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Retrieval and Analysis of Heterogeneous Online Content for Terrorist Activity Recognition (TENSOR)

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

Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) across Europe face today important challenges in how they identify, gather and interpret terrorist generated content online. The Dark Web presents additional challenges due to its inaccessibility and the fact that undetected material can contribute to the advancement of terrorist violence and radicalisation. LEAs also face the challenge of extracting and summarising...
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SETA: An open, sustainable, ubiquitous data and service ecosystem for efficient, effective, safe, resilient mobility in metropolitan areas (SETA)

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

Around 50% of the global population lives in metropolitan areas, and this is expected to grow to 75% by 2050. Mobility within these areas is complex as it involves multiple modalities of transport, multiple managing authorities, as well as several millions of citizens. The cost of inefficiency in transport and mobility are enormous. For example, inefficiency costs the UK economy €5.8 billion each ...
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Controlled Autonomous Robot for Early detection and Rehabilitation of Autism and Intellectual Disability (CARER-AID)

Start date: Jan 9, 2017, End date: Jan 8, 2019,

This proposal envisions a humanoid robot as a supervised autonomous assistant that will support caregivers in early diagnosis and improve the treatment of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) associated with Intellectual Disability (ID). The robot can be part of the diagnostic team during the administration of the psycho-diagnostic tests in order to enrich the data that the psychologist...
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Realising Education through Virtual Environments and Augmented Locations (REVEAL)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

State-of-the art Virtual Reality (VR) technologies designed for gaming offer new opportunities for social and economic benefits in their application to education. This project will pioneer the use of mainstream PlayStation VR technologies for innovative educational applications which engage world-wide audiences in the Europe’s rich historical and scientific heritage. Supported by the R&D team at S...
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Automated Serious Game Scenario Generator for Mixed Reality Training (AUGGMED)

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

The aim of AUGGMED is to develop a serious game platform to enable single- and team-based training of end-users with different level of expertise from different organisations responding to terrorist and organised crime threats. The platform will automatically generate non-linear scenarios tailored to suit the needs of individual trainees with learning outcomes that will improve the acquisition of ...
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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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Equipping the Next Generation for Active Engagement in Science (ENGAGE)

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

The key to engaging the next generation to participate in scientific issues is to change how science is taught. Students gain an image of science as a body of content whereas RRI deals with uncertain areas of knowledge is uncertain, where values and argument matter as much as facts. The shift is hugely challenging. High stakes education systems marginalise teaching about the nature of science. Th...
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Material Encounters with Digital Cultural Heritage (meSch)

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

meSch, Material EncounterS with digital Cultural Heritage, has the goal of designing, developing and deploying tools for the creation of tangible interactive experiences that will connect the physical experience of museums and exhibitions with relevant digital cross-media information in novel ways. A wealth of digital cultural heritage content is currently available in on-line repositories and ar...
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Production of Coatings for New Efficient and Clean Coal Power Plant Materials (POEMA)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

"The overall objective is the development of new coatings for supercritical steam power plants for efficient and clean coal utilization. A significant reduction of emissions is expected by increasing efficiencies to ŋ > 50%. Currently, an efficiencies of 45% have been achieved in the last 30 years from subcritical 180 bar/540ºC to ultra-supercritical 300 bar/600-620ºC corresponding to a specific ...
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ATHENA

Start date: Dec 1, 2013, End date: Nov 30, 2016,

The ATHENA project brings together major user communities with world leading experts in crisis management and experts and technology developers of mobile and social media use and development. The goal of the ATHENA project is to deliver two major outputs that will enable and encourage users of new media to contribute to the security of citizens in crisis situations and for search and rescue actio...
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Higher education student and staff mobility project

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

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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Teaching Enquiry with Mysteries Incorporated (TEMI)

