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Indo European Collaboration on Moduli Spaces (MODULI)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Research Staff Exchange Scheme
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Spain,United Kingdom,France,Denmark
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IRSES, 2013)
Start date: 2014-01-01
End date: 2017-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 724500.0
EU funding (EUR): 724500.0
Participants: 4
Project status: CLOSED

This proposal is concerned with a joint Indo-European presearch programme on the field of moduli spaces. Moduli spaces are basic and central objects that emerge in the most natural classification problems in geometry. Their importance has been emphasized over the years due to the relation of these spaces with areas of mathematics so diverse as algebraic geometry, differential geometry, topology, arithmetic geometry, algebra, global analysis and, perhaps more surprisingly, with theoretical physics. The programme is centered around the following three areas of this field: (1) moduli spaces and geometric structures. (2) moduli spaces and physics. (3) moduli spaces and arithmetic geometry. There are four European partners involved: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (Madrid, Spain), University of Oxford (Oxford, UK), Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris, France) and Aarhus Universitet (Aarhus, Denmark), and four Indian partners: Tata Institute for Fundamental Research (Mumbai, India), Chennai Mathematical Institute (Chennai, India), Institute of Mathematical Sciences (Chennai, India) and Indian Institute of Science (Bangalore, India). The partners have strong overlap of interests and complementary expertise. The main objective of this programme is to establish new collaborations and reinforce existing collaborations inside Europe and between Europe and India in the field of moduli spaces, as well as training young researches. This will be done through the exchange of both experienced and early stage researchers, and the organization of conferences, specialized workshops and schools.

Keywords: moduli spaces,algebraic geometry,differential geometry,arithmetic geometry,topology,algebra,global analysis,theoretical physics
Monitoring Genetically Modified Organisms in Food and Feed by Innovative Biosensor Approaches (GMOSENSOR)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Research Staff Exchange Scheme
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Portugal,Spain,Spain,France
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IRSES, 2013)
Start date: 2013-10-01
End date: 2015-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 340200.0
EU funding (EUR): 340200.0
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

Most of transgenic plants are derived from crops of worldwide critical importance to food and feed producers: soybean, maize, rapeseed and cotton. Although the advantages presented by the genetically modified organisms (GMO), such as herbicide tolerance or resistance to insects, their cultivation has raised numerous concerns in the European Union (EU) and other parts of the world about food safety, environmental and economic impact. In spite of it, their production is steadily increasing mainly in the American countries, reaching a global area of 160 million hectares in 2011. To protect consumers, food and feed labelling legislation is in force in EU and other countries such as Brazil. The verification of its compliance demands reliable and accurate GMO detection methods, but also high throughput tools able to rapidly assess the actual prevalence of transgenic material in food and feed, which is unknown. The GMOsensor proposal intends to establish an innovative and well-organised scientific network aiming at advancing on nanobiosensor devices to assess the presence of GMO in food and feed products. The achievement of high throughput sensitive analysis requires novel approaches that combine different research areas. State-of-the-art methodologies and advanced techniques will be incorporated in this research for validation of the new tools and towards the efficient monitoring of transgenic soybean and maize derived products from diverse regions. The application of biosensors in food analysis is well suited due to their easy miniaturisation, simple instrumentation and cost-effective. The use of biosensors is promising since they answer to the demands of high sensitivity, specificity, and fast analysis. In this project, novel qualitative and quantitative bioanalytical methodologies (DNA- and protein-based) are proposed to answer the demands on multitarget analysis to screen and identify authorised and unauthorised GMO.

