Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Large X-ray Detectors for Coloured X-ray Imaging (LACX)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: France,Germany
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2007-3-1-IAPP, 2007)
Start date: 2008-06-01
End date: 2012-05-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 711629.0
EU funding (EUR): 711629.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

This proposal addresses the development of large x-ray detectors combined with photon counting read-out electronics to provide information on the energy of the absorbed x-ray photons that will help doctors improve their diagnosis and could lead to a reduction of radiation for patients. The requirements for such X-ray detectors can only be met by semiconductor detectors. They provide high efficiency and high spatial resolution because semiconductors convert radiation directly into charge carriers. Although real progress has been made over the past years in the development of microelectronics and in material engineering resulting in novel devices, these improvements are not sufficient for the production of semiconductor detectors for large area x-ray imaging. The dramatic improvement of readout electronics with resolution down to 55µm pitch in combination with high sensitive Photon Counting readout electronics that has been achieved recently opens the route to semiconductor detectors with a significant improvement figure of merit (high resolution & high sensitivity). The development of X-ray sensors is focused on CdTe and (Cd,Zn)Te which combine high sensitivity (high mobility lifetime products), high energy resolution (electron-hole-pair energy 4.41 eV), and sufficiently advanced micro-electronic technology. (Cd,Zn)Te sensors can operate at ambient temperatures and the material is chemically stable up to 1000 oC. However, despite the clear potential of CZT technology for large area sensors no such system is presently available on the market. A possible solution to overcome these limitations is the deposition of CZT thick films with the required detector performance. This proposal involves 2 partners who intend to strengthen their collaboration in this field through a structured exchange of expertise that will benefit them directly as well as end users of the technology that they will develop.

Keywords: physical sciences,tomography,medical technology
OPTICAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF EXPLOSIVES (OPTIX)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Security
Destination: Increasing the Security of citizens
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Spain,Spain,Sweden,Lithuania,Netherlands,Germany,Austria,Germany
Call:  (FP7-SEC-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-11-01
End date: 2013-04-30
Duration (months): 54.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3289855.0
EU funding (EUR): 2487556.0
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

Terrorism is a real and growing threat to Europe and the world, and more than 60% of the terrorist attacks are carried out by the use of Improvised Explosive Devices. Security forces demand new tools to fight against this threat and the industry is making a big effort in the last few years to provide such tools. Every year a number of new products to detect and identify concealed explosives reach the market but up to the moment these new systems do not meet the full operational capabilities demanded by the end users. Probably the most demanded by the end users is the capability for standoff detection and identification of explosives, in order to be able to anticipate the threat from a safe distance and to avoid entering into the lethality area of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED). Such standoff detection capability is also very demanded for intelligence operations to identify materials, people or places involved in the preparation and transportation of explosives. In order to meet the end user’s needs, OPTIX will develop of a transportable system for the standoff detection and identification of explosives in real scenarios at distances of around 20 m (sensor to target), using alternative or simultaneous analysis of three different complementary optical technologies (LIBS, RAMAN, IR) and with the following characteristics: • Standoff distance of at least 20 m. • Detection of explosives in bulk, trace amounts and even liquids in certain conditions. • Very fast detection and identification of explosives • Very high specificity for the identification of explosives. • Large operational availability of the system. • Fully automated decision system (no operator dependence). In order to be successful, end user’s involvement in OPTIX is essential in the system specifications and validation, and in this sense the OPTIX consortium has put a special effort in including end users in those parts of the project where their contribution is relevant.

Keywords: optical technologies,standoff,explosives detection,explosives identification,libs,raman,ir.
AiR Guidance and Surveillance 3D (ARGUS 3D)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Security
Destination: Intelligent surveillance and enhancing border security
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Italy,United Kingdom,Germany,Spain,Poland,United Kingdom,Germany,Spain
Call:  (FP7-SEC-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2009-12-01
End date: 2013-02-28
Duration (months): 39.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4943520.8
EU funding (EUR): 3262050.0
Participants: 13
Project status: CLOSED

