Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
REBUILD - ICT-enabled integration facilitator and life rebuilding guidance (REBUILD)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Europe in a changing world - inclusive, innovative and reflective societies
Theme: Inclusive societies
Action type: Innovation actions
Countries involved: Italy,Spain,Spain,Italy,Belgium,Greece,Greece,France
Call: Addressing the challenge of migrant integration through ICT-enabled solutions (H2020-SC6-MIGRATION-2018, 2018)
Start date: 2019-01-01
End date: 2022-03-31
Duration (months): 39.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4109327.5
EU funding (EUR): 3859577.5
Participants: 12
Project status: CLOSED

The REBUILD proposal address immigrant integration through the provision of a toolbox of ICT-based solutions that will improve both the management procedures of the local authorities and the life quality of the migrants. The design approach is user-centered and participated: both target groups (immigrants/refugees and local public services providers) will be part of the user requirement analysis and participants in three 2-days Co-Creation workshops organized in the 3 main piloting countries: Italy, Spain and Greece, chosen also for their being the "access gates" to Europe for main immigration routes. Users and stakeholders engagement is a key success factor addressed both in the Consortium composition and in its capacity to engage relevant stakeholders external to the project. The key technology solutions proposed are: GDPR-compliant migrants’ integration related background information gathering with user consent and anonymization of personal information; AI-based profile analysis to enable both personalized support and policy making on migration-related issues; AI-based needs matching tool, to match migrant needs and skills with services provided by local authorities in EU countries and labor market needs at local and regional level; a digital companion for migrants enabling personalized two-way communication using chatbots to provide them smart support for easy access to local services (training, health, employment, welfare, etc.) and assessment of the level of integration and understanding of the new society, while providing to local authorities data-driven, easy to use decision supporting tools for enhancing capacities and effectiveness in service provision. Cross-culturality, ethical, accessibility dimensions will be addressed since the very beginning of the project, and validated and assessed in terms of consistency and impact during the project lifespan.
Development of Collagenase Polymeric nanocapsules as Therapeutics (DECOMPACT)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Proof of concept grants
Action type: ERC actions
Countries involved: Spain
Call: ERC Proof of Concept Grant (ERC-2018-PoC, 2018)
Start date: 2019-05-01
End date: 2020-10-31
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 149611.0
EU funding (EUR): 149611.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

“Developments of Collagenase Polymeric nanocapsules as Therapeutics (DECOMPACT)”. The goal of this proof of concept project is the development and commercialization of a novel treatment to scleroderma. Scleroderma is a fibrotic disease with a significant incidence in the population and is characterized by an abnormal accumulation of collagen. Treatment of this disease involves the use of proteolytic enzymes, as collagenase, able to digest collagen fibers. However, the labile nature of collagenase compromises its activity in the human body. DECOMPACT purposes the development of polymeric-collagenase nanocapsules that protect the housed enzymes against external insults and are able to release them by UVA irradiation exposition. UVA irradiation has been selected as trigger release stimuli due to its capacity to induce both anti-inflammatory, immunosuppressive effects and to enhance collagenase production in situ. These novel stimuli-responsive nanodevices would combine the ability of the proteolytic enzyme to degrade collagen with the immunosuppressant and anti-inflammatory effects of UVA. The methodology to obtain the system is based on previous results achieved in the context of the Advance Grant ERC-2015-AdG Proposal No.694160, VERDI. The work plan involves the synthesis of a library of UVA-sensitive cross-linkers which form the nanodevice, studies of UVA-responsive and evaluation of collagen digestion ability both in vitro employing 3D collagen matrices with skin cells embedded and in vivo using a scleroderma mouse model. This project supposes an important innovation respect to conventional treatments and could provide important social-economic benefits to the society. Finally, DECOMPACT embraces a work plan considering the commercialization steps which are required in order to place this technology in the market. The work team involved in this project includes specialized professionals in nanotechnology and medical doctors expert in fibrotic diseases.

