Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Centre of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence for Digital Humanities (AI4DH)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area
Programme: Widening participation and spreading excellence
Theme: Attracting and mobilising the best talents
Destination: Attracting and mobilising the best talents
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Slovenia
Call: ERA Chairs (HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-TALENTS-01, 2023)
Start date: 2025-02-01
End date: 2030-01-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2500000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Artificial Intelligence for Digital Humanities (AI4DH) Era Chair is an ambitious initiative in Slovenia designed to enhance this European region’s capacity to integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) into the research conducted at the University of Ljubljana in Digital Humanities (DH). This project seeks to establish the university as a leading institution in Europe for AI applications in DH through the creation of a CoE that combines top-level AI research with direct engagement and support for DH scholars. The CoE will foster research excellence and provide tailored training and services, thereby increasing the humanities' capacity to leverage the many exciting opportunities offered by AI. The CoE will attract projects and other funding, ensuring its sustainability, enhancing the university's research infrastructure, and reversing the region’s brain drain by attracting researchers to Slovenia. The AI4DH centre will be created under the leadership of Professor Antoine Doucet, who is currently Professor in Computer Science at La Rochelle Université, France. Prof. Doucet has an excellent track record, both as a researcher and innovator, with many accolades as a manager of research and interdisciplinary higher-education activities.

Keywords: artificial intelligence,digital humanities,linguistics,social sciences,natural language processing,data science,large language models
Change Impact Analysis, Root Cause Analysis, and AI-based Repair for Safe and Secure Software Evolution (FORTE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Proof of concept grants
Action type: ERC actions
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: ERC PROOF OF CONCEPT GRANTS (ERC-2024-POC, 2024)
Start date: 2024-11-01
End date: 2026-04-30
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 150000.0
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Software is the driving force of today's world. Used in almost any system, it has a wide-ranging impact on every area of private and public life, from health, to finance, education, entertainment, business, and government. Developing software is a cognitively demanding task. Coming up with a software solution for a problem is already challenging, and continuous changes in requirements and in the environment where software is used make it even harder. As a result, bugs and security vulnerabilities are often introduced during software development. To make things worse, even when these issues are discovered and reported, many of them remain unfixed due to a lack of developer time. Generative AI promises to change the game by being able to automatically repair code, but requires developers to validate that the proposed software fixes correctly address the issues, while simultaneously checking that they do not introduce unintended behaviour. FORTE combines automated change-impact analysis with automated root cause analysis and AI-based repair to enable an AI-augmented process of developing software. Our goal with FORTE is to help developers confidently change software without breaking it in unexpected ways, and embrace generative AI to simplify the process of writing and fixing code. To demonstrate the usefulness of FORTE, we plan to use it with real-world software that is publicly available.
Mixing and Dispersion in Two-phase porous media Flow (MDTF)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: Spain
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-05-01
End date: 2027-04-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 209914.56
EU funding (EUR): 209914.56
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

MDFT focuses on the mixing and dispersion (M&D) of passive solutes in two-phase flow through heterogeneous porous media, which are key processes for the assessment of subsurface engineering applications such as underground hydrogen storage, geological carbon dioxide storage, enhanced oil recovery, groundwater and soil remediation. Despite their importance, M&D mechanisms in immiscible, miscible, and reactive two-phase systems are not well understood due to the complexity inherent to both flow and medium structure. M&D in single-phase flows is determined by medium heterogeneity that leads to the formation of lamellar structures (dispersion, stirring) of dissolved substances that homogenize through aggregation and coalescence (mixing). In two-phase flows, M&D is more complex because of stirring and dispersion actions induced by the two-phase interactions between fluid phases. Based on these fundamental principles we propose to develop a novel M&D theory for multiphase flow in immiscibe, miscible and reactive two-phase flow systems. To this end, MDFT will quantify the mechanisms of solute mixing and dispersion in immiscible two-phase flow, assess how density variations between miscible phases influence solute transport, and use this knowledge to quantify reactive mixing in two-phase flow systems. This interdisciplinary endeavor includes high fidelity numerical simulations of two-phase flow and solute transport, stochastic models of medium heterogeneity, and Eulerian and Lagrangian flow and transport dynamics, new data analysis strategies, and upscaling approaches. MDFT will provide a completely new qualitative and quantitative take on M&D in multiphase systems through the combination of the complimentary skill of researcher and supervisor. Thus, this action is fully in line with the MSCA work program by offering high-quality researcher training, fostering attractive working conditions, and supporting the creation of international and interdisciplinary partnerships.

