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Holomorphic Dynamics connecting Geometry, Root-Finding, Algebra, and the Mandelbrot set (HOLOGRAM)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2021,

Dynamical systems play an important role all over science, from celestial mechanics, evolution biology and economics to mathematics. Specifically holomorphic dynamics has been credited as “straddling the traditional borders between pure and applied mathematics”. Activities of numerous top-level mathematicians, including Fields medalists and Abel laureates, demonstrate the attractivity of holomorph ...
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EUROPLANET 2020 Research Infrastructure (EPN2020-RI)

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

The Europlanet 2020 Research Infrastructure (EPN2020-RI) will address key scientific and technological challenges facing modern planetary science by providing open access to state-of-the-art research data, models and facilities across the European Research Area. Its Transnational Access activities will provide access to world-leading laboratory facilities that simulate conditions found on planetar ...
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Open Digital Research Environment Toolkit for the Advancement of Mathematics (OpenDreamKit)

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

OpenDreamKit will deliver a flexible toolkit enabling research groups to set up Virtual Research Environments, customised to meet the varied needs of research projects in pure mathematics and applications and supporting the full research life-cycle from exploration, through proof and publication, to archival and sharing of data and code.OpenDreamKit will be built out of a sustainable ecosystem of ...
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Coordinated Research Infrastructures Building Enduring Life-science services (CORBEL)

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

The social and economic challenges of ageing populations and chronic disease can only be met by translation of biomedical discoveries to new, innovative and cost effective treatments. The ESFRI Biological and Medical Research Infrastructures (BMS RI) underpin every step in this process; effectively joining scientific capabilities and shared services will transform the understanding of biological m ...
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Industrial Applications of Marine Enzymes: Innovative screening and expression platforms to discover and use the functional protein diversity from the sea (INMARE)

Start date: Apr 1, 2015, End date: Mar 31, 2019,

INMARE stands for “Industrial Applications of Marine Enzymes: Innovative screening and expression platforms to discover and use the functional protein diversity from the sea”. It is a collaborative Innovation Action to streamline the pathways of discovery and industrial applications of new marine enzymes and bioactives for targeted production of fine chemicals, drugs and in environmental clean-up ...
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NEUral computing aRchitectures in Advanced Monolithic 3D-VLSI nano-technologies (NeuRAM3)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

We propose to fabricate a chip implementing a neuromorphic architecture that supports state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms and spike-based learning mechanisms. With respect to its physical architecture this chip will feature an ultra low power, scalable and highly configurable neural architecture that will deliver a gain of a factor 50x in power consumption on selected applications compare ...
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Tools for Teaching Quantitative Thinking

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

Quantitative thinking is at the heart of modern societies. Skills and programming competences related to quantitative thinking increase a student's employability and allow an enlightened citizen to make informed decisions. Every day we are bombarded and challenged by quantitative information: How long will a journey be delayed due to traffic? What are the chances of a change in weather conditio ...
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Dexterous ROV: effective dexterous ROV operations in presence of communication latencies. (DexROV)

Start date: Mar 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

Underwater operations (e.g. oil industry) are demanding and costly activities for which ROV based setups are often deployed in addition to deep divers – contributing to operations risks and costs cutting.However the operation of a ROV requires significant off-shore dedicated manpower – such a setup typically requires a crew consisting of: (1) an intendant, (2) an operator, and (3) a navigator. Thi ...
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High precision positioning for cooperative ITS applications (HIGHTS)

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Apr 30, 2018,

Cooperative intelligent transport system (C-ITS) applications rely on knowledge of the geographical positions of vehicles. Unfortunately, satellite-based positioning systems (e.g., GPS and Galileo) are unable to provide sufficiently accurate position information for many important applications and in certain challenging but common environments (e.g., urban canyons and tunnels). This project addr ...
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Molecular basis of the outer membrane permeability (TRANSLOCATION)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

Overcoming the barriers that the cell envelope and efflux pumps provide to Gram-negative bacteria is a major bottleneck in the discovery and development of new antibiotics. To respond to this Call we are extending our current network on antibiotic translocation and propose an ambitious project ranging from identification of novel resistance mechanisms in clinical bacterial isolates to crystallizat ...
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Higher education student and staff mobility project

