Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
VISIT - Vertically Integrated Systems for Information Transfer (VISIT)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Components, systems, engineering
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,United Kingdom,Sweden,Russian Federation,France,Ireland,Ireland,Germany,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2007-2, 2007)
Start date: 2008-06-01
End date: 2011-10-31
Duration (months): 41.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3227754.0
EU funding (EUR): 2350000.0
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

The proposed STREP focuses on strategic, high-value photonic components and subsystems for scalable economic broadband access and local area networks. The central objective is research on, development, test and exploitation of system-enabling optical transmitters having a completely novel design and/or largely improved functionality as compared to the state of the art. Three key design and performance advancements will overcome limitations of present devices to become future-proof drivers of the European photonics industry: A novel nanophotonic approach of vertical integration of an electro-optic reflectance modulator and a laser implemented into: a) Vertically Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers based on Electro-Optically Modulated Bragg Reflector and b) Edge emitters based on Electro-Optically Modulated Tilted Wave Lasers constituting the basis for future access, local (LAN) and storage area (SAN) networks capable to speeds well beyond 40Gb/s. c) For applications at 16-40 Gb/s (Fibre Channel, InfiniBand standards) a new generation of directly-modulated VCSELs will be developed to bridge the intermediate bandwidth demand in the fastest possible time frame. Epitaxial growth of these structures, processing and design of high-frequency modules will be challenging and demand detailed modelling. The wavelength ranges to be covered are 850 nm, 980 nm, and 1.3 µm. While 850 nm (LAN, SAN) and 1300 nm (LAN, Access Networks) ranges are standard for applications, 980 nm devices may play an important role for very short links. Low power driver circuitry, as well as system integration and performance requirements will be also dealt with within this project. Upon completion a full supply chain from production of epitaxial wafers to test beds for measurements and prototype systems will be established. The economic impact of this work will be systematically enhanced by contributing directly to international standardization activities and roadmaps of this area.

Keywords: high-speed transmitters,broadband economic networks,local area networks,access networks,vcsel,tilted-wave edge emitters,eo media,nanophotonics,vertically-integrated modulator technology
Group III-nitride quantum dots as optical transducers for chemical sensors (DOTSENSE)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Components, systems, engineering
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,Greece,France,Germany,Germany
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2007-2, 2007)
Start date: 2008-05-01
End date: 2011-04-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1815420.0
EU funding (EUR): 1223789.0
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

The objective of DOTSENSE is the application of III-nitride (InxGa1-xN) quantum dots (QDs) and nanodisks (NDs) as opto-chemical transducers for the detection of hydrogen, hydrocarbons and the pH-value in gaseous and liquid environments. The characteristics of intense room-temperature luminescence from III-nitride nanostructures can be altered by chemically induced variations of the surface potential. The transparency of the substrate material and the involved buffer layers allow optical excitation and detection of the changes in QD or ND luminescence from the substrate backside. These transducers are hence capable of operating in harsh environments (high pressure, explosive media), as neither electrical feedthroughs nor a deterministic current are necessary for the sensor signal read-out. Furthermore, spatially-resolved detection of variations in the surface potential is possible, since the spatial extension of excited nanostructures is determined by the diameter of the incident light beam. In the first part of the project, the work is focused on the optimization of the structural properties of QD and ND ensembles (size, alloy composition, number of layers, crystallographic orientation) with the aim of attaining a maximum sensitivity of the emission properties (intensity and energetic distribution) upon variations in the surface potential. In a second stage, the opto-chemical transducers will be integrated with commercially available light emitters and detectors, to implement different kinds of sensor systems, which demonstrate and exploit the advantages of this innovative transducer concept. This prototypes find application in the field of aeronautics, with a the potential to increase the safety and/or the economy of flying.

