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AMBER - enhAnced Mobile BiomEtRics (AMBER)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

Over recent years the ubiquity of mobile platforms such as smartphones and tablets devices has rapidly increased. These devices provide a range of untethered interaction unimaginable a decade previously. With this ability to interact with services and individuals comes the need to accurately authenticate the identity of the person requesting the transaction many of which carry financial/legally-bi ...
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Tracking the cognitive basis of social communication across the life-span (CogSoCoAGE)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2020,

A vital part of successful everyday social interaction is the ability to infer information about others (e.g. their emotions, visual perspective, and language). Development of these social skills (termed Theory of Mind, ToM) has been linked to improvements in more general cognitive skills, called Executive Functions (EF). However, to date very little is known of how this link varies with advancing ...
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The History of Human Freedom and Dignity in Western Civilization (HHFDWC)

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

The ETN has two aims: to a) train ESRs; b) investigate the The History of Human Freedom and Dignity in Western Civilization. a) The ETN will establish an innovative training programme which allows the ESRs to obtain specialist knowledge of a specific research topic and to obtain transferable skills enabling the students to apply their knowledge in non-academic institutions, e.g. dealing with socia ...
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Collaborative and Confidential Information Sharing and Analysis for Cyber Protection (C3ISP)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2019,

C3ISP mission is to define a collaborative and confidential information sharing, analysis and protection framework as a service for cyber security management. C3ISP innovation is the possibility to share information in a flexible and controllable manner inside a collaborative multi-domain environment to improve detection of cyber threats and response capabilities, still preserving the confidential ...
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Inclusion of refugees through sport

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

...r.PARTICIPANTS AND TARGET GROUPThe International Sport and Culture Association (ISCA) will lead the coordination of the project, and the cross-sector partnership consortium includes the University of Kent and StreetGames (UK), SISU Idrottsutbildarna (Sweden), UISP (Italy), Ollerup Academy of Physical Education (Denmark) and Deutsche Turnerjugend (Germany). The direct target group of the project is ...
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Internet Forensic platform for tracking the money flow of financially-motivated malware (RAMSES)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

The Internet has become a key piece of any business activity. Criminal activity is not an exception. Some crimes previous to the Internet, such as thefts and scams, have found in the Internet the perfect tool for developing their activities. The Internet allows criminals hiding their real identity and the possibility to purchase specific tools for stealing sensitive data with a very low investment ...
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European Network for Cyber-security (NeCS)

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

The European Network for Cybersecurity (NECS) was formed in response to the increased need of highly qualified experts able to cope with all the aspects of the European cybersecurity strategy that is currently under implementation.There is indeed an evident need and opportunity to grow a new generation of young researchers able to answer this demand for expertize, trained to the changing nature o ...
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Sustainable tailored integrated care for older people in Europe (SUSTAIN)

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

The overall aims of SUSTAIN are twofold: 1. to improve established integrated care initiatives for older people living at home with multiple health and social care needs, ensuring they are patient-centred, prevention oriented, efficient, resilient to crises, safe and sustainable; 2. to ensure that improvements to the integrated care initiatives are applicable and adaptable to other health systems ...
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The evolution of the human hand: grasping trees and tools (GRASP)

Start date: Mar 1, 2014, End date: Feb 28, 2019,

The unique manipulative abilities of the human hand have fascinated scientists since the time of Darwin. However, we know little about how these unique abilities evolved because we have lacked, (1) the necessary fossil human (hominin) evidence and (2) the appropriate methods to investigate if, when and how our early ancestors used their hands for locomotion (climbing) and manipulation (tool-use). ...
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Building Research Excellence in Russian and East European Studies at the Universities of Tartu, Uppsala and Kent (UPTAKE)

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

... of the project is to increase research productivity and excellence and to promote international visibility and integration of three European universities – Tartu in Estonia, Uppsala in Sweden, and Kent in the United Kingdom -- in the field of Russian and East European Studies by creating a dynamic, comprehensive, open and sustainable framework for cooperation and transfer of knowledge. In line wi ...
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Engineering of new-generation protein secretion systems (ProteinFactory)

