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Search for a fourth neutrino with a PBq anti-neutrino source (4th-Nu-Avenue)

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

Several observed anomalies in neutrino oscillation data can be explained by a hypothetical fourth neutrino separated from the three standard neutrinos by a squared mass difference of a few eV2. This hypothesis can be tested with a PBq (ten kilocurie scale) 144Ce antineutrino beta-source deployed at the center of a large low background liquid scintillator detector, such like Borexino, KamLAND, and ...
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Seasonal-to-decadal climate Prediction for the improvement of European Climate Services (SPECS)

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

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) sponsored the Global Framework on Climate Services (GFCS) where the need for actionable climate information for periods from several months up to several years for economic, industrial and political planning has been expressed. However, progress in seasonal forecasting has been slow and decadal forecasting is still incipient. At the same time, new model ...
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Testing galaxy formation with gravitational-wave and X-ray observations of massive black holes (GALFORMBHS)

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

"I will study the evolution of the masses and spins of massive black holes (MBHs) in competing scenarios for galaxy formation and for the MBH seeds at high redshift, and assess whether they may be discriminated with future gravitational-wave detectors and X-ray missions. This project is extremely timely and relevant for European science because two of the candidates (ATHENA and eLISA/NGO) for the ...
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Soft Matter at Aqueous Interfaces (SOMATAI)

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

Soft nanotechnology is generally considered as a field that will have a major impact on technological developments in near future. However, the fundamental understanding of the wealth of new structures lacks far behind, despite supporting activity from material science. Such an understanding is indispensable for sustainable growth of this important research domain and its applications. A physics-o ...
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"BIogeochemical cycles, Sea Ice and CLimate in the Polar Oceans" (BISICLO)

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

"Recent field studies indicate an active biogeochemistry within sea ice. The latter is characterized by significant primary production, large loads of iron, and fluxes of climatically significant biogases, namely carbon dioxide (CO2) and dimethyl-sulfide (DMS). The role of sea ice in the carbon cycle and climate system via a large-scale action on ocean biogeochemistry is relatively poorly studied, ...
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Federation for FIRE (Fed4FIRE)

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

A federation of experimentation facilities will significantly accelerate Future Internet research. Fed4FIRE will deliver open and easily accessible facilities to the FIRE experimentation communities, which focus on fixed and wireless infrastructures, services and applications, and combinations thereof. The project will develop a demand-driven common federation framework, based on an open architect ...
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Physical principles of molecular signal integration in early fly development (Regulating flies)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

The precision and reproducibility of cellular processes poses a challenge to nonequilibrium many-body physics and our understanding of the physical principles that control the emergent properties of biological systems. Despite great experimental and theoretical progress in understanding the molecular nature of particular cellular components, we lack a framework for understanding how the interactio ...
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The cosmic evolution of massive black holes (MBHG)

Start date: Mar 1, 2012, End date: Feb 29, 2016,

Massive black holes populate the centers of today's galaxies, including the Milky Way, and shone as quasars in the past; the massive black holes that we detect now in nearby bulges are the remnants of this fiery past. The masses of black holes in local galaxies also define clear correlations with the properties of their hosts, showing that the growth of black holes is intimately linked to the one ...
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European Particle physics Latin American NETwork (EPLANET)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Jan 31, 2016,

"The High Energy Physics (HEP) European scientific community has developed cutting-edge, large-scale facilities that make it a world leader. Particle Physics Programmes in Europe are attracting participation of groups from non-European countries, in particular from Latin America. In the reciprocal direction, the Pierre Auger Observatory for High Energy Cosmic Rays, recently established in Argentin ...
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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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Mobile OpportunisTic Traffic Offloading (MOTO)

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

To support the booming demand in mobile 4G data services, the MOTO project proposes to design, dimension, implement, and evaluate a new network architecture in support of dynamic traffic offloading strategies to relieve a congested 4G/LTE network. Going far beyond present infrastructure based offloading approaches, MOTO explores an additional layer of disruptive offloading protocols that make use ...
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multi-LAyer SpAtiotemporal Generalized NEtworks (LASAGNE)

