Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
International Network for Training on Risks of vascular Intimal Calcification And roads to Regression of cardiovascular diseasE (INTRICARE)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Innovative Training Networks (ITN)-European Joint Doctorates
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Life Sciences
Countries involved: Germany,Sweden,Netherlands
Call: Innovative Training Networks (H2020-MSCA-ITN-2016, 2016)
Start date: 2017-03-01
End date: 2021-08-31
Duration (months): 54.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3832965.36
EU funding (EUR): 3832965.36
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

Cardiovascular disease remains one of the major challenges of contemporary society, being responsible for a staggering 47% of deaths in Europe. Vascular calcification in particular requires immediate attention as it is strongly associated with increased cardiovascular mortality and morbidity, and is recognised as an important independent risk factor for cardiovascular death. Recent reports demonstrate that especially punctuated and spotty calcifications (microcalcifications) in the plaque are life-threatening. Microcalcifications are particularly prominent in the vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque that is at high risk of rupture, a cardinal event that can cause thrombosis, infarct, cardiac arrest, stroke and death. In fact, 20% of European deaths are directly attributable to thrombotic rupture of a vulnerable plaque; a clear indication that current treatments and preventive measures are insufficient. Recent findings suggest a link between vascular smooth muscle cell phenotype mediated calcification and inflammation, which could underlie the plaque destabilising effects of microcalcification. However, a comprehensive view on what causes microcalcification and its impact on plaque stability remains elusive and there is an urgent need to translate experimental findings into adequate diagnostic, preventive and therapeutic solutions. INTRICARE is shaped to address the urgent unmet medical needs concerning calcification-induced vulnerable plaques and is guided by the academic and industrial demand for a new generation of entrepreneurial scientists that have the skills, expertise and knowhow to expedite our understanding of vascular calcification and translation thereof into concrete, effective clinical solutions. The INTRICARE ESRs harbour ongoing vitamin K-supplementation trials that will be pivotal in the identification of selective biomarkers for microcalcification and subsequent development of strategies for prevention or amelioration of vulnerable plaque formation.

Keywords: vascular calcification,microcalcification,vascular remodelling,vulnerable plaque formation
Industrial Exploitation and Market Uptake of a Temporal Cognition Toolbox for Commercial Robots (ENTIMENT)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)
Theme: EIC Pathfinder
Destination: Novel ideas for radically new technologies
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Greece
Call: FET Innovation Launchpad (H2020-FETOPEN-4-2016-2017, 2016)
Start date: 2017-07-01
End date: 2018-12-31
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 100000.0
EU funding (EUR): 100000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

ENTIMENT aims to assess, deploy and commercialize a novel Temporal Cognition Toolbox (TCT) that greatly facilitates the development of time-aware robots, capable to engage in prolonged, symbiotic interaction with humans. In doing so, it significantly capitalizes on the successful research and development activities on artificial time perception, pursued within the FET-funded project TimeStorm, which aims at equipping robots with a human-like sense of temporality and the ability to perceive the temporal aspects of the world. The already available and tested robotic temporal cognition modules implemented in TimeStorm by partner FORTH, will be refined and integrated into the TCT, that will further be released as an open source ROS node for robotic developers. TCT will furnish robots with the ability to perceive the inherent temporal dimension that is inevitably present in human-machine confluence. The latter will have a major impact in mainstream sectors of robotic applications, including service robots, companions, entertainment platforms, etc. ENTIMENT has already compiled a Focus Group of companies interested in the exploitation of TCT in contemporary and future commercial robotic systems under a licensed agreement. Temporal cognition is certainly not an optional extra but a necessity towards the development of truly autonomous and intelligent machines that are seamlessly and actively integrated into human societies. The implementation of highly competitive, temporal-cognition enabled robots will enhance the innovation potential of FET projects, contributing at the same time in the market and economic growth of Europe.

