Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Development of innovative automated fibre placement machine for composite fuselage manufacturing with high performance hybrid materials (SMART-LAYUP)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Smart, green and integrated transport
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Clean Sky 2
Action type: Innovation actions
Partnership: CS2 (Art-187)
Countries involved: Spain,Spain
Call: Development of innovative automated fiber placement machine for composite fuselage manufacturing with high performance hybrid materials. (H2020-CS2-CFP03-2016-01, 2016)
Start date: 2017-02-01
End date: 2020-07-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3685538.75
EU funding (EUR): 2698699.63
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

SMART-LAYUP activities described in the present proposal will contribute to develop and validate an advanced process of hybrid materials automated lay-up for manufacturing of regional aircraft composite fuselage which allows a significant reduction of the overall production costs and manufacturing flow. After a developmental phase to be performed at MTORRES site, the innovative process and related machine will be validated and costs assessed through the execution of dedicated lay-up tests and fabrication of fuselage demonstrators at Topic Manager plant.

Keywords: fiber placement,prepreg,viscoelastic,hybrid composite
COST at a turning point: A unique framework for pan-European ST cooperation as clear demonstration of European values (H2020)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Spreading excellence and widening participation
Programme: Widening participation and spreading excellence
Theme: European Cooperation in Science and Technology
Action type: Specific Grant agreement
Countries involved: Belgium
Call: COST-Networking-2015 (H2020-Adhoc-2014-20, 2015)
Start date: 2015-05-01
End date: 2019-04-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 178169171.0
EU funding (EUR): 178169171.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

COST is an intergovernmental framework for cooperation in science and technology (S&T). Founded in 1971, it supports collaborative S&T networks called COST Actions – a unique cooperation instrument allowing the joint development of ideas across all scientific disciplines through trans-European networking of nationally funded research activities. A process of significant review and adaptation of COST strategies and policies has been recently giving birth to a new COST, focused on inclusiveness, societal impact, output orientation and lean implementation. A fully dedicated legal entity under the direct responsibility and guidance of the COST Member Countries, the COST Association, has been established. The main objective of the present proposal is to allow COST to continue to meet the complex challenges that characterise Europe’s research and innovation agenda and in particular to pursue four solid and societally relevant objectives: 1. Join research efforts and develop common S&T programs by supporting high quality pan-European S&T networks 2. Build research capacity and strengthen S&T excellence across the ERA 3. Address societal questions by promoting trans-disciplinary research 4. Widen participation and inclusiveness through tailored mechanisms, fostering integration across the ERA COST represents European added value as it is the sole pan-European framework fostering open and bottom-up S&T cooperation networks, driven by researchers’ needs. Its focus on excellence, openness and inclusiveness has proved a successful formula over many years. Institutional, operational and administrative levels of intervention allow COST to effectively pursue the objectives above and to fulfil its mission. The consistent and continuously improved implementation of COST, already proved successful during the first year of the COST Framework implementation under Horizon 2020, will enable it to strongly contribute to Horizon 2020 objectives.

Keywords: networking,research and innovation,science and technology,knowledge sharing,interdisciplinary,openness,inclusiveness,bottom up,pan european cooperation,output oriented
A Collaborative Mobile Robot Arm that can Learn Impedance Critical Tasks from Humans (CoMRAde)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Reintegration panel
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Türkiye
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2016, 2016)
Start date: 2017-04-01
End date: 2019-03-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 157845.6
EU funding (EUR): 157845.6
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The aim of the proposed research is to develop a mobile manipulator that can effectively learn impedance critical tasks by means of physical interactions with a human, and acquire human’s abilities via human-to-robot skill transfer for subsequent autonomous task execution. In a factory environment, execution of such tasks, e.g., drilling, screwing, are frequently encountered and can be easily accomplished by human workers. Nevertheless, automating these tasks with robots require expert robotics engineering knowledge, robot-specific arrangements in the factory, and exact model of the environment. Through the integration of human-to-robot skill transfer techniques, these monotonous tasks can be autonomously handled by a mobile manipulator so that human workers can focus on more complicated tasks. To this end, this project aims to develop required technologies to create such a system that can be actively used in a real factory environment for actual scenarios. With the successful completion of the project, a crucial building block will be built for human-centered robotic automation, which is of importance in keeping the manufacturing jobs in EU. Upon the completion of the project, it is anticipated that an invaluable robotic platform that corresponds to Industry 4.0 criteria will be obtained. Due to nature of the project, the system will be a patented end-product for industrial manufacturing tasks. Therefore, it will lead to a strong university-industry collaboration which will be greatly benefited by the host institute, OzU, and the researcher. Moreover, the project will greatly expand the research network for the researcher as he aims to be a leader in the field and expand his research expertise with this multidisciplinary project.

