utilisation of graphene in a unique and precise way, in combination with functional materials such as MoS2 and MoSe2 to address the specific demands of the sustainable energy sector, focussing on electrode development for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Specifically, 3D-GATED will synthesise, optimise, and translate to a functional device; custom designed free-standing 3D graphene architectures through chemical vapour deposition (CVD) on complex Cu constructs. 3D-GATED addresses the need for reproducibility, low gravimetric density, and long range conduction in electrochemical device electrodes. This will be achieved through a convergence of research progress; improvements in selective laser melting (SLM) of Cu; CVD of graphene on Cu; delamination of graphene from Cu; and doping of graphene with functional materials. Growth of 3D graphene on Cu constructs will be analysed for quality and homogeneity using Raman spectroscopy (and mapping), x-ray spectroscopies, and electron microscopy. Exfoliation of graphene from the Cu constructs will be studied though chemical etching and electrochemical delamination. The free-standing 3D graphene architectures will be doped with functional materials before being analysed for suitability as electrochemical devices. Additional focus will be given to utilizing the synergistic effects of the 2D catalytically active materials, MoS2 and MoSe2, with graphene to form fully functional device architectures for the HER. 3D-GATED will make major advances in the use of graphene template materials for electrochemical devices, propelling the integration of these devices into the commercial sphere through Imperials diverse commercial partners.

Keywords: graphene,electrochemical devices
Geophysical Exploration using Advanced GAlerkin Methods (GEAGAM)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Research and innovation staff exchange
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Australia,Saudi Arabia,Spain,Spain,France,France,United States,Chile
Call: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE) (H2020-MSCA-RISE-2014, 2014)
Start date: 2015-01-01
End date: 2017-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 580500.0
EU funding (EUR): 580500.0
Participants: 12
Project status: CLOSED

The main objective of this Marie Curie RISE action is to improve and exchange interdisciplinary knowledge on applied mathematics, high performance computing, and geophysics to be able to better simulate and understand the materials composing the Earth's subsurface. This is essential for a variety of applications such as CO2 storage, hydrocarbon extraction, mining, and geothermal energy production, among others. All these problems have in common the need to obtain an accurate characterization of the Earth's subsurface, and to achieve this goal, several complementary areas will be studied, including the mathematical foundations of various high-order Galerkin multiphysics simulation methods, the efficient computer implementation of these methods in large parallel machines and GPUs, and some crucial geophysical aspects such as the design of measurement acquisition systems in different scenarios. Results will be widely disseminated through publications, workshops, post-graduate courses to train new researchers, a dedicated webpage, and visits to companies working in the area. In that way, we will perform an important role in technology transfer between the most advanced numerical methods and mathematics of the moment and the area of applied geophysics.

Keywords: geophysical exploration,simulation and inversion of geophysical measurements,advanced galerkin methods,high performance computing,multi physics
Molten Salt Loop 2.0: key element for the new solar thermal energy plants. (MSLOOP 2.0)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Action type: Innovation actions
Countries involved: Spain,Germany,Italy,Spain
Call: Fast Track to Innovation Pilot (H2020-FTIPilot-2016-1, 2016)
Start date: 2016-11-01
End date: 2019-07-31
Duration (months): 33.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3094050.0
EU funding (EUR): 2243085.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

