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Supporting the driver in conserving energy and reducing emissions (ECODRIVER)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: ICT for a low carbon economy
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Germany,Netherlands,Sweden,Spain,Netherlands,Germany,France,Belgium,Italy,Germany,Netherlands,Ireland
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2011-7, 2011)
Start date: 2011-10-01
End date: 2016-03-31
Duration (months): 54.0
Total project cost (EUR): 14628285.0
EU funding (EUR): 10700000.0
Participants: 16
Project status: CLOSED

ecoDriver addresses the need to consider the human element when encouraging “green” driving, since driver behaviour is a critical element in energy efficiency. The focus of the project is on technology working with the driver. The project aims to deliver the most effective feedback to drivers on green driving by optimising the driver-powertrain-environment feedback loop. It will carry out a substantial programme of work to investigate how best to win the support of the driver to obtain the most energy-efficient driving style for best energy use. Feedback coverage will include preview of the upcoming situation, optimising the current driving situation as well as post-drive feedback and learning. The project will address this across a wide range of vehicles — e.g. cars, light trucks and vans, medium and heavy trucks and buses — covering both individual and collective transport, and will optimise feedback to drivers for both nomadic devices and built-in systems and compare the effectiveness of each. The project will evaluate HMIs and feedback to drivers via both nomadic devices and built-in systems and compare the effectiveness of each. In each case a range of HMIs and feedback styles will be assessed. The project aims to examine driving not only with current and near-term powertrains but also with a full range of future vehicles, including various types of hybrid and plug-in electric vehicles. A comprehensive evaluation will be carried out both in the laboratory (a variety of driving simulators) and in real world driving in both the private and fleet contexts. Scenarios will be developed to assess the implications for the future effectiveness of green driving support. The target of ecoDriver is to deliver a 20% improvement in energy efficiency by autonomous means alone, which opens up the possibility of greater than 20% savings in combination with cooperative systems.

Keywords: eco-driving,co2,emissions,ict-based mobility services,driver support,environment,low carbon vehicles
Get Home Safe: Extended Multimodal Search and Communication Systems for Safe In-Car Application (GET HOME SAFE)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Technologies for Digital Content and Languages
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,Czechia,Sweden,Germany,Belgium,Germany
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2011-7, 2011)
Start date: 2012-01-01
End date: 2014-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4993824.0
EU funding (EUR): 3100000.0
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

The aim of the proposed project is to develop a system for safe information access (search, navigation, point of interest) and communication (texting) while driving. In order to reach that goal, we approach the problem from a holistic view, investigating the underlying “driving forces”, studying the goals underlying searching and texting. Special attention will be paid to task and context factors such as multi-tasking and the associated cognitive load for the driver. Evaluations will be conducted in cycles that will be synchronized with the prototype development. In particular, the project seeks to use/develop methods and metrics for driving assessment that can be used at all stages of system development. GetHomeSafe will go beyond the state of the art by: 1. Driving further the introduction of industry standards for supporting wireless communication between car and mobile devices; 2. Not only targeting one specific communication goal of drivers but comprehensively investigating the entirety of “driving forces”; 3. Introducing reliable and easy-to-use speech recognition (ASR) for information access (search) and messaging; 4. Supporting multimodal text input and access to information sources such as searching the web for a driving destination or information about it; 5. Supporting specific interaction goals directly by circumventing explicit interaction (i.e. search, composing of text messages). Additionally, the objectives of the proposed project include providing an open source toolbox with an open source driving simulation software as a centrepiece.

Keywords: driving safety,mobile information access,connectivity,communication,multimodality,automotive,user-centric design,smartphones,mobile devices,ergonomics,human factors,user satisfaction
European Support Framework on Networked Media R&D for SMEs (SMARD)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Pervasive and Trusted Network and Service Infrastructures
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Germany,Austria,Italy,Belgium
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2011-7, 2011)
Start date: 2011-09-01
End date: 2013-03-31
Duration (months): 19.0
Total project cost (EUR): 603296.0
EU funding (EUR): 551000.0
Participants: 4
Project status: CLOSED

