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Solid State Systems for Quantum Information Processing (SOLID)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Future and emerging technologies
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Sweden,France,Netherlands,Switzerland,Germany,Germany,Germany,Germany,Italy,Spain,United States
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2009-4, 2009)
Start date: 2010-02-01
End date: 2013-09-30
Duration (months): 44.0
Total project cost (EUR): 7142041.0
EU funding (EUR): 5412000.0
Participants: 15
Project status: CLOSED

The SOLID concept is to develop small solid-state hybrid systems capable of performing elementary processing and communication of quantum information. This involves design, fabrication and investigation of combinations of qubits, oscillators, cavities, and transmission lines, creating hybrid devices interfacing different types of qubits for quantum data storage, qubit interconversion, and communication. The SOLID main idea is to implement small solid-state pure and hybrid QIP systems on common platforms based on fixed or tunable microwave cavities and optical nanophotonic cavities. Various types of solid-state qubits will be connected to these &quot;hubs&quot;: Josephson junction circuits, quantum dots and NV centres in diamond. The approach can immediately be extended to connecting different types of solid-state qubits in hybrid devices, opening up new avenues for processing, storage and communication. The SOLID objectives are to design, fabricate, characterise, combine, and operate solid-state quantum-coherent registers with 3-8 qubits. Major SOLID challenges involve: Scalability of quantum registers; Implementation and scalability of hybrid devices; Design and implementation of quantum interfaces; Control of quantum states; High-fidelity readout of quantum information; Implementation of algorithms and protocols. The SOLID software goal is to achieve maximal use of the available hardware for universal gate operation, control of multi-qubit entanglement, benchmark algorithms and protocols, implementation of teleportation and elementary error correction, and testing of elementary control via quantum feedback. An important SOLID goal is also to create opportunities for application-oriented research through the increased reliability, scalability and interconnection of components. The SOLID applied objectives are to develop the solid-state core-technologies: Microwave engineering; Photonics; Materials science; Control of the dynamics of small, entangled quantum systems

Keywords: solid-state qubits,quantum interfaces,hybrid devices,quantum technologies,cavity qed,transmission lines,entanglement
Precision measurement beyond the classical limit with novel sources of broadband squeezed light (PRECISION DC LIGHT)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Re-integration Grants
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Israel
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-RG, 2009)
Start date: 2009-10-01
End date: 2013-09-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 100000.0
EU funding (EUR): 100000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Accurate phase measurement lies at the heart of precision experimental physics. I propose a scheme for precise measurement of optical phase beyond the classical limit, using novel sources of non-classical light. The phase resolution of standard interferometers with coherent laser light is limited by shot noise to one over the square root of the total number of photons detected. Ultimately, the limit is the Heisenberg limit of one over the total photons number, which holds promise for a dramatic improvement in resolution and detection speed for large photon numbers. Achieving Heisenberg limited phase detection is therefore ‘a holy grail’ of quantum measurement, yet to date it was realized only with very small photon numbers. The main approach so far requires use of non-classical (phase squeezed) states of light with inherent quantum correlations, which are sensitive to loss and require ideal (100% efficient) photo detectors to detect the correlation. Use of realistic detectors severely limits the degree to which the squeezing, even if originally high, can be exploited in reality. I propose to approach this problem from a fresh angle using a source of broadband squeezed light produced by broadband parametric down conversion pumped by a narrowband laser. Although the quantum squeezing of this light is directly applicable to sub-shot noise measurement, it was not used for this purpose so far because standard photo detectors are too slow to detect the ultrafast correlation. Here I suggest to use broadband sum-frequency generation (SFG) as a physical ultrafast two-photon detector to relieve this problem. Due to the broad input bandwidth of the SFG on one hand, and narrow output bandwidth on the other hand, SFG acts as an ultrafast quantum correlation detector with superb noise rejection. Classically, SFG correlation detection is useful for many applications, such as optical spread spectrum communication, optical tomography and lithography, which will be explored also.

