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Engineering post-quantum cryptography (EPOQUE)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Computer science and informatics
Panel description: Informatics and information systems, computer science, scientific computing, intelligent systems
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call: ERC Starting Grant (ERC-2018-STG, 2018)
Start date: 2018-10-01
End date: 2023-12-31
Duration (months): 63.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1500000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Our digital society critically relies on protection of data and communication against espionage and cyber crime. Underlying all protection mechanisms is cryptography, which we are using daily to protect, for example, internet communication or e-banking. This protection is threatened by the dawn of universal quantum computers, which will break large parts of the cryptography in use today. Transitioning current cryptographic algorithms to crypto that resist attacks by large quantum computers, so called "post-quantum cryptography", is possibly the largest challenge applied cryptography is facing since becoming a domain of public research in the second half of the last century. Large standardization bodies, most prominently ETSI and NIST, have started efforts to evaluate concrete proposals of post-quantum crypto for standardization and deployment. NIST's effort follows in the tradition of successful public "crypto competitions" with strong involvement by the academic cryptographic community. It is expected to run through the next 5 years. This project will tackle the engineering challenges of post-quantum cryptography following two main research directions. The first direction investigates implementation characteristics of submissions to NIST for standardization. These include speed on various platforms, code size, and RAM usage. Furthermore we will study so-called side-channel attacks and propose suitable countermeasures. Side-channel attacks use information such as timing or power consumption of cryptographic devices to obtain secret information. The second direction is about protocol integration. We will examine how different real-world cryptographic protocols can accommodate the drastically different performance characteristics of post-quantum cryptography, explore what algorithms suit best the requirements of common usage scenarios of these protocols, and investigate if changes to the high-level protocol layer are advisable to improve overall system performance.

Keywords: post quantum cryptography,internet security,side channel security,cryptographic protocols
A revolutionary new orthotics service—consultation to delivery in less than a week. (Andiamo)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Health, demographic change and wellbeing
Theme: Active ageing and self-management of health
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: Accelerating market introduction of ICT solutions for Health, Well-Being and Ageing Well (H2020-SMEINST-1-2016-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2017-07-01
End date: 2017-12-31
Duration (months): 6.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The number of Europeans with paralysis, deformity or orthopaedic impairments that use orthotics will reach 9.6 million by the year 2020. Orthotics is a speciality involving the application of external devices to the body to support and improve posture, function and mobility, and manage pain and deformity. The majority of people requiring orthotics are over 50 years old; demand is expected to increase with the ageing population and the rising prevalence of obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and stroke, where foot complications and reduced mobility are commonplace. Approaches to orthotics have not changed in over 50 years. The process takes up to 12 months, and requires technicians, physiotherapists, orthotists and manufacturers. Often, by the time patient receives their orthotic their condition has deteriorated or the orthotic no longer fits, resulting in ineffective treatment, repeat visits, poorer clinical outcomes, and higher risk of surgery. Families all over Europe are being failed by this service. In order to tackle this challenge, we have developed a streamlined orthotic 3D scanning, design and printing service. Our orthotic service is the only service in the world capable of delivering an effective custom orthotic within 1 week of consultation. Our pathway is faster and more cost effective than traditional methods. We use a multidisciplinary team, CAD and FEA to optimise design, add strength and flexibility and reduce unwanted movement, resulting in better patient reported outcomes and quality of life. Our key innovation is the overarching technology and software that links together the entire service pathway, from consultation to delivery in under a week.

Keywords: orthotics,orthosis,3d printing,industry 4 0,saas,biomechanics
Reining in the upper bound on Earth’s Climate Sensitivities (highECS)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Earth system science
Panel description: Physical geography, geology, geophysics, atmospheric sciences, oceanography, climatology, cryology, ecology, global environmental change, biogeochemical cycles, natural resources management
Countries involved: Sweden
Call: ERC Consolidator Grant (ERC-2017-COG, 2017)
Start date: 2018-09-01
End date: 2023-08-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1998653.75
EU funding (EUR): 1998653.75
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