The EU-Project SMARD - European Support Framework on networked Media R&D for SMEs - has been designed to fill the existing gap within the exploitation chain between successful Networked Media Research and the commercialisation by SMEs. The SMARD Consortium is led by MFG Baden-Württemberg and comprises European partners from Salzburg Region (Salzburg Research), Flanders (Interdisciplinary Institute for Broadband Technology (IBBT) and Piemonte (CSP innovazione nelle ICT). The vision is to put advanced digital media technologies in the focus of future markets for SMEs from the digital media industries as well as web-economy and beyond. Therefore the project tackles two core questions: On the one hand the degree of the responsiveness of FP7 projects to SME needs and requirements and on the other hand on the needs of R&D at the stage for successful market introduction. The project aims to identify fields of action and to develop hands on processes and service packages for Networked Media R&D commercialization. A Survey with at least 400 SMEs from all over Europe on needs of SMEs in the Digital Media industries and web economy regarding Networked Media R&D and an analysis of FP7 projects reading their responsiveness to SME needs and requirements will be conducted. The project will deliver approaches for practitioners in the field of technology transfer, summarized in a guideline. Recommendations towards a future European support framework for Networked Media R&D will reflect valuable lessons from the SMARD project. SMARD puts a particular focus on ensuring sustainability and European impact of the project through targeted involvement of regional and international stakeholders throughout the project duration.

Keywords: research policy,innovation policiy,fp8 framework,smes,commercialisation,technology transfer,creative industries,networked media r&d networks
Automated Community Content Editing PorTal (ACCEPT)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Technologies for Digital Content and Languages
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Switzerland,United Kingdom,Ireland,France,Germany
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2011-7, 2011)
Start date: 2012-01-01
End date: 2014-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2529919.0
EU funding (EUR): 1825000.0
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

The use of machine translation (MT) is becoming much more pervasive. At the same time, Web 2.0 paradigms are democratising content creation - stressing the value of communities of users creating content for each other. However, right now these two trends are fairly incompatible. MT engines, even statistical engines, cannot produce acceptable results for community content due to the extreme variability within the content. The ACCEPT project will address this issue by developing new technologies designed specifically to help MT work better in this environment. The approach consists of three main avenues of research and development: new paradigms for “minimally intrusive” pre-editing content; the development of strategies for post-editing content which, rather than fully relying on trained translators, will also leverage the monolingual skills of volunteer domain experts; the use of the insights gained in the editing process and using innovative text analytics to improve the statistical MT engines themselves. The project brings together two of the world’s leading research centres in applied MT (Universities of Edinburgh and Geneva), as well as the leading provider of content editing technologies (acrolinx). In addition, there are two extremely experienced machine-translation users in the project: the software company Symantec who will bring their community forum experience, and Traducteurs sans frontières (Translators without Borders), a non-profit organisation providing translations for NGOs or non-governmental organisations.

Keywords: statistical machine translation,community content checking,post-editing,pre-editing,multilingual content
KiiCS - Knowledge Incubation in Innovation and Creation for Science (KIICS)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Science in Society
Destination: A more dynamic governance of the science and society relationship
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Belgium,Italy,United Kingdom,Ireland,Netherlands,Spain,France,Slovenia,Poland,Sweden
Call:  (FP7-SCIENCE-IN-SOCIETY-2011-1, 2011)
Start date: 2012-02-01
End date: 2015-01-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2181785.6
EU funding (EUR): 1942067.15
Participants: 12
Project status: CLOSED

KiiCS – Knowledge Incubation in Innovation and Creation for Science – stems from the belief that territoriality nourishes creativity and that local strengths and assets in relation to innovation and creativity should be mobilized to strengthen interactions potential across sectors and disciplines. The aim is to break silos between disciplines and business sectors. KiiCS is a project to experiment and promote incubation actions between artists, creators, scientists, creative and technology businesses and young adults across 13 countries through creative European collaboration processes. To achieve its objective KiiCS will: -Establish 9 incubation modules across Europe using local strengths and infrastructures at city/local level to stimulate the innovation potential of the science, technology and creative sectors through specific interactions with a view to generate innovative ideas and projects. -Develop 6 transnational joint actions amongst science centers and creative brokers for the young adults to experiment innovation processes through interaction between science and the creative sectors.. The main outputs of the project will be 18 innovative ideas/projects brought forward to the business sector. They will compete for a European KiiCS Award. Similarly, 6 ideas produced by young adults through transnational incubation processes will be subject to the European KiiCS Youth Award. KiiCS will also develop an Incubation Kit and propose training workshops for key stakeholders likely to develop similar initiatives and to establish good practices in interactions between science and the creative sector.