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

This is a higher education student and staff mobility project, please consult the website of the organisation to obtain additional details.
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MOLECULAR BASIS OF ANTIBIOTIC TRANSLOCATION (Translocation)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

Multidrug resistant bacteria are now ubiquitous in both hospitals and the larger community. Drug-resistant pathogens are becoming increasingly pervasive, for example, the resurrection of tuberculosis provides one ominous example highlighting the risk associated with evolved drug resistance. Moreover, many pharmaceutical companies abandoned this field and no truly novel active antibacterial compoun ...
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Higher education student and staff mobility project

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2017,

This is a higher education student and staff mobility project, please consult the website of the organisation to obtain additional details.
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Where do I belong? The effects of uncertainty-identity on acculturation outcomes for migrants in Germany (BELONGINGNESS)

Start date: Apr 1, 2013, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

This research project will investigate multiple perspectives (migrant, host and intergenerational) on attitudes about integration, feelings of belongingness, group affiliation, and psychological and sociocultural adaptation of migrants. The proposed research project offers a new theoretical framework in which the bidirectional nature of the acculturation process is addressed. Acculturation theory ...
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Nanoelectronics based on two-dimensional dichalcogenides (MoWSeS)

Start date: Mar 1, 2013, End date: Feb 28, 2017,

Semiconductor industry rapidly approaches the performance limits of silicon-based CMOS technology. This proposal aims to pave the wayto electronic circuits based on two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), newly emerging semiconducting analogues ofgraphene. TMDs can be rapidly exfoliated in the liquid phase into single layers starting from powders and provide solutions of 2D materi ...
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Gaining Productivity, Cost Efficiency and Sustainability in the Downstreaming Processing of Bio Products by novel Integration and Intensification strategies (Intenso)

Start date: Aug 1, 2012, End date: Jan 31, 2017,

The European Life science and chemical industries increasingly depend on effi-cient, sustainable, and cost-effective bioprocessing platforms to remain competi-tive. A critical assessment of current bottlenecks during (bio) manufacturing clearly indicates that the recovery and purification of biologicals in large scale in responsible for many inefficiencies.INTENSO proposes an evaluation of the cur ...
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Cognitive autonomous diving buddy (CADDY)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

Divers operate in harsh and poorly monitored environments in which the slightest unexpected disturbance, technical malfunction, or lack of attention can have catastrophic consequences. They manoeuvre in complex 3D environments, carry cumbersome equipment, while performing their mission. To overcome these problems, CADDY aims to establish an innovative set-up between a diver and companion autonomou ...
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Management of the Future Internet (Flamingo)

Start date: Nov 1, 2012, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

The goals of FLAMINGO are (a) to strongly integrate the research of leading European research groups in the area of network and service management, (b) to strengthen the European and worldwide research in this area, and (c) to bridge the gap between scientific research and industrial application. To achieve these goals, FLAMINGO performs a broad range of activities, such as to develop open source ...
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New Propagation Techniques for the simulation of dynamical processes in extended systems (PROPAGATE)

Start date: Nov 1, 2012, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

A leading European scientific software company (SCM), a research group of a private university (JacobsUni) and an associated research group with long-term history in collaborating with the industry partner (VU Amsterdam), want to collaborate in the development of advanced methods for first principles atomistic computer simulations and their application on environmentally important topics of nanote ...
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Higher education student and staff mobility project

Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: May 31, 2016,

Jacobs University Bremen is highly commited to participation in the European Erasmus+ project. However Jacobs University's Erasmus+ partner network is rather small (10 universities) as well as student mobility numbers (20). This is due to the fact that Jacobs University is a small institution (ca. 1200 students) with highly diverse student population (75% of students come from more than 100 natio ...
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EUropean PORTWorkers TRAIning Scheme (EU-PORTRAITS)

Start date: Dec 1, 2013, End date: May 31, 2016,

EU-PORTRAItS addresses the requirements of the SST2013.6-2 (Towards a competitive & resource efficient port transport system) topic facilitating the implementation of “broad & open dialog with the social stakeholders” for the “establishment of a mutually recognizable framework on the training of port workers in different fields of port activity” under the unique goal of bringing EU ports at the fo ...
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Microbial Resource Research Infrastructure - MIRRI (MIRRI)

