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Quantum Spectroscopy: exploring new states of matter out of equilibrium (QSpec-NewMat)

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

This project addresses the development of novel theoretical and computational tools that utilize the quantum nature of light to understand and control quantum phenomena in complex systems in and out of equilibrium. Some examples of these processes include exciton-exciton interaction, quantum coherence, assisted energy and charge transport, photochemistry, and new states of matter. The present proj ...
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International Master in Marine Biological Resources

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2021,

The International Master in Marine Biological Resources (IMBRSea), is a joint Master programme organized by eight leading European universities in the field of marine sciences; Ghent University (BE), University of Pierre and Marie Curie (FR), University of the Algarve (PT), University of Oviedo (ES), Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (IE), University of the Basque Country (ES), Polytechnic Unive ...
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Catalytic Methods for Sustainable Synthesis. A Merged Experimental and Computational Approach (CATMEC)

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

CATMEC is a multi-partner European Joint Doctorate (EJD) Programme offering research training in state-of-the-art sustainable chemical synthesis, catalysis, computational chemistry and bioactive molecule design on both traditional and non-traditional (eg flow) platforms. This Doctoral Training Programme integrates complementary, interdisciplinary and intersectoral training and together with enhanc ...
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Harmonic Analysis and Differential Equations: New Challenges (HADE)

Start date: Dec 1, 2015, End date: Nov 30, 2020,

This project sets forth cutting-edge challenges in the field of Mathematical Physics that will be solved within a common framework by making novel use of classical tools of Harmonic Analysis such as Oscillatory Integrals and Trigonometric Sums, the Cauchy operator, and the so-called Carleman estimates. Three aspects will be covered:1.Vortex Filament Equation (VFE)2.Relativistic and Non-relativisti ...
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Enriched communication across the lifespan (ENRICH)

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

"Speech is a hugely efficient means of communication: a reduced capacity in listening or speaking creates a significant barrier to social inclusion at all points through the lifespan, in education, work and at home. Hearing aids and speech synthesis can help address this reduced capacity but their use imposes greater listener effort. The fundamental objective of the ETN "Enriched communication acr ...
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Data-Driven Bioeconomy (DataBio)

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

The data intensive target sector selected for the DataBio project is the Data-Driven Bioeconomy, focusing in production of best possible raw materials from agriculture, forestry and fishery/aquaculture for the bioeconomy industry to produce food, energy and biomaterials taking into account also various responsibility and sustainability issues. DataBio proposes to deploy a state of the art, big dat ...
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A Productive, Affordable and Reliable solution for large scale manufacturing of metallic components by combining laser-based ADDItive and Subtractive processes with high Efficiency (PARADDISE)

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

The overall objective of PARADDISE project is to rationalize, to structure and to make available to the stakeholders of manufacturing value chain the knowledge and the tools for combining two antithetical processes: Laser Metal Deposition (LMD) and Machining (milling and turning). The project will develop expert CAx technologies, smart components and monitoring and control systems tailored for the ...
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Higher Education Institution for Societal Engagement

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

...ordinator), Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki (Finland), Laurea University of Applied Sciences (Finland), Aalto University (Finland), Estonian Business School (Estonia), Universidad del País Vasco/ Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (Spain). The partners represent widely the field of HEIs from art to business and social sciences to economics. The profiles of partners cover the exp ...
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EUROPEAN SOCIAL LAW AND SEAFARERS' RIGHTS

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

We want to develop teaching activities on European social Law and the seafarers’ rights. And we want to do to promote and give greater visibility to the European studies on seafarers, both within the University participating in this Jean Monnet Action and outside. Always from the university teaching, our proposal is related to the need to strengthen the social dimension of maritime Europe and to e ...
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Integrated oil spill response actions and environmental effects (GRACE)

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

Objectives: 1) to improve the observation and predictions of oil spreading in the sea using novel on-line sensors on-board vessels, fixed structures or gliders, and smart data transfer into operational awareness systems; 2) to examine the true environmental impacts and benefits of a suite of marine oil spill response methods (mechanical collection in water and below ice, in situ burning, use of ch ...
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EUROPLANET 2020 Research Infrastructure (EPN2020-RI)