Keywords: scleroderma,collagenase,polymeric nanocapsules,enzymatic treatment,uva responsive
Explaining object permanence with a deep recurrent neural network model of human cortical visual cognition (OBJECTPERMOD)

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: Life Sciences
Countries involved: United States,United Kingdom
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2018, 2018)
Start date: 2019-09-01
End date: 2023-10-17
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 271732.8
EU funding (EUR): 271732.8
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Visual cognition is our ability to recognize the things we see around us and make inferences about their meaning and relationships. Deep convolutional neuronal network (CNN) models now achieve human-level performance on certain visual recognition tasks and currently provide the most powerful models of human visual cognition. A hallmark step in the development of human visual cognition is the acquisition of object permanence (OP). Object permanence is the ability to continue to mentally represent an object that has disappeared from view – for example because it is hidden behind another object. Current deep neural network models of vision lack this fundamental ability, limiting their power as models of human visual cognition and as artificially intelligent systems. In this action, I will study the computational mechanisms necessary for OP using a highly innovative approach that combines four elements: (1) a novel behavioral task that requires OP, (2) development of a deep recurrent neural network models, (3) testing of both human participants and models at the task, and (4) measurement of brain activity with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during task performance. The OP task involves viewing a scene of moving objects that occasionally become occluded behind other objects. Models will be trained to represent objects continually, even as they vanish behind an occluder, and selected to match behavioral and cortical-layer- resolved high-field fMRI data of human observers. The hosts, Prof Kriegeskorte at Columbia University and Prof Muckli at University of Glasgow are world-leading experts on deep neural network models of vision and cortical-layer-resolved highfield fMRI, respectively. The outcome of this action, a biologically plausible deep recurrent convolutional model that can explain behavior and brain activity, will significantly enhance our understanding of the computational principles of visual cognition, with implications also for AI technology.

Keywords: object vision,convolutional neuronal networks,recurrent neuronal networks
Integral Open Technology for Industry 4.0 (IOTI4.0)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Spain
Call: SME instrument (H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-2, 2019)
Start date: 2019-10-01
End date: 2021-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1436069.9
EU funding (EUR): 1005248.93
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The Industry 4.0 is creating new opportunities to enhance the competitiveness of industries, a sector accounting for 2M enterprises, 33M jobs and 60% of EU productivity growth. However, SMEs risk missing the train of digitalisation because existing proprietary technologies for automation and control are expensive and do not provide the flexibility required in dynamic industrial environments. The IOTI4.0 project aims to disrupt the market of industrial automation and control (a market worth $153.3Bn) through a highly innovative business concept: the use of Open Source Hardware (OSHW) in professional industrial environments. OSHW brings great benefits to the user in terms of cost, flexibility, security and interoperability. It also delivers growing benefits to the economy. However existing solutions are not sufficiently developed nor professionalised to serve the needs of industry. IOTI4.0 will bring into the market the first interoperable, standardised (IEC61131-compliant) OSHW-based technology for Industry 4.0 (both hardware devices and intelligent programming software). It will do so at a much more affordable price (50% cheaper on average) thanks to the fact that OSHW does not have the added cost of a proprietary licence. Applicable to industries of any sizes and sectors, IOTI4.0 will make digitalisation accessible to any SME willing to transition to Industry 4.0. The company behind IOTI4.0 is Boot & Work, a young SME (Barcelona, 2012) specialised in OSHW solutions for industry. With a team of 16 staff, in just a few years, we have achieved a track record in international sales (1,200 clients in 85 countries). IOTI4.0 is the cornerstone of our strategic plan to accelerate growth. With an investment of 1.4M€, the new products and software services will be ready by end-2020. We expect 4M€ in revenues in 2020, reaching 37M€ and 48 employees in 5 years. Our ambition is to become the biggest provider of industrial solutions based on Open Source Hardware worldwide.

Keywords: open source hardware,software,arduino,industry 4 0,internet of things,industrial automation,industrial control,digitalisation
Development of Selective Carbohydrate Immunomodulators Targeting C-type Lectin Receptors on Antigen Presenting Cells (IMMUNOSHAPE)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Innovative Training Networks (ITN)-European Training Networks
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Chemistry
Countries involved: Germany,Italy,Italy,Germany,Germany,Spain,Germany,Spain,Spain,France,France,Netherlands,Netherlands,Netherlands,United Kingdom
Call: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks (ITN-ETN) (H2020-MSCA-ITN-2014, 2014)
Start date: 2015-01-01
End date: 2018-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3811581.0
EU funding (EUR): 3811581.0
Participants: 17
Project status: CLOSED

IMMUNOSHAPE aims at training a new generation of scientists that will be capable of combining state of the art synthesis and screening technology to develop new lead structures for highly selective glycan based multivalent immunotherapeutics for the treatment of cancer, autoimmune diseases and allergy. To this end, we have set up a training program in a unique academic-industrial environment that will educate young researchers in scientific and practical biomedical glycoscience with the final aim to produce new talent and innovation in the field and improve their career perspectives in both academic and non-academic sectors. The unique combination of 10 academic groups with expertise in automated solid-phase carbohydrate synthesis, microarray based highthroughput screening technology, tumour immunology, structural glycobiology, multivalent systems and medicinal chemistry along with 4 industrial partners active in nanomedicine, immunotherapy, medicinal device development and the fabrication of scientific instrumentation will provide a multidisciplinary and multisectorial training to 15 ESRs in biomedical glycoscience and its industrial applications.

