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Quantum electronic states in delafossite oxides (QUESTDO)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Condensed matter physics
Panel description: Structure, electronic properties, fluids, nanosciences, biological physics
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: ERC Starting Grant (ERC-2016-STG, 2016)
Start date: 2017-01-01
End date: 2022-12-31
Duration (months): 72.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1999825.0
EU funding (EUR): 1999825.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

One of the most active challenges of modern solid state physics and chemistry is harnessing the unique and varied physical properties of transition-metal oxides. From improved electrodes for solar cells to loss-less transmission of power, these compounds hold the potential to transform our daily lives. Subtle collective quantum states underpin their diverse properties. These complicate their physical understanding but render them extremely sensitive to their local crystalline environment, offering enormous potential to tune their functional behaviour. To date, the vast majority of work has focussed on transition-metal oxides based around cubic “perovskite” building blocks. In contrast, exploiting the layered traingular network of the delafossite structure, the QUESTDO project aims to establish delafossite oxides as a completely novel class of interacting electron system with properties and potential not known in more established systems. Its scope bridges three of the most important current themes in condensed matter, investigating and controlling the delicate interplay of (i) frustrated triangular and honeycomb lattice geometries, (ii) interacting electrons, and (iii) effects of strong spin-orbit interactions. It brings together advanced spectroscopic measurement with precise materials fabrication. Through these studies, QUESTDO promises critical new insight on the quantum many-body problem in solids, and will advance our understanding and demonstrate atomic-scale control of the physical properties of delafossites. Ultimately, it seeks to establish new design methodologies for the targeted creation of emergent and topological phases in this little-studied family of transition-metal oxides, paving the route for their further study and ultimate application.

Keywords: delafossite oxides,angle resolved photoemission,frustrated systems,spin orbit coupling,heterostructures
Concerted Action supporting the transposition and implementation of Directive 2009/28/EC on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (RES Directive) (CA-RES3)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Secure, clean and efficient energy
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Italy,Iceland,Germany,Spain,Estonia,Ireland,Austria,Cyprus,Malta,Poland,Norway,Belgium,Bulgaria,Finland,Croatia,Hungary,Lithuania,Slovakia,Slovenia,Sweden,Greece,Latvia,France,Czechia,Netherlands,Denmark,Luxembourg,Portugal,United Kingdom
Call: Energy (H2020-Adhoc-2014-20, 2016)
Start date: 2016-10-01
End date: 2020-12-31
Duration (months): 51.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4981469.25
EU funding (EUR): 4981469.25
Participants: 32
Project status: CLOSED

The Concerted Action will support the implementation of the renewable energy directive 2009/28/EC. As with the first and second phase, the objectives of CA-RES3 are directly linked to the transposition and implementation of the RES Directive. The third phase of the CA-RES will also provide further opportunities to explore possibilities for common approaches in specific areas of implementation of the RES Directive. The CA-RES3 will achieve the objectives stated above through a series of seven plenary meetings and a joint workshop with the CA EED and the CA EPBD for discussion on the various topics. These meetings will provide a confidential forum for structured discussions and cross-learning between participating countries. This exchange concentrates on key requirements of the RES Directive according to the needs of the participating countries as well as the European Commission. As such, it will contribute to the achievement of the national RES targets set by the Directive. The CA-RES3 will emphasize topics that require common approaches and/or benefit from good practice exchange between participating countries. The CA-RES3 Core Themes will address a number of aspects including support schemes for electricity and heat, integrating RES into electricity networks, the use of RES for heating and cooling and in buildings, disclosure/guarantees of origin, biomass mobilisation and sustainability as well as the use of RES in transport. The confidential character of the CA-RES3 allows participating countries to discuss in confidence how to best implement the RES Directive. Thus, the need for confidentiality will be emphasized towards all participating institutions, and confidentiality agreements will be signed by all participants.