Keywords: nanobiosensors,genosensors,immunosensors,multitarget analysis,soybean and maize derived products.
Metal Hybrid Cavities (HYMECAV)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Research Staff Exchange Scheme
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Germany,United Kingdom,France,France,Denmark,Germany
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IRSES, 2013)
Start date: 2014-06-01
End date: 2018-01-31
Duration (months): 44.0
Total project cost (EUR): 277400.0
EU funding (EUR): 277400.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

Quantum semiconductor microcavities are structures in which photons can be confined within an area whose size is comparable to the wavelength of light. In this scenario, light-matter interactions can be substantially enhanced. A traditional microcavity is composed of two dielectric or semiconductor Bragg reflectors confining an active area which contains a quantum object such as a quantum well. From the initial observation of strong coupling between photons and excitons in such microcavities, the physics of polaritons has developed very quickly demonstrating such fascinating effects as stimulated scattering and Bose-condensation of polariton; room-temperature polariton lasing, superfluidity, bistability and multistability, soliton formation and many others. Recently it was shown that a localized state of light (Tamm Plasmon) can be formed at the interface between a specially designed Bragg mirror and metallic layer. For decades it was assumed that metallic elements are detrimental to optical coherence and lasing, however the intrinsic properties of the spatial distribution of the electric field of the Tamm Plasmon facilitate optical coherence and lasing in a microcavity with an embedded metallic layer. By coupling a microcavity polariton to a Tamm Plasmon, lateral localization can be achieved, opening the way for polaritonic logic elements and polaritonic circuits. This project is aimed at the design, fabrication and investigation of novel optoelectronic structures: hybrid metallic microcavities. These structures will be used for fabrication of lasers and sources of single photons and entangled photon pairs, polaritonic logic circuits as well as for fundamental studies of microcavity polaritons.

Keywords: plasmonics,lasers,tamm plasmon,organic optical materials,optical circuits
Micro and Nanoscale Design of Thermally Actuating Systems (MIDAS)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Research Staff Exchange Scheme
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Romania,Portugal,Spain,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IRSES, 2013)
Start date: 2014-01-01
End date: 2017-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 340000.0
EU funding (EUR): 340000.0
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

Actuating smart systems rely on the distinct class of functional materials able to actuate in a specific field. The highest thermally controlled actuation is provided by shape memory alloys, the class of materials relying on the thermoelastic martensitic phase transformation. Such materials are not only a solution for ecological and durable development but also a continuous subject of research and innovation. Micro and nanoscale design is one of the critical elements that allow an optimization of the output as well as an adaptation to particular requirements of applications. A strong partnership has been organized to develop the research on shape memory alloys as materials for actuation, with well-known institutions, such as: Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Universitat de les Illes Baleares, Universitatea “Politehnica” din Timisoara, Cranfield University, Universidade Federal Fluminense, University of Waterloo, Indian Institute of Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, University of Science and Technology Beijing. The project is structured on several work packages aiming to tackle a multitude of issues based on proven qualifications of the partners: powder metallurgy, severe plastic deformation, welding and joining, specific characterization techniques and development of applications. Materials to be explored for further optimizations belong to the group of most interest on the application market, i.e. the based material will be NiTi alloys but a set of multiple derivative compositions, especially NiTiCu, NiTiHf, and other materials that could be used to generate thermally controlled actuation and superelastic behavior are going to be explored and scientific and technological knowledge will be shared among experienced and entry level researchers. The complexity of the phenomena and technologies provides an almost unique environment for research and training in a complementary and multidisciplinary ensemble that could favor novel ideas and new skills development.

Keywords: smart materials,shape memory alloys,advanced fabrication techniques,micro and nanoscale control,phase transitions,martensitic transformations,nanostructural characterization,applicative design
Towards Intelligent Micro-Bearings – Tribological Aspects (IMBeing) (IMBEING)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Research Staff Exchange Scheme
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Poland,Poland,Germany
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IRSES, 2013)
Start date: 2014-01-02
End date: 2017-01-01
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 319200.0
EU funding (EUR): 319200.0
Participants: 4
Project status: CLOSED

