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a metamaterialbased technology to create electricity from light

ameli aims at developing a family of hot carrier devices that operate on a technology discovered by the pi during the course of his erccog project this hot carrier technology does not rely on a pn junction or one of its many derivatives to create electricity giving access to a parameter space that is different from that of traditional solar cells the goal of ameli is to assess the potential for disruption of this approach and to propose a first proof of concept photovoltaic if we can reach a 10 energy conversion efficiency threshold or photodetector prototype at the end of the project
european circular economy innovation valley the european dance floor for circular regions

eciv is a dynamic project aiming to boost circular solutions in different european industrial value chains to increase connectivity inside and between different innovation ecosystems this transformation is essential for achieving the eus climate neutrality goals and enhancing industrial autonomy while addressing green transformationeciv aims to create a lively dance floor where innovation stakeholders can connect to propose solutions to different challenges of common interest for the regions to achieve circularity in their main industrial value chains it connects regions in europe that share interest in ce development emphasizing collaboration among stakeholders like public bodies industries rtos etc the consortium is composed of nine territories from nine countries joining 17 regions it has been selected based on their innovation capacity keen interest in the circular economy and potential synergies within their regional industrial value chainsobjectives to make significant progress in transitioning participating regions and europe toward a circular economyto generate sustainable growth and development in the participating regions and europe by capitalising on the economic opportunities presented in the transition to circular economymethodology1analysis of the regional contexts and challenges including policy aspects strategic planning and actors in the circular economy 2missionoriented plans defining specific missions and submissions to address the circular economys transformational goals 3connecting the ecosystems the dance floor focusing on facilitating connections and collaboration among stakeholders from different regions it creates a dialogue space challenges space and development space to mobilize engage and connect regional actors to solve specific challenges4solving the challenges by implementing deep tech projects to the proposed challenges selected in a cascade funding 5transferring and replication
private law firms as transnational advocates

top private law firms increasingly offer their services as advocates for societal needs at no or low costbig law pro bono this work changed significantly over the past decade firms take on more pro bono activities professionally organize those inhouse and do so over a wider geography in particular the global south while traditionally engaging in litigation pro bono lawyers have now expanded towards the full range of activities of transnational advocacy they train and educate stakeholders they advise international institutions and nonprofit organizations and they engage in institutionbuilding to do so they rely on powerful resources not least lawyers who went to the best law schools everincreasing revenues and highly influential networks however we lack systematic knowledge on how big law does good and with which implications for transnational advocacyprobono is the first project to tackle this key research question at a crucial point in time the projects claim is that big law pro bono is crowding ngos and local organizations out of their traditional advocacy space these firms are not affected by the shrinking space observed for traditional human rights defenders and they are both accustomed to and better equipped for navigating democratic backsliding and authoritarian contexts as these firms gain exclusive influence on law and policymaking across levels they change the organizational ecology of the fieldwith as yet unknown consequences this project studies the patterns practices and consequences of private law firms as transnational advocates it collects and analyses unique quantitative data and conducts indepth qualitative case studies on big law pro bono for womens rights and the right to a healthy environment probono significantly advances our knowledge of big law pro bono and its empirical and normative implications for transnational advocacy bridging debates in international relations and international law
viatariq analysing the longterm change and persistency of the roman road system in the levant

the viatariq is an interdisciplinary project that aims to explore key topic among the archaeologists and historians of the near east what is the level of persistencydiscontinuity of the roman road system in the longue dure and what influences it had on the social and economic developments in the medieval and modern period the project will approach these issues through analysis of large aggregated archaeological datasets and advanced spatial modelling methods enabled through training in these methods at the host institution the project will significantly add to our understanding of the centurieslong change and development of the road and transport networks in the levant it will illuminate the longterm effects of the roman road infrastructure on the economic developments in the medieval and ottoman periods the training and research offered by the project will position the applicant as an expert in archaeological computational modelling for the study of the past and will enable him to influence paradigms and inform debates in the history and archaeology of the near east
resonant metamaterials for traininduced ground vibration mitigation

