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Projects arranged by subject and age group, ready to use in class.

Ages 10-19:10+12+14+16+18+

Mathematics · Ages 13-19
Where do abstract mathematical ideas turn up in the real world?

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HE2024–2027· 11 🌍

BeyondTheEdge · Higher-Order Networks and Dynamics

The scientific aim of the MSCA-DN BeyondTheEdge is to identify the role of nonpairwise ‘higher-order’ interactions in the emergence of complex dynamical behaviour of networks of interacting units. Traditionally, networks are equated with gr…

HE2024–2028· 8 🌍

TENORS · Tensor modEliNg, geOmetRy and optimiSation

For the first 24 months of the project, the project has been implemented in line with the overall objectives. In terms of theoretical advances, we have had new results on the study of tensor spaces (objective 1), including generalized addit…

HE2024–2026· 2 🌍

EXCICO · Extremal Combinatorics and Circuit Complexity

Computation is a central aspect of our lives. Even when we are not consciously aware of it, we are often manipulating information to produce new information by applying a set of formal rules.

HE2023–2025· 2 🌍

Systoles-diastoles · Systolic and diastolic estimates in geometry

The project was dedicated to two families of geometric invariants, ubiquitous in different areas of theoretical mathematics, as well as computer science, and the physics of quantum computations. These are called systoles and diastoles.

HE2023–2025· 3 🌍

BORCA · Borel combinatorics and Approximations

This project concerns research on the boundary between analysis, logic and combinatorics, more specifically, investigates problems in descriptive set theory and their interactions with measure theory, dynamical systems, computer science and…

HE2023–2025· 2 🌍

HATS · Holography and Topological Semimetals

Weyl semimetals are a recently-discovered class of materials, which have various unusual properties. For example, they conduct electricity in a manner different from ordinary metals, which may make them useful for building novel electronic…

HE2023–2025· 3 🌍

DefHyp · Deformation Theory of infinite-type hyperbolic manifolds

The DefHyp project aimed to explore the deformation theory of infinite-type hyperbolic 3-manifolds, building on the researcher's pioneering work in this emerging area of geometry and topology. The main research objectives, as outlined in An…

HE2023–2027· 6 🌍

GECKO · Design for IGA-type discretization workflows

The GECKO project aims to bridge the gap between Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) by integrating computational models into industrial workflows. Traditional CAE modeling is slow and error-prone in its preproc…

HE2023–2025· 2 🌍

SPEEDY · SPin tExturEs and DYnamics in 3D complex nanostructures

In a world driven by technological advances, the "SPEEDY" project aims to deepen the understanding of three-dimensional nanomagnetic systems. These systems, with novel and unconventional spin textures, are an exciting platform to explore ne…

HE2023–2025· 2 🌍

CODAG · Complexity in Dynamical systems, Algebra, and Geometry

In the last decades, the field of complex dynamical systems has established itself not merely as a stand-alone subject, but as a source of deeply influential examples and paradigms for many other areas of mathematics, including topology, co…

HE2023–2025· 2 🌍

STREAM · Solid Through Rigid Electrolyte: Advanced Measurements

The aim of the present research proposal is to study the influence of stack pressure on the degradation of Na-based solid-state batteries (i.e. dendritic growth) by coupling the electrochemical in-plane cell operation to on-line optical/ele…

HE2023–2027· 6 🌍

ENCODE · European Network in Coding Theory and Applications

While modern society is heavily dependent on digital technologies, data can be compromised, damaged or disappear due to errors induced by noise, disc failures, untrustworthy servers and malicious cyber-attacks. Transmission and storage of d…

HE2022–2024· 2 🌍

ABCD · Around Braids, Categories and Distances

My project aims at proving the usefulness of categorical methods for questions in geometric group theory. Groups are central objects in mathematics: integers form a group under addition, symmetries of an object form a group,...

H20202022–2025· 2 🌍

ROCHE · “Multilayer approach for solid-state batteries” - (ROCHE)

Solid electrolytes represent a significant advancement in battery technology, primarily due to their potential to address the key challenges faced by liquid electrolytes, such as safety risks associated with flammability, leakage, and therm…

H20202022–2025· 2 🌍

DUNAMICS · Analysis and prediction of submarine dune dynamics

Sand dunes pose a significant risk for offshore activities in coastal areas and for navigation along the most frequented maritime routes. The presence of sand dunes leads to a significant increase of the flow resistance, which needs to be c…

H20202022–2025· 2 🌍

SPINBHMICRO · New Horizons for Holography

Black holes are elusive celestial objects: they are formed by collapse of heavy stars and are characterized by an event horizon that prevents us from seeing the atoms they are composed of. Black holes are thermodynamic ensembles, and they p…

