Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Network for Cloud Computing Eco-System (CLEANSKY)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Initial Training Networks
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Germany,Norway,Finland,China,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2013-ITN, 2013)
Start date: 2014-09-01
End date: 2018-08-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3238842.48
EU funding (EUR): 3238842.48
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

With the increasing demand for cloud computing services and rapid development and advances in data center techniques, cloud computing is moving from small data centers towards a large scale, highly efficient new computing infrastructure with low cost. The proposed CleanSky network is intended to provide a stimulating and structured platform for the training of young researchers, for the development of innovative ideas and key concepts in the strategic emerging area of cloud computing: data center evolution, consolidation and service migration associated with the “eco-system” of cloud computing. The centric objective of CleanSky is to embed a pool of postgraduates and young researchers in a multidisciplinary, international and intersectoral environment of research activities aiming at developing innovative methodologies and approaches (1) to satisfy application requirements and ensure efficiency within the emerging cloud computing paradigm, and (2) to optimize the energy and provisioning costs of individual data centers, (3) to consolidate, when necessary, multiple data centers through service migration and cloud resource pooling, and (4) to exploit renewable energy sources in cloud data centers. The development of this multidisciplinary training programme, reaching beyond any existing postgraduate programme in the field of cloud computing systems, brings together the academic competence and industrial know-how in multiple disciplines (computer systems, communications, scientific computing, performance engineering, optimization theory and technological economics) that are needed to address the technical and scientific foundation behind the evolution of cloud computing “eco-system”. By establishing structured training for young researchers, the CleanSky is intended to not only shape high-level academic researchers, but also educate next generation experts and innovators with industry mindset for the European industry.

Keywords: computer networks,cloud computing,data center,virtualization,consolidation,service migration,energy efficiency,renewable energy,cost efficiency,optimization,scheduling,scientific computing,measurement
InP DHBT MMIC Technology for Millimeter-Wave Power Applications (IN-POWER)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Initial Training Networks
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Denmark,France
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2013-ITN, 2013)
Start date: 2014-02-01
End date: 2018-01-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 586043.92
EU funding (EUR): 586043.92
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

With the advent of smart phones, tablets and connected cameras, mobile data traffic is growing at a very fast pace. The capacity of mobile backhaul network must be increased to deal with this data explosion. In that respect there is at present an increased interest in exploiting the millimeter-wave frequency range (30-300 GHz) for wireless backhauling. The progress in semiconductor device technology, in particular compound semiconductor transistors such as High Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMT) and Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor (HBT) devices enables the development of wireless communication circuits operating at frequencies well above 100 GHz. The main bottleneck in these mm-wave wireless communication systems today is the power amplifier (PA) which sets the limit on the available transmission range. The overall objective of the "IN-POWER" project will be to develop an InP HBT technology optimized for millimeter-wave power applications. The development of the InP DHBT technology will be accompanied by the MMIC (Monolitic Microwave Integrated Circuits) implementation of PA's targeting emerging applications at E-band (71-76 and 81-86 GHz) and higher millimeter-wave frequencies.

Keywords: inp hbt,mmic design,power amplifiers,modeling,millimeter-wave.
Modelling of dependencies and cascading effects for emergency management in crisis situations (CASCEFF)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Security
Destination: Restoring security and safety in case of crisis
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Sweden,Sweden,Sweden,Belgium,France,Belgium,France,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Belgium,Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-SEC-2013-1, 2013)
Start date: 2014-04-01
End date: 2017-07-31
Duration (months): 40.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4608170.78
EU funding (EUR): 3594937.8
Participants: 13
Project status: CLOSED