Keywords: hydrogeology,mixing,dispersion,porous media,two phase flow,numerical simulation,upscaling,groundwater remediation,hydrogen storage,carbon storage,lamella theory
Ab initio pathway to deformed nuclei (DeformedNuclei)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Fundamental Constituents of Matter
Panel description: Particle, nuclear, plasma, atomic, molecular, gas, and optical physics
Countries involved: Germany
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2024-STG, 2024)
Start date: 2025-01-01
End date: 2029-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1497360.0
EU funding (EUR): 1497360.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Nuclear physics is one of the main drivers for extending our current understanding of Nature, its fundamental forces and the organization of compound systems on subatomic scales. The description of atomic nuclei and nuclear matter connects microscopic systems to astrophysics and the origin of elements, bridging orders of magnitudes in energy scales. A precise understanding of the rich nuclear phenomenology and their emergence from the interaction between neutrons and protons impacts various facets of contemporary physics. Despite tremendous progress over the past decades a fully controlled description of nuclei throughout the entire nuclear chart is still lacking. In particular many experimentally relevant nuclei reveal exotic shapes and strong deformation where nuclear physicists still rely on the use of phenomenological approaches based on uncontrolled approximations with limited predictive power beyond the regions where they have been adjusted. In my project I will develop new technologies to target deformed nuclei using nuclear interactions derived from chiral effective field theory and study the impact of interaction models on the predicted nuclear shapes. Combined with a uncertainty quantification of many-body observables this allows for unprecedented predictions of nuclei far away from shell closures – significantly extending the scope of first principles nuclear structure calculations. The novelty and challenge of the proposed research lies in (i) the design of many-body frameworks applicable to deformed nuclei, (ii) statistical analyses for uncertainty quantification and (iii) the establishment of tensor network approaches in ab initio simulations. This array of developments, puts me in the unique position to tackle the following big research questions: How does nuclear deformation emerge in a first-principles approach? What are the overall uncertainties associated to an ab initio computation? What is the most efficient way of describing exotic nuclei?

Keywords: nuclear deformation nuclear structure ab initio many body theory tensor network theory quantum information theory
Sarcoma Analysis through Neck Development (SAND)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Life Sciences
Countries involved: France
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-07-01
End date: 2027-06-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 242260.56
EU funding (EUR): 242260.56
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Head and neck sarcomas constitute rare malignant tumors of mesenchymal origin with poor prognosis. Rarity induces major challenges for diagnosis and limits the understanding of the molecular pathogenesis of sarcoma and its malignancy processes. Recent studies have demonstrated that tumor subsets share transcriptomic similarities with their corresponding cell lineage embryonic origins and mimic the tissue-specific developmental programs. We will combine developmental and cancer biology approaches and state-of-the-art cell transcriptomic tools to comprehensively analyze neck musculoskeletal morphogenesis and identify regulators of mesenchymal malignancy. Using the similarities between tumor and normal embryonic development, both characterized by rapid cell expansion, we will investigate embryonic pathways that could be re-initiated during tumor formation and expansion. TGFβ signaling appears critical for both tumorigenesis and neck musculoskeletal formation by modulating genetic networks involved in cell proliferation and differentiation. Manipulation of our candidate genes in sarcoma cell lines and mouse embryo will characterize TGFβ function during morphogenesis and sarcomagenesis and assess how TGFβ pathway dysregulation is associated with disease progression and treatment responsiveness. Transcriptomic sequencing at single cell level of the heterogenous neck connective tissue precursors will generate the first single-cell atlas of the developing neck. Comparison of developmental dataset with published single-cell sequencing dataset from sarcoma primary tumors and surrounding healthy tissues will allow us to identify molecular processes of normal and tumor development to uncover developmental programs associated with sarcoma induction. The collected data will allow a better understanding of the mechanisms behind TGFβ regulation and neck sarcomagenesis, and will hopefully uncover novel and targetable components for tumor treatments.