Keywords: human centred robotics,human to robot skill transfer,robotic manufacturing,mobile manipulator
bEhaVioral Insgihts anD Effective eNergy policy acTions (EVIDENT)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Secure, clean and efficient energy
Theme: Reducing energy consumption and carbon foorpint by smart and sustainable use
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Ireland,Cyprus,Greece,Greece,Belgium,Greece,Sweden,Greece
Call: Socio-economic research: non-energy impacts and behavioural insights on energy efficiency interventions (H2020-LC-SC3-EE-2020-1, 2020)
Start date: 2020-12-01
End date: 2023-11-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1998750.0
EU funding (EUR): 1998750.0
Participants: 9
Project status: SIGNED

Energy efficiency lies at the very core of policy interventions for energy security, energy poverty and climate change, while its promoted by technological innovations and investments. However, it seems that these technologies are not adopted by consumers at least to the extent that the assumption of rational behavior would predict. This energy efficiency gap, the difference between expected and realized energy consumption, costs to national economies both in terms of monetary values and emissions. Significant role in mitigating this issue is the exploration of the drivers of individual behavior. There is tremendous opportunity and need for policy-relevant research that utilizes randomized controlled trials and quasi-experimental techniques to estimate the returns to energy efficiency investments and the adoption level of energy efficiency programs. EVIDENT proposes several different case studies under the framework of randomized control trials (RCTs) and surveys in order to define the main drivers of individuals’ decision making and to establish new relationships between energy consumption and other fields such as financial literacy. A large number of participants, well stratified samples, innovative design of experiments and state of-the-art econometric models that will be employed in EVIDENT and will contribute in robust estimates and subsequent policy measures for effective policy interventions.

Keywords: behavioural insights,random control trials,energy efficiency,policy implications
Advanced Data Methods for Improved Tiltrotor Test and Design (ADMITTED)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Smart, green and integrated transport
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Clean Sky 2
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Partnership: CS2 (Art-187)
Countries involved: Italy,Switzerland,Netherlands
Call: Adoption of a “Digital Transformation” approach to improve NGCTR design and simulation (H2020-CS2-CFP08-2018-01, 2018)
Start date: 2019-02-01
End date: 2023-11-30
Duration (months): 58.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1718330.0
EU funding (EUR): 1718330.0
Participants: 4
Project status: SIGNED

Flight testing is an important phase during the development of an aircraft to validate the design. During flight, data is gathered and design problems are identified and solved. The collected data are fundamental for the analysis and Aircraft are properly instrumented to generate large amounts of information. Such huge amount of data needs to be properly evaluated and traditional methods and platforms are no more effective. Flight testing is a significant cost contributor to the aircraft production life cycle and is still extensively deployed. Flight test programmes take several years and more prototypes are built to reduce lead times. Strong adherence to rigour safety and certification requirements and generally unchanged circular advisories inhibit the potential improvement of flight test designs. Innovative algorithms and statistical estimation are not achieving its full potential in the industrialized flight testing environment. The methods in this proposal increase the quality and productivity of an experiment, leading to a required test point reduction or increased predictive capabilities. The purpose of this project is to define and implement a state-of-the-art platform able to support data analysis. This is achieved by adopting a complex hardware architecture to support big data analysis and implementing specific algorithms to support data correlation, time series management and statistical analysis. Furthermore, to support flight test engineers, novel approaches based on machine learning are provided to support the technicians in detecting specific flight conditions. The same platform is also adapted to support the development of the Next Generation Civil Tilt Rotor Technology Demonstrator.