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

The market for recombinant proteins, including biopharmaceuticals, industrial enzymes and membrane proteins, is estimated to be about 78 billion Euro and rising. A high proportion of the target proteins are produced in bacteria, where secretion out of the cytoplasm is a favoured strategy. However, current production platforms have severe limitations and cannot handle many secreted enzymes and memb ...
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Distributed Massive MIMO for Next Generation Wireless Communications (FUTURE-MOBILE)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

In view of the rapid increase in demand for mobile data services, next generation wireless communication systems will have to provide greatly increased capacity density and high data rates greater than 50Gbps. However, satisfying these requirements for increasing numbers of users and connected devices, and increasingly bandwidth, processing power and energy-hungry applications will require a trans ...
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Improving the protection and wellbeing of children in Europe: enhancing the curriculum

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

...ield of child welfare and protection. Led by Professor Daniel, the team at Stirling have the expertise and experience required to head and coordinate large partnership arrangements. The University of Kent provide additional depth in their international reputation for teaching and research in child welfare and protection. In relation to this project specifically the University of Kent have develope ...
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Research Master in European and International Criminology

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

... play a central role and in which migration-related social problems issues and transnational crimes are studied in that particular context, the Universities of Rotterdam (Erasmus) (NL), Ghent (BE), Kent (UK), Bologna (IT) and Istanbul (Koç) (TK) will make a significant contribution to the specific objective of the Erasmus + Programme, as outlined in the 2011 EU Modernisation Agenda, to foster qua ...
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Project for higher education student and staff mobility between Programme Countries and Partner Countries

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: Jul 31, 2018,

This is a project for higher education student and staff mobility between Programme Countries and Partner Countries. Please consult the website of the organisation to obtain additional details.
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Next generation ultrafast continuously running imaging system for biomedical applications (NULTIS)

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2018,

"Ultrafast continuously running cameras are a vital tool in capturing and visualizing ultrafast non-repetitive events, such as chemical dynamics, microfluidics, and laser nuclear fusion. Following active involvement in the successful development of the world’s fastest continuously running camera over the last two years, the applicant proposes to develop the next generation ultrafast imaging system ...
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Evolution of the Ape Forelimb: Evidence from Internal Bone Structure (MOSAIC)

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2018,

"Understanding the locomotor behaviour of our Miocene ape ancestors is critical to reconstructing the evolution of walking on two feet, or bipedalism. The Miocene (20-5 million years ago (Ma)) epoch is crucial because it is during this period that the morphological features of living great apes, including humans, were defined. In this respect, Miocene apes show unique morphological combinations th ...
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Social Exclusion of Youth in Europe: Cumulative Disadvantage, Coping Strategies, Effective Policies and Transfer (EXCEPT)

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

Against the background of increasing labour market insecurities among youth during the recent crisis, the aim of this interdisciplinary and internationally comparative project is to provide a comprehensive understanding of the consequences of youth labour market vulnerability for risks of social exclusion in Europe. A multidimensional dynamic perspective on both objective and subjective dimensions ...
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Parasite-specific cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase inhibitors to target Neglected Parasitic Diseases (PDE4NPD)

Start date: Mar 1, 2014, End date: Feb 28, 2018,

This project aims to unite global efforts to target the highly druggable class of enzymes called cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases (PDEs) in the fight for neglected parasitic diseases (NPD). It will establish a drug discovery platform, PDE4NPD, that combines phenotypic screening with efficient target-centric drug discovery, including target validation, various strategies for compound screening, ...
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Flexible Bayesian Non-Parametric Priors (FLEXIBNPP)

Start date: Mar 1, 2014, End date: Feb 28, 2018,

The use of Bayesian non-parametric (BNP) priors in applied statistical modeling has become increasingly popular in the last few years. From the seminal paper of Ferguson (1973, Annals of Statistics), the Dirichlet Process and its extensions have been increasingly used to address inferential problems in many fields. Examples range from variable selection in genetics to linguistics, psychology, hum ...
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"Ultrawide bandwidth photonics devices, sources and applications" (UBAPHODESA)

