| Acronym |
Title |
Teaser |
Start date |
End date |
| 5G-XHaul |
Dynamically Reconfigurable Optical-Wireless Backhaul/Fronthaul with Cognitive Control Plane for Small Cells and Cloud-RANs |
Small Cells, Cloud-Radio Access Networks (C-RAN), Software Defined Networks (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NVF) are key enablers to address the demand for broadband connectivity with low cost and flexible implementations. Small Cells, in conjunction with C-RAN... |
01/07/2015 |
30/06/2018 |
| ICT-STREAMS |
Silicon Photonics Transceiver and Routing technologies for High-End Multi-Socket Server Blades with Tb/s Throughput interconnect interfaces |
The overall objective of STREAMS is to develop the necessary Silicon Photonics Transceiver and Routing technologies towards a new, power efficient, WDM-based, Tb/s, optical on-board interconnection paradigm that enables multiple high bandwidth, point-to-point direct links on... |
01/02/2016 |
31/01/2019 |
| COMPLETE |
Communication Platform for Tenders of Novels Transport Networks - COMPLETE |
The objective of the COMPLETE project is to optimize spending of public resources when purchasing network equipment and the related services. As a key approach towards this goal, the project proposes to create a common information platform for public procurers and support them... |
01/01/2015 |
31/12/2017 |
| DiStruc |
Directed Colloidal Structure at the Meso-Scale |
Fluid dispersions containing highly elongated colloidal particles form a plethora of ordered, liquid-crystalline states as well as glassy and gel-like disordered states already at very low concentrations. In spite of their remarkable properties, industrial applications of such... |
01/01/2015 |
31/12/2018 |
| PICs4All |
Photonic Integrated Circuits Accessible to Everyone |
The prime objective of PICs4All is to increase the impact of photonics and enable access to the advanced photonic integrated circuit (PIC) technologies for academia, research institutes, SMEs and larger companies. This will be achieved by establishing a European network of... |
01/01/2016 |
31/12/2018 |
| ORCHESTRA |
Optical peRformanCe monitoring enabling dynamic networks using a Holistic cross-layEr, Self-configurable Truly flexible appRoAch |
An optical network, like any system, has to be observable before it can become controllable and be subject to optimization, and this is the first capability ORCHESTRA introduces. ORCHESTRA’s high observability relies on information provided by the coherent transceivers that... |
01/02/2015 |
31/01/2018 |
| SANSA |
Shared Access Terrestrial-Satellite Backhaul Network enabled by Smart Antennas |
The aim of SANSA project is to boost the performance of mobile wireless backhaul networks in terms of capacity and resilience while assuring an efficient use of the spectrum. Recently, a global mobile traffic increase of 11-fold between 2013 and 2018 was predicted, so novel... |
01/02/2015 |
31/01/2018 |
| EXIST |
Extended Image Sensing Technologies |
This project will research new technologies for CMOS image sensors that are needed in the next generation of several application domains.The image sensor research will focus on enhancing the capabilities of current imaging devices:• New design (architectures) and technology... |
01/05/2015 |
30/04/2018 |
| NHQWAVE |
Non-Hermitian Quantum Wave Engineering |
The concept of parity-time (PT)-symmetry is extensively studied now owing to the ubiquitous applications within the fields of optics, photonics, and plasmonics. Among the many recent developments in PT-systems, the application of pseudo-Hermitian ideas not only promises a new... |
01/03/2016 |
29/02/2020 |
| CHARISMA |
Converged Heterogeneous Advanced 5G Cloud-RAN Architecture for Intelligent and Secure Media Access |
CHARISMA proposes an intelligent hierarchical routing and paravirtualised architecture that unites two important concepts: devolved offload with shortest path nearest to end-users and an end-to-end security service chain via virtualized open access physical layer security... |
01/07/2015 |
31/12/2017 |
| VITAL |
VIrtualized hybrid satellite-TerrestriAl systems for resilient and fLexible future networks |
VITAL is an ambitious proposal addressing the combination of Terrestrial and Satellite networks by pursuing two key innovation areas, by bringing Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) into the satellite domain and by enabling Software-Defined-Networking (SDN)-based, federated... |
01/02/2015 |
31/07/2017 |
| EuConNeCts 2 |
European Conferences on Networks and Communications (EuCNC) |
It is the purpose of EuConNeCts 2, a Supporting Action, to organise the following 2 editions, 2016 and 2017, of the EC sponsored conference in the area of communication networks and systems (EuCNC - European Conference on Networks and Communications). EuCNC will serve as a... |
01/03/2015 |
31/08/2017 |
| HAMLET |
Heterogeneous Advancement and hybrid integration of polymer and tripLEx platform for Integrated Microwave PhoTonics |
Microwave photonics technology (MWP) has the potential to create a huge commercial impact by bringing together the worlds of microwave engineering and photonics and by enabling processing functionalities in microwave systems that are complex or totally impossible in the... |
01/12/2015 |
30/11/2018 |
| INCOVER |
Innovative Eco-Technologies for Resource Recovery from Wastewater |
