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Plug and play LED lighting control and monitoring system for new and existing installations (WIISAS)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Finland
Call: SME instrument (H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1, 2018)
Start date: 2018-11-01
End date: 2019-02-28
Duration (months): 4.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

As energy consumption rates rise around the globe so too do emissions rates. By 2040 there will be a 30% increase in energy demand. In the EU buildings are responsible for 40% energy consumption and 36% of CO2 production. Lighting takes up 40% of this output. A growingly conscious consumer is looking at ways of both saving their pocket and the planet and is seeking out LED lights and smart lighting. The problem with these is that they require a skilled electrician to install and maintain them, adding extra monetary and time costs to the product. As data driven decision making becomes a key mechanism for optimum change we note there is little information on consumption and spending patterns of lighting. Valtavalo’s WIISAS enables installation and retrofitting of IoT lighting without an electrician. WIISAS’s patent-pending technology uses sensors to group lights where and when needed wirelessly. This optimizes the tube lifetime and enables easy maintenance as notifications are sent when there is failure. WIISAS is a cost effective solution with savings of up to 90% compared to a traditional incandescent bulb. Connected to the cloud you are able to see exactly where and when your lights are activated, informing on spending habits, wasted spaces and building security amongst other uses. An intelligent monitoring lighting system that makes smart lighting easily accessible to the non-technical, WIISAS uses power harvesting technology to save your pocket and the planet.

Keywords: led control system,wireless,analytical information,lighting
Automated modular vertical parking for bicycles: guard your bike inside! (BIKEINSIDE)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Italy
Call: SME instrument (H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1, 2019)
Start date: 2019-09-01
End date: 2019-12-31
Duration (months): 4.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Anyone who has a bicycle is aware of theft risk. ICVS refers about 13 million bicycle thieves per year in the World. In Italy, FIAB has estimated around 350,000 bicycles theft per year, which means an economic damage of 150 million euro/year. The London Cycle Theft Survey 2016 reports more than 45% of riders had at least one bicycle stolen whilst 75% of cyclists seeks for more secure bike stands. OLTRE, an innovative Italian start-up with excellent expertize in industrial automation, is proposing a disruptive automated bike parking solution owing more secure and smart solution against theft, vandalism and atmospheric agents. This is BIKEINSIDE. BIKEINSIDE is a highly modular parking system that implements some of most advanced solutions in terms of mechatronics, sensors and IT solutions. An original business model based on loan-for-free-use of the infrastructure is proposed. Revenues come from two types of services: sale of parking/renting services to users at affordable rates and sale of advertising spaces. The unique features of our technology are: i) high modularity and flexibility, ii) high parking density (80% less land occupation); iii) short time to park or retrieve (12sec), reduced by 60% compared to existing automated systems; iv) eye-catching design of the infrastructure (attractive space for advertising); v) lower commissioning costs. On a 5-years outlook, BIKEINSIDE is expected to generate a cumulative turnover of 105 M€ and an EBITDA of 25%, for 575 systems expected to be installed worldwide. OLTRE has already collected more than 15 letters of endorsement from potential clients and stakeholders. One bike emits 21 g of CO2 per passenger/km, ten times less than a regular car. Promotion of bike mobility will help to reduce CO2 emissions, improve air quality, reduce noise and hence to have safer and healthier cities for all citizens. OLTRE was awarded of the Innovation Voucher from the Piedmont Region and BIKEINSIDE received the SME1 "Seal of Excellence".