Keywords: innovation,science,creativity,arts,cross-fertilising,incubation,mutual interactions,youth,businesses,cluster,cities,science centers,creative brokers,transnational,partnerships.
Innovative and sustainable strategies to mitigate the impact of global change on helminth infections in ruminants (GLOWORM)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
Destination: Sustainable production and management of biological resources from land, forest, and aquatic environment
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Belgium,Belgium,United Kingdom,Germany,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Sweden,Ireland,Ireland,Italy,Switzerland,Italy,Germany,Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-KBBE-2011-5, 2011)
Start date: 2012-01-01
End date: 2014-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3907262.6
EU funding (EUR): 2998406.0
Participants: 14
Project status: CLOSED

Infections with parasitic worms (nematodes and trematodes) represent a significant economic and welfare burden to the European ruminant livestock industry. The increasing prevalence of anthelmintic resistance means that current control programmes are costly and unsustainable in the long term. Recent changes in the epidemiology, seasonality and geographic distribution of helminth infections have been attributed to climate change. However, other changes in environment (e.g. land use) and in livestock farming, such as intensification and altered management practices, will also have an impact on helminth infections. Sustainable control of helminth infections in a changing world requires detailed knowledge of these interactions. GLOWORM will devise new, sustainable strategies for the effective control of ruminant helminthoses in the face of global change. We will: (1) optimise diagnosis, by developing novel, high-throughput diagnostic tests for mixed helminth infections, sub-clinical infections and anthelmintic resistance, (2) map, monitor and predict the impact of global change on parasite epidemiology, leading to spatial risk maps and improved forecasting of disease, (3) produce predictive models to identify optimal future intervention strategies, (4) identify and mitigate the economic impacts of infections and (5) involve end-users in the production and dissemination of detailed advice for effective worm control. We will work together to develop a panel of innovative technologies and models to monitor and predict changing patterns of infection and disease, optimise the use of anthelmintics to limit the development and spread of drug resistance, and reduce the overall economic impact of helminth infections. GLOWORM will contribute to the continued productivity and profitability of European livestock farming by delivering new tools, strategies and recommendations for the monitoring, surveillance, and sustainable control of helminth infections in grazing livestock.

Keywords: helminthoses,ruminants,diagnosis,control,infection risk,global change,anthelmintic resistance,risk management,spatio-temporal modeling,epidemiology
"RNPnet" - RNP structure, function and mechanism of action (RNPNET)

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: Switzerland,Germany,France,Portugal,Germany,Spain,Austria,Czechia,United Kingdom,France,Germany
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2011-ITN, 2011)
Start date: 2011-11-01
End date: 2015-10-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4246947.34
EU funding (EUR): 4246947.34
Participants: 15
Project status: CLOSED

RNA molecules are at the heart of life. It is now commonly admitted that nearly all the human genome is transcribed, and a wealth of new coding and non-coding RNAs have been discovered. Importantly, modern RNAs are never naked, but always exist in complex with proteins to form RNPs (Ribonucleoproteins). In the case of non-coding RNAs, these proteins are usually stably associated with the RNA and help to perform their function. In contrast, RNA binding proteins are usually transiently bound to coding RNAs, and control various aspects of their metabolism. For the next generation of scientists, a great challenge will be to understand the function and the mechanisms of action of the myriads of RNPs. The goal of this ITN (“RNPnet”) is first to bring together existing labs from different discipline, to join forces and tackle key questions in the field, and second, to produce highly-trained young researchers that will be sensitized to RNA and possess a multidisciplinary approach to research. The multiple expertises present in the fifteen labs of this network will be used in a highly cooperative and integrated manner. The research training will focus on studying RNPs involved in mRNA surveillance, splicing and editing. In addition, a total of fifteen meetings including two summer schools and several workshops are planed to strengthen education and interaction among participants of RNPnet. Finally, another important aspect of RNPnet is the presence of two industrial partners. Their aim is to use the enormous potential of RNA biology in therapeutic applications, either by modifying RNAs and using it as a drug, or by targeting specific RNA binding proteins with small molecules. We foresee that the presence of industrial partners will be highly beneficial for the students, and that, by exposing them to both the academic and industrial world, we will both facilitate communication between these worlds and provide to the young trainees a large panorama of their possible career.

