Programme: HORIZON

Call: HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01

Role: beneficiary

Start date: 01/10/2023 - End date: 30/09/2027

Scientific contact person: Luca Pilia

Website link: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101115149

Short description: The ARTEMIS project aims to develop quantum sources of single or correlated photons, based on metal-organic materials, for applications in quantum cryptography, sensing, and metrology. The contribution of UniCA focuses on the design, synthesis, and characterization of metal complexes capable of generating photon pairs or triplets through the SPDC mechanism.

Programme: HORIZON

Call: HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01

Role: beneficiary

Start date: 01/10/2022 - End date: 30/09/2025

Scientific contact person: Stefano Lai

Website link: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101070328

Short description: The project BioMeld - A Modular Framework for Designing and Producing Biohybrid Machines aims to define development, manufacturing, and testing processes for soft robots in an industrial context through the integration of physical simulation and innovative manufacturing. UNICA is responsible for developing a flexible platform for stimulating and monitoring the movement of the soft robot.

Programme: HORIZON

Call: HORIZON-CL3-2023-CS-01

Role: beneficiary

Start date: 01/11/2024 - End date: 30/10/2027

Scientific contact person: Battista Biggio

Website link: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101168560

Short description: CoEvolution will establish a comprehensive security and risk assessment process for AI models throughout their lifecycle, ensuring its security since the design phase.
UNICA will bring its experience on AI Security, with the goal of developing training-time defenses against evasion and poisoning attacks, to make a step towards ensuring compliance to the EU AI Act and recent related regulations.

Programme: HORIZON

Call: HORIZON-CL4-2024-RESILIENCE-01

Role: beneficiary

Start date: 01/10/2024  - End date: 30/09/2027 

Scientific contact person: Carlo Ricci

Website link: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101178897

Short description: The DEXPLORE project investigates innovative advanced technologies for sustainable exploration of critical raw materials in deep land deposits, essential for Europe's energy transition. The University of Cagliari with the Department of Physics, contributes by developing cutting-edge optical techniques, including Raman spectroscopy, LIBS, and time-resolved luminescence, for remote mineral detection.

Programme: HORIZON - Partnership KDT

Call: HORIZON-KDT-JU-2021-2-RIA

Roleo: beneficiary

Start date: 01/12/2022 - End date: 31/12/2025

Scientific contact person: Paolo Meloni

Website link: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101097300

Short description: EdgeAI aims to implement AI applications deployed across the whole edge continuum, to improve processing performance, latency, reliability, and energy efficiency. UniCA’s team works at Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica ed Elettronica, developing novel processing cores for near-sensor ultra-low-power AI, neuromorphic computing and hardware-aware algorithm optimization.  

Programme: HORIZON

Call: HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01

Role: ente affiliato

Start date: 01/09/2022 - End date: 31/08/2025

Scientific contact person: Battista Biggio

Website link: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101070617

Short description: ELSA proposes a virtual center of excellence on safe and secure AI that will address major challenges hampering the deployment of AI technology.
UNICA will contribute to the development of innovative technologies to detect vulnerabilities in AI systems, and develop effective countermeasures applicable in different industrial sectors, such as cybersecurity, autonomous vehicles and robotics.

Programme: EURATOM2027

Call: EURATOM-2021-ADHOC-IBA

Role: parte terza

Start date: 01/01/2021 - End date: 31/12/2025

Scientific contact person: Alessandra Fanni

Website link: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101052200

Short description: In the context of Horizon Europe, the EUROfusion program coordinates European research for the development of fusion energy through an R&D program. UNICA applies of Artificial Intelligence techniques to diagnostic development for the machines such as RFX (IT), JET and MAST-U (UK), AUG and W7-X (DE), WEST (FR) and the test facility MITICA (IT), for applications to ITER and DEMO. 

Programme: HORIZON

Call: HORIZON-MSCA-2023-DN-01

Role: beneficiary

Start date: 01/10/2024 - End date: 30/09/2028

Scientific contact person: Emilio Ghiani

Website link: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101168796

Short description: FITNESS is a Doctoral Network at the intersection of electric power distribution networks optimization, electricity markets, communications, and control systems. The project will develop methodologies for active distribution networks services and smart grids. UNICA will be responsible for Co-simulation platforms for smart grids, communication protocols, and energy communities enabled by secure digital twin and IoT technologies.