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

The aim of this teacher training project is to help transform science and mathematics teaching practice across Europe by giving teachers new skills to engage with their students, exciting new resources and the extended support needed to effectively introduce enquiry based learning into their classrooms. We will do this by working with teacher training institutions and teacher networks across Europ...
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Chain Reaction: A Sustainable Approach to Inquiry Based Science Education (CHREACT)

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

Over the last decade a sharp decline in interest and participation in science has been identified in young people across Europe. Should this continue, the capacity to innovate both in industry and research will suffer in the long term. A critical issue in addressing this problem is providing young people with relevant contexts and practical experience of scientific concepts through classroom sci...
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Cybercrime and cyberterrOrism (E)Uropean Research AGEnda (COURAGE)

Start date: May 1, 2014, End date: Apr 30, 2016,

The COuRAGE (Cybercrime and cyberterrOrism (E)UropeanResearch AGEnda ) consortium will deliver a measured, comprehensive, relevant research agenda for Cyber Crime and Cyber Terrorism (CC/CT) guided by the knowledge and experience of the highly experienced and exceptionally qualified consortium (16 partners, 11 countries) and Advisory Board members (14 organisations including EUROPOL, JRC and ERA)....
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early Pursuit against Organized crime using envirOnmental scanning, the Law and IntelligenCE systems (ePOOLICE)

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

Organized crime is becoming more diverse in its activities and methods including “greater levels of collaboration between criminal groups, greater mobility in and around the EU, a diversification of illicit activity, and a growing dependence on a dynamic infrastructure, anchored in key locations and facilitated by widespread use of the Internet” (the Director of Europol, in his foreword to the OCT...
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New Generation of Functional Cellulose Fibre Based Packaging Materials for Sustainability (NEWGENPAK)

Start date: Dec 1, 2011, End date: Nov 30, 2015,

"The NEWGENPAK ITN is an interdisciplinary research training network of 8 European universities, 3 research institutes and 6 enterprises, three of which are Full partners. Its primary aim is to create a European training network designed to improve the career prospects of its 10 ESRs and 2 ERs in both the public and private sector. The network will deliver a joint multidisciplinary research traini...
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Social Innovations Promoting Active and Healthy Ageing (INNOVAGE)

Start date: Dec 1, 2012, End date: Nov 30, 2015,

"INNOVAGE is an ambitious project is dedicated to developing and testing, as well as surveying and cataloguing, social innovations that will have a solid impact on improving the quality of life and well-being of older people. In particular the project aims to make a major contribution to the EU goal of extending healthy life years. It has four clear and achievable objectives that are intended to...
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Higher education student and staff mobility project

Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

The University is committed to providing a learning and teaching experience for our students and staff which includes an international dimension; Erasmus+ mobility forms an integral part of this. Encouraging our staff and students to take advantage of overseas teaching, learning and employment opportunities has long been part of our University culture. Participation in Erasmus+ is recognised by...
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Development and demonstration of energy efficient system for accelerated curing during repair and refurbishment of concrete structures (MCURE)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

This project has been initiated by the 4 SMEs from different European countries who are all committed to participating in the successful research, development and subsequent demonstration of the MCure project in order to improve the quality and curing time of concrete constructions. Over 50% of expenditure in the EU construction sector is on repair of existing structures rather than on new build. ...
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Advertising monitoring system development for outdoor media analytics (ADMOS)

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

The aim of ADMOS aim is to develop a compact monitoring device that can be installed additionally on public media interfaces, which is able to provide information about the displayed advertisement, and to give feedback about the obtained contact number and the pattern attributes. The ADMOS system will consist of two cameras (one facing the board and the other facing the public) integrated together...
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Biomimetic nano-fiber-based nucleus pulposus regeneration for the treatment of degenerative disc disease (NPMimetic)

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

"The intervertebral discs form the elastic part of the spine. It is composed of the annulus fibrosus, a tough outer layer of fibrocartilage, surrounding an elastic gelatinous core, the nucleus pulposus (NP). With age, the water content of the NP decreases, thus, the mechanical loads concentrate on the annulus. This leads to the NP wear, and cracking with a subsequent inflammation reaction and a pr...
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Training Urology Scientists to develop Treatments (TRUST)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

