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LOCAL OWNERSHIP IN SECURITY SECTOR REFORM ACTIVITIES WITHIN CSDP OPERATIONS OF THE EU (EU and SSR)

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: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-EF) (H2020-MSCA-IF-2014, 2014)
Start date: 2015-10-07
End date: 2017-10-06
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 183454.8
EU funding (EUR): 183454.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Between 2002 and 2014, the EU has deployed 30 civilian and military operations in Europe, Africa and Asia, under its Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP). For most of these operations, the EU has a mandate to do activities related to the Security Sector Reform (SSR), aimed at the provision of national and human security within a framework of democratic governance. One of the core assumptions underpinning the EU’s operations has been that SSR has to be “locally owned” in order to be successful, meaning that local agents should internalize principles and objectives of externally driven reforms. Local ownership, however, remains a neglected concept not only theoretically speaking, but it is also very difficult to be implemented in practice. The theoretical and policy gap informs three principal aims of this project. First, the project will adopt a fresh theoretical framework for the study of local ownership. Drawing on the work of Michel Foucault, the project will conceptualize local ownership as a technology of international security “governmentality” wherein external actors employ set of techniques with the aim of turning local agents into subjects responsible for externally-driven security sector reform agenda. Such an approach will situate local ownership of CSDP operations within a wider context of emerging liberal security governance and explain why it continuously face implementation difficulties in semi-liberal or illiberal settings. Second, the project will obtain new empirical insights into how local ownership is being practised on the ground within three ongoing CSDP operations (EULEX Kosovo, EUPOL COPPS and EUTM Mali) and into why these projects continue to face implementation problems. The third objective of the project is to develop a set of policy recommendations that will assist future policy planners in conceiving more reflexive, context-sensitive and cost-effective local ownership strategies to be applied in current or future CSDP operations.

Keywords: csdp,security sector reform,governmentality,local ownership
FlExible assembLy manufacturIng with human-robot Collaboration and digital twin modEls (FELICE)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Austria,Germany,Germany,Italy,Ireland,Austria,Germany,Italy,Germany,Italy,Greece,Poland,Greece
Call: Robotics in Application Areas and Coordination & Support (H2020-ICT-2020-2, 2020)
Start date: 2021-01-01
End date: 2024-09-30
Duration (months): 45.0
Total project cost (EUR): 6342975.0
EU funding (EUR): 6342975.0
Participants: 14
Project status: SIGNED

FELICE aspires to design the next generation assembly processes required to address urgent needs in manufacturing. It unites multidisciplinary research in robotics, AI, computer vision, data analytics, process optimization and ergonomics to deliver a modular platform capable to integrate and harmonize an array of autonomous and cognitive technologies aiming to increase the agility and productivity of an assembly production system and also ensure the safety and physical and mental well-being of human workers. To achieve these goals, technologies will be developed combining the accuracy and endurance of robots with the cognitive ability and flexibility of humans. Such flexible and configurable technologies will support future manufacturing assembly floors to become agile, and address Industry4.0 adaptation. We consider two layers of operation, control and processing, a local one introducing i) a collaborative assembly robot roaming the shop floor to assist workers in assembly tasks, and ii) adaptive workstations for optimizing worker-specific ergonomic aspects, and a global layer which will sense and operate upon the real world via an actionable digital replica of the physical assembly line. FELICE will i) implement perception and cognition capabilities allowing the system to build context-awareness, ii) advance human-robot collaboration in otherwise manual assembly lines, enabling robots to safely and ergonomically share tasks with humans, allowing the flexible reconfiguration of an assembly production process and, iii) realize a manufacturing digital twin, i.e. a virtual representation tightly coupled with production assets and the actual assembly process to enable the management of operating conditions, the simulation of the assembly process and the optimization of performance aspects and, iv) integrate developments in an industrial assembly line for agile production. FELICE has two pilot environments: one for technology validation and one related to car assembly.

