Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Reducing Carbon Footprint for Generative AI (Green-GPT)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Proof of concept grants
Action type: ERC actions
Countries involved: Israel
Call: ERC PROOF OF CONCEPT GRANTS (ERC-2023-POC, 2023)
Start date: 2023-10-01
End date: 2025-03-31
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 150000.0
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Executive summary: ● Generative AI systems, such as chatGPT, recently passed the Turing test, forever transforming human-machine interaction. These systems provide giant productivity leaps across many sectors. However, their energy requirements increase nine-fold annually and their abundance grows at exponential rate. The resulting carbon footprint becomes significant. ● IT giants such as Google, Nvidia, Microsoft, and Amazon, as well as many mid-sized companies, have committed to reduce their carbon footprint. The EU is strengthening regulation for emission reductions. But the new generative AI trend jeopardizes emission reduction commitments. ● Most power consumption of generative AI is spent on matrix multiplication. Our novel solutions reduce energy consumption and carbon footprint by replacing current matrix multiplication algorithms with more efficient ones. These can be implemented on existing hardware and software stacks. Potential energy saving predicted at about 40-50%, while maintaining performance and accuracy. ● The novel developments of Prof. Oded Schwartz and his strong team are based on years of research, and protected by patents. The funds are requested to pursue business opportunity.
Ethical and Privacy-preserving Big Data platform for Supporting criminal investigations (PRESERVE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Civil Security for Society
Theme: Civil Security for Society
Destination: Fighting Crime and Terrorism
Action type: Innovation actions
Countries involved: Spain,Greece,Romania,Sweden,Germany,Cyprus,Italy,United Kingdom,Czechia
Call: Processing of large, complex and unstructured datasets resulting from criminal investigations, while reconciling big data analysis and data protection (HORIZON-CL3-2023-FCT-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-09-01
End date: 2027-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 6365398.54
EU funding (EUR): 5338197.0
Participants: 14
Project status: SIGNED

This proposal aims to develop an innovative and privacy-preserving decision-support system for European law enforcement authorities, leveraging advanced Big Data and AI technologies to effectively combat crimes and terrorism. The proposed system integrates Federated Learning, User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA), and other Big Data and AI techniques to monitor social network data, deep and shallow web information, and police databases in a secure, collaborative, privacy-aware and ethical manner. The primary objective is to help Law Enforcement Authorities (LEAs) fighting cybercrime and terrorism by identifying key communities and users involved in activities such as hate speech, child sexual abuse, terrorism, or drug trafficking and to use this information to better allocate police resources. PRESERVE will leverage Federated Learning, a decentralised machine learning approach that allows model training on distributed data sources while preserving data privacy. By collaborating with multiple LEAs across Europe, PRESERVE will collectively combine social network data, deep and shallow web information, and police databases to analyse large amounts of spatial and temporal data related to criminal activities to identify patterns and correlations to provide better police-resource management on critical areas.

Keywords: federated learning,ueba,cybercrime,ai,data crawling
Materiality and Cosmology in Plato and the Platonic Tradition (Platonic Materiality)

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: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: Austria
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01, 2022)
Start date: 2024-09-01
End date: 2026-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 199440.96
EU funding (EUR): 199440.96
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The tentative title of this project which is going to culminate in a monograph published with a reputable publisher is Materiality and Cosmology in Plato and the Platonic Tradition. My investigations will focus on Plato’s concepts of Necessity (anankē) and Space (chōra), the latter of which was traditionally identified with Platonic matter. The monograph will consist of two parts. In the first, I shall critically analyze the theories of matter expounded by Plutarch, Plotinus, and Proclus. Their perspectives are based on differing readings of Plato’s Necessity and Space, nevertheless heavily informed by Aristotle’s doctrine of hylē. The Platonists saw Platonic Space as identical with Aristotelian matter, while their interpretations of Necessity varied widely. The discussion developed in the first part is primarily meant to aid the reader in discerning what Plato really said, through the process of sifting out Aristotelian and other influences. In the second part, I shall turn to Plato’s view on materiality and its cosmological role, as presented in the Timaeus, but also elsewhere. In it, I shall demonstrate clearly and decisively the following points. a) If we were to designate something in the Timaeus as Plato's causa materialis, that something would be anankē, not chōra; nevertheless, such an attribution would be anachronistic, for Plato did not operate with a notion of matter, but with that of corporeality instead. b) Consequently, it is impossible for chōra, which is manifestly different from anankē, to play that role. That is, chōra cannot be something out of which, but only that in which the world has been fashioned. I shall also discuss some debated corollaries and conclude that i) Necessity proper arises only after the demiurgic intervention and is not present in the pre-cosmic chaos; ii) Necessity is identical with the Errant Cause; iii) Plato's Space is not sheer extension like Newton's, but a full-fledged entity and a plenum of perhaps undisclosed content.

