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Improved decision-making in contaminated land site investigation and risk assessment (Remediate)

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

The REMEDIATE ETN comprises 10 beneficiaries (from 5 EU Member States – the UK, Ireland, Germany, Denmark, and Italy) and 15 partner organisations. The beneficiaries and partner organisations are committed to the provision of innovative research and training for more cost effective and sustainable remediation of contaminated land. It is a multidisciplinary collaboration between internationally ren ...
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Multi-ObjecTive design Optimization of fluid eneRgy machines (MOTOR)

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

The MOTOR project focuses on ICT-enabled design optimization technologies for fluid energy machines (FEMs) that transfer mechanical energy to and from the fluid, in particular for aircraft engines, ship propellers, water turbines, and screw machines. The performance of these machines essentially depends on the shape of their geometry, which is described by functional free-form surfaces. Even small ...
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ICT Policy, Research and Innovation for a Smart Society: towards new avenues in EU-US ICT collaboration (PICASSO)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Jun 30, 2018,

The aim of the 30-months PICASSO project is (1) to reinforce EU-US collaboration in ICT research and innovation focusing on the pre-competitive research in key enabling technologies related to societal challenges - 5G Networks, Big Data, Internet of Things and Cyber Physical Systems, and (2) to support the EU-US ICT policy dialogue by contributions related to e.g. privacy, security, internet gover ...
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Mobile Robots with Novel Environmental Sensors for Inspection of Disaster Sites with Low Visibility (SmokeBot)

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Jun 30, 2018,

SmokeBot is driven by the application needs for robots that operate in domains with restricted visibility. The focus is on civil robots supporting fire brigades in search and rescue missions, e.g. in post-disaster management operations in response to tunnel fires. Existing sensor technology and the related cognitive approaches cannot cope with such demanding conditions. SmokeBot addresses this sho ...
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Development of an integrated approach based on validated and standardized methods to support the implementation of the EC recommendation for a definition of nanomaterial (NANODEFINE)

Start date: Nov 1, 2013, End date: Oct 31, 2017,

Nanotechnology is a key enabling technology. Still existing uncertainties concerning EHS need to be addressed to explore the full potential of this new technology. One challenge consists in the development of methods that reliably identify, characterize and quantify nanomaterials (NM) both as substance and in various products and matrices. The European Commission has recently recommended a definit ...
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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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Model-based optimizing control - from a vision to industrial reality (MOBOCON)

Start date: Jun 1, 2012, End date: May 31, 2017,

"This proposal focuses on the operation of processing units in chemical and biochemical production plants. A new approach, demonstrated recently in the lab and pilot scales as being feasible, is to perform a dynamic online optimization of the plant operating parameters in order to achieve an economically optimal operation while meeting constraints on emissions, product quality and operating limits ...
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Secure Dynamic Cloud for Information, Communication and Resource Interoperability based on Pan-European Disaster Inventory (SecInCoRe)

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

SecInCoRe will design a Secure Dynamic Cloud based concept for Information, Communication and Resource Interoperability including information exchange and access to a ‘common information space’. This will be based on a pan-European disaster inventory focusing on specific artefacts of response to regional, national as well as cross European emergencies and disasters. SecInCoRe develops models for s ...
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Emergency Management in Social Media Generation (EMERGENT)

Start date: Apr 1, 2014, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

EmerGent aims at understanding the positive and the negative impact of social media in emergencies in order to enhance objective and perceived safety and security of citizens before, during and after emergencies. Furthermore, EmerGent aims at strengthening the role of European companies dealing with services and products related to the aimed research and development results. EmerGent will perform ...
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Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Optimization (MINO)

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

"Complex decision making in enterprises should involve mathematical optimization methods, because a “best choice” has to be made out of a huge number of feasible options. A mathematical description of such decision processes typically involves both “continuous” and “discrete” decisions. If the latter are present, the customary modelling approach is to use integer variables, which are also used to ...
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INTElligent FIXtures for the manufacturing of low rigidity components (INTEFIX)