One of the greatest recent advances in climate science is that it is now beyond reasonable doubt that human activity is warming the Earth. The next natural question is by how much the Earth will warm for a given emission – a quantity that will be essential to regulating global warming. Yet, the likely range of 1.5-4.5 K for equilibrium climate sensitivity (ECS) for a doubling of the atmospheric CO2 concentration has not been reduced for decades. In particular the risk of ECS being high is concerning, but also represents a scientifically intriguing challenge. In this project I will conduct unconventional and innovative research designed to limit the upper bound of ECS: I will confront leading hypotheses of extreme cloud feedbacks – the primary potential source of a high ECS – with observations from the full instrumental- and satellite records, and proxies from warm- and cold past climates. I will investigate how ocean- and atmospheric circulations impact cloud feedbacks, and seek the limits for how much past greenhouse warming could have been masked by aerosol cooling. The highECS project builds on my developments of climate modeling, diagnostics and statistical methods, the strengths of the host institution and developments in national and international projects. The effort is timely in that the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) has identified uncertainty in ECS as one of the grand challenges of climate science, while the capacity to observe ongoing climate change, key cloud processes, extracting new proxy evidence of past change and computing power is greater than ever before. If successful in my objective of reining in the upper bound on climate sensitivity this will be a major breakthrough upon a nearly 40-year scientific deadlock and reduce the risk of catastrophic climate change – if not, it will indicate that extreme policy measures may be needed to curb future global warming. Either way, the economic value of knowing is tremendous.
Nanostructured Supramolecular Polymers with Allosterically Regulated Catalytic Interstices (SuprAlloCat)

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: Chemistry
Countries involved: Spain
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2019, 2019)
Start date: 2021-11-23
End date: 2024-04-12
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 160932.48
EU funding (EUR): 160932.48
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Natural systems represent a source of inspiration when it comes to the processing of energy and matter. Metalloporphyrins are at the core of many of these processes, harvesting solar energy and catalyzing relevant chemical processes. In contrast to most artificial nanostructured catalysts based on porphyrins, in which the main assembly driving force is π-π stacking or metal-ligand coordination, enzymes teach us that the catalytic sites around the porphyrin metal centers must remain accessible to the relevant substrates (to optimize catalytic performance), embedded in a well-defined compartment (to enhance selectivity), and connected through the protein backbone (to allow for allosteric regulation). In SuprAlloCat we plan to apply some of the lessons learned from nature to target the self-assembly of nanostructured supramolecular polymers with catalytic performance that would combine the broad catalytic scope of homogeneous catalysts, and the allosteric control, selectivity and activity under mild conditions of enzymes. The key to achieve such goal relies on the development of a self-assembly strategy that will allow us to cofacially arrange metalloporphyrins at tailored interstitial distances along a single dimension, thus creating a periodic array of connected nanoreactors with well-defined, accessible catalytic compartments. The MSC candidate, Dr. Alberto de Juan, will focus on the synthesis of porphyrin and ligand molecules equipped with complementary H-bonding units, and will proceed to study their combined assembly into 1D polymers. We will then focus on evaluating unique functions in these supramolecular materials, such as host-guest binding, chiral induction, allosteric regulation and, finally, Lewis-acid catalysis. SuprAlloCat introduces fundamental challenges and unprecedented approaches in chemical self-assembly and constitutes the best research scenario for the candidate to learn from different fields and further develop his scientific career.

Keywords: self assembly,porphyrin chemistry,noncovalent functional molecular systems
Big-data Earth observation Technology and Tools Enhancing Research and development (BETTER)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Space
Theme: Enabling exploitation of space data
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Spain,Italy,Germany,Switzerland,United Kingdom,Portugal
Call: EO Big Data Shift (H2020-EO-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2017-11-01
End date: 2021-01-31
Duration (months): 39.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1998540.0
EU funding (EUR): 1998540.0
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

The main objective of BETTER is to implement an EO Big Data intermediate service layer devoted to harnessing the potential of the Copernicus and Sentinel European EO data directly from the needs of the users. BETTER aims to go beyond the implementation of generic Big Data tools and incorporate those tools with user experience, expertise and resources to deliver an integrated Big Data intermediate service layer. This layer will deliver customized solutions denominated Data Pipelines for large volume EO and non-EO datasets access, retrieval, processing, analysis and visualisation. The BETTER solutions will focus in addressing the full data lifecycle needs associated with EO Big Data to bring more downstream users to the EO market and maximise exploitation of the current and future Copernicus data and information services. BETTER developments will be driven by a large number of Big Data Challenges to be set forward by the users deeply involved in addressing the Key Societal Challenges. The World Food Programme, the European Union Satellite Centre and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology - Zurich working in the areas of Food Security, Secure Societies and GeoHazards will be the challenge promoters. During the project each promoter will introduce 9 challenges, 3 in each project year, with an additional nine brought by the “Extending the market” task, in a total of 36 challenges. The Data Pipelines will be deployed on top of a mature EO data and service support ecosystem which has been under consolidation from previous R&D activities. The ecosystem and its further development in the scope of BETTER rely on the experience and versatility of the consortium team responsible for service/tool development from DEIMOS and Terradue. This is complemented by Fraunhofer Institute’s experience in Big Data systems, which brings to the consortium transversal knowledge extraction technologies and tools that will help bridge the current gap between the EO and ICT sectors.

