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hybrid spintronic synapses for neuromorphic computing

at spinion technologies we develop a new manufacturing solution based on ion beam processes to precisely engineer magnetic materials at the atomic scale this result enables the development of new neuromorphic chips based on low power synapses composed of magnetic devices that can overcome both catastrophic forgetting and reduce device variability hence greatly advancing the development of highly efficient robust hardware amenable to neural applications on the edgeour transition project involves both hardware software developments to demonstrate implementation of an artificial neural network on a magnetic chip which will bridge computational neuroscience and deep learning while generating strong impact for future embedded and neuromorphic systems this project also covers all necessary steps for full commercial readiness including problemsolution validation market research competition analysis establishing ip strategy ensuring regulatory compliance stakeholder engagements dissemination activities construction of a detailed business plan and securing future funding
towards a social neuroscience of healthrelated decisionmaking

social relationships have important effects on health and disease our interactions with others feelings of social isolation versus connection and perceived social norms influence behavior physiology and even mortality yet an ongoing challenge is to understand the brain mechanisms underlying social context effects on human health which could ultimately enable us to use neuroimaging to predict psychosocial risk factors and individual vulnerability to unhealthy lifestyle i propose to address this challenge by testing how social norms and social relationships influence food and alcohol craving and healthrelated decisionmaking paralleling my recently developed brain signature of food and drug craving i predict that i can develop a brain signature of social cravingour unfulfilled need for social contactusing fmri and machine learning and that responses of this signature are associated with increased susceptibility to social context effects on decisionmaking and health work package wp1 will test the effects of social influence on food craving drink craving and delay discounting and whether social influence effects generalize across tasks wp2 will test whether and how social rejection versus connection increases food and drink craving delay discounting and social craving wp3 will use machinelearning to develop a new neurophysiological signature of social craving and use data from all wps to investigate whether responses of this social craving signature are associated with 1 susceptibility to social influence 2 social rejection effects on decisionmaking and 3 aggregate measures of lifestyle mental and physical health by uncovering the brain bases of social context effects the socialcraving project will transform our understanding of the neurophysiology underlying craving and healthrelated decisionmaking and allow for a new level of brainbased prediction of individual vulnerability to psychosocial risks and negative health outcomes
mobile biolab to support first response in arbovirus outbreaks

the who estimates that vectorborne diseases vbd account for more than 17 of all infectious diseases every year more than 25 billion people are at risk of contracting dengue alone and vbds cause almost 1 million deaths in the last decades several species of invasive disease carrying mosquitoes have invaded the northern hemisphere of the planet through the transport of goods increasing international travel and climate change in 2018 a west nile fever outbreak transmitted by mosquitoes occurred in the eu for this disease there are no vaccines or medications there were 1503 cases reported in 11 countries and 181 deaths vbd mobile biolabs could have assisted health authorities in containing this outbreak reducing cases and preventing deaths unfortunately such a system does not existmobvec will be the first vbd mobile biolab providing1automatic information about vector populations obtained in realtime by smarttraps powered by machinelearning and edge computing insect species sex age and viral infection2geoss compliant vector risk maps of adult insects and eggslarvae built on field copernicus data3geoss compliant disease transmission models in mosquito populations fusing data from copernicus clinical and diagnostic data of reference labs and vector risk maps4geoss compliant citizenscience platform to reinforce the surveillance of mosquitoes using citizens as observation nodes5vbd mobile biolab with the capacities of points 1 2 3 and 4 vbd epidemiological maps and forecast models to be rapidly operational in the heart of outbreaks to assist firstrespondersthis technology will the first line of defence against disease vectors worldwide help prevent and fight devastating disease outbreaks and will save lives while saving millions of euros in healthcare and lost workinghours this has never been done before and our consortium has the interdisciplinary research capacities to make it a reality
qsm in plaque vulnerability diagnosis a software tool for early clinical assessment