Keywords: neck development,head and neck sarcoma
Margaret Cavendish (1623-1673) in the history of European ideas of consciousness (MC-EuCon)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: Italy
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021 (HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01, 2021)
Start date: 2023-09-01
End date: 2026-05-31
Duration (months): 33.0
Total project cost (EUR): 188590.08
EU funding (EUR): 188590.08
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The MSCA-PF MC-EuCon project investigates Margaret Cavendish’s philosophy (1623-73), in order to provide the first detailed interpretation of her theory of consciousness. Questions about consciousness, its origin and presence in nature, which dominate present-day philosophy of mind, arose during the 17th century. Against Descartes’s mind-body dualism and his attribution of mental life to humans alone, Cavendish argued for a wholly material, yet wholly thinking universe. By providing one of the earliest and most original responses to Descartes’s theories, Cavendish plays a seminal role in the European history of the concept of consciousness, offering a rich opportunity for developing our understanding of how problems about consciousness evolved and were addressed in Europe in the early modern period. However, her original contribution has been so far neglected. Since no specific word for ‘consciousness’ was yet available in the philosophical vocabulary of her day, extrapolating her views on the topic has been problematic. To overcome this difficulty, the MC-EuCon project applies digital humanities tools to texts of Cavendish and her interlocutors, in order to reconstruct her vocabulary related to consciousness and clarify her theory. It then assesses the significance of her ideas for past and present-day debates in philosophy of mind. To date, the role of women in the history of philosophy has not been sufficiently recognized. The elimination or marginalization of women in the history of philosophy has presented students, researchers and the general public with a historically inaccurate view; this has helped existing gender inequalities in philosophy to persist. Studying and communicating Cavendish’s contributions to the history of consciousness—one of the most significant concepts in present-day philosophy and psychology—is an important step towards changing public perceptions and correcting gender imbalances in philosophy, thus making the discipline more inclusive.

Keywords: early modern philosophy,early modern women philosophers,history of consciousness,margaret cavendish
Multimodal Human-Machine Interfaces for Morphing Computerized Mats with Embodied Sensing and Artificial Intelligence (MuHMI-MOZART)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area
Programme: Widening participation and spreading excellence
Theme: Improved access to Excellence
Destination: Improved access to Excellence
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Denmark,Czechia
Call: Hop on Facility (HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-06, 2023)
Duration (months): 29.0
Total project cost (EUR): 498000.0
EU funding (EUR): 498000.0
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

The MOZART project aims to advance the state of the art in robotic handling and manipulation of soft and heterogeneous objects. Its approach is a radical departure from existing technologies as it develops a new concept based on deformable manipulation surfaces supported by AI-powered control and learning tools. While the running project primarily addresses the development of hardware and control algorithms, human-machine interaction is less explored. The role of the new partner – Brno University of Technology, Czechia (BUT), in the proposed project extension is mainly to research the field of Human-Machine Interaction (HMI), explicitly identifying user roles, needs, and necessary interface types, iteratively developing prototypes, and performing evaluation. Usability testing will be carried out in multiple stages of development, including aspects of the social science perspective (with the help of SSH research experts from partner TCD), to assess the system's natural fit with diverse operators. Various input and output modalities and their combinations will be evaluated, including the manipulation surface itself and augmented and virtual reality. Machine learning may be used to achieve the adaptivity of the interface. Various types of interfaces that will be developed will be backed up by a cloud-enabled server, acting as a data platform, enabling data sharing between users and offloading computationally intensive tasks. BUT aims to contribute to MOZART's goal of automating the food industry by designing effective user interfaces that enhance system acceptance, leveraging the team’s extensive experience in this field.

