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EnviGuard – Development of a biosensor technology for environmental monitoring and disease prevention in aquaculture ensuring food safety (EnviGuard)

Start date: Dec 1, 2013, End date: Nov 30, 2018,

The objective of the EnviGuard project is to develop a highly specific and precise (i.e. quantitative and qualitative) in situ measurement device for currently hard to measure man-made chemical contaminants and biohazards (toxic microalgae, viruses & bacteria, biotoxins & PCBs) that can be used as an early warning system in aquaculture and as an environmental monitor to assess the good environment ...
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ABC GATES FOR EUROPE (ABC4EU)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

During the last years, many ABC Gates have been deployed in the main European airports, most of them as pilot projects intended to test their capability to improve the border crossing processes in aspects such as speed, security, automation, false rejection reduction, etc.Experience gained from these pilots has been periodically assessed within the Frontex ABC Workshops, where the need for a harmo ...
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Generic Integrated Forensic Toolbox for CBRN incidents (GIFT CBRN)

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

"Forensic investigation is a key component in the fight against crime and the protection of EU societies. At present it is hampered by a lack of protocols and training in carrying out forensic analysis on CBRN-contaminated materials. The aim of GIFT-CBRN is to develop a forensic toolbox for investigating CBRN incidents. This toolbox would provide (1) procedures, sampling methods and detection of C ...
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NUBOMEDIA: an elastic Platform as a Service (PaaS) cloud for interactive social multimedia (NUBOMEDIA)

Start date: Feb 1, 2014, End date: Jan 31, 2017,

Description NUBOMEDIA is an elastically scalable cloud infrastructure specifically devoted to the provision of real-time multimedia services.The most remarkable problem developer's face when creating real-time multimedia services is complexity. NUBOMEDIA proposition is to minimize complexity by creating a specific purpose cloud platform b ...
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Elearning, Communication and Open-data: Massive Mobile, Ubiquitous and Open Learning (ECO)

Start date: Feb 1, 2014, End date: Jan 31, 2017,

Open Educational Resources (OER) has the potential to widen access to education and to improve the quality and cost-efficiency of teaching and learning in Europe. The most successful way to achieve a practical implementation of OERs are Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). MOOCs are large-scale online courses and represent one of the latest developments in open education in its continuous e ...
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Evolution of Evolution (EvoEvo)

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

Evolution is the major source of complexity on Earth, at the origin of all the species we can observe, interact with or breed. On a smaller scale, evolution is at the heart of the adaptation process for many species, in particular micro-organisms (e.g. bacteria, viruses...). Microbial evolution results in the emergence of the species itself, and it also contributes to the organisms' adaptation to ...
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Future Internet - Core (FI-Core)

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

FI-WARE has started to materialize as a powerful foundation for the Future Internet. FI-WARE is an innovative, open cloud-based infrastructure for cost-effective creation and delivery of services, at a scale not seen before. FI-WARE is now well under way to successfully achieve its goals of boosting the effectiveness of creating new services of high economic and societal value, reinforcing EU comp ...
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The Human Brain Project (HBP)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

Understanding the human brain is one of the greatest challenges facing 21st century science. If we can rise to the challenge, we can gain profound insights into what makes us human, develop new treatments for brain diseases and build revolutionary new computing technologies. Today, for the first time, modern ICT has brought these goals within sight. The goal of the Human Brain Project, part of the ...
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Enabling Science and Technology through European Electron Microscopy (ESTEEM 2)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

ESTEEM2 is an integrated infrastructure of electron microscopy facilities providing access for the academic and industrial research community in the physical sciences to some of the most powerful characterization techniques available at the nanoscale. Transnational access to ESTEEM2 centres is obtained through a transparent, simple peer review process based on merit and scientific priorities. Serv ...
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Factories of the Future Resources, Technology, Infrastructure and Services for Simulation and Modelling (FORTISSIMO)

Start date: Jul 1, 2013, End date: Jun 30, 2016,

The importance of advanced simulation to the competitiveness of both large and small companies is well established. The principal objective of Fortissimo is to enable European manufacturing, particularly small to medium enterprises (SMEs), to benefit from the efficiency and competitive advantage inherent in the use of simulation. However, the simulation of, for example, high-pressure gas cylinders ...
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Graphene-Based Revolutions in ICT And Beyond (GRAPHENE)

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

This Flagship aims to take graphene and related layered materials from a state of raw potential to a point where they can revolutionize multiple industries – from flexible, wearable and transparent electronics, to new energy applications and novel functional composites.Our main scientific and technological objectives in the different tiers of the value chain are to develop material technologies fo ...
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Ingredients for Food and Beverage industry from a lignocellulosic source (LIGNOFOOD)

Start date: Nov 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

Obtaining value-added products from agricultural waste is one of the most relevant key objectives to develop a greener bio-based economy and a future sustainable agricultural framework. This is indeed the objective of LIGNOFOOD project: ingredients for food and beverage industry from a lignocellulosic source.LIGNOFOOD project brings together 5 recognized research organisms and 4 bio-technological ...
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GMES pre-operational security services for supporting external actions (G-NEXT)

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

According to the potential application areas identified under SEA (GMES Security working group in Support to External Actions), and the experience gained by the proposal consortium in Security and Emergency precursor projects (LIMES, G-MOSAIC, SAFER) this proposal will identify and exploit a set of Services able to provide reliable support to the EU External Action service and suitable to be integ ...
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Innovative strategies, methods and tools for occupational risks management of manufactured nanomaterials (MNMs) in the construction industry (SCAFFOLD)