remotion proposes an innovative compact resonant wave barrier crwb to mitigate railwayinduced ground vibrations engineering implementation of current pile barriers is limited due to their large dimensions especially in city centers instead by exploiting the locally resonant metamaterials concept the proposed research framework allows for designing barriers with practical engineering dimensions the main research objectives of the project include i analytical design of crwb guided by dispersion laws by employing multiple scattering theory ii numerical design and optimization of crwb exploiting a mixed wave finite element method and machine learning technique and iii fabrication and testing of crwb on the field the development of the remotion project demands a multidisciplinary approach that can be guided through a multiphase learning journey at three academic institutions involved pennstate university 18months outgoing phase supervisor prof shokouhi expert in wave propagation and machine learning ku leuven 6months secondment phase supervisor prof degrande expert in traininduced vibrations university of bologna 12months return phase supervisor prof marzani expert in surface wave measurement material testing and prototyping under the guidance of these experts new expertise in groundborne vibration abatement wave propagation in heterogeneous soil machine learning and signal processing will be achieved through a highlevel trainingthroughresearch framework attending training courses publishing research results in top international journals and obtaining new transversal skills will reinforce my career and put me in a privileged place for a tenured researcher position in eu academia working on metamaterials the remotion project will be organized into 6 work packages wps wp1 to wp3 will cover the objectives while wp4 to wp6 will include the research training exploitationdissemination and project management phases
interactive and explainable humancentered automl

trust and interactivity are key factors in the future development and use of automated machine learning automl supporting developers and researchers in determining powerful taskspecific machine learning pipelines including preprocessing predictive algorithm their hyperparameters andif applicablethe architecture design of deep neural networks although automl is ready for its prime time after it achieved impressive results in several machine learning ml applications and its efficiency improved by several orders of magnitudes in recent years democratization of machine learning via automl is still not achieved in contrast to previously purely automationcentered approaches ixautoml is designed with human users at its heart in several stages first of all the foundation of trustful use of automl will be based on explanations of its results and processes therefore we aim for1 explaining static effects of design decisions in ml pipelines optimized by stateoftheart automl systems2 explaining dynamic automl policies for temporal aspects of dynamically adapted hyperparameters while ml models are trainedthese explanations will be the base for allowing interactions bringing the best of two worlds together human intuition and generalization capabilities for complex systems and efficiency of systematic optimization approaches for automl concretely we aim for3 enabling interactions between humans and automl by taking humans latent knowledge into account and learning when to interact4 building first ixautoml prototypes and showing its efficiency in the context of industry 40perfectly aligned with the eus ai strategy and recent efforts on interpretability in the ml community we strongly believe that this timely humancentered ixautoml will have a substantial impact on the democratization of machine learning
efficient bioproduction of next generation dyes for sustainable fashion

we are using biotechnology to address three global problems sustainability pollution waste management we produce ecofriendly highperformance textile dyes from microorganisms through an efficient bioproduction process our production is based on the use of our proprietary synthetic genomics platform ie computational and genomic tools to engineer bacteria that produce colors from biomass waste streams our technologies provide solutions for the problems facing the textile industry as our bioproduced dyes have the same dyeing performance as synthetic dyes but are cleaner to produce independent from oil and toxic chemicals safer to wear and are ready to be used by manufacturers we will sell our flagship product indigo blue to dyeing housesfabric manufacturers full range of colors in following years achieving 50 market share at one of our large denim targets would be enough to meet 2025 business plan we will reach 24m revenues with gross margin of 67 in 2026
innovative trigger techniques for beyond the standard model physics discovery at the lhc

