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microscale photonic trace gas sensor

the demand for highly sensitive trace gas detection down to partperbillion ppb levels and exceptional selectivity is paramount across various fields including environmental monitoring industrial process control and healthcare currently such capabilities are only accessible through bulky and expensive highend sensors limiting their use primarily to research settings however the erc starting grant project scent has recently achieved a significant breakthrough by demonstrating the first chipscale sensor capable of ppblevel detection and selectivity equivalent to that of highend instruments these sensors merge the strengths of highend commercial spectroscopic systems offering sensitivity selectivity isotope detection capability and longterm stability while also being compact lightweight and requiring only microlitre sample volumes this success was possible due to a pioneering waveguide design supporting airlike modes demonstrated within the erc starting grant scentthe current project aims to explore the disruptive innovation potential of the scent sensor concept advancing it from a proofofconcept to the next level of technological readiness this entails i the development of a prototype module and ii its reallife application demonstration to study the metabolic emissions of methaneconsuming bacteria native to permafrost soilsadditionally the project encompasses crucial aspects such as ip protection management monitoring target markets primarily environmental intelligence and designing a technology roadmap for the sensors exploitation outreach activities are meticulously planned to promote the sensors to potential commercial partners endusers and stakeholders the overarching vision for the scent sensor is to unlock new opportunities for largescale insitu gas monitoring with unparalleled data density ultimately enhancing our capabilities for environmental intelligence in the face of our evolving climate
global hydroconnectivities beyond oceans seas and rivers

hydroconnect focuses on the connectivities afforded by hidden underground fresh water that surfaces along the coastlines of islands lacking accessible perennial fresh water it explores how austronesianspeaking seafarers transformed such freshwater seeps into wells throughout the south china sea and indopacific affording searoutes around these well networks thus hydroconnect breaks with the tendency in the social sciences and historiography to analytically privilege oceans or navigable rivers as vectors of global connections and historymaking with the innovative concept of hydroconnectivities human connections afforded by fresh water access hydroconnect develops a novel theoretical framework linking the terrestrial and the aquatic through comparative historical ethnography of austronesian speakers indigenous knowledge which has crossed oceans and flowed down generations travelling between different groups of people deploying a cyclical tidalectic methodology transcending anthropology archaeology and geology it breaks new methodological and theoretical ground for conceptualising global history through hydrological connectivities across these chains of island worlds in different oceans first it studies how this travelling indigenous knowledge enabled hydroconnectivities that opened up sea routes and integrated fresh water well infrastructure and ecological and social exchanges across immense oceanic spaces in the past second the project maps and theorizes how presentday descendants and successors of austronesianspeaking seafarers benefit from vernacular hydrological knowledge of underground freshwater seeps thus it advances analogical knowledge for tackling groundwater depletion to enable pastinformed and futureoriented water policies for the sustainable management of the earths aquifers
building the worlds largest digital hospital for neurological challenges

peili vision was founded in 2015 based on a vision to help people rehabilitate after traumatic health events such as stroke by combining vr technology artificial intelligence gamification and the latest science in neurorehabilitation our mission is to empower every rehabilitee to train in the most effective way and as frequently as possible from the comfort of their own home our evidencebased novel rehabilitation methods enable feedback and progress tracking remotely remote approach addresses the key bottleneck in this field lack of rehabilitation professionals which is why currently the cost of rehabilitation services is very high while the availability is very limited especially in rural and remote areasour first product is designed for speech therapy in the next phase with the support of the eic funding we will expand our productservice offering to cover the entire patient care path from remote diagnostics to aidesigned therapy programs and medication evaluation
an ecological framework to advance crop diversification in southern africa