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

Thanks to modern ICT, a new generation of large data sets of social, biological, and man-made systems are now available. Many more will be produced at an ever–increasing rate in the near future. Such data contain high precision and integrated information on the nature and the evolution -in space and time- of the state of each single component, together with information on different types of intera ...
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FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS STUDIES IN MARINE PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY: ENVIRONMENTAL AND POLUTION EFFECTS ON PHYTOPLANKTON (GENMARPHYTO)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Aug 31, 2015,

One of the most serious challenges for humankind this century will be to understand how climate change (past, present and future) influences life in the oceans. It is known that marine phytoplankton carry out almost half of the global net photosynthesis of the planet. Therefore it will be essential to determine how climate change alters microbial metabolism. However, the integration of cell biolog ...
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Exploring the neural coding in behaving animals by novel optogenetic, high-density microrecordings and computational approaches: Towards cognitive Brain-Computer Interfaces (ENLIGHTENMENT)

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

In this project we aim to investigate the mechanisms involved in memory storage in the brain by a combination of advanced multisite, single unit neural activity monitoring, closed-loop patterned and cell specific activations, and computational techniques, that would allow developing ways to stimulate brain networks in an activity-driven fashion. Combining neuroscience, neuroengineering and computa ...
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Quantum Interferometry with Bose-Einstein Condensates (QIBEC)

Start date: Nov 1, 2011, End date: Jul 31, 2015,

We propose to realize of a new class of interferometers based on entangled states of atomic Bose-Einstein condensates. These will have sensitivities beyond the shot-noise limit, potentially approaching the ultimate Heisenberg limit dictated by quantum mechanics. Our goal is to achieve an optimal control of the entanglement by means of novel experimental and theoretical tools to fully exploit its c ...
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Functional roles of long noncoding RNAs in drought stress responses of Arabidopsis (GreenLincs)

Start date: Aug 1, 2012, End date: Jul 31, 2015,

In the coming decade declining water availability will exert increasing pressure on crop productivity worldwide. One of the solutions is to breed crop plants with enhanced drought tolerance. Whilst plant breeders are continuing to make progress in this direction, elucidation of the molecular basis of drought stress will help not only traditional breeding efforts but also formulate new transgenic ...
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Network of Excellence in Internet Science (EINS)

Start date: Dec 1, 2011, End date: May 31, 2015,

The goal of EINS is coordinating and integrating European research aimed at achieving a deeper multidisciplinary understanding of the development of the Internet as a societal and technological artefact, whose evolution is increasingly interwined with that of human societies. Its main objective is to allow an open and productive dialogue between all the disciplines which study Internet systems und ...
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Mechanisms of the Development of ALLergy (MEDALL)

Start date: Dec 1, 2010, End date: May 31, 2015,

Causes explaining the epidemic of IgE-associated (allergic) diseases are unclear. MeDALL (Mechanisms of the Development of Allergy) aims at generating novel knowledge on mechanisms of allergy initiation, in particular in childhood. To understand how a complex network of genetic and environmental factors leads to complex allergic phenotypes, a novel stepwise, large and integrative translational app ...
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Direct Imaging of Budding and Fusion of Lipid Droplets Mediated by Proteins in Emulsion Droplets Based on Microfluidics - Dynamics of Proteins Interactions, Assembly and Metabolism Energy (BFLDs)

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

Lipid droplets (LDs) were believed many years ago to be mere passive reservoirs of lipids, which role was limited to supply lipids to cell membranes when needed and to avoid the accumulation of fat in adipocytes leading obesity. Since this last decade a newly focus on LDs has led to understand their dynamic organelles behavior and their implication in many diseases proliferation in cells. Indeed, ...
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Correct and Efficient Accelerator Programming (CARP)

Start date: Dec 1, 2011, End date: Feb 28, 2015,

In recent years, massively parallel accelerator processors, primarily GPUs, have become widely available to end-users. Accelerators offer tremendous compute power at a low cost, and tasks such as media processing, simulation, medical imaging and eye-tracking can be accelerated to beat CPU performance by orders of magnitude. Performance is gained in energy efficiency and execution speed, allowing i ...
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The Collective Experience of Empathic Data Systems (CEEDs)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Feb 28, 2015,

