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WingtraOne, the leading VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) drone for mapping and surveying, uniquely combining long range, heavy payloads and ease of use (WingtraOne)

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: 2021-02-01
End date: 2023-01-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3541185.0
EU funding (EUR): 2478829.5
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Drones and footage from their cameras have become familiar sights over the past decade. Yet Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have only scratched the surface of their commercial potential. Drone technology has evolved beyond its military roots to encompass a broad array of business applications. Goldman Sachs estimates that the commercial segment holds the most potential for growth, with a triple-digit CAGR over these five years. They expect that by 2020 the global drone market size will grow by 42% in precision agriculture and 36% in inspection and monitoring of infrastructures. WingtraOne is our revolutionary fully autonomous hybrid drone. It takes off autonomously and vertically and is, therefore, runway independent. That means it can be flown anywhere to map areas currently unreachable by available mapping solutions. After take-off, it transitions into flying “like a plane”, capable of covering 14 times the range of multirotor drones, even in technically difficult high winds. Also, commercially available drones lack the payload capacity required for many business applications. WingtraOne’s superior payload weight permits it to carry the best in class cameras and Post-Processed Kinematics (PPK) technology. This is revolutionary for industries such as surveying and agriculture. With the WingtraOne there will for the first time be a commercially viable long-range solution. Anyone can make digital maps anywhere. We are a spin-off from the ETH Autonomous System Lab in Zurich. As a team, our mission has been to create a drone that combines the usability of multirotors with the coverage of fixed-wing drones with heavy payload capacity. We incorporated Wingtra and further developed our prototype drone. We now seek funding to finalise the development and exploit the commercial opportunity made possible thanks to our revolutionary drone which received very promising early signs from the market.

Keywords: vtol,geographical information systems,cartography,geo information,spatial data analysis,precision surveying
Challenging the Standard Model with the scrutiny of b to qll transitions (Chiaroscuro)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Fundamental constituents of matter
Panel description: Particle, nuclear, plasma, atomic, molecular, gas, and optical physics
Countries involved: France
Call: ERC ADVANCED GRANT (ERC-2020-ADG, 2020)
Start date: 2021-10-01
End date: 2026-09-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2221993.0
EU funding (EUR): 2221993.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Today, Particle Physics is in an unusual situation with a theory, the Standard Model (SM), able to accurately describe a very large number of precise measurements but at the cost of ad hoc features in the fermionic sector. Furthermore, the SM is unable to answer key questions raised by cosmological observations. Consequently, the ball is now on experiment side to search for signs of non-SM physics (NP). The most straightforward way to hunt for NP particles is to seek for their signatures directly in the data, but none of them has been found today. Therefore, this project focuses on indirect searches which rely on the quantum nature of particles. Since b-hadrons study is an ideal field for this type of searches, I propose to explore the Flavour-Changing Neutral Currents b-> sll and b-> dll transitions to draw the identity card of the NP particles which may be at play. Due to experimental constraints, our current knowledge is limited: the published results are mostly related to the b-> s mumu transitions and the observations of b-> see are rare. With the Chiaroscuro project, I will be able to study for the first time the angular properties of the decay products of the b-> s ee transitions over the full kinematical domain for a variety of b-hadrons to investigate the NP couplings to the electron (e) and muon (mu) particles. Another important question is the coupling of NP with the quarks of the first and second families: are the b->sll and b->dll transitions impacted the same way by NP? In order to answer this interrogation, I will study Lb and Bc hadrons decays - uniquely accessible at the LHC - using cutting edge reconstruction techniques. The project will use the LHCb detector running at the LHC to benefit from the huge b-hadron production rate. In order to cope with the increasingly challenging data-taking conditions, the project will develop innovative techniques in the electron reconstruction and precise calibration of the LHCb electromagnetic calorimeter.

