Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Seals and Sealing Practices in Sasanian Iran: New Evidence from Taxt-e Solaymān (TAXT)

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: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2019-09-01
End date: 2021-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 183454.8
EU funding (EUR): 183454.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The subject of this application is the publication of an extraordinary collection of 824 Sasanian clay bullae bearing almost 2,000 seal impressions and inscriptions. The collection was recovered by Dr Yousef Moradi, the Experienced Researcher of this application, at the World Heritage site of Taxt-e Solaymān (Western Azerbaijan Province of Iran), the religious complex of Ādur Gušnasp, or ‘Fire of the Warriors’, in 2002–2008 during seven seasons of excavations conducted under the auspices of the Iranian Cultural Heritage Organization (ICHO). While most other Sasanian seals and sealings currently known are unprovenanced, the significance of this collection lies in the fact that it was recovered in a controlled archaeological excavation, with a specific provenance of the bullae. TAXT will produce the publication, both online and in print, of these bullae, and detailed studies of the seal impressions, including images and inscriptions, on the obverse. It will also provide a study of the impressions on the back-sides, or reverses, of the bullae. The reverses have small holes for the cord, and display cord marks and accidental traces of thumb and fingerprints of the persons handling the bullae when impressing the seals into the soft clay and when attaching the bullae to the objects which they were sealing. Moreover, there are imprints of the objects to which the bullae were attached, indicating that the objects were made of leather, grained parchment, and other materials. Coming from one of the three most sacred Zoroastrian fire temples of the Sasanian Empire (224–651 CE), TAXT will reveal unprecedented insights into the economic role of this Zoroastrian fire temple and its priesthood, generating findings that will be of interest to scholars from a variety of disciplines, including linguistics, history, religious studies, art history, and archaeology.

Keywords: iranian archaology,sasanian studies,sasanian seals and sealings,middle persian studies,economy of zoroastrian fire temples
Enhancing the innovation management capacities of SMEs in East Poland (KAM2EastPoland)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: Specific Grant agreement
Countries involved: Poland,Poland,Poland,Poland
Call: H2020 2D CONSULTATION EEN (H2020-EEN-SGA2-2017-2018, 2016)
Start date: 2017-01-01
End date: 2018-12-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 69505.0
EU funding (EUR): 69505.0
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

The main objective of the project is to facilitate the access to European and international markets by providing growth-oriented, integrated business and innovation support services that will help to strengthen the competitiveness and sustainability of the enterprises in the EU countries. The proposal also focuses on strengthening the collaboration between different key actors in the innovation chain. Main objective of the project will be implemented by specific objectives: 1. Economic potential increase among enterprises benefiting from SME Instrument in the framework of Horizon 2020 by ensuring that the SME Instrument beneficiaries will receive the most appropriate services to enhance the probability of successful exploitation of the innovation project supported by the Instrument and to leave a footprint for the future sustainable growth of the beneficiary by identifying bottlenecks and indicated solutions with the help of a capable coach. This objective will be implemented by the tailor made service of The Key Account Management (KAM) in the framework of WP1. 2. Increase of innovation potential of small and medium sized enterprises by providing hider quality innovation support services. This objective will be implemented by specially designed activity: Enhancing the innovation management capacity of SMEs (EIMC) in the framework of WP2 of this project and will be addressed to SMEs with a real potential for international growth via product, process, service or business model innovation but lack the knowledge, skills or ability to manage innovation activities. The main goal of the service is to make the innovation system, in the company, more efficient and effective. Specific objectives will be implemented by five Partners of Enterprise Europe Network East Poland Consortium. All Partners have relevant staff members with skills, knowledge and experience to provide specialised services. Project duration is foreseen for 24 months.

Keywords: innovation management,capacity building,innovation expert,sme instrument,horizon2020,key account management,enhancing innovation management
How visual perception shapes our cities: a cognitive model of ageing population (AgeCogCity)

