Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Multi-scale data assimilation, advanced wind modeling and forecasting with emphasis to extreme weather situations for a secure large-scale wind power integration (SAFEWIND)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Energy
Destination: Renewable electricity generation
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: France,Spain,Denmark,Germany,Denmark,United Kingdom,Ireland,United Kingdom,Spain,Greece,France,India,France,United Kingdom,Denmark
Call:  (FP7-ENERGY-2007-1-RTD, 2007)
Start date: 2008-09-01
End date: 2012-08-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5617760.8
EU funding (EUR): 3992400.0
Participants: 21
Project status: CLOSED

The integration of wind generation into power systems is affected by uncertainties in the forecasting of expected power output. Misestimating of meteorological conditions or large forecasting errors (phase errors, near cut-off speeds etc), are very costly for infrastructures (i.e. unexpected loads on turbines) and reduce the value of wind energy for end-users. The state of the art in wind power forecasting focused so far on the &quot;usual&quot; operating conditions rather than on extreme events. Thus, the current wind forecasting technology presents several strong bottlenecks. End-users urge for dedicated approaches to reduce large prediction errors or predict extremes at local scale (gusts, shears) up to a European scale as extremes and forecast errors may propagate. Similar concerns arise from the fields of external conditions and resource assessment, where the aim is to minimize project failure. The aim of this project is to substantially improve wind power predictability in challenging or extreme situations and at different temporal and spatial scales. Going beyond this, wind predictability is considered as a system design parameter linked to the resource assessment phase, where the aim is to take optimal decisions for the installation of a new wind farm. The project concentrates on: using new measuring devices for a more detailed knowledge of the wind speed and energy available at local level; develop strong synergy with research in meteorology; develop new operational methods for the very-short-term for warning/alerting that use coherently collected meteorological and wind power data distributed over Europe to early detect and forecast extreme events; develop models to improve medium term wind predictability; develop a European vision of wind forecasting taking advantage of existing operational forecasting installations at various European end-users. Finally, the new models will be implemented into pilot operational tools for evaluation by the end-users in the project.

Keywords: wind energy,forecasting,resource assessment,external conditions
Effective Multilingual Interaction in Mobile Environments (EMIME)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Cognitive systems, interaction, robotics
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Switzerland,Finland,Japan,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-03-01
End date: 2011-02-28
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4329472.0
EU funding (EUR): 3050000.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

The EMIME project will help to overcome the language barrier by developing a mobile device that performs personalized speech-to-speech translation, such that the a user's spoken input in one language is used to produce spoken output in another language, while continuing to sound like the user's voice. Personalisation of systems for cross-lingual spoken communication is an important, but little explored, topic. It is essential for providing more natural interaction and making the computing device a less obtrusive element when assisting human-human interactions. We will build on recent developments in speech synthesis using hidden Markov models, which is the same technology used for automatic speech recognition. Using a common statistical modelling framework for automatic speech recognition and speech synthesis will enable the use of common techniques for adaptation and multilinguality. Significant progress will be made towards a unified approach for speech recognition and speech synthesis: this is a very powerful concept, and will open up many new areas of research. In this project, we will explore the use of speaker adaptation across languages so that, by performing automatic speech recognition, we can learn the characteristics of an individual speaker, and then use those characteristics when producing output speech in another language. Our objectives are to: Personalise speech processing systems by learning individual characteristics of a user's speech and reproducing them in synthesised speech; Introduce a cross-lingual capability such that personal characteristics can be reproduced in a second language not spoken by the user; Develop and better understand the mathematical and theoretical relationship between speech recognition and synthesis; Eliminate the need for human intervention in the process of cross-lingual personalisation; Evaluate our research against state-of-the art techniques and in a practical mobile application.