the discovery of the higgs boson at the large hadron collider lhc closes a central chapter of the standard model sm of particle physics while raising several questions such as the nature of dark matter an explanation to neutrino masses or the origin of baryon asymmetry in the universe the answer to those questions could be linked to the production of beyond the sm bsm particles which may have long lifetimes compared to sm particles at the weak scale if these longlived particles llps were to be produced at the lhc they would yield nonstandard signatures which require dedicated identification algorithms a complex filtering trigger system running sophisticated algorithms allows to decide in real time whether a given event of interest should be saved for data analysis or discarded the general goal of this proposal is to enhance the trigger capabilities to enable the discovery of llps and thus find evidence of bsm physics exploring innovative technologies that may be of use in future facilities with several years before the start of the highluminosity lhc hllhc it is now the perfect time to explore alternative trigger architectures and technologies not considered in the plans of the collaboration and that could not be explored otherwise to this end i will use a multidisciplinary approach involving advanced machine learning techniques and topoftheline ultrafast processing platforms to propose an innovative solution that will improve the capabilities of future trigger systems the foreseen studies might be the only way in which llps can be discovered at the hllhc any manifestation of such particles will revolutionise the field of high energy physics and help to answer several fundamental questions regarding the energy scale and nature of the bsm physics beside progressing in the frontiers of science the designed techniques can be of great use for industries requiring realtime processing of large datavolumes to extract features
innovative applications of extracorporeal photopheresis in solid organ transplantation

organ transplantation remains the only definitive treatment for endstage heart lung liver or kidney disease early transplant outcomes are now generally excellent dramatically reducing patients mortality and morbidity nevertheless transplantation still faces significant obstacles especially longterm immunosuppressionrelated toxicity and chronic decline of transplant function which are the leading causes of transplant failure to break these barriers which represent a very significant societal and economic burden in the eu there is a need for innovative therapies to lessen our reliance on conventional immunosuppression and better control nonresolving inflammation extracorporeal photopheresis ecp is now being investigated as a personalized adjunct immunosuppressive therapy in some organ transplant settings however ecp is regarded as a controversial therapy primarily because current understanding of its pharmacological actions is incomplete but also because there remain questions about optimal manufacturing processes qualitycontrol and personalized clinical indications the extra project asks whether a better mechanistic understanding of ecp can guide us more efficiently towards novel applications specifically extra brings together european experts in clinical transplantation immunology pharmaceutical development computational biology and medical device manufacture to address key questions through a coordinated interdisciplinary effort extra proposes 10 independent doctoral research projects with the ambition of providing its trainees with a comprehensive understanding of basic and translational immunology especially relating development and licensing of new immunotherapies through its research and training activities the extra project will contribute to scientific advancement and innovation in europe ultimately leading to societal and economic benefits stemming from clinical innovations in transplant immunotherapy and beyond
adipose tissueliver macrophage crosstalk in nash and fibrosis

nonalcoholic fatty liver disease nafld is characterized by hepatic steatosis and damage this drives liver inflammation promoting the progression to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis nash and liver fibrosis there are currently no approved therapies for nash and fibrosis which is in part due to a lack of knowledge of the immunological events underpinning nash and fibrosis the pathogenesis of nash is strongly influenced by crosstalk with other tissues there is increasing evidence that specifically obese adipose tissue macrophages atms are directly linked to liver pathology in this respect the host lab has shown that obese atms increase hepatic macrophage number however the exact changes in macrophage subsets and phenotypes were not investigated i recently demonstrated that in nash liver macrophages display large heterogeneity in phenotype and tissue localization and this plays a key role in nashassociated liver fibrosis based on this combined preliminary data generated by the host lab and me i hypothesize that atms alter hepatic macrophage composition and consequently affect the progression of nash to liver fibrosis by combining the mouse models and expertise available in the host lab and advanced technology present at the host institute with my expertise in detailed immunophenotyping of the liver in nash and fibrosis i will address this innovative hypothesis in great detail to bridge the translational gap from animal studies i will investigate the potential contribution of atms to hepatic inflammation and fibrosis in humans by using unique fresh paired adipose tissue and liver biopsies available through the clinical network of the host lab mactalk integrates the scientific and technical expertise of both me and the host lab creating a unique framework to identify novel mediators of hepatic inflammation and fibrosis furthermore mactalk will lay a strong foundation for my future career as independent researcher in the field of liver fibrosis
flexible lightweight multijunction solar cells and modules with enhanced performance for efficient light harvesting in outer space

