Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Construction of perceptual space-time (COPEST)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: The Human Mind and its complexity
Countries involved: Italy
Call:  (ERC-2012-StG_20111124, 2012)
Start date: 2013-01-01
End date: 2017-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1002102.0
EU funding (EUR): 1002102.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The foundation of lived experience is that it occurs in a particular space and time. Objects, events and actions happen in the present moment in a unified space which surrounds our body. As noted by Immanuel Kant, space and time are a priori concepts that organize our thoughts and experiences. Yet basic laboratory experiments reveal the cracks in this illusion of a unified perceptual space-time. Our subjective experience is a construction created out of the responses of numerous sensory detectors which give only limited information. In terms of space, the sensory input from a multitude of tiny windows is organized based on the coordinates of the receptor system, such as the fingertip or a specific location on the retina. In terms of time, sensory input is summed over a limited period which varies widely across different receptor types. Critically, none of these sensory detectors has a spatial-temporal response that corresponds to our subjective experience. Nonetheless, the mind constructs an illusion of unified space and continuous time out of the variegated responses. The goal of this project is to uncover the mechanisms underlying smooth and continuous perception. This project builds on a decade of groundwork in studying specific instances of the integration of visual information over space and time with a new focus on the mechanisms that unite the various phenomena which have up to now been studied separately. A combination of behavioral, neuroimaging and computational approaches will be used to identify the mechanisms underlying spatio-temporal continuity in high-level perception. We will track the dynamic shifts between the various temporal and spatial coordinate frames used to encode information in the brain, a topic which has remained largely unexplored. This research project, driven by specific hypotheses, aims to uncover how uni-sensory, ego-centric sensory responses give rise to the rich, multisensory experience of unified space-time.

Keywords: perception,cognition,cognitive neuroscience,space,time
Additive Manufacturing Aiming Towards Zero Waste & Efficient Production of High-Tech Metal Products (AMAZE)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Recovery Package: Public-Private Partnership (PPP) topics within NMP
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: France,Italy,United Kingdom,France,United Kingdom,Germany,Germany,Spain,France,United Kingdom,Germany,Germany,Sweden,France,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Switzerland,Germany,Australia,United Kingdom,Norway,Germany
Call:  (FP7-2012-NMP-ICT-FoF, 2012)
Start date: 2013-01-01
End date: 2017-06-30
Duration (months): 54.0
Total project cost (EUR): 18088574.46
EU funding (EUR): 10156000.0
Participants: 29
Project status: CLOSED

The overarching goal of AMAZE is to rapidly produce large defect-free additively-manufactured (AM) metallic components up to 2 metres in size, ideally with close to zero waste, for use in the following high-tech sectors namely: aeronautics, space, automotive, nuclear fusion and tooling. Four pilot-scale industrial AM factories will be established and enhanced, thereby giving EU manufacturers and end-users a world-dominant position with respect to AM production of high-value metallic parts, by 2016. A further aim is to achieve 50% cost reduction for finished parts, compared to traditional processing. The project will design, demonstrate and deliver a modular streamlined work-flow at factory level, offering maximum processing flexibility during AM, a major reduction in non-added-value delays, as well as a 50% reduction in shop-floor space compared with conventional factories. AMAZE will dramatically increase the commercial use of adaptronics, in-situ sensing, process feedback, novel post-processing and clean-rooms in AM, so that (i) overall quality levels are improved, (ii) dimensional accuracy is increased by 25% (iii) build rates are increased by a factor of 10, and (iv) industrial scrap rates are slashed to <5%. Scientifically, the critical links between alloy composition, powder/wire production, additive processing, microstructural evolution, defect formation and the final properties of metallic AM parts will be examined and understood. This knowledge will be used to validate multi-level process models that can predict AM processes, part quality and performance. In order to turn additive manufacturing into a mainstream industrial process, a sharp focus will also be drawn on pre-normative work, standardisation and certification, in collaboration with ISO, ASTM and ECSS. The team comprises 31 partners: 21 from industry, 8 from academia and 2 from intergovernmental agencies. This represent the largest and most ambitious team ever assembled on this topic.