Escalating incidents in complex environments can lead to severe cascading effects and quickly become extremely difficult for emergency services to handle. Such incidents can have enormous consequences with respect to life, property and the environment and for both infrastructure and the general public. These consequences can in many situations have both direct and indirect effects, not only in the immediate surrounding geographical area but also across very large areas, potentially extending across borders. CascEff will improve our understanding of cascading effects in crisis situations through the identification of initiators, dependencies and key decision points. These will be developed in the methodological framework of an Incident Evolution Tool which will enable improved decision support, contributing to the reduction of collateral damages and other unfortunate consequences associated with large crises. Use of the Incident Evolution Tool will be demonstrated through its implementation into three different incident management and training platforms representing different end users in the project. The work proposed in this project will significantly improve the ability of Incident Commanders to manage complex incidents by improving our understanding of initiators, dependencies and key decision points through the use of the proposed Incident Evolution Tool. This will introduce additional information and decision support into the incident management process, beyond the knowledge available from experience alone by introducing a number of alternative options for response strategy. This tool will be run a priori for bespoke crisis originators identified during the project and will include multiple timelines as well as physics based representations of the environment and the impact of decisions on the mitigation of cascading effects.

Keywords: cascading effects,incident management,incident evolution,rescue services,foresight tools,preparedness,response,simulation of physical effects,role of media in crises,first responder tactics
Protection and Resilience Of Ground based infRastructures for European Space Systems (PROGRESS)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Security
Destination: Increasing the Security of infrastructures and utilities
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: France,United Kingdom,France,Germany,Italy,Spain,Slovenia,Germany,Netherlands,Germany
Call:  (FP7-SEC-2013-1, 2013)
Start date: 2014-05-01
End date: 2017-10-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4722609.5
EU funding (EUR): 3337014.0
Participants: 11
Project status: CLOSED

PROGRESS will focus on improving the security and resilience of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) and its results will also be applicable to earth observation infrastructure and assets. At the start of the project a generic GNSS system will be designed and its associated augmentation system will be assessed with regards to vulnerability from selected attack threat risk scenarios. PROGRESS will focus on those threats that are likely to increase in the coming years, for instance new terrorism attacks from highly educated terrorists. The resulting prioritisation of threats and scenarios will be used as input to develop a prototype Security Management Solution (SMS). PROGRESS SMS will be a centralized solution able to automatically detect attacks with a built-in reconfiguration capability allowing to ensure the overall system Quality of Service. PROGRESS SMS will be composed of an Integrated Ground Station Security Monitoring System (IGSSMS) and a Security Control Centre (SCC). The IGSSMS will be an innovative monitoring solution for the detection of cyber attacks, Radiofrequency (RF) attacks and physical attacks. The Security Control Centre will analyse the impact of the reported attacks on the system performance and Quality of Service (QoS) and will propose mitigation strategies, including automatic system reconfiguration. The SMS will be developed with full consideration of present methods and measures for the security and resilience of complex interconnected space control ground station networks by present operators of Ground Mission segments (GMS) and Ground Control systems (GCS). The consortium includes the operator the Galileo Control Centre in Oberpfaffenhofen, the European leader for satellite systems, a manufacturer and world distributor of security solutions, leading applied research institutes, specialised SMEs and a research institution specialised both in security and social aspects.

Keywords: satellite systems,navigation,ground control,ground segment,threat detection,all hazard,attacks,protective solutions,sensors,social and economic impact
Vascular antibody-mediated pharmaceutically induced tumour resection (VAMPIRE)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Initial Training Networks
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2013-ITN, 2013)
Start date: 2013-09-01
End date: 2017-08-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1467958.8
EU funding (EUR): 1467958.8
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

The most significant advance in cancer therapeutics in recent years has been the introduction of monoclonal antibodies into widespread clinical usage. A consequence of this rapid emergence of antibodies as therapeutics is a lack of trained scientists within the EU with the requisite skills to enable antibody development at a globally competitive pace. The University of Birmingham (UoB) together with the SME SomantiX (SOM) aims to address this need by training the next generation of scientists with the appropriate skills. Together with seven associated partners, we have created an intersectorial EID proposal titled “Vascular-Antibody Mediated Pharmaceutically Induced tumour REsection” or VAMPIRE. The primary aim of the proposal is to train 5 early stage researchers while conducting an internationally competitive oncology research project. VAMPIRE will provide training across a wide range of disciplines involved in the production of antibodies and in their evaluation as therapeutics in animal models of cancer. Training will be provided through an integrated partnership involving all of the partners in the consortium ensuring interdisciplinary and intersectoral experience for the ESRs. The antibodies that we aim to develop will target markers of the tumour vasculature that we have identified previously, including CLEC14A. The commercial partner SOM is a Dutch SME specialized in the development of tumour vascular targeting agents. The findings of this project will be of interest to cancer research and the wider public community. Intellectual property generated by the project is envisioned to be licensed to SOM. Pre-clinical development of the antibodies is envisioned to be carried out via strategic alliances with academic partners and other small biotechnology companies. We view pharmaceutical companies as future business and product development partners in clinical phases of antibody testing.

