Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Mitigating Diversity Biases of AI in the Labor Market (BIAS)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Digital, Industry and Space
Theme: Digital
Destination: A human-centred and ethical development of digital and industrial technologies
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Norway,Iceland,Portugal,Ireland,Italy,Netherlands,Estonia,Türkiye,Switzerland
Call: Tackling gender, race and other biases in AI (RIA) (HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-11-01
End date: 2026-10-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3796065.0
EU funding (EUR): 3498525.25
Participants: 9
Project status: SIGNED

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly used in the employment sector to manage and control individual workers. One type of AI is Natural Language Processing (NLP) based tools that can analyze text to make inferences or decisions. A recent Sage study found that 24% of companies used AI for hiring purposes. In an employment context, this can involve analyzing text created by an employee or recruitment candidate in order to assist management in deciding to invite a candidate for an interview, to training and employee engagement, or to monitor for infractions that could lead to disciplinary proceedings. However, the models that NLP-based systems are based on are biased. Additionally, it has been shown that bias in an underlying AI model is reproduced in applications based on that model). This can lead to biased decisions that run contrary to the goals of the European Pillar of Social Rights in relationship to work and employment, specifically Pillar 2 (Gender Equality), Pillar 3 (Equal Opportunity), Pillar 5 (Secure and Adaptable Employment) and the United Nations’ (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), specifically SDG 5 (Gender Equality), SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth). It is therefore necessary to identify and mitigate biases that occur in applications used in a Human Resources Management (HRM) context. Addressing such concerns in an employment context is especially relevant, as most existing European studies on employment discrimination have indeed found that discrimination exists, both when considering individual diversity criteria and multiple criteria in intersectional analyses. In order to investigate and mitigate these biases, we apply this “BIAS”-project, for mitigating diversity biases of AI in the labor market. The chief technical objective of BIAS is the development of a proof-of-concept for an innovative technology based on Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Case Based Reasoning (CBR) for use in an HR recruitment use case.

Keywords: labor market bias exclusion intersectionality natural language processing case based reasoning decision support system job applications discrimination human resources management
Consequences of global biodiversity loss and climate change for decomposer communities and implications for forest carbon fluxes (BIOCOMP)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Environmental B iology, Ecology  and E volution
Panel description: For all organisms : Ecology, biodiversity, environmental change , evolutionary biology, behavioural ecology, microbial ecology , marine biology, ecophysiology, theoretical developments and mod elling
Countries involved: Germany
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2022-STG, 2022)
Start date: 2023-05-01
End date: 2028-04-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1499830.0
EU funding (EUR): 1499830.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Forests play a central role for global carbon cycling and biodiversity. Yet, the unabated continuation of climate change and increasing anthropogenic pressure on forest resources are altering forest ecosystems by modifying species composition and ecosystem processes. Increasing temperatures are likely to increase decomposition rates and thus carbon emissions, while the opposite effect may be expected from loss of decomposer biodiversity as land-use intensity increases. However, it remains unknown how climate change and land use interactively shape decomposer communities, decomposition rates and carbon fluxes. This limits the ability to model the future of the global forest carbon sink as well as of forest policy and management to counteract undesired developments. Here, I will investigate the joint effects of climate change and land use on decomposer communities and carbon fluxes from wood decomposition at the global scale, as well as the underlying processes and mechanisms. Making use of an operating network of 60 research sites on six continents, I will study how biodiversity-decomposition relationships and effects of land use change along global climate gradients. Empirical results will be used to model carbon fluxes from wood decomposition at the global scale and to generate projections of carbon fluxes under different scenarios of forest use and climate change. Extensive experiments will be conducted both in the field and in walk-in climate chambers to identify which facet of biodiversity drives wood decomposition and to unravel the mechanisms behind the climate-dependency of biodiversity-decomposition relationships. The BIOCOMP project will bring about a new level of understanding of how biodiversity and carbon cycling in forest ecosystems worldwide will change as a result of climate change and land use, and it will provide the data and strategies to tackle one of the most pressing challenges of current climate and forest policy.

