Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Photonics Research Coordination Europe – Photonics21 (PHORCE21)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Components, systems, engineering
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Germany,Netherlands,Ireland,Belgium,France,Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2007-2, 2007)
Start date: 2008-07-01
End date: 2011-09-30
Duration (months): 39.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1408361.0
EU funding (EUR): 1347000.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

With revenues of 49 billion € in 2006, and a corresponding growth of 12% compared to 2005, and 250 000 people directly employed the European Photonics industry is one of the most important industry sectors and key enabling technologies for Europe in the 21st century. To withstand growing competition from low labour cost countries there is a need to join forces in industry, research and politics to meet the needs of OP industries and to solve their common problems. In 2005 the European Technology Platform Photonics21 has been established to further shape the European Research Area in Photonics by bringing together all relevant stakeholders and develop a common research strategy for Photonics in Europe. Photonics21 today unites the majority of the leading photonics industries (thereof a significant share of SME) and relevant RandD stakeholders along the whole economic value chain throughout Europe. It comprises more than 900 members from 32 countries including EU Member States (95 %) and associated countries. The proposal “Phorce21” is submitted by the Photonics21 secretariat at the request, with the consent and on behalf of the Photonics21 Executive Board. To this end Phorce21 will significantly shape the Photonics European Research Area by • stimulating community building and cooperation at European and national level • providing a constantly updated common European Strategic Research Agenda in Photonics • fostering the strategic link between Photonics industry and research and improve transparency • increasing the involvement of Central and Eastern European countries in European Photonics research • improving third level educational programmes on European and regional level raising awareness and generating interest of students for Photonics • providing a central information platform to the Photonics community in Europe • making the general public aware of the overall impact of Photonics on European economy and society

Keywords: photonics21 etp technology platform european research area photonics strategic research agenda cooperation education
A highly integrated optical sensor for point of care label free identification of pathogenic bacteria strains and their antibiotic resistance. (INTOPSENS)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Components, systems, engineering
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Spain,Denmark,Sweden,Belgium,Belgium,United Kingdom,Finland
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2007-2, 2007)
Start date: 2008-09-01
End date: 2012-02-29
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3360218.0
EU funding (EUR): 2595797.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

InTopSens is a multidisciplinary project involving the emerging fields of photonics structures, electronics, fluidics and bio-chemistry, to contribute to the development of high value sensor technology. This objective will be addressed through the demonstration of a compact polymer and silicon-based CMOS-compatible photonics sensor system. It integrates two label-free biomolecular recognition photonic sensor technologies with sensitivities as low as 0.1ng per ml, state-of-the-art in label-free integrated optical biosensors, with novel coupling technology that will permit very high integration of hundreds of sensing areas on a 1mm2 photonics chip. This offers the further advantageous possibility of assaying several parameters simultaneously leading to further increases in the reliability and reductions in the measurement uncertainty of a diagnostic over single-parameter assays. The novel diagnostic technology of the InTopSens device has the potential to be fast and easy to use, making routine screening or monitoring of bacteria more cost-effective. The ultimate target of InTopSens is to demonstrate the feasibility of a rapid diagnostic test for sepsis at ‘point of care’. From the introduction onto the chip of a large drop of blood (some 5ml) it will have after 5-10 mins a yes/no to the presence of bacteria and after less than 30mins an antibiotic resistance profile of the infecting bacteria. Some 120 sensing areas/datapoints are needed to identify this profile and as such due to the very high integration up to 250 assays can be integrated onto a 1mm2 chip for the same bacteria for higher sensitivity/selectivity or for other bacteria. A final prototype consisting of a packaged biochip will be used on clinical samples in order to detect the sepsis bacteria and determine their resistance to antibiotics.

