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Intuitive editing of visual appearance from real-world datasets (CHAMELEON)

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

Computer-generated imagery is now ubiquitous in our society, spanning fields such as games and movies, architecture, engineering, or virtual prototyping, while also helping create novel ones such as computational materials. With the increase in computational power and the improvement of acquisition techniques, there has been a paradigm shift in the field towards data-driven techniques, which has y ...
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Erasmus Mundus Master in Membrane Engineering for a Sustainable World

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 30, 2021,

...ering at the interface between material science and chemical engineering and focused on specific applicative fields. It involves 6 HEI of 5 European countries: University of Twente (The Netherlands), Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Portugal), Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain), University of Chemistry and Technology Prague (Czech Republic), University Toulouse III Paul Sabatier (Toulouse, France) and Un ...
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Predictive models and simulations in bone regeneration: a multiscale patient-specific approach (CuraBone)

Start date: Apr 1, 2017, End date: Mar 31, 2021,

Bone injuries represent a high cost for the European health system, requiring corrective surgery to fix the bones. Traditionally, their treatment relies on classical orthopaedic techniques but, nowadays, it is possible to design and fabricate custom-made implants. Thanks to the current advance in image-based technologies, the reconstruction of models that are exact copies of patient specific bones ...
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Combinatorics of Networks and Computation (CONNECT)

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

"Networks are present in our lives in numerous different environments: to name just a few, networks can model social relationships, they can model the Internet and links between web pages, they might model the spread of a virus infection between people, and they might represent computer processors/sensors that have to exchange information.This project aims to obtain new insights into the behaviour ...
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European Training Network for Continuous Sonication and Microwave Reactors (COSMIC)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2020,

The European chemical industry faces some very serious challenges if it is to retain its competitive position in the global economy. The new industries setting up in Asia and the Near East are based on novel process-intensification concepts, leaving Europe desperately searching for a competitive edge. The transition from batch to continuous micro- and milliflow processing is essential to ensure a ...
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Is your heart aging well? A systems biology approach to characterize cardiac aging from the cell to the body surface (MODELAGE)

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2020,

Europe is facing a striking change in its demographics with an increasingly larger proportion of citizens aged 65 years and over. Aging is characterized by a progressive decline in the physiological functions of the body, with very notable effects on the heart. These effects are associated with a higher prevalence of arrhythmias, which, on top of deteriorating quality of life, increase the risk of ...
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Advanced Carbon Materials from Biowaste: Sustainable Pathways to Drive Innovative Green Technologies (GreenCarbon)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2020,

The energy crisis, environmental pollution and global warming are serious problems that are of great concern throughout the world. Around 40% of the world’s energy consumption is dedicated to the production of materials and chemicals. Thus, there is a need to develop high-performance materials based on renewable resources, simpler to synthesise and cost effective. Carbon materials derived from ren ...
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Adaptable Reactors for Resource- and Energy-Efficient Methane Valorisation (ADREM)

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2019,

In ADREM, leading industries and university groups in process intensification, catalytic reactor engineering and process control team up to address the domain of resource- and energy-efficient valorisation of variable methane feedstocks to C2+ hydrocarbons. The development of new and intensified adaptable catalytic reactor systems for flexible and decentralized production at high process performan ...
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Developing and implementing a community-based intervention to create a more supportive social and physical environment for lifestyle changes to prevent diabetes in vulnerable families across Europe (Feel4Diabetes)

Start date: Dec 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

The Feel4Diabetes project addresses “HCO5-2014: Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases: prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes”. The aim of this project is to develop, implement and evaluate a community-based intervention aiming to create a more supportive social and physical environment to promote lifestyle and behaviour change to prevent type 2 diabetes among families from low and middle inco ...
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Graphene-based nanomaterials for touchscreen technologies: Comprehension, Commerce and Communication (Enabling Excellence)

