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romanian excellence center on artificial intelligence in earth observation data for agriculture

the world population will increase from 75 to 97 billion by 2050 boosting agricultural demand and adding pressure on natural resources although agriculture remains the main activity in many countries the decline in agricultures share of total production and employment is observed agricultural investments and technological innovations are needed to boost productivity romania with an agricultural capacity of 147 million hectares from which 68 million hectares are not or underexploited could play a major role in the strategic autonomy and food security and sustainability of europe romanias agricultural capacity is heavily underexploited due to obsolete technology soil fragmentationerosion desertification and difficulty in accessing funds artificial intelligence aibased systems and applications have a significant potential for agriculture the copernicus eu programme offering free access to accurate earth observation eo data provided by the sentinel satellites opens incredible possibilities for future research and aibased applications for the purpose of sustainable development of agriculture in europe the ai4agri project aims at creating a dedicated research center for ai in eo for the agricultural sector the research excellence will be achieved through dense networking activities with two top research institutes in france and italy in ai and eo ai4agri research center will become a reference to train young scientists in the domain of ai for agriculture providing maps of vegetation status for romanian farmers based on eo data using ai ai4agri will develop administrative and management skills for research and innovation to achieve these goals ai4agri twinning will enhance the networking activities between partners through a strategy comprising of joint research shortterm staff exchanges expert visits and shortterm training joint summer schools and workshops as well as conference attendance dissemination and outreach activities
elucidating the nanobiointeractions on dna origami

the forces governing the nanobiointeractions are essential to understand the biological behaviour and pharmacokinetics of the nanostructures so far these understandings have been limited to nanoparticles however it should be noted that the nps chemical synthetic methods render nonhomogeneous dispersions even when low polydispersity is reached in addition the modification of nps with a specific number of ligands is still challenging and there is no agreement about the most effective configuration or number of ligands to achieve efficient targeting in vivo the programmability of the dnananostructures origamis allows the synthesis of predictable and controllable sizes and shapes with almost atomic precision in addition the origamis can also be designed to include additional molecules with high accuracy on the valency and the orientation thus this technology offers a powerful tool to study and understand the biological behaviour of objects at the nanoscale since precise control over the size shape and attachment of molecules can be achieved when other methods are unable to based on the structural organization and spatial distribution of natural and specific bionanoparticles such as viruses this project will exploit the atomic programmability of origamis to design a library of dna nanostructures inspired on viral particles the biomolecular corona will be studied to understand its impact on origamis biodistribution a topic still not studied yet finally the cell response will be evaluated in terms of targeting and immune response these results will help to a better understanding of the mechanism between nanostructures and living systems and to formulate guidelines to synthesize more efficient nanomedicines overall this project will allow me to carry out a 2year project independently growing towards a mature professional and independent researcher in the dna nanotechnology field reinforcing my expertise on the nanomedicine field
artificial intelligence using quantum measured information for realtime distributed systems at the edge

global environmental issues social inequality and geopolitical changes will pose numerous problems for our society in the future to face these new challenges and deal with them there is a need to understand and appropriately utilize new digital technologies such as artificial intelligence ai the internet of things iot robotics and biotechnologies aiq ready proposes cuttingedge quantum sensing edge continuum orchestration of ai and distributed collaborative intelligence technologies to implement the vision of intelligent and autonomous ecs for the digital age quantum magnetic flux and gyro sensors enable highest sensitivity and accuracy without any need for calibration offer unmatched properties when used in combination with a magnetic field map such a localization system will enhance the timing and accuracy of the autonomous agents and will reduce false alarms or misinformation by means of ai and multiagent system concepts as a priority the communication guidance and decision making of groups of agents need to be based on cuttingedge technologies edge continuum orchestration of ai will allow decentralizing the development of applications while ensuring an optimal use of the available resources combined with the quantum sensors the edge continuum will be equipped with innovative multiphysical capabilities to sense the environment generating slim but accurate measurements distributed intelligence will enable emergent behavior and massive collaboration of multiple agents towards a common goal by exploring the synergies of these cuttingedge technologies through civil safety and security digital health smart logistics for supply chains and propulsion use cases aiq ready will provide the basis for the digital society in europe based on values moving towards the ideal of society 50
high entropy metal chalcogenides as air breathing cathodes in reversible zinc air batteries hemzab