Keywords: big data,machine learning,flight data analysis
Success in Public Governance: Assessing and explaining how public problems are sometimes addressed remarkably effectively (SuccessfulGovernance)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Institutions, Governance and Legal Systems
Panel description: Political science, international relations, law
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call: ERC Advanced Grant (ERC-2015-AdG, 2015)
Start date: 2016-09-01
End date: 2022-05-31
Duration (months): 69.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2019022.5
EU funding (EUR): 2019022.5
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Societies cannot survive and thrive if they are not governed well. The public’s business – e.g. security and safety; health and well-being – needs to be managed effectively. Achieving this in the current era of connectivity, transparency, accountability and assertive, skeptical and empowered citizens deeply challenges the institutions of government, which were largely designed for a drastically different era. We urgently need to learn how we can govern societies successfully under the new circumstances. However, in both the popular and academic discourse, the focus is on the frailty and fallibility of our government institutions. We excel in explaining how policies fail, reforms falter, public money is wasted, public leaders are distrusted, and public institutions eroded. So much so that robust knowledge about the practices that produce good governance is hard to come by. And yet good governance is all around us, allowing us to learn from successes as well. This proposal seeks to address the imbalance. It offers a constructive, yet rigorous and systematic investigation of ‘success’ in 21st century governance. An innovative combination of theoretical perspectives, comparative approaches, and mixed methods is developed to answer five questions: 1. How is success in public governance defined and assessed by those who engage in it and those who experience it? 2. Why are some public policies enduringly successful? 3. Why are some public organizations enduringly successful? 4. Why are some interactive, collaborative governance initiatives enduringly successful? 5. How do these successful examples jointly contribute towards understanding the principles of a theory for governance success? The inquiry will increase our insight into the pivotal yet ill-understood phenomenon of governance that ‘works’. It will enrich the field with new methodologies, provoking the discipline to reconsider the emphasis on failure and undertake the systematic study of success.

Keywords: public management,governance,success,performance,legitimacy,endurance,social construction,group deliberation
A breakthrough in Renal Cell Carcinoma: Personalized RCC-Test (RCC-TEST)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Health, demographic change and wellbeing
Theme: Treating and managing disease
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: France
Call: Clinical research for the validation of biomarkers and/or diagnostic medical devices (H2020-SMEINST-1-2015, 2015)
Start date: 2016-02-01
End date: 2016-07-31
Duration (months): 6.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

In oncology today, only 10 to 15% of patients respond strongly to therapeutic treatments. Metastatic renal cell cancer (mRCC) is no exception. It is one of the most treatment-resistant malignancies. 30% of patients are diagnosed with a metastatic disease. In such cases, the only solution is a radical surgical resection of the tumor, followed by the necessary therapies. About 80% of cases fail to respond to current therapeutic agents. New protocols with combined immuno- and targeted therapies have shown highly promising results. However, it is extremely difficult to interpret these results. Each patient is different and defining the appropriate set of therapies for mRCC has become increasingly complex. RCC-TEST is a new in vitro diagnostic tool, which will revolutionize the RCC post-surgical treatment. It will allow for rapid and cost-effective testing of a therapy’s effectiveness for each patient, before starting complex and expensive therapeutic protocols. Clinicians will be able to prescribe personalized treatments and to prolong patients’ lives, thereby reducing medical expenses. The new test is based on the ICELLTIS breakthrough 3D multicellular tumor spheroids, which are specific to RCC. For the first time, these spheroids are composed of the patient’s own tumor and immune cells, which are key determinants for the efficient in vitro investigation of responses and resistance of tumor cells to medical drugs. During Phase 1, ICELLTIS will scale-up RCC-TEST in order to prepare and be ready for further European clinical trials. A market study will be realized in order to investigate new international market opportunities and to challenge different commercial strategies. The main deliverable will be an updated business plan. ICELLTIS sees a huge business opportunity to further exploit their know-how in 3D (spheroid) tumor cell culture models. This feasibility study is an essential first step before the routine clinical practice and industrial production.

Keywords: 3d cell culture,spheroids,tumor,cancer,renal cell cancer,immunorherapies
Automotive Residue Valorization (AUTOREVAL)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Smart, green and integrated transport
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Italy
Call: Small business innovation research for Transport (H2020-SMEINST-1-2015, 2015)
Start date: 2016-02-01
End date: 2016-05-31
Duration (months): 4.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

In order to reduce the environmental impact of waste produced by the Transport sector, the Directive ELV (End Life Vehicles) require an integrated approach that involves all the main players of the automotive chain. Within the transport sector particular attention is devoted to the life cycle of vehicles, including their disposal, that must reach well defined recovery targets. Critical issues remain unresolved, in particular the disposal of some car residues which still end up in landfill and in addition it is required a more efficient recovery of used tires. With our project we will develop and sell a new kind of innovative industrial plant, which will be able to process and convert ASR (Automotive Shredder Residue or car fluff) and ELT (End of Life Tyres) rubber, into fuel products, reducing the environmental impact and making more efficient the entire automotive sector. Our ambition is the total elimination of landfill disposal, as regard car-fluff, with the related environmental impact and transportation costs. The main advantages our invention will provide are: absence of emission of dangerous substances during the process, capability to convert 100% of a payload made of ASR or ELT (End of Life Tyres) rubber into fuels (with a small % of residual water), high reduction for the need of landfill disposal. Materials transformed into fuels will be used as energy source by the players of the sector, contributing in this way to the development of a circular economy that embraces the whole vehicles life. Our goal is to produce and sell about 20 plants in 5 years. If we reach this target we will recycle 480.000 tons/y of car fluff and used tires rubber, increasing the percentage of recyclability of cars from the current 75% to 80% in Europe.

