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ACTivating InnoVative IoT smart living environments for AGEing well (ACTIVAGE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Jun 30, 2020,

ACTIVAGE is a European Multi Centric Large Scale Pilot on Smart Living Environments. The main objective is to build the first European IoT ecosystem across 9 Deployment Sites (DS) in seven European countries, reusing and scaling up underlying open and proprietary IoT platforms, technologies and standards, and integrating new interfaces needed to provide interoperability across these heterogeneous ...
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European Research Infrastructure supporting Smart Grid Systems Technology Development, Validation and Roll Out (ERIGrid)

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

Renewable energy sources are key enablers to decrease greenhouse gas emissions and to cope with the anthropogenic global warming. The intermittent behaviour of them and their limited storage capabilities present new challenges to power system operators in maintaining power quality and reliability. However, the increased availability of advanced automation and communication technologies has also pr ...
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PrEstoCloud - Proactive Cloud Resources Management at the Edge for Efficient Real-Time Big Data Processing (PrEstoCloud)

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

PrEstoCloud project will make substantial research contributions in the cloud computing and real-time data intensive applications domains, in order to provide a dynamic, distributed, self-adaptive and proactively configurable architecture for processing Big Data streams. In particular, PrEstoCloud aims to combine real-time Big Data, mobile processing and cloud computing research in a unique way th ...
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DITAS: Data-intensive applications Improvement by moving daTA and computation in mixed cloud/fog environmentS (DITAS)

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

There is an increasing need to develop data intensive applications able to manage more and more amounts of data coming from distributed and heterogeneous sources effectively, quickly, correctly, and securely. However, the current adoption of Cloud Computing paradigm is not fully appropriate to store and analyse such data: latency, security, and compliance are still significant barriers. At the sa ...
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Pluggable Social Platform for Heritage Awareness and Participation (PLUGGY)

Start date: Dec 1, 2016, End date: Nov 30, 2019,

Pluggable Social Platform for Heritage Awareness and Participation (PLUGGY) will support citizens in shaping cultural heritage and being shaped by it. PLUGGY will enable them to share their local knowledge and everyday experience with others. The participation will include the contribution of cultural institutions and digital libraries, building extensive networks around a common interest in conn ...
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RANGER: RAdars for loNG distance maritime surveillancE and SaR opeRations (RANGER)

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

EU trade, transport, tourism and economic development are directly dependent on open and safe seas and oceans. EU's maritime borders are widely spread including various topologies from open sea to semi-enclosed cabins with islands and islets. This poses great challenges that affect securing maritime border areas. Failing to protect against a wide array of maritime threats and risks may result in t ...
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EVidenced based management of hearing impairments: Public health pΟlicy making based on fusing big data analytics and simulaTION. (EVOTION)

Start date: Nov 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2019,

Hearing Loss (HL) is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases and the 5th cause of disability. HL increases the risk of cognitive decline, mental illness, and depression, and leads to social isolation, unemployment/early retirement, loss of income and work discrimination. The pre-eminent management strategy for HL is the provision of Hearing Aids (HAs), although their use is often problematic, c ...
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NeMo : Hyper-Network for electroMobility (NeMo)

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

Electromobility is a major factor towards transport decarbonisation. However a number of challenges (limited charging options, lack of interoperability, absence of a unified identification/payment process, energy grid overload, expensive charging tariffs) limit the potential for interoperable and seamless electromobility services to a wider of actors and geographic area, hindering electromobility ...
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Smart Toolbox for Engaging Citizens into a People-Centric Observation Web (SCENT)

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

Whilst citizen participation in environmental policy making is still in its infancy, there are signs of a growing level of interest. The majority of citizens, though, both as individuals and as groups often feel disengaged from influencing environmental policies. They also remain unaware of publicly available information, such as the GEOSS or Copernicus initiatives. The SCENT project will alleviat ...
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Linking Climate and Development Policies - Leveraging International Networks and Knowledge Sharing (CD-LINKS)

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

An important question for policy makers, in the G20 and beyond, is how to bring climate action into the broader sustainable development agenda. Objectives like energy poverty eradication, increased well-being and welfare, air quality improvement, energy security enhancement, and food and water availability will continue to remain important over the next several decades. There have been relatively ...
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Versatile Integrated Accelerator-based Heterogeneous Data Centres (VINEYARD)