Keywords: temporal cognition toolbox,temporal fluency in human robot interaction,entiment commercial promotion
Sensing the future: novel agronomy for resilient farming systems (SenseFuture)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Global Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: Australia,Denmark
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2019, 2019)
Start date: 2021-01-01
End date: 2024-09-01
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 293129.28
EU funding (EUR): 293129.28
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Future food production relies on efficient water use. This research project will focus on optimizing the utilisation of deep stored water in novel emerging agronomic systems in both semi-arid and temperate systems that incorporate three emerging agronomic interventions that lead to increased systems resilience; (i) altered crop phenology (earlier sowing of slower maturing crops); (ii) dual-purpose crops (used for grazing and grain); and (iii) summer cover crops. The project will utilise novel approaches for continuous deep water sensing to unprecedented depths combined with aerial canopy temperature imaging and autonomous root phenotyping using Convolutional Neural Network (CNN). Novel automated data capture on dynamics of water availability and deep root growth under various farming practices and contrasting soils and environments will also provide a validated dataset for model simulation. As a result, the project will contribute to formulation of a better decision-support system for farmers and breeders that can assist overcoming one of mankind’s greatest challenges. The overall project also aligns with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially, Goal 2 (sustainable agriculture), Goal 6 (sustainable water management) and Goal 13 (urgent action for climate change) which EU has adopted and committed to implement. As such it is an excellent research and training opportunity for a Marie Skłodowska-Global Fellow.

Keywords: deep roots,water sensor
ETHNO-ISS: An Ethnography of an Extra-terrestrial Society: the International Space Station (Ethno-ISS)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Cultures and cultural production
Panel description: Literary studies, cultural studies, study of the arts, philosophy
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: ERC Advanced Grant (ERC-2018-ADG, 2018)
Start date: 2019-10-01
End date: 2025-03-31
Duration (months): 66.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2475251.0
EU funding (EUR): 2475251.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The International Space Station (ISS) is arguably the oldest extra-terrestrial society in low earth orbit. To date this radical new form of human habitation and society has not been the object of systematic and comparative ethnographic inquiry. This project aims to correct this and proposes a comparative and multi-sited ethnography of the ISS among the contributors to its modular architecture: The Russian Federation, The United States of America, The European Union and Japan. The ISS offers invaluable insights into fundamental questions at the heart of the social sciences. The most obvious is the effect of micro gravity on our understandings of material culture and sociality. To date material culture has only been theorised in terms of Earth’s gravity. This project affords the opportunity to critically re-examine our terrestrially based theories. Related to this are the distinctive political aesthetics in this setting and its innovative dimensions of ‘worlding’ (Heidegger) and the materialities entailed therein. These relate to wider notions: the nature of transcendence in both anthropological, material and metaphysical terms as well as broader issues concerning territoriality and the expansion of the human and habitability and general understandings of materiality. Methodologically the project focuses on the quotidian and material dimensions of the ISS and its bodily and material techniques, re-examining traditional empirical assumptions within the innovative conditions of the new polymedia environments in which the ISS is situated. More importantly the project situates the respective Mission Controls and their wider communities as co-terminous with the ISS site, examining it as highly complex nexus of inhabitation encompassing both terrestrial and extra-terrestrial realms in a novel configuration and thereby provide the first ever integrative and comparative study of this unprecedented form of human society and the material conditions of its emergent ‘worlding’.

Keywords: ethnography,material culture,outer space,worlding
Predictive maintenance platform for industrial assets based on AI and IoT (Predictive sigma)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Spain
Call: SME instrument (H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1, 2019)
Start date: 2019-12-01
End date: 2020-03-31
Duration (months): 4.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

In a world where everything is run by machines, securing their optimum performance is paramount. When a machine begins to fail or stop unforeseen: production is compromised, maintenance costs are triggered and performance and quality go down. Sigma Industrial Precision is a Spanish ICT-SME specialized in the development of predictive maintenance based on electrical analysis focused in the development and commercialization of predictive-sigma, a predictive maintenance platform for industrial assets. We believe that electrical data can provide critical information. With this premise in mind we have recently developed and demonstrated a disruptive, smart solution towards Factory 4.0, a cost-effective and easy to use. Thanks to advances in IoT architectures and data analytics, Predictive Maintenance (PdM) is one of the most prominent and fastest growing use cases of IoT technology in industrial settings today and empowered by artificial intelligence that can help to decrease downtime and improve asset performance drastically. We are offering a complete solution, predictive-sigma, including electrical sensors and access to predictions about potential asset failures. With our solution we can guarantee: less stoppages and more production, only the necessary maintenance and ensure quality and efficiency. Sigma is cemented on an experienced team composed of engineers and scientist with skills in business and technology development. In 2018, our company was selected as one of the 50 startups with more projection of Catalonia (Spain) according to the Investment Forum 2018 (Barcelona & Catalonia Startup Hub).

