An integrated approach to enhance food systems resilience, advocating for food security and uninterrupted food supply SecureFood is a 42-month, €8m Horizon Europe project, that embraces a systems-thinking approach to transform global food security and address the complexities in food production and delivery that exist around the world. The goal of SecureFood is to establish…
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…
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,…
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…
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,…
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…
Neuro-augmented 112Gbaud CMOS plasmonic transceiver platform for Intra- and Inter-DCI applications [January 2020 – December 2022] PCRL participated in the NEBULA Project. NEBULA aimed to provide the foundations for a common future-proof transceiver technology platform with ultra-high bandwidth capabilities, offered by a CMOS-compatible toolkit and tailored to meet performance, cost, and energy metrics in both…
Accelerating Photonics Deployment via one Stop Shop Advanced Technology Access for Researchers [January 2019 – December 2023] PCRL participated in ACTPHAST 4.0 project. ACTPHAST 4.0 was a unique “one-stop-shop rapid prototyping incubator” for supporting photonics innovation by European companies, which was financially supported by the European Commission under Horizon2020. ACTPHAST supported and accelerated the innovation…
Affordable Quantum Communication for Everyone: Revolutionizing the Quantum Ecosystem from Fabrication to Application [October 2018 – June 2022] PCRL participated in UNIQORN project. Quantum communication was recognised as one of the pillars for the second quantum revolution thanks to its unique potential for information-theoretical data security. Turning this promise into tangible assets depends however, on…
Low-coSt and energy-efficient hybrid Photonic integrated circuits for fibeR-optic, free-space optIcal and mmWave commuNication systems supporting Time critical networking in industrial EnviRonments [September 2022 – February 2026] PCRL coordinates the SPRINTER Project. SPRINTER will provide a set of low-cost, energy-efficient, and ultra-dynamic optical transceivers and an optical switching solution to cope with the diverse needs…