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

VINEYARD will develop an integrated platform for energy-efficient data centres based on new servers with novel, coarse-grain and fine-grain, programmable hardware accelerators. It will, also, build a high-level programming framework for allowing end-users to seamlessly utilize these accelerators in heterogeneous computing systems by using typical data-centre programming frameworks (e.g. MapReduce, ...
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Towards a EU framework for the security of Widezones (ZONESEC)

Start date: Dec 1, 2014, End date: Nov 30, 2018,

The advancement of 24/7 surveillance systems for the security of WideZones with multiple assets at localized scales is of extreme strategic relevance to European economies, industries, authorities and Citizens. Nevertheless, the cost for large deployments and maintenance of ground sensing networks for local surveillance across these WideZones is extremely high. Hence, large areas of high economic ...
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Enabling CLoud Orchestration, Performance and Cost Efficiency Tools for QoE Enhancement and Provider Ranking (CloudPerfect)

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

Cloud environments are notorious for their lack of stability in performance characteristics, a feature that makes it extremely difficult for owners of time-critical applications to make the decisive step for migration and owners of SaaS to be unable to present performance vs cost tradeoffs to their customers when acting as IaaS customers. CLOUDPERFECT aims at delivering a set of tools and processe ...
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Coordination of Automated Road Transport Deployment for Europe (CARTRE)

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

Automated Road Transport (ART) is seen as one of the key technologies and major technological advancements influencing and shaping our future mobility and quality of life. The ART technology encompasses passenger cars, public transport vehicles, and urban and interurban freight transport and also extends to the road, IT and telecommunication infrastructure needed to guarantee safe and efficient op ...
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New Cost Efficient Business Models for Flexible Smart Grids (NOBEL GRID)

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

NOBEL GRID will develop, deploy and evaluate advanced tools and ICT services for energy DSOs cooperatives and medium-size retailers, enabling active consumers involvement –i.e. new demand response schemas – and flexibility of the market – i.e. new business models for aggregators and ESCOs.Through the dual-use of telecommunication networks, and validating the integration of renewable generation pre ...
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Multi-source Big Data Fusion Driven Proactivity for Intelligent Mobility (OPTIMUM)

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

Transportation sector undergoes a considerable transformation as it enters a new landscape where connectivity is seamless and mobility options and related business models are constantly increasing. Modern transportation systems and services have to mitigate problems emerging from complex mobility environments and intensive use of transport networks including excessive CO2 emissions, high congestio ...
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Multidimensional, IntegraTed, rIsk assessment framework and dynamic, collaborative Risk ManaGement tools for critical information infrAstrucTurEs (MITIGATE)

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

Despite the importance of Critical Information Infrastructures (CIIs) and dynamic ICT-based maritime supply chains (SCs) for port operations, state-of-the-art Risk Management (RM) methodologies for maritime environments pay limited attention to cyber-security and do not adequately address security processes for international SCs. Motivated by these limitations, MITIGATE will introduce, integrate, ...
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FeAsiBility analysis and development of on-Road chargIng solutions for future electric vehiCles (FABRIC)

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

FABRIC addresses directly the technological feasibility, economic viability and socio-environmental of dynamic on-road charging of electric vehicles.FABRIC responds to the need to assess the potential and feasibility of a more extensive integration of electric vehicles in the mobility and transportation system, focusing primarily on dynamic wireless charging which would allow practically all of th ...
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Mobile Therapeutic Attention for Patients with Treatment Resistant Schizophrenia (m-RESIST)

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

In European Union approximately 5 million people suffer from psychotic disorders. Between 30-50% can be considered resistant to treatment, and 10-20% ultra-resistant. These patients present persistent positive symptomatology, require extensive periods of hospital care, and have a greater risk of excess mortality and multi-morbidity. In addition, a high proportion of the total cost for treating sch ...
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Access CenTer for PHotonics innovAtion Solutions and Technology support (ACTPHAST)