Keywords: speech recognition,speech synthesis,language adaptation,speaker adaptation
Speech Communication with Adaptive Learning (SCALE)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Initial Training Networks
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Germany,United Kingdom,Switzerland,Netherlands,Germany,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2007-1-1-ITN, 2007)
Start date: 2009-01-01
End date: 2012-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3000021.36
EU funding (EUR): 3000021.36
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

All aspects of speech processing are rapidly growing in commercial importance. A leading market analyst reports 129.8 million USD were generated by speech products in North America in 2004, but predicts these revenues will increase to nearly one billion USD by 2011. In order to accelerate the rate of advance in speech technology, a new elite of researchers are required who are well-versed in all aspects of speech processing, as opposed to the narrowly-concentrated specialists who are currently the norm. Educating such an elite class of researchers will be a primary goal of the SCALE, Speech Communication with Adaptive Learning, Initial Training Network. SCALE will be concerned with adaptive learning approaches to all areas of speech processing, with particular focuses on automatic speech recognition and synthesis, signal processing, human speech recognition, and machine learning. The primary goal of SCALE is to create an environment that will foster synergistic cooperation between researchers in each of the aforementioned disciplines. In particular, SCALE has three principal scientific objectives: 1. To bridge the gap between speech recognition and speech synthesis; 2. To bridge the gap between human and automatic speech recognition; 3. To bridge the gap between signal processing and adaptive learning. We plan to assess the improvements in these core technologies achieved in the course of the project through regular evaluations on standard benchmark tasks. We will also demonstrate the effectiveness of the interdiscplinary approach to research in speech processing proposed here through a series of high quality publications at international conferences and in prestigious journals. Finally, we propose to build cooperation between academia and industry through the inclusion of two major industrial partners in the consortium, whose presence will ensure the research training contributes directly to the next generation of speech products.

Keywords: technological sciences,intelligent interfaces,signal processing,speech processing,cognitive systems
Study of the Impacts of the Transport RTD Projects in FP5 and FP6 (SITPRO PLUS)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: HORIZONTAL ACTIVITIES for implementation of the TRANSPORT PROGRAMME
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Portugal,France,Austria
Call:  (FP7-TPT-2007-RTD-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-10-01
End date: 2010-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 799707.38
EU funding (EUR): 799707.0
Participants: 4
Project status: CLOSED

The main objectives of the SITPRO Plus project are to use the results and findings from FP5 and FP6 projects in the transport programme to contribute to a. the definition of new research policy objectives and b. intermediate performance targets for FP7. Regarding the first objective, in the context of European transport research, policy objectives are determined by several factors; the specific objectives of the Common Transport Policy (CTP), the broader objectives of other Community policies and the development of the European Research Area (ERA). On the basis of those objectives a research agenda is drawn up which in turn determines the content of the transport research programme and the specific research projects. For achieving the second project objective, i.e. to set out performance targets for FP7, SITPRO Plus is developing a methodology to assess and evaluate transport research projects supported in FP5 and FP6 based on an ‘objectives–led’ approach. The types of impacts are ultimately being measured against the following objectives originally set out in the call for proposals: “Strengthening industrial competitiveness of the European industry by identifying the potential user sector(s), the type of impact (new/ improved process technologies/ products/ services etc., environmental, cost, performance improvements etc.) and mechanisms for disseminating and promoting uptake of the research; Contributing to sustainable development and addressing societal problems in terms of generating new knowledge relevant to social, environmental and economic issues; Improving Community and public policies by disseminating knowledge generated and engaging the target users (policy makers at regional/ national/ EC/ international)”. The aim of the SITPRO Plus project to analyse the research results in a way that is directly useful for providing a feedback loop to the definition of new research objectives as well as giving input to the development of the Common Transport Policy and the European Research Area. SITPRO Plus is part of a cluster of five projects in the 7th Framework Programme. The projects are closely related and SITPRO Plus seeks to coordinate its work with the other four projects.

Keywords: transport,transport policy,transport research,fp5,fp6
Carbon Nanotube Confinement Strategies to Develop Novel Polymer Matrix Composites (POCO)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Materials
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Spain,France,Germany,Germany,Belgium,Spain,France,Netherlands,France,Spain,Italy,Greece,Argentina,Switzerland,Italy
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2007-LARGE-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-11-01
End date: 2012-10-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 8234036.4
EU funding (EUR): 5524450.0
Participants: 17
Project status: CLOSED