Programme: HORIZON - Partnership KDT

Call: HORIZON-KDT-JU-2023-1-IA

Role: beneficiary

Start date: 01/05/2024 - End date: 30/04/2027

Scientific contact person: Paolo Meloni

Website link: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101140052

Short description: EN: The H2TRAIN project aims to advance digital health and lifestyle technologies by developing innovative biosensors using advanced materials which enhance sensitivity and energy efficiency. UniCA’s team at Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica ed Elettronica, works on designing System-on-Chip solutions to integrate the sensors, embedding in-place AI-based data analysis in a tiny power/energy budget. 

Programme: HORIZON

Call: HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-CNECT

Role: coordinator

Start date: 01/06/2024 - End date: 31/05/2027

Scientific contact person: Maurizio Murroni

Website link: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101135637

Short description: The Net4U Lab of UNICA coordinates of the Hybrid Extended reAliTy (HEAT) project, that envisions enabling next-gen immersive multi-sensorial XR experiences for users being holo-ported into captured, omnidirectional, hyper-realistic 3D spaces. UNICA will lead the following activities: project coordination and management, data & ethics compliance under GDPR, prototyping and pilot deployment.

Programme: HORIZON

Call: HORIZON-HLTH-2021-IND-07

Role: Third Party 

Start date: 01/10/2022 - End date: 30/09/2026

Scientific contact person: Francesco Delogu

Website link: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101057286

Short description: IMPACTIVE aims at reducing the environmental impact and the supply chain fragility of the European pharmaceutical industry using mechanochemistry, which allows to initiate and drive chemical reactions by applying mechanical forces to solids. As a Third Party UNICA participates to the activities with 3 departments: Chemical and Geological Sciences, Physics and Mechanical, Chemical and Materials Engineering

Programme: HORIZON

Call: HORIZON-CL4-2023-DATA-01

Role: beneficiario

Start date: 01/01/2024 - End date: 31/12/2026

Scientific contact person: Francesca Palumbo

Website link: http://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101135183

Short description: MYRTUS designs and manages advanced computational systems, combining performance and sustainability. Based on continuum computing, it optimizes the use of devices from the cloud to personal ones through AI-based orchestration. Scientifically coordinated by Prof. Francesca Palumbo (UNICA), who will also focus on edge computing acceleration, MYRTUS will be applied in the field of tele-rehabilitation by the team of Prof. Danilo Pani (UNICA).

Programme: HORIZON

Call: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01

Role: beneficiary

Start date: 01/09/2022 - End date: 31/08/2025

Scientific contact person: Tiziano Ghisu

Website link: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101056732

Short description: NEXTAIR (https://www.nextair-project.eu/) aims to increase the use of high-fidelity modelling and simulation to accelerate and derisk the introduction of new disruptive configurations and breakthrough technology design. The Cagliari unit is involved in the multidisciplinary design of two aeroengine components: the low pressure compressor (fan) and the high pressure turbine.

Programme: HORIZON - Partnership PRIMA

Call: PRIMA 2022 - Partnership for Research and Innovation in Mediterranean Area – Sezione 2 

Role: beneficiary

Start date: 01/10/2023 - End date: 30/09/2026

Scientific contact person: Stefania Da Pelo

Website link: https://npp-sol.iamm.ciheam.org/

Short description: NPP-SOL develops tools to prevent agricultural water pollution in Mediterranean conditions by integrating best-management practices for for soil, irrigation water and nutrients with cost-effective in-situ bioremediation technologies. The activities of the University of Cagliari focus on the characterization of the Arborea case study, setting up bioreactors, and monitoring their effectiveness in removing nutrients from groundwater.

Programme: HORIZON - Partnership THCS

Call: THCS-JTC 2023 - Healthcare of the future

Role: beneficiary

Start date: 24/06/2024 - End date: 23/06/2027

Scientific contact person: Massimiliano Pau

Website link: https://www.thcspartnership.eu/kdocs/2143550/platinums.pdf

Short description: The project “PlatinuMS” aims at implementing an innovative AI-based telerehabilitation system for home-based exercise therapy, specifically designed for people with multiple sclerosis (MS). In particular, the research team at the Biomechanics and Industrial Ergonomics Laboratory of the University of Cagliari (UNICA) will assess the efficacy of the treatment on several motor and non-motor aspects of the disease like mobility, mood and social participation.