The project aims to improve the detection of manned and unmanned platforms by exploiting the treatment of more accurate information of cooperative as well as non-cooperative flying objects, in order to identify potentially threats. The scope will be reached by managing the 3D position data in region including extended border lines and large areas, 24 hours a day and in all weather conditions, derived from enhanced existing Primary Surveillance Radar (PSR), together whit conventional data and information coming via various passive radar technique in order to extend the airspace coverage and to enhance the target recognition capability of the surveillance systems. Thus, the security could be enhanced in large areas, at sustainable costs, by improving the recognition of non-cooperative target through more accurate information on it’s characteristics and/or more accurate positioning. The final objective of the research consists of study, design and realization of a simple demonstrator of a low cost, interoperable, radar based, system able to identify, all kinds of non-cooperative threat with the contribution of data coming from: - an innovative three-dimensional PSR - conventional sensors (Primary radar, Secondary radar, ADBS, etc…) - a network composed by a multitude of multi-operational passive, bistatic and high resolution radar. The system core will performs mainly an opportune Fusion of the such data and an accurate control of Consistency enhancing the early warning alerts capacities of final user based on a detailed 3D map of the area under surveillance with additional information on the nature of the target and on the alert level selected considering the track, the direction and a trajectory prediction of the target performed by the included Decision Support module.

Keywords: air traffic security non-cooperative target recognition 3d air surveillance active and passive sensors
Femtosecond Lasers for the generation of Ultrafast XUV pulses (FLUX)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Netherlands,Greece,France,France
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2007-3-1-IAPP, 2007)
Start date: 2008-11-01
End date: 2012-10-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 682490.0
EU funding (EUR): 682490.0
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

We propose a IAPP project bringing together three Academic teams that are involved in the development and application of attosecond techniques, and two Industrial partners that produce high intensity femtosecond laser equipment and diagnostics instrumentation. This project will lead to the realization of unique femtosecond amplifier systems and the development of new attosecond XUV and single/few-cycle UV pulse generation schemes in the laboratories of the Academic partners, that are significantly beyond the present state-of-the-art. On the other hand, successful realization of these objectives will allow the Industrial partners in the project to bring these new approaches to market as part of or in connection with the high-intensity ultrafast femtosecond lasers that they produce, giving them a significant competitive edge in the rapidly evolving market, while at the same time significantly increasing the potential size of their customer base.

Keywords: femtosecond lasers,attosecond science,carrier-envelope phase stability,high harmonic generation,polarization gating
Implementation of Membrane Technology to Industry (IMETI)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Bulgaria,France,Italy,Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2007-3-1-IAPP, 2007)
Start date: 2008-06-01
End date: 2012-05-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1806477.0
EU funding (EUR): 1806477.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

The IMeTI proposal aims to create a programme of applied research for implementation of membrane technology into industry based on experience and knowledge transfer between Academia and Industry. New membranes with improved chemical stability in a wide range of solvents, and better controlled cutoff properties and commercially viable membranes with high selectivity and flux for gas separations will be developed. The overall scientific and technical aim of the IMeTI project is to make important paradigm shifts in organic solvent nanofiltration and high temperature gas separation/purification, using cutting edge technologies based on membranes. The project involves the integration of the invention of new membranes and applications in the University/ Research Institute Partners with the subsequent development of the necessary membrane technology up to processing scale by the SMEs. A key feature of this project will be the interdisciplinary nature of the Partners, and the fact that they bring inter-sectorial competence to the network. We aim to create widely applicable, scalable, high performance process techniques and technologies. The knowledge transfer and training programme involves Early Stage Researchers (ESR), at both university and industrial partners, each of whom gain high quality experience through combination of local and network wide research experience. Experienced Researchers (ER) will provide in depth knowledge, and will assist in mentoring the ESR. Visiting scientists will provide expertise from outside the network. In addition to their individual research, ESR and ER will increase their research capacity and knowledge through attendance of high level research conferences and workshops. IMeTI seeks to contribute to improving the European knowledge supply chain through this industry-academia programme of applied research aimed at developing engineers and scientists who are academically excellent and industrially experienced.