crop diversification offers substantial potential benefits for smallholder farmers in southern africa positive interactions between diverse crops can lead to higher and more stable yields more nutritious diets better economic returns and lower agrichemical use however choosing the right diversification option to realise these benefits is challenging interactions between crops can be negative as well as positive and it is not yet well understood which features of different crop combinations and their environments determine their overall performanceecodiv will address this knowledge gap by undertaking an ambitious analysis of large datasets from agricultural field experiments across zimbabwe zambia and malawi specifically ecodiv will 1 quantify the relationships between crop combination productivity and crop traits under different environmental conditions 2 explore which characteristics of crop combinations are important to meet different socioeconomic needs and 3 investigate whether the effects of crop combinations on microhabitat conditions explain their performance this research will produce an ecological framework for crop diversification in southern africa an understanding of the key interactions between crop traits and environmental conditions that predict the performance of different crop combinations in different contextsto achieve ecodivs objectives dr chloe maclaren the research fellow will work with interdisciplinary and international research teams at two host institutes the swedish university of agricultural sciences slu and the international maize and wheat improvement centre cimmyt ecodiv will advance dr maclarens career by developing the knowledge skills and networks needed to achieve leading research positions in ecology for agricultural development both hosts will benefit from transferofknowledge in new statistical methods and from strengthened collaboration around shared research goals in subsaharan africa
complex chemical reaction networks for breakthrough scalable reservoir computing

the brain is the worlds most amazing computer and it runs entirely on chemical reactions the vision of corenet is to construct brainmimicking computing devices that utilise networks of chemical reactions as molecular information processing systems to achieve this vision we will implement reservoir computing rc on microfluidic chips using chemical reaction networks crns that convert input feedstock molecules and environmental conditions into a pattern of product molecules this pattern can be monitored on a chip using a combination of highthroughput mass spectrometry analysis algorithmic cheminformatics and ai tools corenet will generate a breakthrough in highly scalable and functional chemical rc by integrating our partners new knowledge and stateoftheart methodologies in systems and analytical chemistry microfluidics cheminformatics and machine learning corenet will produce microfluidic chip devices that perform highlevel computing with molecules synthesising and analysing a pattern of output molecules in situ this moleculebased computing power enables truly sustainable ai and speaks the language of living systems which constantly process information about their molecular environment future applications of our chemical rc system lie in implantable devices brainmachine interfaces and personalised medicine corenet brings together 4 leading scientists with complimentary expertise that covers all fundamental aspects of this project their expertise is combined with the worldclass knowledge in aiml modelling of a hightech global industry partner with unique research and computing infrastructure while an sme specialised in the communication and dissemination of results will ensure maximised impact our highly interdisciplinary team will generate new scientific knowledge and breakthrough technologies to achieve essential priorities for europes future and its support to the un sustainable development goals
foundation models for robots that handle small soft and deformable objects

tornado will develop an innovative multifunctional and adaptive cloud robotics platform supporting advanced navigation of an autonomous mobile robot amr within complex timevarying realworld humanpopulated indoor environments the tornado amr will be able to manipulate small soft or deformable objects ssds to an unprecedented degree of success as well as to naturally interact with humans via hand gestures or verbal conversation by exploiting the zeroshot generalization abilities of deep neural foundation models fms for robotics the amrs intelligence will rely on a pool of pretrained cloudhosted fms which shall be further adjusted onthefly to the current situation via outofdistribution detection testtime adaptation and fewshot adaptation subsystems these will exploit human feedback if available but will also support autonomous and dynamic cognitive adaptation additionally the tornado system will be able to automatically select and setup onthefly the most suitable combination of fms and nonneural robotics algorithms during deployment depending on the current situation in cases of failure onthefly skill acquisition will be supported via integrated novel learningfromdemonstration methods facilitated by an innovative augmented reality ar interface and explainable ai xai algorithms the adaptive tornado system will allow the robot to perform difficult nonrepetitive manipulation tasks on previously unseen ssds that may change shape during handling as well as to flexibly adjust to ssds of different sizes during operation measurement of human trust to interactive robots and human behavioral modeling will aid optimal integrationacceptance of tornado into society validation will take place at trl5 in 3 different industrial usecases flexible small gears manipulation and deformable plysheets handling gears factory palliative patient care hospital and product quality samplingwaste collection dairy processing plant
the artificial motion factory

