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SmartGrid Active Distribution Management System to accommodate Renewable Energy Sources and Low Carbon Emissions (ADMS)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Action type: Innovation actions
Countries involved: Italy,Germany,Ireland,Netherlands
Call: Fast Track to Innovation Pilot (H2020-FTIPilot-2016-1, 2016)
Start date: 2016-10-01
End date: 2018-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1998276.25
EU funding (EUR): 1594280.88
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

A critical challenge for electricity Smartgrids is to optimise Distribution System Operators’ (DSO) ROI & avoid grid instabilities with ever increasing Renewable Energy Sources. ADMS will continuously monitor the dynamic state of networks & potential grid instability right to the LV grid-edge. It will disruptively change how Europe’s 2,400 DSOs manage & control their networks to improve network stability by 20% & grid capacity by 25%, reduce networks outages duration & customer losses by 20% & enable 25% more renewable connections, to help achieve their 2020 carbon reduction targets. The aim is a TRL9 operational product on the market, feeding into Altea’s global presence & commercial channels, within 3 years from the start of this FTI project. This Innovation phase follows-on from the very successful H2020-SMEINST-1-2014 feasibility project (GA 673607) that identified a huge market & opportunity. ADMS will seamlessly integrate MAC’s mass deployable, low-cost network monitoring solutions (patented Flexible Magnetic sensors, micro Phasor Measurement Units (mPMU) & LV Network monitoring) & Gridhound’s innovative patented data-driven Artificial-Neural-Networks-based Advanced Distribution Automation (ADA) monitoring system. These will be productised by RWTH to meet the IEC61850 substation automation standard & mPMU enhanced with the patented TFT-WLS algorithm to meet the IEEE C37.118-1 standard. All components are TRL6/7. This project will fast-track integration & productisation to a TRL8 innovative prototype to pilot/operate/validate at 4 diverse DSO reference sites over 12 months with Alliander, ENEL, ESB & SPEN in DE,IT, IE,UK. Based on a market analysis & ongoing feedback from the pilots, the project will disseminate ADMS to potential customers & business collaborators through various media & 2 specific events, & develop/validate a Business Plan to commercially deploy a TRL9 ADMS. €36M sales from a potential market of €0.5BM & 3700% ROI are forecast over 7 years.

Keywords: smartgrid,active distribution management,lv monitoring,mpmu,distribution,modelling,productisation
Two dimensional materials for lasing and frequency metrology (2DQOptics)

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: Switzerland
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2016, 2016)
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 175419.6
EU funding (EUR): 175419.6
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The recently discovered two dimensional 2D materials have opened up new possibilities for exploration of fundamental physics as well as device applications. Such materials offer new opportunities for ultra compact optoelectronic devices. On the other hand, with the improvement in micro and nanofabrication techniques, it is now possible to fabricate ultra high Q microresonators (UHQ µresonators). A relevant example is the case of silica microtoroids, which due to the whispering gallery modes, display one of the highest Q factors ever reported. The basic aim of this proposal is to advance the fields of 2D materials and integrated UHQ µresonators alike by pursuing the integration of the two platforms. Specifically two aims are addressed. First coupling these atomically thin systems with silica and silicon nitride (SiN) UHQ µresonators platforms may help us uncover new quantum behaviour of emission from 2D materials in particular to validate unambiguous lasing via established recipes such as g^(2) measurements. Our work will elucidate if lasing is possible and strive to integrate such lasers with SiN integrated photonic circuits. Second integrate the 2D materials with the developed integrated photonic SiN circuits using the photonic damascene process as developed by the host group to realize an entirely novel concept: the use of 2D materials to stablize the carrier envelope frequency fceo of a frequency comb. This will be realized using a SiN broadening waveguide that is functionalized to contain a 2D atomically thin semi-conductor in conjunction with the recently demonstrated quantum interference effect. This effect enables to produce a photocurrent that oscillates at the fceo without the necessity to actually double the comb light. This integrated device would enable a solid state platform to measure fceo and eventually serve as a chipscale route to stabilize the frequency comb through feedback control. The project will be implemented at T. Kippenberg's lab at EPFL.
Wireless Optical/Radio TErabit Communications (WORTECS)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Spain,Germany,France,France,France,United Kingdom,United Kingdom
Call: Networking research beyond 5G (H2020-ICT-2016-2, 2016)
Start date: 2017-09-01
End date: 2020-10-31
Duration (months): 38.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2999155.0
EU funding (EUR): 2999155.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