Keywords: natural sciences,chemical engineering,chemical technology,membrane technology,separatio technology
Distributed Human-Robot System for Chemical Incident Management (DHRS-CIM)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Netherlands,United Kingdom,Netherlands,Sweden,Belgium,Portugal
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2007-3-1-IAPP, 2007)
Start date: 2008-10-01
End date: 2012-09-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1818833.0
EU funding (EUR): 1818833.0
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

The overall objective of this project is to combine forces of Europe’s leading industrial (Thales Nederland B.V., Space Application Services N.V., IdMind - Engenharia de Sistemas Lda) and academic organizations (Universities of Sheffield, Amsterdam and Örebro) in the field of ‘Disaster Management’, in order to deliver, through a strategic and intersectoral exchange of researchers, an intelligent decision support system for humans to manage chemical incidents (a Distributed Human-Robot System for Chemical Incident Management or DHRS-CIM). The proposed research deals with human and artificial sensing and sense-making to support human decision making in crisis management. The focus on both artificial- and human-system research in order to integrate both is one of the essential contributions of this research proposal: by doing so the artificial systems and humans together become an intelligent collaborative system. This is highly relevant for Europe as future deployment of such intelligent systems able to detect (potential) chemical incidents, helps crisis professionals take informed decisions to manage chemical incidents. Intersectoral exchange of knowledge will not only lead to (short term) development of innovative technological breakthroughs within this domain, but will also ensure the development of participating researchers towards interdisciplinary scientists needed for research in this (timely) relevant field. Various types of transfer of knowledge are envisioned, such as numerous visits resulting in joint research projects, integration sessions and meetings (e.g. yearly summer schools). Furthermore, structuring effects at the European level are expected by a more structural and strategic future collaboration between the project partners. Finally, the project will contribute to the involvement of two Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises.

Keywords: security systems,decision support system,disaster management,robotics,human robot communication and collaboration
The role of adipose tissue in obesity: beta cell crosstalk (ADIBET)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Spain,United Kingdom,France,Finland
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2007-3-1-IAPP, 2007)
Start date: 2008-06-01
End date: 2012-05-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1468926.0
EU funding (EUR): 1468926.0
Participants: 4
Project status: CLOSED

Obesity is an emerging threat to European health and more effective and sustainable therapies are urgently needed to tackle it. Adipose tissue is acknowledged to be a key player in lipid metabolism and plays multiple roles in regulating whole-body physiology, through the secretion of hormones called adipokines. However adipokine secretion and its mediated crosstalk with other tissues are not well defined. This knowledge gap must be addressed to identify and exploit new therapeutic targets for reducing or reversing obesity and its complications. This is ADIBET's aim; to develop new knowledge and identify druggable targets by unraveling the molecular basis of adipose tissue regulation and crosstalk in vivo. ADIBET will take on 2 complementary tasks: explore adipokine-mediated crosstalk with beta cells and describe the effects of obesity on differential adipocyte function and secretion pattern. New knowledge in this area is a pre-requisite to developing new treatments for diabetes and can most effectively be delivered by industry-academic partnership. ADIBET combines 2 prestigious Academic partners and 2 promising European SMEs who will be working hand in hand, to forge a lasting partnership which will focus European academic research into the European market. ADIBET is a multidisciplinary scientific and training programme. The young or experienced researchers will acquire a broad range of skills from communication to functional omics, and from mathematical and computational modeling to intellectual property rights. The ADIBET partnership brings together state of the art tools, resources and know-how with a clearly structured human resource exchange programme to ensure efficient intersectorial transfer of knowledge. Thus, ADIBET is an unprecedented opportunity to yield new knowledge of obesity pathophysiology, to identify new drug targets and to leave a lasting technical and knowledge platform on which to build European research in the coming decade.

Keywords: obesity,diabetes,adipocyte physiology,adipokine secretion,beta cell,therapeutic targets,endocrinology
SECURITY TECHNOLOGY ACTIVE WATCH (STRAW)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Security
Destination: Security Research coordination and structuring
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Spain,France,Norway,Germany,Italy,Italy,Belgium
Call:  (FP7-SEC-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-10-01
End date: 2010-05-31
Duration (months): 20.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1341933.33
EU funding (EUR): 998537.0
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

