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Rotterdam, Umea and Glasgow: Generating Exemplar Districts In Sustainable Energy Deployment (Ruggedised)

Start date: Nov 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2021,

The RUGGEDISED project will create urban spaces powered by secure, affordable and clean energy, smart electro-mobility, smart tools and services. The overall aims are:1. Improving the quality of life of the citizens, by offering the citizens a clean, safe, attractive, inclusive and affordable living environment.2. Reducing the environmental impacts of activities, by achieving a significant reducti ...
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integrated Smart GRID Cross-Functional Solutions for Optimized Synergetic Energy Distribution, Utilization Storage Technologies (inteGRIDy)

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

inteGRIDy aims to integrate cutting-edge technologies, solutions and mechanisms in a scalable Cross-Functional Platform connecting energy networks with diverse stakeholders, facilitating optimal and dynamic operation of the Distribution Grid (DG), fostering the stability and coordination of distributed energy resources and enabling collaborative storage schemes within an increasing share of renewa ...
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Sharing Cities (SHAR-LLM)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

Sharing Cities has four key objectives. 1) To achieve scale in the European smart cities market by proving that properly designed smart city solutions, based around common needs, can be integrated in complex urban environments. This will be done in a way that exhibits their true potential and allows for the significant scale-up and consequent increase in social, economic and environmental value. ...
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Composable Models and Software for Robotics Systems (RobMoSys)

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

RobMoSys will coordinate the whole community’s best and consorted effort to build an open and sustainable, agile and multi-domain European robotics software ecosystem.RobMoSys envisions an integration approach built on-top-of, or rather around, the current code-centric robotic platforms, by means of the systematic application of model-driven methods and tools that explicitly focus on (system-of-) ...
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Novel ALL-IN-ONE machines, robots and systems for affordable, worldwide and lifetime Distributed 3D hybrid manufacturing and repair operations (4D hybrid)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

From aeronautics to oil&gas, complex metal parts embrace major challenges across their lifecycles from the green field intensive manufacturing to the numerous maintenance and repairing operations worldwide distributed. The synergic combination of additive and subtractive processes could overcome individual shortcomings, going beyond the simple succession of steps. 'Plug and produce' modular approa ...
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Intelligent Recommendation Decision Technologies for Community-Driven Requirements Engineering (OPENREQ)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

Requirements engineering is a key activity in ICT projects: What are current user needs and what requirements satisfy them? How much effort would a requirement cost and in which release should it be delivered? Which requirements can be reused from similar projects? Are there hidden dependencies or inconsistencies? What trade-offs are acceptable for users and other stakeholders? A satisfactory, eff ...
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Factory Automation Edge Computing Operating System Reference Implementation (FAR-EDGE)

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

Despite the proclaimed benefits (i.e. scalability, reliability, cost-effectiveness) of Future Internet (FI) technologies (i.e. edge & cloud computing, IoT/CPS) for factory automation, their adoption from manufacturers remains low for various reasons, including technology issues (e.g., poor situation awareness, limited deployments, no standards-based reference implementations) and the lack of a smo ...
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Particle Reduced, Efficient Gasoline Engines (PaREGEn)

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

PaREGEn addresses the short term scope of the GV-02 call via research into and the innovation of gasoline engines for light duty vehicles. Specifically, engines used in mid to premium passenger cars will be addressed. With the electrification smaller vehicles, focusing on larger cars is especially important: the need for clean, efficient & economic engines for inter-urban transport is more urgent ...
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Start-up activities for Advanced Signalling and Automation Systems (X2Rail-1)

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

X2Rail-1 addresses the S2R-CFM-IP2-01-2015 “Start-up activities for Advanced Signalling and Automation System” call issued by the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking as part of the Innovation Programme 2 “Advanced Traffic Management & Control Systems”.The X2Rail-1 project aims to research and develop six selected key technologies to foster innovations in the field of railway signalling and automation sys ...
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Intelligent Innovative Smart Maintenance of Assets by integRated Technologies (IN2SMART)