todays robots are confined to tightly controlled environments even the complex choreographies that the atlas humanoid flawlessly executes heavily rely on handcrafted control strategies and detailed workspace models with little place for sensing to put it bluntly robots are nowhere near the level of agility dexterity and even less so autonomy robustness and safety required for their deployment in the wild alongside peoplethe tenet of artifact is that the key to an actual revolution will come from the algorithmic foundations of artificial motion intelligence an ai challenged from the start to interact physically with dynamic environments and ultimately people to do so we will break away from the dichotomy between optimal control where the role of perception is traditionally limited to an early state estimation stage and reinforcement learning where control policies are typically learned modelfree with no guarantee to cope with the curse of dimensionalityin artifact we will devise a unified structured modular and learnable control architecture for providing robots with advanced decisionmaking capabilities to solve complex tasks and face new interactions as they experience the world it will leverage the notion of differentiable programming at all scales to enable robots to i capture models of their interactions directly from a sound combination of sensor data and first principles from physics ii autonomously discover new complex gestures and movements leveraging their past experiences and iii learn embodied representations to control their interactions finely and reason about the physical world it will be implemented in opensource software and shown in realworld and challenging scenarios requiring fine dexterity and high agility altogether these contributions will be the key enablers to enhance robot autonomy fundamentally thus opening the age of ubiquitous robots at the service of mankind
molecular chirality tools for the study of gluten immunogenic peptides and celiac disease novel therapeutic and diagnostic approaches

celiac disease cd is a systemic autoimmune disorder triggered by gluten consumption in genetically predisposed individuals affecting a substantial portion of the european population 14 a significant number of cd cases remain undiagnosed 75 leading to untreated disease and its associated symptoms these range from immediate gastrointestinal and extraintestinal distress to longterm complications such as osteoporosis infertility and cancer among others placing substantial strain on society and healthcare systems as the primary treatment for cd remains a strict glutenfree diet there is a pressing need for innovative approaches to alleviate the burden of inadvertent gluten exposure this proposal aims to investigate the molecular mechanisms governing the transport of gluten immunogenic peptides gip across the small intestine and to develop a chiralbased strategy for the design of enantiomeric peptides that can inhibit gip toxicity and immunogenicity our objectives are 1 to develop a focused library of enantiomeric peptide inhibitors of gip that could be used as novel therapeutic agents for cd 2 to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of gip transport and immunogenicity across the small intestine using gip enantiomers as probes 3 to establish a liquid chromatographymass spectrometry lcms assay for gip quantitation in biological samples as a novel diagnostic tool for assessing gut permeability in cd patients the successful accomplishment of these objectives will provide valuable insights into gip activity and transport within intestinal epithelium and immune cells moreover it offers the potential to identify novel peptidebased therapeutics against gip with the possibility of further commercialization lastly the success of this proposal carries the critical importance of raising awareness about cd and pathologies associated with gluten consumption addressing the alarming rate of undiagnosed cases within the european population
hydrogen engine architecture virtually engineered novelly

climateneutral aviation will require the use of alternative fuels such as green hydrogen and sustainable aviation fuel saf combined with the power density of an ultraefficient gas turbine engine for the short and medium range smr aircraft market which corresponds to approximately 50 of the current share of air transport emissions rollsroyce represented within the heaven project by rruk rrd supported by key uk and european academia industry and research centres are currently developing a new generation of very high bypass ratio geared engine architecture called ultrafan which was started in 2014 from the beginning this ducted engine architecture has been designed to be scalable and meet the needs both of widebody and smr markets to achieve the necessary 20 fuel burn reduction rollsroyce proposes to significantly evolve the ultrafan design the evolved engine architecture design will take the next steps in improving the efficiency of the gas turbine take advantage of the properties of net zero carbon fuels such as hydrogen to improve efficiency combining this with hybrid electric technology to reduce wasted energy numerous innovative enabling technologies already at trl3 will be incorporated into this new architecture to improve the gas turbine efficiency together with work on hydrogen in cavendish hra01 and hybrid electric in heart her01 clean aviation projects in conjunction with activities in national and regional programmes this will be synergistically combined to validate up to trl6 the highly innovative ultrafan design to support a 2035 eis heaven brings together a highly specialised european industrial and academic consortium already strongly involved and familiar with the ultrafan programme additionally the partner easyjet european airline operator who have the largest fleet of european manufactured smr aircraft operating in europe will bring an in depth knowledge of operational requirements and impact in this market
actually existing development twentieth century international development and the global south