STRAW stands for “Security Technology Active Watch”. STRAW is a support action under the Security Research theme that aims at providing a European Service of Technology Watch on Security Technologies. The concept of STRAW is to bring together the defence and security research industry by a neutral coordination to ensure the awareness of underpinning technologies that make possible the implementation of civil security applications. There are two ongoing initiatives on technology taxonomy within EU, one from the industry and another from military community. STRAW aims at harmonising both under the umbrella of an European Technology Watch in order to advise public authorities, EU security research community and public at large on emerging technologies. STRAW vision is to support research activities and policies under Security theme supported by the following objectives: 1.Collection of data from the different entry points, managing the quality, relevance, reliability, sensitiveness and innovativeness of the data provided on available technologies. The main output will be to create a network of contact points responsible for managing data entries. To be achieved under WP1 Information Collection. 2.Combination of the different entries using a “Taxonomy Mix” Approach. To be achieved under WP2-Processing. 3.Performing of a segmentation of information receivers and customise the right information for each segment in order to forecast the likely security technology information to be used in the relevant areas. WP3-Packaging 4.Deliver the information using the most efficient channels in order that the users could efficiently and effectively meet the challenges resulting from global technological changes. Main output will be a web based IT system with a TW list and interface for data entry user requiremetns. WP4 Delivery. 5.To create a panel of security experts to monitor the network implementation and advise the EC, MS …etc. WP5 STRAW Panel

Keywords: technology watch,taxonomy mix,neutral coordination,security research
UNDERWATER COASTAL SEA SURVEYOR (UNCOSS)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Security
Destination: Increasing the Security of citizens
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: France,Croatia,Slovenia,France,Sweden,Croatia,Montenegro
Call:  (FP7-SEC-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-12-01
End date: 2012-07-31
Duration (months): 44.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4176938.72
EU funding (EUR): 2763818.61
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

The waterways are becoming more and crucial for coastal economy, and, paradoxically such areas remain very vulnerable to terrorism attacks especially against underwater IED threats. A major challenge is provide new tools for keeping naval infrastructure safe: harbours, ships, coastal areas, ferry terminals, oil and gas terminals, power/nuclear plants… The main objective of UNCOSS project is to provide tools for the non-destructive inspection of underwater objects mainly based on neutron sensor. This technology used has already been experimented for Land Protection (especially in the frame of FP6/Euritrack project). The application of this technology for underwater protection will be a major achievement. The UNCOSS is fully relevant considering the work program and adresses the following topics : detection of dangerous materiels (especially IED) and surveillance in wide maritime areas. Many end-users are definitively interested in the UNCOSS result, among them three Port Authorities located in Adriatic area are partners of the project.

Keywords: underwater ied,detection,identification,neutron sensor
Correlating protection against malaria with serum profiles against Plasmodium falciparum antigen repertoires (FIGHTMAL)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Italy,United Kingdom,France,Uganda
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2007-3-1-IAPP, 2007)
Start date: 2008-06-01
End date: 2012-05-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1870768.0
EU funding (EUR): 1870768.0
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

People living in malaria endemic areas develop, with time, a form of immunity to infection and clinical disease mediated by antibodies directed against P. falciparum antigens. Currently there are no assays or clinical parameters that predict whether an exposed person is protected against malaria. This represents a major obstacle for vaccine development. Here research institutions and industrial partners, combining cutting edge expertise in protein microarrays, immunoassay development, immunology, protein expression and epidemiology join their efforts with the objective of translating the genome sequence information of Plasmodium falciparum into a tool to unravel correlates of protection against human malaria. Recombinant P. falciparum proteins, encompassing the repertoire of secreted and surface antigens, will be printed onto microarrays to develop an immunoassay capable of unraveling antibodies directed against a vast number of parasite molecules. This assay will be utilized to compare the antigen-antibody recognition profiles of protected and non-protected persons in malaria-exposed communities, thus facilitating the identification of the antigens that either alone or in combination function as targets of protective immunity. The underlying project structure in terms of research activities, task distribution and management has been planned with the priority of facilitating the interactions of human resources, between academic institutions and industry. Exchange of staff and networking activities will bridge the scientific and cultural differences existing between the academic and industrial partners. Exchange of scientific knowledge and technical skill will unleash the full potential of the collective expertise of the participating laboratories towards the objectives of the proposal and will be instrumental in building collaborative links that will extend beyond the duration of the project.

Keywords: malaria,immunoassay,antibody profiling,vaccine,protein microarray.