Keywords: flavour physics,lhcb,fcncs,electrons,b hadrons
Legal Cultures and Business Environments in Central Asia (CENTRAL ASIAN LAW)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Research and innovation staff exchange
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: Ireland,Uzbekistan,Switzerland,Türkiye,Finland,Sweden,Latvia,Czechia,United Kingdom,Kazakhstan,Tajikistan,Kyrgyzstan,Turkmenistan
Call: Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (H2020-MSCA-RISE-2019, 2019)
Start date: 2020-03-01
End date: 2024-02-29
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1104000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1104000.0
Participants: 18
Project status: SIGNED

Over the last two decades, economic relations between the EU and the five post-Soviet Central Asian republics (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) have evolved around two parallel and contradictory patterns. On the one hand, due to the efforts of the EU, economic relations and inter-dependence have increased and the presence of EU companies in the region has expanded significantly. On the other hand, inconsistent business ethics standards - and the peculiar way in which rule of law is interpreted and applied in the region, also called “the local way of doing business” have hindered and limited the role of foreign companies in the region. Building on recent political developments leading to the opening up of previously closed and inaccessible countries, CENTRAL ASIAN LAW is a research and training programme that aims to promote greater understanding and explanation of the interconnections between legal cultures, local business environments and governance in Central Asia. This will enable the CENTRAL ASIAN LAW team to: 1) produce new empirical knowledge on legal cultures and business ethics in the region; 2) engage with, and challenge, existing theoretical paradigms within socio-legal studies, law, economic and business sciences, Central Asian studies (post-Soviet studies, more generally) and governance scholarship; 3) provide strategic intelligence for business actors interested or already operating in the region; 4) inform international organizations and decision makers in the EU and Central Asia on possible ways to improve the business and investment climate, the rule of law and governance in the region.

Keywords: law and society,legal cultures,governance,business,shadow economy,corruption,central asia,post soviet studies
Hybrid multi copter with 6 times more flight time. (HYBCOPTER)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Spain
Call: Open Disruptive Innovation Scheme (implemented through the SME instrument) (H2020-SMEINST-1-2015, 2015)
Start date: 2016-01-01
End date: 2016-05-31
Duration (months): 5.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

We have developed a hybrid multi copter with 6 times more endurance than any electric multirotor for ISR and emergency response applications. Our solution is available in three versions of 20, 50 and 100 Kg. With flight time between 2 – 6 hr. This disruptive innovation significantly reduces operative and maintenance costs regarding existing alternatives such as fixed-wing UAVS or helicopters and increases speed of response, cost-effectiveness and safety.

Keywords: robots,drone,unmanned vehicle,hybrid drone
Past and present mesophotic coral ecosystems as a predictor for survival of coral reefs in an era of climate change (Mesophotic)

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: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: Australia,Israel
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2018-10-01
End date: 2022-09-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 269634.6
EU funding (EUR): 269634.6
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems (MCEs) are characterized by the presence of light-dependent corals, found at depths ranging from 30 m to 150 m in tropical and subtropical regions. These coral communities create massive coral reef structures with diverse but characteristic morphologies and geochemical signatures, which may serve as indicators for sea-level and water composition. In many localities, MCEs are linked physically, and possibly also biologically, to their shallow-water counterparts. Therefore, they have the potential to act as refugia for shallow reefs with a source of propagules, contributing to the resilience of shallower reefs. The prevailing view is that shallow corals are a good indicator of past sea-level and can predict the history of polar ice cap volumes, seawater composition, global temperature, and many other climatic and environmental parameters. Accordingly, sea-level changes have been at the forefront of paleoclimate research on corals for decades, and play a critical role in efforts to predict future sea-level rise in a warming world. However, in recent years, the new discoveries of MCE communities question the assumption that reef corals equate with shallow water, mainly because MCEs extend depth ranges of many corals. In this proposal, I will investigate past and modern MCEs to compare the biodiversity, community composition and geochemical properties of shallow reefs and MCEs. The main goal is to discover community structure dynamics over space and time for improved prediction of the Deep Reef Refugia Hypothesis (DRRH) in an era of global climate change. The uniqueness and advantages of this proposal are largely achieved due to the combination of geology, ecology and molecular approaches. The integrated database is expected to provide a major step forward towards recognizing selection forces that are shaping coral population structure, and through this understanding the potential of MCEs in serving as “lifeboats” for the world’s coral reefs.

