Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Self-Constructing Computing Systems (SECO)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Future and emerging technologies
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: France,Switzerland,Germany,Austria,Netherlands,Austria
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-03-01
End date: 2013-02-28
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 6027185.0
EU funding (EUR): 4600000.0
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

Although the density and speed of integrated circuits has grown exponentially during the last decades, so too have costs of fabrication and test facilities. Current computational methods depend on completely reliable hardware, a constraint that greatly increases the degree of fabrication precision required to avoid failure of individual components, and also increases the amount of post-fabrication testing required to confirm correct function. Nature has solved these production problems. The neocortex, is a cellular computer that generates intelligent behavior. But more than this, it constructs and configures itself by replication of a few precursor cells. Each derived cell is equipped with a set of related rules inherited from its functional parents, and by each cell implementing these locally, the overall cell mass is able to achieve global coherent action. Harnessing these principles for artificial fabrication would revolutionize computer technology. Here we propose some first steps towards understanding these developmental construction mechanisms. We will demonstrate, by a fusion of experimental neuroscience, detailed physical simulation, and theoretical analysis, the principles by which a population of real or artificial neurons can grow and assemble themselves into functioning circuits. We will apply these principles by engineering some first self-constructing applications, in which a designed genetic code is inserted into a precursor cell, and so initiates a developmental process of cell division, cell migration, neurite growth, and synaptogenesis. The final global organization of self-constructed neural networks appears to be an attractor in which component neurons are able to satisfy their own local organizational objectives. Thus, unlike existing artificial processing systems, we expect our self-constructed networks to respond to damage or environmental changes by significant self-repair and axonal re-wiring.
Computational Learning in Adaptive Systems for Spoken Conversation (CLASSIC)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Cognitive systems, interaction, robotics
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: United Kingdom,France,United Kingdom,Switzerland,France
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-03-01
End date: 2011-02-28
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4767314.0
EU funding (EUR): 3400000.0
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

Significant advances in human-computer interaction will require systems which can exhibit truly cognitive behaviour. This is particularly so in spoken dialogue systems (SDS) where, despite wide deployment and significant investment, current systems are still limited in capability and fragile to changes in environment or application. Recent advances in statistical modelling and machine learning offer the potential for making a significant step forward in SDS. By both exploiting and extending these advances, the CLASSiC project will improve generalization to unexpected situations. By modelling the whole end-to-end system as an integrated statistical process, the CLASSiC project will demonstrate a qualitative leap in the adaptivity, flexibility, robustness, and naturalness of SDS. The CLASSiC partners will develop a modular processing framework with an explicit representation of uncertainty which connects the various sources of uncertainty (understanding errors, ambiguity, etc) to the constraints to be exploited (task, dialogue, and user contexts). This architecture will support a layered hierarchy of supervised learning and reinforcement learning in order to facilitate mathematically principled optimisation and adaptation techniques. The architecture will be developed in close cooperation with our industrial partner in order to ensure that it provides a practical deployment platform as well as a flexible research test-bed. The resulting CLASSiC SDS will be able to adapt autonomously both to the needs of different users and to changing operating environments, and to learn through experience. The data-driven methodology will also enable faster and lower-cost system implementation through automatic optimisation. Overall, the project will demonstrate not only a step-change in the capability of practical spoken dialogue systems, it will also mark a significant step forward in the longer term goal of endowing autonomous systems with truly human-like capabilities.

Keywords: spoken dialogue systems,computational learning,statistical models
Marrying Ontology and Software Technology (MOST)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Pervasive and Trustworthy network and service infrastructures
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Poland,Germany,Germany,Germany,United Kingdom,Austria
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-02-01
End date: 2011-04-30
Duration (months): 39.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5541703.0
EU funding (EUR): 3729258.0
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