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

In the manufacturing industry, the machining of medium and big size parts with the required and suitable precision is a challenge, especially in high added value products manufactured in small or single-unit batches made of high performance materials like in aeronautic, space or energy sectors, where conventional process engineering and test/error methods are not completely efficient.INTEFIX aims ...
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Intelligent Systems Configuration Services for Flexible Dynamic Global Production Networks (FLEXINET)

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

"Competitive manufacturing industry must be able to react to change and to understand the balance of possible options when making decisions on complex multi-faceted problems. Understanding how best to configure and re-configure a global production network, set against rapidly changing product-service requirements is one such complex problem area. This project aims to provide services that support ...
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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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Robust affinity materials for applications in proteomics and diagnostics (PEPMIP)

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

"PEPMIP represents a joint European effort involving eleven partners aimed at the development of the next generation of dedicated separation materials, designed to recognize peptides and proteins, and the implementation of these materials in new high performance methods for peptide and protein analysis. Artificial receptors will be developed by various Molecular Imprinting techniques. This will be ...
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Coherent Information Processing in Rare-earth Ion doped Solids (CIPRIS)

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

Rare-earth ions (lanthanides) play an increasingly important role in modern optical technologies. Lanthanides are extensively used in solid-state laser physics, e.g. as key components in telecommunication networks. Rare-earths are also employed as luminescent materials in lamps or as radiation detectors in X-ray imaging. Rare-earths are already commercially omnipresent.However, the full potential ...
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Development of a Next generation European Inland Waterway Ship and logistics system (NEWS)

Start date: Mar 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2015,

"The proposed project “Development of a Next generation European Inland Waterway Ship and Logistics System” aims at1. developing and validating a novel container ship (hull) which will include the following TECHNICAL INNOVATIONS:a) re-design of a standard inland ship hull = increase of transport efficiency (+ 100%)b) adaptable draught = crossing below even low bridges and react to altering water-l ...
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Spin-Photon Angular Momentum Transfer for Quantum-Enabled Technologies (SPANGL4Q)

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

The goal of this project is the development of a suite of nanophotonic devices that interface with spins, for application in quantum information and quantum-enabled classical communi-cation technologies. Our technologies will be based on electron and nuclear spins in semi-conductor quantum dots (QDs) embedded in nanophotonic devices. We will combine knowledge of the physics of semiconductor spin ...
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Highly-complex and networked control systems (HYCON2)

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

ICT developments both enable and also enforce large-scale, highly-connected systems in society and industry. Knowledge to cope with these emerging systems is lacking. HYCON2 will stimulate and establish the long-term integration of the European research community, leading institutions and industry in the strategic field of control of complex, large-scale, and networked dynamical systems. It will i ...
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Electricity Demand and Supply Harmonizing for EVs (e-DASH)

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

The sustainable integration of the electric vehicles requires an intelligent charging system for the real-time\nexchange of charge related data between FEVs and the grid in order to allow the management of:\n• high-current fast-charging for large numbers of FEVs in a brand-independent way\n• price-adaptive charging/reverse-charging at optimum price for the customer\n• the real-time grid balancing ...
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Multi-Core Execution of Parallelised Hard Real-Time Applications Supporting Analysability (parMERASA)

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

Engineers who design hard real-time embedded systems express a need for several times the performance available today while keeping safety as major criterion. A breakthrough in performance is expected by parallelising hard real-time applications. parMERASA targets a timing analysable system of parallel hard real-time applications running on a scalable multi-core processor. Several new scientific a ...
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Starting Grants – Monitoring European Research Council’s Implementation of Excellence (MERCI)

Start date: Feb 1, 2009, End date: Sep 30, 2014,

This project aims to develop and implement instruments for a continuous assessment of the ERC Starting Grants impact on funded researchers. The main item will be a panel study (standardized online interviews) which includes two waves and which is complemented by qualitative interviews and bibliometric studies (triangulation of methods) applied to second stage applicants. The first wave will take p ...
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Energy Efficiency in the Supply Chain through Collaboration, Advanced Decision Support and Automatic Sensing (e-SAVE)