the growing concern regarding nonrenewable fossil fuels and their adverse environmental impact has spurred the increasing exploration and utilization of renewable energy sources and the increasing development of energy storage devices within the energy storage systems reversible batteries are the most performant in chemicaltoelectrical energy transformation and vice versa currently liion batteries are dominating the energy storage market though limited supply high cost and safety concerns of the key material ie li is pushing the search for alternatives in this regard znair batteries are the rising star of the future for liion replacement yet there are two major challenges in the widespread adoption of znair batteries i sluggish oxygen redox orroer reactions and ii instability of cathodic materials this proposal will develop multicomponent high entropy metal chalcogenides as bifunctional air cathodes having multiple active sites with tunable oxygen adsorption energies such a configuration will enable the facilitation of both orr and oer effectively in addition it will enhance the stability of the cathodic catalysts so the main goal of the project is to build a better battery by developing costeffective nontoxic and efficient catalysts that can boost the energy and power density of znair batteries and enhance the stability of air cathodes hemzabs achievements will make advancements in cuttingedge znair batteries that are pivotal to reaching the eus environmental targets for a reliable and green energy transition at a low cost
nanoengineering of multicomponent reversible graphene superlattices probing the fundamentals from the molecular level to the device scale

the nanoarchitecture of 2d materials is of great interest in the scientific community and is recently exploited widely to tailor its electrical chemical optical and mechanical properties chemical and photochemical reactions are the two promising methods to anchor the functional groups on 2d materials in which the former reaction induces largescale modification while the latter introduces spatially localized defects submicron precision indeed the precise control over the covalent functionalization of 2d materials at the molecular level still remains a challenging task due to the lack of molecular identity spatial distribution and density at the molecular level in this proposal a novel multicomponent reversible graphene superlattice consisting of both covalent and noncovalent bound moieties will be constructed with the aid of nano spectroscopy techniques such as ters and nanoir the customized modulation of electrical and optical properties of the superlattice by exploiting the molecular switching events through external stimuli will enable the fabrication of multifunctional graphene substrates the nanospectroscopy techniques together with stateoftheart surface analyzing techniques afm stm kpfm permit realtime nanoscale chemical mapping and molecular visualization on the graphene layer furthermore the synergy between stmafm imaging and timeresolved optical spectroscopy will be employed in this project in order to resolve the realtime ensembled dynamics of photoisomerization and the associated selfassembly of the photochromic molecules on the graphene layer the subnanoscale molecular information will facilitate precise fermilevel engineering finally the feasibility of devising new flexible and transparent fieldeffect transistors fet devices using the newly architect graphene superlattices will be scrutinized
blue carbon production export and sequestration in emerging polar ecosystems

the rapid pace of climate change in high latitude seas is promoting the emergence of novel ecosystems in coastal regions as well as in the open ocean seaquester in accordance with the work program horizoncl62023climate013 will conduct field surveys process studies and model analyses to improve our understanding of the causes and consequences of these emerging polar ecosystems their potential for blue carbon sequestration their implications for marine biodiversity and their role in the global ecobiogeochemical climate system seaquester will do so with a rigorous analysis of blue carbon stocks and their dynamics laying the foundations for a fitforpurpose blue carbon accounting with balance sheets for not just carbon sequestration but other impacted marine ecosystem services such as fisheries production seaquester considers all forms of blue carbon in coastal pelagic and benthic novel marine ecosystems living and dead in the water column and in the sediments and uses a mechanistic approach to reduce uncertainties in model predictions a key outcome of seaquester will be to develop a thorough means of quantifying the tradeoff between harvesting marine biomass and its net contribution to carbon sequestration the biomasssequestration amplification factor seaquester will ensure effective exploitation of the project results in international scientific assessments of blue carbon potential and by policymakers specifically targeting nationally determined contribution estimates to ensure dialogue communication and dissemination to national and european governmental bodies european citizens and ngos and to provide recommendations for optimizing the monitoring of biodiversity and ecosystem services in emerging polar environments
cte divoire ethics capacity building initiative cecabi ii

