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Reliable Communication in Integrated Circuits (CIC)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IEF, 2009)
Start date: 2010-06-01
End date: 2012-05-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 165040.8
EU funding (EUR): 165040.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Interconnects responsible for the communication between different parts of a microprocessor are a critical bottleneck in integrated circuits. Indeed, as circuit geometries become smaller, the cost of performing computation continues to decrease while the cost of on-chip communication is not improving. The conventional approach to address this bottleneck is to introduce new materials and refine manufacturing technology of integrated circuits so as to reduce performance limiting effects in interconnects. However, it is expected that to address long-term technology requirements of integrated circuits new design or technology solutions will be needed. One possible solution that addresses performance limitations of interconnects is to use signal coding techniques. Thus, instead of sending data directly from one part of a microprocessor to another, they are first encoded so as to protect them against physical disturbances. This has the advantage that current interconnect technology can be used. However, designing good coding techniques involves the optimization of numerous design parameters and is therefore a challenging task. The proposed project addresses the design of coding techniques for on-chip communication by studying interconnects from an information-theoretic perspective. The following objectives shall be pursued: to identify the main physical phenomena that limit interconnect performance and to propose a channel model; to determine the largest code rate that allows for reliable on-chip communication (information theorists refer to this rate as the channel capacity); and to provide design criteria for designing coding techniques that perform close to this rate. The conclusions that can be drawn from these analyses will help future integrated circuit designers to address performance limitations of interconnects.

Keywords: telecommunications engineering,engineering mathematics,microelectronics,information theory,coding,very large-scale integration (vlsi)
Forecasting conservation needs for endangered fauna:integrating landscape ecology and ethnoecology to predict habitat quality for the kodkod cat (Leopardus guigna) in the Chilean temperate rainforest (KODKOD)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Outgoing Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Germany
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IOF, 2009)
Start date: 2010-06-01
End date: 2014-11-09
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 195681.5
EU funding (EUR): 195681.5
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Habitat loss, alteration and fragmentation represent severe threats to biodiversity globally. Wild cats, which generally require large areas over which to forage, are particularly affected by fragmentation and human-felid conflicts. Whereas considerable research has been directed towards large carnivores, smaller more cryptic species have received comparatively little attention. The kodkod or güiña (Leopardus guigna) is the smallest of the neotropical cats and has one of the most restricted distributions known for felids occupying a narrow strip within south-central Chile and Argentina, the core area of indigenous Mapuche communities. The kodkod is classified as vulnerable by IUCN. Principal threats are habitat loss due to agricultural land use and retribution killing after attacks on poultry. The general aim of the project is to explore how projected future social and economic development of the fragmented and ethnically heterogeneous Araucanía region will affect habitat availability for the kodkod on private lands. An auto-ecological study will use radio-telemetry for the first time in the northern pre-Andean distribution range to assess habitat use, home range and activity patterns. An ethno-ecological study will provide understanding of the human environment context in which the kodkod lives. Through quantitative and qualitative interviews with Mapuche people and other socio-cultural groups of landowners knowledge and attitudes will be explored. Linking the ecological, ethnic and social information with geographic information, future land use scenarios will be modelled. This allows strategies to be identified for mitigating conflicts between the development process and habitat quality, and for the role of the kodkod as a cultural keystone species for use in conservation education. Training will be achieved in interdisciplinary aspects of biodiversity conservation (ethnoecology) and its methodologies (telemetry, Geographical Information Systems).