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: United Kingdom
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2016, 2016)
Start date: 2018-12-01
End date: 2020-11-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 195454.8
EU funding (EUR): 195454.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Two mega-trends – the rapid urbanisation of the world’s population and the ageing of that same population – will soon collide. Adapting to the challenges of elderly citizens (many of whom no longer drive), urban designers need appropriate tools to support planning for walking, the most environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable transport mode. Cities’ walkability depends not only on physical settings, but also on processes of human spatial cognition, in particular visual perception. However, current state of art methods in modelling and forecasting urban systems are based mainly on economic and transportation demands and ignore pedestrians’ spatial cognition. This research discovers how visuo-spatial cognition contributes to the generation of new urban uses and activities based on the age profile of the user population. It constructs a novel urban-behavioural paradigm that links built environment and the way people use it, by addressing three fundamental questions: (1) What are the most important visuo-spatial properties influencing pedestrian cognition? (2) How urban visibility could be encoded and analysed as an abstracted spatial representation (visibility network)? (3) What mechanisms allow cities to be generated through feedback reflected in pedestrian movement and urban visibility? These questions are answered using an interdisciplinary approach: It combines quantitative techniques for spatial modelling with qualitative strategies for tracing of pedestrian behaviour in Immersive Virtual Reality (IVR). The research findings will set a framework for the evidence-based tool to assist planners, architects and stakeholders in the design and evaluation of urban projects in view of the changing needs of urban population.

Keywords: spatial cognition,ageing,pedestrians,sustainable planning and design,smart cities,activity location,visibility graph,spatial networks,virtual reality,agent based simulation
Anomaly Detection combining time series and unstructured data using AI/ML algorithms in a distributed cloud/edge device scenario (SmartAD)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Norway
Call: European SME innovation Associate - pilot (H2020-INNOSUP-2020-02, 2020)
Start date: 2020-10-01
End date: 2021-09-30
Duration (months): 12.0
Total project cost (EUR): 184444.64
EU funding (EUR): 129111.25
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

IoT has taken the world by storm and in 2025 there will be ~75Bn connected devices, creating an amount of data never generated before. This comes with a new set of challenges, which need to be addressed with regards to IoT device management, especially in industrial settings. Currently, there are limited tools for embedded Linux IoT device management (e.g. cameras, sensors, thermostats, routers, etc), which are not able to effectively manage the devices and keep the IoT infrastructure secure. QBee offers the qbee.io platform, a unique embedded Linux automation, provisioning and security tool enabling a highly efficient IoT device management with high security focus for the overall IoT infrastructure. With the SmartAD project, QBee targets the development of an innovative module to the platform, namely an automated smart, accurate and secure anomaly detection module, which was identified as top priority to disrupt the IoT devices management tools. Intelligent algorithms can be used for detection of malfunctioning/suspicious behavior using advanced anomaly detection, fingerprinting and the awareness of configuration changes that the device should adhere to. To achieve this, time series data as well as file and configuration changes needs to be analyzed. Although, QBee has a strong team in the area of full-stack development, system administration, embedded devices (Linux), automation and cloud software scaling, which allowed to bring the product to a beta-version, it is also very small, and currently QBee does not have in-house skills for the next innovation stage, where forefront Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning and data analytics skills are demanded. The SME Innovation Associate Programme fits the QBee plan on boosting R&D activities and the recruitment of an Innovation Associate will be critical to develop this module which will make qbee.io platform unique in terms of detection & prevention of cyberattacks on industrial IoT infrastructures.

Keywords: industrial iot,iot device management,embedded linux devices,artificial intelligence,machine learning,time series,unstructured data,anomaly detection
SHAring Researchers’ Passion for Evolving Responsibilities (SHARPER)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: European researchers' Night
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Countries involved: Italy,Italy,Italy,Italy,Italy,Italy,Italy,Italy,Italy
Call: European Researchers' Night (H2020-MSCA-NIGHT-2020, 2020)
Start date: 2020-05-15
End date: 2021-02-14
Duration (months): 9.0
Total project cost (EUR): 703591.25
EU funding (EUR): 447500.0
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

Researchers are key actors in finding sustainable solutions to global challenges. With their work they are committed to pursue new discoveries that can make a difference in the quality of life for everyone. These commitment and passion lead them to face constantly evolving responsibilities with an impact on everyone’s life. SHARPER (SHaring Researchers’ Passion for Evolving Responsibilities) aims to present to all citizens the researchers’ commitment for their increasingly important social role. By making the researchers’ job a shared cultural experience SHARPER will let citizens and researchers be part of the same endeavor for a better world. To synthesize this shared global effort SHARPER project will focus on topics related to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set as Agenda 2030 by United Nations and on the key role that researchers play on different challenges defined by the SDGs. SHARPER will involve 12 cities in 8 regions (Ancona, Cagliari, Catania, L’Aquila, Macerata, Nuoro, Palermo, Pavia, Perugia, Terni, Torino, Trieste) and over 110 institutions. It will consolidate and innovate the experience developed over the last 7 years at regional and national level effectively triggering researchers engagement processes in many cities across Italy. SHARPER also strengthen the collaboration with other Researchers Nights in Europe (8 partners projects in 7 countries) to jointly develop new communication formats, common strategies on impact assessment and a brand new mobility scheme for young researchers and PhD students among European Researchers’ Nights to share experiences and enhance communication and public engagement skills. SHARPER project also includes a strong collaboration with other Nights in Italy to share ideas, impact criteria, communication and awareness actions among which the first national joint pre-event involving the Italian ERNs.

