Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Trusted Biometrics under Spoofing Attacks (TABULA RASA)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Pervasive and Trustworthy network and service infrastructures
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Switzerland,Finland,Spain,United Kingdom,Italy,France,China,Spain,France,Italy
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2009-5, 2009)
Start date: 2010-11-01
End date: 2014-04-30
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5675257.0
EU funding (EUR): 4038504.0
Participants: 12
Project status: CLOSED

The TABULA RASA project will address some of the issues of direct (spoofing) attacks to trusted biometric systems. This is an issue that needs to be addressed urgently because it has recently been shown that conventional biometric techniques, such as fingerprints and face, are vulnerable to direct (spoof) attacks. Direct attacks are performed by falsifying the biometric trait and then presenting this falsified information to the biometric system, one such example is to fool a fingerprint system by copying the fingerprint of another person and creating an artificial or gummy finger which can then be presented to the biometric system to falsely gain access. This issue effects not only companies in the high security field but also emerging small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) that wish to sell biometric technologies in emerging fields. In particular the TABULA RASA project will: 1. address the need for a draft set of standards to examine this problem, 2. propose countermeasures such as combining biometric information from multiple sources, 3. examine novel biometrics that may be inherently robust to direct attacks. The first issue of a draft set of standards will be addressed by analyzing the effectiveness of direct attacks to a range of biometrics, this will provide an insight as to how vulnerable the different biometric traits are to these attacks. The second issue of countermeasures will be explored in two lines, the first line of work proposes to combine multiple biometric traits to build a single system that is robust to direct attacks and the second line of work proposes to examine novel methods to perform liveness detection. Finally, novel biometrics which might be inherently robust to direct attacks, such as gait (the manner in which someone walks), vein or electro-physiological signals (such as the heart beat), will be explored to determine their advantages and limitations.

Keywords: data breach,threat,vulnerability,spoofing,attack,biometrics,multi-modal,face,fingerprint,iris,voice,gait,vein,eeg,ecg,multi-spectral.
Polar Molecules: From Ultracold Chemistry to Novel Quantum Phases (POLAR)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: Fundamental constituents of matter
Countries involved: Germany
Call:  (ERC-2010-StG_20091028, 2010)
Start date: 2011-02-01
End date: 2017-01-31
Duration (months): 72.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1260000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1260000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The recent realization of ultracold ensembles of polar molecules close to quantum degeneracy has marked a milestone in atomic and molecular physics and physical chemistry. Molecules rotate and vibrate and therefore offer many more quantum degrees of freedom than their atomic counterparts. Polar molecules - with their permanent electric dipole moment interact via strong long-range and anisotropic interaction, which provides unique opportunities for control of chemical reactions and engineering of novel strongly-correlated quantum many-body systems. In this research proposal, we plan to develop techniques to control molecular processes such as chemical reactions on the quantum level and experimentally establish polar molecules as novel strongly correlated quantum many-body systems. Key topics will be the strong dipolar interaction and quantum confinement when molecules are forced into restricted geometries. The experimental work will focus on quantum-degenerate gases of bi-alkali polar molecules in optical lattices. We plan to develop techniques to precisely tailor and control the interaction potential between polar molecules by means of external ac and dc electric fields. Together with versatile control over restricted geometries, this will supply us with a unique toolbox to control ultracold chemical reactions and to engineer a wide variety of strongly correlated quantum phases - ranging from phases arising in the context of the finite-range Hubbard Hamiltonian to self-assembling crystalline structures and chains. Polar molecular quantum gases have the potential to open new scientific frontiers and address long-standing questions for cold controlled chemistry and fundamendal questions in condensed matter physics.