MOST will improve software engineering by leveraging ontology and reasoning technology. To reach this goal, a seamless integration of ontology technology into model-driven software development (MDSD) will be realized, resulting in ontology-driven software development (ODSD). This concerns the integration of all involved artefacts (ontology and modelling languages, models, tools), as well as the development processes (process and reasoning guidance, traceability of models). The MOST artefact integration technology will allow for managing software development and ontology-based validation and knowledge management in an integrated platform. First, integration will address modelling languages. To be able to query and transform integrated models, a unified view of metamodels must be provided. Second, ontologies and models will be integrated so that ontologies can be used in models, and vice versa. For the first time, MOST will enable integrated model chains, transformations between models either consisting of ontologies or system models. Third, ontology-based queries will be integrated on the level of MDA transformations. Querying will support the developer to fulfil requirements and address modelling decisions. The MOST technology will considerably generalize existing infrastructures, such as the ODM, to address the issues at hand. The MOST ontology-driven, model-aware software process will be guided by process guidance ontologies that formalize the rules, conditions and actions a software engineer has to conduct in specific situations. These ontologies will formalize knowledge about software processes and help their guided execution. To be able to guide software engineers through the development of integrated model chains, traceability information will also be provided for the entire chains. With ODSD, ontology-aware software can be constructed, managed, and maintained, which will be proven by three major industrial case studies.

Keywords: ontology,model driven architecture (mda),model driven development,software engineering,software development processes,metamodelling,traceability,software product lines
Adding Value to RTD: Accelerating Take-up of Semantic Technologies for the Enterprise (VALUE-IT)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Digital libraries and content
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Spain,Germany,Spain,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-03-01
End date: 2010-04-30
Duration (months): 26.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1928316.0
EU funding (EUR): 1928316.0
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

VALUE-IT will address the challenge to promote market driven alignment of EU RTD and Innovation efforts towards fostering Take-up of Semantic Technologies (ST) in business environments. VALUE-IT will address this challenge and contribute to a faster and widespread adoption of ST within mainstream enterprise marketplace by: a) Providing a clear definition of benefits and opportunities of ST; i.e.: producing thorough technology markets assessments; identifying and understanding drivers and inhibitors for the uptake and deployment of new solutions; outlining new business and revenue models and highlighting opportunities for co-operation and new challenges for demand driven future RTD projects; b) Facilitating community building in the ST applied research arena, promoting interdisciplinary exchange of knowledge as well as shared visions for future coordination and alliances to develop, e.g. common approaches, standards and architectures and c) Fostering industry / ICT suppliers / applied researchers dialogue to promote awareness on ST, investigate potential exploitation channels and finally contribute to pave the way for market transformation. To achieve project objectives, the VALUE-IT consortium will implement a Support Mechanism structured by four closely interlinked sets of activities: a) Business demand driven roadmapping; b) ST Innovation roadmapping; c) Roadmapping Integration and Outreach (matchmaking) activities and d) Awareness raising support activities. Successful completion of the project will be measurable through more European companies offering semantic solutions, and more organizations progressively adopting those technologies. In particular, it will significantly help to move ST from Pioneers and Early Adopters to Mainstream Market.

Keywords: semantic technologies for business take-up market driven rtd outreach
Challenged Internet Access Network Technology Infrastructure (CHIANTI)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Pervasive and Trustworthy network and service infrastructures
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,Finland,United Kingdom,Germany
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-01-01
End date: 2010-02-28
Duration (months): 26.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1260977.0
EU funding (EUR): 968262.0
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

At the time the Internet was designed, end systems were stationary and interconnected through permanent, wired links. Support for highly mobile hosts that frequently switch access technologies was not a design objective. However, nomadic and mobile hosts will dominate the market and there is high demand for ubiquitous connectivity. Still, in the foreseeable future, the goal of providing "always connected" network access for mobile users will not be met, as wireless links are always subject to limitations: in geographical coverage, due to interference, and obstacles on the radio link, but also for economic reasons. The Challenged Internet Access Network Technology Infrastructure (CHIANTI) project will improve disconnection and disruption tolerance for mobile user communications relying on the unmodified core Internet architecture. This is achieved by deploying a new service-support infrastructure - operated by a third-party as an overlay or closely integrated with an operator network - that complements the core IP and mobility functionality to sustain operation and performance of business and consumer applications: Remote file access and email, interactive web access, end even real-time media streaming maintain a satisfying user experience and full business productivity even under intermittent connectivity. In the highly dynamic environments experienced by mobile users, a communications service should utilize available link-layer access technologies according to configurable criteria such as bandwidth, latency, and - often neglected - cost. It is a key goal for the CHIANTI architecture to co-exist with and benefit from the presence of existing and emerging "always best connected" solutions. Based on a cross-layer approach, transport and session protocols, performance enhancements, and application-specific functions are addressed by a small and effective consortium of leading research institutions and SMEs with considerable experience in the field.