Keywords: biodiversity change,carbon cycling,forest,insect decline
Organization sPecific Threat Intelligence Mining and sharing (OPTIMA)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Italy
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021 (HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-12-01
End date: 2025-03-31
Duration (months): 28.0
Total project cost (EUR): 188590.08
EU funding (EUR): 188590.08
Participants: 4
Project status: CLOSED

The OPTIMA project (Organization sPecific Threat Intelligence Mining and sharing) aims to design techniques and tools for the extraction of Threat Intelligence targeted to organizations using ML algorithms, and effectively share attack records using privacy-preserving methods. The project will use technologies to protect societies from cyber-attacks and sophisticated threats prioritized in the European Council’s New Strategic Agenda. The key beneficiaries of the project are (a) security operation center-to support real time monitoring (b) incident response, threat hunting, fraud detection team-to prioritize risk (c), operational leaders- to prioritize activities of IT staff and (d) Strategic leaders such as Chief Information Security Officers - to make well-informed business decisions. This project will be executed at the University of Padua, under the supervision of Prof. Mauro Conti. The project will investigate solutions for the core questions: RQ1: How effectively can ML algorithms extract organization-specific threat artefacts to be utilized for preparing actionable Threat Intelligence? RQ2: How can organizations share threat intelligence without disclosing their private information to others? The objectives (SO) of the project are as follows: 1. SO1-To develop techniques for automatic extraction of threat intelligence using OSINT data for diverse IT industries (health care, finance, IoT, education, etc.) using deep learning approaches. 2. SO2-To create a novel automated system to derive Indicator of Compromise (IOC) based on word embedding and syntactic dependencies of words to identify unseen IOCs. Utilizing the extracted IOCs a threat index will be estimated to define the impact of threat and attack trends across individual organizations; 3. SO3-To build a system by integrating cryptographic tools and Federated learning which will enable an organization to anonymously share threat logs with different parties in a privacy-preserving manner

Keywords: cyber security
Deciphering Cancer Heterogeneity and Drug resistance using Single-Clone Genomic and Epigenomic Landscapes (CancerMultiOm)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Biotechnology and Biosystems E ngineering
Panel description: Biotechnology using all organisms , biotechnology for environment  and food applications, applied plant and animal sciences , bioengineering and synthetic biology , biomass and biofuels , biohazards
Countries involved: Israel
Call: ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS (ERC-2023-COG, 2023)
Start date: 2023-12-01
End date: 2028-11-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2000000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2000000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

To comprehend the characteristics, phylogenetic relationships, and drug resistance of tumor subclones, measurements must be performed at single-cell or single-clone resolution. Aims 1 and 2 aim to create cost-effective and reliable single-cell drop technologies for capturing full-length RNA (Scfl-RNA-Seq) and enhancers at the DNA level (ChromOpen). It is noteworthy that Scfl-RNA-Seq also captures non-coding and non-polyadenylated RNAs besides coding mRNA. ChromOpen also offers better capturing of functional enhancers and higher sensitivity compared to the conventional technology. The ultimate goal of Aim 3 is to create the first technology that can capture both full-length RNA and enhancers from the same cell (Multi-Omics). To increase sensitivity and coverage, Multi-Omics will be combined with a 3D-culturing system (3Dclone) that facilitates growth of primary cancer cells into small clones. The single-clone based Multi-Omics maps will increase the discovery rate of genetic somatic diversity, including non-coding regions, reveal connections between gene expression and mutated loci, and display a wider range of functional state associations between cells. In Aim 4, using our innovative mapping technologies, we will investigate two brain tumors: Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer that has spread to the brain and Glioblastoma primary cells. Both of these cancers have limited treatment options and poor outcomes due to drug resistance. Based on temporal drug treatment experiments and advanced mapping technologies, this data will improve our understanding of somatic driver mutations and cellular diversity in the context of resistance, and ultimately, lead to the identification of new therapeutic targets.