Keywords: predictive maintenance,internet of things,industry 4 0
Sustainable oceans : our collective responsibility, our common interest. Building on real-life knowledge knowledge systems for developing interactive and mutual learning media (Respon-SEA-ble)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Germany,Estonia,Ireland,Spain,Italy,Norway,Romania,Norway,Lithuania,Greece,Latvia,France,France,Netherlands,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Portugal,United Kingdom
Call: Ocean literacy – Engaging with society – Social Innovation (H2020-BG-2014-1, 2014)
Start date: 2015-04-01
End date: 2019-03-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3696644.0
EU funding (EUR): 3696644.0
Participants: 18
Project status: CLOSED

The project will develop well-targeted and sound communication material that raises awareness on our (individual and collective) responsibility and interest in ensuring the sustainability of the ocean and of its ecosystems. The project builds on critical assessments of: (1) existing communication strategies, material and governance that focuses on the ocean; (2) the values, perceptions and understanding of the state, functioning and role of the ocean by different types of stakeholders and of the wider public; (3) the (scientific) knowledge that exist on the ocean-human relationship, in particular in terms of ecosystem services that can be delivered by ocean ecosystems and support (future) development opportunities and blue growth and of pressures that are imposed on the oceans. These critical assessments will help identifying priority target groups with key responsibilities and interests in the state of our oceans - today and in the future. Within a participatory process involving the stakeholders of the knowledge creation & sharing system from four European marine regions (Baltic Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Northern Sea and Atlantic _ including in its transatlantic dimension), and building on the scientific knowledge-base established and on project-dedicated IT strucure/platform, the project will then develop and test under real conditions innovative communication tools. Key principles guiding this development will be interactivity, mutual learning, creativity and entertainment. Finally, specific activities will be performed for ensuring proposed communication tools are made accessible and available to their future users in Europe but also elswhere.

Keywords: sustainable ocean,collective and individual responsible and interest,interactivity,mutual learning,european seas,trans atlantic cooperation
PREGNABIT – the world’s first complex telemedical mobile CTG system for pregnancy examination (PREGNABIT)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Poland
Call: Open Disruptive Innovation Scheme (H2020-SMEINST-1-2016-2017, 2016)
Start date: 2017-02-01
End date: 2017-04-30
Duration (months): 3.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The world faces unacceptably high mortality among children and expecting mothers - 300,000 women and 6 million children under the age of five dying every year from preventable causes, according to WHO. In developed countries, expecting mothers from the high-risk groups are subjected to regular scanning by cardiotocography (CTG), which is a reliable and accurate state-of-the-art examination. The main problem is a limited access to CTG, which is especially pronounced in less-developed countries, but even in the EU and US it is narrowed to the high-risk pregnancies. Nestmedic developed a unique solution, PREGNABIT, which improves the experience of expecting mother and reduce the health risks for the baby. Pregnabit is a portable medical device providing the same accuracy as standard CTG, however, it can be used in a safe home environment. Test results are transferred to Medical Telemonitoring Centre operating 24/7, where data are verified by a specialist who sends feedback to the pregnant. If the results indicate that medical intervention is necessary, the specialist from Medical Telemonitoring Centre contacts one of the local call centres which provides necessary assistance. Although there are some portable foetal monitors available on the market – none of them provides such a high accuracy and 24/7 professional service as we do with Pregnabit. The solution based on Medical Telemonitoring Centre and the network of local call centres will be the first of that type in the world providing 24/7 access to the expertise of professional doctors. The expected impacts are: reduced mortality among new-borns, lower cost for the healthcare system, and more reliable healthcare through 24/7 support. The annual savings for the European health care systems from introducing Pregnabit can reach €60mln, reducing the price of a single CTG scan by a factor of 5.