Despite the encouraging scenario of Wide Solar Thermal Electricity market - it is a reality today with 4.9 GW in operation worldwide in 2015, forecasting 260 GW in 2030, 664GW in 2040 and finally to reach a 12% of total electricity generation by 2050 (982 GW) - CSP growth has been slower than expected because several issues have not been overcome yet. It is not as cost-efficient as other technologies making difficult its access to the generation mix. Another not-solved aspect is flexibility, since one of the main issues of the electrical market is the complexity to match the supply and demand curves due to the arbitrariness of the sun. Finally, CSP technology brings environmental issues related to the usage of oil sinthetic as HTF and a meaningful water consumption. In this framework, MSLOOP 2.0 aims to validate a business opportunity consisting of developing a cost effective solar field for CSP Parabolic Trough Power Plants using optimized ternary molten salts as HTF with an innovative hybridization system. The result of the project will be a new solution of CSP commercial plant with at least a 20 % LCOE reduction and flexibility improvement providing firm and dispatchable electricity based on a disruptive and environmentally friendly innovation. MSLOOP 2.0 will ensure the market-drivers acceptance from the beginning of the project in order to launch the solution in open tenders in less of 6 months after the project final, boosting significant contributions to industry, environment and society and that will make possible a deep penetration of CSP plants in the generation mix increasing the share of renewables. In order to achieve this challenge, the MSLOOP 2.0 consortium consists of a multidisciplinary team formed by 5 partners from 3 European Union member countries in strategic fields within solar thermal sector. This composition will boost an innovative development capable of achieving a strong positioning in the market.

Keywords: parabolic trough power plant,solar field,ternary molten salts,lcoe reduction,dispatchable electricity,hybrid plant,hybridization system,eco friendly process,reduce water consumption
Winning social acceptance for wind energy in wind energy scarce regions (WinWind)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Secure, clean and efficient energy
Theme: Low-cost, low-carbon energy supply
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Spain,Spain,Italy,Italy,Germany,Germany,Poland,Norway,Latvia
Call: Market uptake of renewable energy technologies (H2020-LCE-2017-RES-CSA, 2017)
Start date: 2017-10-01
End date: 2020-03-31
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2124462.5
EU funding (EUR): 2124462.5
Participants: 12
Project status: CLOSED

The overall objective of WinWind is to enhance the socially inclusive and environmentally sound market uptake of wind energy by increasing its social acceptance in 'wind energy scarce regions' (WESR). The specific objectives are: screening, analysing, discussing, replicating, testing & disseminating feasible solutions for increasing social acceptance and thereby the uptake of wind energy. The proposal considers from a multidisciplinary perspective the case of WESR in DE, ES, IT, LV, PL and NO. These selected countries represent a variety of realities ranging from large (but with WESR) to very scarce wind energy penetration. WinWind analyses regional and local communities´ specificities, socioeconomic, spatial & environmental characteristics and the reasons for slow market deployment in the selected target regions. Best practices to overcome the identified obstacles are assessed and – where feasible – transferred. The operational tasks are taken up by national/regional desks consisting of the project partners, market actors and stakeholders in each country. The project´s objectives will be reached by: i) analysing the inhibiting and driving factors for acceptance, ii) developing a taxonomy of barriers to identify similarities and differences in development patterns , iii) carrying out stakeholder dialogues in all participating regions, iv) developing acceptance-promoting measures that are transferable to specific local, regional and national contexts, and v) transferring feasible best practice solutions via learning labs. WinWind develops concrete solutions. The activities focus on novel informal/voluntary procedural participation of communities, direct and indirect financial participation & benefit sharing. Finally, policy lessons with validity across Europe are drawn and recommendations proposed. Already 62 stakeholders and market actors provided letters of support showing their commitment in supporting the WindWind activities and in implementing useful results.

Keywords: citizens participation,community energy,market uptake,social acceptability,best practice transfer,stakeholder dialogue,learning labs,policy learning
Cdon-Hh Interaction: functional in vivo analysis in zebrafish (CHI-ZEF)

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: Life Sciences
Countries involved: Spain
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2016, 2016)
Start date: 2017-07-01
End date: 2019-06-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 158121.6
EU funding (EUR): 158121.6
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Patterning of the vertebrate optic vesicle into proximal/optic stalk and distal/neural retina involves midline-derived Hh signalling, which promotes stalk specification. At the neural retina/optic stalk border, the cell adhesion molecule Cdon binds Hh, acting as a decoy receptor to protect the neural retina from Hh activity. How Cdon controls Hh dispersion, what is the destiny of the Hh protein accumulated at the neural retina/optic stalk boundary, whether Cdon participates in the release of Hh from its producing cells or whether Cdon has Hh-unrelated functions in the neural retina are the arising and still unanswered questions I aim to tackle in this proposal. Using the zebrafish as a model system and CRISPR/Cas9 technology I will first generate unprecedented tools to follow in vivo Cdon/Hh interaction, and then address how Cdon, expressed in both the ventral diencephalic midline and the neural retina, shapes the gradient of Hh responsible for proximo-distal patterning of the eye. I expect that the development of this proposal will provide significant advance on how morphogenetic signalling pathways operate, ultimately reverting into the field of regenerative medicine and clinical research related to congenital ocular malformations.

