Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
GDPR Compliance Cloud Platform for Micro Enterprises (SMOOTH)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Secure societies - protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens
Theme: Ensure privacy and freedom, including in the Internet and enhance the societal, legal and ethical understanding of all areas of security, risk and management
Action type: Innovation actions
Partnership: Cybersecurity PPP (cPPP)
Countries involved: Spain,Germany,Spain,Belgium,Belgium,Poland,Latvia,France
Call: Cybersecurity PPP: Privacy, Data Protection, Digital Identities (H2020-DS-SC7-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2018-05-01
End date: 2021-01-31
Duration (months): 33.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3384280.23
EU funding (EUR): 2986061.25
Participants: 12
Project status: CLOSED

According to the last official available 2015 data, almost 93% of all enterprises in Europe in the non-financial business sector have less than 10 employees. These micro enterprises (MEnts) are responsible for 30% and 21% of the overall employment and value added in the EU, respectively. However, when it refers to the imminent General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)’s application, MEnts are the most vulnerable due to their lack of expertise and resources to invest in their adoption. It is urgent to develop solutions that assist MEnts in smoothly adopting the GDPR, safeguarding the interests of the EU citizens on data privacy and security, avoiding the negative socioeconomic consequences entailed to breaches for MEnts, and, by extension, benefitting the European society. SMOOTH project addresses this challenge from two complementary focuses: 1) Creating awareness on the importance of being compliant with the GDPR, as many MEnts ignore their obligations in this respect, involving as partners Data Protection Authorities and associations representing EU MEnts. For the same purpose, SMOOTH will deliver a practical GDPR interactive handbook (website and mobile app) tailored specifically to MEnts. 2) Assisting MEnts to effectively adopt and comply with the GDPR. The SMOOTH cloud platform will use machine learning, text and data mining, and advance online auditing methods to automatically create a bespoke GDPR compliance report for the most critical aspects to MEnts. Likewise, SMOOTH will provide useful materials for solving those identified aspects of the GDPR that are not properly covered. All this will positively contribute to citizens rights, while avoiding potential fines for the MEnts that may account for as much as 4% of the annual income, according to the GDPR. SMOOTH is born from technology partners and data protection authorities and will be designed and validated by actual MEnts with the aim of becoming the reference tool platform for them to adopt the GDPR.

Keywords: gdpr,compliance,practical toolkit,online handbook,natural language processing,text and data mining,artificial intelligence,transparency,online,cookies,repositories analysis
WissenSchafftZukunft in der KielRegion Nacht der Wissenschaft 2016/2017 (SCIENCE4FUTURE)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: European researchers' Night
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Countries involved: Germany
Call: European Researchers' Night (H2020-MSCA-NIGHT-2016, 2016)
Start date: 2016-04-01
End date: 2017-11-30
Duration (months): 20.0
Total project cost (EUR): 163450.0
EU funding (EUR): 163450.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

SCIENCE4FUTURE is the first regional European Researchers’ Night in Northern Germany covering the cities of Kiel, Eckernförde, Plön, Preetz and Rendsburg with more than 650,000 inhabitants. For the first time the NIGHTs 2016/2017 will bring together in one event all of the region’s 14 research organisations comprising all academic disciplines. A multifaceted awareness campaign incl. live broadcasts during the NIGHTs will reach 80% of the households. More than 80 activities per NIGHT across 11 sites/5 towns will give the public the chance to personally talk, work and play with scientists thus breaking down stereotypes and showcasing the whole spectrum of social, environmental and economic benefits that our researchers achieve every day. A free shuttle will allow visitors (minimum 10,000 expected each NIGHT) to see the whole range of local, national and European research projects in our region. Through a careful choice of venues (incl. shopping malls and night clubs) the involvement of schools and youth centres, a targeted publicity campaign and a programme packed with fun-filled activities, these two NIGHTs will attract particularly children and young people including those usually less interested in academia. Researchers will demonstrate simple “take-home” experiments to teachers, nursery staff and parents to ensure that the interest for research sparked among the young during the event is kept alive beyond the NIGHT. Moreover academic support services (research, international, student admissions and diversity offices) will offer advice on career options. SCIENCE4FUTURE will also host special events with and for refugees to facilitate integration of our new citizens through education and research. With the strong support of all stakeholders (companies, authorities, NGOs, schools and nurseries, sponsors, funding agencies, media) and the active involvement of researchers in the design and delivery of the programme SCIENCE4FUTURE will become a regional flagship event.