Keywords: pregnancy monitoring,remote health monitoring,remote cardiotocography,remote ctg,obstetrics,cloud monitoring centre,telemedicine,open platform
Multimodal neuroimaging of mechanisms supporting memory-based predictions in the human brain (PREDICTIVEMEMORY)

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: Israel
Call: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-EF) (H2020-MSCA-IF-2014, 2014)
Start date: 2015-06-01
End date: 2016-05-31
Duration (months): 12.0
Total project cost (EUR): 91254.6
EU funding (EUR): 91254.6
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The human brain is constantly and automatically forming predictions (e.g., how a ball will bounce off soccer turf or what another person will say). In cognitive neuroimaging studies of Dr. Jääskeläinen (Experienced Researcher) and colleagues at Aalto University, Finland, it has become one of the most central research questions how the brain predicts complex dynamic events unfolding in naturalistic stimuli such as movies. Here, our main objective is that Dr. Jääskeläinen will acquire the specific expertise to address this question by working for one year in Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center of Bar-Ilan University, Tel Aviv, Israel, where there is unique empirical-theoretical expertise on predictive brain mechanisms. Work by the Director of Gonda Center, Prof. Moshe Bar (Supervisor), suggests that rapid derivation of analogies (“what does this object resemble”) from sensory inputs and associative linking of these to memory representations supports predictions (e.g., seeing a kettle predicts cooking rather than swimming activity). We hypothesize that distributed patterns of brain activity, generated by the associative process, underlie the memory representations that support predictions. To test this, experimental paradigms developed by Prof. Bar et al. will be combined with data analysis methods used by Dr. Jääskeläinen et al. In addition to ambitious science, the proposed fellowship has the following objectives: 1) significant deepening and diversification of Dr. Jääskeläinen’s cognitive neuroscience expertise at Gonda Center, 2) transfer of data analysis and cognitive neuroscience expertise of Dr. Jääskeläinen to Gonda Center, 3) networking of scientists between Bar-Ilan and Aalto for further collaboration, 4) opening up of a new important research area, and 5) catalyzing of Dr. Jääskeläinen’s scientific career. The fellowship also contributes to knowledge-based economy and society by building foundation for artificial intelligence and clinical research.

Keywords: memory based predictions,functional magnetic resonance imaging,magnetoencephalography,distributed representations,multi voxel pattern analysis,phase synchrony,functional connectivity
Politics of Patents: Re-imagining citizenship via clothing inventions 1820 - 2020 (PoliticsOfPatents)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: The Social World and Its Diversity
Panel description: Sociology, social psychology, social anthropology, education sciences, communication studies
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: ERC Consolidator Grant (ERC-2018-COG, 2018)
Start date: 2019-03-01
End date: 2025-02-28
Duration (months): 72.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1802154.0
EU funding (EUR): 1802154.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

From Victorian women cyclists, who suffered social stigma for daring to replace their skirts with bloomers a century ago, to the recent French burkini ban, where women were forcibly removed from beaches, specifically clothed bodies have long been sites of debate about gender, race, class and religion in public space. Clothing is directly connected to social life and the political world and as such is central to ideas around the politics of identity, participation and belonging. Yet, it is under explored in relation to citizenship studies. This five-year project undertakes for the first time a transnational sociological investigation of 200 years of clothing inventions. It focuses on clothing patents in Espacenet, the European Patent Office’s free online database. Inventors are the focus as they operate on the cutting edge of social and political change; building on the past to make claims on the present and imagine different futures. Central to this research is the idea that clothing inventors can be explored as citizen-makers and that clothing patents are rich untapped sources of data that render visible alternative citizenship possibilities, which may provoke new questions about things we take for granted. The research will be located in a Patent Lab using an inventive mixed-methods approach including quantitative and in-depth visual and document analysis, interviews with inventors and garment reconstruction.

Keywords: invention,citizenship,clothing,patents,gender,inventive methods