Keywords: molecular quantum gases,polar molecules
Semiconductor Equipment Assessment Leveraging Innovation (SEAL)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Components, systems, engineering
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,Hungary,France,Belgium,Germany,France,Germany,Germany,Germany,United States,Israel,Germany,Austria,France,Italy,Netherlands,Germany,Switzerland,France,Austria,Spain,Austria,Italy,Germany,United Kingdom,Germany,Germany,Germany,Germany
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2009-5, 2009)
Start date: 2010-06-01
End date: 2013-09-30
Duration (months): 40.0
Total project cost (EUR): 14059075.0
EU funding (EUR): 9099955.0
Participants: 39
Project status: CLOSED

SEAL is a project for an integrated project consisting of 17 equipment assessment sub-projects in the area of semiconductor manufacturing equipment. The assessment themes are equally spread amongst processing and metrology equipment, heading beyond the current state-of-the-art both for More Moore and More than Moore applications. The strategic objective of SEAL is to effectively combine efforts, resources and expertise in the joint assessment of novel equipment supported by cross-cut R&D dedicated to the identified needs of the assessment sub-projects. For Lithography, the key areas of illumination systems for mask aligners, EUV mask manufacturing and intelligent overlay management are addressed as well as massively parallel e-beam lithography. In addition, three important processes are addressed: low temperature oxidation, cleaning of sensitive interconnect stacks/structures and ion implantation for ultra shallow junctions and defect engineering. For metrology and analysis, the main focus is on enabling innovative systems to efficiently contribute to at-line and in-line monitoring and control within semiconductor facilities. Without such equipment, it will not be possible to validate progressively advanced processes during development and manufacturing. Cross-cut R&D activities relating to all equipment assessment sub-projects are covered including APC, model based control, equipment simulation, enhanced wafer and equipment logistics, advanced communication and man machine-interfaces, and virtual equipment engineering. A common approach for the assessment activities will be utilised with specifications that will be refined for each equipment type for the progressively emerging technology nodes. Overall, SEAL will strengthen the European equipment manufacturing industry in an ideal and sustainable way by combining advanced R&D topics in equipment sub-projects involving a wide community of users, research institutes and equipment suppliers with many SMEs.

Keywords: semiconductor equipment assessement,leading edge technology,process equipmnet,metrology equipment,cross-cut r&d,equipment maturity
Holistic Platform Design for Smart Buildings of the Future Internet (HOBNET)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Pervasive and Trustworthy network and service infrastructures
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Greece,Serbia,Switzerland,Ireland,United Kingdom,Finland
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2009-5, 2009)
Start date: 2010-06-01
End date: 2013-06-30
Duration (months): 37.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2916033.0
EU funding (EUR): 2099997.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

The main objective of HOBNET is to ease and maximize the use of FIRE platforms by multidisciplinary developers of Future Internet applications focused on automation and energy efficiency for smart/green buildings. The proposed research addresses algorithmic, networking and application development aspects of Future Internet systems of tiny embedded devices: a) an all IPv6/6LoWPAN infrastructure of buildings and how IPv6 can integrate heterogeneous technology (sensors, actuators, mobile devices etc) b) 6lowApp and its standardization towards a new embedded application protocol for building automation c) novel algorithmic models and scalable solutions for energy efficiency and radiation-awareness, data dissemination, localization and mobility d) rapid development and integration of building management applications e) support for the deployment and monitoring of resulting applications on FIRE test beds. Key research innovations will be experimentally validated at an integrated platform of a large scale smart building proof of concept application, in two buildings of a UN related foundation in Geneva and two existing FIRE test-beds. The buildings will act as source of research challenges for smart services like energy optimization, control access, safety, audio/video provision and automatic control. Developed algorithms and technology solutions will be tested via deploying large numbers of diverse smart devices at the buildings and FIRE test-beds. These tests will also provide real data traces towards accurate models. A repository of implemented algorithms and a multipurpose building automation demonstration for connecting with external activities will be provided. We take a holistic approach addressing critical aspects at different layers (networks, algorithms, applications/tools) in an integrated way, via complementary expertise of already cooperating (in both FIRE and building management) research groups, leading industry and a public utility end-user.

Keywords: smart/green buildings,sensor networks,ipv6/6lowpan,interoperability,scalability,6lowapp standardization,models,distributed algorithms
Robust Geometry Processing (IRON)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: Computer science and informatics
Countries involved: France
Call:  (ERC-2010-StG_20091028, 2010)
Start date: 2011-01-01
End date: 2015-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1370198.0
EU funding (EUR): 1370198.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Digital Geometry Processing (DGP) started nearly ten years ago on the premise that geometry would soon become the fourth type of digital medium after sounds, images, and video. While recent research efforts have successfully established some theoretical and algorithmic foundations to deal with this very special signal that is geometry, DGP has not resulted in the expected societal and technological impacts that Digital Signal Processing has generated, mostly due to the lack of robustness and genericity of the geometry processing pipeline. We propose a research agenda to harness the full potential of Digital Geometry Processing and make it as robust and impactful as Digital Signal Processing. Specifically, we argue that streamlining the DGP pipeline cannot be achieved by direct adaptation of existing machinery: a new and focused research phase is required to address such fundamental issues as the reconstruction and approximation of complex shapes from heterogeneous data, in order to develop ironclad techniques that are robust to defect-laden inputs and offer strong guarantees on the outputs. Only then can DGP will be ready, as promised, to bring forth a technological revolution.

