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Spiking Control Systems: an algorithmic theory for control design of physical event-based systems (SpikyControl)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Systems and Communication Engineering
Panel description: Electrical, electronic, communication, optical and systems engineering
Countries involved: Belgium
Call: ERC ADVANCED GRANTS (ERC-2021-ADG, 2021)
Start date: 2023-01-01
End date: 2027-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2498741.0
EU funding (EUR): 2498741.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Machines compute with bits and clocks, animals compute with spikes and rhythms. The promise of neuromorphic engineering is that we could transform digital technology by imitating the spiking nature of animal computation, combining analog adaptation and digital reliability. Thirty years after Carver Mead’s initial proposal, event cameras have become a technology and neuromorphic computing has become an intense focus both in academia and in industry. Yet, we still lack a proper theory of event-based computation and event-based design. And the very nature of computing with rhythms instead of clocks is still poorly understood. We propose that the spike is a consequence of analog computing with mixed (that is, positive and negative) feedback. We will develop a control theory of spiking systems by leveraging the control theory of negative feedback systems to a theory of mixed-feedback systems. The mathematical concept of monotonicity provides a modern and unifying foundation for control theory, convex optimisation, and circuit design. Our spiking control theory is grounded in mixed-monotonicity. It is algorithmic because it leverages the methodology of convex optimisation, and it is physical because it leverages the methodology of circuit theory. A central objective of the proposed research is a novel event-based internal model principle of significance both for control theory and neuroscience. We will investigate the unique features of event-based online adaptation, and suggest the complementary roles of inhibition and excitation in novel spiking control architectures whose learning and adaptation capabilities can be dynamically modulated. Ultimately, this proposal aims at novel design principles for physical devices that could surpass the learning and adaptation capabilities of current digital machines, advancing the promise of neuromorphic engineering.

Keywords: neuromorphic engineering,internal model principle,adaptation and learning
Quantum-Safe-Internet (QSI)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Doctoral Networks
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Physics
Countries involved: Spain,Japan,France,Germany,Switzerland,Italy,Netherlands,United States,United Kingdom,Canada,Denmark
Call: MSCA Doctoral Networks 2021 (HORIZON-MSCA-2021-DN-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-10-01
End date: 2026-09-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2157141.6
EU funding (EUR): 2157141.6
Participants: 22
Project status: SIGNED

QSI aims at training a world-class cohort of doctoral candidates (DCs) capable of taking the next essential steps in the highly demanding area of cybersecurity. We aim to build strong lasting links between strategically selected industry and academic partners, in different disciplines, via the development of novel technologies for practical applications in data security. In parallel, we will also combine, via a collaborative long-term interdisciplinary approach, expertise in all relevant communities to address key fundamental problems in secure communications in the quantum era, and the important applications therein. The planned training network will provide research and training opportunities to a new generation of DCs, who, in the long-run, shall address the Grand Challenge of providing “Quantum-Safe Internet”, i.e., a communication infrastructure that is secure against not only classical attacks but also those enabled by quantum technologies. Today’s Internet security heavily relies on computational complexity assumptions, and as such is seriously threatened by advancements in quantum computing technologies. Indeed, we have recently witnessed a wave of key developments in this direction by a number of IT giants, e.g., Google, IBM, Microsoft, and Intel. This particularly jeopardizes applications that require long-term security. The number of such applications is continuously growing as more and more of our private information is stored and communicated in a digital way, e.g., electronic health records, which are now required by European legislation to remain secure for a long time. This requires us to urgently develop and implement new solutions, as we plan to do in this Doctoral Network (DN).

Keywords: quantum cryptography,quantum key distribution qkd,quantum communications,post quantum cryptography,modern cryptography,quantum safe networks,quantum computing
In Vitro Futures: an Anthropological Study of Embryo Adoption between Canada and Spain (InVitroFutures)

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: Italy,Canada,Spain
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021 (HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01, 2021)
Start date: 2023-04-01
End date: 2026-03-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 256442.88
EU funding (EUR): 256442.88
Participants: 3
Project status: SIGNED