Keywords: human robot collaboration,collaborative robotics,ergonomics,multimodal perception,computer vision,machine learning,prescriptive ai,digital twin,cyber physical systems,agile manufacturing
Intelligent Ultra Low-Power Signal Processing for Automotive (I-SPOT)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Innovative Training Networks (ITN)-European Industrial Doctorates
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Germany,Belgium
Call: Innovative Training Networks (H2020-MSCA-ITN-2020, 2020)
Start date: 2020-11-01
End date: 2024-10-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 512640.0
EU funding (EUR): 512640.0
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Smart autos need to process and react to different types of stimuli from the surrounding environment. This data sensing and processing is performed with the support of different sensors, gathered data and the proper hardware platform to process the received data and react properly to the simuli whenever required. This project targets audio stimuli and considers two important challenges: Processing and localisation of the Audio signal based on the classic as well as deep learning methods

Keywords: low power processing
NA ION MATERIALS AS ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS TO MANUFACTURE ROBUST BATTERY CELLS FOR NON-AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS (NAIMA)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Advanced Manufacturing and Processing, and Biotechnology
Theme: Advanced materials
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Spain,Germany,Belgium,Sweden,Belgium,Slovenia,Bulgaria,France,France,France,France,France,France,France,Netherlands
Call: Strengthening EU materials technologies for non-automotive battery storage (RIA) (H2020-LC-BAT-2019, 2019)
Start date: 2019-12-01
End date: 2023-05-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 7999897.03
EU funding (EUR): 7999897.03
Participants: 22
Project status: SIGNED

The EU is transitioning to The EU is transitioning to a secure, sustainable and competitive energy system as laid out in the EC’s Energy Union strategy. The growing penetration of renewable energy sources in the EU energy market, go hand in hand with a high-competitiveness of the most consolidated technologies: Wind Energy and Solar Photovoltaics. The non-dispatchable renewable generation requires a higher flexibility in the energy system, where the weight of much more decentralised installations grow day-to-day. In fact, the flourishing of a wide portfolio of renewable energy installations is allowing the deployment of large to small scale industrial electricity grids, and in an increased share of electricity produced in private households. The NAIMA project will demonstrate that the new generation of high-competitive and safety Na-Ion cells developed and tested during the project, is one of the most robust and cost-effective alternatives to unseat the current and future Li-based technologies, nowadays controlled by Asian industry. The EU cannot jeopardize the future of its stronger industry to a technology already in the hands of non-European countries. Just the availability of the raw materials of Li-ion cells is almost a “miracle”. Under this scenario, the most robust non-Lithium alternative is the technology based on Sodium-ion (Na-ion). This disruptive technology is already supported by a solid European Battery value chain (industry partners of the consortium) through their solid commitment of substantial investments in the manufacturing of all components of a battery, preserving the ownership and industry strength around European countries. Within the framework of the project, 3 SIB prototypes will be tested in 3 multi-scale Business Scenarios to provide solid evidences about the competitiveness of the technology in 3 real ESS environments (renewable generation, industry and private household) through the application of an assessment and monitoring protocol.

Keywords: sodium ion battery,na ion battery,na ion cell,cost effective battery,na ion technology,stationary applications,low cost cell,high power cell,eco design,circular economy
Higher Education Internationalisation and Mobility: Inclusion, Equalities and Innovations (HEIM)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Research and innovation staff exchange
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: Spain,Hungary,Sweden,United Kingdom
Call: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE) (H2020-MSCA-RISE-2014, 2014)
Start date: 2015-01-01
End date: 2017-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 207000.0
EU funding (EUR): 207000.0
Participants: 4
Project status: CLOSED

The proposed research/innovation project (HEIM) focuses on how principles of equity and inclusion can be applied to internationalisation strategies and programmes in higher education, at both staff and student levels. It focuses on the Roma community in Europe as a critical example of a marginalised group. HEIM will interrogate and develop the concept and practices of higher education internationalisation in Europe through questions about who is able to participate in and benefit from policy initiatives and strategic interventions. It asks whether certain social groups are disadvantaged or excluded from the opportunities that mobility offers. It will examine motivations and experiences, and the hidden costs of border crossings in terms of socio-political and affective considerations. Its objectives include comparative investigation of data on who is participating in selected internationalisation programmes; producing accounts based on literature, statistical data and empirical research. It will create a set of guidelines for reflexive and inclusive approaches to the internationalisation of higher education. Through its interdisciplinary and intersectoral approaches, it will contribute to methodological innovation across different fields. It will build research and innovation capacity by constructing teams and sharing knowledge between early stage and experienced researchers. It will exchange knowledge about internationalisation programmes in the partner organisations via co-written papers, statistical datasets, literature reviews, training and workshops. The Partnership is between three universities (Sussex, Umeå and Seville) and a non-academic organisation, the Roma Education Fund (REF). Via secondments, staff exchange, training and collaborative inquiry, the project will investigate internationalisation policies, interventions and methodologies in different national locations.