Keywords: plato,aristotle,plutarch,plotinus,proclus,matter,corporeality,space,necessity,cosmology,cosmogony
Re-envisioning risk biomarkers in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) at single-cell level (reMARK-AML)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Proof of concept grants
Action type: ERC actions
Countries involved: Italy
Call: ERC PROOF OF CONCEPT GRANTS (ERC-2023-POC, 2023)
Start date: 2023-08-01
End date: 2025-01-31
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 150000.0
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is one of the most aggressive, clinically and biologically heterogenenous, hematological alignancies. The different genetics classify disease entities, and define the prognostic risk category to which AML patients are assigned and the treatment choices.There is one entity, the AML with nucleophosmin (NPM1) gene mutations, that accounts for onethird of all adult AML (the most frequent) and where another gene mutation - the Fms-like tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3)-internal tandem duplication (ITD) - acts as ‘tip of the balance’ for patients’ risk definition, drastically worsening the prognosis and hanging treatment in those 40% of patients where it is detected. This has been a main field of research of Prof. Maria Paola Martelli and her team since years and specifically of her ERC consolidator grant ContraNPM1AML. Here, she will exploit concepts stemming from her ERC funded studies on the key role of kinases in the NPM1-mutated AML development, response to therapy and initiating relapse, and focus on that 60% of patients regarded at favorable prognosis, who nevertheless in 40% of cases will relapse with extremely dismal outcome. Currently, successful strategies to identify novel frontline key markers to refine risk are not available. reMARK-AML takes the challenge and changes prognostic risk parameters, pointing at re-envisioning the marker at single-cell level. A first strategy has been designed and will be tested for the proof-of-concept in patients in a prospective non-interventional study. We have established contacts with industrial partners for the development of fit-for-purpose diagnostic assay prototypes to test then in the study. The success of reMARK-AML will open the next challenge of developing marketable diagnostic kits and defining a strong business plan in order to measure the impact of our idea and PoC in the real-world clinical setting.
When Next Generation Multiple Access (NGMA) meets Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) in 6G Wireless Networks (NGMA-RIS)

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: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Germany
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-07-01
End date: 2025-06-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 189687.36
EU funding (EUR): 189687.36
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Recently, 5G wireless systems are currently reaching commercial maturity, the increasing carrier frequency decreases the coverage area of base stations. The massive number of devices also increases the burden of civil communications. In this fellowship, the integration of Next Generation Multiple Access (NGMA) and Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) are investigated for the sixth-generation wireless networks (6G), which facilitates the development of both academic and industry in Europe. Three objectives aim to propose new NGMA-RIS frameworks and develop novel passive beamforming strategies, where both the data rate and the number of accessed users of civil communications can be improved by 50%, while only 20% extra energy is needed. Therefore, more people can enjoy better and cheaper wireless communication services, and Europe can also reduce the demand for fossil fuels. As expected by 3GPP, the performance gain offered by the NGMA-RIS framework can provide extra communication services for both civil communications and IoT services, which is capable of satisfying the requirements of Europe in the next 10~20 years. In order to achieve the ambitious objectives, Work plan1 (WP1) and WP2 deal with NGMA and RIS/simultaneously transmitting and reflecting (STAR)-RIS transmission, which can improve the coverage area of BSs and the data rate of users. WP3 links NGMA, RIS, satellite communications and satellite navigations as a full picture of the future applications, and it can provide cheaper satellite communication services based on existing satellites. More specifically, WP3 requires only 30 satellites to achieve the same goal compared to Starlink which requires more than 12,000 satellites. Three WPs in this fellowship have far-reaching academic impacts, economic impacts and society impacts, where the estimated market is expected higher than 10 Billion Euros.