Keywords: sustainable urban mobility,bicycle,automated parking,bike sharing,mechatronics,advertising
Biocompatible nanoparticles for T cell targeted siRNA delivery as novel asthma therapy (Novel asthma therapy)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Human Diseases
Panel description: Medical technologies and tools for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of human diseases, therapeutic approaches and interventions, pharmacology, preventative medicine, epidemiology and public health, digital medicine
Countries involved: Germany
Call: ERC Starting Grant (ERC-2014-STG, 2014)
Start date: 2015-10-01
End date: 2021-12-31
Duration (months): 75.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2000000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2000000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The aim of this proposal is to engineer biocompatible nanoparticles that deliver short interfering RNA (siRNA) to activated T cells (ATCs) for the downregulation of the Type 2 T helper cell (Th2) transcription factor GATA-3. By downregulating GATA-3 with siRNA, which regulates the secretion of proinflammatory cytokines in chronic inflammatory diseases such as asthma, the activation of their downstream inflammatory cascades can be prevented. However, T cells are hard-to-transfect cells which are not readily accessible for nucleic acid based therapeutics. I am the first to have demonstrated successful and targeted siRNA delivery to ATCs ex vivo and in vivo for specific GATA-3 knockdown without delivering siRNA to naive T cells. Thus, I can avoid general immune suppression. This was achieved by engineering targeted siRNA delivery systems based on low molecular weight polyethylenimine (LMW-PEI) which form nanoparticles with siRNA and successfully deliver the latter to ATCs. The targeting approach was realized by coupling transferrin to LMW-PEI and by optimizing the coupling chemistry. I have demonstrated specific delivery to ATCs in a mouse model of allergic asthma and have screened siRNA sequences for efficient GATA-3 knockdown. The nanoparticles were administered locally to the lung to prevent the first-pass effect in the liver. The LMW-PEI based nanocarriers were very well tolerated in healthy animals, however, potentially caused additional proinflammatory effects in the asthma model. Therefore, I will engineer nanocarriers that do not only specifically deliver siRNA to ATCs but are also biocompatible in a diseased state of the lung. I will use oligospermines, which are tetramers and octamers of spermine, an endogenous polyamine, and apply the optimized coupling strategy to target the spermine based nanocarriers to ATCs for therapeutic GATA-3 knockdown. To obtain clinically relevant formulations, I will produce inhalable powders of these nanocarriers.

Keywords: asthma,gata 3,nanoparticle,sirna,t cell,targeting,dry powder inhalation,engineering
BIg Speech data analytics for cONtact centres (BISON)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Theme: Content technologies and information management: ICT for digital content, cultural and creative industries
Action type: Innovation actions
Countries involved: Italy,Spain,Belgium,Czechia,Czechia,Luxembourg
Call: Big data and Open Data Innovation and take-up (H2020-ICT-2014-1, 2014)
Start date: 2015-01-01
End date: 2017-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4097952.5
EU funding (EUR): 3090824.5
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

Contact centers (CC) are an important business for Europe: 35,000 contact centers generate 3.2 Million jobs (~1% of Europe’s active population). A typical CC produces a wealth of multilingual spoken data that is nowadays mined by humans (CC agents and supervisors) or by rudimentary technical means. BISON consortium plans to bring significant innovations in three areas: (1) basic speech data mining technologies (systems quickly adaptable to new languages, domains and CC campaigns), (2) business outcome mining from speech (translated into improvement of CCs’ Key Performance Indicators) and (3) CC support systems integrating both speech and business outcome mining in user-friendly way. The project will produce two prototypes: smallBison (end of the 1st year) will be a functioning system for real, though limited, deployment and user feedback collection. bigBison (end of the project) will include full range of capabilities and be fully integrated with CC hardware and software infrastructure. Generation of business outputs will be demonstrated on real data. Business indicators and values for the market were instrumental for the definition of the project and will be crucial for project execution. BISON consortium is composed of eight players with complementary skills. Two end users running large CC operations (EBOS, Atento) are generating user requirements and are ready to deploy the prototypes immediately in real scenarios. Phonexia (the coordinator), Brno University of Technology and Telefónica I+D are experts in speech data mining - from R&D, data processing to developing products placed on the market. Telefónica Móviles is an expert in business outcome mining and MyForce is a skilled Contact Center hardware and software integrator. CC data involve a number of legal issues, therefore, the University of Bologna (with significant experience in regulatory and legal aspects) complements the consortium.