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

ACTPHAST is a unique "one-stop-shop" European access centre for photonics innovation solutions and technology support (Access CenTre for PHotonics innovAtion Solutions and Technology support). ACTPHAST will support and accelerate the innovation capacity of European SMEs by providing them with direct access to the expertise and state-of-the-art facilities of Europe's leading photonics research cent ...
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Automated Driving Applications and Technologies for Intelligent Vehicles (AdaptIVe)

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

AdaptIVe will enhance the performance and improve the acceptance of automated driving of cars and trucks. The project develops new and integrated automated functions to improve traffic safety by minimizing the effects of human errors and to enhance traffic efficiency by smoother flows and reduced congestion.The approach is based on a shared control concept, assuring proper collaboration between th ...
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Computational Horizons In Cancer (CHIC): Developing Meta- and Hyper-Multiscale Models and Repositories for In Silico Oncology (CHIC)

Start date: Apr 1, 2013, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

Developing robust, reproducible, interoperable and collaborative hyper-models of diseases and normal physiology is a sine qua non necessity if rational, coherent and comprehensive exploitation of the invaluable information hidden within human multiscale biological data is envisaged. Responding to this imperative in the context of both the broad Virtual Physiological Human (VPH) initiative and the ...
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An Adaptive, highly Scalable Analytics Platform (ASAP)

Start date: Mar 1, 2014, End date: Feb 28, 2017,

This project proposes a unified, open-source execution framework for scalable data analytics. Data analytics tools have become essential for harnessing the power of our era's data deluge. Current technologies are restrictive, as their efficacy is usually bound to a single data and compute model, often depending on proprietary systems. The main idea behind ASAP is that no single execution model ...
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Holistic Personal public Eco-mobility (HoPE)

Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: Feb 28, 2017,

The main purpose of the is to advance the role of public transportation systems through an open platform capable of combining Interoperable Fare Management (IFM) and Intelligent TransportSystems (ITS). The overall platform is intended to be user oriented and user centric, in a way thatwill foster and promote user awareness and consciousness about public transports and eco-mobility, other than pro ...
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Ultra-Scalable and Ultra-Efficient Integrated and Visual Big Data Analytics (LeanBigData)

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

LeanBigData aims at addressing three open challenges in big data analytics: 1) The cost, in terms of resources, of scaling big data analytics for streaming and static data sources; 2) The lack of integration of existing big data management technologies and their high response time; 3) The insufficient end-user support leading to extremely lengthy big data analysis cycles. LeanBigData will address ...
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VIMSEN: Virtual Microgrids for Smart Energy Networks (VIMSEN)

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

The subsidy feed in tariff policy, which has recently been adopted for accelerating renewable energy investments, cannot be retained as a sustainable business model for the future smart energy grid. This is mainly because this policy increases the energy cost, especially when the amount of the energy generated by renewable sources is not negligible compared to that generated by traditional ones, a ...
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Effective collaboration for European RD and Innovation in software, services and Cloud computing: Knowledge discovery and Roadmapping (HOLA CLOUD)

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

HOLA CLOUD targets to establish effective mechanisms for efficient collaboration among the members of the software, services and Cloud computing community building on a decade of experiences acquired by people who are themselves core members of this community, and extends this collaboration to stakeholders who can turn the community knowledge into sustainable economic growth. Through a completely ...
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Virtual Registry of the (under – on – above) GrOund Infrastructures (VIRGO)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

At the moment European countries are not obliged to have a (virtual) registry of infrastructures, however public administrations, private or public enterprises and citizens feel the need of knowing how the various infrastructures are placed and managed and which are the relative responsabilities and properties as the lack of a single and common registry generates conflicts of competence between op ...
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Support action for Vehicle and Road Automation network (VRA)

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

The improvement of sensors, power train control as well as communication, make possible the automation of vehicle driving. Vehicle prototypes are currently capable of driving automatically, in road and urban environment. The automation is provided by systems in the vehicle and/or deployed on the road infrastructure, so that the process is named Vehicle and Road Automation.Partial or full automatio ...
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Innovative continuous upgrades of high investment product-services (USE-IT-WISELY)

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

In the past, customers invested in high cost, long service-life products. Today, they demand complex product-services capable of adapting to new customer goals and rapidly changing markets. The Use-it-wisely project will enable European manufacturers to operate successfully within this new paradigm.The project will investigate a new business model that implements continuous product-service adaptat ...
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Automated Pollution Inspection Scanning System for Soil using a robotic vehicle (POLLINS)