Keywords: experimental physics,quantum mechanics,metrology,applied optics
Highly Flexible Printed ITO-free OPV Modules (HIFLEX)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Components, systems, engineering
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Netherlands,Germany,Netherlands,Denmark,United Kingdom,Belgium,Germany
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2009-4, 2009)
Start date: 2010-01-01
End date: 2012-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4993874.0
EU funding (EUR): 3649672.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

HIFLEX aims to develop a cost-effective Highly Flexible Printed ITO-free OPV module technology that matches the particular requirements of mobile and remote ICT applications in terms of efficiency under different light conditions, lifetime, cost structure, power to weight ratio and mechanical flexibility. The project intends to accelerate the exploitation of this OPV technology for a wide variety of ICT products in the mobile electronics market. An application-driven research approach will be followed by developing large area, solution processable ITO free OPV using scalable, reproducible and commercially viable printing and coating techniques enabling the low cost production of highly flexible and lightweight OPV products. At the same time it guarantees the technological compatibility with other printed electronic components and systems. The high flexibility and lower costs will be addressed by the solar cell module design we intend to bring into production. The partnership consists of: one SME (Dr Schenk) with invaluable expertise in the inline process and quality control of R2R processed PV, one industry (Agfa) with market tested experience on photographic development of Ag grid lines, PEDOT antistatic coatings and large scale coating as well as developing innovative coating solutions, and five research institutes (ECN, ISE, Risø DTU, Holst centre, MatRI) with a technology focus and with complementary expertise in the field of device and module engineering, up-scaling and large area printing and long-term lifetime testing. We anticipate that this project will result in the demonstration of a new scalable, low cost, solution processable photovoltaic technology and will therefore form the basis of a potentially substantial business opportunity for Europe aiming at developing a new solar cell product with cost and payback characteristics strongly advantaged over existing technologies.

Keywords: organic photovoltaics,ito-free,roll-to-roll processing,modules,flexible,printing,organic electronics,lifetime,efficiency,low cost
Enhancing Innovation in Pre-Commercial Public Purchasing Processes (PRECO)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Horizontal support actions
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Denmark,Finland,Netherlands,Portugal,Czechia,Spain,Czechia,Denmark,Italy
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2009-4, 2009)
Start date: 2009-11-01
End date: 2011-12-31
Duration (months): 26.0
Total project cost (EUR): 428542.0
EU funding (EUR): 398040.0
Participants: 11
Project status: CLOSED

The overall objective of this action is to support public authorities in undertaking pre-commercial procurement actions which stimulate innovation and citizen participations. For this purpose, we propose establishment of a thematic network for the development and adaptation of European wide models, frameworks and policy recommendations in the selected domain areas. In this project we focus on timely topics of eHealth and eEnergy. The objective of this thematic network is to address identified barriers in public sector RDI and pre-commercial procurement, and contribute to Lisbon strategy for growth and globalization: ‘Investments in R&amp;D alone will not guarantee an improved R&amp;D performance’. Thus the project addresses the objective 9.3. General accompanying measures: raise awareness of pre-commercial innovation in Europe and exchange experiences between stakeholders, as well as to debate concrete mid-to-long term public needs that would require the development of new technology solutions with a potential role for pre-commercial procurement strategies. This network will bring together stakeholders from the various parts of public sector RDI process: Cities, innovation agencies, Living Labs and universities. Within this networking effort the partners will benchmark best practices and policies, and jointly develop guidelines for participative pre-commercial RDI activities (rapid prototyping, validation of scalability and rapid market entry, as well as wider impacts of RDI and new innovations). For successful public procurement of innovation/ pre-commercial procurement projects interactive learning between stakeholders is essential. One multidisciplinary field developed to facilitate interaction for the purpose of innovation is Participatory Innovation (PI). PI methods are truly multidisciplinary in that they draw from an array of disciplines (e.g. Design Anthropology, Interaction Design, Innovation Management, User Centred Design and Theatre of Change Management).

Keywords: poublic procurement,public services,pre-commercial purchasing,innovation,rdi,network
Policy Simulation in Virtual Spaces (+SPACES)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: ICT for Independent Living, Inclusion and Governance
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Israel,Greece,Germany,United Kingdom,Spain,Belgium
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2009-4, 2009)
Start date: 2010-01-01
End date: 2012-09-30
Duration (months): 33.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3436205.0
EU funding (EUR): 2299998.0
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