Keywords: vascular targeting,antibody therapeutics,lung cancer,tumour endothelial markers
Universal Flu Vaccine (UNIVACFLU)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Initial Training Networks
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Sweden,United Kingdom,Belgium,Germany,France,Italy
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2013-ITN, 2013)
Start date: 2013-11-01
End date: 2018-02-28
Duration (months): 52.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4116701.0
EU funding (EUR): 4116701.0
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

Currently licensed influenza vaccines promote an effective antibody response, but only against influenza virus strains that antigenically match the vaccine composition. Little protection is induced by these vaccines against antigenically drifted strains such as those emerging from an avian or swine reservoir. Hence there is a great need to develop broadly cross-reactive flu-vaccines. The aim is to establish a European training platform to integrate young researchers in a highly innovative interdisciplinary strategy to develop mucosal flu-vaccines. The Universal Influenza Vaccine (UNIFLUVAC) network is aimed at harnessing the expertise of the most accomplished vaccine researchers, developers and regulators in Europe in a timely and multidisciplinary training approach unparalleled in any single EU country. The training program is extensive and builds on the integrated added values of complementing expertise and the full access to state-of-the- art technologies and excellent training environments. This unique consortium has 2 SMEs as fully committed members to guarantee strong intersectoral cooperation between industry and academia. The partners represent 6 leading universities in 6 different member countries, securing excellent presence in Europe. The structure of UNIFLUVAC is specifically adapted to operate over the whole range of specialized expertise needed. Specifically, UNIFLUVAC provides vaccine antigen identification and expression, adjuvant design and formulation, testing in state-of-the-art preclinical animal models and finally clinical safety, immunogenicity and efficacy trials in excellent and for Europe unique medical centres. This is the strength and appeal of the UNIFLUVAC proposal. It will also establish a long-term European network based on a new cohort of young professionals with excellent employability and career opportunities in academic, clinical or industrial settings. UNIFLUVAC will have a major impact on human health in Europe and globally.

Keywords: l611 prevention and treatment of infection by pathogens,l701 medical engineering and technology,l709 public health and epidemiology,l602 adaptive immunity,l607 microbiology
PREparing for the Domino effect in Crisis siTuations (PREDICT)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Security
Destination: Restoring security and safety in case of crisis
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: France,Poland,Germany,France,Netherlands,Finland,France,Netherlands,Belgium,Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-SEC-2013-1, 2013)
Start date: 2014-04-01
End date: 2017-03-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4635020.99
EU funding (EUR): 3460192.99
Participants: 12
Project status: CLOSED

PREDICT provides a comprehensive solution for dealing with cascading effects in multi-sectoral crisis situations covering aspects of critical infrastructures. The PREDICT solution will be composed of the following three pillars: methodologies, models and software tools. Their integrated use will increase the awareness and understanding of cascading effects by crisis response organisations, enhances their preparedness and improves their response capability to respond in case of cascading failures. PREDICT project will start from a deep analysis of recent cases (over 8500 incidents worldwide), which will be accompanied with scenarios of potential crisis. Project partners will set up a generic approach (common framework) to prevent or mitigate cascading effects which will be applied in selected cases agreed with end-users. As modelling each phenomenon separately in a specific environment is not effective, PREDICT project will propose cohesive and comprehensive models of dependencies, cascading effects and common m ode failure which will include causal relations, multi-sectoral infrastructure elements and environment parameters, as well as the human factor aspects. PREDICT will deliver software tools bundled in PREDICT Incident Evolution Tool, which will consist of two core components: a Foresight and Prediction Tool (for simulation of the evolution of cascading effect and impact on multi-sectoral dependencies) and a Decision-Support Tool (for determining the best course of action and to calculate the risk associated with them). The high-quality of the developed solutions will be assured by a consortium consisting of a number of experienced partners joining research, industrial (incl. SME), and end-users approaches. End-users will be deeply involved in PREDICT at three levels: as partners of the consortium (there are three end-users in the consortium), members of the Advisory Board, and representatives from relevant organisations across Europe.