Keywords: renewables,energy,directive,member states,implementation
DAYUSE: the European game changer that creates a disruptive value-adding exploitation model for Hotels. (DAYUSE)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: France
Call: SME instrument (H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-2, 2018)
Start date: 2018-07-01
End date: 2020-06-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2154187.5
EU funding (EUR): 1507931.25
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Created in late 2010, dayuse.com is the innovative world leader in online reservation for the emerging "day use" hotel room segment in a typical "Blue Ocean" strategy. It provides an answer to this key question "Why should I book a hotel room for a full overnight price when I only need it for a few hours?" The Company now relies on a network of over 4,500 partner hotels. The service is provided on a day-time allotment pricing basis. DAYUSE boasts over 300,000 bookings p.a. which represents now one reservation per minute! With the recent signature of agreements with major hotel chains such as AccorHotels, Hilton, Marriott that want to open their huge hotel networks to dayuse.com, a large-scale industrialization phase looks urgent. DAYUSE has now the ambition to leverage on its leader position in the "day use" segment to shake completely the Hospitality Industry by imposing gradually and globally a new scalable industry standard based on an hourly service/rate, 24 hours a day, similarly to industries like car renting. Concretely, the company targets to provide to hotels a DAYUSE Proprietary Management System (PMS) called DMS delivered through SaaS with a ground-breaking pricing "per transaction" mode. The PMS market is estimated at $1.5 billion in 2016 and expected to grow to $2.0 billion in 2024. DAYUSE targets its gradual smooth adoption, first as a complementary tool to existing PMS and finally as a full substitute. DAYUSE will then extend its reach to the whole Hospitality Industry while integrating other distributors. The company wants to be the European game changer in an industry where North American players prevail. This SME Instrument Phase 2 project represents for DAYUSE the very last step to the market. For 24 months, it will prepare and fine-tune the IT tools for the industrialization while running pilots globally in different countries (Europe, US, Asia) to be prepared for the challenges of the Go-to-Market execution in Phase 3.

Keywords: hospitality,new industry standard,scalability,european leadership,value creation
Local Government and the Changing Urban-Rural Interplay (LoGov)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Research and innovation staff exchange
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: South Africa,Germany,Spain,Australia,India,Argentina,Ethiopia,Austria,Italy,Singapore,North Macedonia,Switzerland,Poland,Switzerland,France,Canada
Call: Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (H2020-MSCA-RISE-2018, 2018)
Start date: 2019-02-01
End date: 2024-09-30
Duration (months): 68.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1610000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1311000.0
Participants: 18
Project status: SIGNED

LoGov aims to form an international and intersectoral training and research network in order to provide best-fit practices for local governments to address the changing urban-rural interplay and manage its impacts. As a global Consortium composed of eight European and nine non-European partners, we seek to (1) to identify, evaluate, compare and share practices in five major local government areas (local responsibilities, local finances, local government structure, intergovernmental relations and people’s participation); (2) to encourage the effective application of the best-fit practices by local governments; (3) to strengthen international and intersectoral collaborative research; (4) to enhance the career perspectives of the staff involved by increasing their mobility both within the academic and the non-academic sectors and between these sectors. LoGov’s methodological approach relies on a comprehensive comparative analysis that draws on findings from 15 countries or wider regions on six continents, the extensive involvement of local policy-makers through local government associations and a multi- and interdisciplinary approach that is facilitated by the Consortium’s expertise in four disciplines (public law, political science, public administration and economics). The training strategy of LoGov is based on both secondment-related and network-wide activities. The strategy combines well-established events with newly developed transferable and research skills training, including open science, communication and research transfer training. To achieve the maximum impact, LoGov’s dissemination strategy targets both the wider scientific community and local policy-makers. It does so when sharing the key training result of widening career perspectives and the main research result of providing best-fit practices for local governments. These contribute to making them more resilient in light of changing urban-rural relations, a primary societal challenge of our times.