Keywords: passion,engagement,researchers,excellence,cities,responsibilities,steam,sustainable development goals,innovation,education,entertainment,humanities,science,performances,night
Structural biology of chromatin transcription (CHROMATRANS)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Molecules of Life: Biological Mechanisms, Structures and Functions
Panel description: Molecular biology, biochemistry, structural biology, molecular biophysics, synthetic and chemical biology, drug design, innovative methods and modelling
Countries involved: Germany
Call: ERC Advanced Grant (ERC-2019-ADG, 2019)
Start date: 2020-07-01
End date: 2025-06-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2017500.0
EU funding (EUR): 2017500.0
Participants: 1
Project status: TERMINATED

Transcription of protein-coding genes by RNA polymerase II (Pol II) governs cell identity and fate. We previously provided the structural basis of Pol II transcription initiation (ERC Advanced Grant TRANSIT: Sainsbury, Nature 2012; Lariviere, Nature 2012, Plaschka, Nature 2015) and of Pol II elongation regulation (ERC Advanced Grant TRANSREGULON: Vos, Nature 2018; Vos & Farnung, Nature 2018). These studies elucidated the mechanisms of transcription regulation. However, they were conducted on naked DNA, and not on chromatin, which is the natural template in cells and regulates transcription in many ways. As a consequence, the molecular mechanism underlying chromatin transcription and the regulatory interplay between chromatin and the transcription machinery remain poorly understood. Here I propose to take the next big step towards an understanding of the transcription mechanism and investigate the structural basis for Pol II transcription of chromatin templates. Integrated structural biology will provide structures of the transcription machinery on nucleosomal DNA. Nucleosomes are the building blocks of chromatin and regulate transcription in many ways. In particular, we will solve structures of pioneer factors bound to nucleosomes, to investigate how chromatin is opened locally for transcription (aim 1). We will solve the structure of the Pol II pre-initiation complex on the ‘+1’ nucleosome at the beginning of a gene, to understand how initiation is regulated by this specialized nucleosome (aim 2). Finally, we will determine structures of mammalian Pol II elongation complexes with many factors during nucleosome passage, to elucidate how Pol II transcribes chromatin (aim 3). Together with functional analysis in vitro and in vivo, these ground-breaking efforts will take the structural biology of transcription regulation to the chromatin level. The proposed research will also advance methods for the reconstitution and analysis of transient, higher-order complexes.

Keywords: transcription,chromatin,mrna,rna polymerase ii,integrated structural biology,cryo electron microscopy,gene regulation
Tensor Network Truncated Conformal Space Approach (TNTCSA)

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: Germany
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2020, 2020)
Start date: 2021-10-01
End date: 2023-10-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 174806.4
EU funding (EUR): 174806.4
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

One of the central research problems in theoretical physics is the dynamics of quantum many-body systems. A challenging open problem is the numerical simulation of out-of-equilibrium dynamics in continuous strongly-interacting models of quantum field theory, which in contrast to lattice models remain hard to study. This has recently become a pressing task, due to rapid advances in ultra-cold atom experiments that have achieved a realisation of the sine-Gordon model, a one-dimensional quantum field theory exhibiting topological excitations. The proposed research aims at: 1. The development of a new numerical technique to be named “Tensor Network Truncated Conformal Space Approach” (TNTCSA) for the numerical simulation of quantum dynamics in continuous one-dimensional and strongly-interacting models of significant experimental interest. The method will be built upon the standard TCSA method optimised by using an efficient adaptive truncation scheme, based on Tensor Network techniques also used in the Density Matrix Renormalisation Group and Matrix Product State methods. 2. The application of the new method for the simulation of the above mentioned ultra-cold atom experiments, both in and out of equilibrium. We will compute theoretical predictions for equilibrium and dynamical correlations of the quantum sine-Gordon model and compare with experimental data to obtain a precise modelling of the experimental system. 3. Building upon this, we will devise a blueprint for experimentally realising a quantum field thermal machine, whose operation will be based on the application of controllable space and time dependent external potentials. The new method is expected to have applications in a broad range of physics areas from particle physics to statistical mechanics and atomic physics.