"Urinary Incontinence (UI) affects around 10% of the population (more than 70 Million people in the EU) and unfortunately - due to the aging population - is an increasing cause of impaired quality of life. The most common cause of UI is called the Overactive bladder syndrome (OABS) of which the underlying complex bio-molecular mechanisms are poorly understood. Many distinct tissues (nervous system...
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Fieldlab Sport Innovation & Stimulation (PRO-FIT)

Start date: Sep 24, 2009, End date: Dec 29, 2014,

EU-countries are experiencing falling levels of physical activity. which is leading to public health issues (increased levels of obesity. cardiac-vascular disease). Therefore. sports and play are business: in 2006 there was a €45 billion turnover on sport products and equipment alone. However. the potential of the sector is still underexploited. Its innovation capacity is limited. which is related...
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Decision making and augmented reality support for automatic welding installations (MARWIN)

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

"Robot welding is critical to welding automation in many industries and it is estimated that as much as 25% of all industrial robots are being used for welding tasks. The biggest challenge for small companies is to have flexible automation that can be set up quickly and can be switched over to another product line. The current proposal addresses the need to increase the competitiveness of welding ...
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Regional ICT based Clusters for Healthcare Applications and R&D Integration (RICHARD)

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

Chronic diseases represent for healthcare systems the heaviest cost burden. Aside from the social costs in terms of suffering, they account for 70% on European average of public healthcare systems in the EU. A plethora of ICT based applications have been developed in the last years, allowing to tackle at least partially problems related to specific pathologies. However, even advanced experiences h...
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Combining and Uniting Business Intelligence and Semantic Technologies (CUBIST)

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

Description CUBIST - Your Business IntelligenceThe constantly growing amounts of data and an emerging trend of incorporating unstructured data into analytics is bringing new challenges to Business Intelligence (BI). Contemporary BI solutions fall short in the following aspects: Firstly, they focus only on structured data and disregard the...
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Robotic Evolutionary Self-Programming and Self-Assembling Organisms (REPLICATOR)

Start date: Mar 1, 2008, End date: Aug 31, 2013,

Description Super-large-scale swarm of small autonomous mobile micro-robots The REPLICATOR project focuses on the development of an advanced robotic system, consisting of a super-large-scale swarm of small autonomous mobile micro-robots that are capable of self-assembling into large artificial org...
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Distributed Human-Robot System for Chemical Incident Management (DHRS-CIM)

Start date: Oct 1, 2008, End date: Sep 30, 2012,

"The overall objective of this project is to combine forces of Europe’s leading industrial (Thales Nederland B.V., Space Application Services N.V., IdMind - Engenharia de Sistemas Lda) and academic organizations (Universities of Sheffield, Amsterdam and Örebro) in the field of ‘Disaster Management’, in order to deliver, through a strategic and intersectoral exchange of researchers, an intelligent ...
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Processing and Upscaling of Fire-Resistant Nano-Filled Thermosetting Polyester Resin (POLYFIRE)

Start date: Sep 1, 2009, End date: Aug 31, 2012,

Polyfire will develop and upscale techniques for processing halogen-free, fire-retardant nanocomposites and coatings based on unsaturated polyester resins and nanoclays. These materials will improve public safety and environmental impact by eliminating halogenated fire-retardants, which produce toxic combustion products. The ability of well-dispersed nanoparticles to enhance the fire-retardancy of...
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Design and development of an innovative ecoefficient low-substrate flexible paper packaging from renewable resources to replace petroleum based barrier films (Flexpakrenew)

Start date: Sep 1, 2008, End date: Aug 31, 2011,

The objective of this project is to design and to develop an innovative ecoefficient low-substrate flexible paper for packaging from renewable resources to reduce the packaging industry’s reliance on barrier films derived from petroleum. The challenge of this project is to develop a flexible packaging paper, with barrier properties (grease, water, oxygen and water vapour barrier) competitive with...
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Corrosion protection with perfect atomic layers (CORRAL)