Keywords: animal ecology,anthropogenic impact on ecosystems,applied zoology,chile,conservation scenarios,endangered species,ethnoecology,habitat fragmentation,private lands,small felids,stakeholders
The management control of innovation: the role of management control technologies in the offshoring of R&D processes (INNOVATION CONTROL)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Denmark
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IEF, 2009)
Start date: 2011-01-01
End date: 2012-12-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 216241.0
EU funding (EUR): 216241.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The recent research stream on the role of accounting and management control systems in innovation settings, focuses on the difference between control systems which foster innovation and those that foster productivity. It seeks to find the patterns of effects of formal and informal control systems and helps to unravel the correlates of control systems on innovation. This research project aims at contributing to the understanding of innovation processes as practices by inquiring how elements of various control systems engage in the development of innovation and how the interconnections between different technologies of managing, which intervene in the shaping of innovation practices, could be more important than their separation. The ambition of this research project is to inquire into the role that these management technologies, as ‘mediating instruments’ between arenas and actors, have in the generation and diffusion of innovation and thus in the process of making and constructing of markets. These issues are investigated in two European multinational organizations which are experiencing the offshoring of R&amp;D processes. Offshoring of R&amp;D activities is a way of exploiting trans-national synergies and co-operation in order to foster innovation and it is of particular relevance for innovation management and management accounting studies because it raises the issue of controlling innovation at a distance by managing inter-organizational networks which are characterized by a high geographic dispersion. In these social arenas accounting and management control technologies mediate and transform uncertainties linked to innovation development and shape networks which develop across time and space. The research is inter-disciplinary and based on the use of sociological theories and qualitative field approaches (e.g. Ahrens and Chapman, 2006) to assist in the analysis of the organizational dynamics and micro-processes.

Keywords: social sciences,management studies,management control,accounting,innovation management,trans-national innovation,offshoring,r&d,qualitative research,sociology of translations
Body-Object Integration (BOI): The neurocognitive basis of integrating conceptual object knowledge in the body representation (BOI)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Switzerland
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IEF, 2009)
Start date: 2010-09-01
End date: 2012-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 180970.8
EU funding (EUR): 180970.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

In our daily lives we often use objects that greatly expand our bodily action capabilities, such as writing with a pen, handling a mobile phone or driving a car. The overall aim of the present proposal is to elucidate the neurocognitive basis of how conceptual object knowledge is integrated in our body representation. We will develop an innovative experimental paradigm in which we manipulate the congruence of body-object relationships at both a distal level (e.g. placing a glove near the hand) and a proximal level (e.g. putting a backpack on the back). The experimental paradigm will quantify subjective, behavioral and neuroimaging measures to provide new insights into the functional and neural correlates of how conceptual object knowledge is incorporated in the body representation. The outcomes of the project will not only extend our knowledge about the human brain but will also be relevant for clinical purposes, e.g. with respect to learning to use prosthetic devices, developing brain-computer interfaces and robotics and introducing new medical products. The project will be conducted for two years in the lab of professor Olaf Blanke at the Brain Mind Institute at Lausanne, with state-of-the-art research facilities and an excellent reputation. The quality and excellence of the proposed research project are comprised by (1) the combination of my strong research background on object-directed actions with Olaf Blanke’s expertise on body representations, (2) the use of innovative research methods (3) the interdisciplinary nature of the project and (4) the challenging theoretical question on how long-term conceptual knowledge is integrated in our body representation. This project will allow me to greatly expand my theoretical and practical skills to become an independent researcher and it will foster collaboration between two of the top research institutes on cognitive neuroscience in Europe.

Keywords: cognitive neuroscience,neurosciences,objects,body representation,conceptual knowledge,goal-directed action,eeg,virtual reality,extended cognition,prostheses
Ecological correlates of storage and migration strategies in a capital-breeding oceanic ‘jellyvore’ multiyear migrant turtle (STORMITURTLE)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IEF, 2009)
Start date: 2011-11-01
End date: 2013-10-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 160748.8
EU funding (EUR): 160748.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

