ICT Research & Innovation

The Graphene Flagship's overriding goal is to take graphene, related layered materials and hybrid systems from a state of raw potential to a point where they can revolutionise multiple industries. The Flagship is looking for new industrial partners that bring in specific industrial and technology transfer competences or capabilities that complement the present Flagship consortium. Call topics are on "Magnetic sensors" and "Functional Foams and Coatings". Deadline 22 Feb 2016.

An online networking tool is now available to proposers to find potential partners for proposing a project under the Horizon 2020 funding programme, topics 'ICT for Health, Wellbeing and Demographic Change' (Societal Challenge 1 or SC1).

The Future Emerging Art and Technology (FEAT) project envisages an innovative "cultural exchange" by placing artists within different ongoing Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) projects.

The AXA Research Fund has awarded ICFO (The Institute of Photonic Sciences) funding for a Chair for a quantum information technology project that will focus on risks associated with data privacy. The chair has a budget of € 1.7 million and during the first 5 years, it will be led by Prof. Antonio Acín.

The robot Kompaï helps older, dependent or disabled people to live independently at home for as long as possible. Kompaï was designed to accommodate in particular people suffering from cognitive decline. People can be safe at home and stay in permanent connection to the outside world due to internet access and dedicated applications in Kompaï.

The fall detector validated in the FATE project is a highly sensitive device for fall detection. When a fall is detected, a message is sent to a phone number of a relative, carer or alarm monitoring centre. The device is very small and light and can be worn in a customised belt comfortably and securely at all times. It can be easily connected to the user smartphone using Bluetooth. A proprietary App for Android makes its management very easy and transparent for the user.

Parkinson’s disease affects more than one million people in Europe today and this number is expected to double by 2030. Most of the symptoms are connected to movement, which makes it very important to monitor the patients' motor conditions. The REMPARK project developed a prototype of a monitoring device for patients. This device opens new possibilities for a more accurate disease management as it allows real-time monitoring of the evolution of the patient in ambulatory conditions.

The team behind CogNet predicts that there will be 11.5 billion mobile-ready devices in the world by 2020, as well as more connected devices. But the current mobile and wireless bandwidth will not be able to cope with Europe’s ever-increasing data demands. The CogNet solution? Automatic network management through machine learning algorithms.

The conference is being organized in Cambridge by two Future and Emerging Technologies projects: MULTI and TOLOP. It will cover a number of CMOS-tech-related topics, and shed light on complex logic operations in molecular media.

RoboCity2030 is a regional hub specialising in robotics with emphasis on human centred applications with projects on assited living, social robotics, search and rescue and much more. They are organising a workshop presenting the results of several EU-funded robotics projects from FP7 and H2020.

With today’s technology, supercomputers of the future would consume the amount of energy needed to power a little town. To allow the further development in exascale supercomputing without that extremely energy-intense trade-off, Exa2green developed a set of energy efficient High-Performance Computing (HPC) components, tools and algorithms.

This year's Conference of Partners is dedicated to the theme "Accelerating market uptake of active and healthy ageing innovation across Europe." Achievements as well as the future vision for the Partnership will be discussed with concrete steps towards the set goals.

The FET Proactive call "Boosting emerging technologies" of the FET Work Programme 2016-2017 has 3 topics: "Emerging themes and communities" (deadline April 2016, check more information below); "FET ERANET Cofund in Quantum Technologies" (deadline April 2016);"FET ERANET Cofund" (to be opened for proposals submission in September 206).
There is also a dedicated call for proposals on High Performance Computing (which will be opened for proposals submission in April 2016).

During the Supercomputing Conference SC15 (15-20 November 2015, Austin, USA), P. Tsarchopoulos from the European Commission presented the "European Supercomputing Research Programme" to the audience. Take a look at the slides he presented.

The European Commission is organising an information session in Brussels for Grant Coordinators, so they can learn legal aspects, business processes and IT tools used to prepare amendments and reports with particular attention to the financial aspects and eligibility of costs.

RADIO is a Horizon 2020 action to develop an Ambient Assisted Living solution that integrates robotic and home automation technologies. The RADIO Home is designed to support independent living of elderly population. Three academic partners, three SMEs and three clinical partners, led by the National Centre of Scientific Research “Demokritos” (Greece), cooperate to develop the RADIO ecosystem and to pilot the system in two clinical sites (Italy, Spain) and several home environments (Greece).

Latest news on Future and Emerging Technologies research, funding opportunities, latest project news, reporting on workshops & conferences and future events.

Latest news on Future and Emerging Technologies research, funding opportunities in 2016, latest project news, reporting on workshops & conferences and future events.

This brokerage event will offer the opportunity to meet stakeholders in the robotics field and to learn about the open calls for proposals.

Did you know the Horizon 2020 Future and Emerging Technologies programme "FET-Open" receives an extremely high number of submissions each year and the chances of new brilliant ideas to be funded by the EU programme have dramatically dropped? It leaves a lot of great interdisciplinary thinking unrewarded and a lot of people disappointed - this problem needs to be addressed if "FET-Open" is to remain credible as an early detector of future technologies.