Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Development Of RegiOnal clusTers for researcH and implementation of environmental friendlY urban logistics (DOROTHY)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Regions of Knowledge
Destination: Transnational cooperation between regional research-driven clusters
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Spain,Spain,Portugal,Romania,Romania,Italy,Italy
Call:  (FP7-REGIONS-2012-2013-1, 2012)
Start date: 2013-07-01
End date: 2016-06-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2804244.05
EU funding (EUR): 2302263.0
Participants: 26
Project status: CLOSED

Dorothy Project is targeted to develop the potential of innovation and research in the four Regions Tuscany (Italy),Valencia (Spain),Lisbon and Tagus (Portugal) and Oltenia (Romania) composing the Consortium in the field of Urban Logistics, one of the main focus of attention of the Flagship Initiative. In fact UL could reach 40% of the total cost of transportation and has great relevancy for energy consumption ad for town environmental quality. Research and technological innovation can play a significant role in the improvement of competitiveness of the sector. The Project organization shows a “two level” structure: -the Consortium partners, qualified in their specific role, experienced in the field, capable of developing the work required, be representative of the realities of the local Clusters, cover the essential roles in the Project. -The Stakeholders group, composed by all the initial partners of the Clusters and by other significant stakeholders (representatives of Associations, Chambers of Commerce, etc.) which can address and support the actions foreseen by the Project. The specific objectives of the Project can be synthesised as follow: -To define lines of research and innovation for the Clusters compliant with the specific technological and territorial specialisations. -To address the research-driven clusters in the four Regions toward common developments and collaboration through networking activities. -To set up the better conditions for the full exploitation of the results of the researches. -To ensure the spread of knowledge through high quality dissemination and stakeholders involvement. -To support the internationalisation of the Clusters through specific actions (Albania and Brazil already interested ). -To define Joint Action Plans (JAP) for the four Regions, with the active involvement of the Regional Authorities and Agencies -To mentor the start-up of the research clusters -To monitor the start-up of the activities defined in the JAP.

Keywords: city logistics,research-driven cluster,co-operation,join action plan,internationalization,infomobility,electric vehicles,environmental impact
Governing Urban Diversity: Creating Social Cohesion, Social Mobility and Economic Performance in Today's Hyper-diversified Cities (DIVERCITIES)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Socio-economic sciences and Humanities
Destination: Combining economic, social and environmental objectives in a European perspective
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Netherlands,Belgium,Türkiye,Hungary,Denmark,United Kingdom,Switzerland,Netherlands,Italy,Germany,France,Estonia,Poland,Germany,Austria,Greece
Call:  (FP7-SSH-2012-1, 2012)
Start date: 2013-03-01
End date: 2017-02-28
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 8203683.61
EU funding (EUR): 6498828.5
Participants: 17
Project status: CLOSED

The central hypothesis of this project is that socio-economic, socio-demographic, ethnic and cultural diversity can positively affect social cohesion, economic performance and social mobility of individuals and groups. A better social cohesion, higher economic performance and increased chances for social mobility will make European cities more liveable and more competitive. In this period of long-term economic downturn (or sometimes even crisis) and increasing competition from countries elsewhere in the world (e.g. China, India), it is important to find out how and under which circumstances European's urban diversity can be turned into social and economic advantages. Many current urban policies lack a positive view on urban diversity, because they generally focus on the negative aspects of diversity, such as intolerance, racism, discrimination and insecurity. New policies, instruments and governance arrangements are needed, and sometimes they already exist. We have to find out how they have become successful and how they can be implemented elsewhere. When we acknowledge the hyper-diversity of our urban societies, we also have to acknowledge that these societies cannot flourish from standard or general approaches aiming at, for example, economic growth or better housing or more liveable neighbourhoods. Increasingly, more diverse, more tailored arrangements are needed, arrangements that have an eye for hyper-diverse cities and communities. As a result of the project, new and innovative policy instruments and governance arrangements will be suggested that (a) recognise urban diversity as a positive aspect; (b) increase interaction and communication between the diversity of groups in urban society; and (c) increase participation to satisfy the needs of the communities. The project thus aims at finding out how urban diversity influences three core issues: social cohesion, economic performance and social mobility and how governance arrangements help to strengthen this.