Keywords: single cell technologies,high throughput sequencing,epigenomics,clonal dynamics,3d culturing system,drug resistance,brain tumors
Round-Robin Testing for CO2 Electrolysis. What is mightier: the cell or the operational conditions? (ROROTE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: other EIC
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Hungary
Call: EIC Booster grant for EIC Pathfinder and EIC Transition grants (HORIZON-EIC-2024-BOOSTER-IBA-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-01-01
End date: 2025-06-30
Duration (months): 6.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71428.57
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

CO2 electrolysis is a promising pathway to produce diverse fuels and chemicals from renewable electricity. Both on the fundamental research level and on TRL levels around 4- 6 strong activities from different stakeholders can be observed. This includes universities, start-ups such as eChemicles (applicant) and corporates such as TotalEnergies or Siemens Energy. However, comparability of performances is difficult due to the lack of standardized test protocols. On the one hand, to push the technology to the next maturity level (TRL 7-8), substantial investments are needed on the individual project level due to high associated CAPEX costs. On the other hand, the lack of thorough benchmarking and validated performances hampers further investments. The development and widespread publication of a standardized and easily applicable test protocol is of utmost importance to support the scaling-up of CO2 electrolysis.

Keywords: co2 electrolysis,testing,standards
Rethinking medieval and modern sexualities through the ‘harlot saint’ Thais (THAISIS)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: Norway
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-09-16
End date: 2027-09-15
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 251578.56
EU funding (EUR): 251578.56
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

This project examines the uses, abuses, and controversies of the early Christian figure of Thais, sex worker turned saint, as a transformative lens onto the complex cultural intersection of sex and religion in the Middle Ages. THAISIS aims to answer two questions: how did this severe, shocking narrative, depicting a repentant woman walled up as a recluse, function across medieval European culture as a representation of sex work, conversion, and religious solitude? And how can modern scholars and others engage more productively with such a difficult, even offensive story? My research into Thais, an understudied example of the 'harlot saint' trope which originated in the stories about the early Christian Desert Fathers, pays attention both to the medieval incarnations of her life and identity, and to how she has evolved beyond the Middle Ages. My methodology incorporates the concerns of the burgeoning field of medievalism studies, along with more traditional literary and historical methods, to create a picture of the Thais figure as it evolved and continues to evolve. This was a story calculated to provoke strong reactions in its own time, and it continues to do so in the modern day, from the cynical novel portrait by Anatole France in 1895, to the portrayal of Thais's story as a psychodrama under patriarchy in Time's Up, Jenna Soleo-Shanks's 2019 adaptation of the tenth-century play by Hrotsvit of Gandersheim. Building on foundational work carried out during two short research fellowships, THAISIS will develop and refine my ongoing research into this saint and her story towards two key goals: shaping and completing a groundbreaking monograph on Thais's role in medieval and postmedieval literature and religious culture, and developing public engagement opportunities to bring the difficulties and complexities of her story to a wider audience, offering new ways to engage with aspects of history that disturb or even offend.

Keywords: manuscript studies,literary theory,medieval history
Reuse of SOLar PV Panels and EV Batteries for low cost decentralized energy solutions and effective Recycling of critical raw MATErials from their EoL products (SOLMATE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Digital, Industry and Space
Theme: Industry
Destination: Increased Autonomy in Key Strategic Value Chains for Resilient Industry
Action type: Innovation actions
Countries involved: Belgium,Spain,France,Germany,Luxembourg,Italy
Call: Recycling technologies for critical raw materials from EoL products (IA) (HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2027-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 7364596.75
EU funding (EUR): 6104918.1
Participants: 16
Project status: SIGNED

Europe is on the need of Critical Raw Materials (CRMs) to secure its green energy transition and achieve climate neutrality by 2050. PV panels for clean energy generation, and batteries for energy storage are key components for the green energy transition but heavily depending on CRMs. However, as the PV and EV markets were developing fast in the last decade in Europe, significant amount of secondary EV batteries, and PV panels will be available for recycling. Traditional approaches that have been used so far for their recycling are focused on materials recovery, and less on the enormous potential for reuse in second life before recycling. Additionally, proposed recycling processes so far are still suffering from several issues related to purity and efficiency of the processes as well as high cost and environmental aspects. The overarching aim of the SOLMATE project is to set up solid foundations of a new industrial value chain for the sustainable reuse and recycling of PV solar panels and EV batteries in interesting emerging markets and high added value applications. The main objectives of SOLMATE are on one hand i) to develop and demonstrate viable and guaranteed low-cost decentralised energy systems for different emerging markets and business cases based on the reuse of batteries from EoL EV and used PV solar panels (i.e., repowering from PV farms), and on the other hand, ii) to demonstrate low cost and environmentally friendly technologies for improving the purity and increasing the recovery of raw materials (especially critical raw materials) from EoL EV batteries and PV that cannot be reused. SOLMATE is designed to be fully aligned with the “waste hierarchy” principles as indicated in the Waste Framework Directive (Prevention, Reuse, Recycling, Recovery, Disposal).

