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Smart and Inclusive Solutions for a Better Life in Urban Districts (SMARTER TOGETHER)

Start date: Feb 1, 2016, End date: Jan 31, 2021,

...ofia, Venice and Kyiv and Yokohama as observer cities bringing the perspective of East Europe and Asia. The cities are complemented by business partners from energy, mobility and ICT sectors, leading European research and academia organizations, european city network. From the various combinations of the different selected Light House areas, multiples opportunities to learn are offering.SMARTER ...
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SPIDIA for Personalized Medicine - Standardisation of generic Pre-analytical procedures for In-vitro DIAgnostics for Personalized Medicine (SPIDIA4P)

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

... addressing the important pre-analytical workflows applied to personalized medicine. These will also applicable to biomarker discovery, development and validation as well as to biobanks. Corresponding External Quality Assurance (EQA) Schemes will be developed and implemented as well, aiming to survey the resulting quality of samples and diagnostic practice. SPIDIA4P will ensure stakeholder organis ...
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Responsive Engagement of the Elderly promoting Activity and Customized Healthcare (REACH)

Start date: Feb 1, 2016, End date: Jan 31, 2020,

...opulation. REACH therefore represents a solution that seeks to prevent elderly citizens from loss of function and a decline of being able to perform Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) independently leading ultimately to entering LTC. REACH is a personalized prevention and intervention system that promotes the activity of the elderly by monitoring and evaluating their daily habits, considering both ...
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Next generation sepsis diagnosis (SMARTDIAGNOS)

Start date: Feb 1, 2016, End date: Jan 31, 2020,

...ay of appropriate antibiotic therapy increases mortality by 5-10%. Unfortunately, sepsis diagnosis remains one of the greatest clinical challenges in critical care. Current diagnostic methods, including blood culture and different nucleic acid based multiplex technologies, are impaired by the significant time-delay of 1-2 days and/or low sensitivity of 30-50%. Hence there is an urgent need to deve ...
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A NOVEL FRAMEWORK FOR MULTI-CLOUD SERVICES DEVELOPMENT, ORCHESTRATION, DEPLOYMENT AND CONTINUOUS MANAGEMENT FOSTERING CLOUD TECHNOLOGIES UPTAKE FROM DIGITAL SMES AND STARTUPS (UNICORN)

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

...le and dynamic cloud services running on virtual instances or micro-execution containers for increased security, data protection privacy and vast resource (de)-allocation. Towards this end, and building upon this umbrella concept, the Unicorn vision can be considered two-fold: to enable software developers to design and develop secure and elastic applications and to increase the awareness of all s ...
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Cognitively enhanced robot for flexible manufacturing of metal and composite parts (COROMA)

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

...l perform multitude of different manufacturing tasks in an autonomous way to adapt to the production requirements. The robot will be capable of performing drilling, trimming, deburring, polishing, sanding, non-destructive inspection and adaptive fixturing operations. Using a simple interface the robot will receive basic commands that require a minimum programming effort from the human operator. Th ...
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DRiving InnoVation in crisis management for European Resilience (DRIVER)

Start date: May 1, 2014, End date: Oct 31, 2018,

...it is necessary to develop the sustainability of the European Test-bed, the exploitation of the DRIVER Portfolio of Solutions and to promote a European CM community, which shares a common CM understanding and is increasingly willing to share capabilities and collaborate in CM innovation.These three objectives need and feed each other, thus developing Europe’s ability to continue adapting its CM ca ...
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PROGRESSIVE STANDARDS AROUND ICT FOR ACTIVE AND HEALTHY AGEING (PROGRESSIVE)

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

The PROGRESSIVE project will provide a dynamic and sustainable framework for standards and standardisation around ICT for AHA. The project is pan-European but also draw on wider international experience – especially in the contexts of interoperability and standards harmonisation.As attitudes towards ageing change there is recognition of the importance of older people’s engagement. Engagement can e ...
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Smart Mature Resilience (SMR)