the number of studies and experiments on humans is increasing in africa for the past two decades the setting up of national health research ethics committees nrec in africa encouraged by the who unesco and cioms has resulted to a need for a framework to guide and standardise how phase ii to iv clinical trials in africa are conducted additionally nrec and national regulatory agency nmra must proactively play their roles in managing and regulating clinical trials in cte divoire an important decree signed by the president of the republic in april 2020 defines the regulation of clinical trials in the country the decree positions universities and the establishment of institutional research ethics committees irecs as the third pillar for enhancing the conduct of clinical trials and other categories of health research however only a couple of institutional review committees exist with a very small proportion of researchers being aware of these irecs furthermore knowledge about the existence and functions of nra is estimated to be much lower comparative to nrec the need for nrec nmra and irecs to work in synergy is a critical prerequisite for raising the quality of clinical trials to international standardsfunded by edctp ii the cecabi project csa2020erc3081 was instrumental in laying the foundation for building the regulatory and ethics capacity in cte divoire important it identified critical gaps that need urgent attention the proposed cecabi ii is a three years project that seeks to 1 build capacity in clinical trials gcp and research ethics for research practitioners 2 enhance quality assurance through iso certification of the nrec3 digitalise the operations and ongoing collaboration between the nrec and nra 4 support the domestication and digitalisation of avaref system5 monitor and evaluation to implementation of the project
design and modeling of oxide catalysts by machine learning and atomistic simulations

the damocles project aims to apply datadriven modeling ie molecular simulations combined with machine learning to study and tailor metal oxide catalysts for co2 hydrogenation processes reverse watergas shift co2 methanation and co2 to methanol with the final goal of screening oxides in search of new and better catalytic materials the starting point of the project is the newlyreleased oc22 oxide data set from meta fair and ulissis group comprising approximately 50k adsorption energies of relevant molecules on multicomponent oxide surfaces spanning 52 elements of the periodic table stateoftheart machine learning models eg gaussian process regression and graph neural networks will be applied for the prediction of relevant adsorption energies not included in the sparsely labeled oc22 dataset new densityfunctional theory dft calculations will target the adsorption energy of molecules not considered in the data set and activation energies of the elementary reactions of the co2 hydrogenation paths the catalytic performances ie activity and selectivity of the oxide surfaces in oc22 will be evaluated through microkinetic modeling active learning will be applied to iteratively improve the model predictions with additional dft calculations targeting the parameters selected with sensitivity analysis and uncertainty quantification the overarching goal of the damocles project is to understand the effects of the structure and composition of the catalyst surface in the processes of co2 hydrogenation and identify new promising catalytic materials this insight can guide experimental researchers in the synthesis of oxide materials with improved catalytic performances thus helping the development of economically sustainable processes for the transformation of waste co2 into useful chemicals and fuels
nanorobotic microgels to control stem cell fate

myocardial infarction continues to claim the lives of millions of people every year and survivors are often left with severe health issues transplanting cardiac cells engineered from human stem cells into the injured heart is a particularly promising approach to repairing damaged cardiac tissue despite extensive research on stem cellbased therapies a major limitation is effectively regulating stem cell differentiation mechanically training stem cells throughout culture could be solution by exploiting their mechanosensitive nature however there is currently a lack of technology that can recreate the mechanically dynamic microenvironment of tissue therefore i aim to develop an innovative cell culture technology based on designer microgels and nanorobotics which will allow control over stem celldifferentiation to achieve this goal i will package pluripotent stem cells in smart microgels using microfluidics by rigorously adjusting material properties i will ensure culture conditions that simulate the native tissue microenvironment the smart microgels will have tunable stiffness which i will use to improve cardiogenic differentiation in pluripotent stem cells i will integrate wirelessly controlled nanoactuators to mechanically train stem cells to decipher the relationship between forces and stem cell differentiation together with my team i will develop rapid culture and stimulation methods based on microfluidics to identify the best conditions for stem cell preparation this multifunctional technology will contribute to achieving efficient cardiac regeneration and has great potential to make a big impact in regenerative medicine
bioinspired bimetallic catalysts for co2 reduction beyond c1 products

the utilisation of co2 as a chemical feedstock is a promising strategy for breaking the dependence of the chemical industry on oil and gas to do this it is necessary to go beyond the reduction of co2 to onecarbon products such as carbon monoxide and advance to multicarbon c2 products including ethylene ethanol and oxalate these higher value chemicals are essential in materials manufacturing and fine chemical synthesis but are challenging to form due to a difficult cc coupling step which is not well understood in the stateoftheart catalysts currently available inspired by the binuclear enzyme active sites found in nature this projects novel approach is to harness the cooperative reactivity of two metal sites using molecular bimetallic electrocatalysts to promote c2 product formation through a combination of electrochemistry theory and complementary spectroscopic techniques the poorly understood mechanisms of cc bond formation will be elucidated at well defined molecular metal centres the outcome of this project will be greater understanding of the pathways to c2 products at two sites this will lead to the future development of efficient catalysts for the electrochemical reduction of co2 to valuable chemical feedstocks the applicant brings a background in the synthetic inorganic chemistry of bimetallic complexes and will receive worldclass training from the hosts who are experts in molecular electrochemistry and spectroscopy
lobbying asymmetry the dynamics behind informed policy

