Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
The design and evaluation of modern fully dynamic data structures (MoDynStruct)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Computer science and informatics
Panel description: Informatics and information systems, computer science, scientific computing, intelligent systems
Countries involved: Austria,Austria
Call: ERC ADVANCED GRANT (ERC-2020-ADG, 2020)
Start date: 2022-01-01
End date: 2026-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2477371.0
EU funding (EUR): 2389169.75
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Many real-world data sets change continuously, but their enormous size prohibits frequent re-processing of the whole data. Thus, there is an urgent need for efficient, fully dynamic data structures that maintain properties of the data set while supporting fast insertions and deletions. This is especially important for problems in data mining and network analysis, where a data structure often needs to fulfill new additional constraints that are not supported by classic data structures: (1) It should only use sublinear space, even if this leads to some small error in the answers. (2) As data sets frequently contain private information which needs to be protected, it should reveal nothing about individual data points, which is often modeled through differential privacy. Our ambitious goal is to design such groundbreaking new fully dynamic data structures for central problems on graphs and point sets. Specifically, we will focus on problems with large practical relevance such as subgraph detection, k-core decomposition, and balanced graph partitioning as well as various clustering variants in general metric spaces. For these problems no fully dynamic data structures with small asymptotic running time are known and they have not even been studied in the small-space or differentially-private regime. However, using recent advanced in algorithms research it is now the right time to develop novel techniques to solve these challenging questions. Thus, the goal of this project is to design algorithms for highly-relevant problems as well as advancing the field of data structures in general by moving it from a narrow focus on asymptotic complexity to a broader set of modern requirements with the goal of bridging the gap that currently exists between theory and practice. As data structures are used by every computer program the impact of this work will be far-reaching. With over 30 years of experience in algorithms research the PI is in the unique position to do so.

Keywords: fully dynamic data structures
An innovative approach to boost wheat yields (BIGWHEAT)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Climate action, environment,  resource efficiency and raw materials
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Serbia
Call: Boosting the potential of small businesses for eco-innovation and a sustainable supply of raw materials (H2020-SMEINST-1-2014, 2014)
Start date: 2015-07-01
End date: 2015-12-31
Duration (months): 6.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

All wheat breeding programs in the world and particularly the European ones are urgently looking for significant yield increases. Many recent reports state that EU countries are confronted with stagnating wheat yield potentials. In the last 10-15 years, the major wheat breeding companies in Europe, like Limagrain, KWS, RAGT, Syngenta, Bayer etc., were under great pressure to stay on the market. In this situation, they resorted to the concept: “Cross the best with the best, select the best, and hope for the best”. This approach directly implies the narrowing of genetic diversity, without which plant breeding cannot be successfully conducted, especially for the wide range of European agroclimatic conditions. The aim of the proposed project is to produce and offer to both private and public wheat breeding programs information and/or hybrid wheat seeds obtained from selected crosses found to possess great potentials for the expression of heterosis (hybrid vigor) for grain weight and size. The project is based on an innovative approach which claims that high hybrid seed vigor for the weight and size of grain obtained on mother plant after controlled hybridization in a range of environments could be an exceptional source for selection and/or breeding in conventional breeding programes, breeding of double haploid (DH), or hybrid wheat production. Thus, the genetic potential of desirable „novel gene recombinants“, in the form of either products, services or both, offers new opportunities for further yield improvement. So far, basic scientific and production concepts have been tested and in the 2013/2014 season we found extremely promising crosses which can be used commercially. A feasibility study, which will assess the practical, technological and financial potentials of this concept, will be followed by risk assessment, SWOT analysis, a detailed market study and marketing strategy, intellectual property (IP) rights considerations, etc.

