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Coordinated capacity ordering and trajectory pricing for better-performing ATM (COCTA)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Smart, green and integrated transport
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Single European Sky Air Traffic Management Research
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Partnership: SESAR (Art-187)
Countries involved: Germany,Serbia,United Kingdom
Call: Economics and Legal Change in ATM (H2020-SESAR-2015-1, 2015)
Start date: 2016-04-15
End date: 2018-09-14
Duration (months): 29.0
Total project cost (EUR): 534157.5
EU funding (EUR): 534157.5
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

COCTA project proposes coordinated economic measures aiming to pre-emptively reconcile air traffic demand and airspace capacity, by acting on both sides of the inequality. In performing demand-capacity balancing COCTA primarily aims to reduce the cost arising from lack of coordination in the ATM system, stemming both from divorced planning horizons of ANSPs and aircraft operators (AOs), and from an inadequate pricing of navigation services. ANSPs plan their capacities weeks and months in advance, with only very limited and costly possibilities to adjust those on a short notice. On the other side, AOs attach great value to flight planning flexibility and tend to file their route choice decisions only hours before the time of departure. The mismatch between the predictability for ANSPs and flexibility for AOs results in substantial and costly capacity buffers built into ANSP planning decisions. COCTA recognizes this as a major issue and designs mechanisms acting on both sides, to incentivize more cost-efficient outcomes. To make this possible, COCTA envisages a new role for the network manager (NM), supported by re-designed regulatory setting. On capacity side, the NM purchases airspace capacities in line with expected network demand, employing a network-centred, demand driven approach, as opposed to the current, piecemeal and supply-driven practice, which is tailored against local (ANSP) traffic peaks. As a consequence, excessive provision of airspace capacity is to be reduced, with associated cost savings. On the demand side, the NM performs trajectory pricing, offering route menus to AOs, including novel, flexible products, aiming at an appropriate balance between cost-efficiency, delays, environmental impact and equity, without compromising safety. COCTA mechanisms and choice-based mathematical models thus work in a re-designed ATM value chain and optimize multi-criteria objectives, fully complying with multi-dimensional SES policy goals.

Keywords: economics,network manager,aircraft operators,ans providers,cost efficiency,demand,capacity,balancing,trajectory,pricing,value chain,performance,optimisation,choice based,modelling
Quantum Random Number Generators: cheaper, faster and more secure (QRANGE)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)
Theme: EIC Pathfinder
Destination: Tackling grand interdisciplinary science and technology challenges
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Italy,Germany,Spain,Belgium,Belgium,Switzerland
Call: FET Flagship on Quantum Technologies (H2020-FETFLAG-2018-03, 2018)
Start date: 2018-10-01
End date: 2022-03-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3187282.5
EU funding (EUR): 3187282.5
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

The generation of random numbers plays a crucial role in many applications in science and impacting society, in particular for simulation and cryptography. It is of fundamental importance that the generated numbers are truly random, as any deviation may adversely effect modelling or jeopardise security. Notably, recent breaches of cryptographic protocols have exploited weaknesses in the random number generation. In this context, schemes exploiting the inherent randomness of quantum physics have been extensively investigated. Quantum random number generation (QRNG) devices are now commercially available, which arguably represents one of the most successful developments of quantum technologies so far. QRANGE wants to push the QRNG technology further, allowing for a wide range of commercial applications of QRNG. We will build three different prototypes, which are cheaper, faster and more secure than existing devices: i) A fully integrated low-cost QRNG based on standard CMOS technology with a cost of the order of 1€ for IoT. ii) A high-speed phase-diffusion scheme based on the interference of laser pulses with random phase relationship featuring bit rates of up to 10Gb/s. iii) Inspired by device independent schemes, a self-testing QRNG, which allows for a continuous estimation of the generated entropy, with few assumptions on the devices. Moreover, we will make considerable theoretical effort for modelling the devices, designing efficient randomness extractors and studying new semi device-independent concepts. Last but not least, we will work together with the competent institutions towards a full certification scheme of QRNG devices compliant with the highest security standards. This project addresses many key points in the call and is well-aligned with the vision and objectives of the Quantum Technologies Flagship, especially in terms of taking quantum technologies from the laboratory to industry with concrete prototype applications and marketable products.