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

Manufacturated nanomaterials and nanocomposites are being considered for various uses in the construction industry and related infrastructure industries, not only for enhancing material properties and functions but also in the context of energy conservation. Despite the current relatively high cost of nano-enabled products, their use in construction materials is likely to increase because of highl ...
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People Localization for save ship evacuation during emergency (LYNCEUS)

Start date: Apr 1, 2012, End date: Mar 31, 2015,

The objective of the Lynceus project is to investigate and demonstrate ultra-low power wireless body-area-network technologies for enabling unobtrusive localisation and tracking of people for onboard and overboard search and rescue as well as for safe evacuation of ships during emergency. The Lynceus technology aims to revolutionise current emergency management and ship evacuation practice throug ...
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FI-WARE: Future Internet Core Platform (FI-WARE)

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

The goal of the FI-WARE project is to advance the global competitiveness of the EU economy by introducing an innovative infrastructure for cost-effective creation and delivery of services, providing high QoS and security guarantees. FI-WARE is designed to meet the demands of key market stakeholders across many different sectors, e.g., healthcare, telecommunications, and environmental services. FI- ...
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Network of Excellence on Engineering Secure Future Internet Software Services and Systems (NESSoS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2010, End date: Mar 31, 2014,

The Network of Excellence on Engineering Secure Future Internet Software Services and Systems (NESSoS) aims at constituting and integrating a long lasting research community on engineering secure software-based services and systems.The NESSoS engineering of secure software services is based on the principle of addressing security concerns from the very beginning in system analysis and design, thus ...
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lan Transfronterizo de Actuaciones para la Gestión del Cambio y la Transformación Social Málaga-Marruecos (IDARA)

Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2013,

El objetivo general del proyecto se centra en favorecer el desarrollo económico sostenible de las dos regiones mediante formas novedosas de cooperación público-privada que incidan en la mejora de la competitividad y la cooperación económica y empresarial, la puesta en valor de los recursos naturales y culturales vinculados a las cuencas fluviales y la implantación de modelos de decisión política y ...
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"Development of a wearable, functional, regulation-compliant Water-borne Wood Coating" (ECOVARN)

Start date: May 1, 2010, End date: Apr 30, 2013,

"The aim of this project is to develop a new wearable, functional, regulation-compliant Water-borne Wood coating in order to help two large European sectors, wood coatings and wood furniture to reverse the present declining competitiveness trend. This water-borne technology will provide a new wood coating with moderate and high functional requirements such as abrasion/scratching resistant or dirt ...
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Multi-Role Shadow Robotic System for Independent Living (SRS)

Start date: Feb 1, 2010, End date: Apr 30, 2013,

The project focuses on the development and prototyping of remotely-controlled, semi-autonomous robotic solutions in domestic environments to support elderly people. In particular, the SRS project will demonstrate an innovative, practical and efficient system called "shadow robot" for personalised home care.Most elderly people want to live in the familiar environment of their own residence for as l ...
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Integrated Solutions for Improve the quality of the rest (ALL4REST)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2012,

"The present project, ALL4REST, is focused on the development of comfort-improved rest systems, using non-obstrusive technologies that promote deeper, more restorative sleep and prevent nocturnal awakenings. The successful solutions will reduce awakenings and/or reduce time to sleep after an awakening and reduce sleep onset latency. Within the global comfort improvement, physical and thermal param ...
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ENgineered SElf-organized Multi-component structures with novel controllaBLe Electromagnetic functionalities (ENSEMBLE)

Start date: May 1, 2008, End date: Apr 30, 2012,

Growth of eutectics is recognized as a paradigm for pattern-forming. Self-organised structures of size scales reaching down to submicron and nano scale regime emerge due to the interplay of chemical diffusion and capillarity. The fundamentally novel CONCEPT of the present proposal is to utilize - for the first time - the eutectic self-organisation mechanism for preparation of multi-component and m ...
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Scalable Autonomic Streaming Middleware for Real-time Processing of Massive Data Flows (STREAM)

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

Description Want to process all credit card transactions in Europe in real time? No luck, today's computers cannot do it. Unless, of course, you use technology from STREAM project.A growing number of applications require the ability to analyze massive amounts of streaming data in real time. A few examples: stock market data processing, an ...
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Dmonstration of a process to recycle glas fibre waste, placed on rubbish dump, producing Polypropilene composites (WGF-PP)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2010,

Background The production of glass fibre consumes high levels of energy and material. For each kilogramme of glass melted, 1 kg of carbon dioxide (CO2) is emitted into the atmosphere, in addition to nitrogen oxide and dioxide (NOx), sulphur dioxide (SO2), chloride, fluoride, volatile organic compounds (VOC) and particles. Furthermore 17 GJ of power are co ...
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Grid-friendly software licensing for location independent application execution (SmartLM)

Start date: Feb 1, 2008, End date: Jul 31, 2010,

The existing licensing models for commercial applications are focusing on software used on compute resources within an administrative domain. A problem occurs when we want to use this software in a distributed service oriented infrastructure where the resources are often not in the same administrative domain that hosts the license server which is authorizing the application use. Today licenses usu ...
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E-SCIENCE GRID FACILITY FOR EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA (EELA-2)

Start date: Apr 1, 2008, End date: Mar 31, 2010,

EELA-2 aims to build, on the current EELA e-Infrastructure, a high capacity, production-quality, scalable Grid Facility providing round-the-clock, worldwide access to distributed computing, storage and network resources for a wide spectrum of applications from European and Latin American scientific communities. The project will provide an empowered Grid Facility with versatile services fulfilling ...
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ECVET-TOUR

The aim of the project “ECVET-Tour” is not the harmonization of the educational and further educational programs of the different providers. The competence matrix is developed according to the same principles of the partner institutions.- increase of the transparency and comparability of educational and further educational programs between the partner countries- The joint competence matrix is the ...
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