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

...s will provide a robust shield against man-made and natural hazards, enabling society to resist, absorb, accommodate to and recover from the effects of a hazard in a timely and efficient manner, including through the preservation and restoration of essential structures and functions. A set of tools operationalize crucial interdependent supporting structures of the Resilience Management Guidelines: ...
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Increasing disaster Resilience by establishing a sustainable process to support Standardisation of technologies and services (ResiStand)

Start date: May 1, 2016, End date: Apr 30, 2018,

...rocess will be tested by developing a new work item. The aim is that stakeholders will continuously utilize this “ResiStand Process” in the future, and that the project delivers a better understanding of the potential of standards for contributing to an improved disaster resilience.ResiStand will support the management of increasing threats to society such as armed conflicts, terrorism, pandemics ...
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Harmonized Evaluation, Certification and Testing of Security Products (HECTOS)

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

...t EC Communication on Security Industrial Policy, with negative impacts on both suppliers and users.HECTOS will study if and how existing evaluation and certification schemes used in other areas including Common Criteria, New Legislative Framework, ECAC CEP, CertAlarm etc. could be used and possibly further developed/enhanced/adapted/integrated as a general approach for the assessment and certific ...
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Boosting the implementation of participatory strategies on separate paper collection for efficient recycling (IMPACTPapeRec)

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

...Europe at the forefront of PfR collection, ensuring raw material procurement from mainly European sources through an innovative approach based on the participation of the whole paper value chain including citizens and municipalities, which is also open to other sectors. Main objective is to provide an innovative and common knowledge platform, which will enable present and future cooperation. Analy ...
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Systemic standardisation approach to empower smart cities and communities (ESPRESSO)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

systEmic Standardisation apPRoach to Empower Smart citieS and cOmmunities (ESPRESSO) focuses on the development of a conceptual Smart Cities Information Framework, which consists of a Smart City platform (the so-called Smart City enterprise application) and a number of data provision and processing services to integrate data, workflows, and processes in applications relevant for Smart Cities withi ...
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Development of an integrated approach based on validated and standardized methods to support the implementation of the EC recommendation for a definition of nanomaterial (NANODEFINE)

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

...100 nm, with different shapes, coatings and for the widest possible range of materials, in various complex media and products. Case studies will assess their applicability for various sectors, including food/feed, cosmetics etc. One major outcome of the project will be the establishment of an integrated tiered approach including validated rapid screening methods (tier 1) and validated in depth met ...
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Assessment and mitigation of nano-enabled product risks on human and environmental health: Development of new strategies and creation of a digital guidance tool for nanotech industries (GUIDENANO)

Start date: Nov 1, 2013, End date: Apr 30, 2017,

The main objective of GUIDEnano is to develop innovative methodologies to evaluate and manage human and environmental health risks of nano-enabled products, considering the whole product life cycle. A strategy to identify hot spots for release of nanomaterials (NMs) will be followed by decision trees to guide on the use of (computational) exposure models and, when necessary, design of cost-effecti ...
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Shape-engineered TiO2 nanoparticles for metrology of functional properties: setting design rules from material synthesis to nanostructured devices (SETNanoMetro)

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

According to European Commission [EC, COM (2012) 572, 3.10.2012] important challenges at European level are related to the establishment of validated method and instrumentation for detection, characterization and analysis of nanoparticles.In the framework of the SETNanometro project, the use of various measurement techniques for the determination of the NPs properties will allow to move from the c ...
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Modelling of morphology Development of micro- and Nano Structures (MODENA)

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

.... Polyurethanes are used in furniture, automotive, coatings, construction, thermal insulation and footwear, which are the most important industry sectors. Tailoring these properties requires understanding and detailed modelling of the fundamental material behaviour on all scales.An open-source software-suite will be constructed that logically interlinks scale and problem specific software of our u ...
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Portable Automated Water Analyser for Viruses (AQUAVIR)

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

Water-borne viral diseases pose high risks for public health worldwide. The urban wastewater contains large number of pathogen viruses, and even the most advanced wastewater treatment is not safe for full removal of virus particles.The conventional biological water quality indicators do not provide adequate information about the presence of pathogenic viruses. The currently available reliable viru ...
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"ROlling resistance, Skid resistance, ANd Noise Emission measurement standards for road surfaces" (ROSANNE)