Keywords: 6g wireless networks,next generation multiple access,reconfigurable intelligent surface,satellite navigation and communications
Cosmic Bells: Unveiling the composition of neutron stars with tidal oscillations (CosmicBells)

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 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-04-01
End date: 2027-03-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 263393.28
EU funding (EUR): 263393.28
Participants: 1
Project status: TERMINATED

Neutron stars (NSs) are among the densest objects in our Universe, yet what constitutes their interior remains unanswered. Recent studies suggest the existence of quark matter inside the heaviest NSs, while there is growing speculation about the presence of dark matter inside them. In addition to state-of-the-art electromagnetic experiments like NICER, we are now, for the first time, able to observe the evolution of binary NSs using gravitational waves (GWs) as well. With the advancement of GW observatories like LIGO, and the upcoming third-generation detectors on the horizon, there is now a unique opportunity to explore NS composition through their dynamical imprint on GW signals from compact object (CO) binary mergers. Yet, most theoretical efforts are still focused on static properties of NSs, which are unable to provide detailed information on their composition. The CosmicBells project seeks to address this gap by answering the critical question: what can we learn about exotic matter inside NSs by observing the impact of tidal oscillations on the GW signals of CO binaries? As a Marie Curie Fellow I will achieve this goal by providing theoretical predictions on the properties of gravitational-mode (g-mode) oscillations in exotic matter admixed NSs using state-of-the-art field theoretical methods. I will also develop a few-body model to simulate the evolution of dynamically formed CO systems, focusing on the effect of g-mode tides. Working alongside Prof. Johan Samsing at the Niels Bohr Institute, I will be provided with the ideal research environment to carry out this project. The proposed research will present a novel method to study the impact of g-mode tides in CO systems, which might serve as beacons to pinpoint the existence of exotic matter in NSs.

Keywords: neutron stars,gravitational waves,strong interaction
Hydrous phases in the Earth’s lower mantle (HYDROSPHEAR)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Earth System Science
Panel description: Physical geography, geo logy, geophysics, atmospheric sciences, oceanography, climatology, cryology, ecology, global environmental change, biogeochemical cycles, natural resources management
Countries involved: Germany
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2025-STG, 2025)
Start date: 2026-02-01
End date: 2031-01-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1500000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The origin and survival of life on Earth depend on the availability of water. Plate tectonics connects the Earth’s surface with its deep interior and promotes exchange of H2O between the surface and the Earth’s mantle. The resultant deep H2O cycle has affected the evolution of the oceans and atmosphere on Earth and supplies H2O to the mantle. Rocks of the upper mantle may store H2O as defects in the crystal structures of nominally anhydrous minerals (NAMs). The NAMs of the lower mantle, however, incorporate significantly less H2O. As a consequence, the contribution of the lower mantle to the deep H2O cycle has been discounted as minor. HYDROSPHEAR challenges this paradigm by investigating the storage of H2O in solid hydrous phases (SHPs) and hydrous melts of the lower mantle. Phase D and phase H are SHPs that form at pressures and temperatures of the lower mantle. The stability limits of phase D and phase H in complex chemical systems and in realistic phase assemblages remain largely unconstrained, in particular, at pressures of the deeper lower mantle. HYDROSPHEAR will determine the stability limits of these SHPs in rocks of the lower mantle by performing high-pressure melting experiments. Melting reactions will be sampled in laser-heated diamond anvil cells (DACs). We will detect the formation of a melt phase by Brillouin spectroscopy and, in the same experiment, measure the speed of sound in the hydrous melt. Brillouin spectroscopy will also be used to determine the elastic properties of single crystals of SHPs at high pressures and high temperatures. Complementary high-pressure experiments in DACs and multi-anvil presses will constrain the equations of state and phase relations of SHPs. The experimental results will be integrated into a systematic search for hydrous rocks and hydrous melts in the lower mantle by analysing seismic observations. The emerging picture of H2O storage and transport in the lower mantle will reshape our image of the deep H2O cycle.