Keywords: metallurgy,additive manufacturing,alloys,robotic automation,sensors,adaptronics,space,aeronautics,nuclear fusion,automotive
LOw COst Manufacturing and Assembly of Composite and Hybrid Structures (LOCOMACHS)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Aeronautics and air transport
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Sweden,United Kingdom,Italy,France,Germany,United Kingdom,Sweden,Germany,France,United Kingdom,Israel,Sweden,United Kingdom,Netherlands,Belgium,Belgium,Türkiye,Spain,Spain,Italy,France,France,Germany,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-AAT-2012-RTD-1, 2012)
Start date: 2012-09-01
End date: 2016-08-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 32583297.95
EU funding (EUR): 19600000.0
Participants: 33
Project status: CLOSED

The continued use of composite materials in the aerospace industry has been addressed in several past research projects which have focused on new design solutions and composite manufacturing processes. However an area which has been given much less attention up until now is how to achieve a time and cost effective lean assembly production system. The current airframe assembly process of composites, metals and hybrid structures is affected by an important number of non-added value operations, which strongly cause disruptions and prevents fast ramp-up and high production rates. LOCOMACHS will focus on significantly reducing or totally eliminating the most time-consuming and hence expensive non-added value operations, e.g. temporary assembly to check gaps, shimming, dismantling and tool handling. The project will improve the design conditions which today strongly dictate the way part manufacture and assembly is performed. Important step changes will be made by dramatically improving the use of tolerance and geometrical variation management. The project will integrate existing technologies with missing breakthrough technologies developed and matured within LOCOMACHS. To support the industrialisation of future assembly production lines, key innovations such as intelligent drilling, high speed non-contact hole inspection, compact automation and active flexible tooling will be demonstrated. The design and assembly process improvements and breakthrough technologies will be validated on two physical partial wing box demonstrators, a virtual fuselage section demonstrator and additionally a virtual demonstrator showing a complete wing structure in the context of the next generation lean production flow. This Level 2 proposal is being submitted in the 5th Call FP7-AAT-2012-RTD-1 against the activity area AAT.2012.4.4-1 “Integrated approach and demonstration to lean manufacturing of metal, composite and hybrid aircraft / engine structures” by a Consortium led by Saab AB.

Keywords: composites,hybrid,structures,airframe,cost efficient,lean,production assembly
The SAfer FUEL system (SAFUEL)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Aeronautics and air transport
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: France,United Kingdom,France,United Kingdom,Italy,United Kingdom,Portugal,Netherlands,Germany,France,Italy,France,Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-AAT-2012-RTD-1, 2012)
Start date: 2012-09-01
End date: 2016-02-29
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 7463804.4
EU funding (EUR): 4969488.0
Participants: 13
Project status: CLOSED

Fuel Systems (FS) are critical for aircraft safety. Fire, ice and system failures are typical safety hazards associated to FS. FS accidents, though only representing 2% of accidents/incidents, continue to be a recurrent concern, especially as: the complexity of FS escalades to cope with increasing needs, including more stringent safety requirements ; flight conditions evolve with new routes at high altitude, crossing the Arctic, and faster climbing and approach; climate changes with more aircraft (A/C) exposed to hazardous weather. Thus, FS have to deal with more extreme temperatures, stronger temperature gradients, more humidity, and more exposure to lightning. In addition, new technologies are emerging: Composite, More Electric and Alternative Fuel, bringing new safety requirements. For example, within the composite A/C environment, systems will be more exposed to lightning and induced arcing. SAFUEL will address the urgent need for European-led research in FS safety to develop the next generation of safer FS also offering the opportunity to reduce the current over-dependence on patented US technology. SAFUEL will develop: -the new FS design, meeting the severe safety constraints of Composite and More-Electric A/C and evolving flight conditions -a range of highly innovative prototypes, adequate testing and simulation tools to allow regulators to assess the safety of future FS as well as providing the necessary data to support authorities in rules and regulations for safe flight in icing conditions. The project will also significantly improve the compliancy of the FS with evolving flight conditions and emerging technologies, enabling perfect emergence of Composite A/C. By achieving these objectives, SAFUEL will reduce the rate of accidents/incidents related to FS from the current 2% to 0.4% instead of witnessing an increase. SAFUEL brings together a consortium of best-of-breed experts from academia and industry-from components to airframer. It will last 3 years.

Keywords: safety,fuel system,aircraft,composite,more-electric,alternative fuel,metal-free gauging,water in fuel,ice accretion,in-tank oxygen/temperature sensor,closed loop ftis,lightning,integrated
Living in a sustainable world focused on electrified rail (LIVINGRAIL)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Sustainable surface transport (INCLUDING THE �EUROPEAN GREEN CARS INITIATIVE�)
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,Italy,United Kingdom,Spain,Germany,Austria,Croatia
Call:  (FP7-SST-2012-RTD-1, 2012)
Start date: 2012-12-01
End date: 2015-05-31
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1240912.4
EU funding (EUR): 985259.0
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

