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Feedback mechanisms Across the Lifecycle for Customer-driven Optimization of iNnovative product-service design (FALCON)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Advanced Manufacturing and Processing, and Biotechnology
Theme: Technologies for Factories of the Future
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Spain,Italy,Italy,Italy,Germany,Switzerland,Türkiye,Greece,France,France,Netherlands,Netherlands
Call: Innovative Product-Service design using manufacturing intelligence (H2020-FoF-2014, 2014)
Start date: 2015-01-01
End date: 2017-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5098268.25
EU funding (EUR): 4594973.0
Participants: 13
Project status: CLOSED

The undergoing transformation in our current socio-economic models, led by the advent of emerging technologies, has changed the relation of customers to products and services. Customers play no longer a passive role in the product and service development process as they express their product and service experiences and opinions through several channels such as discussion forums, blogs, chat, idea voting, and more. In addition, sensor systems in combination with products incorporated in the Internet of Things (IoT), are becoming increasingly common. The potential endless amounts of available information offer a rich ground for value creation in the product-service innovation chain. In this context FALCON envisions to provide a framework to enable the realization of new products and value-adding services, resulting from user-experiences and product and related services usage; undertaken with the principles of sustainability and social responsibility. FALCON will create impact through the following objectives: First the project will address product-service information collection through collaborative intelligence and Product Embedded Information Devices. Second, it will enable new mechanisms for product-service knowledge representation, exploitation, openness and diffusion. Third, it will strengthen collaboration and new product-service development through new feedback and feed forward mechanisms in the product life-cycle. Fourth, FALCON will explore manufacturing intelligence to support innovative product-services design and finally FALCON will improve product-service lifecycle assessment approaches through the real-time collection of product-service usage information and related experiences. The project is driven by a consortium of highly recognized researchers (BIBA, EPFL, TU Delft ), experienced solution providers (UBITECH, Holonix, Softeco, i-Deal) and industrial companies (Arcelik, Philipps, Dena Cashmere, DATAPIXEL, Vinci Consulting).

Keywords: product service,collaboration,product service development,collaborative intelligence,feedback and feedforeward loops,product service usage information
Localizing 4000 Years of Cultural History. Texts and Scripts from Elephantine Island in Egypt (ELEPHANTINE)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: The study of the human past
Panel description: Archaeology, history and memory
Countries involved: Germany
Call: ERC Starting Grant (ERC-2014-STG, 2014)
Start date: 2015-07-01
End date: 2022-06-30
Duration (months): 84.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1500000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The aim of this project is to write a cultural history of 4000 years, localized on Elephantine Island in Egypt. Elephantine was a militarily and strategically very important island in the river Nile on the southern border of Egypt. No other settlement in Egypt is so well attested over such a long period of time. Its inhabitants form a multi-ethnic, multicultural and multi-religious community that left us vast amounts of written sources detailing their everyday lives from the Old Kingdom to beyond the Arab Conquest. Today, several thousand papyri and other manuscripts from Elephantine are scattered in more than 60 institutions across Europe and beyond. Their texts are written in different languages and scripts, including Hieroglyphs, Hieratic, Demotic, Aramaic, Greek, Coptic and Arabic. 80% of these manuscripts are still unpublished and unstudied. The great challenge of this project is to use this material to answer three key questions covering: 1) Multiculturalism and identity between assimilation and segregation, 2) Organization of family and society, 3) Development of religions (Polytheism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam). Thus, access needs to be gained to these texts, making them publicly available in an open access online database. Links are to be identified between papyrus fragments from different collections and an international ‘papyrus puzzle’ will be undertaken, incorporating cutting-edge methods from digital humanities, physics and mathematics (e.g. for the virtual unfolding of papyri). Using this database with medical, religious, legal, administrative, even literary texts, the micro-history of the everyday life of the local and global (i.e. ‘glocal’) community of Elephantine will be studied within its socio-cultural setting in Egypt and beyond. It will be linked back to macro-historical questions and benefit from newly-introduced methodologies of global history: Elephantine can thus be used as a case study and a model for the past, present and future.