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

IN2SMART represents the 1st proposal of the Shift2Rail members referred, according to MAAP, to the following Technology Demonstrators (TDs): TD3.7 Railway Information Measuring and Monitoring System (RIMMS), TD3.6 Dynamic Railway Information Management System (DRIMS) and TD3.8 Intelligent Asset Management Strategies (IAMS). These TDs will deploy an overall concept for Intelligent Asset Management ...
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energy services demonstrations of demand response, FLEXibility and energy effICIENCY based on metering data (FLEXICIENCY)

Start date: Feb 1, 2015, End date: Jan 31, 2019,

Four major Distribution System Operators (in Italy, France, Spain and Sweden) with smart metering infrastructure in place, associated with electricity retailers, aggregators, software providers, research organizations and one large consumer, propose five large-scale demonstrations to show that the deployment of novel services in the electricity retail markets (ranging from advanced monitoring to l ...
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A strategic approach to increasing Europe’s value proposition for Additive Manufacturing technologies and capabilities (AM-motion)

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

Additive manufacturing (AM) has been highlighted as a key technology with potential for creating sustainable high value European based employment, addressing societal issues and supporting environmental sustainability. It has the potential to revolutionize the way in which products are manufactured and delivered to the customer. Moreover, AM is already having a high economic impact on several sec ...
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Smart TSO-DSO interaction schemes, market architectures and ICT Solutions for the integration of ancillary services from demand side management and distributed generation (SmartNet)

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

The project SmartNet aims at providing architectures for optimized interaction between TSOs and DSOs in managing the exchange of information for monitoring and for the acquisition of ancillary services (reserve and balancing, voltage regulation, congestion management) both at national level and in a cross-border context. Local needs for ancillary services in distribution systems are supposed to co ...
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BIG IoT - Bridging the Interoperability Gap of the Internet of Things (BIG IoT)

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

...osed systems and lower market entry barriers for developers.The BIG IoT consortium is well suited to reach the outlined goals, as it comprises all roles of an IoT ecosystem: resource providers (e.g., SIEMENS, SEAT), service and application developers (e.g., VODAFONE, VMZ), marketplace providers (e.g., ATOS), platform providers (e.g., BOSCH, CSI, ECONAIS), as well as end users connected through the ...
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IP1 Traction TD1 and Brakes TD5 – Phase 1 (PINTA)

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

The PINTA Project (IP1 Traction TD1 and Brakes TD5 – Phase 1) will address the two key topics highlighted in the first Shift2Rail Call topic S2R-CFM-IP1-01-2016 – Development of concepts towards the next generation of traction systems and management of wheel/rail adhesion, namely Traction and Adhesion Management.Traction subproject will focus on the improvement of seven technical and economical pe ...
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Production harmonizEd Reconfiguration of Flexible Robots and Machinery (PERFoRM)

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

PERFoRM - Production harmonizEd Reconfiguration of Flexible Robots and Machinery aims to the conceptual transformation of existing Production Systems towards plug&produce production systems in order to achieve a flexible manufacturing environments based on rapid and seamless reconfiguration of machinery and robots as response to operational or business events.These objectives require research acti ...
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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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CONtributing to Shift2Rail's NExt generation of high Capable and safe TCMS and brAkes. Phase 1. (CONNECTA)

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

CONNECTA aims at contributing to the S2R’s next generation of TCMS architectures and components with wireless capabilities as well as to the next generation of electronic braking systems. CONNECTA will conduct research into new technological concepts, standard specifications and architectures for train control and monitoring, with specific applications in train-to-ground communications and high sa ...
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Human-mimetic approach to the integrated monitoring, management and optimization of a symbiotic cluster of smart production units (SYMBIOPTIMA)

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

... approach suitable both at small and large scale. Rapid transfer from lab-scale to testing at demonstration sites will be eased by the presence of industrial partners and end-users, as Bilfinger, Siemens, SXS, and Neo Group.
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ACANTO: A CyberphysicAl social NeTwOrk using robot friends (ACANTO)

Start date: Feb 1, 2015, End date: Jul 31, 2018,

"Despite its recognised benefits, most older adults do not engage in a regular physical activity. The ACANTO project proposes a friendly robot walker (the FriWalk) that will abate a some of the most important barriers to this healthy behaviour.The FriWalk revisits the notion of robotic walking assistants and evolves it towards an activity vehicle. The execution of a programme of physical training ...
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Electrification of public transport in cities (ELIPTIC)