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

"The main objective of this project is to advance the harmonization of measurement methods for skid resistance, noise emission and rolling resistance of road pavements and prepare for standardization. In this the project will follow the recommendations of key predecessor projects like TYROSAFE, HERMES, SILVIA and MIRIAM. The project aims at performing prenormative research to enable the creation o ...
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Build up innovation and skills through intercultural dialogue for standardization

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

...ational Standardization, CYS promotes the national interest through the publication and promotion of standards to Cypriot businesses. The need for implementing this project resulted from the finding that even though employees and associates of CYS are highly trained and skilled in the areas engaging, nevertheless they need continuous information and education regarding new methods, processes, n ...
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Integrated framework for a cost-effective and ease of Repair, Renovation and Re-use of machine tools within modern factory (EASE-R3)

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

The current maintenance policies, including e.g. RCM (Reliability Centred Maintenance) and TPM (Total Productive Maintenance), can be generally useful in answering questions such as “how much maintenance should be done on this machine?” “How frequently should this part be replaced?” “How many spare parts should be kept in stock?” “How should the shutdown be scheduled?” It is generally accepted tha ...
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Development of reference methods for hazard identification, risk assessment and LCA of engineered nanomaterials (NANOVALID)

Start date: Nov 1, 2011, End date: Oct 31, 2015,

The growing development, production and use of engineered nanomaterials and associated products will increase exposure of both humans and ecosystems to these new materials. However, current knowledge is still incomplete and established test methods are as yet inappropriate to reliably assess the extent of exposure and risk of materials at the nano-scale. There is an urgent need to develop methods ...
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Sustainable value creation in manufacturing networks (SustainValue)

Start date: Apr 1, 2011, End date: Mar 31, 2014,

... manufacturers must be pro-active and creative in thinking about the opportunities that the sustainable economy will present to develop new products and markets and optimize their value networks according to the new sustainability criteria.The overall goal of SustainValue is to develop industrial models, solutions and performance standards for new sustainable and more performing production and ser ...
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Establishing a process and a platform to support standardization for nanotechnologies implementing the STAIR approach (nanoSTAIR)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Feb 28, 2014,

...rdization in nanotechnologies. nanoSTAIR will structure and ease the development of new documentary standards, and thus enable the European nanotechnology related industry to rapidly operate according to the state of the art and thus increase its competitiveness.
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Solar Facilities for the European Research Area (SFERA)

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

...fuels, water treatment and research in advanced materials. Europe is a leader in research and development of this technology. Most of the large R&D infrastructures are European and our industry is leading the way in its commercial deployment, now in an early stage. All the most important European R&D infrastructures on concentrated solar energy are participating in this proposal. Five of them, CI ...
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In Time delivery in non-hierarchical Manufacturing Networks of Machinery and Equipment Industry (INTIME)

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

...me is to improve delivery reliability in each customer-supplier relationship balancing production in the overall network. In order to foster delivery reliability each supply has to be rewarded according to his delivery performance. Today only a minority of supplies is successfully secured by manual negotiated delivery penalties. Due to the high variation of supplies manual levelling of incentives ...
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Transport Fire Safety Engineering in the European Union (TRANSFEU)

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

...ptimum design solutions to respect fire safety objectives as an alternative to the prescriptive approach. It will help in the development of innovative solutions (design and products used for the building of the surface transport) which will better respect the environment. In order to reach these objectives new toxicity measurement methodology and related classification of materials, new numerical ...
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Setting up research intensive clusters across the EU on characterization of polymer nanostructures (NaPolyNet)

Start date: Apr 1, 2008, End date: Mar 31, 2011,

...on the characterization of polymer nanostructured materials in the field of packaging, textiles and membranes, bridging the gap between scientific and engineering approaches for the improved understanding of the structure-performance correlation in polymer devices; 2. to facilitate transnational access to important and unique equipment and to train young scientists and SMEs technologists; 3. to ha ...
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