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

The Europlanet 2020 Research Infrastructure (EPN2020-RI) will address key scientific and technological challenges facing modern planetary science by providing open access to state-of-the-art research data, models and facilities across the European Research Area. Its Transnational Access activities will provide access to world-leading laboratory facilities that simulate conditions found on planetar ...
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NANOSCIENCE FOUNDRIES AND FINE ANALYSIS - EUROPE (NFFA-Europe)

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

NFFA-EUROPE will implement the first open-access research infrastructure as a platform supporting comprehensive projects for multidisciplinary research at the nanoscale extending form synthesis to nanocharacterization to theory and numerical simulation. The integration and the extension of scope of existing specialized infrastructures within an excellence network of knowledge and know-how will ena ...
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The Elementary Theory of Partially Commutative Groups (PCG)

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

"The solution of Tarski's problems on the first-order theory of freegroups has uncovered deep connections between Model Theory, Geometryand Group Theory and served as a nexus and motivation for manyclassical results in Geometric Group Theory and Theoretical ComputerScience.Just as the Tarski problems connected the theory of free groups withthe geometry of trees, our goal is to point at a new dire ...
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Advancing Smart Optical Imaging and Sensing for Health (ASTONISH)

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2019,

The ageing population and related increase in chronic diseases put considerable pressure on both the healthcare system and the society, resulting in an unsustainable rise of healthcare costs. As a result there is an urgent need to improve efficiency of care and reduce hospitalisation time in order to control cost and increase quality of life. Addressing this need, medical applications need to beco ...
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Research into enhanced tracks, switches and structures (IN2TRACK)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Feb 28, 2019,

Research into Enhanced Track, Switches and StructureThe railway of the future needs to meet the predicted growth in societal demand in terms of capacity and service, address the environmental challenges of the 21st century, and enable the political objectives of the European Union. IN2TRACK is to set the foundations for a resilient, consistent, cost-efficient, high capacity European network by del ...
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Science, Technology, and Society Initiative to minimize Unwanted Catches in European Fisheries (MINOUW)

Start date: Mar 1, 2015, End date: Feb 28, 2019,

The complexity of the problem of banning discards and bringing all unwanted catches to land makes it necessary to follow a multi-actor approach, whereby scientists, fisheries technologists, fish producers and NGOs work collaboratively to provide the scientific and technical basis to achieve the gradual elimination of discards in European marine fisheries. The project’s overall objective is to mini ...
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Social Innovation Community (SIC)

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

Developing an enabling environment for social innovation that links actions across the whole field and supports the full exploitation of their potential is vital to addressing societal challenges both in Europe and globally. While there is increasing interest for social innovation as a means of addressing societal challenges, there is also considerable variation in the extent to which different co ...
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MagIC – Magnonics, Interactions and Complexity: a multifunctional aspects of spin wave dynamics (MagIC)

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

The artificial patterning of nanoscale structures provides an excellent opportunity for modifying spectra of their excitations, and therefore for designing materials with unforeseen properties. Newly created materials (photonic, magnonic or plasmonic) serve as promising candidates for technological applications in integrated devices with smart functionalities for optoelectronic applications, nanos ...
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MANAGING THE EFFECTS OF MULTIPLE STRESSORS ON AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS UNDER WATER SCARCITY (GLOBAQUA)

Start date: Feb 1, 2014, End date: Jan 31, 2019,

Water and water-related services are major components of the human wellbeing, and as such are major factors of socio-economic development in Europe; yet freshwater systems are under threat by a variety of stressors (organic and inorganic pollution, geomorphological alterations, land cover change, water abstraction, invasive species and pathogens. Some stressors, such as water scarcity, can be a st ...
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International Network on Advanced high energy Permanent Magnets (INAPEM)

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

The main objective of this Marie Curie RISE action is to improve and exchange interdisciplinary knowledge of materials design by modelling, materials synthesis, characterization, and materials processing for permanent magnet development to be able to provide a critical raw free permanent magnet to the industry. Permanent magnets are indispensable for many commercial and military applications. Maj ...
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Redesigning 2D Materials for the Formulation of Semiconducting Inks (2D-INK)