Keywords: big data challenges,big data pipelines
Using a novel animal model of the dopaminergic dysfunction of schizophrenia to trial an innovative treatment approach (EDiPSPrevent)

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: United Kingdom
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2020, 2020)
Start date: 2022-01-31
End date: 2024-01-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 212933.76
EU funding (EUR): 212933.76
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Treatments for schizophrenia are inadequate, and intervening prior to disease onset is a novel approach to improve patient outcomes. Clinical studies using positron emission tomography (PET) have revealed that patients with chronic schizophrenia consistently show an increase in dopamine synthesis capacity in the striatum. This dysfunction is also evident in people at-risk of developing schizophrenia, specifically in those who are later diagnosed with this disorder. Normalizing this increase in pre-synaptic dopamine therefore reflects an extremely promising target for new treatments of schizophrenia. I developed a novel animal model of schizophrenia – Enhanced Dopamine in Prodromal Schizophrenia (EDiPS) – which replicates the pre-synaptic dopaminergic dysfunction seen so robustly in patients. In this project, I propose to firstly use state-of-art preclinical PET to examine pre-synaptic dopamine in EDiPS animals. This will confirm its translatability to the findings in the clinical population. Through a secondment, I will assess other key aspects of dopamine neurotransmission in these animals, focussing on the source of dopaminergic innervation to the striatum – the midbrain. As a complementary objective, I will assess any difference between male and female EDiPS animals for each of these outcomes. This is especially relevant to schizophrenia, which is a sexually dimorphic disorder. The second objective of this fellowship is to trial a novel approach to normalise the increase in pre-synaptic dopamine in EDiPS animals, through a Trace Amino Acid Receptor 1 (TAAR1) agonist. I will trial the TAAR1 agonist both acutely in adult EDiPS animals, and when given chronically during development, to simulate an intervention in the at-risk population. This will be the first study to examine the effects of a TAAR1 agonist in the developing brain. The scientific outcomes of this fellowship will have real-world implications for the treatment of patients with schizophrenia.

Keywords: animal models,dopamine,dorsal striatum
GRAphene nonlinear PHotonic Integrated CircuitS (GRAPHICS)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Systems and communication engineering
Panel description: Electrical, electronic, communication, optical and systems engineering
Countries involved: France,France
Call: ERC Consolidator Grant (ERC-2014-CoG, 2014)
Start date: 2015-09-01
End date: 2021-05-31
Duration (months): 69.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1999257.0
EU funding (EUR): 1999257.0
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

GRAPHICS aims at developing novel chip-based photonic devices for all-optical signal processing in graphene/ semiconductor hybrid platforms. The resulting architectures will be the cornerstone of a disruptive optical routing and processing technology on silicon chips for communications as well as Datacom and interconnect applications. These will also pave the way towards the photonic-microelectronic convergence, through the realization of CMOS compatible platforms. Our research program will focus on two main classes of nonlinear optical devices: (1) integrated pulsed III-V/ Si microlasers, and (2) all-optical signal processing devices, relying on two distinct nonlinear features of graphene, i.e. its saturable absorption and its nonlinear Kerr response, respectively. In addition, the capability of tuning graphene properties electrically will allow us to create fundamentally flexible and reconfigurable intelligent optical devices. The two classes of nonlinear devices targeted in the project represent significant achievements in their own right. However, they share some scientific and technological challenges. For instance, relevant strategies must be found for enhancing the typically low interaction of light with the monolayer of carbon atoms, as needed for the device miniaturization. Here, we will combine graphene with the nanophotonic toolbox -microcavities, or slow light photonic crystals- to enhance the light-graphene interaction and realize compact chip-scale devices. More fundamentally, these two classes of nonlinear devices will jointly contribute to shape the long-term vision of a fully integrated photonic platform, in which the pulsed microlaser delivers directly on-chip the optical peak power necessary to trigger all other "intelligent" devices onto the same circuit. GRAPHICS will therefore help to "draw" a novel generation of photonic integrated circuits and architectures, with graphene playing a key role, to be used for managing high-speed optical data.