Light composite materials for load bearing applications can be made using different type reinforcements and polymer matrices. Carbon nanotubes (CNT) have been studied extensively because of their exceptional mechanical and electrical properties, yet their practical and extensive use in commercial materials is missing. The utilization of CNTs as reinforcement to design novel composites is a quite old idea. However, there is a lack of a knowledge based approach to achieve the nanostructuration level required to optimize the CNT/polymer composite performances. The main objective of POCO is to get innovative polymer composites filled with CNT in order to obtain nanostructured materials with tailor made properties. The CNT/polymer interface is, together with the CNT and the polymer, the third and most important element that will determine the final properties. Hence the chemical functionalization of CNT surfaces is of utter importance to achieve not only a proper dispersion and anchorage of the nanotubes into the polymer matrix during processing, but also to optimize the performance itself in solid state. Our approach involves the development of different CNT confinement strategies to develop novel polymer matrix nanocomposites. Several polymers have been selected as representative of thermosetting and thermoplastic materials. This ensures that the output of POCO could be applied in a wide range of applications: automotive, aeronautics, building, aerospace, wind power generation (blades), ship building, biomedicine…This project will be focused on four fundamental properties: (i) high strength for structural and mechanical components, (ii) tuneable electrical properties, (iii) low wear under fretting (low amplitude reciprocating movement) and (iv) superhydrophobicity. Multifunctionality of these materials will be an important benefit as the requirements for composite polymeric materials are quite diverse

Keywords: composites,polymer,carbon nanotubes,confinement
Corrosion protection with perfect atomic layers (CORRAL)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Materials
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Switzerland,Finland,Estonia,Netherlands,Germany,France,Hungary,United Kingdom,Netherlands,Germany,France,Germany
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2007-SMALL-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-09-01
End date: 2011-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4737601.56
EU funding (EUR): 3376606.0
Participants: 15
Project status: CLOSED

The aim of this project is to develop high density defect-free ultra-thin sealing coatings with excellent barrier properties and improved corrosion resistance. Their successful functioning will be provided by the synergy of the coating “perfect” morphology and its complex structural design, which can be tailored at the nanoscale. The study will be focused on development of novel nanostructured coating systems, such as nanoscale multilayers, mixed and composite coatings. These impermeable sealing layers must be able to block the ion exchange between the substrate material and an aggressive environment, thus offering an efficient protection against corrosion over a long term. The coatings will be deposited by four alternative vapour deposition techniques, Filtered Cathodic Arc Deposition (FCAD), High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering (HIPIMS), Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) and Plasma Enhanced Atomic layer Deposition (PEALD)). These techniques possess a unique advantage offering the deposition of highly conformal and uniform films of high density, free of defects. The technological objective of the project is to demonstrate the feasibility of corrosion protection by FCAD, HIPIMS and ALD techniques on an industrial scale. To fulfil this objective, a complete industrial process for the multi-stage surface treatment, including cleaning, pre-treatment, coating deposition, must be defined. All techniques will be evaluated in terms of technical effectiveness, production costs, environmental impact and safety, and the most suitable technique(s) will be selected for further development on a large scale for the applications in some targeted industrial sectors. The applications, tested within this project, concern high precision mechanical parts (bearings), aerospace components (break systems) and gas handling components. The coating application in the decorative and biomedical domains will be assessed.

Keywords: nanoscale coatings,nanostructured films,sealing,corrosion protection,fcad,hipims,ald.
Axonal regeneration, plasticity & stem cells (AXREGEN)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Initial Training Networks
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Sweden,France,Poland,Spain,Italy,Switzerland,Italy,Czechia,Netherlands,Germany,France
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2007-1-1-ITN, 2007)
Start date: 2008-09-01
End date: 2012-08-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4440000.0
EU funding (EUR): 4440000.0
Participants: 13
Project status: CLOSED

This is a multi-disciplinary training programme focussed on the experimental and clinical problems associated with axonal damage and repair in the central nervous system. This is a central feature of a wide variety of disorders of the CNS. Future advances in this area depend on training a cohort of young researches with multiple skills. The programme encompasses ten academic and two commercial organisations. Each student will be trained in a variety of theoretical and technical approaches, based on the complementary expertise of the collaborating partners. In addition, there will be a strong emphasis on the commercial exploitation and development of potential new therapies. The individual projects are strongly cross-disciplinary, and a series of workshops, seminars and online tutorials will ensure the collective resources of each participant being available to each student. These will foster a sense of collegiality amongst the students themselves, and knowledge of the work going on in the labs of the consortium. The programme will have a common organisation strategy, with a balance between control by the coordinators and delegation to individual laboratories. The topics themselves range from studies on the molecular biology of gene expression during axonal damage and regeneration, through cellular approaches for rescuing axons, artificial systems for growing and studying axons in vitro, the use of stem cells as regenerative procedures, advanced imaging techniques for assessing axonal integrity, studies on ways to alter axonal plasticity, pharmacological approaches to preventing or restoring axonal damage, new surgical and experimental methods for studying axonal structure and function, tests of recovery (including both physiological and behavioural techniques) and the contribution of axonal malfunction to animal models of specific diseases. Students will also be taught the avenues available for commercial exploitation of experimental findings.