the lobbymetry project addresses two types of imbalances in lobbying 1 mobilisation asymmetries which exclude some actors from the policy debate and 2 information asymmetries which empower specific groups in their exchanges with policymakers the lobbymetry project analyses these asymmetries and their relationship to each other as well as their effects on the ways in which sectional and public interests feed into policymakingthe project studies these asymmetries across populations of interest organisations in twelve european countries and at european union level as well as within the climate and digital policy fields that vary strongly in mobilisation asymmetries and constitute areas where well or illinformed policies have vast consequences for humanity at large lobbymetry strives to open the blackbox of policymakerlobbyist information exchange within these areas develop measures of informational quality and accuracy in lobbying and evaluate how and when lobbying pulls outcomes away from the public interestmethodologically the project combines crosscountry surveys including an aiaided survey experiment crossvenue data on 100 issues in climate and digital policy and different forms of participant observation of the information exchanges between policymakers and interest organisations in i natural and ii researchercontrolled settings this innovative combination of methods will generate unprecedented quantitative and qualitative evidence on lobbyistpolicymaker information exchange in varying contextsif successful the project will shed light on a serious blind spot in the stateoftheart literature the mechanisms through which lobbying actually informs policies its findings will speak to pressing democratic challenges such as the underrepresentation of citizen interests in digital policy and the design of institutional interventions to improve consultation practices lobbying regulation and the quality of legislation
the next generation of automotive electric motor

scimo developed an innovative winding technology which will revolutionize and disrupt the electric motor market this unique technology tackles the core problems of modern electric motors that are material efficiency power density efficiency and cost the scimo motors have superior properties 60 higher copper density 90 higher cooling efficiency 75 higher power density 75 higher material efficiency price advantage of over 30so far the winding technology has been successfully demonstrated by manufacturing over 70 motor prototypes for a variety of highly challenging applications in aerospace and motor sport where higher prices could be charged however the full price advantage of these motors can only be realized in a fully automated and highvolume production 100000 motorsyear hence scimo will focus on the biggest markets the automotive sector the transformation to electric vehicle generates a huge market
synergies of reducing greenhouse gases and nitrogen pollution in europe

climate change and environmental degradation caused by greenhouse gases ghgs and reactive nitrogen nr emissions threaten our future two urgent interconnected goals in europe and globally are reducing ghg emissions to address climate change and curbing nr pollutants for food security and ecosystem protection however most current studies identify technologies and pathways for ghg reduction or nr mitigation separately and the policies focus on mitigating either ghgs or nr in isolation such narrow approaches face high costs and social barriers conflicting with the multidimensional needs of integrated environmental policies and costeffective solutions coordinated efforts to simultaneously address ghgs and nr ghgnr could promote synergies and cost savings through shared implementation costs while driving effective efficient reductions to enable synergistic and costeffective mitigation policies syncan will 1 analyze interactions and drivers of ghgnr emissions in europe
environmental thresholds for drought and heatrelated tree mortality

one of the most pressing ecological questions is how trees and forests can survive in increasing intensity and frequency of droughts and extreme heat widespread droughtrelated tree mortality has been witnessed globally over the last decade and in 2022 europe suffered from the worst drought in 500 years understanding and predicting the impact of drought and heat on tree mortality is limited due to lack of knowledge on the environmental conditions that lead to tree mortality for the first time it is feasible to quantify spatial and temporal tree mortality patterns and capture tree structure and species over large geographic regions at the individual treelevel this enables me to aim to uncover environmental thresholds and key environmental drivers of drought and heatrelated tree mortality at the specieslevel for various forest biomes use of stateoftheart remote sensing and deep learning methods allows me to capture where when and what kind of trees species structure have died for tens of millions of trees to increase our understanding of spatial and temporal tree mortality patterns my approach uses laser scanning data to provide detailed tree 3d characterization and calculation of tree position within tree community competition and the landscape water availability microclimate then combining these variables with information on tree xylem vulnerability pest insects soil temperature and climate we can ultimately reveal speciesspecific environmental thresholds and key drivers of drought and heatrelated tree mortality this research will open new horizons bringing ecophysiology remote sensing forest ecology and entomology together and developing methods to quantify drivers of tree mortality in much greater depth than has been possible to date from these findings we will be able to inform forest managers and policy makers which forests are at risk for increasing the resilience of future forests