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

“Enabling Excellence” offers integral R&D training at PhD level around one of the most active and exciting topics at the forefront of nanoscience and nanotechnology, graphene-based nanostructures and materials. We propose a training experience built on three interrelated pillars, namely COMPREHENSION AND CONTROL, COMMERCE, and COMMUNICATION.*Comprehension & Control* covers fundamental knowledge of ...
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A Photo-triggered On-demand Drug Delivery System for Chronic Pain (NANOHEDONISM)

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

"Nerve pain affects millions of people, and can be personally devastating for people who experience it. Current methods for pain management (e.g. local injection of pain killers) are inadequate because of the short duration of action. Even sustained release treatments, such as drug-loaded liposomes, provide only one week of analgesia producing a continuous extended nerve blockade without allowing ...
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Image Analysis Online Services for in-vitro experiments (IMAGO)

Start date: Sep 1, 2017, End date: Feb 28, 2019,

Image analysis has become a powerful tool in multiple biomedical applications, ranging from clinical cases to cellular experiments. The main purpose of IMAGO is to extract relevant information from image-based analysis to perform comparative studies in 3D cell cultures. Most of the cell-based experiments have been performed in 2D, but 3D conditions are biologically more relevant. IMAGO presents th ...
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Mobile Age (Mobile-Age)

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

The Mobile Age project will focus on open government data, mobile technology, and the provision of public services in relation to Europe’s elderly population. Europe’s senior citizens are growing steadily and are predicted to comprise of 28% of Europe’s population by 2020. However, senior citizens do not normally share the same level of connectivity to the Internet as younger generations, and whil ...
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TBVAC2020; Advancing novel and promising TB vaccine candidates from discovery to preclinical and early clinical development (TBVAC2020)

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

The TBVAC2020 proposal builds on the highly successful and long-standing collaborations in subsequent EC-FP5-, FP6- and FP7-funded TB vaccine and biomarker projects, but also brings in a large number of new key partners from excellent laboratories from Europe, USA, Asia, Africa and Australia, many of which are global leaders in the TB field. This was initiated by launching an open call for Express ...
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Sustainable production of next generation biofuels from waste streams (WASTE2FUELS)

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

WASTE2FUELS aims to develop next generation biofuel technologies capable of converting agrofood waste (AFW) streams into high quality biobutanol.Butanol is one of the most promising biofuels due to its superior fuel properties compared to current main biofuels, bioethanol and biodiesel. In addition to its ability to reduce carbon emissions, its higher energy content (almost 30% more than ethanol), ...
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MICROWINE - Microbial metagenomics and the modern wine industry (MICROWINE)

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

A diverse, complex, and poorly characterised community of microorganisms lies at the heart of the wine – an industry worth over €220 billion globally. These microorganisms play key roles at all stages of the viniculture and vinification processes, from helping plants access nutrients from the soil, driving their health through protection against pathogens, to fermentation processes that transform ...
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Large-scale pilots for collaborative OpenCourseWare authoring, multiplatform delivery and Learning Analytics (SlideWiki)

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

A major obstacle to increase the efficiency, effectiveness and quality of education in Europe is the lack of widely available, accessible, multilingual, timely, engaging and high-quality educational material (i.e. OpenCourseWare). The creation of comprehensive OpenCourseWare (OCW) is tedious, time-consuming and expensive, with the effect, that often courseware employed by teachers, instructors and ...
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An innovative and open learning resource for professionals of the furniture industry to expand their knowledge and provide added value for the Green Public Procurement

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

The Roadmap to a Resource-Efficient Europe outlines the significant impact of manufacturing goods on natural resources, energy, the environment and climate change. In this way, significant improvements in furniture manufacturing processes and materials have the potential to contribute to a competitive furniture sector and related industries, as well as to their sustainability and energy efficiency ...
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Latin American University Research and Doctoral Support

Start date: Oct 15, 2015, End date: Oct 14, 2018,

Knowledge transfer from Universities is universally recognised as an effective way to add value to society and the economy. Sharing knowledge, encouraging innovation and developing commercial activities all form an integral part of the knowledge economy and underpin innovation and the resulting economic growth and societal development. With the economic growth in Latin America more attention is be ...
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Holistic Ecological Restoration of a mining area in Tarragona (Spain) with seven clay Quarries (LIFE-ECORESTCLAY)