Keywords: local government law and policies,urban rural differences,best fit governance practices,intergovernmental relations,local responsibilities,local finances,local democracy
High performance generation channel Integration and Testing (IGNITE)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Smart, green and integrated transport
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Clean Sky 2
Action type: Innovation actions
Partnership: CS2 (Art-187)
Countries involved: Italy,United Kingdom
Call: High Performance Generation Channel Integration (H2020-CS2-CFP07-2017-02, 2017)
Start date: 2018-11-01
End date: 2022-10-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 875673.75
EU funding (EUR): 799687.5
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Conventional aircraft currently use three-stage synchronous generators to provide 115Vrms 400Hz AC power to downstream electrical loads. The recent introduction of variable frequency generators has permitted simplification of the mechanical drive train, offering greater power capability than traditional constant frequency generator technologies. The IGNITE project will take a step further and move away from AC power to the DC power to achieve further efficiency improvement and mass reduction. The IGNITE Consortium will bring together their world-leading expertise in the field of machines, electrical drive integration and testing including test rig design, supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), test rig integration of high-performance electrical generation systems, test rig commissioning, test planning and test management, to develop a high-performance test rig for high-voltage direct current (HVDC) power generation channel testing and demonstration. IGNITE will also integrate the power electronic conversion and quick disconnect system developed in two other topics with the IGNITE test bench and SCADA system. The high performance HVDC power generation channel to be developed by IGNITE will embrace multiple advancements including: • Robust and reliable test equipment for HVDC power generation systems • High-efficiency, high-speed permanent magnet machine drives • Advanced test rig combining environmental effects and degradation of the system under test • Advanced control for high-speed electrical generators • Fast data acquisition system which is capable of capturing rapid change system variables and parameters The integrated HVDC power generation system developed within IGNITE will demonstrate an innovative high-efficiency and robust power generation technology for future LPA applications. It will also open doors for power sharing between different HVDC power sources to further improve the efficiency of aircraft under different operating conditions.

Keywords: data acquisition,hvdc power generation,permanent magnet machine,supervisory control,system integration and testing
Teklab Evaporator Management system (TEM) for increasing energy efficiency in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning. Cost effective, highly technological and innovative but easy to understand and install (TEM)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Italy
Call: SME instrument (H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-2, 2019)
Start date: 2019-11-01
End date: 2022-10-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2013836.25
EU funding (EUR): 1409685.38
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Problem. Industrial and commercial refrigeration equipment consume large amount of electricity for its functioning (around 35-50% of the total consumption of each supermarket building) also due to the inefficiency of its control. At EU level it is estimated that approx. 117 TWh/year are consumed by refrigerated cabinets. This has a strong impact on the environment too. About two-thirds of greenhouse gas emissions are caused by energy consumption. Current equipment includes dry or flooded evaporators that are inefficient, complex and expensive. Solution. Our innovation, TEM, is a control system for new and existing industrial and commercial refrigeration appliances (retrofit) that combines TEKLAB high technology and proprietary algorithms. TEM saves up to 15% of energy consumption (17,25 TWh/year) reducing some 14,15 million CO2 tonnes and generating economic savings of 1,725 billion €/year during operation. TEM project also aims at reducing refrigerant charge, together with system complexity and manufacturing cost of refrigeration equipment. Opportunity. The total HVACR market is currently estimated in €68.4 billion and will continue to grow generating revenues of €92.34 billion by 2020. End users in the food retail sector (supermarkets, hypermarkets, convenience shops, etc.) will benefit from a cost-effective, reliable and easy to install control system with a quick investment payback period (1.5 years). Our Company. TEKLAB, based in Modena (Italy), is specialized in liquid level sensors and controllers in the refrigeration market with over 25 years’ experience. We strongly believe that the contribution from the EC will be the necessary boost to allow us to optimize and commercialize our TEM product and the turning point for scaling up our Company. Outcomes. TEM would bring a long-term profitability for our company. We expect to significantly increase total delivery of units (with 3 years ROI of 2.86 / 5 years ROI > 10) and generating new job positions.
Tensoring Positive Maps on Operator Structures (TIPTOP)

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: Mathematics
Countries involved: France
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2018, 2018)
Start date: 2019-10-01
End date: 2021-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 196707.84
EU funding (EUR): 196707.84
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Many important problems in quantum information theory can be formulated in terms of how linear maps between matrix algebras behave under tensor powers. Examples include the distillation problem (fundamental for quantum communication), the problem of local entanglement annihilation (important for entanglement distribution in quantum networks), and the PPT squared conjecture important for (quantum key repeaters). Despite their importance for quantum communication, these problems are wide open, and no general theory is known for solving them. I realized that these problems can be formulated in the framework of abstract operator systems. Here, they correspond to characterizing which linear maps stay positive under tensor powers with respect to different operator system structures over the matrix algebras at the input and output. Completely positive maps and completely copositive maps (compositions of completely positive maps with a transposition) are always trivial examples, corresponding to known examples in quantum information theory. The question is, whether other examples exist. So far this type of problem has only been studied (indirectly) in the few special cases of operator systems over the matrix algebras corresponding to the above problems. There is a much richer theory of abstract operator systems (even over the matrix algebras) and different tensor products to combine them. In my project, I want to study such tensorization problems for other operator system structures over the matrix algebras and beyond. I want to understand how properties of these structures affect properties of linear maps under tensor powers, and find settings where only the trivial examples of completely positive and completely copositive maps stay positive under any tensor power. Finally, I aim to identify settings where tensorization problems become easier, and where I can construct examples of positive maps with properties we are currently lacking in quantum information theory.