Keywords: chemical sensors,optical sensors,quantum dots,group iii-nitrides,harsh environment
Helping Autism diagnosed young people Navigate and Develop Socially (HANDS)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: ICT for Independent Living, Inclusion and Governance
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Denmark,Hungary,United Kingdom,Romania,Norway,Sweden
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2007-2, 2007)
Start date: 2008-06-01
End date: 2011-10-31
Duration (months): 41.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3352383.0
EU funding (EUR): 2580000.0
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

The HANDS project aims to develop a mobile ICT solution to help young people with an autism diagnosis (ASD) to become better integrated in society. A HANDS toolset based on new research from Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) will be developed which will support them in handling situations where they have to act autonomously, as well as to develop their social skills and self management skills. The HANDS project has a strong multi-disciplinary academic base with experts in three different fields relevant for the research to be carried out: The key technology to be applied is Persuasive Technology, which is an emerging field under HCI with special advantages related to motivation, which are critical for autism-diagnosed individuals. Additional key knowledge from the fields of Cognitive Psychology and Pedagogical research are also present in the project consortium. HANDS aims provide a solid Proof of Concept that Persuasive Technology in a mobile ICT toolset can be a perfect solution to the problem of helping autism-diagnosed teenagers handling daily challenges. A valid proof is ensured through a very high level of user participation, having 5 different schools and organizations conducting teaching of autism diagnosed teenagers in the project. The project has a great amount of entrepreneurship present through two industrial partners, both with a strong desire to bring the resulting products out to end users World-wide. This will contribute to strengthening the European position in inclusive ICT. The development and use of the HANDS software may imply significant ethical issues and full consideration is given to the resolution of these within the project.

Keywords: persuasive technology,cognitive psychology,autism,cognitive disabilities,open source
OneLab2 : An Open Federated Laboratory Supporting Network Research for the Future Internet (ONELAB2)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Pervasive and Trustworthy network and service infrastructures
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: France,United Kingdom,Greece,Italy,Germany,Hungary,Switzerland,Germany,Israel,France,Portugal,Sweden,Australia,France,Poland,Germany,Spain,Japan,China
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2007-2, 2007)
Start date: 2008-09-01
End date: 2011-01-31
Duration (months): 29.0
Total project cost (EUR): 8852508.0
EU funding (EUR): 6298153.0
Participants: 30
Project status: CLOSED

Experimentally driven research is key to success in today’s Internet. Many test beds support research and development, and product prototyping in communication networks. However, they tend to specialise in particular access technologies or services, or explore near term product offerings, often with limited availability and openness. An open and sustainable large-scale shared experimental facility will allow European industry and academia to innovate today and to design the future Internet. The OneLab2 project will leverage the original OneLab project’s PlanetLab Europe test bed and its international visibility to make this facility a reality. OneLab2 is built on three complementary pillars. The Platform Pillar will operate PlanetLab Europe, extending PlanetLab service across Europe, and federating with other PlanetLab infrastructures worldwide. It will integrate new features into the system. The Tools Pillar will enhance the test-bed-native network monitoring service that supports experiments. And the Customers Pillar will meet the needs of the facility’s customers by providing them with access to diverse facilities, achieved through federating different types of test bed. An experimental facility must know its customers. OneLab2 will do this by directly involving pilot customers who are testing novel ideas in networking research. OneLab2’s coalition assembles some of the most highly respected networking research teams from university and industry labs in Europe. Each team has an active research agenda in new network technologies, network monitoring, or test bed management. OneLab2's success would mean that PlanetLab Europe is established as a competitive and federated facility with international visibility and a broad set of customers, implementing OneLab2’s vision and research contributions. PlanetLab Europe will continue to function beyond the end of the project period, providing ongoing services to the research community at large.

Keywords: future internet,test beds,planetlab,monitoring,wireless,cdns,sac,benchmarking
Embedding P2P technology in Next Generation Networks: A New Communication Paradigm & Experimentation Infrastructure (VITAL++)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Pervasive and Trustworthy network and service infrastructures
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Greece,Spain,Germany,Germany,Ireland,Austria,Greece,Belgium
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2007-2, 2007)
Start date: 2008-06-01
End date: 2010-11-30
Duration (months): 33.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2871617.0
EU funding (EUR): 2000000.0
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