Start date: Sep 1, 2008, End date: Aug 31, 2011,

The aim of this project is to develop high density defect-free ultra-thin sealing coatings with excellent barrier properties and improved corrosion resistance. Their successful functioning will be provided by the synergy of the coating “perfect” morphology and its complex structural design, which can be tailored at the nanoscale. The study will be focused on development of novel nanostructured coa...
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Strategic Pan-European Ballistics Intelligence Platform for Combating Organised Crime and Terrorism (ODYSSEY)

Start date: Nov 1, 2008, End date: Apr 30, 2011,

The threat from organised crime and terrorism can undermine the democratic and economic basis of societies through the diversion of investment into crime, money laundering and corruption by international cartels, organised gang culture and corruption. The result is often a weakening of institutions, an undermined economy and a loss of confidence in the rule of law. This project will undertake rese...
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Bridging the gap of general practitioners' competence on European Market

The aim of the project was to define what are the family physicians competences in the field of disease prevention and health promotion in order to create VET programme targeted on developing the lacking competences.
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VIRTUAL EXCHANGE - Training and Guidance for Female B-SET (Business, Science, Engineering & Technology) Students to Enhance European Placement Experience

'Virtual Exchange', an Internet-based 'one stop shop' being developed by WiTEC (Women in Science and Technology) will provide training and guidance for female students in business, science, engineering and technology (B-SET) to prepare them for work placements abroad. There is a particular need for specific supportive training for young female undergraduates in the B-SET due to the low numbers o...
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VOCMAT – Vocational Management Training for the European Tourism Industry

VOCMAT-Vocational Management Training for the European Tourism Industry- is a project targeting tourism staff at middle and senior management level across a wide range of organisations as fe. SME’s, educational and professional organisations, industry bodies. The idea is to produce a new European level training method combining a range of tools such as online learning, videoconferencing and worksh...
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Mathematics in the Making

Start date: Dec 1, 2013,

“Mathematics in the Making” - acronym MiMa - will create a teaching methodology and a Tool-kit to help elementary school students in developing a stronger interest and competence in maths, also enhancing their literacy competences, social and civic skills, and so contributing to increase students’ chances to success in school and in life. Partners from IT, HU, UK, DE, PT will work together to prod...
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DEVELOPING AN EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACH TO CITY LEVEL PUBLIC HEALTH PLANNING & INVESTMENT IN EUROPE- DECiPHer

Aim: to systematically inform city policy makers & decision takers of the relative cost-effectiveness of different types of investments by municipalities and their partners in shaping the lifestyle of the community (proximal determinants) and thus reducing the level and burden of disease.Objective 1, to enhance and transfer to European cities an innovative modelling tool, designed to predict the i...
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Multilingual Virtual Simulated Patient Project

The proposal for this project is based on the concrete results of a previous (privatelyfinanced) project initiated in 2006 by the IAVANTE Foundation and the University ofGranada, called the “Virtual Simulated Patient” (VSP). It is a computational system thatbehaves and responds as a real patient would during an interview with his or her doctor.Replying to questions about symptoms and illnesses etc...
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Advancing the three cycle system in social work education in six European countries

The project is designed to complete the three cycles of social work education in Georgia and Ukraine and to contribute to the regionalization of this specialism through new PhD and MA programs and a certificate course. Promote the regionalisation of social work education through a Certificate course in Batumi and an MA in Uzhhorod by 2012. The specific objectives are: "Complete the three cycle sy...
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Leaders for European Public Health -

Start date: Oct 1, 2010,

New health care demands, development of technologies create new challenges for health care professionals, who should be equipped with skills and competencies to be effective at the job market. This is especially true for public health (PH) which is a very dynamic field. PH professionals face a problem of developing knowledge gaps. Current project is based on the results of the needs analysis on th...
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