In Vitro Futures is a critical and innovative anthropological analysis of embryo adoption from a transnational, multi-sited and comparative perspective between Canada and Spain. The project is built around 3 fundamental, yet unanswered research questions: RQ1. From a comparative point of view, what narratives exist behind embryos adoption and how are these meanings and practices shaped or promoted by social determinants such as nationality/country, bio-political institutions, gender/sexuality, and class? RQ2. How do clinics and fertility specialists influence embryos adoption practices? RQ3. How is biological relatedness referred to by embryo donors and embryo receivers in Canada and Spain? The research aims will be reached through 3 Research Objectives (ROs), corresponding to the 3 research questions outlined above. RO1. Biomedical Issues, Moral Discourses, Salvific Logics. In the current framework of embryos adoption management RO1 will explore and study how medical actions contribute to construct a specific narrative relating to the extra embryos. RO2. To identify how these meanings and practices are coerced or promoted by social determinants such as nationality/country, bio-political institutions, gender-sexuality, class, race, in the presence or absence of a regulatory framework, this research requires the comparison between the two cases: embryo adoption in Spain and in Canada. RO3. Relatedness in Embryo Adoption Programs. RO3 will examine empirically the meanings and practices of family relatedness in the transition to parenthood of families created through this practice. My hypothesis is that the ways in which the embryos are represented and the impact of absence/presence of a law on embryo donation may have significant implications for decision-making around the fate of spare embryos.

Keywords: anthropology of reproduction ivf embryo donation embryo adoption anthropology of kinship sociology of health medical anthropology ethnography
The Centrioles Role in Male Infertiliy (CRiMI)

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: Netherlands
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-05-01
End date: 2026-04-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 187624.32
EU funding (EUR): 187624.32
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Applying cutting-edge technology like cryo-electron tomography, subtomogram averaging and single-particle cryo-electron microscopy to sperm cells, I aim to uncover structural details of sperm centrioles. As most other cells in the human body, sperm cells carry two centrioles called the proximal and the distal centriole. In the field of reproduction biology, it is widely accepted that these organelles are essential for the process of fertilization. One of their many important functions for this process is to provide centrioles for the zygote, as oocytes lose their own centrioles during maturation. Yet, the molecular mechanisms that determine their exact role in mediating fertility is not entirely understood. Concurrently, infertility is increasing globally and so is the demand for treatment, commonly summarized as Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART). The success rate of ART is, however, only between 30-40% and even lower for women older than 35. One of the underlying reasons is that in up to 60% of the cases, male infertility is idiopathic. These numbers underpin the urge of improving our understanding of sperm biology and the molecular mechanisms of fertilization. This project defines three main objectives to achieve this: 1. Resolve the ultrastructure of sperm centrioles by applying cryo-electron tomography. 2. Isolation and high-resolution structure determination of the proximal centriole by cryo-electron microscopy. 3. Comparison of the centriole ultrastructure of sperm from fertile and infertile individuals. A comprehensive structure-function investigation in a native setting will shed light on how centrioles are embedded within the neck of sperm cells. At high resolution, proteins that are associated to the centrioles and link them to surrounding structures can be identified. Finally, these findings will improve the understanding of male infertility, the diagnosis of such and ultimately increase the success rate of in vitro fertilization treatments.

Keywords: cryo electron microscopy,cryo electron tomography,centrioles,sperm cells,male fertility
#NitRecercat: La Nit Europea de la Recerca (NitRecerCat)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: European Researchers' Night
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Spain
Call: European Researchers' Night 2022-2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-CITIZENS-01, 2022)
Start date: 2022-05-01
End date: 2024-04-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 300000.0
EU funding (EUR): 300000.0
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

The Catalan European Researchers’ Night (#NitRecerCat) project consists in a two years proposal for 2022 and 2023 centered on two main activities: The European Researchers’ Night (ERN) and Researchers at Schools (R@S). The well-known ERN will be held on September 30th 2022 and 29th 2023. During these two years, eight different partners will bring research and researcher closer to more than 30000 people and 10000. A part of ERN, the present proposal also includes the Researchers at Schools (R@S), which adds a much better and longer interaction of pupils with the research from the Catalan institutions. 15 schools (and near 4000 students) will become #NitEduCat Schools, with two-years of stable collaboration between a team of researchers and the schools (primary and secondary). The will focus on making the general public aware about the present mission-oriented program of European Commission (EU), mainly in the idea of how Researchers can help to change the world (Researchers for Change). #NitRecerCat is divided in two main activities spread throughout the Catalan territory: o Catalan European Researchers’ Night (Nit Europea de la Recerca, ERN) “La Recerca va a l’Escola” –During Friday morning, researchers are going to schools to show their research and vice versa. “La Nit Catalana de la Recerca” – Friday evening/night main activity. Women in Science based on the exhibition “Científiques Catalanes 2.0 will be shown in all the locations and venues (online). “Esopega’t amb la Recerca” – During Saturday morning, research will be found in everyday locations, from markets, to museums, malls, etc, o Researchers at School – (R@S) NitEduCat Schools – Going beyond single dissemination activities, this part of the project aims to develop 15- medium-long-term projects that promote stable collaboration between a team of researchers and primary/secondary school. Researchers visiting schools – During the whole year, many activities will be addressed to students