Keywords: urban diversity,governance,social cohesion,economic performance,social mobility
SMART CULTURE (SMARTCULTURE)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Regions of Knowledge
Destination: Transnational cooperation between regional research-driven clusters
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: France,United Kingdom,Netherlands,Denmark,Italy,Bulgaria,Denmark,Spain,Spain
Call:  (FP7-REGIONS-2012-2013-1, 2012)
Start date: 2012-12-01
End date: 2015-11-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2938495.2
EU funding (EUR): 2642713.0
Participants: 13
Project status: CLOSED

The SmartCulture project aims to provide a sustainable access to cultural heritage to a wider range of users by the use of digital technologies. Digital technologies will help to transform passive audiences into active practitioners of culture. The consortium will promote the creation of engaging digital experiences for access to cultural resources by the cross fertilization between ICT enterprises, Creative and Cultural Industries (especially SMEs) and research stakeholders across Europe. This cross fertilization will lead to new opportunities and good practices for innovative digital access to cultural resources and digital cultural mediation. These challenges fully comply with the objectives of the Work Program for ICT of the FP7 and the EU Work Plan for Culture 2011-2014 and with the conclusions of the green paper on Cultural and Creative Industries. Most of the eight regions involved in the SmartCulture project have a very high population, a very rich cultural heritage (e.g. Louvre-Lens, Museo Guggenheim, Museo del Prado), as well as a dynamic contents production. Some regions are European leaders for Information & Communication and Creative and Cultural Industries. All of the participants in the SmartCulture project have a strong relationship to European Capitals of Culture (ECoC) as winners or candidates. The consortium has the potentialities to develop innovative and efficient ways to provide access to cultural resources to a wider range of citizens, and it is obvious that there is a “market” for this. We have strong networks for ICT enterprises and CCI (especially SMEs), but we need to strengthen cross fertilization between technological and creative industries, by encouraging for example mobility for professionals and researchers, and the emergence of common data exchange formats for digital experiences. International competition with big players is forcing us to build a common international strategy, for gaining new markets, especially emerging ones.

Keywords: cultural and creative industries,cultural heritage,digital access,collaborative research,culture,art,audiovisual,digital experiences,man-machine interaction,cross media,immersive media
Regional Digital Agendas for Healthcare. (READI FOR HEALTH)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Regions of Knowledge
Destination: Transnational cooperation between regional research-driven clusters
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Spain,Sweden,Finland,United Kingdom,France,Spain
Call:  (FP7-REGIONS-2012-2013-1, 2012)
Start date: 2013-09-01
End date: 2016-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3067544.0
EU funding (EUR): 2750223.0
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

READi for Health aims to strengthen the research potential of four leading eHealth regions (Murcia, Skane, Oulu and Midi-Pyrénées) by supporting their triple helix clusters to become world-class players in domains related to the EU Digital Agenda for Healthcare. The major limitation of the eHealth market today is not scarcity of technology, but that innovationup-take is slow compared with other sectors not depending on Public Administration. As a consequence,European public sector expenditure has not been used to spur innovation. However, with an aging population and under current economic conditions, it is critical to facilitate its incorporation to raise the efficiency and quality of healthcare delivery. READi for Health clusters will join forces to prepare and specialize their regions for quick uptake of eHealth innovation, validation under real-world conditions, and cost-benefit assessment. Cutting-edge companies (even from other regions) will be welcomed to apply for technology testing within the mature Healthcare Information System regional landscapes of the consortium and, if considered of public interest, supported in its implementation and economic assessment. For this to become a reality, new Public Private Partnerships and purchasing mechanisms like Pre-Commercial Procurement need to be used. Also, technological development tofacilitate quick incorporation of innovation has to be fostered. In particular in the areas of: • Semantic Interoperability and Standards. • Cloud Computing. • Secure information access from any device. In order to become a truly regional engine for growth, those innovations must be exported to European and world-wide markets. Participants will support companies, especially SMEs, to internationalize their innovations by promoting a ´global network of eHealth clusters´. This network will facilitate overseas contacts and market intelligence, and contribute to the sustainability of the clusters themselves.

