Europe's Digital Decade, EIC Pathfinder projects, success stories and more

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	21 April 2021 	


  Digital Excellence & Science Infrastructure


	
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Europe's Digital Decade: Commission sets the course towards a digitally 
empowered Europe by 2030

The Commission recently presented a vision, targets and avenues for a 
successful digital transformation of Europe by 2030. This is also 
critical to achieve the transition towards a climate neutral, circular 
and resilient economy. The EU's ambition is to be digitally sovereign in 
an open and interconnected world, and to pursue digital policies that 
empower people and businesses to seize a human centred, sustainable and 
more prosperous digital future. This includes addressing vulnerabilities 
and dependencies as well as accelerating investment.

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Open Science and Digital Modelling
BELLA programme completes cable construction connecting Europe and Latin 
America

The BELLA programme completed on March 4th the construction of the vast 
new undersea EllaLink submarine cable system that will link Europe and 
Latin America. Work now begins to bring BELLA connectivity online, 
providing the high capacity and low latency necessary for data-intensive 
research and education use.

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photo of the final connection of the cable system, linking Europe and 
Latin America

EU projects in the fight against coronavirus
HBP Call for Expressions of Interest (CEoI): COVID-19 and its impact on 
the brain and mental health

A Human Brain Project (HBP) Call for Expression of Interest (CEoI) to 
support COVID-19 research, in particular in the field of 
COVID-19-related brain-disorders and mental health issues, by building 
on the strengths of EBRAINS research infrastructure. The successful 
applicant(s) will contribute, in close collaboration with HBP Partners, 
to the HBP project mission, complement expertise already present in the 
HBP, and use a portfolio of tools and services provided by EBRAINS to 
conduct the proposed work.

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Interviews
International Day of Women and Girls in Science

More than 5 years ago, on 22 December 2015, the UN General Assembly 
decided to establish an annual International Day to recognize the 
critical role women and girls play in science and technology. Since 
then, the International Day of Women and Girls in Science is celebrated 
on 11 February, to commemorate the inaugural High-Level World Women’s 
Health and Development Forum, which gave birth to the original idea and 
took place on the same date in 2015.

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Visualisation - Woman, Brain and Microchips

Success stories
Spintex project successfully presented next generation textile at 
Silicon Valley pitching event

In October 2020, SPINTEX, the coordinator of the Innovation Launchpad 
Pathfinder Open “Silk Aquamelts to Market” (SAM) project, participated 
to IndieBio, the world's first accelerator devoted to startups using 
biology to solve the world's largest problems.

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Bio4Comp unveils novel aspects of cell function

Bio4Comp is a 66-month FET Proactive project, which started in January 
2017. It focuses on parallel network-based biocomputation. The project 
has recently published a study presenting the use of their technology in 
molecular research.

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EIC Pathfinder pilot
Neurotwin proposes a novel therapy for Alzheimer’s disease

Neurotwin is a new EIC Pathfinder project that will build a 
computational framework to represent the mechanisms of interaction of 
electric fields with personalized brain networks and assimilate 
neuroimaging data in order to design personalized optimization 
strategies to treat Alzheimer’s disease.

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subject data using finite element methods (physical models) and 
computational neuroscience models.

New EU project ‘ONEM’ develops a unique hybrid imaging technique

The ONEM project will develop a new non-invasive microscopy technique 
for imaging dynamic processes at interfaces, called Optical Near-field 
Electron Microscopy.

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The Low Energy Electron Microscope at Leiden University

A-LEAF: exploring artificial photosynthesis

The objective of the A-LEAF (An Artificial Leaf) project is to develop a 
novel concept for a photo-electro-catalytic cell from earth-abundant 
materials for sustainable solar production of CO2-based chemicals and 
fuels. It is a FET Proactive project that started in January 2017.

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OPTOMICS: Digital twin technology improving type-2 diabetes healthcare

The EU Horizon 2020 OPTOMICS project will develop and validate a 
digital-twin model, which aims at developing non-invasive and 
inexpensive prognostic and treatment planning methods for type-2 
diabetes patients.

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AI for augmented reality and virtual reality projects
Collaboration agreement on Artificial Intelligence for extended social 
interaction

The projects, which succeeded in the FET Proactive Emerging Paradigms 
and Communities call (FETPROACT-EIC-07-2020), subtopic A: Artificial 
Intelligence for extended social interaction, have set a collaboration 
agreement to strengthen dissemination and impact of project results

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A new immersive audio technology for virtual and augmented reality

The immersive audio technology is developed by SONICOM, a new EIC 
Pathfinder project, which will revolutionize the way we interact 
socially within AR/VR environments and applications.

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A new research fights against touch deprivation

TOUCHLESS, a new project supported under the EU’s Horizon 2020 EIC 
Pathfinder funding programme, proposes innovation in haptic technologies 
used in virtual social interactions. It could help people who cannot 
fulfil their need for touch, e.g. because of social distancing rules.

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EXPERIENCE offers a new technology for transmission of senses into the 
virtual reality of the future

EXPERIENCE is a new Pathfinder project focused on virtual and augmented 
reality. With the help of artificial intelligence, it provides a 
yet-uncovered dimension of interpersonal communication.

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Environmental intelligence
RAMONES offers a breakthrough innovation for radioactivity monitoring in 
ocean ecosystems

A new Pathfinder (FET Proactive) project called RAMONES proposes new and 
efficient solutions for in situ, continuous, long-term monitoring of 
radioactivity in harsh subsea environments.

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Visualisation of monitoring radioactivity by RAMONES project

Five EU projects join forces to develop an Environmental Intelligence 
system

The collaboration agreement between 5 EIC Pathfinder/FET Proactive 
projects has been signed. Its main aim is to deliver a blueprint for a 
full-fledged system for environmental intelligence.

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Could seeds teach us how to monitor environmental parameters?

I-Seed, a new Pathfinder project, takes inspiration from nature and 
proposes a plant-inspired technology allowing in-situ environmental 
monitoring.

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Predicting socio-environmental evolution in highly anthropized coastal 
lagoons

A new EIC Pathfinder project, SMARTLAGOON, intends to develop a digital 
twin to build a systemic understanding of the socio-environmental 
inter-relationships affecting costal lagoons and their ecosystem.

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Mar Menor coastline

Energy projects
EPISTORE sets a revolution in energy technologies

EPISTORE is a new project supported under the EIC Pathfinder scheme. Its 
objective is to propose a novel paradigm technology for energy storage 
enhanced by breakthrough nanoscale concepts.

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Earth inside a bulb

Electro-Intrusion develops a game-changing technology for automotive 
industry

Electro-Intrusion develops a low-cost and environment friendly 
technology for conversion of abundant waste energy into useful electricity.

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New solution for solar energy conversion and storage by LIGHT-CAP

LIGHT-CAP is an EIC Pathfinder project develops an eco-friendly 
technology for efficient harness of solar energy as a primary resource.

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Visualisation of the LightCap Method

HySolChem brings artificial photosynthesis to wastewater treatment

HySolChem is developing an innovative, low-cost reactor for capturing 
greenhouse gases and producing high value fuels and chemicals, while 
contextually removing harmful pollutants from wastewater. And all of 
this with photosynthesis.

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