Keywords: research communication,scientific education,scientific method,scientific culture,public engagement,workshops,divulgative talks
Data and decentralized Artificial intelligence for a competitive and green European metallurgy industry (ALCHIMIA)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Digital, Industry and Space
Theme: Digital
Destination: Digital & Emerging Technologies for Competitiveness and Fit for the Green Deal
Action type: Innovation actions
Partnership: AI-DATA-ROBOTICS (co-programmed)
Countries involved: Spain,Italy,Germany,France,Poland,Greece,Switzerland,United Kingdom
Call: AI, Data and Robotics for the Green Deal (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (IA) (HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-09-01
End date: 2025-11-30
Duration (months): 39.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3182500.0
EU funding (EUR): 2576987.5
Participants: 11
Project status: SIGNED

Energy-intensive industries, embedded in many strategic value chains, make up more than half of the energy consumption of the European industry and reducing their CO2 intensity is crucial for meeting the objectives of the Paris agreement. Within EIIs, metallurgy poses a major challenge due to the trade-off that must be found between maintaining economic profitability, while progressively implementing the required transformations for a greener production. While digitalisation is generating a data deluge, Artificial Intelligence cannot be fully adopted due to limitations to share data between several factories and the heterogeneity of systems that hinders the replicability of AI. ALCHIMIA aims to build a platform based on Federated Learning and Continual Learning to help big European metallurgy industries unlock the full potential of AI to support the needed transformations to create high-quality, competitive, efficient and green manufacturing processes. The project will address the challenges of the steel sector, creating an innovative system that automates and optimises the production process dynamically with a holistic approach that includes scrap recycling and steelmaking. ALCHIMIA will find an optimal mix to reduce energy consumption, emissions and waste generation of steelmaking while guaranteeing to obtain high-quality products. The replicability and scalability of ALCHIMIA will be enabled through a complementary use case for the manufacturing of automotive parts. The developed system will be used for prognostic optimisation of the mix of input materials charged in the furnaces to obtain a certain product quality that matches the customers' specifications while reducing the environmental impact and the energy consumption. ALCHIMIA will not only seek the optimal mix for the charge of metallurgy furnace, it will also determine the best combination of learning capacities to enable a smooth green transition for all industries thanks to unprecedented collaboration

Keywords: metallurgy,green deal,federated learning,optimisation,decarbonisation,trustworthy ai
EIT Climate-KIC Business Plan 2023-2024 (EIT-CKIC BP2023-2024)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)
Theme: EIT Climate-KIC
Destination: EIT Climate-KIC
Action type: Knowledge and Innovation Communities
Partnership: EIT Climate-KIC (EIT KICs)
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call: EIT Climate-KIC Business Plan 2023-2024 (HORIZON-EIT-2023-2025-KIC, 2023)
Start date: 2023-01-01
End date: 2024-12-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 22712147.0
EU funding (EUR): 22712147.0
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Addressing major societal challenges like climate change requires a very different approach to deploying innovation. EIT Climate-KIC has developed a practical model of place-based innovation to map, co-develop and match scalable solutions to the challenge of meeting city, region, and industry climate targets. By orchestrating key stakeholders to develop new markets related to climate challenges and by enabling a large-scale ‘learning by doing’ framework, the model mobilises public and private funding to test and produce actionable intelligence, shared learning and solutions from a portfolio of innovations. There is a considerable need for such operational models for implementing transformative climate policy ambitions within Europe and beyond. EIT and EIT Climate-KIC have identified three core capabilities to enable scale up of this “systems innovation” model commercially and so help European stakeholders meet ambitious climate goals, aiming to contribute to the avoidance of over 500million tonnes CO2e and strengthening the climate resilience of 10 million people by 2027. This proposal addresses these core capabilities, comprising investment over 2 years of: €4.7M to secure new funding and commercial sales of the ‘Systems Innovation as a Service’ model; €5.8M to strengthen EIT Climate-KIC’s core operational capabilities and refine the systems innovation business model; and €6.3M to improve the quality and scalability of the systems innovation model to new national, city and regional governments, as well as industry sectors. The primary objective of this plan - against which success will be measured - is to ensure that by the end of 2024, EIT Climate-KIC is financially sustainable and independent of EIT funding and able to scale its systems innovation model.