Keywords: wheat,genetic variability,breeding,yield,heterosis,grain size,grain weight,commercialization
Piezoelectric Vibration Absorber for Machining Applications (PIEZOMACH)

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: Hungary
Call: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-EF) (H2020-MSCA-IF-2015, 2015)
Start date: 2016-10-01
End date: 2018-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 146239.2
EU funding (EUR): 146239.2
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The main idea of the PIEZOMACH project is to develop a fully passive nonlinear device for suppressing chatter vibrations in machine tools. These vibrations represent a major concern in industry, as they result, for instance, in waves on the machined surface. This project goes beyond the challenge of dealing with the nonlinear nature of chatter vibrations, to developing a device that can unlock the huge potential of nonlinearity to improve dynamic performance. More specifically, the linear characteristic of the absorber will be optimized to maximize its stability properties, while its nonlinear characteristic will be designed in order to avoid dangerous bistable behaviors and guarantee robustness. This technique, successfully implemented for the suppression of aeroelastic instabilities, will be adapted to machine tool vibrations, first analytically and then experimentally, paving the way to the industrial exploitation of the obtained results. The vibration absorber will be practically realized utilizing an RLC resonant circuit coupled to the mechanical structure through a piezoelectric patch. An important aspect of this project is that it exploits the complementary expertise of the Experienced Researcher, regarding nonlinear vibration absorbers, acquired in the framework of the ERC Starting Grant NOVIB, and of the Beneficiary, regarding machine tools vibrations, obtained in decades of activity in the field and in the recent ERC Advanced Grant SIREN. For these reasons, PIEZOMACH represents a unique possibility to join the knowledge developed in two different ERC Grants into a single project that will allow the Experienced Researcher to boost his career through an intensive transfer of knowledge with the Beneficiary, and that is aimed at the development of a product with a strong industrial and commercial potential.

Keywords: chatter,machine tool vibrations,nonlinear vibration absorber,bifurcation control,time delay
NEW CONCEPT OF AFFORDABLE WIND ENERGY GENERATORS WITHOUT BLADES (VORTEX)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Secure, clean and efficient energy
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Spain
Call: Stimulating the innovation potential of SMEs for a low carbon and efficient energy system (H2020-SMEINST-2-2016-2017, 2016)
Start date: 2016-06-01
End date: 2019-05-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1904186.38
EU funding (EUR): 1328687.5
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

We have developed a resource-efficient and affordable bladeless Vortex wind generator. VORTEX Bladeless´ innovative wind turbine represent a true breakthrough in the wind energy market. The Vortex wind generator device represents a new paradigm of harnessing wind, with a new disruptive concept of a wind power generator without blades. VORTEX is able to capture the wind kinetic energy by 'vortex shedding', transforming it into electricity. The technology seeks to improve issues such as maintenance, amortization, noise, environmental impact, logistics and visual aspect, performing a secure, clean and efficient energy product, that is half cheaper than current small wind turbines (SWT). VORTEX make renewable energies, (replacement of PV, wind energy, combination of both) more financially accessible for our end-users: ESCOS, installation companies, businesses, home-owners, vessels, isolated housed, telecom station, etc. Clients will benefit from this new technology, especially in areas where solar energy does not perform well. Vortex has yielded excellent results and lots of industry and commercial interest. We have a 6-meter Vortex Bladeless wind turbine pilot in Spain, which generates up to 40% of energy solely from wind. The technology has been tested for scalability.. Our goal for Phase 2 is to scale-up and test a 2,75–meter version of the Vortex Wind Generator (providing 100W for future commercialization and massive market uptake. We want to achieve the goals of becoming the designer, manufacturer and seller of the first-ever bladeless wind generator for the Small Wind Market (SWM). Combing our patented and market-backed technology with improved properties, we want to reinvigorate the SWM - addressing EU 2020 energy targets - with our Vortex Bladeless wind generators, positioning us as leader of the sector. Our end-users will also see their pay-back returned within 5 years, thanks to its market-changing commercialization price

Keywords: wind energy,wind power,bladeless,small wind turbine swt
time-like observables from multi-level lattice QCD (multiQCD)