Start date: Nov 1, 2012, End date: Apr 30, 2016,

MIRRI will be a pan-European distributed RI providing microbiological services, thus facilitating access to high quality microorganisms, their derivatives and associated data for research, development and application. It will connect resource holders with researchers and policy makers to deliver the resources and services more effectively and efficiently to meet the needs of innovation in biotechn ...
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Combinatorial Computational Chemistry A new field to tackle environmental problems (C3ENV)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Apr 30, 2016,

Combinatorial Computational Chemistry is developed as a standard tool to tackle complex problems in chemistry and materials science. The method employs a series of state-of-the-art methods, ranging from empirical molecular mechanics to first principles calculations, as well as of mathematical (graph theoretical and combinatorial) methods. The process is similar as in experimental combinatorial che ...
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Marine robotic system of self-organizing, logically linked physical nodes (MORPH)

Start date: Feb 1, 2012, End date: Jan 31, 2016,

Description The MORPH project advances the novel concept of an underwater robotic system composed of a number of spatially separated mobile robot-modules, carrying distinct and yet complementary resources. Instead of being physically coupled, the modules are connected via virtual links that rely on the flow of information among them. Without ...
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Bioprocess Platform for the A. sojae PGzyme system (PGSYS EXCHANGE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

PGSYS is an integrated platform for the biosynthesis, tailoring, and final application of the unique pectinase complex from A. sojae, particularly in –but not limited to- the European Food, Beverages, and Environmental industry. PGSYS was born 4 years ago from the pioneering work of Dr. Canan Tari, at Izmir Institute of Technology (Turkey), and further funded by German-Turkish Bodies, and by the E ...
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Computer simulations of thermally excited molecules and materials by first principles (TEMM1P)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

With the rapid development of computational sciences and of high-performance computing, first principles computer simulations have become a standard for the simulation of processes in physics, chemistry, biology and materials science. Moreover, the quality of first principles methods, most of all of density-functional theory, reached recently that of experiments, which allows the prediction of new ...
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Marine Microbial Biodiversity, Bioinformatics and Biotechnology (MICRO B3)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

Micro B3 will develop innovative bioinformatic approaches and a legal framework to make large-scale data on marine viral, bacteria; archaeal and protists genomes and metagenomes accessible for marine ecosystems biology and to define new targets for biotechnological applications. Micro B3 will build upon a highly interdisciplinary consortium of 32 academic and industrial partners comprising world-l ...
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Keratinocytes and Matrix metalloproteinases: driving force of skin wound contraction? (WOUND CONTRACTION)

Start date: Dec 1, 2009, End date: Nov 30, 2015,

Two unconventional concepts of skin contraction are presented that could change the current paradigm of wound healing. The overall objective is to clarify the underlying processes and to develop new therapies to prevent excessive scarring, ameliorate patients lives and reduce medical health care expenses. Specific emphasis lies on the role of Matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) and keratinocytes. Prev ...
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Joint Brazilian-European research facility for climate and geodynamic research on the Amazon River basin sediments (CLIM-AMAZON)

Start date: Dec 1, 2011, End date: Nov 30, 2015,

The CLIM-AMAZON project aims at increasing the visibility and scientific excellence of the long-term Brazilian-French scientific activities supported by the current Laboratoire Mixte International Observatoire des Changements Environnementaux (LMI-OCE), a joint laboratory between the Geosciences Institute of the Federal University of Brasilia (UnB, Brazil) and the Institut de Recherche pour le Dév ...
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Intervention Research On Health Literacy among Ageing population (IROHLA)

Start date: Dec 1, 2012, End date: Nov 30, 2015,

The IROHLA project aims at innovating the conceptual understanding of health literacy interventions in Europe. Health literacy is one of the social determinants of health and reflects how well persons can understand, digest and critically reflect on information with regard to health and illness. People with sufficient health literacy skills are able to act proactively on health issues, take their ...
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Agile Analytics on Big Data Cubes (EarthServer-2)