This proposal intends to deliver a basement for networking, staff exchanging and joint seminars and workshop between partners, who all deal with the problem of tribology aspects of micro-bearings including friction and lubrication of micro-pairs and friction of micro-joints in conical, spherical, cylindrical, parabolic and hyperbolical micro-bearings. The aim is shaping a focus group for further cooperation and joint scientific researches in the mentioned field. Microbearings are used today in different fields: bioengineering and biotechnology, industrial Micro Elements and Micro Systems (MEMS), Micro Power Units (MPU) and Micro Engines (ME), control systems and actuators and many others. Moreover, there are numerous analogies between bio-bearings (for example knees) and micro-bearings in their hydrodynamic behavior, lubrication processes and tribological aspects. Development of nanoscience and application of nanotechnology enabled the researchers to understand these properties better and deeper. However, still there are many unanswered questions regarding behavior and properties of these contact surfaces. More important is, of course, control of these features by an active method, as these physical parts are very small with very low time constants and conventional control systems are not able to satisfy the requirements like stability and quality of their response. The program includes staffs exchanging between partners from EU and TC based on an almost equal scheme, joint seminars and workshops, as well as final presentations for each period of Exchange.

Keywords: tribology,microbearing,contact surfaces,nanotechnology,lubrication technology,biological engineering,coating techniques,hydrodynamics,modelling and simulation,atomic force microscopy
Light-Matter Coupling in composite Nano-Structures (LIMACONA)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Research Staff Exchange Scheme
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Italy,United Kingdom,Germany
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IRSES, 2013)
Start date: 2013-10-01
End date: 2016-09-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 248900.0
EU funding (EUR): 248900.0
Participants: 4
Project status: CLOSED

The academic exchange aims to establish and support multi-lateral transfer of knowledge among several European research teams and teams from Russia, Ukraine and Armenia, striving to advance the research on Physics of Light-Matter Coupling in Nanostructures. This programme will combine unique expertise of partners in Nonlinear Physics and Optics, Materials Science, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Computer Science, to perform theoretical and experimental research on formation, manipulation and collective dynamics of coupled matter-field states – exciton-polaritons – in photonic crystals, atomic and semiconductor bandgap structures. New methods to produce composite materials and low-dimensional structures integrated with semiconductors will be developed, including nano-structuring of semiconductor films and granular metal films on the surface of semiconductor hetero-structures, synthesis of semiconductor materials in nano-porous dielectric matrices. Specific features of polaritonic spectra and dynamics in these structures will be studied, and the local enhancement of light-matter coupling due to nano-structures will be analyzed. New methods of manipulation of coupled matter-field states at polariton level for quantum and classical optical information processing and storage will be developed. During this project, several local research links already established between participating organisations will be brought together on the whole new level to form the functional research network. The complementary expertise of all the parties in this network will be crucial to tackle the cross-disciplinary scientific problems associated with studies of light-matter coupling in nano-structures. Formation of this network represents an enormous added value for the research within the individual groups and at the European level.

Keywords: polariton-excitons,light-matter coupling,nonlinear optics,micro-cavities,nano-structures,matter-field states
Multi-scale Modelling of Mechanical Damage to Tomatoes (MMMDT)

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-2012-IIF, 2012)
Start date: 2014-09-01
End date: 2016-10-01
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 231283.2
EU funding (EUR): 231283.2
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The quality of fruit such as tomatoes can be reduced substantially by mechanical damage e.g. by poor handling during and post-harvesting. Damage manifested at the whole fruit or macro-scale is caused by failure of cells at the micro-scale, although cells in different tissues (meso-scale) react differently to external forces. Not much is known about how the mechanics of tomatoes across the scales can be correlated and how external forces cause damage to single cells internally. Therefore, the scientific aim of this Fellowship is to model the multi-scale mechanics of tomatoes to provide a tool for investigating internal damage to tomatoes caused by external forces during handling and processing. The first step will be to investigate the multi-scale anatomy of tomatoes. The multi-scale mechanical behavior of tomatoes, their component tissues, and the cells within those tissues will then be characterized. Such anatomical and mechanical data have never been determined fully for one fruit at one time and therefore existing data cannot be used to develop multi-scale mechanical models. The third step will be to develop and validate a multi-scale finite element model using a novel, user-defined 3D cell element type that will allowing all scales to be represented in a single model. Finally, internal mechanical damage to tomatoes caused by externally applied forces in compression tests of whole fruit will be simulated. This Fellowship will provide a valuable tool for investigating mechanical damage to tomatoes caused by external forces during handling and processing. Besides its scientific value, this project will have an impact of the economic efficiency of the European Union. It will be the basis for long-term collaborations between the University of Birmingham, UK and Henan Polytechnic University, China. The Fellow will undertake a broad range of outreach activities, including to schools and industrial and academic colleagues.

