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Massive InteGRATion of power Electronic devices (MIGRATE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

By 2020, several areas of the HVAC pan-European transmission system will be operated with extremely high penetrations of Power Electronics(PE)-interfaced generators, thus becoming the only generating units for some periods of the day or of the year – due to renewable (wind, solar) electricity. This will result in i) growing dynamic stability issues for the power system (possibly a new major barrie ...
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Safe long term operation of light water reactors based on improved understanding of radiation effects in nuclear structural materials (SOTERIA)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

The overall aim of the SOTERIA project is to improve the understanding of the ageing phenomena occurring in reactor pressure vessel (RPV) steels and in the internal steels (internals) in order to provide crucial information to regulators and operators to ensure safe long-term operation (LTO) of existing European nuclear power plants (NPPs). SOTERIA has set up a collaborative research consortium wh ...
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BEYOND STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGIES FOR POWER AC CORRIDORS AND MULTI-TERMINAL HVDC SYSTEMS (BEST PATHS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2014, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

"A group of eight Transmission System Operators with a generator company, manufacturers and research organisations, propose 5 demonstration projects to remove, in 4 years, several barriers which prevent large-scale penetration of renewable electricity production in the European transmission network. The full scale demonstrations led by industry aim at proving the benefits of novel technologies cou ...
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Training in Embedded Predictive Control and Optimization (TEMPO)

Start date: Feb 1, 2014, End date: Jan 31, 2018,

"TEMPO addresses the needs of European companies and society for embedded control technology, through training on cutting edge research in the rapidly emerging inter-disciplinary field of embedded predictive control and optimization. The key objectives are:- to expand the scientific and technical knowledge platform for Embedded Predictive Control and Optimization in Europe;- to exploit this platfo ...
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Advanced Mathematical Tools for Complex Network Engineering (MORE)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

"The objective of this research project is to develop a comprehensive mathematical framework to analyze and optimize future complex systems characterized by their large dimensions, their stochastic aspects, and their being self-organized, such as smart grids and small cell telecommunication networks.Complex systems are inherently not tractable by existing mathematical tools due to their large phys ...
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Dynamic Risk Approaches for Automated Cyber Defence (PANOPTESEC)

Start date: Nov 1, 2013, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

The PANOPTESEC consortium will deliver a beyond-state-of-the-art prototype of a cyber defence decision support system, demonstrating a risk based approach to automated cyber defence that accounts for the dynamic nature of information and communications technologies (ICT) and the constantly evolving capabilities of cyber attackers. "Panoptes" is an ancient Greek term meaning 'all eyes' or 'all see ...
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Multiple sensor fault tolerant control for management of interconnected, nonlinear systems (FUTURISM)

Start date: May 1, 2014, End date: Apr 30, 2016,

This project deals with the problem of fault tolerant control (FTC) for the management of interconnected, nonlinear systems affected by multiple sensor faults. Sensor faults are of paramount importance due to the large number of sensors used for a) monitoring and control of large-scale systems (e.g. transportation systems, energy and power systems), and b) providing rich and redundant information ...
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Network of Excellence in Wireless COMmunications # (NEWCOM#)

Start date: Nov 1, 2012, End date: Oct 31, 2015,

NEWCOM# is a Network of Excellence (NoE) proposal submitted in response to challenge FP7-ICT-2011-8 1.1, "Future Networks". A group of 14 partners in 14 different countries (12 of which come from the former FP7 NoE NEWCOM++) decided to capitalize on the high degree of integration in research they already at-tained to build an NoE with the following objectives: i) to produce medium to long term res ...
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European Conferences on Networks and Communications (EuCNC) (EuConNeCts)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

It is the purpose of EuConNeCts, a Supporting Action, to organise the following 2 editions, 2014 and 2015, of the EC sponsored conference in the area of communication networks and systems. The conference will be named EuCNC - European Conference on Networks and Communications. EuCNC will serve as a technical and scientific conference for researchers, namely European ones, to show their work in t ...
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Dense Deployments for Green Networks (DENSE4GREEN)

Start date: Jul 1, 2013, End date: Jun 30, 2015,

The exponential growth in demand for higher data rates in wireless networks requires a massive network densification that is neither economically or ecologically viable with the current cellular architectures. This has stimulated an intense research activity in green or energy-efficient cellular networks. In this regard, a promising solution is inspired to the concept of small-cell networks, which ...
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European Railway Electromagnetic Compatibility (EUREMCO)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

The current authorisation process for placing into service rail vehicles according to Technical Specifications for Interoperability and national safety rules is a very long and costly process. The Technical Specifications for Interoperability (TSI) provide common regulations for the placing in service of rail vehicle, when such common understanding and harmonized rules exist. This is not the case ...
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Incorporating Laughter into Human-Avatar Interactions: Research and Evaluation (ILHAIRE)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Sep 30, 2014,