international developmentthe crossborder transfer of funds and expertise for developmental purposesformed a core plank of the twentieth century international system but we still know very little about the grassroots dynamics of international development in the twentieth century devhist will be the first project to systematically examine the encounters between individuals groups and worldviews that both attended and often reshaped international development at points of implementation across the global south from the 1950s to the 1990s taking the site of implementation as a dynamic space of renegotiation this project will expose and interrogate the gap between planned and actually existing development in the twentieth century uncovering the complex negotiations that remade international development projects at the point of implementation will reveal the previously unseen viewpoints and agency of global south communities and midlevel aid workers on the international system a more granular understanding of the lived experience of international development including the coercion resistance and renegotiation that often attended development projects in the global south will also facilitate a reevaluation of historical international development and the broader systems of global governance that emerged in the postwar period to achieve these outcomes devhist will pioneer a multiscalar historical methodology that traces international development programmes through every stage of their lifecycle and draw upon a previously neglected source base including project files and global southproduced accounts it will apply this approach to programmes and projects implemented by a range of development actors including western and eastern bloc state development agencies multilateral development banks international organisations and development ngos in asia africa and latin america
blue oceans strategy for value creation

beagle proposes an innovative methodology for value creation from the uptake of the research results applying the blue ocean strategy it explores new market niches by fostering sustainable value chains in untapped markets while promoting disruptive synergies and innovation this will be achieved through constructing a beagle network of 3 universities 1 technology centre 1 innovating communities manager and 4 industry clusters with a work plan which will be implemented by the active participation of 240 professionals from 7 european countries both innovators from industry and researchers academia and tech centre through the application to an ad hoc open call multiple disciplines sectors and geographic areas are called to connect and interact in this ai beagle community mainly those of the participating entities by the end of the project the goal is to unveil 20 new market niches the blue oceans and to cocreate 20 innovation proposals with specific roadmapsto facilitate the cocreation experiment 12 mixed teams will be set expert researchers and ttos officers form the academia and the technology centre will merge with the cluster managers and their representatives from the industry clusters those actors will lead manage and supervise the whole work plan starting by the recruitment of professionals from their own institutions the mentioned open call to actively join beagle as participants of the proposed innovation funnel three phases are planned i discovering opportunities through cocreation activities workshops survey interviews videofactsheets system innovation approaches ii cocreating the innovation proposals and iii consolidating 20 new innovative market niches to attract investmenta dedicated marketplace linked to the f6s platform 44 million members will facilitate the implementation of the project and its further sharing of results and lessons learned will ensure its continuity after the projects funding period
acoustic flow interaction over sound absorbing surfaces effects on impedance and drag

the lack of fundamental knowledge of the interaction between an acoustic wave and a turbulent boundary layer grazing an acoustically treated surface such as an acoustic liner is the cause of unexpected and unphysical results found when performing the acoustic characterization of the sound absorbing surface with inverse eduction methods this is because in this field acoustic and aerodynamic have never been fully coupledto fill this knowledge gap the acoustic and hydrodynamic velocities near an acoustically treated surface must be measured since it cannot be done only with stateoftheart experiments because of hardware and fieldofview limitations i propose to complement experiments with scaleresolved highfidelity numerical simulations based on the latticeboltzmann verylargeeddy simulation methodnumerical results will be used to explain the physics of the acousticflow interaction advanced data analysis methodologies will be developed and applied to separate the acousticinduced velocity near the wall from the hydrodynamic one at the same time the numerical database will be used to compare inverse methods employed to acoustically characterize the sound absorbing surfaces in order to explain the physical reasons behind the unexpected results and propose physicsbased corrections furthermore by describing the flowacoustic interaction it will be possible to model and predict the drag increase caused by the coupling between the acousticinduced velocity and the freestream onemy description of the flowacoustic interaction will solve the scientific debate about the unexpected results and pave the way towards future broadband lownoise lowdrag acoustic metasurfaces to increase propulsion efficiency and reduce noise of future more sustainable aircraft engines