Positiv Spaces (+Spaces) aims to provide novel technologies and instruments that will allow government bodies to measure public opinion on a large scale and seize the outcomes of prospective policy measures by leveraging the power of the communities. From the +Spaces perspective, Virtual Spaces (VS) form a vast reserve of group knowledge that, once aggregated and properly processed, can be incorporated in the policy making process. Currently, government agencies seek to refine their policy making process by assessing the impact of prospective policies to the society prior to their implementation. Traditional tools for this include polls and forums, but these have limited capabilities and are inadequate for purpose variety of reasons. +Spaces aims to address this issue by using VSs as testbeds for policy simulation. Contemporary VSs can be viewed as micro-societies with dynamics resembling those of real world societies, the most evolved having virtual economies as well as regulations analogous to a legislative framework. Moreover, VSs are controlled environments in which all parameters of users’ reactions and interactions can be tracked. +Spaces will provide governments with tools for testing their legislation in a number of virtual environments as well as data mining tools for tracking the users’ reactions. We will develop technologies for aggregating, filtering and analyzing this information, as well as recommender and reputation systems that will ensure that only reliable sources of data are taken into account. Finally we will represent this information in an appropriate fashion that will enable government bodies to draw conclusions on the potential outcomes of the policies they propose, taking into account the analogies between VS and real life concepts. We believe that the +Spaces platform will constitute a powerful tool for testing policies and forecasting their impact and will assist government bodies to include the public opinion in the policy making process.

Keywords: policy simulation,virtual worlds,egovernment
Electrolyte-Gated Organic Field-Effect BIOsensors (BIOEGOFET)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Components, systems, engineering
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: France,Italy,Sweden,Sweden,Finland
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2009-4, 2009)
Start date: 2010-02-01
End date: 2012-05-31
Duration (months): 28.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2372347.0
EU funding (EUR): 1830000.0
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

Electronic transduction can open new perspectives for point-of-care diagnosis and treatment monitoring. In this respect, label free, organic field-effect transistor (OFET) sensors have recently raised the interest of the organic-electronic community. The EGOFET biosensor aims at an electronic transduction of a bio-recognition event, eventually leading to an amplified response. The sensor combines the specificity of a defined bio-probe with the label-free and high sensitivity of the field-effect transduction principle. The recognition will be achieved through antigens, antibodies or membrane proteins placed on top of the organic semiconductor, right where the electrical transport occurs in this dielectrics/oxide-free structure. Supramolecular architectures will be used to immobilize the bio-probes into polymeric or phospholipid layers to maximise recognition capabilities and minimize non-specific binding and fouling. High sensitivity will be achieved by exploiting conformational changes and/or charge generation effects occurring upon the recognition process. To attain low-operating voltage and low-power consumption, the OFET will take advantage of the high capacitance offered by the electrolytic or protonic medium used to carry the analyte up to the semi-conductor surface. Implementation of the devices on paper and plastic substrates will be realized by low-cost printing-compatible technologies. The sensors figures of merit will be assessed by exploiting the highly specific biotin/avidin affinity reaction. A proof-of-principle for a point-of-care relevant application, using the immunoassay approach, will be pursued afterwards.

Keywords: organic field-effect transistors,biosensors,printed electronics
Printable functionalities for truly autonomous, intelligent lighting and signalling systems (PRIAM)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Components, systems, engineering
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Italy,France,Finland,Germany,Italy,Poland
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2009-4, 2009)
Start date: 2010-01-01
End date: 2012-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3840459.0
EU funding (EUR): 2664887.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

PRIAM addresses the development of two new product families: •Light emitting autonomous road signs •Autonomous car signals and taillights The underling technology consists on the integration on a plastic foil of: •A solar cell •A thin film battery •Solid state light sources •A sensor of ambient light •A Radio Frequency RF communication element •An energy management processing unit. The developed systems do not need to be connected to an external source of energy, there is no need of expensive cabling or dedicated infrastructures. The new road signs can be easily applied on existing road panels which will then be luminous assuring high visibility in all climate conditions. The average age of car drivers is continuously increasing with associated lower reaction times and lower visual acuity. Benefits are then straightforward in terms of road safety in that a relevant share of car accidents happens at night because of drivers’ hesitations due to low visibility of road signs. While the car is approaching the road sign, the RF element communicates with the central processor of the car which can inform the driver by either presenting the information on the display or by a voice synthesizer. The new car signals and taillights are very thin and light; they can be easily integrated into the car body and do not need to be connected to the main battery system. The RF element assures the communication with the central computer and the pedal. The system represents a considerable advantage for conventional cars in terms of the overall lower systems complexity and reduction of fuel consume. However the major advantage is foreseen for the development of efficient electrical vehicle requiring low consume auxiliaries for higher range autonomy. The issue of low cost fabrication is addressed by implementing high throughput heterogeneous processes based on the integration of both printing and laminating technologies into roll-to-roll lines. Additionally, the car lighting systems become cheaper thanks to the low cost production, high throughput and processes implementation. The involvement of two renowned research institutions, two large industries and three SMEs, covering all aspects of the supply chain from research to the final installations, guarantees that the project results will be turned into innovative products having a direct large application potential and exploitable into several other products of the emerging flexible and organic electronics sector with a relevant impact on jobs and economy.

