Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Cooling with Electrocaloric Polymers (COOLPOL)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Pathfinder
Destination: Challenges
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Luxembourg,France,Italy,Germany
Call: EIC Pathfinder Challenge: Clean and efficient cooling (HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-09-01
End date: 2028-08-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3781325.0
EU funding (EUR): 3781325.0
Participants: 4
Project status: SIGNED

Cooling our food and houses requires today 20 % of all the energy needed in the residential sector. This share will grow to 40 % by 2040 as a direct consequence of the world population increase and the global warming effect. But the existing cooling technologies are overwhelmingly dominated by the vapour-compression systems, which is a 150 years-old technology relying on greenhouse gases and exhibiting an average efficiency around 50 %. The latter figure means that half of the energy used to run fridges and air conditioning ends up in waste heat. We clearly need to come up with cleaner and more efficient cooling principles. Electrocaloric cooling has become a more and more realistic alternative to vapour compression cooling. This principle is based on a reversible variation of temperature induced in specific materials when voltage is applied. LIST recently showed that a few grams of electrocaloric ceramics can generate a variation of temperature of 20.9 K and a cooling power of 4 W. Besides, electrocaloric polymers have a cooling potential one order of magnitude larger than ceramics. This is what we intend to develop in this project, with a clear assessment of scale up capabilities thanks to an ad hoc consortium. Hence, Arkema, world leader in electroactive polymers, will investigate electrocaloric polymers able to reach a variation of temperature larger than 5 K. KEMET, European industrial partner, will prepare thousands of multilayer capacitors based on optimized electrocaloric polymers. The PI from USTUTT, who recently published the most efficient energy recovery circuit for electrocalorics, will build electronic modules able to increase the efficiency of electrocaloric devices up to 60%. And finally, thanks to its extensive experience in making electrocaloric coolers, LIST will assemble the multilayers and the electronic modules in a proof-of-concept aiming at reaching a cooling power of 1 kW and an efficiency of 60%. If successful, this project will revolutionize cooling.

Keywords: caloric materials,electrocaloric,polymers,solid state cooling
From reconstructions of neuronal circuits to anatomically realistic artificial neural networks (ConnectomesToANNs)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Proof of concept grants
Action type: ERC actions
Countries involved: Germany
Call: ERC PROOF OF CONCEPT GRANTS1 (ERC-2022-POC1, 2022)
Start date: 2022-07-01
End date: 2023-12-31
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 150000.0
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Artificial neural networks (ANNs) have found applications in a wide variety of real-world problems. Despite this tremendous success, artificial intelligence systems still face major challenges due to their reliance on extensive training and large datasets. Recent reports indicate that the architecture of ANNs could be a prime target for reducing their training and data requirements. We hypothesize that such architectural features can be identified from neuronal networks in the brain, which have evolved to efficiently perform highly specialized functions. Recent advances in electron microscopy will soon provide detailed reconstructions of large-scale neuronal networks from different brain areas, species, developmental stages and/or pathological conditions. However, even if such data become available, directly transforming neuronal network reconstructions into ANNs will raise problems of interpretability, due to their enormous complexity, and generalizability, due to high inter-individual variability. Here, we will resolve these challenges by implementing a set of computational approaches that allow the extraction of rules that explain the wiring properties underlying dense connectomics data, the transfer of these anatomical principles into the design of ANN architectures, and the evaluation of how these principles impact performance on a battery of deep learning tasks. This unique methodology will lay the foundation for groundbreaking insights into how different network architectures facilitate specific brain functions, and also how the underlying anatomical principles can inform the development of more effective and efficient artificial intelligence systems. Our methodology will be publicly accessible online to scientists, but also to companies and non-profit organizations that seek to improve the performance or reduce training data requirements for applications of deep learning.
GLACIPTO Hop-On: Bridging the Gap in Energy Management (GLACIPTO)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area
Programme: Widening participation and spreading excellence
Theme: Improved access to Excellence
Destination: Improved access to Excellence
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Italy,Greece
Call: Hop on Facility (HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-06, 2023)
Duration (months): 19.0
Total project cost (EUR): 323125.0
EU funding (EUR): 323125.0
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Entitled "GLACIPTO Hop-On: Bridging the Gap in Energy Management," this proposal underscores a strategic partnership between the GLACIATION project and the Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO). Our shared objective is to enhance the energy sector by integrating intelligent Internet of Things (IoT) devices into vital energy infrastructure, including power plants, pipelines, and wind turbines. Through this collaboration, we aim to improve the efficiency and resilience of the Electrical Power and Energy System (EPES) while minimizing operational redundancies and errors. A key focus of our partnership is the establishment of a unified and sustainable OT/IT ecosystem. This entails effectively merging various datasets, energy consumption insights, and computing capabilities to support advanced analytics. This represents a significant step toward bridging the divide between Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT), resulting in a more robust energy system poised for efficiency gains. IPTO's contribution to this initiative is instrumental. As an experienced energy operator, they provide valuable insights and expertise, ensuring that the solutions developed within the GLACIATION project are not only theoretically sound but also practical and effective in real-world energy operations. In return, IPTO gains access to cutting-edge research and technology, aligning with their mission to advance smarter substations and data-driven energy management capabilities. In summary, the "GLACIPTO Hop-On" proposal signifies a joint commitment to improve the energy sector, fostering innovation, operational excellence, and sustainable energy management.