Keywords: mesophotic coral ecosystems,deep reef refugia,submerged banks,sea level fluctuations,coral biogeochemistry,community structure composition,coral reefs ecology,connectivity
Infinity in Mathematics: A Philosophical analysis of Critical Views of Infinity (INFINITY)

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: Norway
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2018, 2018)
Start date: 2019-07-01
End date: 2021-06-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 214158.72
EU funding (EUR): 214158.72
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

This project’s research goal is a systematic philosophical and mathematical analysis of critical views of infinity: views which have questioned one or more aspects of standard approaches to infinity in mathematics. Criticism of infinity originates in fundamental debates at the turn of the 20th century and re-emerges in contemporary mathematics under the stimulus of computer applications. The project’s first aim is to develop a novel rigorous examination of what is objected to infinity and why. The next goal is a philosophical and mathematical analysis of this criticism and of strategies proposed to overcome the perceived problematic nature of the infinite. To achieve these goals, the ER will integrate precise philosophical inquiry with state of the art knowledge of contemporary mathematics. She will analyse the early 20th century texts and compare that criticism of infinity with the one which emerges in contemporary mathematics; she will use a range of logical tools to sharpen and analyse the fundamental concepts of this debate. The ER has the ideal profile to initiate, with the support of the host institution, an interdisciplinary analysis of the mathematical infinite, as she is simultaneously a mathematician and a philosopher, with years-long experience in logic. The Department of Philosophy at the University of Oslo is the perfect research environment for carrying out this project: the supervisor, Professor Øystein Linnebo, is leading figure in EU’s philosophy of mathematics and this project is very well aligned with his group’s research interests. Through a programme of training through research, the ER will strengthen her philosophical readership, broaden her range of competences, forge new connections to the philosophical community and gain skills in dissemination and communication. This project will be an important point of departure for her future academic career, proposing her as unique bridge between the EU’s philosophical and mathematical communities.

Keywords: philosophy of mathematics,infinity,predicativity,intuitionistic logic,intuitionistic type theory,henri poincar,hermann weyl
Re-defining clinical care and reasoning in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) by shifting focus to ischemic myocardial stunning - Mechanisms prognostic implications and a new treatment (De-StunHeartAttacks)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Human Diseases
Panel description: Medical technologies and tools for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of human diseases, therapeutic approaches and interventions, pharmacology, preventative medicine, epidemiology and public health, digital medicine
Countries involved: Sweden
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2020-STG, 2020)
Start date: 2020-11-01
End date: 2025-10-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1500000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Acute ischemic heart failure (AIHF) after ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is a common and life-threatening condition for which the prognosis has not improved over the past decade, and for which no effective treatment option exists. Women, who have been underrepresented in most STEMI studies are more likely than men to develop AIHF after STEMI. My research aims to shift focus from traditional treatment targets (increased cardiac work and maintenance of blood pressure) to manipulation of myocardial stunning, the physiological phenomenon in which viable myocardium suddenly lose its function (becomes ‘stunned’) when exposed to a stressor (e.g. ischemia). Specifically, I aim to: 1) compare how stunning and propensity for AIHF affect prognosis for women vs. men with STEMI – using causal mediation analysis applied to a unique nationwide STEMI cohort (around 40,000 patients); 2) prospectively compare the rate of stunning resolution in STEMI patients with vs. without microvascular obstruction, in patients with STEMI vs. patients with takotsubo (another form of myocardial stunning with more favorable prognosis), and for women with STEMI vs. men with STEMI; 3) conduct a nationwide multicenter randomized registry trial to determine if adenosine, which has anti-inflammatory, vasodilatory and cytoprotective effects, improves resolution of myocardial stunning and clinical outcomes in STEMI; and 4) determine if pre-existing takotsubo-like stunning is protective in experimental AIHF. If my main hypothesis is correct, my this project could change the way researchers and clinicians approach the pathophysiology and treatment in STEMI. Irrespective of whether my main hypothesis is correct, my research proposal is designed to provide important insight into the pathophysiology and prognosis of myocardial stunning in STEMI, with a clear sex perspective that can help mitigate the sex gap in the level of evidence supporting the use and benefit of current treatments for STEMI.