Keywords: speech analytics,big data,contact centers,business intelligence,business outocome,multilingual
Smart & Autonomous Guidance System for Citizen Security in Public Transport and large facilities (IMPLAGUIDE)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Spain
Call: SME instrument (H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1, 2018)
Start date: 2018-05-01
End date: 2018-08-31
Duration (months): 4.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

ImplaGuide aims to revolutionize human interaction with signage in metro and public transport stations through a fully autonomous technology, based on Bluetooth low energy (BLE) beacon devices, offering smart localization and guidance services. At the moment, passenger information display systems in public transport stations include visual and voice media which provide static and real time information. However, guidance in emergency cases and services dedicated to disabled people still lack efficiency, as the existing solutions are not able to offer personalized guidance (in case of an evacuation emergency people is directed to the closest exit and not the safest one). Moreover, they are electricity dependent and mobile coverage is needed (in cases of relevant mobile apps providing live information) which can be an issue in various underground stations in the world. ImplaGuide is a smart, autonomous, safety signage system, which creates an accessible environment and provides enhanced guidance for secure evacuation to all public transport users in case of an emergency. It also constitutes an advanced monitoring tool to facilitate the working environment for all metro and public station professionals. Our system uses BLE beacon technology, where each beacon chip is embedded into a specialized emergency exit sign, transmitting data to the station’s control center and to each user through an easy-to-use mobile app based on pictogram technology to eliminate the language barrier. Our technology is bi-directional – user can both receive/send information – and dynamic. On top of that, it is the most cost-effective option (45%) compared to existing signage solutions. Implaser is an expert SME in security signage, with a strong team of 51 specialists and its own facilities in Zaragoza. Through this project, we aim to create €15.59M revenues in the fifth year of commercialization. With a Phase 2 investment of €1.65M, we aim to generate a ROI of 3.61 and create 20 new jobs.

Keywords: signaling,security,public transport stations,disabled people
The motor hypothesis for self-monitoring: A new framework to understand and treat metacognitive failures (MetAction)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: The Human Mind and Its Complexity
Panel description: Cognitive science, psychology, linguistics, theoretical philosophy
Countries involved: France
Call: ERC Starting Grant (ERC-2018-STG, 2018)
Start date: 2019-03-01
End date: 2025-01-31
Duration (months): 71.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1389500.0
EU funding (EUR): 1389500.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Humans can monitor their own mental lives and build representations that contain knowledge about themselves. This capacity to introspect and report one’s own mental states, or in other words “knowing how much one knows”, is termed metacognition. Although metacognition is crucial to behave adequately in a complex environment, metacognitive judgments are often suboptimal. Specifically for neurological and psychiatric diseases, metacognitive failures are highly prevalent, with severe consequences in terms of quality of life. This project proposes a new hypothesis to explain the determining factors of metacognitive failures: namely, that metacognition does not operate in a vacuum but relies on the monitoring of signals from the body, and more specifically, on motor signals involved during action execution. We suggest several experiments to test the motor hypothesis for self-monitoring, and propose a new remediation procedure to resolve metacognitive failures resulting from deficient action monitoring. We will start by assessing the contribution of motor signals to metacognition by identifying the behavioral and neural correlates for detecting self-committed vs. observed errors (WP1), and by using virtual reality and robotics to probe metacognition in a vacuum, operating in the complete absence of voluntary actions (WP2). Finally, we will use these results to develop and evaluate a method to train metacognition in healthy volunteers and individuals with schizophrenia in a bottom-up manner, using online feedback based on motor signals (WP3). This new metacognitive remediation procedure will be performed both in a clinical context and on mobile devices. The goal of this ambitious project is therefore twofold, theoretical in shedding new light on a cognitive process central to our most profound mental states, and clinical in establishing a new remediation method to tackle a major health and societal issue.

Keywords: metacognition,schizophrenia,virtual reality,fmri
A real-time Voltage controlled distribution transformer for power grid stabilization in the smart-grid era allowing for 100% adoption of sustainable power sources (SmartTrans)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Israel
Call: SME instrument (H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1, 2018)
Start date: 2018-05-01
End date: 2018-09-30
Duration (months): 5.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

In recent years we witness an ever-increasing penetration of distributed and renewable energy sources such as solar panels and wind turbines to the market place. These energy sources cause voltage instabilities in the power grid as they inject uncontrolled power in various locations along the power grid. This instability issue is the main obstacle that holds back further penetration of renewable energy in to the power grid. Existing methods of real time voltage control in the distribution network are both expensive and have relatively low performance and include replacing already installed distribution transformers with newer transformers. We suggest the application of an add-on unit that enhances existing and already-installed distribution transformers, for real-time voltage control with similar efficiency, cost and reliability as conventional transformer. The application of a large number of real time voltage controlled transformers in the power grid will result in reduced losses in the power grid and increased stability in face of distributed generation. Moreover, it will allow for adoption of a much higher percentage of renewables. The market for real time voltage controlled transformers has grown from zero in 2011 to 1B$ in 2017 and is expected to grow at almost 20% annually in the next 30 years. (“Global Smart Transformer Market (2016-2022),” Business Wire report, Sep 2016). Volex Power has a lab tested prototype (TRL 6) thoroughly tested with a 100 kVA load. The goal of this project is a feasibility examination of a fully functional 100 kVA Smart Transformer prototype, capable of voltage regulation in real time and under load in the real power grid alongside with a comprehensive business plan.