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2018,

The overall aim of ELIPTIC is to develop new use concepts and business cases to optimise existing electric infrastructure and rolling stock, saving both money and energy. ELIPTIC will advocate electric public transport sector at the political level and help develop political support for the electrification of public transport across Europe. ELIPTIC looks at three thematic pillars:• Safe integratio ...
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SUpporting evolution and adaptation of PERsonalized Software by Exploiting contextual Data and End-user feedback (SUPERSEDE)

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

The number of available software applications in the form of web services, mobile apps, etc., is dramatically increasing over the years. This software exploits data collected through various sensors, and online data sources. Its users can access it through a variety of devices, mostly based on mobile technology. Software providers can hardly predict the acceptance of the applications they deliver. ...
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Innovative Intelligent Rail (IN2RAIL)

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

IN2RAIL is to set the foundations for a resilient, consistent, cost-efficient, high capacity European network by delivering important building blocks that unlock the innovation potential that exists in SHIFT2RAIL: innovative technologies will be explored and resulting concepts embedded in a systems framework where infrastructure, information management, maintenance techniques, energy, and engineer ...
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Satellite Technology for Advanced Railway Signalling (STARS)

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

The STARS project paves the way for the future EGNSS deployment in safety relevant railway applications. By evolving the highly developed and deployed ERTMS standard through the implementation of the satellite positioning functionality, it will be possible to reduce the cost of the future railway signalling systems, especially for lines with lower traffic density. The project deals with three main ...
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MOTOrcycle Rider Integrated SafeTy (MOTORIST)

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

Powered Two Wheelers (PTWs) are an efficient and flexible transport system and their use is beneficial especially in the more and more congested European cities. Unfortunately the PTW riders are exposed to a high risk of becoming a victim in a crash mainly due to the difficulty to control a PTW under all circumstances but also due to limited conspicuity. In addition when PTW riders are crash victi ...
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NEW DEPENDABLE ROLLING STOCK FOR A MORE SUSTAINABLE, INTELLIGENT AND COMFORTABLE RAIL TRANSPORT IN EUROPE (ROLL2RAIL)

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

The ROLL2RAIL project aims to develop key technologies and to remove already identified blocking points for radical innovation in the field of railway vehicles, as part of a longer term strategy to revolutionise the rolling stock for the future.The high level objectives of the work are to pave the way to:• Increase the capacity of the railway system and bring flexibility to adapt capacity to deman ...
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Embedded Multi-Core Systems for Mixed Criticality Applications in Dynamic and Changeable Real-Time Environments (EMC2)

Start date: Apr 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2017,

Embedded systems are the key innovation driver to improve almost all mechatronic products with cheaper and even new functionalities. Furthermore, they strongly support today's information society as inter-system communication enabler.Consequently boundaries of application domains are alleviated and ad-hoc connections and interoperability play an increasing role. At the same time, multi-core and ma ...
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Next Generation Train Control (NGTC)

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

The main scope of this Next Generation Train Control (NGTC) project is to analyse the commonality and differences of required functionality for mainline and urban lines and develop the convergence of both ETCS and CBTC systems, determining the level of commonality of architecture, hardware platforms, and system design that can be achieved. This will be accomplished by building on the experience of ...
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Oxide Dispersion Strengthened Materials for the Additive Manufacture of High Temperature Components in Power Generation (OXIGEN)

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

...s currently limiting power generation component capabilities. This will lead to the prospect of higher efficiency power generation turbine systems. Working within OXIGEN, and with end users (Alstom, Siemens and Ivchenko Progress) with a combined significant global reach and capabilities, it is expected that holistic exploitation of project results can contribute significantly towards achieving su ...
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Mobility Of VET Forward Automotive Sector Traineeships

Start date: Nov 1, 2014, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

The project is a proposal from an italian mobility Consortium, which involves partners (VET secondary level schools, VET tertiary level organisations, enterprises) caming from Emilia Romagna region and which unsigned a network agreement to build the VET Hub named "POLO TECNICO-PROFESSIONALE PER LA FILIERA MECCANICA FORNOVO DI TARO (PR)", that is a permanent system of sharing resources to organize ...
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Thermo-acoustic and aero-acoustic nonlinearities in green combustors with orifice structures (TANGO)