Keywords: eye morphogenesis,patterning,cell signaling,sonic hedgehog,genome editing
Improving the global cold chain with cutting-edge temperature monitoring solution (SensaSticker)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Norway
Call: SME instrument (H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-2, 2018)
Start date: 2018-08-01
End date: 2021-01-31
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2010440.0
EU funding (EUR): 1403283.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The aim of SensaSticker is to mature, validate and commercialise the first end-to-end cold chain monitoring platform, based on our disruptive Radio Frequency Identification Temperature Logger Sticker (SensaSticker). Our commercial focus is on the global chilled and frozen food sector, to deliver the first ultra low-cost, disposable, fully automatic and customizable temperature logger in the market. One third of the food produced for human consumption globally, 1.3bn tonnes per year, is lost or wasted. In the EU alone, estimated food losses due to poor cold chain management are of 8.8 million tonnes per year, equivalent to 14.3 billion euros (10% of total EU food wastage, 24.9 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent). SensaSticker is a disposable sticker with an integrated temperature logger. It will be 10x cheaper, 7x thinner and 3x lighter than today’s best performing loggers and will allow end-users to carry out a customized follow-up of each individual food packaging, thereby eliminating 30-40% of their economic losses, with ROI within 1 year after its implementation. SensaSticker commercial viability demands further technology and market maturation activities. The project management team overseeing the project implementation has a proven track record in managing and scaling high-tech companies. Through the Phase 2 project we will pilot our solution and achieve reference from leading, global companies able to establish SensaSticker as an industry standard. Global cold chain market has an expected CAGR of 7% towards 2022 for a total value of €249bn, with cold chain temperature monitoring systems worth €3.3bn. Through this project we will generate €367m in revenues, €150m in accumulated profits and 219 full time employments within 5 years after SensaSticker market launch. SensaSticker roll-out will reduce our end-users’ costs for a total value of €3.38bn and will contribute to achieve the EU2020 strategy and EU2050 environment targets.

Keywords: food cold chain,cold chain temperature monitoring,rfid technology,embedded temperature,logger in printed stickers,automatic,customizable,transparent and low cost monitoring of,shipments
Printed Documents Authentication (PRINTOUT)

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: Italy
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2019, 2019)
Start date: 2020-06-15
End date: 2022-06-14
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 183473.28
EU funding (EUR): 183473.28
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

With the extensive range of document generation devices nowadays, the establishment of computational techniques to find manipulation, detect illegal copies and link documents to their source are useful because (i) finding manipulation can help to detect fake news and manipulated documents; (ii) exposing illegal copies can avoid frauds and copyright violation; and (iii) indicating the owner of an illegal document can provide strong arguments to the prosecution of a suspect. Different machine learning techniques have been proposed in the scientific literature to act in these problems, but many of them are limited as: (i) there is a lack of methodology, which may require different experts to solve different problems; (ii) the limited range of known elements being considered for multi-class classification problems such as source attribution, which do not consider unknown classes in a real-world testing; and (iii) they don’t consider adversarial attacks from an experienced forger. In this research project, we propose to address these problems on two fronts: resilient characterization and classification. In the characterization front, we intend to use multi-analysis approaches. Proposed by the candidate in his Ph.D. research, it is a methodology to fuse/ensemble machine learning approaches by considering several investigative scenarios, creating robust classifiers that minimize the risk of attacks. Additionally, we aim at proposing the use of open-set classifiers, which are trained to avoid misclassification of classes not included in the classifier training. We envision solutions to several printed document forensics applications with this setup: source attribution, forgery of documents and illegal copies detection. All the approaches we aim at creating in this project will be done in partnership with a document authentication company, which will provide real-world datasets and new applications.