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

...st 5 years. Academic knowledge gained in the University labs will be matched with a vision of entrepreneurship and technology translation to applications.The Applied Optics Group at the University of Kent, UK (UoK) will lead and provide the academic framework.NKT-Photonics, Denmark (NKT), the industrial partner in the EID, is the world leader in infrared and visible SC sources and will provide the ...
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The Role and Future of National Constitutions in European and Global Governance (CONSTEURGLOBGOV)

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

At a time when the discourse on constitutionalism has come to focus on the constitutionalisation processes at the European and global level, this project will turn the spotlight on national constitutions. It embarks on an analysis and rethinking of the role and future of national constitutions in the context where decision-making has increasingly shifted to transnational level. The project will ha ...
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intelligent Converged network consolIdating Radio and optical access aRound USer equipment. (iCIRRUS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

To meet the high throughput demands envisaged for 5G networks, with increased user densification and bandwidth-hungry applications, while at the same time reducing energy consumption, iCIRRUS proposes an intelligent Cloud-Radio Access Network (C-RAN) that brings together optical fibre technology, low-cost but highly flexible Ethernet networking, wireless resource management for device-to-device (D ...
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Confronting sexual pluralism: the regulatory dilemmas and policy challenges of non-monogamous family formations (CONFAM)

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Oct 1, 2017,

This project addresses the question of how the state should deal with radical sexual pluralism, and in particular how it should take up the challenges and difficulties raised for law and public policy in accommodating non-monogamous relationships and family formations. This is a multidisciplinary project drawing on diverse research sources (political philosophy, normative theory, social science da ...
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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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Radio technologies for 5G using advanced photonic infrastructure for dense user environments (RAPID)

Start date: Oct 1, 2014, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

In RAPID, we propose to use a centralized radio access (C-RAN) architecture to support high-capacity heterogeneous (3g, 4G and 60 GHz) radio access technologies through low-cost, but ultra-high-bandwidth photonic techniques for the fibre distribution. To meet the requirement to transport the high-frequency (and wide-bandwidth) wireless signals at low-cost, a novel coherent radio-over-fiber (CRoF) ...
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Addressing the Needs of Teaching Education and Research on European Foreign Policy

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

The goal of the ANTERO Jean Monnet Network is to strengthen the interaction between cutting edge research in the field of EU foreign policy and the translation of that research through innovative, research-led teaching. This will include the production of open access research and teaching material which can be easily integrated to the teaching of undergraduate and graduate students world-wide and ...
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Three layers of telling a story: creation of joint curricula in the higher education of cinematographers, puppeteers and applied theatre practitioners

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

The 2011 EU Modernisation Agenda outlines that „education, and in particular higher education, plays a crucial role in individual and societal advancement. Moreover, the international mobility of students, researchers and staff, as well as the growing internationalisation of higher education, have a strong impact on quality and affect the key areas.” Our project replies to these statements and is ...
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Crystallisation Systems Engineering – Towards a next generation of intelligent crystallisation systems (CRYSYS)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

The project proposes the development of an intelligent crystallisation system by combining state-of-the-art process analytical technologies and novel model-based and statistical feedback control approaches, to provide a fully integrated and adaptive system for efficient engineering of particulate products. The developed adaptive and robust control approaches will be incorporated in a Crystallisati ...
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eUropean naturalistic Driving and Riding for Infrastructure & Vehicle safety and Environment (UDRIVE)

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

Road transport is indispensable for the exchange of goods and persons, but at the same time has severe negative consequences, among others related to road safety and environment. In order to meet EU targets, both the number of road crashes and vehicle emission levels need to be reduced substantially. For identifying the next generation of measures that will enable us to actually reach these target ...
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Biophysical Properties of Human Foetal Cardiac and Skeletal myosins (FCSM)