Start date: Nov 15, 2013, End date: Nov 14, 2016,

"Currently, the detection of soil pollution is done by manual surveys which are inefficient, unreliable, time consuming and very expensive. The need of a better and low-cost technical approach, that would be able to assess contaminated areas before programing the required remediation actions, has become more intense due to public awareness for the environment.This project aims to develop a semi-au ...
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Tomorrow's Elastic, Adaptive Mobility (TEAM)

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

TEAM aims at developing systems for participants in transportation networks, which help them to behave better – by explicitly taking into account the needs and constraints of other participants and the network itself. Focus will be placed upon decision-making in a time interval, above what is commonly associated with reactive safety (typically less than 5 seconds) and below long-term planning appl ...
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Co-operative Systems in Support of Networked Automated Driving by 2030 (AutoNet2030)

Start date: Nov 1, 2013, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

AutoNet2030 shall develop and test a co-operative automated driving technology, based on a decentralised decision-making strategy which is enabled by mutual information sharing among nearby vehicles. The project is aiming for a 2020-2030 deployment time horizon, taking into account the expected preceding introduction of co-operative communication systems and sensor based lane-keeping/cruise-contro ...
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A Coherent and Rich PaaS with a Common Programming Model (CoherentPaaS)

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

Cloud data management, Big Data and the Internet of Things raise specific challenges with respect to scalable data management, both in real-time and offline. Big Data analytics puts the emphasis on large queries over big cloud data stores. The emerging Internet of Things applications also raise specific challenges with respect to real-time data management. Developing cloud applications at large s ...
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Orchestrating Information Technologies and Global Systems Science for Policy Design and Regulation of a Resilient and Sustainable Global Economy (SYMPHONY)

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

Over the last few years, the greatest concern of the global political agenda has been to find a way to overcome the crisis and therefore to look for effective policy instruments and even for new theoretical economic frameworks. Some effort has been made in order to respond to this concern, but we still miss adequate tools for exploring and governing the complex global dynamics of our economic and ...
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Cultivate resilient smart Objects for Sustainable city applicatiOnS (COSMOS)

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

In a world of multi-stakeholder information and assets provision on top of millions of real-time interacting and communicating things, COSMOS aims at enhancing the sustainability of smart city applications by allowing IoT based systems to reach their full potential. COSMOS will enable things to evolve and act in a more autonomous way, becoming more reliable and smarter. Things will be able to lear ...
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Building Enterprises – Wireless and Internet Security in European Regions (BE WISER)

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

Be Wiser examines organisation and technical research challenges in some of Europe’s best known RTD regions. The technology focus is on wireless internet security; while the organisational challenge is to more effectively utilise Triple Helix clusters in regional innovation processes. This approach will strengthen Europe’s position in wireless rollout and address the challenges set out in the Digi ...
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IntegratinG Renewables in the EuropEaN Electricity Grid (IGREENGRID)

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

IGREENGrid focuses on increasing the hosting capacity for Distributed Renewable Energy Sources (DRES) in power distribution grids without compromising the reliability or jeopardizing the quality of supply. Based on the experience of six world class DRES integration Demo Projects in low & medium voltage grids (led by some of EEGI members; Distribution System operators –DSOs-) and other EU initiativ ...
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Multi-Objective Decision Making Tools through Citizen Engagement (Consensus)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Mar 31, 2016,

Every real-world planning problem, especially in governance and policy-making, possesses several objectives that are typically subject to inherent conflicts with underlying tradeoffs to be discovered. Policy makers are in need of proper tools that will utilize an overall analytical process, that is, assist in modelling the real-world planning process, automatically obtain the best attainable trade ...
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Business Continuity as a Service (ORBIT)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Mar 31, 2016,

More and more areas of public life become dependent on availability of Internet based services. Banks, logistics, travel, sales and media - to name a few - are severely disrupted when hit by service outages. In August 2012 a lightning strike hit AWS EC2 Ireland, bringing down Amazon's only European data center for two days. Later that year in October 2012 Hurricane Sandy hit New York City requirin ...
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