Emerging types of applications, rich in user-created or provider-created content, enabled by P2P technology, with high demands for network resources are rapidly changing the landscape of network requirements and operations creating new challenges in network and service management, configuration, deployment, protocols etc. P2P is primarily a technology that fosters self-deployment and self-organisation, thus, reducing operational costs, while it achieves optimised resource utilisation for the deployed applications and services. In contrast, IMS as a control plane technology primarily addresses issues of heterogeneity of access technologies, addressing schemes, AAA, security and mobility management. VITAL++ major objective is to combine and experiment with the best of the two worlds, namely, IMS-like control plane functionality and P2P technology giving rise into a new communication paradigm that will bring a wide range of benefits. The key to achieving this objective, is to put this paradigm under strenuous experimentation, carried out under realistic network conditions using popular applications. To this end, VITAL++ is putting together a pan-European testbed comprised of existing geographically distributed test sites integrated by IMS technology. This will be thoroughly tested by reference content applications and services that use P2P technology as a means for their distribution and achieving satisfactory QoS levels through network resource optimisation algorithms rather than non-scalable QoS reservation operations.

Keywords: p2p,overlays,content distribution,user created content,content application services
Laboratory Skin Patches and SmartCards based on foils and compatible with a smartphone (LABONFOIL)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Components, systems, engineering
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Spain,Spain,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Denmark,Poland,Germany,Sweden,Austria,Ireland,Spain,Spain,Germany
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2007-2, 2007)
Start date: 2008-05-01
End date: 2013-02-28
Duration (months): 58.0
Total project cost (EUR): 7196410.0
EU funding (EUR): 5300000.0
Participants: 14
Project status: CLOSED

Conventional analytical methods often require a large sample volume and complicated time-consuming protocols. The objective of this project is to develop ultra low cost laboratories on chips (LOC) without penalisation in time response, sensitivity or simplicity of use. The user will obtain the test results using a very popular interface (a smartphone) and a set of Labcards and Skin Patches where the sample preparation and detection take place. The project will validate the Labcard in three applications: (i) climate prediction by sea CO2 absorption through algae detection, (ii) Salmonella and Campylobacter typing in slaughter houses and farms and (iii) Colorectal Cancer monitoring using blood; and the Band Patch in Cocaine consume in professional drivers through sweat. The new devices will consist of a LOC embedded in a Smartcard or a Skin Patch. The LOC will integrate the Microsystems (valves, pumps, reservoirs, heaters, Organic LEDs and electronics) and Biotechnology (reagents, enzymatic reactions, immobilised layers). This combination will produce a testing system requiring no sample preparation from the user. The Labcard and Skin Patch will be fabricated using a reel-to-reel system decreasing the price to 1% of existing systems (by replacing wafer based substrates with large films based systems). The project involves 15 partners from 8 countries. They are European leaders in their fields. They represent public (2 research centres and one medical institution) and private sector (6 SMEs and 6 technological centres). The Labcard will provide new solutions for crisis management (e.g. food poisoning or global warming) and will require small samples to obtain the diagnostic. The Skin Patch will allow controlling the abuse of drugs or analogue substances, and studying time-evolution of several protein markers (e.g. cytokines or hormones). The smart mobile phone will be a Point of Care device and will offer a vast range of communication and interface capabilities.

Keywords: micro-biotechnology integration,diagnostic device
Distributed Information Acquisition and Decision-Making for Environmental Management (DIADEM)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: ICT for mobility, environmental sustainability and energy efficiency
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Netherlands,Netherlands,Netherlands,Romania,Germany,Sweden,Belgium,Denmark,Denmark
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2007-2, 2007)
Start date: 2008-09-01
End date: 2011-08-31
Duration (months): 39.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3756771.0
EU funding (EUR): 2519682.0
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