Keywords: digital agenda,ict,information technology,ehealth,healthcare,cloud computing,interoperability,mobility,pcp,internationalization.
Understanding Random Systems via Algebraic Topology (URSAT)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: Mathematical foundations
Countries involved: Israel
Call:  (ERC-2012-ADG_20120216, 2012)
Start date: 2013-03-01
End date: 2018-09-30
Duration (months): 67.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1904000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1904000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Over the past decade there has been a significant expansion of activity in applying the techniques and theory of algebraic topology to real world problems. The expression `applied algebraic topology' is no longer an oxymoron! This expansion has generated new mathematical theory, new computational techniques, and even commercial startups. However, there is still an important component of this topological approach that has not been treated in any depth, and this is the inherently stochastic nature of the world. Consequently, there is an urgent need to complement recent developments, which have been primarily deterministic, with sophisticated stochastic modelling and analysis. The current proposal aims to attack this issue by applying algebraic topological thinking to random systems. Over the past two years, the PI Adler and colleagues have organised workshops in Banff, Palo Alto and Chicago with tens of researchers from topology, probability, statistics, random networks, image analysis and other areas, with the aim of defining the important problems that `random algebraic topology' should address. These brain trusts have born fruit in terms of setting some clearly defined goals, many of which help motivate the core of the current proposal, which is by far the most ambitious of a number of earlier and current projects. These endeavours are expected to have -- and are to a considerable part driven by -- applications to areas outside of mathematics, while at the same time having deep, intrinsic, mathematical interest. The multi-faceted aspect of the proposal, involving a number of areas within mathematics that do not usually appear together, is highly novel and requires the setting up of a large and coordinated team of researchers. This will include the PI, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, and short and medium term visiting scholars from a variety of disciplines

Keywords: applications of topology,stochastic geometry,persistent homology,random processes,random networks,random simplicial complexes,algebraic topology,geometric models.
HERMES – High Exponential Rise in Miniaturized cantilever-like Sensing (HERMES)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: Products and process engineering
Countries involved: Denmark
Call:  (ERC-2012-ADG_20120216, 2012)
Start date: 2013-02-01
End date: 2018-01-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2499466.0
EU funding (EUR): 2499466.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Miniaturized cantilever–like sensors have evolved rapidly. However, when it comes to major breakthroughs in both fundamental studies as well as commercial applications these sensors face severe challenges: i) reliability – often only one or two measurements are performed for the same conditions due to very slow data generation and the results are rarely confirmed by orthogonal sensing technologies, ii) sensitivity – in many applications the need is now for ultra-low sensitivities, iii) reproducibility – very few results have been reported on reproducibility of these sensors iv)throughput –extremely slow and tedious read-out technologies. In order to take a great leap forward in cantilever-like sensing I suggest a new generation of simplified and optimized cantilever-like sensing structures implemented in a DVD based platform which will specifically address these issues. My overall hypothesis is that the true potential of these exciting sensors can only be released when using a simple and reliable read-out system that allows us to focus on the mechanical performance of the sensors. Thus we will keep the sensors as simple as possible. The DVD readout makes it possible to generate large amount of data and to focus on mechanics and the interplay between mechanics, optics and electrochemistry. It will be a technological challenge to realize a robust and reliable DVD platform, that facilitates optical read-out as well as actuation. The DVD platform will enable a fast and iterative development of hybrid cantilever-like systems which draw upon our more than 10 years experience in the field. These sensors will be realised using Si and polymer based cleanroom fabrication. Focus is on design, fabrication, characterization and applications of cantilever-like sensors and on DVD inspired system integration. By the end of HERMES we will have a unique platform which will be the onset of many new types of specific high –throughput applications and sensor development projects.

Keywords: micro and nano enginering,cantilever-based sensors
Fractal-generated fluid flows: new flow concepts, technological innovation and fundamentals (MULTITURBULENCE)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: Products and process engineering
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (ERC-2012-ADG_20120216, 2012)
Start date: 2013-05-01
End date: 2018-04-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2317265.0
EU funding (EUR): 2317265.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The unprecedented requirements set by the dramatically evolving energy, environmental and climatic constraints mean that industry needs new turbulent and vortical flow concepts for new flow-technology solutions. The full potential and economic impact of radically new industrial flow concepts can only be realised with a step change (i) in the ways we generate and condition turbulent and vortical flows and (ii) in our understanding of turbulent flow dynamics and the consequent new predictive approaches. Fractal/multiscale-generated turbulent and vortical flows are a new family of flow concepts which I have recently pioneered and which hold the following double promise: (1) as the basis for a raft of conceptually new technological flow solutions which can widely set entirely new industrial standards: this proposal focuses on energy-efficient yet effective mixing devices; low-power highly-enhanced heat exchangers; high-performance wings for UAVs, cars, wind turbines; and realistic wind-field design technologies for wind tunnel tests of tall structures such as supertall skyscrapers and wind turbines. (2) As the key new family of turbulent flows which will allow hitherto impossible breakthroughs in our theory and modelling of fluid turbulence. I propose to realise this double promise by a combined experimental-computational approach which will use cutting edge High Performance Computing (HPC) and high-fidelity simulations based on a new code which combines academic accuracy with industrial versatility and which is specifically designed to perform very efficient massively parallel computations on HPC systems. I will run these simulations in tandem with a complementary wide range of wind tunnel, water channel and other laboratory measurements in a two-way interaction between laboratory and computer experiments which will ensure validations and breadth of results.