Keywords: transport protocols,session persistence,disconnection tolerant networking,dtn,nomadic access
NEtwork of Excellence in Wireless COMmunications++ (NEWCOM++) (NEWCOM++)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Pervasive and Trustworthy network and service infrastructures
Action type: Network of Excellence
Countries involved: Italy,Türkiye,Israel,Greece,Italy,Spain,Portugal,France,Germany,Germany,Belgium,Austria,Poland,Sweden,Denmark,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-01-01
End date: 2011-04-30
Duration (months): 40.0
Total project cost (EUR): 9170059.0
EU funding (EUR): 4964199.0
Participants: 19
Project status: CLOSED

NEWCOM++ is the acronym of a proposed Network of Excellence in Wireless COMmunications, submitted to Call 1 of the VII Framework Programme under the Objective ICT-2007.1.1: The Network of the Future, mainly in its target direction "Ubiquitous network infrastructure and architectures". The current proposal draws inspiration, shape/form, and substantive direction from its successful predecessor, the NoE NEWCOM, which was approved and funded by the EC for 36 months starting March 1st, 2004 and ending February 28, 2007. At the same time, NEWCOM++ aspires to inject new vision, expanded roles, ever-higher degrees of research integration, and a definitive roadmap to financial security for the long-term life of this undertaking in the European research and higher-learning space. The core concept of NEWCOM++ is that of an NoE of medium size, greatly reduced from the initial NEWCOM Consortium, formed by keeping the most committed and performing partners, exploiting the successful integration tools that NEWCOM designed and activated, and which is created for the purpose of scientifically addressing medium/long term, complex, interdisciplinary, fundamental research problems in the field of wireless networks, focused towards identifying, posing in the right modelling perspective, and at least partially characterizing the information-communication theoretical limits. Its main objectives are: Identify a selective set of scenarios, Define suitable performance measures that take into account the wireless channel nature, Perform a detailed analysis of the main theoretical results available, Evaluate information-theoretical bounds on the achievable performance, Design and analyze transmitting/receiving algorithms and protocols in order to approach those limits, Analyze implementation aspects of the above algorithms in flexible, energy-aware user terminals, Output the major findings into an integrated simulation library, Enhance the already good cooperation level among research

Keywords: wireless communication networks,network information theory,adaptive receivers,flexible platforms
Support of dissemination and exploitation of results obtained in research projects realized with the participation of the SME sector (USEANDDIFFUSE)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research for the benefit of SMEs
Destination: Demonstration Activity
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Poland,United Kingdom,Cyprus,Spain,Germany,Spain,Spain,Czechia
Call:  (FP7-SME-2007-3, 2007)
Start date: 2008-02-01
End date: 2010-07-31
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 741704.2
EU funding (EUR): 688557.0
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

The Strategic Objective of the USEandDIFFUSE project is to enhance dissemination and exploitation of research results and facilitate the exchange of good practices. The project will focus mostly on RTD projects involving SMEs implemented under the Framework Programmes, and within key industrial sectors (ICT, Energy, Health, Environment and Agro-Food). Based on past experiences and reviews of best practices at EU level, this project will concentrate on the development and implementation of strategies aimed at reinforcing the exploitation of RTD results, as well as clustering of projects on common topics to improve interaction, joint dissemination and exploitation activities. Support of dissemination and practical exploitation of RTD results will be realized via the organization of study visits, exchange of good practices and drawing up of joint plans and strategies for the comprehensive promotion of project results. A central project component will be the creation of a practical, freely available Best Practice Manual entitled “Use & Diffuse: European Excellence”, which will deliver a close look at the most interesting cases, methods and solutions for the road-mapping of an effective strategy for the dissemination and exploitation of RTD results, as well as methodologies for realistically establishing their true market potential. Suggestions on innovative approaches, to be used in various branches of the economy will be delivered. The Guide will be widely disseminated at EU-27 level to key actors and stakeholders, in particular European Technology Platforms, clusters and SME associations. The project will count on the invaluable knowledge and experiences gathered by qualified project partners from Poland, UK, Germany, Spain, Czech Republic and Cyprus, who are all acting as facilitators between the research environment and industry (mainly SMEs).

