Supercomputers, sustainable batteries, EIC Pathfinder projects and success stories, forthcoming events and event reports

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	10 February 2021 	


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EU invests almost €7 million in European world-class supercomputing in 
Portugal

Today the European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking, which 
pools European resources to buy and deploy world-class supercomputers 
and technologies, announced the signature for a contract worth €20 
million for a new supercomputing system: Deucalion in Portugal. The EU 
will contribute nearly €7 million to the cost of the supercomputer, 
which will be capable of up to 10 petaflops or 10 million billion 
calculations per second, and will be hosted by the Minho Advanced 
Computing Centre (MACC).

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graphic representing a high performance computing centre

Commission approves €2.9 billion public support by twelve Member States 
for a second pan-European research and innovation project along the 
entire battery value chain

The Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a second 
Important Project of Common European Interest (“IPCEI”) to support 
research and innovation in the battery value chain. The project, called 
“European Battery Innovation” was jointly prepared and notified by 
Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, 
Poland, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden.

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slide showing the list of participants of the second pan-European 
battery research and innovation project

EIC Pathfinder pilot
A new Pathfinder project enhances SME innovation in robotics

The new project is called VeriDream. It focuses on vertical innovation 
in robotics enabled by Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods.

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green chip board (close up)

CAROUSEL pushes the limits of digital communications

CAROUSEL, a new Pathfinder project, paves the way for emergence of 
social- physical behaviour of digital characters by better understanding 
human body-language and being capable to interact autonomously with a 
group of people.

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Dancing with wearable devices and AI-driven characters

Breakthrough biotechnology for monitoring of local environment

A new Pathfinder project called WatchPlant develops novel biotechnology 
systems for in-situ monitoring.

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Close-up of dandelion fluff with morning dew drops

How to help ReSET economy and environment through spatial planning

A new Pathfinder project called ReSET explores spatial policy solutions 
for sustainable development focused on employment, economy and 
environment win-wins, and proposes scientific and technological 
breakthroughs to build a systemic understanding of socio-environmental 
interrelationships.

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highway crossing (bird view)

HiPowAR: Powering the way for renewable ammonia

A new Pathfinder project called HiPowAR develops a reactor for the 
direct energy conversion of ammonia fuel to power.

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membrane reactor

Exploring a new source of clean energy with CleanHME

CleanHME, a new Pathfinder project, explores the use of hydrogen–metal 
energy for powering small mobile systems and in stand-alone heat and 
electricity generators.

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Image of a tree in a broken glass bubble

A new Pathfinder project works on green supply of electrical power on 
demand

The new project LESGO targets its research on hydrogen and its 
exploitability for electric storage, and wants to improve it thanks to 
use of 2D-materials.

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Artistic illustration of the 2D material graphene being used for green 
energies

EU projects in the fight against coronavirus
DIGIPREDICT develops digital-twin technology improving diagnostics 
methods for COVID-19

DIGIPREDICT proposes the first of its kind digital twin – designed, 
developed and calibrated on patient measurements of various digital 
biomarkers and their interaction.

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Multi-layered graphics of human body (semi-transparent) and binary coding

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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Portrait of FET researchers
Interview with Future and Emerging Technologies Innovator Silvia Scaglione

Silvia Scaglione is specialist in bioengineering. Since 2010, she is a 
permanent researcher at the Italian National Research Council (CNR) and 
head of the Laboratory of Tissue Engineering CNR-IEIIT in Genoa. She is 
also founder, president and chief scientist of React4Life, an innovative 
biotech start-up.

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Silvia Scaglione

Forthcoming Events
CONNECT University: Webinar on Plant-inspired robotics for environmental 
sustainability

The 2021 programme of CONNECT University continues with an open webinar 
which unveils novel applications of robotics in addressing environmental 
challenges. The event takes place on 16th February 2021.

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	16/02/2021

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Research Meets Industry

FET BRIEFING organizes an online matchmaking event for Future and 
Emerging Technologies projects focused on energy.

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	04/03/2021

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Event reports
Destination Earth (DestinE) Architecture Validation Workshop - Summary 
Report
The purpose of the DestinE Architecture Validation workshop, held on 26 
November 2020, was to present the state-of-play and the progress made 
regarding the design of DestinE’s architecture, receive targeted 
feedback from experts on specific matters related to it, and refine the 
proposed architecture approach.

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