Keywords: outreach,science communication,young people,careers,events,gender,innovation,societal challenges,refugees,immigration,research,inclusion
Cosmological magnetic fields and plasma physics in extended structures (COMPLEX)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Universe sciences
Panel description: Astro-physics/-chemistry/-biology; solar system; planetary systems; stellar, galactic and extragalactic astronomy; cosmology; space sciences; astronomical instrumentation and data
Countries involved: Germany
Call: ERC Advanced Grant (ERC-2019-ADG, 2019)
Start date: 2021-01-01
End date: 2025-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2499187.5
EU funding (EUR): 2499187.5
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The majority of the visible, ordinary matter within the universe (baryons in form of hot plasma within galaxies and galaxy clusters) is shaped by complex, physical processes, which are still plagued by many enigmas (microscopic plasma instabilities; large scale progression of astrophysical systems). The available computational resources now opened the decade of their direct, numerical modelling. However, the treatment of magnetic fields and relativistic particles (so called cosmic rays) is still mostly ignored due to their complexity, although they are fundamental plasma components, shaping the underlying fluid properties (like viscosity and transport coefficients). Observed at all cosmic epochs (evident throughout non-thermal radiation) they harbor the potential to deliver new insights into the formation of cosmic structures. The understanding of their observable imprints (like measured structure within Faraday rotation maps, the appearance of so called radio relics and radio halos) face huge challenges, in both the complexity of the underlying models as well as the computational challenge to bridge the involved, tremendously large, spatial scales. COMPLEX will develop the numerical framework to perform for the first time simulations of galaxy clusters with high enough spatial resolution to resolve the important scales on which turbulence acts. It will develop novel and detailed sub-grid models needed to describe the proper evolution of magnetic fields, cosmic rays and associated transport processes. Self consistently coupled to the important astrophysical processes this will allow to identify the key processes responsible for shaping the detailed composition of the largest fraction of the visible matter in the universe. Combined for the first time, this will deliver key knowledge and innovative models to interpret the ongoing and future astronomical surveys which, due to their enlarged wavelength coverage and sensitivity, are entering largely unexplored territory.

Keywords: galaxy clusters,magnetic fields,non thermal emission,numerical cosmology
Thalamic Control of Sensory Information Selection (ThaCSIS)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Standard European Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Life Sciences
Countries involved: Belgium
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2020, 2020)
Start date: 2021-11-01
End date: 2023-10-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 178320.0
EU funding (EUR): 178320.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

We perceive the world through a multitude of sensory stimuli simultaneously arriving through our five senses . The appropriate selection and integration of this information is crucial for survival. For instance if you are walking in a busy street while you are talking on your phone, not prioritizing the visual input of a car approaching over the voice on the phone may have fatal consequences. The importance of appropriate sensory selection becomes even more evident in cognitive disorders such as Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) or schizophrenia, where individuals are unable to properly filter or process simultaneous channels of sensory inputs. Despite its significance, our knowledge is very limited in understanding the neural mechanisms that allows us to select the relevant signals amongst myriads of simultaneous inputs. My overarching goal in this project is to reveal neural circuits that allow the selection and processing of the right sensory information in the right context. I will first uncover how the sensory signal flow in a cortex-wide neural network is shaped by different behavioral relevance. Next, I will test whether the higher order thalamic nuclei, LP and Pom, mediate these context-dependent modulations of cortical dynamics. This will be done by using large-scale neural measurements of the dorsal neocortex in combination with rodent behavior and circuit dissection tools to reveal context-dependent cortical dynamics and to dissect underlying neural mechanisms. Findings of this project will reveal differential routing of sensory information across cortical networks and identify key brain regions that are involved in gating of behaviorally relevant sensory information. Furthermore the results and the approach will provide the basis to study circuit dysfunction in complex cognitive disorders.