H20202022–2025· 2 🌍

HO2PF · High-order two-phase flow modelling

Two-phase flows are the flows of two immiscible phases separated by an interface such as, for instance, mixtures of air and water or water and oil. They are ubiquitous in nature and central to many engineering applications, with contributio…

H20202022–2024· 2 🌍

LIMORD · Longitudinal Integrative Models for Online Relapse Detection

The project is focused on exploiting longitudinal and heterogeneous patient data in order to detect their relapse. In Multiple Myeloma (MM), detecting relapse remains a difficult task, with about a third of detections evaluated from painful…

H20202021–2024· 2 🌍

NN-OVEROPT · Neural Network : An Overparametrization Perspective

The problem being addressed: We study the generalization behaviour of training with SGD on convex as well as non-convex models. Importance for society: Our work does not have any direct consequence on society, however, our works make progre…

H20202021–2026· 11 🌍

EXPOWER · EXPOnential analysis emPOWERing innovation

The EXPOWER project combines a broad spectrum of key research and training activities on Multi-Exponential Analysis with applications in industry, that are currently being undertaken in some premier research institutes. The network is inter…

H20202021–2026· 10 🌍

RandNET · Randomness and learning in networks

Networks are a simple but enormously effective model to represent the interaction of a large number of physical, social or economic systems. Nowadays networks are present in all areas of science, technology and society, from biology to econ…

H20202021–2024· 2 🌍

Hyper-KOD · The Hyper-Kamiokande Outer Detector

The Hyper-Kamiokande (Hyper-K) experiment addresses several significant problems in fundamental physics and our understanding of the universe. One key issue is the need to unravel the mysteries surrounding neutrinos, which are elusive parti…

H20202020–2023· 2 🌍

EMPHABIOSYS · Emergence of New Phases in Biopolymer Systems

The aim of the EMPHABIOSYS project is to understand proteins, the molecular machines of life that are key actors in virtually all biochemical processes within the cell. At a biochemical level, proteins are short chain molecules built from a…

H20202020–2024· 7 🌍

TraDE-OPT · Training Data-driven Experts in OPTimization

The TraDE-OPT project aimed to train 15 experts in optimization for data science, equipping them with a strong multidisciplinary background to advance the state of the art. In today's world, data is generated at an unprecedented scale.

H20202020–2023· 2 🌍

DeFacto · Design Automation for Smart Factories

Manufacturing is undergoing what many identified as "a fourth industrial revolution": production lines are becoming complex networked systems, equipped with teams of robots that manipulate products and take care of the logistics and shop-fl…

H20202020–2023· 2 🌍

EAGRE · Eagre/Aegir: high-seas wave-impact modelling

The EU project ``Eagre: high-seas wave-impact modelling'' (project no. 859983) has established numerical wavetanks with which we have analysed the effects of extreme waves and wave-wind-turbine interactions, for deployment in the maritime-e…

H20202020–2023· 2 🌍

QUABODYP · QUAntum Black hOle DYnamics and Phenomenology

Questions related to the fate of singularities in black holes or in cosmological situations are a sign that our current theory of geometry breaks down in such extreme conditions and should be replaced by a more complete, fundamental theory.…

H20202020–2025· 11 🌍

PANGAIA · Pan-genome Graph Algorithms and Data Integration

PANGAIA is a network of researchers who are working on laying down the algorithmic foundations of graph pangenomics, a new computational field that aims to renew genome informatics by replacing the notion of linear reference genome with a m…

H20202019–2022· 2 🌍

ELNANO · Charge transport in nanochannels

Accurate prediction of macromolecular structure and function is a key challenge in many fields, from designing new nanomaterials to drug discovery. Nanoparticles, nanochannels, proteins, and other biomolecules are typically charged, and thi…

H20202019–2025· 7 🌍

HYDROTRONICS · Hydrodynamic electronics

Advances in the fabrication of ultra-pure low-dimensional materials have led in recent years to the emergence of a new area of research – hydrodynamic electronics. This cutting-edge field investigates how electrons behave like a fluid in ul…

H20202019–2021· 2 🌍

TurantypeProblems · Turan-type problems for graphs and hypergraphs

Advances in technology have called for the need to understand large complex networks. All networks in real world can be modeled using a graph or a hypergraph: individual objects are represented using nodes (vertices) while connections among…

H20202019–2022· 2 🌍

HoloFlat · Holography for Asymptotically Flat Spacetimes

Over the last 25 years, there has been immense progress in understanding the elusive nature of quantum gravity and black holes by using the so-called holographic principle. This principle states that a theory of quantum gravity in a given r…

H20202019–2024· 5 🌍

CoSP · Combinatorial Structures and Processes

CoSP addresses international collaboration in discrete mathematics and theoretical computer science. Experts from different continents and different domains will work with each other and with students in various stages of their studies.