The Collective Experience of Empathic Data Systems (CEEDS) project will develop novel, integrated technologies to support human experience, analysis and understanding of very large datasets.Making use of humans' implicit processing abilitiesCEEDS will develop innovative tools to exploit theories showing that discovery is the identification of patterns in complex data sets by the implicit informati ...
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Source of Electron Entanglement in Nano Devices (SE2ND)

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

SE2ND is a joint experimental and theoretical effort. SE2ND strives to develop a highly efficient and continuous solid-state source of spatially separated spin-entangled electrons. A source of this kind, integrated with other electronic elements, will be of great importance in future quantum processors, where they provide, for example, entanglement distribution required to synchronize quantum circ ...
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Advanced Particle Phenomenology in the LHC era (LHCPHENONET)

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

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN is the largest and most complex single experiment ever performed in the history of mankind. The physics program of the LHC is motivated by fundamental questions about the laws of nature, such as explaining the origin of mass, understanding the early universe and the structure of space and time, unravelling the nature of dark matter and providing glimpses of ...
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Bridging microstructural to macroscopic properties in failure of heterogeneous materials (ToughBridge)

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

Nowadays, materials, structures and devices can be designed and fabricated at nanoscale dimensions with controlled microstructures processed “atom by atom”. Predicting their toughness and ensuring their durability over the long term still present a major challenge. These properties esult from the complex interplay between the applied stress conditions at the macro scale and the material heterogene ...
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Spectrum of the planar AdS/CFT correspondence (Spectrum of AdS/CFT)

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

This project aims to formulate the full solution to the spectral problem of the planar AdS/CFT correspondence. This will be achieved in three steps. Firstly, I will subject the recently proposed set of spectral equations (TBA equations) for the planar AdS/CFT correspondence to extensive tests and, if necessary, modify them. Secondly, I will develop new powerful tools to facilitate the computation ...
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High precision reactor neutrino programm at APC (ReactNuTheta13APC)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Aug 31, 2014,

This proposal has been designed for Dr Novella to become involved in fundamental neutrino oscillation research with the Double Chooz (DC) experiment, led by Dr de Kerret and Dr Cabrera (at the AstroParticule et Cosmologie laboratory). DC is the most competitive EU-based neutrino oscillations experiment, which leads the world on the measurement of the PMNS mixing matrix parameter theta13. DC should ...
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Genome-wide study of human epigenetic regulators (EPIX)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2014,

"Epigenetics is a new frontier in biology. It has yielded revolutionary insight into how the genome works, and has profound implication for human health.This project focuses on the best-established epigenetic mark, DNA methylation. This mark is essential for the embryonic development and adult life of mammals, and acts primarily by regulating gene expression.While the essential functions of DNA me ...
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Parallel & Heterogeneous Architecture for Real-time ApplicatiONs (PHARAON)

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

Description New tools to reduce design cost of embedded systemsThe latest and greatest embedded systems integrate a wide range of very complex functionalities. A smart phone, for example, is capable to communicate through 3G and WIFI connections. It integrates phone services with high performance graphics and sophisticated software applic ...
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OpenLab: extending FIRE testbeds and tools (OpenLab)

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

Experimentally-driven research is key to success in exploring the possible futures of the Internet. An open, general-purpose, shared experimental facility, both large-scale and sustainable, is essential for European industry and academia to innovate today and assess the performance of their solutions. OpenLab brings together the essential ingredients for such a facility. We extend early prototypes ...
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Tau Toolkit for opening the New Physics Window at LHC and possible spin off effects (TauKitforNewPhysics)

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

The applicant, from Seoul National University proposes to develop novel tools and research strategies for exploring the physics beyond the Standard Model (BSM), at the LHC at CERN, by taking part to the CMS multipurpose experiment from 2012 to 2014. This exciting period will witness a new major step in the LHC program and BSM exploration, with important Physics results from the 5 -10 fb-1 recorded ...
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Nonuniversal statistics in MHD turbulence (MHDTURB)