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

In utero development is critical for normal skeletal and cardiac muscle function throughout life. Many diseases, such as distal arthrogryposis (affecting 1/3000 live births) and clubfoot (1/1000) in skeletal muscle and arrhythmias in cardiac muscle (1/4000), manifest in the embryonic and foetal period. They permanently affect longevity and quality of life. Because the effects of these diseases ar ...
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Add-on module for optical coherence tomography with en-face view option (AMEFOCT)

Start date: Nov 1, 2015, End date: Apr 30, 2017,

By the end of the 4th year of the ERC Advanced grant, the PI has set up the basis of a unique procedure to perform optical coherence tomography (OCT) that is similar in outcome to time domain interferometry but has all advantages of spectral domain interferometry in terms of speed and sensitivity. The new method of OCT, termed as Master/Slave (MS), is characterised by several advantages: direct pr ...
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MOBILISING THE POTENTIAL OF ACTIVE AGEING IN EUROPE (MOPACT)

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

The starting point for MOPACT is the ambitious goals set by Horizon 2020 and the European Innovation Partnership Pilot Project on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIPAHA). Our response is ambitious too: we aim to provide the research and practical evidence upon which Europe can make longevity an asset for social and economic development. MOPACT will create a high quality, multi-disciplinary critical mas ...
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The Contribution of the Third Sector to Europe’s Socio-economic Development (THIRD SECTOR IMPACT)

Start date: Jan 20, 2014, End date: Jan 19, 2017,

The main objective of the proposed research project is to create knowledge that will further advance the contributions that the third sector and volunteering can make to the socio-economic development of Europe. These unique ‘renewable resources’ for social and economic problem-solving and civic engagement in Europe are needed more than ever at this time of social and economic distress and enormou ...
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DIFFERENT (DIgital beam Forming For low-cost multi-static spacE-boRnE syNthetic aperTure radars) (DIFFERENT)

Start date: Dec 13, 2013, End date: Jan 1, 2017,

...e in the EO value chain. SMEs central position in DIFFERENT is supported by a national space agency (DLR), by a research institute and technology provider (IHP) and by two academic partners (UNICAL / KENT)
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A Framework Model on MNE’s impact on global development challenges in emerging markets (MNEMERGE)

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

MNEmerge Project aims to address the issues raised in this call together with a consortium that consists of top European universities, international organisations and multinational enterprises. We wish to provide a comprehensive framework, case study methodology and policy analysis of the activities of MNE and organisations operating in- and outside of EU. We are mostly interested on activities th ...
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Private Identity as a Service (PIDaaS)

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

Methods of identification and authentication are used to confirm the Identity of a person in order to protect physical and digital information. Biometrics identifiers (distinctive and measureable characteristics to describe individuals) have been widely used in different authentication systems, however the wider adoption of biometrics in mobile services for enhancing the identification and authent ...
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Cellular Network based Device-to-Device Wireless Communications (CODEC)

Start date: Dec 15, 2014, End date: Dec 14, 2016,

"Nowadays, the rapid growth of smartphones provides a great platform and applications for mobile users to connect and interact with other users in new and interesting ways, such as socialising and playing video games with others. These kinds of applications also provide chances for mobile users to interact with people in close proximity by enabling users to discover others based on their physical ...
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GaN powered Ka-band high-efficiency multi-beam transceivers for SATellites (GANSAT)

Start date: Sep 23, 2013, End date: Oct 1, 2016,

GANSAT – GaN powered Ka-band high-efficiency multi-beam transceivers for SATellitesGaN technologies appear to be a key element for the space industry. Their use in the power amplification stage of satellites will represent a significant progress versus actual designs and benefit to broadcast systems. In addition, the good noise feature opens the door to high performing low noise amplifiers and loc ...
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PLAYING IDENTITIES, PERFORMING HERITAGE. Theatre, Creolisation, Creation and the Commons.

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

The idea behind PLAYING IDENTITIES, PERFORMING HERITAGE lies in the attempt to experiment processes of artistic creation based on the creolisation of diverse European national theatrical traditions, as well as on the relationship between the performers themselves, on one side, and the performers and the public, on the other.Our privileged tool for realising such an idea is PanSpeech, a social medi ...
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