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

2D-INK is targeted at developing inks of novel 2D semiconducting materials for low-cost large-area fabrication processes on insulating substrates through a new methodology, which will exceed the properties of state-of-the-art graphene- and graphene oxide based inks. Achieving this would represent an important step forward in the processing of 2D semiconducting materials and will provide the key pa ...
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European Joint Doctorate in Organocatalysis and Sustainable Polymers (SUSPOL)

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

SUSPOL-EJD is an European Joint Doctorate in “Organocatalysis and Sustainable Polymers”. SUSPOL-EJD is set up by a consortium formed by four Academic beneficiaries: University of Bordeaux (FR), University of the Basque Country (SP), University of Mons (B) and University of Warwick (UK). Furthermore, six industrial organizations: BASF (D), Purac Corbion (NL), Critical Pharma (UK), Synthomer (UK), I ...
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Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling (TCCM)

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

Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling (TCCM) is emerging as a powerful tool to help in the rational design of new products and materials for pharmaceutical, chemical, energy, computer, and new-materials industries. To achieve this goal, it is necessary to go beyond the traditional electronic structure studies, and merge complementary techniques that are normally not available at a sing ...
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Training of Innovative, Creative and Entrepreneurial Researchers in Waterborne Dispersed Polymers (TRACKWAY)

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

TRACKWAY aims at training the next generation of creative, entrepreneurial and innovative researchers combining projects at the frontline of the research in functional dispersed polymers with interdisciplinary training in transferable and specialized skills. Based on the synergetic collaboration between BASF, a leading industry in dispersed polymers and University of the Basque Country, a reputed ...
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Innovative Polymers for Energy Storage (IPES)

Start date: Dec 1, 2012, End date: Nov 30, 2018,

iPes project aims to provide adequate support to Dr. David Mecerreyes (DM) who is at the stage of consolidating an independent research team. During his scientific career, DM has demonstrated creative thinking and excellent capacity to carry out research and going beyond the state of the art. His meritorious record of research, scientific publications (128 ISI articles, h index = 33), project conc ...
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Design of polyPEPTIdes diblock copolymers as emulsifiers to produce safe, controlled and reliable novel stimuli-responsive nanoCAPSules for skin care applications (PEPTICAPS)

Start date: Oct 5, 2015, End date: Oct 4, 2018,

PeptiCaps aims at producing and validating a new family of stimuli-responsive nanocapsules able to encapsulate efficiently and protect specific active ingredients for skin care application. Those nanocapsules will be assembled by nanoemulsion technique using amphiphilic and biocompatible polypeptides diblock copolymers with one hydrophilic poly(ethylene glycol) block and one hydrophobic polypeptid ...
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INNOVATIVE EUROPEAN STUDIES ON RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS

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

The project, namely INNOVATIVE EUROPEAN STUDIES ON RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS aims to provide an interdisciplinary working group in order to cooperate with the European institutions and innovate the renewable energy systems with the good practices throughout Europe during 3 years. For this purpose, especially various innovative electrical devices used in wind, solar and fusion energy explorations wi ...
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Electrical Spin Manipulation in Atoms and Molecules (SpinMan)

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

In the proposed project “Electrical Spin Manipulation in Atoms and Molecules” (SpinMan), the experienced researcher Dr. Andrea Droghetti (Trinity College Dublin , Ireland) and the scientist-in-charge Prof. Angel Rubio, Head of the Nano-Bio Spectroscopy group at the University of the Basque Country (Spain), aim at establishing how an electrical current can be utilized in order to write and read inf ...
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Project for higher education student and staff mobility between Programme Countries and Partner Countries

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

This is a project for higher education student and staff mobility between Programme Countries and Partner Countries. Please consult the website of the organisation to obtain additional details.
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Spin-Orbit Coupling at Interfaces from Spintronics to new Superconducting effects (SOCISS)

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

In the proposed project “Spin-Orbit Coupling at Interfaces from Spintronics to new Superconducting effects” (SOCISS) the experienced researcher Dr. Juan Borge and the scientist in charge Prof. Angel Rubio, Head of the Nano-Bio Spectroscopy (NBS) group at the university of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), aim at stablish a complete description of interfacial spin-orbit coupling. This understanding wi ...
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Modelling stability of organic phosphorescent light-emitting diodes (MOSTOPHOS)