Keywords: ancient egypt,papyri,global history
Dermography. Ethics and Aesthetics of Skin Writing (DEAS)

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: Denmark
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2020, 2020)
Start date: 2022-08-01
End date: 2024-07-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 219312.0
EU funding (EUR): 219312.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

We are only just now beginning to understand the importance of human skin for our individual and collective well-being. According to biophysicist Georges Limbert (2019), “skin tells a story about our health status, age, past traumas, emotions, ethnicity and our social and physical environment”. As the oldest and most sensitive of our organs, it provides us with powerful collective mental images of both intimacy and integrity. Just as in the Freudian ‘Wunderblock’ (mystic writing pad), it remembers and records our personal biographies and traumas. Skin, in other words, is closely related to writing. Within literature skin has always been a special canvas that allows the study of cultural and societal phenomena. Accordingly, literature plays a crucial role whenever we try to analyze and understand the cultural and societal role of skin. Rooted in comparative literary studies, “Dermography. Ethics and Aesthetics of Skin Writing” [DEAS] integrates cultural, medical and intellectual history with archives of actual skin samples, ethics and psychoanalysis and relates its findings to contemporary biophysics and the life sciences, including the health and beauty industries. As a literary project, DEAS will put various skin narratives and skin writing (dermography) into context while at the same time taking into account skin’s materiality in a concrete sense: Working with actual skin samples and artificial skin research has never been done before in a literary context. Exploring the unique collection of the Medical Museion in Copenhagen, one of the largest of its kind, and integrating it in research that goes far beyond its archival significance, is a pioneering approach that challenges both traditional literary scholarship and curatorial methods. By focusing on the affinity of skin and writing, DEAS will offer the first substantial literary contribution to the new research field of Skin Studies.

Keywords: skin studies,cultural studies,manuscript studies,medical history,materiality of writing and reading
Re-Empower the BOdy after Tetraplegia. (REBoT)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Global Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Italy,United States
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2016, 2016)
Start date: 2018-02-01
End date: 2021-06-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 244269.0
EU funding (EUR): 244269.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

REBoT will move its steps towards the understanding of the interrelationships between training-induced brain reorganization and sensorimotor function after cervical spinal cord injury (SCI). The final goal is to promote a “rewiring” of the cortex (or supra-spinal circuits) to bypass pathways interrupted by SCI through a progressive adaptation of the rehabilitative intervention. REBoT’ s concept is based on the hypothesis that practicing upper-body control of personalized physical or virtual interfaces brings about plastic changes in the sensorimotor pathways that can be exploited to design more effective and tailored assistive devices and neuro-prostheses. These, in turn, will contribute to increase the independence and therefore the quality of life after SCI. REBoT's highly innovative approach consists in leveraging residual movements of arms and shoulders with the dual objective of (i) strengthening residual voluntary control of the upper limb, and (ii) promoting specific functional and structural changes in the nervous system. For doing so, REBoT will use a Body Machine Interface (BMI) that allows the users to interact with various external virtual (i.e. a cursor or a virtual wheelchair) and physical devices (i.e. a planar robotic arm and a robot assistant) through movements of the arms and shoulders. The BMI will be manipulated to harness the contribution of specific muscles so as to enhance the user's residual motor abilities. REBoT will evaluate the activity-dependent reorganization at all levels of the CNS using MRI-driven Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in combination with high-density electromyography. This novel approach has the potential to identify changes at muscular, corticospinal and cortical level with a high sensitivity and limited cost. The goal is to understand (i) what specific changes motor skill learning/re-learning induces in the CNS and (ii) how remodelling of cortical and subcortical connections map into functional recovery.