There is currently a growing concern about the impacts of climate change, over-fishing and fisheries bycatch on marine environments and natural resources worldwide. A worrying example is notably the jellyfish proliferation to the detriment of other marine organisms in overexploited marine ecosystems. This shift may have high ecological and economical consequences. High trophic level predators integrate and amplify the effects of environmental forcing on lower levels throughout food chains while migrants are integrators of global processes as they may feed in some parts of the world and reproduce in others. The oceanic “jellyvore” multi-year migrant leatherback turtle may thus constitute a key bio-indicator of short- and long-term changes in food-webs and resource availability in marine ecosystems. This project will thus focus on the adaptive strategies of this critically-endangered species facing environmental constraints and will tackle one of the most important questions relating to the global change impacts on marine biodiversity. We will assess for the first time in marine turtles the links between the environmental conditions and the individual life history strategies, i.e. the individual migration, storage and reproductive strategies. Through a European collaboration between the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ, the Netherlands) and IPHC (CNRS, France), I will be able to use stable isotope and original tracking techniques to investigate the migration and storage strategies of female leatherbacks of known-identity and known-reproductive history. Such a unique long-term database is available in French Guiana, one of the main leatherback’s nesting sites in the world. This project will help better understanding the underlying factors of leatherback population’s dynamics in the context of global change and ultimately help investigating how natural and human-driven environmental changes affect marine ecosystems.

Keywords: behavioural ecology,animal physiology,biodiversity indicators,global change adaptation strategies (climate change),marine ecosystems (climate change),marine turtles,oceanography,stable isotopes
Functional Nanoscale Coordination Polymers: Controlled Growth by Metal-Containing Block Copolymer Templated Self-Assembly (JBGIM)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Incoming Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IIF, 2009)
Start date: 2010-07-12
End date: 2012-07-11
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 173240.8
EU funding (EUR): 173240.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Coordination polymers are infinite arrays of bridging ligands bound to two or more transition metal ions. The potential application of coordination polymers in the areas of materials and nanoscience is significant as their properties can be tuned through variation of the transition metal ions and bridging ligands. To date, research in the area of functional nanoscale coordination polymers has been limited to amorphous (spherical) and crystalline (non-spherical) examples and the controlled growth of coordination polymers has not been realized. We propose the use of metal-containing diblock copolymer templates, which self-assemble in a number of different morphologies depending on the volume fraction of the blocks, to influence the structure of coordination polymers on the nanoscale, and for the first time demonstrate control over their size and shape. Our approaches will afford multifunctional materials with highly tunable properties, and the incorporation of diblock copolymers will allow for the rational design and controlled growth of nanoscale coordination polymers. This highly interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research proposal requires a wide range of skills and this is exactly the mix possessed by the applicant (ligand design, coordination chemistry, stable-radical chemistry, electrochemistry, and molecule-based magnetism) and the host laboratory (polymer chemistry, materials chemistry, and nanoscience). The proposed research will bring a promising young researcher to Europe, and will lead to a new area of functional polymer and materials research where a range of potential applications are envisioned.

Keywords: polymer science,materials science,nanoscience,self-assembly,functional materials,coordination polymers,metal-containing block copolymers,molecule-based magnetism,stable radical chemistry
Financial Decision Making under Multi-Dimentional Uncertainty (UNCERTAINTY)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Outgoing Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Israel
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IOF, 2009)
Start date: 2010-08-01
End date: 2013-07-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 232315.9
EU funding (EUR): 232315.9
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

During the recent decade it has become commonly agreeable that existing financial models cannot explain many observable phenomena in the financial world (e.g. the recent mortgage crisis and its worldwide effects, equity premium puzzle and home bias in investing). One flaw of the existing models is that they do not capture the entire picture of uncertainty. This research generalizes models of asset pricing to accommodate additional tier of uncertainty, called ambiguity. Namely, we model financial decision making in a more realistic manner by dropping the standard and restrictive assumption that economic agents know the precise odds of possible events and their accurate monetary outcomes. We formulate financial decision making under multi-dimensional uncertainty using the novel mathematical framework of phantom probability, introduced by Izhakian and Izhakian (2009). This proposal addresses a series of fundamental questions about the nature of ambiguity: How optimal portfolio composition is affected by ambiguity? Whether ambiguity leads to greater savings compared to the standard risk formulations. When do ambiguity and risk reinforce (counteract) each other? How can the level of ambiguity be measured? Can ambiguity be eliminated or reduced by diversification in a manner similar to idiosyncratic risk in the CAPM framework? The effect of ambiguity in an intertemporal framework is highly related to implication of the term structure of interest rate and option pricing. Accommodating ambiguity to option and term structure models can explain some deviations from Black-Scholes pricing formula (e.g. the option “smile”, under pricing and risk-free rate puzzle) and might also produce more realistic term structure model. This research project is supervised by Prof. Thomas Sargent, Prof. Simon Benninga and Prof. Itzhak Gilboa. The outgoing phase will take place at New York University and the return phase will take place at Tel Aviv University.