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: Physics
Countries involved: Switzerland
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2018, 2018)
Start date: 2019-11-01
End date: 2021-10-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 191149.44
EU funding (EUR): 191149.44
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Lattice Quantum Chromodynamics (LQCD) is the only known systematic framework to obtain ab-initio results in the non-perturbative regime of strong interactions. Its relevance to high-energy and nuclear physics has grown significantly in recent years due in part to a series of algorithmic advancements. This project aims to compute time-like observables using numerical simulations of LQCD. Specifically, I will study spectral functions including the R-ratio, that is linked to the hadronic vacuum polarization of the electromagnetic current, and the hadronic tensor, that contains information on deep-inelastic scattering. It is extremely challenging to compute observables intrinsically defined in Minkowski spacetime with lattice techniques, with the main issue being that the simulated quantum field theory is defined in Euclidean spacetime. While Euclidean correlators contain all the information needed to extract real-time physics, performing the analytic continuation with finite-precision data points from numerical simulations is an ill-posed problem. A second issue is that the the computational cost is driven by the loss of the signal of hadronic correlators with Euclidean-time separation, that happens at an exponential rate. I will address these issues and significantly reduce the computational effort needed thanks to algorithms advancements. I plan to solve the signal-to-noise ratio problem using and further developing multi-level Monte Carlo sampling methods, that I recently contributed to extend to theories with fermions. The resulting exponential gain in the quality of the signal is essential to be able to perform the analytic continuation, that I plan to control using state-of-the-art techniques based on the Backus-Gilbert algorithm that have recently been developed by the supervisor.
European training Network in intelligent prognostics and Health mAnagement in Composite structurEs (ENHAnCE)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Innovative Training Networks (ITN)-European Training Networks
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Italy,Germany,Spain,Spain,Belgium,France,Netherlands,United Kingdom,United Kingdom
Call: Innovative Training Networks (H2020-MSCA-ITN-2019, 2019)
Start date: 2020-01-01
End date: 2024-06-30
Duration (months): 54.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2670089.76
EU funding (EUR): 2670089.76
Participants: 9
Project status: SIGNED

Composite materials are high-performance engineering materials increasingly used by the aerospace, defence, and green-energy industries in part because of their high strength-to-weight ratios. However, internal damage represents one of the most important sources of concern for in-service performance, which has led to growing research interest for its implications in safety and maintenance cost. Realtime measurements of the structural performance are now possible through state-of-the art structural health monitoring techniques, and a large amount of response data can be readily acquired and further analysed to assess various health-related properties of structures. Due to the relative low cost of digitalisation technologies in relation to the operation and maintenance costs of composite structures, the amount of real-time data and information coming from monitored in-service structures is expected to increase exponentially over the coming decades. The research vision of this proposal is that this information has the potential to not only reduce by billions the expenditure on asset maintenance, but also to drastically change the way the composite structures (and their associated assets) are designed, built and operated. ENHAnCE's ambition is to produce a paradigm shift on the health management of composite structures by fusing ad-hoc predictive technologies within the structural system leading to a new concept of intelligent structures understood as cyber-physical systems. With ten employed Early Stage Researchers, ENHAnCE will perform the most cutting edge research and training in the field of intelligent prognostics of composite structures satisfying all Principles for Innovative Doctoral Training. Moreover, the direct industrial engagement through six industrial partners will ensure a multidisciplinary and multisectoral training for the ten employed Early Stage Researchers, thus enabling an effective knowledge and training transfer to industry and practitioners.

Keywords: prognostics,composite materials,aerostructures,remaining useful life,digital twin,cyber physical system,wind turbines,intelligent operation and maintenance
NO-GO: UNVEILING THE POWER OF C-08 FOR THE TREATMENT OF OVER ACTIVE BLADDER (NO-GO)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Iceland
Call: SME instrument (H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-2, 2019)
Start date: 2019-05-01
End date: 2021-10-31
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2232470.0
EU funding (EUR): 1562729.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Over Active Bladder (OAB) is a syndrome characterized by several urinary symptoms, like urgency and nocturia. Prevalence is >10% of the population, 500 million people worldwide, and increases with age (>30% over 75 years old). OAB has psychological consequences such as embarrassment, impaired social interactions, depression and anxiety. Current pharmacological treatments for OAB are associated with multiple side effects and 80% dropout rates within 1 year. At Saga Natura we have developed NO-GO, a natural product for improving OAB symptoms, made from the leaves of the Icelandic plant Angelica archangelica. NO-GO’s precursor SagaPro was launched on the market in 2005, becoming Iceland’s top-selling non-prescription urinary product. We have performed in vivo and in vitro characterization of SagaPro’s bladder relaxing effect and we have clinically validated SagaPro in a small-scale clinical trial on 66 OAB patients, demonstrating it’s efficiency and safety. In Phase 2 we want to fine-tune our formulation, increase and internalize our production capacity complying with ISO and GMP standards and extend our clinical validation. We will also regulate NO-GO through the EFSA to obtain health claims. This way we will be prepared for our product’s mass expansion in Europe and in North America starting in 2021. This project will create 21 new jobs and profits of €108 Million with ROI of 16.6 after 5 years on the market. End-users will benefit from improvement of symptoms, no side effects, and ability to lead a normal every day life. Doctors will be able to recommend NO-GO to their OAB patients, a product with no side effects, and healthcare bodies will save costs on expensive OAB prescription drugs with too high dropout rates. Finally, with our sustainable approach for cultivating Angelica archangelica we will seize this business opportunity while also preserving the Icelandic landscape, using natural resources and minimizing the impact to the ecosystem.