Taking into account the current global water scarcity and the expensive operation and maintenance cost of wastewater treatment, INCOVER concept has been designed to move wastewater treatment from being primarily a sanitation technology towards a bio-product recovery industry... |
01/06/2016 |
31/05/2019 |
| NEPHELE |
eNd to End scalable and dynamically reconfigurable oPtical arcHitecture for application-awarE SDN cLoud datacentErs |
Datacentre traffic is experiencing 2-digit growth challenging the scalability of current network architectures. The new concept of disaggregation exacerbates bandwidth and latency demands whereas emerging cloud business opportunities urge for reliable inter-datacenter... |
01/02/2015 |
31/01/2018 |
| DIVAS |
Distributed vibrational and acoustic sensing technology |
The main target of the DIVAS project is the design and development of a low-cost opto-electronic interrogator for distributed vibration detection on standard communication optical fibers, based on Phase-OTDR technology (Phase-sensitive Optical Time Domain Reflectometry). This... |
01/06/2016 |
31/05/2018 |
| CHIRALSENSE |
CHIRALSENSE : Sensing Chirality using cavity-enhanced polarimetry: advances in sensitivity and time-resolution |
Chiral sensing is crucial to many fields, constituting a multibillion Euro industry. The polarimetric techniques of optical rotation (OR) and circular dichroism (CD) are the most widely-used techniques for the analysis of chiral samples, ranging from the measurement of protein... |
01/04/2015 |
30/09/2016 |
| PHySIS |
Sparse Signal Processing Technologies for HyperSpectral Imaging Systems |
Recent advances in the fields of electronics and optics technology have permitted the design and development of sophisticated hyperspectral imaging sensors, which are able to capture the naturally occurring imaging spectra at a very high spatial resolution forming... |
01/03/2015 |
28/02/2017 |
| ACINO |
Application Centric IP/Optical Network Orchestration |
The Internet has evolved into a three layer structure: at the top layer sit the applications generating traffic that is groomed at the IP and/or OTN layers and finally transported at the optical layer. Specific application needs, such as latency or protection requirements, are... |
01/02/2015 |
31/01/2018 |
| DIMENSION |
Directly Modulated Lasers on Silicon |
DIMENSION establishes a truly integrated electro-optical platform, extending the silicon (Bi)CMOS and silicon photonics platform with III-V photonic functionality. The III-V integration concept is fully CMOS compatible and offers fundamental advantages compared to state-of-the... |
01/02/2016 |
31/01/2020 |
| DIMENSION |
Directly Modulated Lasers on Silicon |
DIMENSION establishes a truly integrated electro-optical platform, extending the silicon (Bi)CMOS and silicon photonics platform with III-V photonic functionality. The III-V integration concept is fully CMOS compatible and offers fundamental advantages compared to state-of-the... |
01/02/2016 |
31/01/2020 |
| LASERLAB-EUROPE |
The Integrated Initiative of European Laser Research Infrastructures |
LASERLAB-EUROPE is the European consortium of major national laser research infrastructures, covering advanced laser science and applications in most domains of research and technology, with particular emphasis on areas with high industrial and social impact, such as bio- and... |
01/12/2015 |
30/11/2019 |
| LiNaBioFluid |
Laser-induced Nanostructures as Biomimetic Model of Fluid Transport in the Integument of Animals |
The integument of an animal body has various functions, which are often achieved by specific micro- and/or nano- hierarchical structures. Examples are the very low water friction and air retention of water spiders or the swim fern of salvinia and the outstanding adhesion... |
01/07/2015 |
30/06/2018 |
| ACCELERATE |
ArChaeological and Climatic data from ELEmental ratios using Rapid Analysis of shell carbonaTE |
ACCELERATE will develop a rapid and affordable technique using Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) to retrieve climatic information preserved in the elemental composition of marine mollusc shell carbonates and establish standardised ways of applying this technique to... |
01/05/2016 |
30/04/2018 |
| EuroPho21 |
Implementing the European Photonics21 PPP strategy |
EuroPho21 provides the decisive support to Photonics21 for strategy development and implementation and paves the way for the re-industrialization of Europe. The networking and coordination among Photonics21 stakeholders and the end user industry in the strategy development and... |
01/01/2015 |
31/12/2017 |
| L3MATRIX |
Large Scale Silicon Photonics Matrix for Low Power and Low Cost Data Centers |
Cloud storage and computing, big data analytics and social media are driving the need for higher bandwidth communications in data centres (DCs). Concurrently, disaggregation and virtualization trends in the DC are forcing the traffic to be between servers and storage elements... |
01/12/2015 |
30/11/2018 |
| MAShES |
Multimodal spectrAl control of laSer processing with cognitivE abilities |
MAShES proposes a breakthrough approach to image-based laser processing closed-loop control. Firstly, a compact, snapshot, and multispectral imaging system in the VIS/MWIR spectral range will be developed. This approach will enable a multimodal process observation that... |
01/12/2014 |
30/11/2017 |
| INCEPTION |
Inclusive Cultural Heritage in Europe through 3D semantic modelling |
INCEPTION realises innovation in 3D modelling of cultural heritage through an inclusive approach for time-dynamic 3D reconstruction of artefacts, built and social environments. It enriches the European identity through understanding of how European cultural heritage... |
