Author Archives: Sofia Tsourinaki

TeamUP

HOLISTIC CAPABILITY AND TECHNOLOGY EVALUATION AND CO-CREATION FRAMEWORK FOR UPSKILLED FIRST RESPONDERS AND ENHANCED CBRN-E RESPONSE The TeamUP project addresses global concerns about CBRN-E incidents targeting civilians by focusing on reinforcing capabilities and response measures in Europe. Currently, First Responder teams face challenges related to insufficient training, equipment, and resources for managing CBRN-E hazards, leading…

RURBANIVE

RUral-uRBAN synergies emerged in an immersIVE innovation ecosystem RURBANIVE project aims to develop 6 rural-urban enablers (RUEs), innovations in 6 domains favouring bi-directional rural/urban synergies and a well-being economy. A digital space, the “Community Store”, the prominent result of RURBANIVE, will integrate the RUEs along with the “Community of Practice Suite” of policies, facilitating rural/…

ONCODIR

Evidence-based Participatory Decision Making for Cancer Prevention through implementation research Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common cancer types, particularly among populations with lower socioeconomic status due to adverse health behaviors. The ONCODIR project addresses CRC prevention through multidisciplinary research methods, integrating health policy analytics, social and behavioural science, AI-powered multi-omics, retrospective data…

i-TRIER

Innovative Triage management system strengthening Resilience and Inter-operability of Emergency medical service Launch Year: 2022End Year: 2024 i-TRIER addresses the challenges associated with the effectiveness and efficiency of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Civil Protection agencies decision making, management and response to major emergencies, either due to natural disasters or man-made incidents, supporting the development of novel,…

PLEIADES

Advancing Aerospace Composites through Induction Welding & New Vitrimeric Formulations Enhanced by Integrated Photonic Sensors, Providing Data to Digital Supply Chain, SHM, Maintenance [January 2025 – December 2027] PCRL participates in PLEIADES Project. The composites aerostructures market is projected to grow to 116 billion by 2030, attributed to the increasing demand for advanced materials in…

LaiQa

Leap in Advancing of crItical Quantum key distribution-spAce components [January 2024 – December 2026] PCRL coordinates the LaiQa Project. LaiQa comes as a technology intensive research and innovation action aiming to develop and advance critical components and technologies necessary to build a global spaced-based quantum network. LaiQa envisions to realize unconditionally secure quantum communications over…

QSNP

Quantum Secure Networks Partnership [March 2023 – February 2027] PCRL participates in QSNP Project. The Quantum Secure Networks Partnership (QSNP) project aims at creating a sustainable European ecosystem in quantum cryptography and communication. A majority of its partners, which include world-leading academic groups, research and technology organizations (RTOs), quantum component and system spin-offs, cybersecurity providers,…

AEOLUS

an Affordable, miniaturisEd, clOud-connected system powered by deep Learning algorithms for comprehensive air qUality measurements based on highly integrated mid-IR photonic [January 2021 – December 2023] PCRL coordinated the AEOLUS Project. AEOLUS, leveraging on the experience of its partners on novel photonic components (e.g. broadband thermal emitter, graphene photodetector), demonstrated in an operational environment (TRL 7)…

PICaboo

Photonic Integrated Circuits on InP technology plAtform enaBling low cost metro netwOrks and next generation PONs [January 2021 – December 2023] PCRL coordinated the PICaboo Project. The rapid expansion of cloud applications, 5G, and IoT pushed modern networks to their limits, requiring higher capacity and lower latency. Photonic integration emerged as a key enabling technology…

PhotonHub Europe

One-Stop-Shop Open Access to Photonics Innovation Support for a Digital Europe [January 2021 – April 2026] PCRL participates in PhotonHub Europe Project. PhotonHub Europe will establish a single pan-EU Photonics Innovation Hub which integrates the best-in-class photonics technologies, facilities, expertise and experience of 53 partners from all over Europe, including the coordinators of EU pilot…