Keywords: energy sector enhancement,iot integration,electrical power system,resilience improvement,operational efficiency,ot it collaboration,sustainability,advanced analytics,smart substations,collabo
Renormalization Group and Statistical Field Theory (ReGroStaFT)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Mathematics
Panel description: All areas of mathematics, pure and applied, plus mathematical foundations of computer science, mathematical physics and statistics
Countries involved: France,Finland
Call: ERC ADVANCED GRANTS (ERC-2024-ADG, 2024)
Start date: 2025-10-01
End date: 2030-09-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2330592.0
EU funding (EUR): 2330592.0
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

This proposed project aims to develop rigorous renormalization group arguments, based on ideas from analysis and probability, and to apply them to problems in statistical physics, probability, and fluid mechanics. The emphasis is on physical phenomena which exhibit behavior across a large range of length scales, often with erratic and irregular behavior on small scales and possibly diverging correlation lengths. The idea is to gradually coarse-grain the system using ideas from the quantitative theory of stochastic homogenization, to obtain a macroscopic description which is simpler and thus more tractable, but also accurately describes the behavior of the system. Models that display anomalous diffusion, intermittent and/or multifractal behavior are of particular interest, examples of which can be found in simplified models of turbulent fluids and Euclidean field theory.

Keywords: renormalization group,stochastic homogenization,euclidean field theory
Transcending the Boundaries of Holography (TraBHolo)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Fundamental Constituents of Matter
Panel description: Particle, nuclear, plasma, atomic, molecular, gas, and optical physics
Countries involved: Austria
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2025-STG, 2025)
Start date: 2026-10-01
End date: 2031-09-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1491072.0
EU funding (EUR): 1491072.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

In this project, I will develop new and timely methods for studying gravity in asymptotically flat spacetime and in the region near black hole singularities, along with their possible holographic interpretations. The thermodynamics associated to black hole event horizons suggests a holographic description in terms of a quantum theory without gravity in fewer dimensions. From string theory, such holographic dualities have been constructed and were tested to amazing precision, but all currently-known examples rely crucially on a negative cosmological constant, which prevents us from using them to make predictions for black holes in our universe. On the other hand, approximating gravity near spacelike singularities has long been known to lead to rich and chaotic dynamics, which therefore appears to be a fundamental property of black holes. However, its relation to known holographic descriptions of black holes is still mysterious. Very recently, I established a new and systematic method of approximating gravity near singularities using dynamical Carroll geometry. By implementing the ultra-local limit of such approximations off shell, my method leads to tractable models in settings previously only accessible with supercomputer simulations, including spatial inhomogeneity and subleading corrections. It is also connected to several recent developments identifying near-singularity chaotic dynamics in AdS/CFT holography. Additionally, using related techniques, I will work towards more realistic holographic models with zero cosmological constant. Here, I will address key roadblocks by establishing how asymptotically flat spacetime metrics are determined by a general null boundary metric, energy-momentum tensor and radiation, which will also allow me to derive consistent ways of quantizing dual Carroll field theories. Through this project I will therefore make key advances in our understanding of black holes and their singularities in gravity and holography.