Laughter is a significant feature of human communication, and machines acting in roles like companions or tutors should not be blind to it. So far very limited progress has been made towards allowing computer-based applications to deal with laughter.ILHAIRE will lay the foundations of truly multimodal, multicultural laughter-enabled man-machine interaction, by associating experts of the different ...
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Agile RF Transceivers and Front-Ends for Future Smart Multi-Standard Communications Applications (ARTEMOS)

Start date: Apr 1, 2011, End date: Mar 1, 2014,

This project aims at developing architecture and technologies for implementing agile radio frequency (RF) transceiver capacities in future radio communication products. These new architecture and technologies will be able to manage multi-standard (multi-band, multi-data-rate, and multi-waveform) operation with high modularity, low-power consumption, high reliability, high integration, low costs, l ...
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enHanced Interference Alignment Techniques\nfor Unprecedented Spectral Efficiency (HIATUS)

Start date: Mar 1, 2011, End date: Feb 28, 2014,

High spectral efficiency is the holy grail of wireless networks due to the well-known scarcity of radio spectrum. The successive introduction of advanced communication techniques enabled by the massive increases in processing power over the last few decades has enabled a progressive rise in link spectral efficiency, which in emerging systems seems to be approaching its limits.It is becoming increa ...
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Reliability assessment of key technologies for high temperature electrical machines (HT° Motor windings)

Start date: Mar 1, 2012, End date: May 31, 2013,

The project objective is to evaluate the reliability of motor winding technologies able to work at high temperatures. To achieve this goal within the time define in the Clean Sky call sheet, it is necessary to rely on existing technologies, which offer opportunities for rapid implementations on conventional machines, while opening new opportunities towards higher temperatures with innovative techn ...
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Treatment and Disposal of Irradiated Graphite and Other Carbonaceous Waste (CARBOWASTE)

Start date: Apr 1, 2008, End date: Mar 31, 2013,

"Gas-Cooled Reactors (GCR), RBMK and some Material Test Reactors (MTR) make use of graphite as moderator of the fuel, structures of the core and/or thermal columns. During operation, the graphite and other carbonaceous materials like carbon brick, pyrocarbon and silicon carbide coatings are contaminated by fission products and neutron activation. These irradiated carbonaceous wastes are problemati ...
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EUropean software defined radio for WireLEss in joint secuRity operations (EULER)

Start date: Mar 1, 2009, End date: Apr 30, 2012,

The EULER project proposal gathers major players in Europe in the field of wireless systems communication integration and software defined radio (SDR), is supported by a strong group of end-users, and aims to define and actually demonstrate how the benefits of SDR can be leveraged in order to drastically enhance interoperability and fast deployment in case of crisis needed to be jointly resolved. ...
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Hierarchical and Distributed Model Predictive Control of Large-Scale Systems (HD-MPC)

Start date: Sep 1, 2008, End date: Dec 31, 2011,

Manufacturing systems, power networks, transportation systems, road traffic networks, process plants, and other large-scale networked systems are often composed of multiple subsystems, with many embedded sensors and actuators, and characterised by complex dynamics and mutual influences such that local control decisions have long-range effects throughout the system. This results in a huge number o ...
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Integrated Human Modelling and Simulation to support Human Error Risk Analysis of Partially Autonomous Driver Assistance Systems (ISi-PADAS)

Start date: Sep 1, 2008, End date: Aug 31, 2011,

The main objective of the ISi-PADAS project is to provide an innovative methodology to support risk based design and approval of Partially Autonomous Driver Assistance Systems (PADAS) focusing on elimination and mitigation of driver errors by an integrated Driver-Vehicle-Environment modelling approach. The methodology contributes to (1) halving the number of road fatalities by 2010 (respect to 200 ...
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NEtwork of Excellence in Wireless COMmunications++ (NEWCOM++) (NEWCOM++)

Start date: Jan 1, 2008, End date: Apr 30, 2011,

NEWCOM++ is the acronym of a proposed Network of Excellence in Wireless COMmunications, submitted to Call 1 of the VII Framework Programme under the Objective ICT-2007.1.1: The Network of the Future, mainly in its target direction "Ubiquitous network infrastructure and architectures". The current proposal draws inspiration, shape/form, and substantive direction from its successful predecessor, t ...
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Computational Learning in Adaptive Systems for Spoken Conversation (CLASSiC)

Start date: Mar 1, 2008, End date: Feb 28, 2011,

Significant advances in human-computer interaction will require systems which can exhibit truly cognitive behaviour. This is particularly so in spoken dialogue systems (SDS) where, despite wide deployment and significant investment, current systems are still limited in capability and fragile to changes in environment or application. Recent advances in statistical modelling and machine learning off ...
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Worldwide Interoperability Microwave Broadband Access System for Next Generation Wireless Communications (WiMAGIC)

Start date: Jan 1, 2008, End date: Dec 31, 2010,

Description Worldwide Interoperability Microwave System for Next-Generation Wireless CommunicationsMain ObjectivesThe main objective of WiMAGIC is to make contributions to the IEEE 802.16m group, which has been set up to develop the technical specifications of next-generation mobile WiMAX systems offering higher capacity, higher mobility ...
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