stroke is the leading cause of disability and the third leading cause of death in the western world over 50 of strokes occur inasymptomatic patients and therefore better indicators of the disease are required these acute asymptomatic cerebrovascularevents are due to vulnerable plaque rupture leading to thromboembolic events stroke andor sudden death from our work todateas part of erc starting grant fibreremodel we have found that that most significant contributor to rupture strength of a plaque isthe underlying collagen fibres within this tissue particularly within the fibrous plaque cap the underlying structure of the carotidplaque may therefore be used to determine the risk of vulnerable plaque rupture however a noninvasive diagnostic techniquewhich uses knowledge of in vivo arterial collagen content has yet to be developed vascoll will generate the first software toolthat can inform on plaque vulnerability in a noninvasive way enabling early diagnosis of the predisposition of a carotid plaque torupture and facilitating the selection of the optimum treatment minimising the need for surgery and healthcareassociated coststhis approach will offer a number of significant benefits over current approaches to vulnerable plaque identification firstly thistechnique will be the first ex vivo and in vivo application of the qsm technique to human arteries and carotid plaques to exploit thesensitivity of magnetic susceptibility to collagen content in arteries secondly this technique is relatively easy and efficient totranslate in vivo given that this method determines the underlying plaque and vessel structure not merely level of stenosisvascoll will transform how vulnerable carotid plaques are identified and treated
business plan 20232025 for the crosskic strategic education cluster

the crosskic strategic education cluster edu cluster is an unprecedented endeavour to integrate systematise and leverage education activities from different kics create joint offerings and open new opportunities for raising eits profile and market penetration by ensuring interactions and synergies between kics educational activities the edu cluster creates crosscutting opportunities fosters peerlearning and allows efficiency gains as a result eit partners are equipped to innovate solutions to global challenges tackled by european policies most notably the green deal and the deep tech talent initiative dtti the different work packages wps comprising the edu cluster reflect the need for transversality of eits educational offer wp2 will develop execute and scale the dtti by training one million deep tech talents by 2025 therefore contributing to the new european innovation agenda wp3 will build on its success with the girls go circular project by expanding its educational resources and reach to all eu member states wp4 will support the longterm sustainability of the eit alumni community while ensuring inclusion and diversity wp5 will scale up the eit virtual campus vc through upskilling or reskilling learners with competences in line with market demand eit vc will become the goto educational portal to address knowledge needs in europe and complement the resources of higher education institutions wp6 will actively implement the eu next generation innovation internship scheme to place deep tech and aspiring innovators as interns at eic and eitsupported startups and scaleups the edu cluster in synergy with other crosskic clusters and the hei initiative will keep strengthening the crosskic offering along the entire education value chain
machineassisted teaching for openended problem solving foundations and applications

computational thinking and problem solving skills are essential for everyone in the 21st century both for students to excel in stemcomputing fields and for adults to thrive in the digital economy consequently educators are putting increasing emphasis on pedagogical tasks in openended domains such as programming conceptual puzzles and virtual reality environments when learning to solve such openended tasks by themselves people often struggle the difficulties are embodied in the very nature of tasks being openended a underspecified multiple solutions of variable quality b conceptual no welldefined procedure c sequential series of interdependent steps needed and d exploratory multiple pathways to reach a solution these struggling learners can benefit from individualized assistance for instance by receiving personalized curriculum across tasks or feedback within a task unfortunately human tutoring resources are scarce and receiving individualized humanassistance is rather a privilege technology empowered by artificial intelligence has the potential to tackle this scarcity challenge by providing scalable and automated machineassisted teaching however the stateoftheart technology is limited it is designed for welldefined procedural learning but not for openended conceptual problem solving the tops project will develop nextgeneration technology for machineassisted teaching in openended domains we will design novel algorithms for assisting the learner by bridging reinforcement learning imitation learning cognitive science and symbolic reasoning our theoretical foundations will be based on a computational framework that models the learner as a reinforcement learning agent who gains mastery with the assistance of an automated teacher in addition to providing solid foundations we will demonstrate the performance of our techniques in a wide range of pedagogical applications
the division of labor in production networks

the division of labor breaking down work into tasks so that workers can specialize in a subset of tasks is believed by many economists to be key to economic progress by providing efficiency gains when producing goods and services a key feature of the modern economy is that the division of labor is increasingly taking place between firms in a production network as firms fragment production along the supply chain both within and across borders johnson and noguera 2017 this project aims to provide new frameworks and novel evidence on how deepening production networks shapes the division of labor within and across countries with particular emphasis on labor market implications of production networks specifically division will investigate how production networks jointly shape efficiency and equity what are the economic effects of deepening production networks on efficiency specialization and growth and what are the effect on wages the skill premium skilled relative to unskilled wages and earnings inequality this comprehensive and ambitious analysis includes developing new methods and economic frameworks as well as providing new datasets and novel empirical evidence economic growth has slowed down since the 200708 global financial crisis european firms are getting older and less dynamic and economic inequality is increasing in many parts of the world a rigorous analysis of the role of production networks for efficiency and equity is therefore urgently needed to address todays main societal challenges
calcium looping to capture co2 from industrial processes by 2030