Keywords: dissemination,exploitation,sme,sme associations,european technology platforms,research projects,guide
NAnocomputing Building blocks with Acquired Behaviour (NABAB)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Future and emerging technologies
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: France,Sweden,Spain,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-01-01
End date: 2010-12-31
Duration (months): 39.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2805379.0
EU funding (EUR): 2140000.0
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

Targeting the development of computing solutions complementing logic functions based on CMOS, the main objective of the NABAB project consists of "demonstrating that it is possible to obtain useful computing functions as the result of a post-fabrication learning/adaptation process taking advantage of the rich functionality provided by interconnected nano devices". The NABAB project will explore the feasibility of a functional nano computing block (NAB) that will be built by interconnecting molecular electronics devices based on new nanoscale organic field-effect transistors (FET), functionalised nanotubes FET or ZnO FET that provide a rich combination of functions (memory and gain, sensitivity to various local or global stimuli). The project will show, as a primarily target, that such a NAB can acquire a specific, non-trivial, computing function by means of an internal adaptation process (learning, reconfiguration, self-organization). Besides, an important aspect of the project is to show that the acquired functionality of the NAB is exploitable within a realistic and larger computing system. To this extent an appropriate scheme for electrical and logical interfaces will be devised so as to make the function available at higher levels and relevant to realistic application concerns. Indeed competing advantages are sought on the one hand for reasons such as enabling the use of high parameter variability technologies, on the other hand for reasons such as providing novel functionalities (i.e. associative memory, classifiers) complementing classical logic functions. In order to achieve the ambitious objectives of the NABAB project, the consortium involves 5 complementary research organisations with the necessary excellence in domains like nano and molecular electronics devices, computing architecture, neural networks and analogue design.

Keywords: nanocomputing,nanodevices,adaptive architecture,learning
Ultra-wide band real-time interference monitoring and CELLular management Strategies (UCELLS)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Pervasive and Trustworthy network and service infrastructures
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Spain,Belgium,Belgium,Portugal,Germany,France,France,Spain,Israel,Spain
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-01-01
End date: 2010-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3880223.0
EU funding (EUR): 2673015.0
Participants: 12
Project status: CLOSED

Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) is a wireless technology which exhibits unique features such as spectrum coexistence with other wireless services, RF front-end simplicity (enabling potential low cost terminals), good radio wave propagation (robustness against multi-path fading, material penetration) and high bitrate. Current UWB implementations target short-range ultra-high bitrate point-to-point wireless communication. UCELLS project will develop the required technology to enable the cellular operation of UWB transceivers. This cellular operation enables the seamless provision of UWB communication along a medium range user area, e.g. a whole office or home. Cellular operation of UWB transceivers requires the spectral coexistence of UWB wireless communications with other wireless licensed services operating in the same band. Strong concerns exist nowadays regarding this coexistence. These concerns are reflected in the strict maximum radiated power imposed by the Spectrum Regulation Agencies (e.g. FCC and ETSI) in current UWB regulation to avoid UWB-induced interferences. The cellular UWB technology in UCELLS guarantee that regulated radiation limits are meet in a given coverage area, despite a large number of UWB transmitters are in operation and/or the transmission limits are locally exceeded. In UCELLS radiated power limits could be locally "relaxed" in some frequency sub-bands, which is reflected it larger UWB range, higher bitrate and larger user capacity. UCELLS monitors spectral radiation limits at the cellular coverage area boundary by a real-time spectrum monitor. This system with unique features (large bandwidth, high dynamic range and good spectral resolution) is implemented using a photonic analogue-to-digital converter (Ph-ADC). The associated spectral analysis algorithms to optimise both the system performance and an efficient spectrum utilisation of cellular UWB communication are also developed in UCELLS.

Keywords: ultra wideband (uwb),cellular networks,a/v distribution,spectrum analysis,3d interference estimation