Keywords: axon,brain damage,stem cells,grafts,myelin,spinal cord,stroke,growth factors,plasticity,gene expression
Rolled multi material layered 3D shaping technology (MULTILAYER)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: New production
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: France,Sweden,Germany,Sweden,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Poland,United Kingdom,France,Italy,France,Germany,Norway,Germany,Germany,Germany
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2007-LARGE-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-10-01
End date: 2012-10-31
Duration (months): 49.0
Total project cost (EUR): 9032822.2
EU funding (EUR): 6500000.0
Participants: 18
Project status: CLOSED

Various emerging markets in the field of non silicon multimaterial micro devices offer a huge potential for commercialisation in the near future. However, solutions for mass-production for most of them have still to be developed. The objective of the MULTILAYER project is to develop a set of solutions for the large-scale production of micro devices based on a technology we call “Rolled multi material layered 3D shaping technology” and using the concept of tape casting and advanced printing techniques. This technology will enable to manufacture complex multifunctional 3D-micro parts on a layer by layer manner and in a high-throughput context. Each layer can be given a specific structure. They will be printed and contain channels and cavities that are open or filled in a very high precision manner. The microsystems will have as basic building material ceramics, which is a clear advantage in applications that require high temperature, corrosive environments and long time reliability. Furthermore, it will allow spatial resolutions under 10 µm and the ceramics tapes developed will be down to 10 µm thin. The “Rolled multi material layered 3D shaping technology” will have several advantages: - it will be an efficient mass production method - the fabrication series can attain over a million units - it will offer a good flexibility for a wide variety possible component designs, - it will allow the integration of different materials as different layers enabling to manufacture multimaterial multilayered packages with a high degree of integration, - the process will be very reliable, indeed, every single layer can be advantageously inspected and controled

Keywords: micro device - multilayer process - tape casting - gravure printing - ink - multimaterial - tape structuring - mass production
Judicial Management by Digital Libraries Semantics (JUMAS)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Digital libraries and content
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,Italy,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Poland,Poland,Poland
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-02-01
End date: 2011-01-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3696187.0
EU funding (EUR): 2725001.0
Participants: 13
Project status: CLOSED

Public administrations represent the largest information bound professional communities: among them the judicial sector is one of the largest, where the needs of cooperation are critical creating an exceedingly large improvement potential through adoption of novel content management techniques and development of new solutions for its specific needs of retrieval and semantic analysis. This potential is even larger considering the growing trans-national cooperation also among several national law systems, highlight the need to adapt the technological profiles of new member states. In this context JUMAS is the leverage able to converge to an actionable knowledge starting from the content revolution. In particular, JUMAS envisages a system for the embedded semantic extraction from multimedia data that join into an advanced knowledge management system. Moreover JUMAS is tailored at managing situations in which multiple cameras and audio-source are used to record assemblies in which people debates and event sequences need to semantically reconstructed for future consultation. The project has several objectives: 1. Knowledge Models and Spaces: Search directly in the audio and video source without a verbatim transcription of the proceedings. 2. Knowledge and Content Management: Exploit hidden semantics in audiovisual digital libraries in order to facilitate search and retrieval, intelligent processing and effective presentation of multimedia information. 3. Sensor and Multimedia Integration: Information fusion deriving from multimodal sources in order to improve accuracy in automatic transcription and annotation phases. 4. Effective Information Management: Streamline and Optimize the document workflow allowing the analysis of (un)structured information for document search and evidence base assessment. 5. ICT Infrastructure: Service Oriented Architecture supporting a large scale audio/video retrieval system focusing on scalability, interoperability and modularity.

Keywords: audio / video segmentation,automatic transcription,semantic annotation,information extraction