Keywords: internationalisation of higher education,equity,inclusion and diversity,mobility,roma community in europe
A computing toolkit for building efficient autonomous applications leveraging humanistic intelligence (TEACHING)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Austria,Germany,Italy,Austria,Italy,Italy,Italy,Greece,Greece,France
Call: Computing technologies and engineering methods for cyber-physical systems of systems (H2020-ICT-2019-2, 2019)
Start date: 2020-01-01
End date: 2023-06-30
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3990778.75
EU funding (EUR): 3990778.75
Participants: 11
Project status: SIGNED

Industry and society are experiencing the transformational impact of the autonomous systems revolution, empowered by automation capabilities offered by Artificial Intelligence (AI). Cyber-physical Systems of Systems (CPSoS) define a multi-faceted and dynamic environment where autonomy is fundamental to govern the complexity of interactions between the virtual and physical worlds with minimal human intervention. However, even when the most advanced degree of autonomy is exercised, the human is a variable which cannot be left out of the CPSoS equation, particularly in safety critical scenarios like autonomous transportation. TEACHING puts forward a vision of humans at the centre of autonomous CPSoS, by embracing the concept of Humanistic Intelligence, where the cybernetic and biological entities cooperate in a mutual empowerment towards a shared goal and where human feedback becomes a crucial driver for CPSoS adaptivity. TEACHING addresses the challenge by integrating AI with fundamental concepts of security and dependability stemming from the AI-human-CPSoS interactions, and by considering their impact on the underlying computing system. TEACHING develops a human-aware CPSoS for autonomous safety-critical applications, based on a distributed, energy-efficient and dependable AI, leveraging edge computing platforms integrating specialized computing fabric for AI and in-silico support for intelligent cybersecurity. The goal is to design a computing software and system supporting the development and deployment of adaptive and dependable CPSoS applications, allowing to exploit a sustainable human feedback to drive, optimize and personalize the provisioning of the offered services. TEACHING outcomes will fundamentally impact the development of autonomous safety-critical systems, providing means to improve their safety, dependability and overall acceptability. This impact will be demonstrated by TEACHING in two pilots concerning autonomous driving and aviation.

Keywords: artificial intelligence,human centric systems,edge computing
Spin Transport Beyond Electrons (SPINBEYOND)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Condensed matter physics
Panel description: Structure, electronic properties, fluids, nanosciences, biological physics
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call: ERC Consolidator Grant (ERC-2016-COG, 2016)
Start date: 2017-09-01
End date: 2022-08-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1617500.0
EU funding (EUR): 1617500.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Spintronics is motivated by the quest for the next-generation beyond-Moore electronics. The conventional approach that is based on single-electron spin currents does, however, not solve the thermodynamic bottleneck that is caused by the dissipation associated with moving electrons. A revolutionary new approach to electronics is based on information processing and transfer by means of magnons, i.e., quanta of the collective spin-wave excitations in magnets, so that the electrons do not move at all. On top of this application perspective, magnons give rise to completely new physical phenomena that arise due to magnonic collective effects and that do not fit the paradigm of single-electron spintronics. This shift from single-electron to collective degrees of freedom to carry spin current – in large part substantiated by a 2015 experimental breakthrough involving the PI – calls for the formulation of a new basic model that includes these novel collective phenomena on equal footing with single-particle spin currents. It is the central and unifying scientific goal of this theoretical-physics proposal to develop this model. We focus on three material systems: ferromagnetic insulators, ferromagnetic metals, and antiferromagnets, and for each of these the objective is to bring out the new physics that arises due to i) coupled spin-heat transport in the linear-response regime, ii) collective effects in spin valves, and iii) magnon Bose-Einstein condensation and spin superfluidity. The latter paves the way for “magnon superspintronics”, the integration of room-temperature spin superfluidity with spintronics. In terms of methodology the proposed research spans the spectrum from phenomenological hydrodynamic theory to evaluation of the various bulk and interface parameters from microscopic descriptions. Our recent work gives us, combined with our background in cold-atom systems, a head start to carry out the proposed research.
Phreatic Eruption Dynamics and Risk in the Antilles (PHEDRA)