Keywords: cascading effects,crisis situation,critical infrastructure,modelling,simulation,decision support,prediction,cross-border event,emergency response management,security,safety,domino effect
ADVanced communicAtions and iNformaTion processing in smArt Grid systEms (ADVANTAGE)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Initial Training Networks
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Denmark,Serbia,Spain,Spain
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2013-ITN, 2013)
Start date: 2014-01-01
End date: 2017-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3596493.78
EU funding (EUR): 3596493.78
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

Smart Grid systems represent a significant new technology to provide more energy efficient power delivery systems that reduce carbon emissions and can handle a mix of energy sources from small scale renewable energy to large power stations. The design and implementation of the smart grid will be very complex, involving a large number of systems, layers and relationships. In order to make the infrastructure of smart grid systems work effectively, engineers need to be trained to have a detailed understanding of both power engineering and communications issues. Many related research projects to date involve either mainly power engineers or mainly communications/signal processing researchers, limiting the interaction and knowledge exchange between these two communities. However, smart grid engineers should be able to appreciate the power network that the smart grid is designed for and how to communicate and process data concerning the power grid, so that it can be controlled effectively. This ITN project is a major interdisciplinary project between both power and communications engineers to train the next generation of engineers and scientists that will lead the development of this technology both within Europe and Internationally.

Keywords: smart grid,communications,signal processing,control.
Speaker Identification Integrated Project (SIIP)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Security
Destination: Improving Security systems integration, interconnectivity and interoperability
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Austria,Switzerland,Greece,Italy,Portugal,France,Netherlands,United Kingdom,France,United Kingdom,Israel,Ireland,Italy,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-SEC-2013-1, 2013)
Start date: 2014-05-01
End date: 2018-04-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 15170429.04
EU funding (EUR): 10529211.0
Participants: 21
Project status: CLOSED

SIIP is a break-through Suspect Identification solution based on a novel Speaker-Identification (SID) engine fusing multiple speech analytic algorithms (e.g. voiceprints recognition, Gender/Age/Language/Accent ID, Keyword/ Taxonomy spotting and Voice cloning detection). This Fused Speaker Identification will result in significantly higher true-positive speaker identification, reduced False-Positives/Negatives while increasing reliability & confidence. SIIP analyzes rich metadata from voice samples and social media. SIIP provides judicial admissible evidence for identifying crime/terror suspects as well as for mapping/tracing the suspect terror/crime network. SIIP is crucial when individuals use Internet-based applications (e.g. VoIP or social media) to plan a crime or terrorist attack. SIIP's results can easily be shared with relevant authorities based on a sustainable SIIP Info Sharing Center (SISC) located at INTERPOL. SISC guarantees an increased reliability of the identification results through advanced technologies and through voice samples checked against a large centralized database of samples collected by INTERPOLs 190 members (based on standard operating/data privacy procedures). SIIP multiplies and increases the information sharing and cooperation in the LEA community and speeds up the use of Speaker Identification by LEAs in Europe not only for individual identification but also for authentication. SIIP runs on all speech sources (e.g. Internet, PSTN, Cellular and SATCOM) and uses the latest OSINT data mining applications to obtain and corroborate voice samples. The SIIP consortium consists of 17 partners bringing together end-users, SME’s, industrial and academic partners from a variety of fields including Speech analytics, Social Media Analytics and Integration. To maximize its impact, SIIP will be designed, developed and tested with INTERPOL and police forces in the UK and Portugal, taking into account the various EU legal/ethical aspects and Interpol regulations.

Keywords: suspect,identification,speech,fusion,lea,osint,analytics,interpol,police,crime,terror,data mining,social media,speaker,voice,audio