Keywords: human machine interaction,multimodal processing,novel manipulation,usability test
Diverse Sounds: How Prenatal Language Experience Shapes Fetal Brain Development and Later Language Learning. A Longitudinal Study. (DiverseSounds)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: The Human Mind and Its Compl exity
Panel description: Cognitive science, psychology, linguistics
Countries involved: France
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2025-STG, 2025)
Start date: 2026-03-01
End date: 2031-02-28
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1499596.0
EU funding (EUR): 1499596.0
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

The prenatal period represents a critical window in which key neural structures and functions are shaped, laying the foundation for sensory processing, language learning, and cognitive function throughout an individual's lifetime. While research recognizes the importance of prenatal auditory and language stimulation, it is unclear whether and to what degree the language environment in utero shapes the fetal brain and language acquisition after birth. This proposal will focus on the prenatal language environment and its effects on neural plasticity and language development. We will adopt a longitudinal approach combining developmental cognitive neuroscience, linguistics, and information theory, using both novel and existing data. Given the diversity of speech sounds across languages, multilingualism provides an excellent frame-work for studying environmental effects on early learning in typical development. DiverseSounds will investigate input-driven neuroplasticity of fetal brain organization, assess which characteristics of speech are processed by human fetuses, determine fetal neural predictors of inter-individual differ-ences in speech sound perception in early infancy, and investigate if fetal neuroplasticity longitudinally predicts language learning mechanisms in infancy. We will use state-of-the-art brain imaging techniques (MRI and EEG) in monolinguals and multilin-guals, and novel measures of phonological diversity informed by descriptive and typological linguistic work. We propose to examine the relationship between prenatal experience and subsequent develop-mental trajectories of language acquisition from 25 weeks of gestation to 6 months of age. This re-search will advance our understanding of fetal and infant development and therefore bears significant implications for theory building, language therapy, and public health policy.

Keywords: prenatal language acquisition,brain development,multilingualism,mri,fmri,eeg,language typology
HYdrogen eLectrical Engine Novel Architecture (HYLENA)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Climate, Energy and Mobility
Theme: Mobility
Destination: Clean and competitive solutions for all transport modes
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: France,Netherlands,Germany,Czechia
Call: Accelerating climate-neutral hydrogen-powered/electrified aviation (HORIZON-CL5-2023-D5-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2027-06-30
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4871243.75
EU funding (EUR): 4871243.75
Participants: 11
Project status: SIGNED

HYLENA will investigate, develop and optimize an innovative, highly efficient, hydrogen powered electrical aircraft propulsion concept. This is based on the integration and combination of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC) with turbomachinery in order to use both the electric and thermal energy for maximisation of propulsive efficiency. This game-changing engine will exploit the synergistic use of: a) an electrical motor: the main driver for propulsion, b) hydrogen fueled SOFC stacks: geometrically optimized for nacelle integration, c) a gas turbine: to thermodynamically integrate the SOFC. This concept will achieve significant climate impact reduction by being completely carbon neutral with radical increase of overall efficiency for short and medium range aircrafts. The HYLENA methodology covers on: - SOFC cell level: experimental investigations on new high-power density cell technologies - SOFC stack level: studies and tests to determine the most light-weight and manufacturable way of stack integration - Thermodynamic level: engine cycle simulations of novel HYLENA concept architectures - Engine design level: exploration, through resilient calculation and simulation, of the best engine design, sizing and overall components integration - Overall engine efficiency level: demonstration that HYLENA concept can reach an efficiency increase of more than 50 % compared to state-of-the-art turbofan engines - Demonstration level: a decision dossier for a potential ground test demonstrator to prove that the concept works in practice during a second phase of the project The HYLENA consortium consists of one aircraft manufacturer (Airbus), 3 universities and 2 research institutes covering the expertise in aircraft design, propulsion system design, SOFC technology, hydrogen combustion and climate impact assessment. This project is fully complementary to Clean-Aviation to investigate a low level TRL concept and bring it to TRL3 in 42 months prior to a demonstrator in phase 2.

Keywords: solid oxide fuel cell hydrogen electrical motor high engine efficiency gas turbine nacelle integration