Keywords: gravity,ads cft,bkl dynamics,flat holography,carroll limits,non lorentzian geometry
EARTHWORM: pEristAlsis in Real-Time Human mri to study the interWOven fRequency & Microstructural properties (EARTHWORM)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Prevention,  Diagnosis and T reatment 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: Germany
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2024-STG, 2024)
Start date: 2024-12-01
End date: 2029-11-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1494536.0
EU funding (EUR): 1494536.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

EARTHWORM will develop a new paradigm of adaptive and focused comprehensive Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) techniques to study peristaltic motion and the underlying microstructure throughout the human body. Peristaltic motion is responsible for multiple key functions in the human body such as food transport through the gastro-intestinal system, the rapid and directed sperm transport and embryo implantation and retrograde menstruation for the preservation of body iron. Alterations are linked to the pathophysiology of diseases such as adenomyosis, Crohn’s disease, endometriosis and Parkinson’s disease among many others, which together affect >10% of EU citizens. The underlying process requires a complex cascade of events, which can be disrupted by a range of factors from interrupted neuronal activity to altered biochemistry to changes in the interwoven layers of muscle fibres and connective tissue, resulting in hyper- and hypomotility of the involved organs. Similarly, changes in motility are associated with resulting microstructural damage. Despite the undisputed importance, current imaging techniques focus on suppressing or altering peristalsis through unphysiological preparations to make ongoing human life comply with the needs of the assessment techniques. The confluence of novel lower field MRI scanners, real-time end-to-end AI methods, external MR-compatible sensors and efficient multi-contrast techniques allows me to develop a new paradigm to study the link between the microstructure and motility patterns in the abdomen and pelvis. Replacing rigid, pre-defined examinations by a continuous running MR acquisition, adapting to the ongoing life provides novel eloquent information, paving the way for enhanced diagnosis and bespoke, data-driven nonlinear continuum dynamic modelling approaches to reveal signatures of disease and to interconnect previously disjoint observations. Two embedded clinical pilot studies will facilitate immediate translation.
TWin of Online Social Networks (TWON)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Culture, creativity and inclusive society
Theme: Culture, creativity and inclusive society
Destination: Innovative Research on Democracy and Governance
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Netherlands,Germany,Slovenia,Serbia
Call: Politics and the impact of online social networks and new media (HORIZON-CL2-2022-DEMOCRACY-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-04-01
End date: 2026-03-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2989758.13
EU funding (EUR): 2989758.13
Participants: 9
Project status: SIGNED

Experts, scholars, and leading political decision-makers warn that Online Social Networks (OSNs) have transformed public debate in harmful ways. Personalization algorithms, it has been argued, create so-called filter bubbles and echo chambers where users’ opinions are reinforced, amplifying processes of opinion polarisation. Despite frequent calls for interventions to minimize such undesired effects, there is no agreed-upon method for estimating the effects of changing the parameters of the design of a social network service. Crucially, the complexity of such systems makes it hard to translate results of isolated experiments into an estimate of the overall effects. The TWON project will develop a novel empirical method for systematically researching the effects of design choices of mechanisms inside OSNs, by creating digital twins of social network sites, called TWONs. The TWON can then be used to study counterfactuals, such as: How would the effects look like, had the OSN been designed differently? In order to achieve that, the TWON project will combine empirical observations of existing OSNs, theory-informed simulations, and specific case studies. These form an iterative process, in which we will build and refine the TWON. If successful, this would be a major leap towards a better understanding of platform mechanics, both for the scientific community and for societal stakeholders. The TWON project will produce evidence-based recommendations for regulatory innovations regarding OSNs and enhance digital citizenship by participatory methods. This can reduce the detrimental effects on democratic debates when platforms are primarily optimized for economic gain. TWON enables OSN research in a controlled but naturalistic environment that would not be possible relying on for-profit OSN operators. The effectiveness of the TWON method will be demonstrated in two case studies on two diametrically controversial ongoing debates: the conflict in Ukraine and COVID-19.