Keywords: context dependent,sensory processing,large scale imaging,vision,somatosensation,higher order thalamus,cortical networks
Development of a new gearbox without lubricants for low OM costs, higher efficiency, and oiless applications (SMARTGEARBOX)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Advanced Manufacturing and Processing, and Biotechnology
Theme: Nanotechnologies
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Italy
Call: Accelerating the uptake of nanotechnologies, advanced materials or advanced manufacturing and processing technologies by SMEs (H2020-SMEINST-1-2014, 2014)
Start date: 2014-11-01
End date: 2015-02-28
Duration (months): 4.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Located in the Bologna region in Italy, our company, VARVEL, is specialized in manufacturing of speed reducers and variators for light industry applications, such as machinery, conveyors, feeding systems, photovoltaic devices or sliding doors and so on (metalworking, chemical, textile, farming, construction industries). From its establishment in 1955, innovation has been guiding our company in every decision and business strategy, making us a strong and reliable partner in power transmission equipment on the international scene (Production: 300,000 units/Turnover: €31 million [2013]): from product research to increasing use of automation and robotics in manufacturing, from company management by formalized processes to logistics flow computerization. All our efforts focusing on the customers’ needs and satisfaction, in terms of product uses, costs and performance. Listening to our customers’ feedback and concern on oil maintenance and leaking risks, we have been working on new “oiless gearbox”: by eliminating oil lubricants, we can decrease the operation and maintenance costs of our products by 50% and increase their efficiency by 10-15% while making them more environmental friendly. Besides, this new product will allow us to penetrate new markets such as food processing and medical, where the use of lubricants is prohibited. This project, called Smart GearBox, aims at integrating our developments on our worm-wheel gearboxes for commercialization, achieving a long-term profitability for both our customers and our company: increase of sales margin by 11% and sales by 42%, leading to an additional 6.3 million of turnover by 2020

Keywords: gearbox,thermoplastic,tribology,oiless
Flexible Superheated Steam Torrefaction and Grinding of Indigenous Biomass from Remote Rural Sources to Produce Stable Densified Feedstocks for Chemical and Energy Applications (SteamBio)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Advanced Manufacturing and Processing, and Biotechnology
Theme: Sustainable, resource-efficient and low-carbon technologies in energy-intensive process industries
Action type: Innovation actions
Countries involved: Germany,Spain,Spain,Germany,Germany,Germany,Sweden,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,United Kingdom
Call: Adaptable industrial processes allowing the use of renewables as flexible feedstock for chemical and energy applications (H2020-SPIRE-2014, 2014)
Start date: 2015-02-01
End date: 2018-07-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 6979982.05
EU funding (EUR): 5829783.42
Participants: 13
Project status: CLOSED

The objective of SteamBio is to demonstrate a mobile processing concept that will enable efficient pre-treatment of agro-forestry residues for use as flexible feedstocks in chemical and process industries. These ligno-cellulosic materials originated from rural locations will be upgraded and densified into uniform sizes at source, allowing cost-effective transportation to existing industrial sites. The core enabling technology is superheated steam processing (SHS). SHS has been implemented in diverse drying applications at industrial scales, due to its superior heat transfer properties. At pilot scales, SHS has been proven to torrefy biomass at temperatures up to 300°C with minimal ligno-cellulose breakdown. Unlike conventional torrefaction techniques, which use flue gases as heating medium, it does not contaminate the torrefied biomass and volatile fractions, allowing economic recovery of chemicals. Moreover, it is also readily scalable for continuous operation. In SteamBio, a transportable demonstrator unit will be operated at five different rural locations where it will be used to torrefy tonnage quantities of six different agro-forestry residues at a throughput of 500 kg/h. The demonstrator unit will be operated at these rural locations throughout the last twelve months of the project to allow for seasonal fluctuations in the composition of the materials being valorised. The torrefied biomass fractions (solid and liberated volatiles) will then be validated as green building blocks in commercially relevant chemical production and in bioenergy use. Life cycle experts will validate that SteamBio will have positive environmental impacts. A robust business strategy will be developed to enable the results to cross the "valley of death" post-project and to ensure widespread market replication. Project delivery will be achieved by an interdisciplinary team from research and from the entire industrial and commercial supply chain from fields through to factories.