Keywords: earth s mantle,deep earth volatile cycles,mineral physics
Margin Eradication by Laser Ablation for breast cancer management (MELA)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Italy
Call: EIC Accelerator 2025 - Short application (HORIZON-EIC-2025-ACCELERATOR-01, 2025)
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2236587.5
EU funding (EUR): 2236587.5
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

With 2.3M new cases in 2022, breast cancer is the most common type of cancer affecting the female population. MELA project aims to develop and market a novel combo medical device for the management of early detected breast cancer: our device combines diagnosis and therapy (theranostic approach) using a laser-based technique. When Vacum Assisted Excision (VAE) is used for diagnosis confirmation, our device adds during the same diagnostic procedure laser ablation for necrotization of tissue margins of the tumour site, after the tissue has been removed and preserved for histology. Today instead, T1 stage breast cancer patients (that account for about 40% of all breast cancer cases) are all sent to surgery after weeks from histology. Our unique solution to diagnose and treat the patient in the same session avoids anxiety for the patients, eliminates the need for a surgical procedure and ultimately saves costs for healthcare systems. Laser ablation is performed under ultrasound guidance for a more accurate positioning of the device and real-time monitoring. A needle and a special balloon device are used for housing the laser fiber, through which laser energy is delivered to the targeted site. When inflated, the balloon also induces thermal and mechanical hemostasis, reducing puncture haemorrhage, very common and massive after VAE. Margin eradication (to ensure no cancerous cells are left) is done in the same diagnostic setting, with laser energy cleaning the cavity left by VAE. Potential strategies to enhance laser isotropic emission will be investigated and a cutting-edge AI enhanced software will be developed to improve the device placing. Clinical validation of device and technique will be proven in a multi-center clinical trial, which follows a feasibility study already successfully conducted and published. The multi-center trial will generate safety and efficacy data, to be used to start the regulatory and market access process prior to commercial launch.

Keywords: breast cancer,laser ablation,theranostic,ai,senology,oncology,medical devices
Past-to-Future2 (P2F2)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area
Programme: Widening participation and spreading excellence
Theme: Improved access to Excellence
Destination: Improved access to Excellence
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Netherlands,Estonia
Call: Hop-on facility (HORIZON-WIDERA-2025-03, 2025)
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 439687.5
EU funding (EUR): 439687.5
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

Past-to-Future2 (P2F2), established through the addition of the hop-on partner Tallinn University of Technology (TUT), is designed to broaden the scope and reinforce P2F’s focus on past environmental and societal dynamics. P2F2 aims to: (1) improve access to cutting-edge multiproxy paleodata and act as a mediator for archaeological databases from a region located at the climatic and cultural crossroads of western and eastern Europe; (2) deliver state-of-the-art environmental reconstructions for diverse applications; (3) introduce and test novel approaches (e.g., the dark-diversity concept) and utilize less conventional paleo data sources (e.g., the Estonian Peat database with over 30,000 samples) in paleo-informed environmental modelling; and (4) highlight an underrepresented region characterized by transitional climate and environmental and cultural development. TUT contributes one of Europe’s largest teams specializing in high-quality, high-resolution paleo multiproxy data production and management, working within a climatically and culturally sensitive area. TUT’s decadal- to centennial-resolution multiproxy datasets will benefit all paleo-data-related tasks, especially the observation-based validation of model scenarios for extreme climate events and their impacts. Additionally, TUT has established expertise in combining regional to continental-scale pollen-based land cover reconstructions with ecosystem and climate modelling. Integrating TUT will strengthen P2F’s scientific objectives, foster capacity-building in research management, promote transdisciplinary collaboration, and enhance Estonia’s visibility in European climate research. By expanding the regional and methodological scope, P2F2 will advance the overarching goals of the P2F program by providing a more detailed, regionally inclusive understanding of past climate-environment and climate-human interactions to better inform future climate change projections.

Keywords: earth and related environmental sciences