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

The e-SAVE project aims to contribute to an energy-efficient supply chain by providing the system, services, collaboration platform and management tools that will help companies monitor, manage and share energy use and carbon footprint data in order to support operational as well as strategic decision making and supply chain design decisions. The project will specifically focus on the consumer goo ...
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ViSTA-TV - Video Stream Analytics for Viewers in the TV Industry (ViSTA-TV)

Start date: Jun 1, 2012, End date: May 31, 2014,

Live video content is increasingly consumed over IP networks in addition to traditional broadcasting. The move to IP provides a huge opportunity to discover what people are watching in much greater breadth and depth than currently possible through interviews or set-top box based data gathering by rating organizations, because it allows direct analysis of consumer behavior via the logs they produce ...
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EUROpean multilevel integrated BIOREFinery design for sustainable biomass processing (EuroBioRef)

Start date: Mar 1, 2010, End date: Feb 28, 2014,

The development and implementation of bio-refinery processes is an absolute necessity and the key to meet the vision towards bio-based economy. The EuroBioRef concept is an integrated, sustainable and diversified bio-refinery involving all biomass value chain stakeholders. The latter will allow large-scale research, testing, optimisation and demonstration of processes in the production of a wide r ...
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Steep subthreshold slope switches\nfor energy efficient electronics (STEEPER)

Start date: Jun 1, 2010, End date: Nov 30, 2013,

Description European Union Research Initiative Aims to Increase 
Electronic Device Efficiency by 10x and Eliminate Power Consumption of Devices in Standby Mode STEEPER addresses the development of Beyond CMOS energy-efficient steep subthreshold slope transistors based on quantum mechanical band-to ...
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Computational Geometric Learning (CG Learning)

Start date: Nov 1, 2010, End date: Oct 31, 2013,

High dimensional geometric data are ubiquitous in science and engineering, and thus processing and analyzing them is a core task in these disciplines. The Computational Geometric Learning project (CG Learning) aims at extending the success story of geometric algorithms with guarantees, as achieved in the CGAL library and the related EU funded research projects, to spaces of high dimensions. This ...
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Flexible, Fast and Future Production Processes (F³ FACTORY)

Start date: Jun 1, 2009, End date: Jul 31, 2013,

The F3 consortium’s vision is that the EU’s chemical industry’s competitive position would be strongly enhanced if it could operate modular continuous plant (F3 plant) which combines world scale continuous plant efficiency, consistency and scalability with the versatility of batch operation. Our project will deliver such a radically new production mode based on: a) Plug–and–play modular chemical ...
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Embedded Optimization for Resource Constrained Platforms (EMBOCON)

Start date: Jan 15, 2010, End date: Jul 14, 2013,

There is enormous economic potential for the application of embedded optimization technologies in embedded systems design. Recent advances in the performance of embedded hardware platforms, in combination with fundamental improvements in optimization theory and algorithms, have opened the door to widespread applications over the next decade. Embedded optimization will enable huge energy and resou ...
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A EUROPEAN BIOTECHNOLOGY TRAINING NETWORK FOR THE SUPPORT OF CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING (BIOTRAINS)

Start date: Jul 1, 2009, End date: Jun 30, 2013,

The objective of BIOTRAINS is to deliver a trans-European network of industrially oriented white biotechnologists fully trained in the application of biocatalysis to sustainable chemical manufacturing. Their skills will be developed through a joint research programme at leading national CoE’s (Centre of Excellence) with research projects identified by internationally leading Principal Investigator ...
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OPTICAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF EXPLOSIVES (OPTIX)

Start date: Nov 1, 2008, End date: Apr 30, 2013,

"Terrorism is a real and growing threat to Europe and the world, and more than 60% of the terrorist attacks are carried out by the use of Improvised Explosive Devices. Security forces demand new tools to fight against this threat and the industry is making a big effort in the last few years to provide such tools. Every year a number of new products to detect and identify concealed explosives reac ...
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Initiative for Globus in Europe (IGE) (IGE)

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

In order to continuously support the European computing infrastructures and to exploit possible synergies, it is of crucial importance to coordinate the European Globus activities, drive forward the developments according to the requirements of the European users and to strengthen the influence of the European developers in the Globus Alliance. Topics like security or privacy, data privacy protect ...
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Effective redesign of oxidative enzymes for green chemistry (OXYGREEN)