Keywords: economic theory,probability theory,financial science,decision theory
The role of animals in late Iron Age and Roman life: cultural identity and the relationship between Italy and Britain (ANCID)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IEF, 2009)
Start date: 2010-10-01
End date: 2012-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 240289.6
EU funding (EUR): 240289.6
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Archaeological evidence has indicated that major cultural changes occurred in Europe between the Late Iron Age and Early Roman periods, although these were neither homogeneous nor universal. The theoretical framework by which to interpret these complex processes has been energetically debated and remains contentious. Animal bones recovered from archaeological habitation sites - mostly the product of meal, kitchen and waste - can reveal far more than merely the diet of past societies. They reflect a complex web of economic, social, religious, political and domestic circumstances and behaviours and can help our understanding of the cultural identity of past human communities. The project is designed to develop a much-needed scientific approach to the study of animal assemblages found in Italy and Britain and dated to the pre- and Roman periods. Questions, such as change and/or improvement of husbandry techniques, contribution of local breeding, introduction of livestock, use of land, role of market, influence of local culture and permanence of the Iron Age ideology will be investigated. The project will build on previous work carried out at a national level, but will try to provide a pan-European perspective by comparing the evidence from the origin of Roman influence - Italy – with that of one of the colonies – Britain. The project will be interdisciplinary as it will benefit from several methodological approaches, including taxonomy, demography, biometry and biochemistry. A key research aim will be to identify changes in bone size and morphology and mortality patterns, and to interpret any observed trends in terms of factors such as site type, location and chronology. It will incorporate analyses of newly collected data and that from sites which have been previously published to a high standard. Cattle tooth enamel from selected sites will be subjected to strontium and oxygen isotopic analysis to investigate the relative diversity/homogeneity of livestock supply.

Keywords: palaeozoology,archaeology,italy,britain,iron age,roman period,animal bones,mortality patterns,biometry,isotopic analysis,interdisciplinarity,cultural identity,influence,site type
Intangible cultural heritage policies in Europe: what “participation” of which “communities”? (ICHEUROPE)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Belgium
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IEF, 2009)
Start date: 2010-10-01
End date: 2013-01-31
Duration (months): 28.0
Total project cost (EUR): 159100.0
EU funding (EUR): 159100.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

« Participation » and « communities » are key concepts of the 2003 Unesco Convention for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage. This project investigates the current establishment of this heritage domain at the European level and compares how these concepts are interpreted in the implementation of the 2003 Convention in southern, central, and eastern European countries (Italy, France and Hungary). The project considers the impact of this new heritage paradigm both on national institutions (through an ethnography of institutions) and on local heritage stakeholders (through multisite ethnography). This project tests therefore a pioneering multisite and intersectorial approach which aims at promoting coordination of policy and action between all stakeholders (local, national and supranational). The goal of this comparative research is to provide EU policy makers with an analytical perspective capable of improving European interaction in the implementation of domestic and supranational heritage policies. The results of ICHEUROPE are intended to be transferred into applied social and economic intervention and have structuring effects on the actual implementation of EU heritage policies, allowing local stakeholders to establish collaborative safeguarding projects consistent with international regulations. This project addresses an uninvestigated domain and has therefore strong potential to stimulate further inter-sectorial research projects.

Keywords: social sciences,comparative anthropology,cultural policies,intangible cultural heritage,europe,unesco,participation,communities,local,global,transnational,hungary,italy,france.