Keywords: point-of-care,rapid cost-effective biochip,photonic cavities,ring resonators,multiplexed coupling,lab-on-a-chip,portable label-free biomolecular recognition,bacteria,anti-biotic resistance.
Infrared Imaging Components for Use in Automotive Safety Applications (ICU)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Components, systems, engineering
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Sweden,Sweden,Belgium,Norway
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2007-2, 2007)
Start date: 2008-05-01
End date: 2011-08-31
Duration (months): 40.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3063965.0
EU funding (EUR): 2028882.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

The objective of ICU is to develop the core photonic components for a Far Infrared (FIR) camera module aimed at high volume automotive Night Vision Enhancement Systems (NVE) of the future. FIR imaging provides a high-contrast signal for warm (living) objects. This makes FIR systems very attractive for the detection of living objects and thereby helping to reduce fatalities and injuries. However, the cost of FIR NVE for automotive use must come down significantly to enable high volume fitment rates. At the same time they need to be capable of detecting a person from a distance of up to 120 m. The photonic components developed in ICU include an infrared lens system, an infrared bolometer array, a wafer-level vacuum package and the component assembly. The infrared components are matched to achieve optimum cost and performance. The functionality of the individual photonic components can be evaluated in a combined system or alternatively independent of each other. The essential novelty in ICU are infrared bolometer arrays made of a new, mono-crystalline SiGe/Si quantum well material, providing increased temperature coefficient of resistance (TCR) and improved 1/f noise properties as compared to state-of-the-art infrared bolometers. The bolometers will be manufactured using heterogeneous 3D MEMS integration that is compatible with standard MEMS foundry services. A low-cost wafer-level vacuum packaging process will be developed that can consistently achieve vacuum levels in the sealed cavities on the order of 0.001 mbar. Infrared optics will be developed that can be mass manufactured using low-cost processes and lens material. The system will be the first application of multilevel diffractive optics in FIR, with the added feature that the optics can be integrated in the package using MEMS-based 1st level camera integration.

Keywords: infrared bolometer array,infrared imaging,sige quantum wells,infrared optics,automotive safety applications
Invivo Ultrasonic Transponder System for Biomedical Applications (ULTRASPONDER)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Components, systems, engineering
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Switzerland,Netherlands,France,France,Norway,Germany
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2007-2, 2007)
Start date: 2008-09-01
End date: 2012-03-31
Duration (months): 43.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4325722.0
EU funding (EUR): 3149997.0
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

The key objective of ULTRAsponder is to develop a novel telemetry technology for biomedical applications that will enable any kind of deeply implanted device (the transponder) to communicate and be powered wirelessly via acoustic waves with the external system (the control unit). The implanted transponder will include one or more sensors for monitoring a variety of parameters, such as temperature, pressure, or fluid flow. Local digital signal processing will allow the transponder to act smartly and transmit only significant data, reducing its power needs. As part of a network, several transponders will communicate and exchange information with the external control unit. The control unit will be placed on the patient’s skin, and it will control, energize and communicate through acoustic waves (ultrasonic) with the implanted transponders. Moreover, it will be used as a data logger, which relays the recorded data from the transponders network, towards the patient’s environment via cellular, plain telephone service (POTS) or IP based networks. The key innovations of ULTRAsponder will be the following: (i) development of a novel telemetry technique based on the backscattering principle to ensure efficient data communication through acoustic waves from the implanted transponder to the external control unit, (ii) wireless communication through acoustic waves from the control unit to the transponder, (iii) remote powering of the transponder through acoustic waves using a beam-forming technique to increase efficiency and hence to reduce charge time (iv) internal pre-treatment of the sensor measurements thanks to local massive and low power signal processing capabilities, (v) high flexibility and modularity of the transponder to be easily adaptable to any kind of sensor, (vi) test of the overall system in real environment for a particular application to measure physiological parameters, (vii) contribution to the standardization of body sensor networks using acoustic waves

Keywords: ultrasonic transponder,backscattering communication and remotely powered circuit through acoustic waves,deeply implanted sensors
Accessibility Assessment Simulation Environment for New Applications Design and Development (ACCESSIBLE)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: ICT for Independent Living, Inclusion and Governance
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Greece,Greece,Germany,Portugal,Italy,Bulgaria,Czechia,Spain,Germany,Switzerland,Germany
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2007-2, 2007)
Start date: 2008-09-01
End date: 2012-02-29
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3571925.0
EU funding (EUR): 2600000.0
Participants: 14
Project status: CLOSED