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

"Combustion instabilities represent a serious problem for combustion-driven devices, such as gas turbine engines and domestic burners. These instabilities can cause intense pressure oscillations, which in turn causes excessive structural oscillations, fatigue and even catastrophic damage to combustor hardware. In recent years, the development of clean combustion systems with reduced pollution of t ...
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Thermal Overall Integrated Conception of Aircraft (TOICA)

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

Thermal behaviour of aircraft has recently become a crucial subject due to many factors: increasing number of complex systems required by modern, more electric, commercial aircraft, the introduction of hotter engines with higher by-pass ratios, the increased use of composite material in aircraft structures, or the confinement of highly dissipative equipment and systems in smaller areas to earn spa ...
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More Affordable Aircraft structure through eXtended, Integrated, and Mature nUmerical Sizing (MAAXIMUS)

Start date: Apr 1, 2008, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

Even though composite materials are more and more used in modern airframes, many significant improvements are still achievable. Firstly, the substitution of the assembly of many small composite parts by a single one-shot large part provides additional weight reduction. Secondly, the final assembly line process must be adapted to composite properties (lack of ductility, stiffness). Thirdly, if the ...
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Automation and Robotics for EUropean Sustainabile manufacturing (AREUS)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

European Factories of the Future will have to be smart and green:• SMART: high performance, reconfigurable, adaptive and evolving factories based on robotic technologies ,• GREEN: reduced ecological footprint through a more efficient use, at factory level, of material and energy resources.Industrial Robotics is the strategic technology needed to keep the European Manufacturing leading edge, unfort ...
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Critical System Engineering Acceleration (CRYSTAL)

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

CRYSTAL aims at fostering Europe’s leading edge position in embedded systems engineering in particular regarding quality and cost effectiveness of safety-critical embedded systems and architecture platforms.Its overall goal is to enable sustainable paths to speed up the maturation, integration, and cross-sectoral reusability of technological and methodological bricks of the factories for safety-cr ...
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Automotive Mechatronic Baseline for Electric Resilient Ultra Light Vehicle (AMBER-ULV)

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

"Ultra Light Vehicles (ULV) intrinsically have a better efficiency due to their improved transport capability per vehicle mass. Additionally improved driving dynamics performance can more easily be achieved because of the reduced mass.However, the design of ULV sharing the same road with heavier cars represents a complex technical challenge for achieving acceptable safety levels. Furthermore, at p ...
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Safe Adaptive Software for Fully Electric Vehicles (SafeAdapt)

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

The promising advent of fully electric vehicles also means a shift towards fully electrical control of the existing and new vehicle functions. In particular, critical X-by-wire functions require sophisticated redundancy solutions. As a result, the overall Electric/Electronic (E/E) architecture of a vehicle is becoming even more complex and costly.The main idea of SafeAdapt is to develop novel arch ...
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Large-Scale Demonstration of Advanced Smart GRID Solutions with wide Replication and Scalability Potential for EUROPE (GRID4EU)

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

Grid4EU project is an innovative SmartGrid project proposed by a group of Distribution System Operators (from Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Sweden), in close partnership with a set of electricity retailers, manufacturers and research organizations.Adopting a systemic approach and organized around large-scale demonstrations networks located in six different countries, its struct ...
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Sustainable and intelligent management of energy for smarter railway systems in Europe: an integrated optimisation approach (MERLIN)

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

MERLIN’s main aim and purpose is to investigate and demonstrate the viability of an integrated management system to achieve a more sustainable and optimised energy usage in European electric mainline railway systems.MERLIN will provide an integrated optimisation approach that includes multiple elements, dynamic forecasting supply-demand scenarios and cost considerations to support operational deci ...
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Cooperative Mobility Pilot on Safety and Sustainability Services for Deployment (Compass4D)

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

Seven European cities (Bordeaux, Copenhagen, Eindhoven-Helmond, Newcastle, Thessaloniki, Verona & Vigo) have joined forces with the objectives of substantially improving road safety, increasing energy efficiency and reducing level of congestions for road transport.In order to address these topics the cities and industrial partners will jointly implement three cooperative services, Road Hazard Warn ...
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