Keywords: geometry processing,computational engineering
Visual Analytic Representation of Large Datasets for Enhancing Network Security (VIS-SENSE)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Pervasive and Trustworthy network and service infrastructures
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,Greece,Germany,France,Ireland,France
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2009-5, 2009)
Start date: 2010-10-01
End date: 2013-11-30
Duration (months): 38.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3322197.0
EU funding (EUR): 2350000.0
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

The main goal of VIS-SENSE is the research and development of novel visual analytics technologies for the identification and prediction of very complex patterns of abnormal behavior in various application areas ranging from network information security and attack attribution to attack prediction and BGP hijacking. The ultimate goal is the enhancement of international network security so as to stimulate proactive measures that will increase the efficiency of the resolution of cyber-crime but will also enhance the prediction of such attacks. The main objective of VIS-SENSE is to research and develop novel visual analytic technologies including data analysis and mining, information visualization and user interaction methods for optimally controlling massive large amounts of data. VIS-SENSE will also provide efficient visual analytic tools for the interactive visualization of massive amounts of data, and also for the hypothesis formulation and visual validation. These tools will utilize information from all information layers, including low-level network data and results from network analytics. The goal is to provide an extensible and scalable framework for analyzing cross-layer features from the transport, service and transaction network layers. Furthermore VIS-SENSE will combine and enrich emerging attack attribution techniques with visual analytic technologies for achieving optimal performance. VIS-SENSE will deal also with attacks against the control layer of the Internet, namely the Border Gateway Control (BGP) protocol which is considered as the next natural objective for cyber-criminality. As a result, VIS-SENSE will provide a modern decision support system based on a multi-layered visual analytics framework that enables the cross-layered analysis both on the statistical correlation layer and on the interactive visualization layer.

Keywords: network security,visual analytics
PanCare Childhood and Adolescent Cancer Survivor Care and Follow-up Studies (PANCARESURFUP)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Health
Destination: Translating research for human health
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Sweden,United Kingdom,Italy,Germany,Ireland,Austria,Netherlands,Italy,United Kingdom,Switzerland,France,United Kingdom,Belgium,France,Hungary,Hungary,Italy
Call:  (FP7-HEALTH-2010-two-stage, 2010)
Start date: 2011-02-01
End date: 2017-01-31
Duration (months): 72.0
Total project cost (EUR): 7736763.4
EU funding (EUR): 5993695.0
Participants: 17
Project status: CLOSED

Over the last 40 years, treatment for childhood and adolescent cancer has improved greatly; 5- year survival after childhood cancer is now 80% in developed countries. Approximately 1 individual in 750 of young adults is now a childhood cancer survivor. Epidemiologic data on the number of European childhood cancer long-term survivors are not available, but estimates suggest a number between 300,000 and 500,000. However, significant differences in both survival and services for long-term follow-up exist across Europe. Recent research from North America has shown that the frequency of late complications continues to rise as the length of follow-up increases with, so far, no evidence of a plateau of incidence. Some late complications of treatment lead to chronic ill health or disability, and thereby constitute a significant burden both on individuals and families, and on health services and society. However, there is considerable opportunity for early identification and appropriate management of complications to improve the survivors’ health and quality of life, and to maximise efficient use of health services. PanCareSurFup proposes an integrated group of research and service projects to meet these needs. PanCareSurFup will, through cooperation with existing registries and databases, collect data on the risks of complications of cancer treatments to create a retrospective European cohort. Using this cohort research will centre on cardiac toxicity, second cancers and late mortality, with service projects based on a study of models of follow-up and transition to adult care. PanCareSurFup will describe risks of complications of treatment received. Risk prediction and guidelines for care and education will be based on our research and existing evidence, and tailored for each country. The expected benefit is to provide every European childhood cancer survivor with better access to care and better long-term health.