Accessibility is a hot topic nowadays. Authorities and experts are putting a strong effort on pushing forward accessibility of software applications but, despite this fact, ICT applications and systems are still not fully accessible today. The main goal of ACCESSIBLE is to improve the accessibility of software development products, by introducing a harmonised accessibility methodology into the software design and development processes, using significantly better measurement strategies and methodologies. ACCESSIBLE will research and develop a process for collating and merging different methodological tools, checking the coherence with the W3C/WAI ARIA and other standards in order to produce an Open Source Assessment Simulation Environment. This will enable large organisations, SMEs or individuals (developers, designers, etc.) to produce software products of superior accessibility and quality, accompanied with appropriate measures and proposals for best practice. The triggering idea behind ACCESSIBLE is to contribute for better accessibility for all citizens, to increase the use of standards, and to develop an assessment simulation environment (including a suite of accessibility analysing tools as well as developer-aid tools) to assess efficiently, easily and rapidly the accessibility and viability of software applications for all user groups. A challenge of ACCESSIBLE is also the integration of combinations of many possible disabilities, rather than on an individual basis. This is particularly important as with aging, everyone is likely to acquire multiple disabilities, and although each one might be relatively minor, their combined effects are certainly major. The proposed assessment simulation environment will be demonstrated in the four pilots of ACCESSIBLE for the assessment of: a) Mobile applications (including JavaFX Scripts), b) Web applications, c) Web services (mainly focusing on infomobility services), and d) description languages (e.g. UML, SDL, etc.).

Keywords: accessibility,design for all,e-inclusion,ontology,simulation,assessment simulation,developed-aid
MEMS Tuneable Metamaterials for Smart Wireless Applications (TUMESA)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Components, systems, engineering
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Finland,Sweden,France,France
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2007-2, 2007)
Start date: 2008-06-01
End date: 2011-09-30
Duration (months): 40.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2525477.0
EU funding (EUR): 1850000.0
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

The proposed project focuses on development of tuneable metamaterials and metasurfaces based on microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and their integration to smart wireless systems such as radar, secure high-capacity communication systems, radio astronomy, atmospheric remote sensing, spectroscopy, etc. MEMS allow miniaturisation of electronic components, reduce their cost in batch production and effectively compete with semiconductor and ferroelectric based technologies in terms of losses at millimetre wavelengths. Metamaterials provide a way to design devices with unique and engineered electromagnetic properties. The advantage of convergence between MEMS and metamaterials is ability to create novel miniaturized reconfigurable low-loss and cost-effective wireless devices with innovative self-adapting mechanisms. In addition to industrial and technological objectives, a number of socio-economic challenges urge research in smart wireless applications. EU authorities have launched a program to reduce fatal road accidents by 50% by 2010, with the focus on driver assistance and on-board safety systems for accident reduction, including automotive radar. For this purpose, the European Telecommunication Standard Institute ETSI has already produced a standard for automotive radar in the 79 GHz range. The main objectives of the proposed project are: to develop novel on-chip phase shifting and beam-steering devices based on MEMS tuneable high-impedance surfaces; to integrate developed phase shifting components in novel space-efficient antenna arrays on a single chip; to elaborate novel concepts of implementation the beam-steering devices and antenna arrays in cost-efficient radar sensor and future high-capacity wireless communication systems and evaluate fabricated prototypes at a system level.

Keywords: mems,metamaterials,phase shifters,beam steering,leaky wave antennas,antenna array,automotive radar,wireless communication
Privacy Enabled Capability In co-Operative systems and Safety Applications (PRECIOSA)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: ICT for mobility, environmental sustainability and energy efficiency
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: France,Germany,Germany,Germany,Belgium
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2007-2, 2007)
Start date: 2008-03-01
End date: 2010-08-31
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2465870.0
EU funding (EUR): 1667000.0
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

The goal of PRECIOSA is to demonstrate that co-operative systems can comply with future privacy regulations by demonstrating that an example application can be endowed with technologies for suitable privacy protection of location related data. The objectives are the following : - define an approach for evaluation of co-operative systems, in terms of communication privacy and data storage privacy, - define a privacy aware architecture for co-operative systems, involving suitable trust models and ontologies, a V2V privacy verifiable architecture and a V2I privacy verifiable architecture. The architecture includes components for protection, infringement detection and auditing, - define and validate guidelines for privacy aware co-operative systems, - investigate specific challenges for privacy. The approach is to investigate a number of use cases, collect application and privacy protection requirements, to select a non privacy aware application, to integrate selected mechanisms for protection, infringement detection and auditing, and to assess the resulting privacy aware application. This assessment carried out in liaison with industry stakeholders (e.g. C2C-CC), public authorities (e.g. data protection, article 29) should enable the validation of guidelines for privacy awareness that will submitted to the eSafety community. The consortium includes the following partners: - Trialog (F) : coordinator, platform architect and integrator, tools for measuring and testing privacy - PTV (D): eSafety application with data protection features, application architect and integrator - Oracle (BE): assessment of impact on data storage, data storage capability provision - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (D): research on privacy impact on data storage - Ulm University (D): research on privacy metrics and communication privacy The PRECIOSA project is 24 month long.