Keywords: climate change mitigation,system innovation,innovation,entrepreneurship,education,learning,
Supporting European Industry Success Maximization through Empowerment Centred development (SEISMEC)

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: Netherlands,Germany,Ireland,Greece,Spain,Romania,Belgium,Lithuania,France,Austria,Poland,Croatia,Serbia,Italy,Slovenia,Türkiye,Portugal
Call: Pilots for an innovative human-centric industry (RIA) (HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2027-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 9998550.0
EU funding (EUR): 9998550.0
Participants: 36
Project status: SIGNED

SEISMEC will demonstrate an empowered, human-centred and ethical development of digital and industrial technologies in 17 pilots in 19 companies from 14 countries across 14 industrial ecosystems. It will do so through a two-way engagement in the development of technologies, empowering end-users and workers, and supporting social innovation, in a process labelled the SEISMEC shift. It will contribute to increased inclusiveness, by supporting a human-centred approach to technology development that is aligned with European social and ethical values (including gender and intersectional aspects). The benefits of human centrism will be measured in Creativity, Collaboration, Autonomy, Automation, Productivity, Privacy, Safety and job Satisfaction, the CAPS empowerment factors for human-centrism. SEIMSECs two-way engagement introduces technical innovations such as explainability, co-development, feedback methods and interfaces to enhance human centrism, but also incorporates plans, needs and innovations from companies and their workers steering them towards an empowered human-centric Industry 5.0 path. The consortium brings together institutions at the forefront of engineering, computer science, networking and exploitation, coordinated by a world-leading social sciences and humanities university, and building up on groundbreaking European projects on industrial innovation. SEISMEC pilots are representative of all sectors and company sizes, and most European countries and worker roles. Every industrial enterprise in Europe will be able to see some aspect of their activity reflected in SEISMECs pilots and will be able to learn from the project’s outputs through an active campaign of cross-sector empowerment practices exchange. With a strong engagement of European, national and local stakeholders, SEISMEC is landmark effort in European industry’s shift to empowerment and human-centrism, one that puts the worker and European Values at the core of its global competitiveness

Keywords: human centrism industry 5 0 artificial intelligence co development work environments
Thermofluidic Engineering: Programmable Assembling Multicellular Structures (TE-PAMS) of biohybrid materials (TE-PAMS)

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: Chemistry
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2026-03-01
End date: 2028-02-29
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 276187.92
EU funding (EUR): 276187.92
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The proposed research aims to develop an innovative biocompatible thermal tweezer (Bio-TT) technique for the design of multi-scale, hierarchical biomaterials, including cells, organoids, artificial cells and hydrogels, to meet multiple performance criteria (e.g., dynamic assembly, multi-scale manipulation, and standardised control). To this end, a programmable design concept will be introduced, integrating a novel TT particle manipulation method with functionalised artificial cellular materials, specifically tailored for engineered living materials (ELMs). This proposal will, for the first time, address several technical challenges in the fabrication of ELMs, such as the versatility of multi-scale active materials, precise spatialtemporal manipulation, as well as issues of automation and standardisation in the ELMs assembley process. The applicant, in collaboration with the teams at Cardiff University, will deliver internationally recognised knowledge and techniques in the fields of biomaterials, fluid dynamics, synthetic biology engineering, tiisue engineering, and hybrid living mateirlas.

Keywords: engineered living materials,thermofluidics,3d printed microfluidics,microengineering,artificial cells,synthetic biology engineering,organoid technology,soft materials