Keywords: integrated microphotonic devices,nonlinear optical processes,light matter interaction,graphene,slow light,silicon photonics
Sustainable, Wireless, Autonomous Nanocellulose-based Quantitative DoA Biosensing Platform (GREENSENSE)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Advanced Manufacturing and Processing, and Biotechnology
Theme: Nanotechnologies
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Austria,Germany,Austria,Austria,Germany,Israel,Spain,Switzerland,Sweden,Sweden,Sweden,Belgium,Jordan,France,United Kingdom
Call: Paper-based electronics (H2020-NMBP-PILOTS-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2018-01-01
End date: 2022-03-31
Duration (months): 51.0
Total project cost (EUR): 7993102.5
EU funding (EUR): 7993102.25
Participants: 17
Project status: CLOSED

Paper-based printed electronics are new recyclable electronic devices with technical, economic and environmental advantages. Additionally, nanocellulose (NC) based printed electronics, produced mainly from wood pulp, offer better printability and performance than paper. Therefore, the integration of NC-based printed electronics and biosensors is a promising source of innovation in the biomedical industry. In GREENSENSE we propose the development of a sustainable NC-based biosensing platform for Drug-of-Abuse (DoA) analysis, that integrates high-added value printed electronic components (a new biosensor, an NFC communication system, an energy storage system and a display) with a silicon microchip to provide it with multi sensor data processing, autonomy and wireless communication and that is easy for the user to read. The main goal of the project will be the use of NC as: substrate for the printed electronics, lamination film for the encapsulation of the final device and as active component in the formulation of functional inks (conductive, electrochemical, electrolyte and dielectric). In all cases the NC surface will be functionalized to be printable, with good barrier properties and compatible with the functional inks (bioactive, conductive, dielectric, electrochemical, electrochromic and electrolyte). Pilot lines and high throughput, high precision and cost-effective S2S screen-printing and ink-jet printing techniques will be used to produce materials and components at large-scale. Two types of DoA biosensing platforms to eradicate the consume of drugs among the society will be developed: a strip-based platform (2nd generation) that will be connected to a Smartphone and a strip+reader-based platform (3rd generation) that will also include a display. The final flexible and recyclable NC-based biosensing platform will be mass producible with ultra-low power consumption and, therefore, cost-effective, sustainable and environmentally friendly.

Keywords: paper,nanocellulose,biosensor,drug of abuse,biosensing platform,nanoink,printed electronics,ink jet,screen printing,display,battery,roll2roll
Development of innovative welding systems for structural joints of Thermoplastic matrix-based Composites (DEWTECOMP)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Smart, green and integrated transport
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Clean Sky 2
Action type: Innovation actions
Partnership: CS2 (Art-187)
Countries involved: Italy,France
Call: Development of innovative welding systems for structural joints of Thermoplastic matrix based Composites (H2020-CS2-CFP10-2019-01, 2019)
Start date: 2020-05-01
End date: 2022-06-30
Duration (months): 26.0
Total project cost (EUR): 866250.0
EU funding (EUR): 749625.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

DEWTECOMP project proposal objective will be To develop an induction welding system to achieve innovative and efficient way of structural bond of reinforcement parts (gussets, wedges, fittings) to structural frames to obtain a highly integrated Door Surround Structure (DSS), as well as to be able to weld assembly clips on stiffened panel.In order to achieve the main foreseen objective and system characteristics DEWTECOMP project will: -Provide at the beginning of the project a comparison of the state-of-the-art welding technologies (i.e. Laser, Induction, Conduction, Resistance and Ultrasonic welding-but not limited to them) with a benchmark of maturity to justify the use of Induction welding CETMA patented technology vs baseline resistance welding. -Propose and manufacture the most suitable and innovative system design for the induction welding technology to be applied for DSS, including supporting tools, automated devices, heating systems, end effectors required to weld DSS frames to DSS fittings and clamping methods to ensure welding surfaces contact. The induction welding system will be based on CETMA patented technology. -Generate process parameters in such a way that delivers the relevant information to Topic Manager but keeps the industrial secret that will be part of the exploitation plan of the consortia. For instance welding parameters (temperatures, speeds, pressures, tolerances…) as well as the tooling list and materials required will be provided to Topic Manager. -Manufacture and test coupons to validate the equipment and tooling. -Delivery of the Prototype System and tooling set for manufacturing to the Topic Manager facilities . -Carry on different manufacturing trials in order to proof the welding system characteristics Support set up in the Topic Manager premises. Follow up of the works performed by the Topic Manager until the end of the manufacture of a demonstrator compliant with typical aeronautical

Keywords: induction welding,automated composite manufacturing,thermoplastics