Keywords: mobile pre treatment of agro forestry residues,superheated steam,torrefaction,green chemical building blocks,industrial demonstration,downstream processing,cost effective transport
Rotational effects on strongly gravitating systems with matter (REGMat)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Standard European Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Physics
Countries involved: Spain
Call: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-EF) (H2020-MSCA-IF-2014, 2014)
Start date: 2015-10-01
End date: 2017-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 170121.6
EU funding (EUR): 170121.6
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Black holes (BHs), where gravity is strongest in the universe, are the objects where we must confront the most extreme phenomena predicted by general relativity (GR) and extensions thereof. As for the majority of astrophysical bodies, BHs are typically spinning. However, addressing rotation in GR is notoriously difficult. Moreover, BHs are ‘dirty’: they are accompanied by clouds of gas or accretion disks, which introduce deviations from the known vacuum solutions. The complexity of the Einstein equations, taking into account the presence of matter and the rotation of spacetime, hampers attempts to model realistic BHs. The prime goal of this research proposal is to deepen our understanding of BH dynamics in the presence of matter, and in particular the interplay between matter and the rotation of spacetime. This line of research will significantly advance our knowledge regarding the stability of more realistic (non-vacuum, non-spherically symmetric) BHs, as well as on outstanding issues, such as cosmic censorship. Moreover, BHs nowadays are central to many areas of physics through the application of GR to fields other than the traditional ones of astrophysics and cosmology, namely to the more modern ones such as quantum gravity, high-energy physics (HEP) and strongly coupled quantum systems. Higher-dimensional gravity and the gauge/gravity duality provide a strong motivation to investigate BHs in contexts formerly regarded as removed from physical applications, in particular asymptotically anti-de Sitter (AdS) spacetimes of more than four dimensions. This proposal investigates, as a natural extension of the above-mentioned problems, the dynamics of rotating AdS BHs with implications for our understanding of thermalization in strongly coupled quantum theories.

Keywords: black holes,gravitational collapse,linear perturbations and stability analysis,cosmic censorship,cft correspondence
Advanced Biological Waste-to-Energy Technologies (ABWET)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Innovative Training Networks (ITN)-European Joint Doctorates
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: Spain,Italy,Ireland,Israel,Italy,Finland,Moldova, Republic of,Finland,Poland,France,France,United States,Netherlands,Netherlands,United Kingdom
Call: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks (ITN-EJD) (H2020-MSCA-ITN-2014, 2014)
Start date: 2015-01-01
End date: 2018-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3918950.64
EU funding (EUR): 2842369.2
Participants: 22
Project status: CLOSED

The Advanced Biological Waste-to-Energy Technologies (ABWET) EJD provides education and research at PhD level on environmental technologies that convert waste materials into bioenergy, training doctoral candidates to think globally and work in multidisciplinary research teams. This makes ABWET alumni attractive for European universities and industry, able to contribute to solving the global challenges of waste management, energy scarcity and sustainable development. ABWET is centred around environmental technologies for treatment of waste, with a focus on anaerobic treatment processes, valorisation of the digestate and biofuel clean-up. ABWET focuses on fundamental and applied research of different treatment technologies as well as on the development of innovative recovery and reuse technologies with enhanced market potential. A strong industrial participation will bring a close connection to practical problems. ABWET provides its doctoral candidates training through research stipulated in a PhD proposal and through education detailed in an Individual Training and Supervision Plan, whereas a career development plan provides guidance on career paths, the labour market and professional development. The ABWET EJD aims to continue the successful Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate Environmental Technologies for Contaminated Soils, Sediments and Solid Waste (ETeCoS3), which developed a joint PhD education and research curriculum with joint selection, supervision and PhD defence procedures. The current three ETeCoS3 beneficiaries issue a fully joint PhD degree in Environmental Technology, recognised by the respective academic boards. ABWET will expand the degree awarding consortium with a 4th beneficiary, Tampere University of Technology – Finland. A special Work Package is dedicated to adapt the ETeCoS3 consortium agreement and streamline the PhD graduation requirements so that ABWET graduates will receive a joint doctoral degree issued by the 4 beneficiaries.

Keywords: anaerobic digestion,solid waste,digestate,bio engineering,microbial fuel cells,biofuel clean up,soil remediation,modelling,metal speciation,microalgae