LivingRAIL will develop scenarios on the state of living style, cultures, mobility and economic activities in Europe by 2050 and explore a vision on the future role of the environmentally friendly, electrified railways within them. LivingRAIL will elaborate prospective and normative scenarios investigating possible evolutions leading to a reduction of the environmental harm of transport and in the same time to increase – or at least maintain – our quality of life. The scenarios will be detailed by trends in society, policy, economics, spatial planning, urban development, technology and transport sector operations to gain profound understanding of the sector interrelations. With the help of these detailed assessments the project will elaborate a “railmap” out of alternative pathways to approach the 2050 vision from today’s situation. Based on today’s best practice the analytical work will investigate how the railways and related transport modes can develop technically and in organisational and operational terms to achieve the 2050 targets and how spatial and urban planning, transport policy and other areas can contribute to achieve the 2050 targets. A broad set of interviews and workshops using visioning and roadmapping techniques will be conducted. LivingRAIL will foster an intensive dialogue between politics, rail sector, spatial planning actors and civil society to develop jointly technology pathways and feasible organisational options to implement the vision 2050. The target groups: political decision makers, railways, rail supply industry, transportation providers, spatial planning authorities, transport associations, passengers’ organisations and academia will be involved in the dialogue process from the very start. Thus the LivingRAIL results will be checked in the reality and that will substantially increase their practical importance and pave the way towards implementing the finding

Keywords: railways,visions,roadmaps,forecasts,scenarios,sustainability,land use,urban development,financing
Support to Tenth European Conference on Turbomachinery – Fluid Dynamics and Thermodynamics, Lappeenranta, Finland, 15-19 March 2013 (EUROTURBO 10)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Aeronautics and air transport
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Finland,Belgium,Belgium
Call:  (FP7-AAT-2012-RTD-1, 2012)
Start date: 2011-12-01
End date: 2013-05-31
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 17542.8
EU funding (EUR): 15000.0
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

The European Turbomachinery Conference is the only scientific event in the EU covering in depth all fluid dynamics and thermodynamics aspects of turbomachinery design and operation. Its objectives are to enhance excellence in this field, to address and improve the technological level and competitiveness of turbomachinery design products and their operation as part of propulsion systems and energy conversion processes. EUROTURBO 10 is the tenth in a series of bi-annual conferences started for the first time in Erlangen (Germany) in 1995. This conference will be of prime interest to researchers, design engineers, users of turbomachinery components and to students being trained in presentation and discussion of their first scientific results. The conference is intended to be a primary driver for technology transfer across Europe in this field through the presentatiion of the latest developments and best practices. It is also intended to enhance cross-fertilization between the aeronautical fields, found in the edge of turbomachinery technology today and all other fields using turbomachines. The conference is also seen as an integrating element between the Western and the Eastern European countries and as an additional mean to foster collaboration in turbomachinery research at a European level. Finally, this conference is seen as an ideal forum to relate and disseminate the results of research projects funded by the European Commission. Therefore, a support for this conference of less than 11 % of the total budget is requested from the Commission.

Keywords: conference,turbomachinery,fluid flow,thermodynamics
Completing the European Research Area in the Context of the Innovation Union (ERACONFCY)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Support for the coherent development of research policies
Destination: Support for the coherent development of research policies
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Cyprus
Call:  (FP7-Adhoc-2007-13, 2007)
Start date: 2012-04-11
End date: 2013-04-10
Duration (months): 12.0
Total project cost (EUR): 217572.0
EU funding (EUR): 200000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The objective of the proposed Conference during the Cypriot Presidency of the Council of EU is to bring together relevant ERA stakeholders such as research organisations, universities, private enterprises and public authorities to contribute to the debate on the policy measures and actions which must be implemented with a view to completing the European Research Area by 2014 as called for by the European Council. The Conference Programme, objectives and outcomes will be tuned to the key cross-cutting and specific issues of this ERA policy development debate that will be a key topic in the second half of 2012. The title of the Conference will be ‘Completing the European Research Area in the Context of the Innovation Union’. It will be designed as 1 day event with an Opening Session, 2 Plenary Sessions, 6 Parallel Sessions & 1 Concluding Plenary Session. It will adress issues dealing with researchers, joint programming, cross border operation of research organisations, knowledge transfer, infrastructures and international cooperation. It will be organised on the 14th of November 2012 at Nicosia’s International Conference Centre. The aim is to gather around 150-200 participants. The participation to the conference will be by invitation only. The working language of the Conference will be English. The preparation and implementation of the Conference will be done in close collaboration between the Research Promotion Foundation (Coordinator), the Planning Bureau of Cyprus and the Secretariat of Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the EU which has the responsibility of the central coordination / administration of all Presidency Events. A coherent set of activities and tasks to be performed have been designed and grouped into four Work Packages in order to ensure the successful organisation of the Conference which will contribute to the ongoing debate on the optimisation and realisation of the European Research Area.