Start date: May 1, 2012, End date: Apr 30, 2014,

"The nature of interactions between different scales in magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence is paramount for the understanding of flows occurring in fusion plasmas, the geospace, the heliosphere, the interstellar medium, and their influence for example on cosmic ray propagation, the solar-terrestrial interactions. The different degrees of nonuniversality observed at present studies, and the exist ...
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Security for Future Networks (SecFuNet)

Start date: May 1, 2011, End date: Apr 30, 2014,

The goal of the SecFuNet project is to design and develop a coherent security architecture for virtual networks and cloud accesses. The proposed architecture will provide solutions allowing the management of the security of communications for all machines connected to a public cloud using virtual networks. Hence, we need a coherent and robust identification scheme as well as a strong authenticatio ...
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Quantum Hall states in ultracold atomic gases (Flux Lattices)

Start date: Apr 1, 2012, End date: Mar 31, 2014,

"The fractional quantum Hall effect is one of the most intriguing quantum effects and the topic of much study in condensed matter physics. In the field of ultracold atomic gases, it has been a long endeavor to reach an experimental regime in which the associated strong correlation phenomena can appear. In this project, we want to explore two separate roads towards this regime. In a bulk system, we ...
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Interactions between polarons in polarized Fermi gases (Interpol)

Start date: Mar 1, 2012, End date: Feb 28, 2014,

In this application, we propose to study the physics of the polaronic gas. In a spin imbalanced Fermi gas, that is with a larger number of spin up particles than with spin down, the usual Cooper pairing scenario no longer applies, and this raises the question of the possible phases of the system. It was recently proposed by C. Lobo et. al. [PRL 97, 200403 (2006)], that in the strong imbalanced reg ...
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Genetic Improvement of Algae for Value Added Products (GIAVAP)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

Microalgae are a highly promising resource for the sustainable production of a wide variety of biomaterials for a wide range of applications. Microalgae can transform solar energy at high efficiency directly into valuable biological products using marginal water resources, waste nutrients and exhaust CO2 without the needs for high value cropland. A wide variety of eukaryotic microalgae of high evo ...
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Quantum optics with optomechanical systems (QOOMS)

Start date: Nov 7, 2011, End date: Nov 6, 2013,

"Interferometric measurements are by far the most sensitive displacement measurements , with sensitivities better than 10-20m/sqrt(Hz) either for large-scale gravitational-wave interferometers or table-top interferometers.In these measurements, there are two quantum limits one has to deal with, even after the classical noise has been substantially lowered: quantum phase noise and quantum radiation ...
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Future Internet Gateway-based Architecture of Residential Networks (FIGARO)

Start date: Oct 1, 2010, End date: Sep 30, 2013,

The Internet has evolved from a technology-centric core network to a user- and content-centric network that must support millions of users creating and consuming content. It must accommodate new services with new requirements and cope with heterogeneous network technologies. The momentum is moving toward the end user who is now capable of creating, storing, and delivering content and services. FIG ...
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Quantum Computer Science (QCS)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2013,

Quantum Information Science (QIS) is a young, highly interdisciplinary field touching on the foundations of both computer science and quantum physics It provides a new model of computation that is both physically feasible and more powerful than conventional computing. If a quantum computer is built, we will be able to solve computational problems that are hard for ordinary computers. Quantum infor ...
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DISCOVER THE COSMOS: e-Infrastructures for an Engaging Science Classroom (Discover the COSMOS)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Aug 31, 2013,

The Discover the COSMOS coordination action aims to demonstrate innovative ways to involve teachers and students in eScience through the use of existing e-infrastructures in order to spark young people's interest in science and in following scientific careers. It aims to support policy development by a) demonstrating effective community building between researchers, teachers and students and empow ...
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Phase-locking of terahertz quantum cascade lasers (TeraPhase)

Start date: May 9, 2011, End date: May 8, 2013,

The terahertz (THz) region of the electromagnetic spectrum, between the infrared and microwave range, has historically suffered from a lack of sources and detectors, leading to the phrase ‘terahertz gap’ to be coined. In recent years however there have been a number of sources and detectors developed in this region. Two of these new technologies are THz time-domain spectroscopy (TDS) and THz quant ...
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