Keywords: computational,numerical methods,quantum many body dynamics,out of equilibrium quantum field theory,continuous one dimensional systems,ultracold atom gases,quantum thermodynamics
Establishing services enhancing the innovation management capacity of SME's in the Enterprise Europe Network- London (EENLondon H2020)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: INNOSUP (H2020-Adhoc-2014-20, 2014)
Start date: 2014-09-01
End date: 2014-12-31
Duration (months): 4.0
Total project cost (EUR): 87500.0
EU funding (EUR): 70000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

EEN London's proposal to deliver an action establishing services enhancing the innovation management capacity of SMEs in the London region.

Keywords: the action,project establishing services enhancing the innovation management capacity of smes in the enterprise europe network has two objectives that would need to be delivered through a mi
A novel systems biology approach to develop preclinical assets from innovative drug discovery starting points inspired by viruses (MIMESIS)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Advanced Manufacturing and Processing, and Biotechnology
Theme: Biotechnology
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: France
Call: Dedicated support to biotechnology SMEs closing the gap from lab to market (H2020-SMEINST-2-2016-2017, 2016)
Start date: 2016-11-01
End date: 2018-10-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3568898.75
EU funding (EUR): 2498229.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Access to new medicines targeting unmet medical need is a challenge for both the Pharmaceutical industry and the member states of the European union. For the last decade the pharmaceutical sector has faced fundamental dilemmas: - The average cost to develop a single drug has tripled in a decade - Patent expirations have reduced revenue from blockbuster drugs - Attrition in the drug development pipeline remains high. - The rate of innovation in pharmaceutical development is low because of a focus on a restricted number of drug target classes and emphasis on developing “me-too” drugs. In this context, ENYO has developed an innovative systems biology based approach inspired by viruses to identify patentable chemistries directed at new human disease targets. The feasibility of this approach has been successfully demonstrated in 2015 with the identification of 40 largely unexplored novel human targets against influenza virus, which eventually resulted in the generation of leads ready for development as a therapeutic for influenza. Project MIMESIS aims to scale-up ENYO’s systems biology approach to discover original preclinical assets against human targets not previously considered tractable to drug development in both infectious (Influenza, HRV, RSV, TB and Zika) and non-infectious disease contexts (Oncology). It will scale-up the number of drug discovery targets and the disease scope and initiate the deployment of the approach to the pharmaceutical industry at the global scale. The MIMESIS approach will develop novel starting points for the development of new drugs in diseases with unmet clinical need. It will contribute to better access to medicines which will translate into higher pharmaceutical benefit to the patients. The approach has never been used before in the pharmaceutical industry and is transferable to any human disease.

Keywords: drug development,virology,bioinformatics,medicinal chemistry,oncology
Graphene for Semiconductor Industry (G4SEMI)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Spain
Call: SME instrument (H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-2, 2018)
Start date: 2018-05-01
End date: 2020-04-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1961125.0
EU funding (EUR): 1372787.5
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

G4SEMI goal is to create added value through the introduction of high performing Graphene-on-wafer at competitive cost, accelerating innovation for the advanced semiconductor industry and eventually creating a new product category. This new area of development will make it possible for the European industry to harness this market high potential, fostering competitiveness and creating growth throughout the EU. GS proposes this Phase 2 project after the updated Phase 1 Business Innovation Plan, in order to take the CVD Graphene-on-wafer technology a step closer to the market through 3 specific applications: photosensors, biosensors and memory devices. This project will allow GS to become the worldwide leader as Graphene-on-wafer producer with the necessary production capacity to supply the semiconductor industry and the research laboratories. More specifically, the G4SEMI objectives are: • To develop ready-to-integrate Graphene-on-wafers for the semiconductor industry (memory devices, photosensors or biosensors). • To produce custom made Graphene-on-wafer for each of the 3 different applications. • Increase process yield and implement an automated and optimised quality control. • To supply 200mm wafers (industry standard) to the semiconductor market. • Scale production capacity to more than 10,000 wafers/year to demonstrate commercial viability • Reduce more than 10 times the Graphene-on-wafer cost per cm2 (by scaling up and improving quality control). GS has validated and patented a highly efficient Graphene-on-wafer production process and its application into electronic devices. GS will be able to introduce Graphene-on-wafer materials at industrial scale positively impacting the €545 billion semiconductor devices market. GS will become the worldwide leader in Graphene-on-wafer for semiconductor applications generating at least € 23.8 M in 2022, in incremental revenues, +76 jobs creation and a +10% market share by 2022.

Keywords: graphene,cvd graphene,photosensors,biosensors,memory devices,cmos fabs,wafer scale,integration