Keywords: digital image forensics,2d barcodes,anti counterfeiting,adversarial machine learning
Unveiling transient material synthesis in dilute solutions and their solid morphology combining dDNP and MAS-DNP. (Oligo-DNP)

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: Chemistry
Countries involved: Switzerland
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2018-06-01
End date: 2020-05-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 187419.6
EU funding (EUR): 187419.6
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The silicate speciation process is of large scientific and industrial interest because determines the morphology and reactivity of the silica products and biological control of the silica morphology has generated an interest for novel mechanisms for biomimetic silica synthesis. These processes occur typically in very dilute solutions (in the mM range) and no general approach is currently used to report on both the liquid-state speciation and the solid-state atomic-level morphological characterization during the speciation process. As a result, an important gap in the current understanding needs to be addressed. Here we propose to combine cutting edge dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) in its two main branches, dissolution DNP and MAS-DNP, to investigate the silicon-based materials formation process. The project is original and of high impact and can currently be performed only at the host institution. Dissolution-DNP and MAS-DNP experiments will be used to elucidate the speciation in dilute solutions and the structural morphology at different stages during the oligomeric formation process of silicon-based materials. In this way, a complete information can be obtained. The immediate result can be envisaged either in an important expansion of the host group research activities into dissolution DNP, and the applicant acquisition of important and strategic skills in chemistry, spin physics, DNP and solid-state NMR. The medium-term goal during the course of this action is to apply the techniques to a broader range of silicon-based materials, and the applicant acquisition and implementation of new organizational and managerial skills.

Keywords: nuclear magnetic resonance,hyperpolarization,dynamic nuclear polarization,dissolution dynamic nuclear polarization,magic angle spinning dynamic nuclear polarization
Improved trustworthiness and weather-independence of conditional automated vehicles in mixed traffic scenarios (TrustVehicle)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Smart, green and integrated transport
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Austria,Austria,Italy,Türkiye,Türkiye,Sweden,Finland,Finland,France,United Kingdom
Call: Safety and end-user acceptance aspects of road automation in the transition period (H2020-ART-2016-Two-Stages, 2016)
Start date: 2017-06-01
End date: 2020-10-31
Duration (months): 41.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4998903.75
EU funding (EUR): 4998903.75
Participants: 13
Project status: CLOSED

Automated driving can be implemented with relatively simple controllers if the current location of the ego vehicle and the current and future locations of other road users are known without uncertainty. However, this is not going to happen in the initial stages of the introduction of automated driving systems into the market. As a consequence, system and human driver uncertainty pose a significant challenge in the development of trustable and fault-tolerant automated driving controllers, especially for conditional automation (SAE level 3) in mixed traffic scenarios. The TrustVehicle consortium brings together participants from the whole vehicle value chain to enhance safety and user-friendliness of level 3 automated driving systems. The main objectives are: (i) the systematic identification of critical road scenarios based on in-depth analysis of possible traffic situations and human behaviour; (ii) the setup of new tools for the cost- and time-effective assessment of driver-in/off-the-loop situations; (iii) design of controllers and sensor fusion systems capable of dealing with complex, uncertain and variable road scenarios to enhance road safety; (iv) the implementation of intuitive human-machine interfaces for the safe management of the transition phases taking into account user acceptance and gender-specific aspects; and (iv) the establishment of an adaptive and agile vehicle validation based on self-diagnostics and data logging to steadily extend the list of relevant scenarios and test cases. The outputs of the TrustVehicle project will be extensively assessed in real-world operating conditions on four demonstrators representing four vehicle classes. End users of the technology will systematically and thoroughly express their requirements, expectations, and concerns during the consortium activity. Special focus will be put on the demonstration of the fault-tolerant and fail-operational system behaviour at any time and for different kinds of weather conditions.

Keywords: critical scenario catalogue,fail operational systems,self diagnostics,driver monitoring