calby2030 will be the enabling tool to achieve commercial deployment from 2030 of calcium looping using circulating fluidised bed technology cfbcal three trl6 pilot plants across europe sweden germany and spain will be developed for testing under industrially relevant operating conditions to maximise impact these pilots will investigate the decarbonisation of hard to abate co2 emission sources flue gases from modern and future steelmaking processes that rely mainly on electricity emissions from modern cement plants that cannot escape from the use of limestone and from wastetoenergy and biochp power plants that fill the gap in scalable dispatchable power and allow for negative emissions these pilots will collectively generate a database of over 4000 hours of operation this data will be interpreted using advanced modelling tools to enable the scaleup of the key co2 capture reactors to fully commercial scale process technoeconomic simulation cluster optimisation and life cycle analysis will be performed to maximise renewable energy inputs and materials circularities all this information will form the basis for undertaking feed studies for the demonstration plants in at least four eu locations innovative cfbcal solutions will be developed and tested to reach 99 co2 capture rates reaching for some process schemes costs as low as 30 tco2 avoided and energy intensities with specific primary energy consumption per co2 avoided below 08 mjkgco2 when o2 from electrolysers is readily available as an industrial commodity societal scientists and environmental economists will assess the social acceptability and preferences for zero or negative emissions cal demonstration projects with novel methodologies that will elucidate and help to overcome current societal barriers for the implementation of ccus the consortium includes the worldleading cfb process technology developer key end user industries and leading academics including cal pioneers
disrupting the migraine continuum of care for resource constrained settings

chronic migraine is defined as a headache persistent for more than 3 months or a severe headache persistent for more than 15 days within a month it affects approximately 2 of the world population the world health organization classifies severe migraine attacks as among the most disabling illnesses comparable to dementia and quadriplegia treatments start with pharmaceutical drugs which have contraindications and severe side effects and often remain ineffective in chronic migraine patients injectable treatments like botox and nerve blocks can be effective but require multiple sessions per year and also have undesirable effects treatments using neurostimulation products that deliver electrical pulses to the occipital nerve have been up to 80 effective but they are designed for the back not the neck which results in high rates of surgical revisions this leaves the chronic migraine population severely underserved and in need of an innovative solution our vision is fundamentally based on disrupting the continuum of care and referral pathway by creating a more effective nonsurgical solution that reduces cost and risk and therefore increases accessibility to more physicians and patientsthe consortium will develop a novel platform for the treatment of chronic migraine that will be particularly applicable to resource restricted environments and targeting underserved patients we are working on 4 elements working together seamlessly 1 lunaair an implantable electronics device with neural write stimulation 2 lunacontrol a wearable device that will communicate with and power the implantable device 3 lunaapp a mobile app to control the implant 4 lunainject an ergonomic minimally invasive injection device that minimises tissue trauma and training required for physicians
marginal saharan lites extraafrican and intraafrican students mobilities

the marels project aims to study the connections between saharan pastoral minorities and the conflictual situation in mali and niger through the unusual prism of growing highereducation student mobilities like other young africans saharan students increasingly cross the borders in search of knowledge in another country for the purpose of gaining professional perspectives and acquiring global skills and languages further weakening the number of highly trained saharan professionals saharan nomadic populations have been characterized in the past by difficult access and high dropout rates across all levels of education largely due to conflicts poor infrastructure and economic vulnerability compared to urban regions in the saharasahel it is believed that student international mobilities have the capability of ushering in a new set of saharan leaders who are competent to make the best use of human and material resources for the promotion of a peaceful prosperous and integrated saharasahel in africa the challenge of this project is to write the unknown histories of saharan graduates and to revise the common narrative of the sahara as isolated and disconnected from the rest of the world following the mobility turn in anthropology although much research has been produced on saharan mobilities scarce attention is given to student mobilities the marels project aims to fill this gap and provide an answer to the following questions what role do saharan professionals trained in international universities play in their home societies given the sometimes conflicting expectations from the local community traditional lites institutions government companies foreign actors eg ngos military forces etc how do saharan graduate lites establish objectives and strategic actions oriented towards meeting these expectations when they are in a diaspora in the global north
gut microbiomemediated activities of psychotropic drugs