Keywords: spinal cord injury,robotics,brain plasticity
Development and validation of an innovative nutritional solution to fight muscle atrophy during human space flights, application of the acquired knowledge to prevent muscle degeneration down on earth (ASTROCIT)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Space
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: France
Call: SME Instrument (H2020-SMEINST-1-2015, 2015)
Start date: 2016-03-01
End date: 2016-08-31
Duration (months): 6.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Question: What is the common factor between an astronaut, an older person and someone who just underwent a serious surgery? Answer: Muscle atrophy. During long missions for instance, astronauts can lose up to 50% of their muscle mass severely affecting their performance and health. The only commercially available solutions hardly able to mitigate the effect of weightlessness, ageing and immobilization are exercise and diet but they are not satisfactory in terms of efficiency, ease-of-use, bioavailability, compliancy or scientific backing. AstroCIT’s objective is to develop and validate an innovative nutraceutical to fight muscle loss during human space flights and prevent muscular degeneration on earth. It will revolutionize how muscle atrophy is cared for by giving space physicians, gerontologists and physiotherapists an effective preventive and therapeutic solution, thereby enabling astronauts to be more operational, bettering quality of life in space, improving autonomy of aged or injured people and reducing public spending. This new nutraceutical is based on CITRAGE’s and its partners’ long lasting expertise in developing and commercializing amino acids based products applied to the combination of a proven and a hitherto unseen compounds. During phase 1, CITRAGE will scale-up the project by (a) defining the best formulation and galenics for the product, (b) accessing data generated by other research projects in the field of nutrition and muscle atrophy, (c) collecting medical and financial data to further quantify the technology’s benefit and its risks, (d) defining the protocol of a EU clinical study to be implemented in phase 2 and (e) consolidating the IP strategy. The main deliverable will be an updated business plan enabling CITRAGE to seize this huge business opportunity of further exploiting their know-how in space and down on earth. This feasibility study is an essential first step before routine use and industrial production.

Keywords: muscle atrophy,human space flights,aging,muscle disuse,nutraceutic,l citrulline
Distributed core mobile network in a software for highly resilient telecommunications (MeshFlow)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Germany
Call: SME instrument (H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1, 2018)
Start date: 2018-06-01
End date: 2018-09-30
Duration (months): 4.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

During natural disasters or terrorist attacks, stationary tower-based centralized telecommunications networks are vulnerable. MeshFlow is a distributed telecommunications network, made of nodes, each connected to the other, where each node is an autonomous core mobile network. The feasibility assessment will focus on following technical and business objectives during its 4 months: • Prepare software development plan to finalize MeshFlow that meets Functional Requirements; • Investigate the options to collaborate with Fraunhofer FOKUS (FF) and Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute (FH). • Scout and secure pilot users from EU public safety, civil protection and disaster management or military sectors. For this CND will rely on its various OEM partners, such as blackned GmbH, who have an established outreach to the user market. blackned GmbH is a high-tech IT and consulting company with headquarters in Southern Germany. Their portfolio comprises command, control, and communications solutions for a number of different industrial branches and applications.

Keywords: security,disaster management,critical infrastructures,resilient networks,telecommunications,natural disasters,core mobile network,public safety,mesh topology,cybersecurity,terrorist attacks
Ultra-broadband infrared gas sensor for pollution detection (TRIAGE)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Action type: Innovation actions
Partnership: Photonics (cPPP)
Countries involved: Germany,Sweden,Sweden,Switzerland,Poland,Netherlands,Denmark,Denmark,United Kingdom
Call: Advancing photonics technologies and application driven photonics components and the innovation ecosystem (H2020-ICT-2020-2, 2020)
Start date: 2021-01-01
End date: 2024-02-29
Duration (months): 38.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5853623.5
EU funding (EUR): 4994300.96
Participants: 10
Project status: SIGNED

Air pollution is one of the largest risk factors for premature death, yet current portable monitoring technology cannot provide adequate protection at a local community level. • TRIAGE will develop a smart, compact and cost-effective air quality sensor network for the hyperspectral detection of all relevant atmospheric pollution gases • Resolution and selectivity are two orders of magnitude better than current solutions for lower cost • Cloud-based, deep-learning algorithms enable automated short-term alerts and long-term trend analysis • Community-based testing is agreed with Swedish and Swiss environmental agencies and transport companies The sensor is based on an innovative, mid-IR supercontinuum laser providing ultra-bright emission from 2-10 µm in the infrared “fingerprint region.” The latest spectroscopic technology, including novel multi-pass cell and detectors, enables real-time detection of all major harmful gaseous components of air pollution with high sensitivity and selectivity, at levels far below the Immediate Danger to Life and Health (IDLH) concentrations. Precision multi-gas detection allows studies of synergistic effects from combinations of gases for the first time. In-built chemometric analysis and cloud connection will feed deep-learning algorithms and data storage to enable analysis ranging from long-term trends in air pollution to urgent local alerts. This smart photonic approach enables pervasive community-based sensing, allowing inventories of emitted pollutants and identification of pollution hotspots. Agreements with local authorities in Stockholm and Neuchâtel for distributed pollution monitoring from municipal buildings and with local bus companies in Sweden and Switzerland for mobile validation are in place. A comprehensive advisory board, TRIAGE-NET, ensures participation from end-users, large industrial players, environment agencies and local public communities. Outline business cases for commercialization are provided.