Start date: May 1, 2008, End date: Apr 30, 2013,

"Enzymes are extremely powerful natural catalysts able to perform almost any type of chemical reaction while being mild by nature and highly specific. In fact, the delicate functioning of enzymes forms the basis of every living creature. The catalytic potential of enzymes is more and more appreciated by the industry as many industrial processes rely on these sophisticated catalysts. However, the n ...
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Emergent Connectors for Eternal Software Intensive Networked Systems (CONNECT)

Start date: Feb 1, 2009, End date: Nov 30, 2012,

The CONNECT Integrated Project aims at enabling continuous composition of networked systems to respond to the evolution of functionalities provided to and required from the networked environment. At present the efficacy of integrating and composing networked systems depends on the level of interoperability of the systems' underlying technologies. However, interoperable middleware cannot cover the ...
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Foundations of XML - Safe Processing of Dynamic Data over the Internet (FOX)

Start date: May 1, 2009, End date: Sep 30, 2012,

The web has brought fundamentally new challenges to datamanagement. The key features that distinguish web data fromtraditional database applications are its structure - usuallydescribed by mark-up languages, such as XML - and its dynamicnature. The FOX research programme will study these challenges indetail and investigate ways to master them. To this end, FOX aims at aparadigm shift in the modell ...
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Continuous Annular Electro-Chromatography (CAEC)

Start date: Sep 1, 2008, End date: Aug 31, 2012,

Capillary electrochromatography (CEC) combines the high separation efficiency of capillary electrophoresis with high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and provides a powerful tool for the separation of a wide range of both neutral and charged components. The proposed integration of this technology and the rotating system of annular chromatography into a continuous annular electrochromatogra ...
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Single or few molecules detection by combined enhanced spectroscopies (SMD)

Start date: Jul 1, 2009, End date: Jun 30, 2012,

Future breakthroughs in the understanding of fundamental biological processes causing major diseases are expected from the development of miniaturized probes or microscopes able to detect and identify a single or a small number of molecules. The SingleMoleculeDetection (SMD) proposal will develop a unique device able to perform simultaneously and in a dynamic way force and spectroscopic measuremen ...
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Integrated Multi-formalism Tool Support for the Design of Networked Embedded Control Systems (MULTIFORM)

Start date: Sep 1, 2008, End date: May 31, 2012,

The focus of the project MULTIFORM is on the integration and the interoperation of tools and methods based on different modelling formalisms in order to make a significant step towards integrated coherent tool support for the design of large complex controlled systems from the first concept to the implementation and further on over their entire life cycle.By addressing the issue of multi-level mul ...
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Water Treatment by Molecularly Imprinted Materials (WATERMIM)

Start date: May 1, 2009, End date: Apr 30, 2012,

The present “WATERMIM” proposal is focused on the advancement and optimization of the MIP technology in order to produce functional materials with well-defined morphologies with respect to pore structure and selectivity for water treatment applications. The project aims at the elimination of the random distribution and the uneven accessibility of receptor sites in the volume of the imprinted mater ...
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ArtistDesign – Design for Embedded Systems (ArtistDesign)

Start date: Jan 1, 2008, End date: Mar 31, 2012,

The ArtistDesign NoE is the visible result of the ongoing integration of a community, that emerged through the Artist FP5 Accompanying Measure and that was organised through the Artist2 FP6 NoE.The central objective for ArtistDesign is to build on existing structures and links forged in Artist2, to become a virtual Center of Excellence in Embedded Systems Design. This will be mainly achieved throu ...
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Event Recognition for Intelligent Resource Management (PRONTO)

Start date: Mar 1, 2009, End date: Feb 29, 2012,

Description Event Recognition and Resource ManagementEvent Recognition and Resource ManagementPRONTO emphasizes the role of event recognition in intelligent resource management. The project proposes a methodology for fusing data from various sources, analysing it to extract useful information in the form of events. The resulting knowledge ...
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