H20202019–2023· 6 🌍

STINTS · Skin Tissue INTegrity under Shear

The core of the STINTS consortium is a cohort of 13 early-stage researchers (ESRs) and their supervisors that are based in 6 academic and 2 private sector institutions. The wider STINTS network also includes staff from 9 partner organisatio…

H20202019–2024· 9 🌍

MLFPM2018 · Machine Learning Frontiers in Precision Medicine

Healthcare is entering the digital era: More and more patient data, from the molecular level of genome sequences to the level of image phenotypes and health history, are available in digital form. Exploring this big health data promises to…

H20202019–2024· 5 🌍

FUNGLASS · FUNctional GLASS

FUNGLASS integration in photonic devices and components addresses one of the most crucial challenges in research and innovation which lies in the design and manufacturing of optical components and systems. Among the materials used in photon…

H20202018–2023· 9 🌍

PEP-NET · Predictive Epigenetics: Fusing Theory and Experiment

Epigenetics research aims to understand how a single genomic DNA sequence can generate and maintain the extraordinary diversity of cell identities and functions that comprise the adult organism. Modifications of DNA and chromatin and the bi…

H20202018–2023· 7 🌍

SAS · Safer Autonomous Systems

What was the challenge? Previously, prevailing safety standards and assurance methods were tailored to systems featuring human intervention capabilities, rather than autonomous systems equipped with predefined responses.

H20202018–2023· 9 🌍

ChromDesign · Chromatin architecture and Design

Understanding human disease often means facing complex challenges that require a holistic approach to problem-solving. Inter-, and trans-disciplinary research is essential in meeting these challenges, as it brings together different perspec…

H20202018–2022· 4 🌍

ABC-EU-XVA · Valuation Adjustments for Improved Risk Management

This EID project aimed to address a number of significant challenges arising from the mathematical modelling, numerical computation and risk management, in the form of valuation adjustments, of financial contracts. Valuation adjustments rep…

H20202018–2022· 4 🌍

BIGMATH · Big Data Challenges for Mathematics

The main domains of interest of the BIGMATH project lie in the areas of optimization, statistics, and large-scale linear algebra, which are the most relevant topics for effective machine learning techniques and ability to build good data-dr…

H20202018–2022· 6 🌍

SAGEX · Scattering Amplitudes: from Geometry to Experiment

Scattering Amplitudes: from Geometry to Experiment (SAGEX) was a EU Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action (MSCA) Innovative Training Network (ITN), funded from 01 September 2018 to 31 August 2022. The network comprised 8 Beneficiaries…

H20202018–2022· 2 🌍

QuasiHyp · Quasi-random hypergraphs

This project aims to create novel mathematical methods that facilitate a better understanding of the properties of large networks. Large networks appear in many real-life situations such as the network of routers in the Internet, social net…

H20202018–2023· 9 🌍

NoMADS · Nonlocal Methods for Arbitrary Data Sources

This research network addresses problems with data that can be interpreted and/or processed via nonlocal relationships. Typical examples include 3D point-cloud data used in several industrial applications, data derived from imaging techniqu…

H20202018–2022· 7 🌍

HealthPros · Healthcare Performance Intelligence Professionals

Healthcare performance measurement, performance-based healthcare governance mechanisms and the utilization of healthcare performance intelligence by different end-users are key to today’s healthcare system challenges. Globally, healthcare s…

H20202018–2022· 6 🌍

STIMULATE · Simulation in multiscale physical and biological systems

Simulation alongside theory and experiment is nowadays considered an integral part of scientific discovery. As computation speeds up and new technologies and instruments improve, data generation in all fields of science is rapidly increasin…

H20202018–2021· 6 🌍

MINOA · Mixed-Integer Non-Linear Optimisation Applications

Building upon the achievements of the Marie-Curie ITN Mixed-Integer Non-Linear Optimisation (MINO), the goal of MINOA was to train the next generation of highly qualified researchers and managers in applied mathematics, operations research…

H20202018–2021· 7 🌍

SynCrop · Synthetic Circuits for Robust Orthogonal Production

At present, the exploitation of the potential of synthetic biology is greatly hindered by our limited ability to predict how production modules, also called synthetic circuits, will behave when implemented in living cells. SynCrop consortiu…