Keywords: gas detection,supercontinuum laser,spectroscopy,pollution monitoring,mid infrared,deep learning algorithms,big data repositories
Cracking the Pitch Code in Music and Language: Insights from Congenital Amusia and Autism Spectrum Disorders (CAASD)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: The Human Mind and Its Complexity
Panel description: Cognitive science, psychology, linguistics, theoretical philosophy
Countries involved: China,United Kingdom
Call: ERC Starting Grant (ERC-2015-STG, 2015)
Start date: 2016-12-01
End date: 2023-05-31
Duration (months): 78.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1488814.0
EU funding (EUR): 1431754.0
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Music and language share similar properties and are processed in overlapping brain regions. As a common information-bearing element in music and language, pitch plays an essential role in encoding musical melodies, signifying linguistic functions, and conveying emotions through music and speech. However, two distinct neurodevelopmental disorders, congenital amusia (CA) and autism spectrum disorders (ASD), affecting millions of people in Europe and worldwide, may selectively impair individuals’ ability to process musical, linguistic, and emotional pitch. To date, it remains unclear why individuals with CA and ASD exhibit significant differences in music, speech, and emotion processing. Under our Delicate Form-Function Balance Hypothesis, we will conduct a series of behavioural and neurophysiological experiments to test the central hypothesis that normal musical, linguistic, and emotional functioning requires a delicate balance in the encoding and decoding of form and function in musical, speech, and emotional communication, with musical communication centred on form and linguistic and emotional communication focused on function. Most critically, we hypothesize that the differences in music, speech, and emotional processing in CA and ASD are rooted not only in pitch and cognitive abilities, but also in the balance between form and function for each domain. Addressing three specific aims regarding the impacts of cognitive processing styles, pitch processing skills, and language background (tone vs. non-tonal) on the behavioural and neurophysiological characteristics of music, language, and emotion processing in CA and ASD, this research will not only help reveal the underlying mechanisms of the two defining aspects of human cognition, music and language, but also form a laboratory for testing key hypotheses about the bio-behavioural manifestations of human neurodevelopmental disorders in music and language processing.

Keywords: music,language,emotion,pitch,congenital amusia,autism spectrum disorders,form,function,cognitive processing
Technologies for Active Vibration and Acoustic Comfort (TAVAC)

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: Greece,Greece,Greece
Call: Active technologies for acoustic and vibration comfort (H2020-CS2-CFP02-2015-01, 2015)
Start date: 2016-09-01
End date: 2020-02-29
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 924375.0
EU funding (EUR): 735000.0
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

In aircraft cabin environments, vibrations and noise co-exist affecting the passenger comfort, quality of flight, but also aircraft efficiency. To progress on airframe and engine efficiency while supporting the high level of customer comfort requested, the faced challenges are to develop and integrate into the airframe and cabin new technologies of active noise and vibration reduction, without penalizing the weight, fuel efficiency and performance of the aircraft. The main aim of the proposed research is the development of novel integrated active technologies for noise and vibration reduction and their integration into aircraft fuselage and cabin. This is accommodated in two discrete, but highly related directions: (1) Active vibration isolation and control of engines and aerodynamically induced loads; (2) Active noise control. Each of the approaches is subjected to its own specific performance and weight limitations. The project focuses on the application of light-weight, power efficient and compact in size 3D printed electro active loudspeaker arrays for noise control, and on induced-strain piezoceramic actuators for vibration control. Advanced and light-weight controller and amplifier electronic modules will be developed by the industrial partner MILTEC. Virtual testing and optimal system design methods are proposed for the detection of the appropriate actuator characteristics, locations for the more efficient placement, required power and optimized controllers, in connection to the specific application details attention will be focused. Miltech as the industrial partner, will use the experience from previous project related with aircraft integrated systems. These should balance between the potentially optimum provided performance with the compact size and weight. TAVAC is expected to have a significant impact on CleanSky program, great technical and economic impact on the competitiveness of European aircraft industry, and a substantial socioeconomic impact.

Keywords: active vibration control,active noise control,engine mounts,fuselage