Keywords: asr automotive shredder residue,car fluff,elt end of life tyres,elv end life vehicles directive
Real Time Response System towards Safety and Emergency Management Improvement in critical infrastructures and soft targets (StandBy-U)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Secure societies - protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call: Engaging SMEs in security research and development (H2020-SMEINST-1-2016-2017, 2016)
Start date: 2016-06-01
End date: 2016-08-31
Duration (months): 3.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Within this year 350,000 people in Europe will die of sudden cardiac arrest, 2.5 million workers will result injured at their workplace and safety and security incidents will cost business and citizens in Europe €204 Billion. Incident response requires speed. For example, if attended within the first five minutes, cardiac arrest survival rate is 50%. Growing security challenges will drive the market for safety and emergency management solutions reaching €2.14 billion revenues in 2021 the EU, growing at 5.4% Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR). At ASK Community Systems we are a team of 12 employees, delivering since 2003 adaptive solutions assisting companies to manage mobile workforce and field services. An optimal and fast communication and coordination between all stakeholders is essential for effective safety and security management. In lieu of the potential market application and societal impact of our expertise to the domain of emergency management, we started the development of Standby. Standby-U is a comprehensive support tool for effective security & safety management. Combines resource management with technology for achieving situation awareness, in order to provide a system to interact with a large number of users simultaneously. Standby-U will autonomously manage availability, ensuring there is no over/under staffing of qualified personnel; will reduce time response by using context information such as time to destination, pushing alarms directly from detectors and accurate indoor location; Will provide a multimodal communication device substituting the use of pagers and radio transceivers. As a result, StandBy-U will furnish emergency services and safety management teams with a tool to increase their effectiveness while reducing managing costs and hardware expenditure. Benefits vary depending on the typology or the organization. For a company with 250 employees, the cost of StandBy-U is recovered within 6 months and saves 1.8€ for each 1€ spent yearly.

Keywords: emergency management,infrastructure security,occupational safety and health,context awareness technology,cloud communication
Core monitoring techniques and experimental validation and demonstration (CORTEX)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Euratom
Programme: Nuclear fission and radiation protection
Theme: Nuclear safety
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Germany,Germany,Spain,Spain,Germany,Germany,Germany,Switzerland,Switzerland,Switzerland,Greece,Hungary,Sweden,France,Czechia,United States,United Kingdom,Japan
Call: Continually improving safety and reliability of Generation II and III reactors (NFRP-2016-2017-1, 2016)
Start date: 2017-09-01
End date: 2021-08-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5462113.75
EU funding (EUR): 5092626.8100000005
Participants: 20
Project status: CLOSED

The CORTEX project aims at developing an innovative core monitoring technique that allows detecting anomalies in nuclear reactors, such as excessive vibrations of core internals, flow blockage, coolant inlet perturbations, etc. The technique will be based on primarily using the inherent fluctuations in neutron flux recorded by in-core and ex-core instrumentation, from which the anomalies will be differentiated depending on their type, location and characteristics. The method is non-intrusive and does not require any external perturbation of the system. The project will result in a deepened understanding of the physical processes involved. This will allow utilities to detect operational problems at a very early stage and to take proper actions before such problems have any adverse effect on plant safety and reliability. With an ageing fleet of nuclear reactors utilizing more challenging fuel assembly designs, core loadings, and operating more often in load-follow, new operational problems have been observed during the last decade and will become more frequent in the future. By making the detection and characterization of anomalies possible, the availability of nuclear-generated electricity will be further improved. This will contribute to a lowering of the CO2 footprint to the environment and to a higher availability of cheap base-load electricity to the consumers. By implementing the technique in the existing fleet of reactors, the technique will have a major impact. Moreover, the technique, being generic in nature, can be applied to future reactor types and designs. In order to develop a method that can reach a high Technology Readiness Level, the consortium was strategically structured around the required core expertise from all the necessary actors of the nuclear industry, both within Europe and outside. The broad expertise of the consortium members ensures the successful development of new in-situ monitoring techniques.

Keywords: core monitoring,core surveillance,core diagnostics