Keywords: quantum information theory,operator algebra,operator systems,tensor products,positive maps
Models of Practice in the Management of Occupational Safety and Health Risks During the Pre-Construction Phases of Construction Projects (Pre-COSH)

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: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2018, 2018)
Start date: 2019-10-01
End date: 2021-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 224933.76
EU funding (EUR): 224933.76
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The construction industry (CI) across the EU has a depressing record of fatal and non-fatal accidents. Researchers have reported that reductions of 42-60% in construction accidents are achievable through better design decisions and coordination at pre-construction phase. EU Directive 1992/57/EEC is aimed at improving the management of occupational safety and health (OSH) risks in the CI. It therefore prioritises coordination during the pre-construction phase by requiring national laws to mandate the appointment of a Pre-Construction Phase Coordinator (PCPC). Statistics on UK accidents have sparked debate as to the efficacy of the transposition of the Directive into national law, particularly the provisions on the PCPC, referred to in the current legislation as the Principal Designer. This challenge has resonance across the entire EU. The proposed action is aimed at developing knowledge and understanding of roles and practices in the management of OSH risks at the pre-construction phase towards the ultimate research output in the form of an advanced pre-construction OSH risk management simulator. These outputs will deliver improvements in OSH which, even at 1%, could mean 3706 fewer accidents, equivalent to €43M annual savings. The research will adopt a mixed methodology involving document analysis, focus groups and case studies to determine practice and industry opinion on identified issues. Research informants will comprise experienced construction professionals and expert OSH practitioners. The action will provide knowledge-exchange opportunities between industry and academia, and stimulate practitioner debate on current OSH policy, leading to changes in professional practice and better training of professionals. The Fellow will be the nexus of these exchanges and will thus receive excellent research training that will equip him with knowledge and expertise to become an advocate for better OSH risk management in the CI.

Keywords: construction,occupational safety and health,risk management,health and safety coordination,principal designer
Using Zebrafish as a novel tool to Improve the Diagnosis and Outcome of Marfan Syndrome (ZIDOMS)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Reintegration panel
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Life Sciences
Countries involved: Belgium
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2018-09-01
End date: 2020-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 172800.0
EU funding (EUR): 172800.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Recent technological advances have brought the implementation of personal and precision medicine in the clinic within reach. In this project, we are proposing to use zebrafish as a novel, efficient tool to improve the clinical diagnosis and treatment of Marfan Syndrome (MFS), a rare genetic disorder with a wide spectrum of clinical features. Since there is no definitive cure for MFS, patients need lifelong supportive treatment to prevent morbidity and mortality related to cardiovascular complications. Together with the detection of a number of syndromic symptoms, positive diagnosis of MFS relies on the identification of a deleterious mutation in the fibrillin-1 (FBN1) gene. Nevertheless, genetic testing often leads to the discovery of FBN1 variants which are not unequivocally linked to disease development. Current practice relies on the evaluation of historical and predictive parameters to classify variants of unknown significance as potentially causal mutations, but no biological model exists to efficiently validate the genetic classifications. This project aims to make optimal use of the combination of the know-how of the researcher, Dr. Sips, in the field of cardiovascular physiology and animal models of disease, with the clinical expertise of the supervisor, Prof. De Backer, in the diagnosis and treatment of MFS patients. The goal is to develop a zebrafish-based model that will allow for the quick classification of unknown variants in the FBN1 gene to aid in the diagnosis of MFS. In addition, the model will allow an efficient screening of drug libraries to look for potential new therapies, which might make it possible to find patient-specific treatments. Taken together, this project aims to take advantage of the synergy between the researcher and the supervisor in order to develop a novel strategy for a personalized approach to medicine. MFS is studied as a proof-of-concept clinical challenge with unmet needs in diagnosis and treatment.

Keywords: zebrafish,high throughput screening