5G promises increased connectivity, high data rates, and ultimately new services. The first 5G release standard in 3GPP will be available by June 2018 with pre-commercial deployment in Korea soon after. Whilst 5G will meet current demand, the exponential rise in demand for wireless connectivity will ultimately require Tbps connectivity in indoor spaces. The future network will use an all optical fibre core, and an ultra-high data rate wireless ‘bridge’ to the User. WORTECS focuses on the goal of ultra-high data rate wireless. High-frequency mm-wave (in the band above 90 GHz) radio communications will be combined with optical wireless communications in the infrared and visible regions of the optical spectrum, using novel heterogeneous networking concepts. A compelling virtual reality application will be used to showcase the capability of the WORTECS network. The project will deliver two Proof-of-Concept demonstrations. An ultra-high density LiFi/Radio network providing multi-Gbps to virtual reality terminals will be developed, and an ultra-high data rate Proof-of-Concept capable of Tbps networking will also be targeted. WORTECS brings together innovative, world leading LiFi SMEs Oledcomm (France) and PureLiFi (UK), Global telecommunications operator Orange (France) and research institutes BCOM (France) and IHP (Germany). These are joined by university research leaders in optical wireless communications from the University of Oxford (UK) and the University of Las Palmas (Spain). The consortium has the dual ambition of proposing new scientific solutions beyond 5G while transferring these technologies from research labs to industrial world. A successful project will both showcase technologies required to alleviate the radio spectrum crunch, and provide substantial benefits to EU citizens through the exploitation of results by WORTECS commercial partners.

Keywords: optical wireless communications,usage scenarios,optic,radio antenna,information theory and coding,tbit,hybrid network,mobility
Platinum gRoup MEtals saving by monoliTHos Efficient and disrUptive catalySt innovation (PROMETHEUS)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Climate action, environment,  resource efficiency and raw materials
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Greece
Call: Boosting the potential of small businesses in the areas of climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials (H2020-SMEINST-2-2016-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2017-08-01
End date: 2020-01-31
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1405250.0
EU funding (EUR): 983675.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

In 2014, the EC released the European Critical Raw Materials Review (CRMs), highlighting a list of materials defined critical. Platinum Group Materials (PGMs), contained in this list, are among the least abundant of the Earth's elements and were classified as materials whose substitution is currently extremely difficult and recycling rate is very low. The supply of PGMs (Europe is the main importer) is currently ensured mostly by primary sources (72%) coming from both mines and recycled products (no mines in Europe), and it cannot meet the global demand (current deficit 20 tonnes). PGMs demand (up to 80%) is driven mainly by the emission control catalysts market which is expected to reach €6 billion by 2019. The PROMETHEUS project will bring to the market a disruptive innovation, allowing for the first time to substitute up to 60% of PGMs used in autocatalysts with copper nanoparticles, while keeping the same performances and durability. Specifically the PROMETHEUS project objectives are: 1. Industrialising PROMETHEUS production and demonstrate on large scale its performances. PROMETHEUS has already been validated in the real environment with a key stakeholder (FIAT, Large multinational automotive industry) also supporting Phase 2; 2. Substituting 67% of PGMs used in autocatalysts with copper nanoparticles, saving up to 40 tonnes of PGMs per year, 2 times the current global deficit; 3. Decoupling Europe from a Critical Raw Material (PGMs), saving up to 60% of PGMs European demand per year (20 tonnes per year – the current global demand/supply deficit); 4. Boosting European automotive and emission control catalyst markets. Copper costs ~6,800 times less than Platinum (4.5€/Kg against 30,550 €/Kg) which means that European industries can save almost €250 mln to be reinvested in RD&I and job growth. 5. Boosting MONOLITHOS growth. In 5 years after market introduction MONOLITHOS expects to have grown by 250% in personnel and achieve a total turnover of at least €100 mln

Keywords: pgms,critical raw materials,automotive catalysts,disruptive innovation,copper nanoparticles
Percipient Storage for Exascale Data Centric Computing2 (Sage2)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)
Theme: EIC Pathfinder
Destination: High Performance Computing
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Germany,Sweden,France,France,France,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,United Kingdom
Call: Transition to Exascale Computing (H2020-FETHPC-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2018-09-01
End date: 2021-11-30
Duration (months): 39.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3997117.5
EU funding (EUR): 3997117.5
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