Keywords: over active bladder,urinary urgency,urinary incontinence,nocturia,herbal supplement,natural solution,sustainable agriculture
Evolution on an island continent: feeding ecology of Pleistocene sloths (FEPS)

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: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2020, 2020)
Start date: 2022-01-10
End date: 2024-01-09
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 212933.76
EU funding (EUR): 212933.76
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

South America (SA) contains Earth’s highest mammalian species richness, but this richness was exponentially higher just 10k years ago, prior to the last ice age extinction that eliminated more than 80% of mammals in the continent. With only two living genera restricted to tree-dwelling in rainforests, sloths once were a dominant group within SA mammalian ecosystems. Fossil sloths are generally considered plant eaters, like their modern relatives, but their extremely high diversity (in terms of body mass [4-4000 kg], geographical distribution [Patagonia to Alaska], habitats [coast, mountains, rainforest] and inferred locomotion [terrestrial, fossorial, arboreal, semiaquatic]) suggests that these were ecologically more versatile than traditionally thought. The primary goal of this project is to determine the dietary composition of fossil sloths assessing evidence for carnivory and the consumption of proteins of animal origin by means of amino acid compound specific isotope analyses, as suggested by our preliminary results. Since xenarthrans (the mammal group including sloths, armadillos, and anteaters) represented 1/3 of overall species diversity in South American mammal communities until as recently as 10,000 years ago, a discovery that fossil sloths possessed ecologies differing from those traditionally attributed to them could radically alter understanding of the entire community structure of terrestrial fossil mammals on the continent through time. Stable isotope analyses represent powerful, morphology-independent tools to directly reconstruct animal ecologies, and to test this controversial hypothesis of carnivory. To confidently apply this technique, however, several underlying assumptions first need to be tested on modern sloths and other mammals. Thus, the study will also test key assumptions inherent within isotopic trophic studies, and thus it is broadly relevant to our understanding of the isotopic signals preserved in other fossil species and ecosystems.

Keywords: palaeoecology,feeding ecology,stable isotopes,mammals,south america,sloths
Plebeian Rights: Theory and Praxis (PLEBRIGHTS)

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: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2020, 2020)
Start date: 2021-08-02
End date: 2023-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 224933.76
EU funding (EUR): 224933.76
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Even before the pandemic hit, it had become clear that democratic regimes around the world are in crisis. While the majority of governments are democratic only in appearance, constitutional rights have been revealed as weak protections against oligarchic states even in OECD member countries —most recently with the brutal repression involving “non-lethal weapons” used in France against the gilet jaunes, in Chile against those protesting neoliberalism, and in the Unites States against Black Lives Matters supporters. These outbursts of dissent and state repression come to puncture the thin veil of formal equality that conceals the structural forms of domination that easily reproduce in environments with high socioeconomic inequality. The dominant liberal theory of rights, grounded on natural equality and abstract principles, has been incapable of properly addressing the limits that material conditions imposed on the equal enjoyment of basic rights. Experiments with socioeconomic rights in South Africa and collective rights in Latin America have begun to push the constitutional boundaries of the liberal conception of rights, and have also revealed the limitations imposed by the main theoretical frameworks. During the fellowship I will write a book that will provide an alternative to the predominant philosophical framework of liberal constitutionalism, in which rights tend to be interpreted as formal and negative, as well as to the communitarian conception of rights. Through a plebeian theoretical framework and an interdisciplinary analysis combining intellectual history, comparative politics, philosophy, and critical legal theory, I will show how the rights of the common people have historically originated in power relations and the juridical protections gained in the popular struggle against oligarchic domination, and offer a theory of political and socioeconomic rights emerging from this plebeian praxis of resistance.

Keywords: rights,materialism,republicanism,liberalism,freedom of speech