Keywords: immune theraphy,glycomimetics,high throughput screening,antigen presenting cells,c type lectin receptors,microarray technology,automated glycan synthesis,multivalent systems
Light-Vapour Interactions at the Nanoscale (LIVIN)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Fundamental constituents of matter
Panel description: Particle, nuclear, plasma, atomic, molecular, gas, and optical physics
Countries involved: Israel
Call: ERC Consolidator Grant (ERC-2014-CoG, 2014)
Start date: 2015-06-01
End date: 2020-05-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1998863.0
EU funding (EUR): 1998863.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The goal of this research is to develop a chip scale toolkit for exploring light-vapour interactions at the nanoscale. The integration of hot vapour cells with nanophotonics technology will be used for enhancing the interaction of light with vapours and for constructing miniaturized devices. Our main objectives are: I-developing an advanced and versatile platform which allows for the construction of miniaturized devices bringing together photonics/plasmonics and atomic vapours. II-exploring the science of light-vapour interactions at the nanoscale. III–exploiting the benefits and the uniqueness of our approach for mitigating challenging applications. Two major platforms will be studied in great details. One is based on combining vapour cells with nanoscale dielectric waveguides and resonators, while the other consists of nanoscale plasmonic structures integrated with hot vapour cells. Using these platforms, plethora of physical effects will be studied and important applications will be demonstrated. Few examples include the study of atomic transitions near surfaces, weak and strong coupling between photonic and atomic resonant systems, slow and fast light effects, nonlinear optics, frequency standards and magnetometry. The proposed approach provides unique features, e.g. high optical densities, low power consumption, well-controlled coupling and small device footprint together with true chip scale integration. For example, owing to the enhanced light-vapour interaction and the small volume of the optical mode, it allows to explore few photons-few atoms interactions, with the ultimate goal of demonstrating effects in the single photon level regime. Given the uniqueness of our approach, the successful implementation of the proposed research should provide an outstanding playground for conducting basic and applied research in the fields of nanophotonics, plasmonics and atomic physics, and will serve as a landmark for constructing novel miniaturized quantum devices.

Keywords: nanophotonics,plasmonics
Transforming fly ash waste from coal-fired power plants into lightweight engineered sand for multiple applications (SMARTSAND)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Climate action, environment,  resource efficiency and raw materials
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Germany
Call: Boosting the potential of small businesses in the areas of climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials (H2020-SMEINST-2-2016-2017, 2016)
Start date: 2016-12-01
End date: 2020-05-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1155763.75
EU funding (EUR): 809034.63
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Established in 2012, ZaaK Technologies GmbH is an eco-innovative SME, dedicated to the development and exploitation of technologies which recycle industrial wastes into value added products. Over the past 3 years, we have developed and demonstrated a multiple award winning patent-pending technology which transforms fly ash, a waste product from coal-fired power plants, into value-added lightweight engineered sand, called ZaaK™Sand, which is in accordance with harmonized technical specifications DIN EN 4226-3, DIN EN 13139, and DIN EN 15033-1/2. ZaaK™Sand is a superior and cost-effective alternative to natural sand, crushed stones, and lightweight fine aggregates, for use in the manufacture of advanced building and construction materials, and in certain niche applications like horticulture and hydroponic applications. Replacing normal sand with ZaaK™Sand in buildings leads to: (a) improving thermal efficiency by up to 500% (b) reducing dead-load by up to 12% resulting in savings of energy intensive materials such as cement and steel (c) increase life of buildings by up to 2 times due to a phenomenon called, internal curing ZaaK™Sand aim is to arrest the depletion of dwindling natural sources of sand and thereby reduce destruction of precious ecosystem impacted by sand mining. It also addresses the economic and socio-environmental problems associated with the disposal of fly ash. Our key objectives within the project timeframe are: • To build an Integrated Pilot Plant (IPP) to produce ZaaK™Sand for customers in our introductory markets. • To use the IPP to further optimise the manufacturing process. • To use the IPP as a demonstration showcase, to disseminate and communicate the project results, and to attract new customers and investors. Our objective is to enter the market in 2020, through a build, own and operate model, contract manufacturing and joint ventures with power plants and construction material companies.