The landscape for High Performance Computing is changing with the proliferation of enormous volumes of data created by scientific instruments and sensors, in addition to data from simulations. This data needs to be stored, processed and analysed, and existing storage system technologies in the realm of extreme computing need to be adapted to achieve reasonable efficiency in achieving higher scientific throughput. We started on the journey to address this problem with the SAGE project. The HPC use cases and the technology ecosystem is now further evolving and there are new requirements and innovations that are brought to the forefront. It is extremely critical to address them today without “reinventing the wheel” leveraging existing initiatives and know-how to build the pieces of the Exascale puzzle as quickly and efficiently as we can. The SAGE paradigm already provides a basic framework to address the extreme scale data aspects of High Performance Computing on the path to Exascale. Sage2 (Percipient StorAGe for Exascale Data Centric Computing 2) intends to validate a next generation storage system building on top of the already existing SAGE platform to address new use case requirements in the areas of extreme scale computing scientific workflows and AI/deep learning leveraging the latest developments in storage infrastructure software and storage technology ecosystem. Sage2 aims to provide significantly enhanced scientific throughput, improved scalability, and, time & energy to solution for the use cases at scale. Sage2 will also dramatically increase the productivity of developers and users of these systems. This proposal is aligned to FETHPC-02 - 2017:part (c). Sage2 provides a highly performant and resilient, QoS capable multi tiered storage system, with data layouts across the tiers managed by the Mero Object Store, which is capable of handling in-transit/in-situ processing of data within the storage system, accessible through the Clovis API.

Keywords: data storage,exascale,data centric computing,hpda,obect storage,big data,nvram,deep learning,workflows,o intensive,exabyte,multi tiered storage
Enteric-nervous-system-mediated regulation of intestinal inflammation (ENTRI)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Immunity, Infection and Immunotherapy
Panel description: The immune system, related disorders and their mechanisms, biology of infectious agents and infection, biological basis of prevention and treatment of infectious diseases, innovative immunological tools and approaches, including therapies
Countries involved: Germany
Call: ERC Starting Grant (ERC-2018-STG, 2018)
Start date: 2019-07-01
End date: 2024-06-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1499638.0
EU funding (EUR): 1499638.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Environmental and internal stimuli are constantly sensed by the body’s two large sensory units, the nervous system and the immune system. Integration of these sensory signals and translation into effector responses are essential for maintaining body homeostasis. While some of the intrinsic pathways of the immune or nervous system have been investigated, how the two sensory interfaces coordinate their responses remains elusive. We have recently investigated neuro-immune interaction at the mucosa of the intestine, which is densely innervated by the enteric nervous system (ENS). Our research has exposed a previously unrecognized pathway used by enteric neurons to shape type 2 immunity at mucosal barriers. Cholinergic enteric neurons produce the neuropeptide Neuromedin U (NMU) to elicit potent activation of type 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) via Neuromedin U receptor 1, selectively expressed by ILC2s. Interestingly, NMU stimulated protective immunity against the parasite Nippostrongylus brasiliensis but also triggered allergic lung inflammation. Therefore, the NMU-NMUR1 axis provides an excellent opportunity to study how neurons and immune cells interact to regulate immune responses and maintain body homeostasis. We propose to generate and use elegant genetic tools, which will allow us to systematically investigate the consequences of neuro-immune crosstalk at mucosal surfaces in various disease models. These tools will enable us to selectively measure and interfere with neuronal and ILC2 gene expression and function, thereby leading to an unprecedented understanding of how the components of neuro-immune crosstalk contribute to parasite immunity or allergic disease development. Furthermore, we will progress into translational aspects of NMU-regulated immune activation for human immunology. Therefore, our research has the potential to develop basic concepts of mucosal immune regulation and such discoveries could also be harnessed for therapeutic intervention.

Keywords: innate lymphoid cells,mucosal immunology,neuro immune interaction,type 2 immune responses,neuropeptides and inflammation
Advanced simulation, analysis and interpretation of network structures in biological data (SmartNets)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Innovative Training Networks (ITN)-European Training Networks
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Life Sciences
Countries involved: Germany,Belgium,Greece,France,Netherlands
Call: Innovative Training Networks (H2020-MSCA-ITN-2019, 2019)
Start date: 2020-09-01
End date: 2025-02-28
Duration (months): 54.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3356292.6
EU funding (EUR): 3356292.6
Participants: 6
Project status: SIGNED

Think of the the murmuration of starlings, the schooling of fish, or even hypes on social media or the spreading of powerouts: the behaviour of a network is critically determined by its structure. This structure induces collective emergent behavior that can only be understood by analysing the whole network in relation to its constituent parts. Particularly in the brain, the architecture of the network is essential for its functioning: information transfer and processing within and between networks. The relation between network structure and information processing capacity is essential at every scale: from molecules and genes to large neural networks to populations of behaving agents, on every level nodes form complex networks underlying the most essential functions of the functioning of the brain, body and society. Only recently, with high-throughput techniques, have we begun to collect the vast amounts of data needed to study the structure and functioning of these networks. However, analysing these data is still a challenge and the nature of complex network processes are still poorly understood. In order to compare networks, simulated or physical ones, or healthy versus diseased, network analysis and visualization tools are needed across three analysis dimensions: structure, activity and information processing. Many quantitative tools exist for analysing networks, but they are mostly restricted to one application domain or network type and often only address one of these dimensions. The novelty of our contributions will lie in the combination of existing and new techniques, from different research domains, and across the three analysis dimensions. By transcending specific data sets or domains, we expect to open up new insights into the properties, behaviour and dynamic evolution of biological networks. We will train the data scientists of the future, that will be able to analyse biological networks across levels, domains and types.