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: 2021-01-01
End date: 2023-12-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 196707.84
EU funding (EUR): 196707.84
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Phreatic or hydrothermal eruptions are relatively frequent phenomena on active volcanoes hosting shallow hydrothermal systems, where heat and fluids are transferred from the magmatic source to the surface through a porous and fractured rock. Such a flow of fluids promotes the increase of interstitial pressure as well as the alteration and weakening of the host rock, potentially leading to conditions of mechanical failure. The deriving phreatic explosions are able to generate jets of gas and particles, often accompanied by intense fallout of large (10-40 cm) lithic blocks. Due to the complex interaction of the magmatic and hydrothermal systems, phreatic explosions are among the most sudden and unpredictable volcanic phenomena. Their study is hindered by the largely incomplete stratigraphic record, the partial understanding of the underlying physical processes, and by the fact that such eruptions often manifest few, low-amplitude and unclear precursors in geophysical and geochemical signals. This project aims to develop a new physical and numerical model for the simulation of phreatic eruptions, and to apply it to the estimate of volcanic hazard and risk at La Soufrière de Guadeloupe (Lesser Antilles, FR), where the recent unrest episodes have increased the alert level for the resident population and for tourists, who increasingly visit the volcanic area. The project will focus on 1) aspects related to establishment and stability of initial conditions in the porous and fractured environment hosting the hydrothermal system; 2) the role of liquid water in the explosion, involving the explosive phase transition (flashing) of overheated water; 3) the 3D simulation of the phreatic explosion dynamics, with focus on potential blast generation and ballistic ejection. The scientific objective is to better understand the mechanism that triggers the explosion of the hydrothermal system under forcing by a deep magmatic source and to predict its dangerous effects.

Keywords: numerical models,explosive eruptions,multiphase flows,hydrothermal systems,volcanic hazards
Modelling sister chromatids cohesion (MisterCHROM)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Society and Enterprise panel
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Life Sciences
Countries involved: Austria
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2020, 2020)
Start date: 2022-09-01
End date: 2024-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 174167.04
EU funding (EUR): 174167.04
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The proposed project aims at modeling the structure and mechanisms of sister chromatids cohesion, and how it coordinates with intra-chromatid organization to shape replicated human chromosomes and support fundamental biological mechanisms. Indeed, sister chromatids organisation and its contribution to cellular functions remained elusive due to the lack of appropriate techniques able to distinguish the identical sequences of sister chromatids. The recent development of sister-chromatid-sensitive Hi-C (scsHi-C) technique by Gerlich's group at the host institution enables, for the first time, genome-wide analysis of sister chromatids interactions. These data now require theoretical models based on general physical principles to understand the complex scsHi-C contact patterns and the mechanisms underlying the formation and maintenance of sister chromatids cohesion. I will use coarse-grained polymer simulations and analytical calculations to: (i) unravel the structural and statistical features of sister chromatids organisation, e.g. how cohesive linkages distribute on the genome and the relative impact on sister chromatids conformation and alignment; (ii) understand the interplay of cohesion with dynamic intra-chromatid loops and TADs formation; (iii) predict outcomes of system perturbations on chromosome conformations and functional implications in processes such as gene expression, mitotic chromosome organisation, and DNA repair. Because the topology of sister chromatids is uncharted territory, whatever new knowledge is gained by the modeling approach proposed in this highly innovative study will constitute important contributions to long-standing open questions in the field, and will outline pathways towards new directions to pursue in future research. Given the relevance for various physiological processes, the outcomes of this project will be highly relevant for biologists from various fields, as well as biophysicist. The opportunity and the timing are thus unique.

Keywords: sister chromatids,cohesion,cohesin,polymer simulations,biophysical modelling,biophysics