Keywords: st elevation myocardial infarction stemi,acute ischemic heart failure aihf,myocardial stunning,mediation analysis,registry randomized clinical trial rrct,adenosine
Applied phenomics to identify biomarkers in pigs for new concepts in precision livestock farming (MARKTHEPIG)

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: Life Sciences
Countries involved: Italy
Call: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-EF) (H2020-MSCA-IF-2015, 2015)
Start date: 2016-06-01
End date: 2018-05-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 168277.2
EU funding (EUR): 168277.2
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Considerable progress has been made in characterising genomes, allowing comprehensive insights into patterns of genetic diversity in many organisms. However, the question of how genetics and environment interact to influence phenotype still remains challenging. Recent advances in DNA sequencing and phenotyping technologies, in concert with analysis of large datasets have spawned 'phenomics', the use of large scale approaches to study how genetic instructions from a single gene or the whole genome translate into the full set of phenotypic traits of an organism. Phenomics can be used across the full range of biological sciences, from cell culture studies in well-defined laboratory environments to populations of organisms under rapidly changing conditions. Advances in “omics” technologies, are providing the necessary tools to extensively phenotype increasingly large collections of individuals. The application and integration of these technologies in animal science will provide great opportunities to tackle biologically important questions (e.g. how to improve animal welfare, the environmental impact) at a whole new level. Indeed, these information could be used to develop precision livestock farming with the ultimate aim to offer a real-time monitoring and management system, solving in part problems of animal productions in high density populated regions, like Europe. The aim of the current project is to take advantage of the knowledge obtained by the University of Bologna in highly phenotyped pigs to better understand the factors, both genetic and non-genetic, that contribute to its variability. In the project, the use of mass spectrometry-based proteomics and metabolomics, will be the approach employed to provide new insights into the spectrum and structure of phenotypic diversity and the characteristics influencing the ability to accurately predict phenotypes. Indirect benefit for human health will be obtained by strengthening the pig as a biomedical model.

Keywords: animal breeding,animal genetics,animal science,phenomics,precision livestock,farming,molecular markers,meat production
Density-Functional Theory for Thermoelectric Phenomena (ThermalDFT)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Reintegration panel
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Physics
Countries involved: Germany
Call: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-EF) (H2020-MSCA-IF-2015, 2015)
Start date: 2016-10-15
End date: 2018-10-14
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 159460.8
EU funding (EUR): 159460.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The development of sustainable energy sources poses a great challenge for our society. Due to the scarcity of natural resources it is of crucial importance to optimize the efficiency of our energy production. Virtually every energy generation process is accompanied with the generation of waste heat, for example in the form of plumes from power plants. Even if only part of this waste heat is transformed into useful energy the overall efficiency of energy production is increased. In recent years there has been renewed interest in thermoelectric phenomena, due to their potential impact on designing new devices capable of converting waste heat into electricity. Furthermore, it has become evident that nanoscale devices, which implement their functionality at the level of single molecules, potentially offer a much enhanced efficiency for the conversion of heat to electricity compared to bulk materials. This project aims at providing the necessary tools to describe the efficiency of nanoscale thermoelectric devices based on their microscopic structure. To this end a density-functional theory (DFT), dubbed thermal DFT, is developed. The innovation of thermal DFT is to address charge and energy (or heat) degree of freedoms on the same footing, which is crucial for addressing thermoelectric phenomena. It will allow to predict the thermoelectric properties of molecular devices by numerical simulations. This can dramatically reduce the money and time spent in the experimental search for highly efficient thermoelectric devices by selecting materials with promising thermoelectric transport coefficients. Within this project the approximations required for a numerical implementation of the theoretical thermal DFT framework are derived. In addition, thermal DFT will be numerically implemented and benchmarked against available experimental data on the thermoelectric transport coefficients of molecular junctions.

Keywords: thermoelectric phenomena,density functional theory