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

The lifetime, reliability, and efficiency of organic light emitting diodes (OLED) are critical factors precluding a number of novel devices from entering the market. Yet, these stability issues of OLEDs are poorly understood due to their notorious complexity, since multiple degradation and failure channels are possible at different length- and timescales. Current experimental and theoretical model ...
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Early Stage Sensing of Fouling in Membrane Water Treatment (ESSENS)

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

"UN-Water has recently warned that in only ten years' time, by 2025, water scarcity will be affecting 1.8 billion people, with two-thirds of the world population possibly living under conditions of water stress. There exists, hence, a strong need to rigorously manage drinking water resources. The production of potable water by membrane water treatment systems is relatively economic and benign. 80 ...
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Correlated Electron-Nuclear Dynamics: A novel mixed quantum-semiclassical approach (CoEND)

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

The experienced researcher, Dr. Ali Abedi, and the host supervisor, Prof. Angel Rubio, aim at developing a new predictive and practical approach that overcomes the difficulties that current methods have to treat the correlated electron-nuclear dynamics in systems such as light-harvesting complexes. The proposed project starts with the fundamental method development based on the “exact factorizatio ...
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Strong Field Dynamics of Atoms and Molecules: History-dependent Functionals and Exact Kohn-Sham Potentials of the Time-dependent (multi-component) Density Functional Theory (AMO-dance)

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

"In the "AMO-dance" project, the researcher, Dr. Elham Khosravi and the host supervisor, Prof. Angel Rubio, aim at deriving non-empirical history-dependent functionals for the time-dependent density functional theory to study the strong field dynamics of atoms and molecules. Furthermore, towards accounting for the electron-nuclear coupling and quantum features of the nuclear dynamics in molecules, ...
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Thermodynamics of Quantum Transport (QFluctTrans)

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

Electronic components are shrinking and finally reaching the scale of single molecules; promising novel applications to sensors, photovoltaics, heating and electronics. As these components get smaller, important and new physical phenomena impose limitations on how these devices can operate. Quantum mechanics and non-equilibrium thermodynamical fluctuations dominate, challenging all the conventiona ...
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Coupling dimerisation and metathesis reactions to produce propene from ethanol using heterogeneous catalysts and microreactor systems (COUPCAT)

Start date: Apr 1, 2015, End date: Mar 31, 2018,

Biomass-derived molecules contain excess oxygen that must be removed to render as fuel or chemicals. Due to feedstock fluctuations, ethanol and ethene are becoming key components to overcome these challenges. Given the current bioethanol (fermentation) and ethene (crackers) excess, and the propene shortage in Europe, alternative routes are required. During the outgoing phase under the supervision ...
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Conservation of river fauna of Community interest in the Natura 2000 network sites of the Ter, Fluvià and Muga river basins (LIFE Potamo Fauna)

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

Background The project aims to ensure the management of the species listed in the Habitat Directive present in the Natura 2000 network sites located in the target areas. It will focus on 13 species of aquatic fauna, whose populations are decreasing in size and for which there are no specific conservation actions at local, regional, national or European le ...
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Small cEllS coordinAtion for Multi-tenancy and Edge services (SESAME)

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

SESAME targets innovations around three central elements in 5G: the placement of network intelligence and applications in the network edge through Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) and Edge Cloud Computing; the substantial evolution of the Small Cell concept, already mainstream in 4G but expected to deliver its full potential in the challenging high dense 5G scenarios; and the consolidation o ...
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Geophysical Exploration using Advanced GAlerkin Methods (GEAGAM)

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

The main objective of this Marie Curie RISE action is to improve and exchange interdisciplinary knowledge on applied mathematics, high performance computing, and geophysics to be able to better simulate and understand the materials composing the Earth's subsurface. This is essential for a variety of applications such as CO2 storage, hydrocarbon extraction, mining, and geothermal energy production, ...
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Cross-sectorial real-time sensing, advanced control and optimisation of batch processes saving energy and raw materials (RECOBA)

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

In many aspects batch processes are superior to continuous. Therefore it is worthwhile to take advantage of recent progress in sensor technologies, modelling and automation to develop a new paradigm for the design and conduction of batch processes: a) operation at maximum efficiency, b) dynamic, quality driven process trajectories rather than fixed schedules c) detailed analysis and tracking of al ...
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