Keywords: quantum random number generation,cryptography,certification,device independent
The influence of stress in the bones and teeth of great apes (SiBaToGA)

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: France
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2018-09-01
End date: 2020-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 185076.0
EU funding (EUR): 185076.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Great ape populations are dwindling. There is an urgent need to measure the impact of stress on great ape physiology and fitness so that detrimental effects can be mitigated. The stress response is usually studied through hormone analyses in living animals, but acute episodes also leave behind a permanent record in bones and teeth. This project characterizes three separate hard tissue stress markers that reflect developmental perturbations at different life stages: facial asymmetry (in utero), dental enamel defects (early life), and dental cementum abnormalities (adulthood). This project represents the first time that these stress markers will be coinvestigated, and it does so using innovative and cutting-edge techniques. The study sample includes wild and captive great apes that were the focus of intensive monitoring during life. The associated health, behavioral, and climate data provide an unparalleled context in which stress markers can be interpreted. While these common stress markers are well understood in modern humans, never before have they been linked to particular causes in wild primates. Given our close genetic relationship, understanding stress markers in wild primates will facilitate the interpretation of the same features in human remains from fossil or historical contexts. The Applicant is an ideal candidate to conduct this multidisciplinary project as she has the necessary background knowledge and imaging expertise. The sample is almost entirely assembled and ready to analyze. She will receive training-through-research to dramatically expand her expertise to include analytical techniques that are foundational to her field (i.e., 3D geometric morphometrics) as well as new and highly-specialized confocal profilometry- and histology-based methods. This project will mutually benefit from its close association with the CemeNTAA Project led by Supervisor Dr. Rendu which aims to develop and refine methods used to study dental cementum.

Keywords: stress,great apes,teeth,bones,dental development,skeletal development,conservation,human evolution,3d imaging
WAstewater Treatment using Efficient Reactors integrated with Advanced Catalytic Technology (WATERACT)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Switzerland
Call: SME instrument (H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020-3, 2020)
Start date: 2021-05-01
End date: 2023-04-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2917166.25
EU funding (EUR): 2042000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Oxyle’s vision is to be a global key partner in providing sustainable and efficient wastewater treatment. We have developed novel wastewater treatment reactors capable of destroying over 90% of a wide variety of toxic micropollutants from wastewater effluents, including the highly persistent compounds that are resistant to existing treatments. In contrast to existing technologies, our green approach is highly efficient, cost competitive, uses clean energy sources, and imposes a low carbon footprint. We will provide modular reactors of varying sizes to meet the cleaning requirements of various customer segments. Decentralized cleaning will be provided with our smallest reactors to industries, hospitals, and research laboratories who are interested in avoiding leakage or intermixing of hazardous wastewater. Centralized cleaning will be provided with our larger reactors to pharmaceutical and biotech companies, hospitals, and wastewater treatment plants who require larger volumes of wastewater to be treated. A patent has been filed in 2018 to protect our invention, and we have already conducted several successful on-site customer pilots using our TRL 6 small-scale prototype. With EIC accelerator pilot grant we aim to bring our small-scale reactors to market in 2023 and provide our customers with a game-changing wastewater treatment. Our manufacturing partner will produce the reactors and we will manufacture our novel catalyst. Revenue will be generated from a licensing fee and recurring catalyst sales. Our aim is to have 70 operational small-scale reactors providing efficient treatment to eight customers in 2023. In 2026 we will have 5620 operational reactors in all three cleaning sizes and serve 762 global clients to generate 139 M€ in revenue.

Keywords: micropollutant removal,wastewater remediation,clean energy,cleantech,water reuse and recycle,persistent and mobile chemicals,industrial wastewater,municipal wastewater
Securing the worlds connected devices through open source and ease of use (MENDER)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Norway
Call: SME instrument (H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-2, 2018)
Start date: 2018-09-01
End date: 2020-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2966600.0
EU funding (EUR): 2076620.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Mender secures the world by patching security vulnerabilities in embedded connected devices. It removes the current need to develop costly, insecure and unreliable homegrown solutions and sending engineers out in the field with USB sticks/data cables to update vulnerable devices or recall and exchange devices due to security breaches. Mender is market disruptive and a game-changer, based on open source software technology for secure automated over-the-air (OTA) soft- and firmware updating of embedded devices. The overall objective of the MENDER Phase 2 project is is to mature and launch the Mender Enterprise and Hosted Mender software for secure OTA updating. Mender Enterprise will be offered as a downloadable license (Enterprise) or as Software-as-a-Service solution (Hosted). In the MENDER Phase 2 project we will address and implement the findings of our Feasibility Study to enable rapid and successful commercialisation of the Mender product ‘family’ (Mender Enterprise & Hosted Mender) based on our existing open-source solution Mender Community. We have outlined a series of objectives that can be grouped in 3 categories and achieving them will bring us to a wide international market uptake: 1) Technology maturation objectives will optimise Mender functionalities prior to intensive testing by end-users. 2) Test and validation objectives to demonstrate and validate the commercial potential of Mender in actual end user operating environments. 3) Market maturation, communication and innovation management objectives enabling us to successfull to the market and reach sales traction beyond Phase 2. Through MENDER we will significantly boost our growth - quantified as accumulated revenues of €16.5m 3-year post project with accumulated net profit of €10.7m and employment growth of at least 25 FTEs. Mender addresses directly the security issues linked to handling a large volume of embedded connected devices and provides an end-to-end solution to address secure OTA updatin