01/06/2015 |
31/05/2019 |
| DigiArt |
The Internet Of Historical Things And Building New 3D Cultural Worlds |
DigiArt seeks to provide a new, cost efficient solution to the capture, processing and display of cultural artefacts. It offers innovative 3D capture systems and methodologies, including aerial capture via drones, automatic registration and modelling techniques to speed up... |
01/06/2015 |
31/05/2018 |
| ComMUnion |
Net-shape joining technology to manufacture 3D multi-materials components based on metal alloys and thermoplastic composites |
ComMUnion enables productive and cost effective manufacturing of 3D metal/ Carbon Fibre Reinforced Thermoplastic (CFRT) multi-material components.ComMUnion will develop a novel solution combining tape placement of CFRTs with controlled laser-assisted heating in a multi-stage... |
01/12/2015 |
31/05/2019 |
| MUSE |
Muon campus in US and Europe contribution |
The Muon Campus at FNAL, USA, will host in the next few years two world class experiments dedicated to the search for signals of new physics. Muon g-2 will determine with unprecedented precision the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon while Mu2e will improve by four orders... |
01/01/2016 |
31/12/2019 |
| SYMPLEXITY |
Symbiotic Human-Robot Solutions for Complex Surface Finishing Operations |
In nearly every sector of industrial manufacturing polishing techniques are used. But often manual polishing is the only option because the tasks are too complex to be automated. Therefore in SYMPLEXITY Symbiotic Human-Robot Solutions for Complex Surface Finishing Operations... |
01/01/2015 |
31/12/2018 |
| BOREALIS |
Borealis – the 3A energy class Flexible Machine for the new Additive and Subtractive Manufacturing on next generation of complex 3D metal parts. |
Borealis project presents an advanced concept of machine for powder deposition additive manufacturing and ablation processes that integrates 5 AM technologies in a unique solution. The machine is characterized by a redundant structures constituted by a large portal and a small... |
01/01/2015 |
31/12/2017 |
| NHQWAVE |
Non-Hermitian Quantum Wave Engineering |
The concept of parity-time (PT)-symmetry is extensively studied now owing to the ubiquitous applications within the fields of optics, photonics, and plasmonics. Among the many recent developments in PT-systems, the application of pseudo-Hermitian ideas not only promises a new... |
01/03/2016 |
29/02/2020 |
| RespiceSME |
Regional, National and European Support for Photonics Innovation Clusters enhancing SMEs Innovative Potential |
RespiceSME will reinforce the innovative capacity of Europe’s photonics SMEs, clusters and national platforms by stimulating increased collaborations in and beyond photonics. RespiceSME proposes new approaches for stronger innovative effectiveness using a 3-dimensional... |
01/01/2016 |
31/12/2017 |
| PLASMOfab |
A generic CMOS-compatible platform for co-integrated plasmonics/photonics/electronics PICs towards volume manufacturing of low energy, small size and high performance photonic devices |
PLASMOfab aims to address the ever increasing needs for low energy, small size, high complexity and high performance mass manufactured PICs by developing a revolutionary yet CMOS-compatible fabrication platform for seamless co-integration of active plasmonics with photonic... |
01/01/2016 |
31/12/2018 |
| MEDEA |
Molecular Electron Dynamics investigated by IntensE Fields and Attosecond Pulses |
The interaction of matter with light is one of the most fundamental processes occurring in nature with countless scientific and technological applications. In recent years, the continuing development of intense, ultrashort, coherent light sources from the mid-infrared (mid-IR)... |
01/01/2015 |
31/12/2018 |
| RANGER |
RANGER: RAdars for loNG distance maritime surveillancE and SaR opeRations |
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... |
01/05/2016 |
31/10/2019 |
| GLIOMARK |
Validation of blood-brain-barrier permeability as a glioma biomarker by means of the radiotracer 99mTc-tetrofosmin and single-photon emission computer tomography |
Objective of GLIOMARK is to clinically validate the permeability of the blood brain barrier (BBB) as an in vivo biomarker for the diagnosis and grading of gliomas. This will be accomplished by means of the radiotracer 99mTc-tetrofosmin (TTF) and the imaging technique... |
01/07/2015 |
30/06/2019 |
| Lumiblast |
A paradigm shift in cancer therapy – using mitochondria-powered chemiluminescence to non-invasively treat inaccessible tumours |
Brain cancers such as glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) are practically incurable due to their location, invasiveness and highly aggressive nature. The use of light-based treatments of GBM by activating tumor-localized photosensitizers, such as in photodynamic therapy (PDT) has... |
01/10/2016 |
31/03/2021 |
| STREAMS |
Silicon Photonics Transceiver and Routing technologies for High-End Multi-Socket Server Blades with Tb/s Throughput interconnect interfaces |
The overall objective of STREAMS is to develop the necessary Silicon Photonics Transceiver and Routing technologies towards a new, power efficient, WDM-based, Tb/s, optical on-board interconnection paradigm that enables multiple high bandwidth, point-to-point direct links on...
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01/02/2016 |
31/01/2019 |