Keywords: distribution transformers,power electronics
Innovation Management Capacity Enhancement of SMEs in Saxony-Anhalt (IMCESA) (IMCESA)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Germany
Call: INNOSUP (H2020-Adhoc-2014-20, 2014)
Start date: 2014-05-01
End date: 2014-12-31
Duration (months): 8.0
Total project cost (EUR): 30625.0
EU funding (EUR): 24500.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The general objective of the described actions is to contribute to smart growth in the European Union by increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of investments in research, development and innovation and by contributing to a better and more efficient connection of actors along the innovation chain. The specific action will deliver services designed to "Enhance the Innovation management capacity of SMEs" by providing indepth support services to SMEs. Furthermore, beneficiaries of the SME Instrument under Horizon 2020 will receive specific targeted assistance to support coaching assignments addressing specific innovation weaknesses. To achieve the above mentioned objectives bottlenecks to the creation of economic impact in companies benefitting from grants by Horizon2020's SME instrument will be identified and these bottlenecks with the help of capable coaches addressed. This service to beneficiaries of the SME instrument in the context of a giving project is called 'Key account management'. In addition the efficiency and effectiveness of innovation processes will be increased in small and medium sized enterprises with significant innovation activities that could potentially become beneficiaries of European support to research and innovation but would not have effective access to consulting services for innovation management. This service, provided independently from a specific innovation project and focussing on a company's innovation management system, is called 'Enhancing the innovation management capacity of SMEs'. Direct impact from the two actions will be a significantly enhanced growth and profitability of SMEs receiving the services as compared to a control group. Innovation processes will be conducted more efficient and more effectively. Indirect impact will arise from the introduction of high quality innovation management capacity assessment and support services in the region of Saxony-Anhalt.

Keywords: key account management,sme innovation management,capacity enhanvement
High Frequency Topological Insulator devices for Metrology (HiTIMe)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)
Theme: EIC Pathfinder
Destination: Novel ideas for radically new technologies
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Israel,Sweden,Latvia,United Kingdom,United Kingdom
Call: FET-Open research and innovation actions (H2020-FETOPEN-1-2016-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2018-02-01
End date: 2022-10-31
Duration (months): 57.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2991978.75
EU funding (EUR): 2991978.75
Participants: 5
Project status: SIGNED

In this project we will study and exploit the properties of 3D topological insulator (TI) materials incorporated into high frequency devices. The main driver of the project is the prospect of using a TI nanoribbon to create a topologically protected single-electron charge pump that can be used as a metrological quantum current standard, or in other words to lay the technological foundations for a TI-based device that can realize the SI Ampere. An accurate charge pump that can operate at temperatures and magnetic fields achievable using affordable table-top systems would be of immediate use in the realization of the Ampere. The technological development in this project will lay the groundwork or charge pumping in TI nanoribbons, as well as for other devices that exploit the unique properties of TI for high-frequency applications including sensing, precision measurement and topologically protected quantum computation. Materials science has always been intertwined with the development of new electronic devices and new innovations are rapidly adopted by industry and the research community if it is shown that they enable novel functionality or economic benefits. Topological insulators is an example of a new class of quantum materials that is on the cusp of finding applications in electronic devices. Focus so far has mostly been on improving our understanding of the many fascinating properties of TI materials, but it is now becoming clear that they possess electronic properties that make them interesting for a wide range of applications. In order to make the greatest possible headway towards this ambitious goal we will assemble a team with complementary expertise in materials science, device physics, microwave measurements, condensed matter theory and electrical metrology. This consortium will have full access to state-of-the art facilities for fabrication, analysis and measurement of TI based high-frequency devices.

Keywords: topological insulators