Start date: Sep 15, 2013, End date: Sep 15, 2018,

Background According to the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (an international study on the state of the Earth’s ecosystems, published in 2005), European ecosystems have been fragmented by human activities at a greater rate than those of any other continent. Ecosystems can play a vital role in mitigating climate change, but the capacity of ecosystems and ...
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Bridging the gap: from Individual Behaviour to the Socio-tEchnical MaN (IBSEN)

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

Developing models of real-world societal scenarios and systems is a key topic in the research agenda of social sciences, but is hindered by the lack of controlled experimentation with large groups of people. IBSEN will provide a breakthrough by building a repertoire of human behaviour in large (1000+ persons) structured groups using controlled experiments. To that end, we will develop a novel setu ...
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YouthMetre: a tool for forward looking youth participation

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

In line with the objectives of the Erasmus+ Programme and in order to foster the achievement of Europe2020 goals, the YouthMetre project aims to support EU Member States, municipalities and regions in carrying out effective policy reforms in the field of Youth, in line with the indications provided by the EU Youth Strategy and according to the priorities perceived by its target population: young E ...
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Higher education student and staff mobility project

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

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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An integrated pilot line for micro-fabricated medical devices (InForMed)

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

The goal of the InForMed project is to establish an integrated pilot line for medical devices. The pilot line includes micro-fabrication, assembly and even the fabrication of smart catheters. The heart of this chain is the micro-fabrication and assembly facility of Philips Innovation Services, which will be qualified for small/medium-scale production of medical devices. The pilot facility will be ...
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Predictive modelling and simulation in mechano-chemo-biology: a computer multi-approach (INSILICO-CELL)

Start date: Nov 1, 2012, End date: May 31, 2018,

Living tissues are regulated by multi-cellular collectives mediated at cellular level through complex interactions between mechanical and biochemical factors. A further understanding of these mechanisms could provide new insights in the development of therapies and diagnosis techniques, reducing animal experiments. I propose a combined and complementary methodology to advance in the knowledge of h ...
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The world in Kronoberg III

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

This project is part of a long term ongoing strategy to involve municipalities together with local associations in Kronoberg in Evs projects, and for the organisation to develop themself as hosting organisations. Together with host associations that have been receiving volunteers several times before, we want to connect also the municipalities of our region and young people of Europe by giving the ...
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Graphene-based disruptive technologies (GrapheneCore1)

Start date: Apr 1, 2016, End date: Mar 31, 2018,

This project is the second in the series of EC-financed parts of the Graphene Flagship. The Graphene Flagship is a 10 year research and innovation endeavour with a total project cost of 1,000,000,000 euros, funded jointly by the European Commission and member states and associated countries. The first part of the Flagship was a 30-month Collaborative Project, Coordination and Support Action (CP-CS ...
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Distributed Global Financial Systems for Society (DOLFINS)

Start date: Mar 1, 2015, End date: Feb 28, 2018,

The DOLFINS project addresses the global challenge of making the financial system better serve society by placing scientific evidence and citizens participation at the centre of the policy process in finance. The project strives to give scientific evidence and citizens participation central roles in the policy process concerning finance. DOLFINS will focus on two crucial and interconnected policy ...
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Champion e-government appLications to increAse tRust, accountabIlity and TransparencY in public services (CLARITY)

Start date: Mar 1, 2016, End date: Feb 28, 2018,

The CLARITY project seeks to support European Member States in their pursuit for greater trust, transparency and efficiency within government via the increase take-up of open government initiatives. CLARITY is a small-scale coordination and support action designed to: 1) mobilise a multidisciplinary network of stakeholders across the open government ecosystem in order to support and encourage the ...
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Nanotherapeutics for antibiotic resistant emerging bacterial pathogens (NAREB)