Keywords: era conference,cyprus presidency of council of eu,era stakeholders,era framework,completion of era,innovation union
Pragmatic solution for parasitic-immune design of electronics ICs for automotive (AUTOMICS)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: ICT for a low carbon economy
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: France,France,Switzerland,Austria,Italy,France,Germany
Call:  (FP7-2012-ICT-GC, 2012)
Start date: 2012-07-01
End date: 2015-08-31
Duration (months): 38.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5748892.0
EU funding (EUR): 3547917.0
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

Smart Power ICs are extensively used in automotive embedded systems due to their unique capabilities to merge low power and high voltage devices on the same chip, at competitive cost. In such devices, induced electrical coupling noise due to switching of the power stages, when integrating such high voltage (HV) devices with low voltage (LV) functions, is a big issue. During switching, parasitic voltages and currents, consisting of electrons and holes, lead to a local shift of the substrate potential that can reach hundreds of millivolts. This electrical coupling noise can severely disturb low voltage circuits. Such parasitic signals are known to represent the major cause of failure and costly circuit redesign in power integrated circuits. Furthermore, parasitic carrier injections are considerably increased under high temperature operation such as those encountered in automotive applications where this problem is even more severe since these dedicated IC's need to be highly reliable and stable with time. Most solutions are layout dependent and are thus difficult to optimize using available electrical simulator software. The lack for a model strategy that would enable to simulate accurately the injection of minority carriers in the substrate as part of the HV model, as well as its propagation in the substrate, is one of the main reasons for this critical situation. This lack for a design methodology prohibits an efficient design strategy and fails at giving clear predictions of perturbations in high voltage integrated circuits. This picture motivates this project proposal where all these aspects are addressed to create a link between circuit design, modeling and implementation in innovative computer aided design tools. This concerns smart power IC's dedicated to automotive applications requiring co-integration of high voltage power stages with low voltage analog/digital blocks on the same chip, still being reliable when operating at high temperature.

Keywords: green car,automotive,full electrical vehicle,smart power ic,substrate noise,latch-up,electromagnetic compatibility,mos compact modeling,minority carriers,high voltage,high temperature
MUlti-layers control&cognitive System to drive metal and plastic production line for Injected Components (MUSIC)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: ICT for the Enterprise and Manufacturing
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Italy,Germany,Spain,Spain,Germany,France,Germany,Germany,Germany,Germany,Spain,Switzerland
Call:  (FP7-2012-NMP-ICT-FoF, 2012)
Start date: 2012-09-01
End date: 2016-08-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 9302073.0
EU funding (EUR): 6135000.0
Participants: 18
Project status: CLOSED

High Pressure Die Casting (HPDC) of light alloys and Plastic Injection Molding (PIM) are two of the most representative large-scale production-line in manufacturing field, which are strategic for the EU-industry largely dominated by SMEs. Due to the high number of process variables involved and to the non-sinchronisation of the process control units, HPDC and PIM are most “defect-generating” and “energy-consumption” processes in EU industry. In both, sustainability issue imposes that machines/systems are able to efficiently and ecologically support the production with higher quality, faster delivery times, and shorter times between successive generations of products. The MUSIC is strongly aimed at leading EU-HPDC/PIM factories to cost-based competitive advantage through the necessary transition to a demand-driven industry with lower waste generation, efficiency, robustness and minimum energy consumption. The development and integration of a completely new ICT tool, based on innovative Control and Cognitive system linked to real time monitoring, that allow an active control of quality, avoiding the presence of defects or over-cost by directly acting on the process-machine variables optimization or equipment boundary conditions. The Intelligent Manufacturing approach will work at machine-mold project level to optimise/adapt the production of the specific product and can be extended at factory level to select/plan the appropriated production line. The sensors calibration and quality control of measurements will be the pre-requisite of Intelligent Sensor Network to monitor the real-time production and specific focus will be also devoted to Standardization issues. The challenge of MUSIC is to transform a production-rate-dominated manufacturing field into a quality/efficiency-driven and integration-oriented one to exploit the enormous (and still underestimated) potential of HPDC/PIM through collaborative research and technological development, along the value chain.

Keywords: high pressure die casting,plastic injection moulding,intelligent manufacturing,real-time monitoring,control and cognitive system,sensors,optimisation,self-adaptive equipment,lower waste