Keywords: childhood,adolescence,cancer,long-term,late effects,late complications,follow-up,registry,database
Internet of Things Initiative (IOT-I)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Pervasive and Trustworthy network and service infrastructures
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Spain,Serbia,Germany,Germany,France,Germany,Germany,Switzerland,Sweden,Denmark,Norway,Australia,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2009-5, 2009)
Start date: 2010-09-01
End date: 2012-11-30
Duration (months): 27.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1337923.0
EU funding (EUR): 995536.0
Participants: 17
Project status: CLOSED

Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the most important areas of a Future Internet with significant potential to positively impact European economy and society. The current IoT research community is however highly fragmented, featuring diverging approaches and technologies. This inevitably leads to a lack of coherency that hinders the realisation of an interoperable IoT, preventing the IoT to achieve its full potential. The IoT initiative (IoT-i) brings together key actors from all relevant but currently fragmented IoT communities in Europe to work jointly towards a common vision of the Internet of Things. It represents the first serious attempt in building a unified IoT community in Europe, going across boundaries of disparate technology sectors, in order to create a joint European strategic vision of the Internet of Things and aligning this vision with the current developments on the Future Internet. The IoT-i pursues the achievement of the following strategic objectives: 1) Creating a joint strategic and technical vision for the IoT in Europe that encompasses the currently fragmented sectors of the IoT domain holistically. 2) Contribute to the creation of an economically sustainable and socially acceptable environment in Europe for IoT technologies and respective R&amp;D activities. 3) Creating an environment that favours international adoption of European IoT technology. To achieve the objectives the project will utilize and implement a range of instruments. Most notably is the creation of an international IoT forum that will be used as a global platform to bring together key international stakeholders from all technology and application areas relevant to IoT. Other tangible outcomes are a converged reference model for IoT aligned with other areas of the Future Internet, synthesised technology roadmaps identifying longer-term research priorities, strategic application agendas and legal, ethical and socio-economonic recommendations for the IoT.

Keywords: internet of things,future internet,sensors and actuators networks,nfc,m2m,rfid,forum and community building
Inclusive Future-Internet Web Services (I2WEB)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Pervasive and Trustworthy network and service infrastructures
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,Ireland,United Kingdom,Italy,Slovenia,Ireland,United Kingdom,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2009-5, 2009)
Start date: 2010-11-01
End date: 2013-04-30
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2718598.0
EU funding (EUR): 1895750.0
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

I2Web will provide tools to develop inclusive Future Internet service front-ends to address the challenges of ubiquitous/mobile Web, media convergence and user-generated content, in combination with cloud computing and Web 2.0, Social Networking, using User-Centred Design and Design for All (DfA)/Inclusive Design principles. By 2025 over 30% of Europe will be elderly, with many of current Internet users being over 60. Plus, 10% of the population is disabled. I2Web will empower networks of user communities of this 40% of the EU to easily compose, share and use services. The project will (a) develop compliance tools for inclusive services usable by the broadest range of users, regardless of expertise or ability and (b) provide search for such services. I2Web will tackle the vital issue that neither average end-users nor web service developers, managers and commissioners are familiar with the complexity of user requirements resulting from personal abilities, characteristics, preferences and the different devices used. Using Application MetaModels, User Models and Mobile Device Models, I2Web will incorporate Web Compliance Tools into 2 standard development environments to address accessibility/usability/DfA issues at design/runtime. I2Web will prototype these developments with inclusive services in: (1) Social Networking/Web 2.0 (2) Ubiquitous/Mobile Web and (3) IPTV/iTV; to 3 user groups (a) professional developers, (b) disabled and older people, and (c) others, who contribute content to the web. The I2Web tools will be delivered as Open Source ontologies and SOA interfaces, combined with commercial implementations to guarantee exploitation of the project innovations and results. The project will use open source models of development. I2Web’s impact will be widespread uptake of high-added-value inclusive services, particularly by disabled and older users. To ensure its sustainable impact, its results will be co-designed and fed into W3C, the Open Social initiative and other standardisation bodies.

Keywords: web 2.0,ubiquitous/mobile web,iptv/itv,cloud computing,content management systems,inclusive design,wcag 2.0,open source