Keywords: connected devices,security,updating,over the air,open source,embedded devices
Large-stroke and high-speed nanoscanning for multi-photon polymerization 3D lithography (NanoScan)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Career Restart panel
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2020, 2020)
Start date: 2021-12-01
End date: 2025-07-11
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 337400.64
EU funding (EUR): 337400.64
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Multi-photon polymerization 3D nanolithography (MPP 3D-NL) technology has great advantages in fabricating arbitrary 3D micro/nanostructures of various materials with nanoscale resolution. However, how to simultaneously achieve large-size and high-efficiency fabrication has become a very challenging issue for the MPP 3D-NL fabrication due to the shortcoming of small workspace of the nanoscanning system. At present, the scientific community has to rely on “splicing” to achieve large-size fabrication, which leads to the machining accuracy and efficiency are greatly limited. Recent requirements on additive manufacturing and 3D nano lithography aggravate these challenges. This proposal aims at realizing the large-size 3D micro/nanostructures machining and guaranteeing the high quality MPP 3D-NL fabrication by developing of a set of nanoscanning system with cubic centimeter workspace. By developing of bio-inspired wheel-type nanomotor, WTM-actuated XYZ nanoscanner, laser scanning galvanometer with vibration self-damping property, array surface-forming technics and double closed-loop high-bandwidth control strategy, difficulties in MPP 3D-NL fabrication could be well treated. Taking advantages of the novel, high-quality and multidisciplinary features of this programme, high-impact and fruitful outcomes are expected to be produced with improved performance of MPP 3D-NL fabrication technique in practice. This project brings together an experienced scientist with a unique skill set of flexure-based nanoscanning with an internationally recognized research group with expertises in precision mechanisms and micro/nano manipulations. The developments in the project could accelerate the candidate’s career development as a leading independent scientist and could enhance the reputation of the host institute. It would be also helpful to strengthen the European leadership in the field of advanced micro/nano manufacturing.

Keywords: flexure hinge,nanopositioning,multi photon polymerization,3d lithography
Integrated development and operations management framework for cyber-physical systems of systems under the paradigm of swarm intelligence (1-SWARM)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Austria,Austria,Austria,Italy,Italy,Spain,Italy,Italy,Switzerland,Sweden,Switzerland,Switzerland
Call: Computing technologies and engineering methods for cyber-physical systems of systems (H2020-ICT-2019-2, 2019)
Start date: 2020-01-01
End date: 2023-06-30
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4997522.5
EU funding (EUR): 4997522.5
Participants: 15
Project status: SIGNED

Recent years have seen the widespread diffusion of low-cost computational systems, triggering the transition towards even further decentralization towards the Edge of autonomic intelligence. While in the consumer domain this transformation is happening very fast, industrial applications are inevitably more conservative and require solid methodological and technological grounds to guarantee this transition to be dependable. 1-SWARM project focuses on the design-operations for CPSoS with the specific focus on industrial sector of large-scale distribution and logistics. The project aims at achieving industrially acceptable level of robustness of CPSoS whose operation emerges as “Swarm Intelligence”. 1-SWARM’s solution will span across different steps of the value chain, connecting intelligence through the digital domain to maximize their effectiveness and reliability. The objective is to provide a methodological and technological framework, modular and re-usable (“Swarm Intelligence DevOps Framework”), for the engineering of the three major aspects of CPSoS: i) The HW/SW runtime platform that sustains their operations; ii) The distributed and orchestrated Intelligence that guarantees their autonomic behavior; iii) The extension of their “existence” into the cyber-domain for a full life-cycle approach. Key to the exploitability of 1-SWARM’s result is the demonstration of its potentialities for 4 different application scenarios, whose requirements come from cross-domain use-cases, whose variability allows extensive validation of the project technologies: 1) Manufacturing CPSoS for food packaging; 2) Logistics CPSoS for reconfigurable material handling; 3) Fleets of intelligent AGVs in complex dynamic environment; 4) Aerial drones flock for extensive monitoring of retails shops. Strong of its open and standard-based approach, 1-SWARM will create an international collaborative framework for the CPSoS domain, supporting extensively relevant standardization activities.