the exponential growth of satellite launches and in general of inorbit activities calls for technological breakthroughs in costeffective solar energy harvesting technologies for space deploymentjump into space envisions a highefficient lightweight and flexible stable and sustainable alternative to currently available photovoltaic systems for inspace energy harvesting via an unexplored synergetic coupling of groundbreaking conceptsallperovskite tandem solar cells based on advanced contact materials and finely tuned perovskite absorbers will be developed to ensure high efficiency 30 at am0 targeted here but capable of overcoming the singlejunction shockleyqueisser limit the devices will be endowed with a pioneering lightweight and flexible multipurpose photonic substrate designed and optimized to embody the dual function of environment shielding and light management boost while being remarkably stable against highenergy radiation and atomic oxygen erosion the optimized allperovskite tandem solar cells will be manufactured on the multipurpose photonic substrates and thoroughly tested to deliver unprecedentedly high specific power and prove their stability for space operation in loworbit conditionsjump into space allperovskite tandem cells on innovative multipurpose photonic flexible substrates will be gamechangers for the next generation of space solar power eg allowing lightweight stowing in rollable platforms for powering novel propulsion apparatus for inspace mobility and a wide range of spacecrafts and applications eg systems for active debris removal micro and cubesats they could also be deployed in spacebased solar power plants and through novel properly designed transmission technologies power various inspace applications such as moon or mars human bases or even provide earth with continuous energy from space
the role of stress history on the earthquake potential of faults

the extent to which earthquake phenomena can be accurately assessed ultimately depends on how well the underlying physical processes are understood earthquake physics is primarily controlled by fault frictional properties and fluid pressure which have been widely tested in laboratory rock deformation experiments during the last 50 years these experiments have provided fundamental contributions to our understanding of earthquake physics however in most experiments the fault is loaded toward earthquakeslip under constant effective normal stress or via an increase in effective normal stress ie loadstrengthening nonetheless numerous natural faults are affected by a reduction in effective normal stress during tectonic loading ie loadweakening and this condition is dominant in induced earthquakes due to fluidinjections in modern energy production further along mature fault zones characterized by a thick damage zone and fault core loadweakening likely promotes fault dilation instead of compaction with strong implications for fault hydromechanical behaviour with shear i propose to fill this knowledge gap via laboratory experiments designed specifically to investigate the influence of loading path and in particular the loadweakening path in fault physics taking advantage of a worldclass deformation apparatus laboratory results will be integrated with acoustic techniques to shed light on the physical processes at play and inform microphysical models that coupled with field studies will allow for the upscaling of experiments and provide a broader comprehensive picture of tectonic faulting for the shear action the experience i acquired during my postdoc at epfl switzerland will be fundamental the vibrant research environment in sapienza will give me the possibility to acquire new scientific and transferable skills ensuring me a competitive scientific profile to successfully apply for positions in academia public and private sectors
novel procedures and sustainable guidelines to enhance the use of alternative fertilisers

in line with the zero pollution action plan the farm to fork strategy and the new fertilising product regulation novafert will demonstrate the technical economic and environmental feasibility and safe use of a wide portfolio of at least 25 alternative fertilising products containing recovered nutrients from all 6 different waste streams mentioned in the call with the goal of facilitating the replacement of synthetic and mineral fertilisers novafert gathers 9 multidisciplinary actors to demonstrate the technical economic and environmental feasibility and safe use of alternative fertilising products the environmental aspect will be covered by developing guidelines and a consensual method for environmental assessment of alternative fertilising products the economic aspect will be covered by cocreating novel circular and green business models as such novafert will reduce environmental impacts and external nutrient dependence in agriculture in 6 representative countries from eastern western northern southern and central europenovafert will map existing alternative fertilising products across europe and develop an atlas of the nutrientoriented living labs and also will support the development of sustainable local value chains by regionally contextualizing and interlinking all main recovering technologies and products and technically connecting all value chains and key relevant stakeholders in 7 regional working groups and 710 lighthouse demos novafert will foster the sustainable use and management of alternative fertilizing products in europe moreover novafert will develop a portfolio of support policies and legislative instruments suitable for local deployment in the eu regions through 7 specific action plans and 4 policy briefs thereby novafert will bring together the necessary information for efficient and safe utilizing of alternative fertilising products to help decisionmaking on valorisation employed in nutrient recovery