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

Increase in antibiotic resistance is a global concern worldwide. The project NAREB's main objective is the optimization of several nanoformulations of antibacterial therapeutics in order to improve the therapy of multi-drug resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) and MRSA infections in European MDR patients.NAREB will address the problem of drug bioavailability inside the infected macrophages, transport ...
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Developing Data-Intensive Cloud Applications with Iterative Quality Enhancements (DICE)

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

The rapid increase in demand for data-intensive applications capable of exploiting Big Data technologies such as Hadoop/MapReduce, NoSQL, cloud-based storage, and stream processing is creating massive growth opportunities for European independent software vendors (ISVs). However, developing software that meets the high-quality standards expected for business-critical cloud applications remains a b ...
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New Energy Efficient Demonstration for Buildings (NEED4B)

Start date: Feb 1, 2012, End date: Jan 31, 2018,

NEED4B aims to develop an open and easily replicable methodology for designing, constructing, and operating new low energy buildings, aiming to a large market uptake. The NEED4B methodology will be validated and refined by a strong demonstration programme, envisaging the construction of 27.000 square meters, spread among five different climatic zones, buildings types and uses.The weighted average ...
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LEGumes for the Agriculture of TOmorrow (LEGATO)

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

The project has been conceived to promote the culture of grain legumes in Europe by identifying priority issues currently limiting grain legume cultivation and devising solutions in term of novel varietal development, culture practices, and food uses. LEGATO will develop tools and resources to enable state of the art breeding methodology and to exploit fully the breadth of genetic resources avail ...
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IRIS: Towards Natural Interaction and Communication (IRIS)

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

"The overall goal of IRIS is to provide a natural interaction communication platform accessible and adapted for all users, particularly for people with speech impairments and elderly in indoor scenarios. Human-Computer interaction with this platform will adopt the principles of universal design and natural user interfaces such as speech, silent speech, gestures, tactile and haptic devices, pictogr ...
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Innovative interfaces for energy-related applications (INTERNEW)

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

"In this project we propose the development and investigation of a new class of composite nanomaterials for specific energy-related applications. In fact, in most cutting edge applications related to energy harnessing, harvesting and storage, nanomaterials are playing mayor role in enhancing and optimizing device performances, while maintaining affordable production costs for their effective explo ...
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What to do With the Wi-Fi Wild West (Wi-5)

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

The last few years have witnessed a significant increase in the use of portable devices, especially smartphones and tablets thanks to their functionality, user-friendly interface, and affordable price. Most of these devices use Wi-Fi Access Points (AP) where possible, in addition to 3G/4G, to connect to the Internet due to its speed, maturity and efficiency. Given this demand, Wi-Fi is facing moun ...
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Energy efficient MOF-based Mixed Matrix Membranes for CO2 Capture (M4CO2)

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

"The key objective of the M4CO2 project is to develop and prototype Mixed Matrix Membranes based on highly engineered Metal organic frameworks and polymers (M4) that outperform current technology for CO2 Capture (CO2) in pre- and post-combustion, meeting the energy and cost reduction targets of the European SET plan.By applying the innovative concept of M4 by a consortium of world key players, con ...
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Eco-DESsign training for agricultural and FOOD industry

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

The aim of EcoDESforFOOD + Project is to develop and provide a comprehensive training for all aspects of the ecodesign of packaging for the food industry with an interdisciplinary and transversal approach to the main professionals involved in the production of packaging and agri-food packaging. The project will develop training contents of the main blocks of ecodesign and a platform for e-learning ...
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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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European NEtwork for Redistributing Geospatial Information to user Communities - Open Data (ENERGIC OD)

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

The world of geographic information (GI) is, at present, extremely heterogeneous. User and system requirements, too varied to be satisfied by a single system or technology, have led to an utter lack of agreement on interoperability standards, creating a barrier to realizing the full exploitation potential of GI. ENERGIC OD will address these problems by adopting a broker architectural approach, de ...
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