Keywords: swarm,iec61499,fog computing,decision science,orchestration,cpsos
GROWING ENERGY EFFICIENCY THROUGH NATIONAL ROUNDTABLES ADDRESSES (GREENROAD)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Secure, clean and efficient energy
Theme: Reducing energy consumption and carbon foorpint by smart and sustainable use
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Italy,Italy,Italy
Call: National roundtables to implement the Smart Finance for Smart Buildings initiative (H2020-LC-SC3-EE-2020-2, 2020)
Start date: 2021-09-01
End date: 2024-02-29
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1186126.25
EU funding (EUR): 1186126.25
Participants: 7
Project status: SIGNED

The project aims at facilitating the dialogue between Italian public and private key actors on financing issues related to energy efficiency in the existing and new buildings sector and fostering collaboration, innovation and action through the establishment of a permanent national roundtable and connected events at local level. The project will set up a national roundtable with selected high level stakeholders in order to allow an in-depth discussion about current barriers and market failures, as well as share best practice and innovative financing solutions, with the goal to improve stakeholders’ awareness and knowledge and to identify the necessary political and regulatory framework. In parallel, local events and initiatives will be organized to engage as many stakeholders as possible, enabling capacity building, dissemination, replication activities and scale up of “success stories”: local actors are one of the main drivers of the energy transition and they bring forward tremendous opportunities for investment and innovation in a number of fields. National roundtables and local events will be organised in order to trigger a continuous and mutually reinforcing virtuous circle. The combination of a top-down and bottom-up approach will create the conditions for the development of tailor made support tools and instruments for the different stakeholders involved. The outcomes of the national roundtables and the local events will be analysed, and a roadmap for PAs and industry sector including strategic and operative recommendations for the implementation of financial instruments will be elaborated. Connections with past and current similar initiatives at EU level will be pursued throughout the project, in order to keep the national outputs in line with EU requirements and the provisions put in place to face the ongoing global situation. Finally, different strategies to maintain the roundtables as a permanent forum after the end of the project will be proposed.

Keywords: national roundtable,smart finance,smart building,financial instruments,de risking,private finance,capacity building,building renovation,green finance
An ENErgy Retrofit FUNDing rating tool (ENERFUND)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Secure, clean and efficient energy
Theme: Market uptake of energy innovation
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Ireland,Spain,Austria,Cyprus,Bulgaria,Romania,Greece,Slovenia,Slovakia,France,United Kingdom,Denmark
Call: Increasing energy performance of existing buildings through process and organisation innovations and creating a market for deep renovation (H2020-EE-2015-3-MarketUptake, 2015)
Start date: 2016-02-01
End date: 2019-04-30
Duration (months): 39.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1539252.5
EU funding (EUR): 1539252.5
Participants: 16
Project status: CLOSED

ENERFUND is a tool that will rate and score deep renovation opportunities – like a credit score used by banks to rate clients. The tool will be based on a methodology to be developed and on a set of parameters such as EPC data, number of certified installers, governmental schemes running, etc. By providing a rating for deep renovation opportunities – whether for private establishments or for public buildings – funding institutes can provide targeted loans, retrofit companies can identify sound opportunities, municipalities can promote targeted incentives and the public's trust for retrofitting will be enhanced. The objectives of the current proposal is to (a) analyse the status quo and needs of deep renovation stakeholders and the public, (b) build upon the outcomes of previous projects to create a tool for deep renovation financing, (c) promote the tool to all interested stakeholders, (d) measure and document the impact of the tool on deep renovation strategies and financing and (e) provide a powerful tool that will assist EU stakeholders meet their obligations on increasing renovation rates. The partners, from 12 countries, include 2 universities, in charge of the project management and the development of the methodology behind the tool, 2 SMEs with extensive experience on database management, EPC mapping, development of online decision-making tools, and 11 Ministries, Energy Agencies, NGOs, etc that are connected with the relevant stakeholders throughout Europe and can promote the tool. The expected impact is approximately 45GWh due to the use of the tool to promote deep renovation of buildings and through our training and dissemination activities. ENERFUND will account for approximately 1% of the current annual renovation rate during the project duration. The strategic, long term aim is to provide a unified global tool for the promotion, not only of deep renovation of buildings, but of all energy related activities in the building sector.

Keywords: energy retrofit rating,online free tool