The resulting methods and tools will support environmental management in industrial settings. In particular, the resulting system will support seamless and efficient integration of (i) robust and efficient gas monitoring systems and (ii) advanced decision support/planning systems which facilitate rapid, high-quality decision making based on rich domain expertise and large quantities of relevant information. The resulting systems will contribute to safer and healthier environment in industrialized areas in different, complementary ways: • Mitigation of consequences of catastrophic chemical incidents through quick and reliable gas detection, monitoring and extremely efficient decision making processes. • Prevention of catastrophic chemical incidents and reduction of chemical pollution through planning based on collaboration of many experts and efficient use of advanced tools. • Prevention of chemical air pollution in industrial areas. By being able to quickly detect and discover the sources of pollution, the environmental protection agencies will able to enforce stringent regulations upon the industry. This will be achieved through a unique combination of (i) advanced approaches to information fusion and gas distribution models, (ii) a service oriented approach to modular information processing, (iii) seamless integration of human-based and automated reasoning techniques supported by multi criteria decision analysis and advanced human machine interfaces and (iv) different existing tools will be integrated into various processing modules. While the project is addressing very challenging problems, a unique combination of consortium partners guarantees substantial breakthroughs within the planned time frame. The consortium consists of complementary partners, ranging from academics with excellent scientific track to SMEs and Multinationals serving the most demanding high-tech markets.

Keywords: distributed decision making,multi agent systems,modular,robust,human machine collaboration,gas detection,gas monitoring,gas tracking
SMART HOMES FOR ALL. AN EMBEDDED MIDDLEWARE PLATFORM FOR PERVASIVE AND IMMERSIVE ENVIRONMENTS FOR-ALL (SM4ALL)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Components, systems, engineering
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Italy,Austria,Netherlands,Sweden,Spain,Austria,Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2007-2, 2007)
Start date: 2008-09-01
End date: 2011-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4291494.0
EU funding (EUR): 2899991.0
Participants: 12
Project status: CLOSED

Embedded systems are specialised computers used in larger systems or machines to control equipments such as automobiles, home appliances, communication, control and office machines. Such pervasivity is particularly evident in immersive realities, i.e., scenarios in which invisible embedded systems need to continuosly interact with human users, in order to provide continuous sensed information and to react to service requests from the users themselves. The SM4ALL project will investigate an innovative middleware platform for inter-working of smart embedded services in immersive and person-centric environments, through the use of composability and semantic techniques for dynamic service reconfiguration. By leveraging on P2P technologies, the platform is inherently scalable and able to resist to devices’ churn and failures, while preserving the privacy of its human users as well as the security of the whole environment. This is applied to the challenging scenario of private houses and home-care assistance in presence of users with different abilities and needs (e.g., young able bodied, aged and disabled). The specific composition of the Consortium, consisting of top-class universities and research centers (UOR, TUW, RUG, KTH and FOI), of user partners specialized in domotics and home-care assistance (FSL and THFL) and a SME specialized in specific brain-computer interfaces (GTEC), and of leader companies in the embedded sector (TID and ED) guarantees a widespread dissemination and exploitation of the project results, coupled with a privileged position inside ARTEMIS and ARTEMISIA (due to the presence of UOR, TUW and ED in such bodies).

Keywords: pervasive middleware,embedded services,immersive environments,person-centric applications,domotics,scalability,dependability,dynamicity,overall security,built-in privacy
Integrated Risk Management for Africa (IRMA)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: ICT for mobility, environmental sustainability and energy efficiency
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Luxembourg,Belgium,France,Netherlands,France,Netherlands,South Africa,Senegal,Morocco,Cameroon,Mozambique
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2007-2, 2007)
Start date: 2008-06-01
End date: 2011-05-31
Duration (months): 19.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3533633.0
EU funding (EUR): 2481395.0
Participants: 15
Project status: CLOSED

Disaster risk reduction policies and institutional mechanism exist at various degrees of completeness in the African countries part of the consortium. Their effectiveness is however limited when having to deal with major disasters and complex emergencies. Risk management is often limited to specific hazard monitoring with limited or no consideration of the vulnerability of the area at risk neither to the systemic nature and possible domino effect between risks of different nature. It is the vulnerability of the population and of the infrastructure at risk that may transform a hazard into a major disaster. The objective of IRMA is to demonstrate the effectiveness of ICT applications to deal with major disasters and the possibly resulting humanitarian crisis by integrating the whole disaster management chain from assessment to recovery. This will be realized by the integration of existing tools adapted to the regional specificities with new developments addressing the issue of multiple combined vulnerabilities. The general architecture of IRMA is “system of systems” based drawing from the results of the WIN and ORCHESTRA Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), it will ensure interoperability with INSPIRE and the merging UNSDI with the view to benefit from both EU and UN current and future services.

Keywords: disaster multi-risk reduction