Keywords: simulation,digital twin,complex systems,filter bubble,echo chamber,polarization
Photoelectrodes that STORE LIGHT energy (STORE-LIGHT)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Proof of concept grants
Action type: ERC actions
Countries involved: Italy
Call: ERC PROOF OF CONCEPT GRANTS (ERC-2023-POC, 2023)
Start date: 2024-03-01
End date: 2025-08-31
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 150000.0
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

The European Green Deal requires novel solutions for renewable energy. Solar energy is not constant and hence an unstable power source owing to its intermittent nature. Therefore, storage of solar energy is an important issue. Our new technology combines solar energy conversion and storage into one, thus delivering the opportunity to exploit the benefits of solar energy conversion also beyond the availability of sunlight. Our compact two-in-one technology avoids the need to connect two separate devices, thus lowering maintenance cost and technological support, connection losses and device bulkiness, together providing a more efficient and easy solution towards the integration in the daily life or to other functional systems. The proposed technology develops a stand-alone photo-storage system that functions as a photon energy harvester and converter and in the same time as an energy storage compartment. The development of integrated solar-to-charge storage systems are of major importance to exploit the full potential of solar energy, and in the same time extending the limits of conventional energy storage systems. A photo-responsive storage system as planned in STORE-LIGHT, achieving direct and seamless solar energy conversion and storage in one single compact architecture, would be a transformative approach to power off-grid devices. Such unique photo-to-charge storage technology will ultimately affect extended application areas such as self-powered sensors or the next-generation in micro-electronics and IoT.
Altermagnetism and spintronics without magnetization and relativity (ALTERMAG)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Condensed Matter Physics
Panel description: Structure, electronic properties, fluids, nanosciences, biological physics
Countries involved: Czechia,United Kingdom
Call: ERC ADVANCED GRANTS (ERC-2022-ADG, 2022)
Start date: 2023-10-01
End date: 2028-09-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2499997.5
EU funding (EUR): 2499997.5
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Magnetically ordered crystals are traditionally divided into two basic phases -- ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism. The ferromagnetic order offers a range of phenomena and device applications. The vanishing net magnetization in antiferromagnets is potentially favorable for spatial and temporal scalability of devices. Recently, our team and others have predicted instances of strong time-reversal symmetry breaking and spin splitting in electronic bands, typical of ferromagnetism, in crystals with antiparallel compensated magnetic order, typical of antiferromagnetism. Our central idea, resolving this apparent fundamental conflict in magnetism, is that symmetry classifies a third basic magnetic phase. Its alternating spin polarizations in both crystal-structure real space and electronic-structure momentum space suggest a term altermagnetism. We will demonstrate that altermagnets combine merits of ferromagnets and antiferromagnets, that were regarded as principally incompatible, and have merits unparalleled in either of the two traditional basic magnetic phases. In Objective 1 we will establish materials landscape of altermagnetism and, in Objective 2, show how its anisotropic (d-wave) nature enriches fundamental physics concepts of lifted Kramers spin-degeneracy, Fermi-liquid instabilities and electron quasiparticles. This will underpin our development of a new avenue in spintronics, elusive within the two traditional magnetic phases, based on strong non-relativistic spin-conserving phenomena, without magnetization imposed scalability limitations, and with complex functionalities. In Objective 3 we will demonstrate altermagnetic giant-magnetoresistive multi-layer memory devices. In Objective 4 we will realize logic-in-memory analog functionalities in single-layer nano-scale devices via atomically-sharp altermagnetic domain walls, written by pulses scaled down to femtoseconds, and forming networks of self-assembled atomic-scale giant-magnetoresitive junctions.

Keywords: magnetic phases,altermagnetism,synthesis and characterization of magnetic thin films,electron spectroscopy,kramers degeneracy,fermi liquid instabilities,electron quasiparticles,spintronic devices,ultra fast switching,magnetic nano textures,memory and logic in memory functionalities