Keywords: eco innovation,flyash,energy efficiency,resource efficiency,engineered sand,lightweight,aggregates lwa,lightweight fine aggregates lwfa,concrete,mortar,render,plaster,horticulture
Robots in assisted living environments: Unobtrusive, efficient, reliable and modular solutions for independent ageing (RADIO)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Health, demographic change and wellbeing
Theme: Active ageing and self-management of health
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Germany,Spain,Italy,Spain,Cyprus,Greece,Greece
Call: Advancing active and healthy ageing with ICT: service robotics within assisted living environments (H2020-PHC-2014-single-stage, 2014)
Start date: 2015-04-01
End date: 2018-03-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3805625.0
EU funding (EUR): 3805625.0
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

Demographic and epidemiologic transitions have brought a new health care paradigm with the presence of both, growing elderly population and chronic diseases. Life expectancy is increasing as well as the need for long-term care. Institutional care for the aged population faces economical struggles with low staffing ratios and consequent quality problems. Although the aforementioned implications of ageing impose societal challenges, at the same time new opportunities arise for the European citizens, the healthcare systems as well as the industry and the European market. Two of the most important aspects of assistive environments and independent living are user acceptance and unobtrusiveness. Mostly explored in a smart home setup and the unobtrusive installation of audio-visual monitoring equipment, the consensus is that users accept monitoring if they are not constantly aware of its presence. A more recent trend is home assistant robots. These two lines of development have for the most part ran without heavily interacting with each other and, even more so, without developing integrated solutions that combine smart home automation with robotics. In RADIO, we will develop an integrated smart home/assistant robot system, with the objective of pursuing a novel approach to acceptance and unobtrusiveness: a system where sensing equipment is not discrete but an obvious and accepted part of the user’s daily life. By using the integrated smart home/assistant robot system as the sensing equipment for health monitoring, we mask the functionality of the sensors rather than the sensors themselves. In this manner, sensors do not need to be discrete and distant or masked and cumbersome to install; they do however need to be perceived as a natural component of the smart home/assistant robot functionalities.

Keywords: ambient assistive environments,low power wireless sensor data transmission,large scale and privacy preserving data management,independent living
ForestValue - Innovating forest-based bioeconomy (ForestValue)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy
Theme: Sustainable agriculture and forestry
Action type: ERA-NET Cofund
Partnership: ForestValue (ERA-NET)
Countries involved: Germany,Egypt,Austria,Germany,Spain,Ireland,Argentina,Switzerland,Norway,Tunisia,Finland,Finland,Poland,Slovenia,Sweden,Sweden,Türkiye,Jordan,Latvia,France,France,Czechia,United Kingdom
Call: ERA-NET Cofund: Public-Public Partnerships in the bioeconomy (H2020-SFS-2017-1, 2017)
Start date: 2017-10-01
End date: 2023-03-31
Duration (months): 66.0
Total project cost (EUR): 15257575.0
EU funding (EUR): 5034999.75
Participants: 34
Project status: SIGNED

The overall objective of the proposed Cofund action “ForestValue - Innovating the forest-based bioeconomy” is to promote increased innovation and competitiveness of the forest-based sector in Europe and support its transformation from a resource-intensive to a knowledge-intensive, productive, resource-efficient and resilient sector. Sustainability and modernisation of forestry systems and downstream value chains including innovative business concepts and production technologies will be needed to develop the forestry sector and the European bioeconomy, of which forestry accounts for a large share. The aim of ForestValue is to comprise the joint implementation of a trans-national call for proposals for research, development and innovation in the forest-based sector with a clear financial commitment from the participating national (or regional) research programmes and the EU. The topics of the planned ForestValue joint call will contribute to transforming the global economy from a dependence on fossil and non-renewable raw materials to a sustainable “bio-based economy”. The primary purpose is to allow the partners in the consortium to successfully implement and fund a co-funded joint call in the field of forestry and the wood sector. ForestValue builds on the success of three forest-based ERA-NETs: WoodWisdom-Net (running since 2004, the present phase running under the FP7 ERA-NET Plus Scheme 2012-2017), SUMFOREST (Tackling the challenges in sustainable and multifunctional forestry through enhanced research coordination for policy decisions, 2014-2017) and FORESTERRA (Enhancing forest research in the Mediterranean through improved coordination and integration, 2012-2015). The consortium consists of 31 partners representing different programmes in the bioeconomy funding sector, coming from different regions and countries inside/outside Europe.

Keywords: forest,forestry,forest based