Keywords: esafety,privacy,c2c
Ambient-Intelligent Interactive Monitoring System for Energy Use Optimisation in Manufacturing SMEs (AMI-MOSES)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: ICT for mobility, environmental sustainability and energy efficiency
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,Spain,Spain,United Kingdom,Finland,Germany,Spain,Slovenia
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2007-2, 2007)
Start date: 2008-09-01
End date: 2011-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2784037.0
EU funding (EUR): 2000000.0
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

The main business aim is to produce a leap forward in energy efficiency and cost reduction in manufacturing SMEs. The AmI-MoSES project will develop an (ambient) intelligent monitoring system for energy consumption, dedicated to manufacturing SMEs, to provide comprehensive information about the energy use, and knowledge-based support for improvements in energy efficiency. Existing energy consumption data will be complemented by different information from AmI systems (e.g. AmI systems for interactions between human operators and machines/processes etc.) and process related measurements (e.g. specific manufacturing line temperatures) and fed to the SOA based platform. The platform will allow to build different SW services, using the measured and processed data, such as On-line diagnostics of energy related problems in an SME, Continuous improvement of energy consumption etc. The services will, among other functionalities, interactively provide suggestions of the appropriate actions for problem elimination and energy efficiency increase. The decision making support for the energy efficiency increase will be also environmentally based, meaning that the problem elimination suggestions will always take care about the environmental performance from the manufacturing SME sectors, reducing the need for natural energy sources. The consortium SMEs will provide industrial testing environments, some of the major technical inputs including the energy measurement equipment, energy consumption monitoring, energy auditing, and energy saving expertise.

Keywords: energy efficiency,ambient intelligence,knowledge management,service oriented architecture,manufacturing industry
E-safety Vehicle Intrusion proTected Applications (EVITA)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: ICT for mobility, environmental sustainability and energy efficiency
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,Germany,Germany,Germany,Germany,Sweden,United Kingdom,France,Belgium,France,Germany,Austria
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2007-2, 2007)
Start date: 2008-07-01
End date: 2011-12-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5890309.0
EU funding (EUR): 3825993.0
Participants: 14
Project status: CLOSED

Future safety applications based on car-to-car and car-to-infrastructure communication have been identified as a measure for decreasing the number of fatal traffic accidents. Examples for such applications are local danger warnings, traffic light pre-emption, or electronic emergency brakes. While these functionalities inspire a new era of safety in transportation, new security requirements need to be considered in order to prevent attacks on these systems. Intrusion threats can be manifold: illegally forced malfunctioning of safety critical in-vehicular components as well as the illegal influence of traffic provoked by means of fake messages are just two likely possibilities. It is the distinct objective of EVITA to address these threats by preventing unauthorised manipulation of on-board systems in order to successfully prevent the intrusion into the in-vehicular systems and the transmission of corrupted data to the outside. By focusing on vehicle intrusion protection, EVITA complements the projects SeVeCOM and NoW, which focus on communication protection. Starting from identifying the necessary industrial use cases regarding assembly and field maintenance and compiling profound scenarios of possible threats, the overall security requirements are defined. On this basis a secure trust model will be compiled and a secure on-board architecture and protocol will be specified, verified, validated and, lastly, demonstrated. EVITA will release the architecture and protocol specification as open specifications. The consortium brings together all relevant expertise to successfully take the challenge: a car manufacturer, tier-one suppliers, security, hardware, software and legal experts. In order to guarantee a broad uptake of the open specification, EVITA will cooperate with the Car 2 Car Communication Consortium. EVITA will provide a base for the secure deployment of electronic safety aids based on car-to-car and car-to-infrastructure communication.

Keywords: secure architecture,car2car,preventing abuse