Keywords: photovoltaics,end of life batteries,second life batteries,weee,reuse,recycling,circular economy,critical raw materials,decentralized energy system,solar energy,robotics,business models
in situ Structure Determination of Actin-binding Proteins Through a Novel Cryo-electron Microscopy Workflow (cryoSPARTAN)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Life Sciences
Countries involved: Austria
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-04-01
End date: 2025-03-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 199440.96
EU funding (EUR): 199440.96
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Cell motility is driven by a complex network of force-generating biological machinery. The key component in this machinery is the dynamic network of filamentous actin (F-actin) and actin binding proteins (ABPs) which maintain and regulate the network. However, structural information for many ABP-actin complexes, as well as their in situ spatial distribution remain elusive. This is because ABPs cannot be easily studied in isolation, often exhibiting structural stability only when embedded in a complex filamentous network found within cells. This has hindered a complete understanding of actin network regulation in cell migration. Addressing this important question requires understanding exactly how ABPs select F-actin, and conversely how F-actin geometry recruits specific ABPs. Cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) can reveal both cellular ultrastructure and molecular details, but often is lower resolution than a single particle cryo-EM approach. Thus, innovative methods remain key to drive advancement in understanding in situ structures. In this fellowship I will combine my expertise of single particle cryo-electron microscopy with expertise of cryo-ET in the Schur lab to develop a novel hybrid single particle cryo-ET approach in order to reveal high-resolution structures and contextual information of ABPs bound to F-actin directly within cellular protrusions. ISTA is the ideal research institute due to abundant access to high-end electron microscopes necessary for methods development. The outcome of this action are tools for high resolution in situ structure determination and a better understanding of cell migration, a process deeply rooted in malignant metastasis. Results will be disseminated through key research conferences and high-impact open-access publications. Communication activities will be achieved through 3D rendered visual scientific illustrations targeting social media platforms and institute-organized public outreach events.

Keywords: cryo electron microscopy,actin cytoskeleton,methods development,ultra structure,cell migration
Reintegration of photovoltaic panel waste back into manufacturing as high value products (RETRIEVE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Climate, Energy and Mobility
Theme: Energy
Destination: Sustainable, secure and competitive energy supply
Action type: Innovation actions
Countries involved: Norway,Germany,Spain,Ukraine,Belgium,Lithuania,France,Switzerland,Türkiye,Romania
Call: Recycling end of life PV modules (HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-03, 2022)
Start date: 2023-10-01
End date: 2027-03-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 7838324.41
EU funding (EUR): 6943801.55
Participants: 21
Project status: SIGNED

In RETRIEVE we aim to combine PV upstream value chain organizations with beyond state-of-the-art recycling processes and techniques to improve circularity within the PV sector. RETRIEVE targets the upcycling of the components of the End of Life (EoL) solar panels, enhancing the material quality to meet current requirements for re-introduction into the PV value chain. RETRIEVE will increase the circularity and minimize the environmental impact of the PV industry by developing and demonstrating cost effective recycling technologies for the different components of a solar module; recycle glass to current PV specifications, purify production waste and EoL silicon to solar grade quality, recover silver and heavy metals, and polymer valorization with carbon capture. The final goal is to demonstrate a closed-loop recycling process where recycled glass as well as silicon is re-used in state-of-the-art solar module production, turning the EoL PV panels into sources of new raw materials for the PV manufacture industry. In addition, future PV waste streams for EoL and production waste will be forecasted, and the market potential will be evaluated. By lowering the financial burden of material recovery and increasing the value after recovery, RETRIEVE makes the overall module recycling process more profitable, and the project opens new paths for commercialization. Business cases and market introduction strategies will be developed for a selection of the processes and products.

Keywords: silicon solar cell,end of life recycling eol,recycling technology,silicon recycling,glass recycling,circular pv value chain