Keywords: computational science,computational neuroscience,systems neuroscience,machine,learning,artificial neural networks,molecular networks,collective animal behaviour,social,networks,neurophysics
Impact of climate warming on soil exoenzyme kinetic properties and their role in forecasting carbon flux (EUsoil-C-FLUX)

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: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: France
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2019, 2019)
Start date: 2020-09-01
End date: 2022-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 196707.84
EU funding (EUR): 196707.84
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The majority of the Earth’s terrestrial carbon (C) is stored in the soil as organic carbon, at quantities more than three times the size of the atmospheric carbon pool. Response of this vast reservoir of C to climate change is highly uncertain and changes may alter multiple soil ecosystem services such as climate regulation, food production and water purification. Soil microorganisms drive the decomposition of soil organic C and determine C losses from soils to the atmosphere through soil respiration (Rsoil). To date, no consensus has been reached on the direction or magnitude of Rsoil responses to climate change with contrasting results and conflicting theory making future predictions unreliable. Up to now, research into rising temperature respiratory responses has focussed on substrate depletion mechanisms and metabolic adjustments, with little attention being paid to the importance of change in exoenzyme kinetic properties. Bringing together state of the art measurements from different rarely combined disciplines, this EUsoil-C-FLUX project will focus on soil exoenzyme thermal adaptation to unravel new mechanisms of Rsoil response to climate warming at the European scale. To this end, this project proposes to (i) determine the local adaptation of soil exoenzyme kinetic properties across Europe, from Greece to Iceland in three major habitats (grassland, forest and peatland); (ii) impose a controlled warming experient on these soils in a unique world leading research facility (the European Ecotron of Montpellier); (iii) use cutting edge and interdisciplineray technology (isotope labelling, high throughput DNA sequencing, radio carbon dating) to provide a detailed mechanistic understanding of Rsoil responses to warming; and finally (iv) incorporate the new findings into the latest mechanistic C models to better predict Rsoil response to climate change, a prerequisite to fulfill a key priority of the European Union in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Keywords: soil carbon,climate change,enzymes,microbial community,isotope labeling,soil respiration
Creating the Hungarian Centre of Excellence for Molecular Medicine (HCEMM)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Spreading excellence and widening participation
Programme: Widening participation and spreading excellence
Theme: Improved access to Excellence
Action type: Framework Partnership Agreement
Countries involved: Germany,Hungary,Hungary,Hungary
Call: Teaming (H2020-WIDESPREAD-2014-1, 2014)
Start date: 2015-05-06
End date: 2020-05-05
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 0.0
EU funding (EUR): 0.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

Existing European disparity in research and innovation performance is a barrier to competitiveness and growth. To overcome this disparity, the leading institute in molecular life sciences and three research universities of Hungary have joined forces forming a new Centre of Excellence for Molecular Medicine (HCEMM). These institutions have the necessary basic research and clinical portfolio to initiate a joint translational research program and eventually deliver high impact results. Engagement of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory and its long term experience in partnerships for molecular medicine provides guidance and technical support to achieve these goals, particularly bringing new research culture and management approaches including selection, regular evaluation and internationalization of independent groups. Joining of Hungary to EMBL by 2014 is a strong basis of this partnership. Commitment of the Hungarian Government towards establishment of HCEMM is clearly demonstrated by its coordinator role via the National Innovation Office which is responsible for research, development, innovation and the national S3 strategy. A joint management structure will be developed to assess basic research and clinical strengths of participating institutions, to identify key clinical areas of research where unmet medical needs exist and to pair basic research groups with clinical researchers to form translational research units for tackling these problems. All partners in the consortium will actively contribute to prepare a business plan of long-term sustainability and then to establish legal autonomy, location and proper resources of HCEMM. HCEMM is expected to demonstrate feasibility of the teaming concept by realizing synergistic research efforts that builds on the specific strengths of the participants and needs. Technological platforms will also be jointly established. Intense technology transfer, shared PhD and clinical research training will serve the key goals.

Keywords: molecular medicine,translational medicine,technology transfer,economic growth of regions