Keywords: printed electronics,flexible electronics,lighting,signalling,roll-to-roll,ink-jet printing,chip-on-board,sign-boards,plastic foils
A remote controlled Sensorized ARTificial heart enabling patients empowerment and new therapy approaches (SENSORART)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Towards sustainable and personalised healthcare
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Italy,Belgium,Greece,France,Poland,Greece,United Kingdom,Spain,Germany,Türkiye,Romania,Germany
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2009-4, 2009)
Start date: 2010-03-01
End date: 2014-02-28
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 8525451.0
EU funding (EUR): 6240000.0
Participants: 14
Project status: CLOSED

Heart failure (HF) is the most increasing cause of death in Western Countries. For that reason, together with the difficulty of having a sufficient number of donor organs, it is recognized that the device-based therapeutic approaches will assume an increasingly important role in treating the growing number of patients with advanced heart failure, not only as bridge to transplant, but also as destination therapy, by considering also the ageing population. SensorART will provide: innovative telemedicine services supporting patients with chronic heart failure and healthcare professionals, allowing patients to be treated at home without renouncing to accessing high medical expertise; innovative tele-control services allowing the patient and the healthcare professional to keep under control the performance of cardiovascular implanted assist devices (VAD); demonstration of effectiveness and cost effectiveness of specialized telemedicine services and the positive impact on the healthcare system reducing hospitalisation time, by considering also the higher degree of device acceptability at home by a training of the patient and his empowerment. The psychological support, evaluation and counselling before and after implantation will be strongly considered, by taking into consideration the importance of brain-heart and brain-homeostasis recover relations; circulatory modelling and simulation of cardiac and circulatory dynamics will be adapted to reconstruct the patient’s status and analyse separately the effects of heart and circulatory conditions along with the assistance conduction, through this application, novices will have the possibility to make himself familiar with VADs, while gaining in-silico experience in treating acute heart failure; analysis and exploitation of the medical device market by the development of an open, standardized interoperable system able to easily interact with the existing products.

Keywords: advanced telemonitoring systems,remote patients management,devices measurements,remote control,education to patients
UrbanFlood (URBANFLOOD)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: ICT for mobility, environmental sustainability and energy efficiency
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Netherlands,Netherlands,Poland,United Kingdom,Russian Federation,Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2009-4, 2009)
Start date: 2009-12-01
End date: 2012-11-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4082980.0
EU funding (EUR): 2990544.0
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

More than two thirds of European cities are regularly confronted with climate change induced disasters. Early Warning Systems (EWS) play a crucial role in mitigating the effects of such disasters by detecting conditions which forecast the onset of a catastrophe and to compute its impact. EWSs provide alarming, decision support and information services to governments, companies and the general public. The UrbanFlood project creates an internet based hosting platform for EWSs. The EWS platform is run as an Internet service and connects via the Internet to sensor networks, to online sources of information and other EWSs. The platform is able to host multiple EWSs, corresponding to various hazards and belonging to different organizations. Through the Internet, additional computer resources required by the EWS platform are made available on demand. Artificial intelligence technologies detect alarming conditions in the objects monitored. In an alarming situation, a decision support system, making use of computational models of the physical environmental, informs stakeholders about the developing catastrophe. The core of the EWS hosting platform is a Common Information Space (CIS). The CIS is run as an online service, supports web service technologies and connects via the internet with other CISs. The EWS is also able to process simulated (data), turning the EWS into a simulator with which disaster mitigation scenarios can be developed and personnel can be trained. UrbanFlood validates the EWS framework in the context of dike failures and ensued flooding in an urban environment. Dikes are equipped with sensor systems and the EWS service is built up from a series of dike failure and flooding specific modules, including 3D/pseudo 4D dike evolution and flood-spreading models. Soon after the start of the project dikes in major European cities will be monitored. UrbanFlood investigates to which extent it is feasible to remotely monitor dikes and floods from other countries and continents.

Keywords: early warning systems,sensor systems,dike failure,flooding,cities,4dmodelling,internet service