Keywords: rnp,mirna,structural biology,cell biology,rna chemistry,splicing,mrna decay,nmd,sr protein,rna editing and modification,nmr,x-ray crystallography,electron microscopy,bioinformatics.
Training in Modern Quantitative Methods and High-Performance Computing for Finance (HPCFINANCE)

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: Finland,Denmark,Netherlands,United Kingdom,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2011-ITN, 2011)
Start date: 2012-05-01
End date: 2016-04-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4101018.66
EU funding (EUR): 4101018.66
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

HPCFinance, a 4-year multi-site Marie Curie Initial Training Network in modern quantitative methods and High-Performance Computing for Finance, provides solutions to managing financial risks by high-performance computing. HPCFinance will help improve the financial strength of banks, pension funds, insurance companies, other financial institutions and households in Europe. The main goal of the network is to enhance the career development of 12 early-stage researchers and 2 experienced ones in finance-related sectors. Currently, while recovering from the financial crisis, the European financial world and academic researchers are facing major challenges to create and apply more reliable quantitative models and methods to manage risks. Simultaneously, computationally challenging new hybrid products combining traditional financial investments with insurance policies are gaining popularity. Consequently, demand for experts in finance with superior computing skills is growing rapidly. HPCFinance consists of 7 universities and 8 companies, representing investment and insurance companies, banks, consultants, and high-performance computing solution providers. The network’s US partners provide invaluable experience for benchmarking and knowledge transfer into Europe. This world-class network provides training in robust financial models and numerical methods on high-performance computing platforms with emphasis on variable annuities and asset and liability management. The intended research is not only academically but also practically relevant as the program is built around real life challenges identified together by the academic and private sector partners. To bridge research and practice, all researchers contribute to the private sector via secondments. The major societal impacts of HPCFinance are to provide the European finance community with specialists with state-of-the-art skills in computational finance and to ease the adoption of reliable models in the industry.

Keywords: quantitative models,risk management,derivative pricing,asset and liability management,hybrid products,high-performance computing
Regulating Emerging Robotic Technologies in Europe: Robotics facing Law and Ethics (ROBOLAW)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Science in Society
Destination: A more dynamic governance of the science and society relationship
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Italy,Netherlands,United Kingdom,Germany,Germany
Call:  (FP7-SCIENCE-IN-SOCIETY-2011-1, 2011)
Start date: 2012-03-01
End date: 2014-05-31
Duration (months): 27.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1908342.02
EU funding (EUR): 1497966.0
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

The main objective of the research in this proposal is to investigate the ways in which emerging technologies in the field of (bio-)robotics (e.g. bionics, neural interfaces and nanotechnologies) has a bearing on the content, meaning and setting of hard versus soft law. We will research the ways in which regulation (both in terms of soft and hard law) may be affected by, and even in need of adjustment in light of, advances in robotics, with a special focus on human enhancement. To do so we will analyse the current state-of-the-art of legislation and regulation pertaining to robotics, and we will point towards areas of regulation that are in need of adjustment or revision due to the advent of emerging robotics technologies. Moreover, we will study the interrelations between technical, legal and moral norms in this field, in order to define what could be the best balance between them, and to promote a technically feasible, yet also ethically and legally sound basis for future robotics developments. Uncovering ethical values embedded into robotics technologies, and ethical consequences arising from their use, is another key element of this research, therefore. The most important outcome of the research will consist of "Guidelines on Regulating Robotics", which will containing regulatory recommendations for the European Commission, in order to establish of a solid framework of 'robolaw' in Europe.

Keywords: hard and soft law,regulatory issues,emerging sciences and technologies,robotics