mental illnesses are among the most prevalent health burdens with major depression ranking fourth among the leading causes of disease worldwide although diverse psychotropic drugs are available the delayed onset of drug action high nonresponder rates and frequent side effects still pose significant challenges several observations suggest the gut microbiome as major contributor to high interindividual differences in drug responses while there is evidence that these drugs lead to changes in the microbiome composition of patients it has not yet been explored whether these effects are part of the drug mode of action andor whether they contribute to side effects the aim of this project is to investigate to what extent gut microbes are involved in the therapeutic outcome of psychotropic drugs by employing model synthetic and patient derived microbiome communities from stool of drug responders nonresponders and healthy controls and in vivo gnotobiotic mouse models we will systematically characterize the reciprocal interactions between gut microbes and commonly used psychotropic drugs ex vivo from microbial drug metabolism to druginduced bacterial secretion of neuroactive compounds for intriguing interactions we will elucidate the underlying mechanisms and use the knowledge to design engineered microbiomes we will then employ gnotobiotic knockout mice deficient for primary drug targets of psychotropic drugs and colonize them with microbiome communities carrying the different mapped traits to separate the contribution of drug effects originating from the microbiome from those of the host overall our results will inform microbiomeguided therapeutic strategies whose improved efficacy we will test in vivo due to the transferability of the developed technology and if successful this new research direction could not only revolutionize psychotropic drug therapy but also pave new ways for improving personalized drug therapy for many other diseases
co2 free production of critical raw materials using hydrogen

several materials are produced by carbothermic reduction using fossil carbon as a raw material and with co2 as an unavoidable byproduct since the use of hydrogen does not generate co2 emissions hydrogen can be a solution for decarbonising these otherwise hardtoabate industries infact hydrogen from renewable energy sources is expected to contribute to decarbonise a large part of the eus metallurgical industry by 2050 however since it is not as strong a reducing agent as carbon there are several metals that cannot be produced directly with hydrogen some of these such as silicon si and manganese mn are crucial for successfully building europes clean technology value chains and meeting the eus 2050 climate neutrality goal in fact si and mn are both defined as critical raw materials crms and strategic raw materials srms the european commission has proposed a regulation on that aims to strengthen the eus capacities and resilience along the crm and srm value chains this cannot be done in a sustainable way unless production of crms and srms can be performed without co2 emissionsthe overall ambition of mecalo is to develop an innovative co2free production concept for crms where renewable hydrogen is used to eliminate the need for fossil carbon our goals areto target 95 reduction of co2emissions from si and mn productionto replace 9 million tonnes of annual coal imports by 15 billion nm3 of h2 in 2050to save 33 million tonnes of annual co2 emissions in 2050our concept will be applicable to all carbon reduction processes without any need for completely new low trl production technology therefore mecalo will strengthen the eus capacities and resilience for a secured and sustainable supply of these crms mecalo is gathering eu leading rto and industries along the crm value chain including two major players in the field of si and mn production
cloudedgeiot spheres of largescale pilots

ceisphere aims to support the development of an open interoperable and competitive ecosystem that encompasses the cloudedgeiot largescale pilots lsps particularly those funded under the cl42024data0103 call and their stakeholders ceisphere will play an accretive role in supporting the commission and the lsp community to achieve better outcomes including i gaining a detailed understanding of the usecases their level of maturity their value chain and their markets ii identifying horizontal challenges and synergies that can help fast track results iii supporting the development of open ecosystems through interoperability iv securing the interoperability robustness and scalability of the cei solutions through standards that can be promoted internationally v connecting to other cei deployment drivers including technological drivers such as the mass adoption of gen ai regulatory and environmental drivers to this end ceisphere will produce 1 a highlevel reference cei architecture 2 usecase catalogue with trl value chains rules of engagement and target markets 3 cei market analysis reports and forecasts 4 gtm guideline for lsps 5 openclosed source development boundary minimum interoperability standard 6 guidelines on privacy enhancing technologies 7 cei tech backbone kit for open edge ecosystem based on holistic assurance framework 8 cei certification framework 9 10 synergies to facilitate the sharing of insights resources and best practices and 10 an innovation ecosystem visualisation tool with 50 cei use cases ceisphere brings together a strong consortium comprised of 3 smes blu tria trustit 2 companies idc vdi 2 industry associations aioti inside and 4 affiliated entities with specific relevant expertise ceispheres outputs dissemination through a detailed exploitation plan to reach cei tech adopters providers facilitators innovators will maximise the projects impact