Keywords: g311 materials engineering,l106 biophysics,v403 agriculture related to crop production,v404 food sciences,v405 agroindustry
Exploiting Social Networks for Building the Future Internet of Services (SOCIOS)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Pervasive and Trustworthy network and service infrastructures
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Greece,Israel,Ireland,France,Germany,Belgium
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2009-5, 2009)
Start date: 2010-09-01
End date: 2013-02-28
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3999212.0
EU funding (EUR): 2754327.0
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

In SocIoS we intend to use Social Networks as a vehicle towards the implementation of the Internet of Services concept. Social Networks have the potential to be the ideal future service marketplace because they concentrate four basic characteristics: mass participation of users, overabundance of material to be commercially exploited (i.e. content and social graphs), platforms based on web service technologies and the existence of tools to allow application development. In such an environment we expect that participants with variable levels of computer literacy will find incentives in providing services especially through easy-to-use front ends. SocIoS will seek to provide these front ends to the existing Social Networking users as well as organizations who wish to take advantage of the platform. SocIoS plans to offer a single point of interaction with the various Social Networking APIs through the combination of a useful and powerful API and a cross-platform service infrastructure allowing the developer to integrate services from different Social Network platforms and then similarly deploy and manage the resulting workflows on any web site or Social Network. The API and the service infrastructure will comprise the SocIoS framework that will be enhanced so as to be able to handle the business aspects of application development through the establishment of an SLA-aware architecture. Furthermore, SocIoS focuses on supporting the incorporation of third party services in the workflow so as to extend the supported functionalities and set the ground for further uptake towards the Future Internet. Emphasis will be put in the management of vast volumes of content inhabiting in Social Networks as well as in the social graphs. Both constitute valuable assets that are expected to be exploited in such applications. The developed tools technologies will be evaluated against two pilot scenarios about news creation and customization, and TV commercial production in Social Networks.

Keywords: internet of services,social networks,api,cross-platform development
Cloud-TM: A Novel Programming Paradigm for Cloud Computing (CLOUD-TM)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Pervasive and Trustworthy network and service infrastructures
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Portugal,Italy,Ireland
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2009-5, 2009)
Start date: 2010-06-01
End date: 2013-08-31
Duration (months): 39.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2476560.0
EU funding (EUR): 1700000.0
Participants: 4
Project status: CLOSED

Cloud Computing has emerged as a new paradigm for deploying, managing and offering services through a shared infrastructure. The foreseen benefits of Cloud Computing are very compelling both from a cloud consumer and from a cloud services provider perspective: freeing corporations from large IT capital investments via usage-based pricing schemes; leveraging the economies of scale for both services providers and users of the cloud; easing the deployment of services. One of the main challenges to materialize these perceived benefits is to identify innovative distributed programming models that simplify the development of Cloud-based services, allowing for ordinary programmers to take full advantage of the seemingly unbounded amount of computational power and storage available on demand in large scale Cloud infrastructures. This project aims at designing, building, and evaluating an innovative middleware platform for service implementation of Cloud-based services: Cloud-TM (Cloud-Transactional Memory). Cloud-TM offers a simple and intuitive programming model for large scale distributed applications that integrates the familiar notion of atomic transaction as a first-class programming language construct, sparing programmers from the burden of implementing low level, error-prone mechanisms (e.g. locking, persistence and fault-tolerance) and permitting major reductions in the time and cost of the development process. Cloud-TM will embed a set of autonomic mechanisms to simplify service monitoring and administration, a major source of costs in dynamic and elastic environments such as the cloud. These mechanisms aim at ensuring the achievement of user defined Quality of Service levels at minimum operational costs by automating the provisioning of resources from the cloud and self-tuning the middleware platform to achieve optimal efficiency in the utilization of resources.

Keywords: service implementation,cloud computing,autonomic computing,transactional memories,distributed computing,high scalability,fault-tolerance,software engineering