Keywords: turbulent flows,mixers,heat transfer devices,thick boundary layers,wings
Exciton-Polaritons: New Physics and Long Term Applications (EXCIPOL)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: Condensed matter physics
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (ERC-2012-ADG_20120216, 2012)
Start date: 2013-02-01
End date: 2018-01-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2100000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2100000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

This proposal combines novel experimentation and physical insight with state-of-the-art advances in technology to establish the field of exciton-polariton physics in major new directions. The new physics takes advantage of unique polariton properties including very light mass, strong non-linearities, bosonic character and direct access to density, phase and quantum statistics. The major goals are: 1. Transform the field into the regime of non-classical polariton physics. Major steps forward will include the polariton blockade where one polariton prevents the passage of the next, and very fast 10-100 GHz single photon sources, opening the way to realisation of a variety of strongly correlated photon phenomena in a solid state system. 2. Achieve a quantum phase transition in a system with strong inter-particle interactions, with particular opportunities deriving from the non-equilibrium nature of the polariton system. 3. In the many particle regime, create non-dispersing polariton wave-packets, study collisions and create the first polariton circuits, capitalising on advantageous soliton and condensate properties. As well as the polariton area, the project will impact on several broader fields: semiconductor physics in revealing new interaction phenomena on the nanoscale, quantum optics and information science in the realisation of very fast single photon sources and quantum circuit functions, and new high density collective phase physics towards exploitation as opto-electronic logic gates and circuits. Advances in technology will be crucial to enable the new directions. They will include fabrication of highly uniform cavities using innovation in crystal growth, the pioneering of a new type of polariton system, waveguide polaritons, and the use of open cavities to permit the application of very short wavelength periodic potentials. These technology goals are challenging but achievable, and have potential to enable major advances over the next 5 to 10 years.

Keywords: polariton physics,quantum phenomena,high density phases
Magneto-optics of layered materials: exploring many-body physics in electronic systems with unconventional bands (MOMB)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: Condensed matter physics
Countries involved: France
Call:  (ERC-2012-ADG_20120216, 2012)
Start date: 2013-03-01
End date: 2018-02-28
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1934041.0
EU funding (EUR): 1934041.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The project will explore many-body physics in emergent quantum Hall effect systems (graphitic layers and surface states of topological insulators) and in layered metals of transition metal dichalcogenides using magneto-optical spectroscopy - unconventional for this purpose, but uniquely applicable to these unconventional systems. Studying the inter Landau level excitations (with Raman scattering techniques) in graphene and its bilayer we will test the basic principles of the role of electron-electron interactions in the regime of the quantum Hall effect. Employing high sensitivity microwave absorption methods, we will attempt to solve one of the most controversial issues in the physics of graphene: the nature of the low temperature ground state of the graphene bilayer. The magneto-optical response (in the far-infrared range) of three dimensional topological insulators will be investigated with the aim of demonstrating a new (half odd-integer) quantum Hall effect of their surface states and possible new exotic ground states of single-cone Dirac fermions. Finally, with a fresh experimental approach (cyclotron resonance absorption on NbSe2 and TaS2 and their thin layers) we will shed new light on one of the most intriguing phenomena in strongly correlated systems: competition between an insulating behaviour (charge density wave state in our case) and the ideal-conductor, superconductivity phase.

Keywords: electron-electron interactions,quantum hall effect,superconductivity,magneto-optics,cyclotron resonance,raman scattering,high magnetic fields,graphene,topological insulators,layered metals