End date: May 1, 2015,

...ution, tape archive integration, and 3D/4D visualization based on NASA’s virtual globe technology.In the Services Activity, large data centers (ECMWF, PML, MEEO/ESA, GeoScience Australia, JacobsUni) will set up water, air, weather, and planetary services on 3D & 4D data cubes up to Petabyte-size with user-tailored clients for both visual and textual ad-hoc mix&match.In the Networking Activity, the ...
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Leone: From global measurements to local management (LEONE)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Apr 30, 2015,

The Leone project is a 30-month long STREP targeting "Future Networks" within the 7th Framework programme. The project addresses "Novel Internet architectures, management and operation frameworks".The goal of the Leone project is to research and develop an innovative network management framework that has two novelties:• It is focused on Quality of Experience: Probes sited alongside end use ...
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An Optimised Genetic Algorithm to Computationally Predict a Metal-Organic Framework to Separate Helium from Methane (GA MOF)

Start date: Mar 1, 2013, End date: Feb 28, 2015,

"Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) are a class of inorganic-organic crystalline material with extremely high porosity, making them ideal substrates for the separation of gas mixtures by selective adsorption. The most significant barrier to the bottom-up design of a MOF for a given application is the combinatorial explosion of possible MOFs as the sheer number of chemical environments it is possible ...
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Cognitive Robot for Automation of Logistic Processes (RobLog)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Jan 31, 2015,

Description robotic system suited for any unloading task of containers Globalization causes an increasing transport of goods which are shipped in containers and are transferred onto trucks for further transport. The containers are unloaded manually since they are nearly always packed chaotically, ...
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SCIence Data Infrastructure for Preservation – Earth Science (SCIDIP-ES)

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

The aim of this initiative is to address priorities a) and c) of the call INFRA-2011-1.2.2: Data infrastructures for e-Science. It is about delivering long-term preservation services as part of the data infrastructure for e-Science.We aim to deliver generic infrastructure services for science data preservation that address the persistent storage, access and management required by the call and to b ...
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uBiquitous, secUre inTernet-of-things with Location and contExt-awaReness (BUTLER)

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

Recent ICT advances are bringing to reality a world where sensors, actuators and smart portable devices are interconnected into an Internet-of-Things (IoT) ecosystem reaching 50 Billion devices by 2015.The IoT major challenges are, from a systemic viewpoint, smart resource management and digital security; and from a user/service perspective, the pervasiveness (uniformity of performance anytime an ...
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Quantum-mechanical simulations for the nanoscale (QUASINANO)

Start date: Oct 1, 2010, End date: Sep 30, 2014,

...as a spin-off of the VU University in Amsterdam, and has developed since then into one of the market leaders for quantum chemical software. The Computational Materials Science group of Prof. Heine at Jacobs University has a long experience in nanomolecular sciences, including organic and inorganic nanomaterials, spectroscopy, dynamic effects etc. The project is based on recent developments of the ...
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"THE EUROPEAN ACADEMIC AND INDUSTRY NETWORK FOR INNOVATIVE MARITIME TRAINING, EDUCATION AND R&D" (KNOW-ME)

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

"The Community’s maritime sector must sustain and improve its competitive advantage, with the groundwork for future international competitiveness resting with high quality and innovative education and training. Employees in the maritime transport sector need innovative educational opportunities that focus on their special working conditions. The KNow-ME project addresses this need by engendering a ...
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European Scalable Earth Science Service Environment (EarthServer)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Aug 31, 2014,

EarthServer aims at open access and ad-hoc analytics on Earth Science (ES) data, based on the OGC geo service standards Web Coverage Service (WCS) and Web Coverage Processing Service (WCPS). The WCS model defines "coverages" as unifying paradigm for multi-dimensional raster data, point clouds, meshes, etc., thereby addressing most of Earth Science data. WCPS as aka "XQuery for raster data" allows ...
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Green and Effective Operations at Terminals and in Ports (Green EFFORTS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Jun 30, 2014,

Existing and upcoming stricter air quality standards and regulations together with the need to reduce energy consumption raise the awareness of ports and terminals to focus on the carbon footprint which is dependent not only on equipment and operations, but also the energy mix and the management of energy consumption.There is also an increasing need to provide carbon footprint calculations to tran ...
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