Title Promoter Affiliations Abstract "Predictive orchestration and distributed networking for low-latency applications in future 6G Networks" "Filip De Turck" "Department of Information technology" "Due to recent technological advances, the deployment of service chains on computational resources from the cloud up to the edge has become a reality, creating a continuum of virtual resources. However, next-generation applications add further stringent requirements that current networks cannot support. Bandwidth requirements for extended reality applications will rise well above 1Tbps, while their interactive experiences require sub-millisecond latency. Also, autonomous cars need ultra-low latency communications with reliability levels up to 99.99999%. These upcoming applications are calling for considerable advancements towards cloud-native service-based architectures. Thus, efficient orchestration strategies have become even more important, and machine learning methods are viewed as a potential solution capable of dynamically meeting the real-time requirements of these applications. However, further research is needed to confirm that these methods can indeed replace existing mechanisms. In addition, novel networking paradigms have opened several possibilities for improving network performance, including higher flexibility and scalability. This research project tackles this challenge by pushing towards distributed cloud-native infrastructures to support low latency service delivery by integrating novel orchestration practices (i.e., Reinforcement Learning) with recent networking trends (i.e., Segment Routing, Intent-based Networking)." "B.RIGHT SPACES : Better rights in better civic space. Understanding, developing and networking civic spaces for a better implementation and protection of rights" "Luciano Morganti" "FUNDACJA INICJATYW SPOLECZNO-EKONOMICZNYCH, EMERGE, MUNICIPIO DE TORRES VEDRAS, ASSOCIACIO XARXA D'ECONOMIA SOLIDARIA, DEPARTAMENT D'EMPRESA I CONEIXEMENT, CENTRO DI SERVIZIO PER IL VOLONTARIATO DEL LAZIO ETS, COMUNE DI TORINO, ASSOCIAZIONE PARSEC RICERCA E INTERVENTI SOCIALI, RESEAU EUROPEEN DES VILLES ET REGIONS DE L'ECONOMIE SOCIALE AISBL, European Commission, Communication Sciences" "Civic spaces are serving as strongholds for citizens’ activism in Europe supporting democratic participation, the protection and promotion of civil and political rights, economic and social rights, in a perspective of progressive recognition and expansion. This approach allows for growth and progress, while minimising potential setbacks. However, certain rights are at risk, specifically those pertaining to equality and non-discrimination in the diverse occurrences envisaged by the legislation. In this respect, the B.RIGHT SPACES proposal builds on the assumption that civic spaces can be better promoted and protected by the synergetic action of local public authorities, NGOs, CSOs, citizens, according to the principles and practices of subsidiarity and cooperation. The project aims at improving the collective capacity of local public authorities, NGOs and CSOs (comprising Social economy organisations) to support, promote/empower and protect local civic spaces, considered among the key actors that can safeguard citizens’ values and rights." "European Communities of Facilitators focused on Co-creation training, Networking and Hands-on learning" "Bert Pluymers" "Mecha(tro)nic System Dynamics (LMSD)" "Expert Facilitators lead and guide co-creation processes among stakeholders, enhancing creativity and mutual understanding and ensuring effective outcomes. To excel in their work, facilitators need a diverse set of skills, incl. technical expertise and soft skills like conflict resolution and active listening. Keeping up with the latest co-creation trends/practices (incl. the incorporation of SSH aspects) can be challenging. Although there are many initiatives offering resources to upgrade co-creation skills, they are frequently fragmented and scattered through hundreds of platforms and websites.EU·FFICIENT will create a dedicated platform and methodology to provide facilitators with personalized access to best-in-class co-creation resources, as well as training and networking opportunities. The platform will allow users to self-assess their training needs in co-creation before they access a Customised Training Program comprising easy-to-digest audio-visual material, online and f2f events. Upon completion of the training modules, Expert Facilitators will receive a """"Certification of Completion"""" aligned with EC's vision for lifelong learning and micro-credentials.The project will pilot four Communities of Expert Facilitators (CEFs): Advanced Manufacturing, HealthTech, Mobility, and AI/Digital, facilitating cross-fertilization and cross-comparison. EU·FFICIENT targets over 2,000 facilitators through the four CEFs, with at least 500 actively participating in training – an activity coordinated by UIIN network, the EU leader in university-industry training.The partnership brings representatives from academia (incl. 6 HEIs), industry and the public sector, as well as dedicated experts on co-creation, training, community building, online platform development and policy briefing. The highly complementary consortium is formed by partners from many different backgrounds and geographies (incl. Widening and Associated countries), enabling an agile kick-start of the piloting." "Boosting co-creation and networking among the lighting design value chain to empower the European creative sector" "Wouter Ryckaert" "Waves: Core Research and Engineering (WaveCore)" "Can You Imagine a World without Light? It’s easy to take light for granted. After all, it surrounds us. But why is light such an important factor in our lives? First of all, light makes our modern life possible. Before artificial light, our productivity was limited by the number ofdaylight hours. Lighting is crucial for all personal, professional, cultural and social aspects of our lives. To put it simply: lighting matters.The revival of the creative lighting industry is critical for realizing an inclusive, sustainable, and digitized post-pandemic recovery.SHAPE-THE-LIGHT activities are based on the dual complementary concept of intrinsic relations between art and business, with a focus on art, lighting design, and the lighting industry - Art for Light, Light for Art - and are conceptualized at filling the knowledgeand business perspective gap between art and business. The main goal is to bridge the gap between different architectural lighting design value chain players, art and business, technology providers and entrepreneurs, between young and experienced professionals, designers,and SMEs using the tailored accelerator and training programs–like SHAPE-THE-LIGHT Performance Labs, Masterclasses, workshops, and Open Discussion Forums fuelling knowledge sharing and collaborations without gender and diversity biases and limitations. PPswill create collaboration prospects for the artistic expressions and industrial realities in the framework of the lighting co-creation and co-design processes, putting in place concrete opportunities for testing advanced technologies, and digital and circular solutions. Thesesupportive measures and open inclusive collaboration places will trigger new creative processes, and business models, and boost the lighting sector to embrace and drive the change to improve the quality of our living and working environments aspired by the EuropeanGreen Deal and the New European Bauhaus priorities." "“Basil of Caesarea. Networking, Lobbying and Self-presentation in his Letters and Letter Collection”" "Lieve Van Hoof" "Department of History" "This project studies the letters and the letter collection of Basil, the bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia (ca. AD 330-379) as a means of (self-)presentation. The focus of this project is on the interaction between Basil ’s letters and his letter collection, and the reception of Basil, both during his lifetime and in later periods." "Networking for the assessment of galaxy evolution cosmological simulations using atomic gas (GALSIMAS)" "Maarten Baes" "Department of Physics and astronomy" "The objective of GALSIMAS is to support an on-going UGent (Belgium) - UWC (South Africa) collaboration on atomic hydrogen in galaxies and on the assessment of cosmological simulations of galaxy evolution using atomic gas. We propose workshops in South Africa and in Belgium and extended scientific exchanges for student/postdoc/staff in order to broaden/deepen the collaboration between the UGent and UWC partners." "Networking in the past: the role of social capital in the success of the neoclassical painter and educator François-Joseph Navez (1787-1869) in nascent Belgium" "Julie Birkholz" "Department of History, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique" "Networking is important, also for an artist in the 19th century. François-Joseph Navez (1787-1869), director of the Académie des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles and a neoclassical artist, developed an impressive social network in nascent Belgium. Despite the knowledge we have of Navez’s paintings and his role in supporting the development of a newly forming nation-state through his role as director at the Brussels Academy, we have little knowledge on how his network played a role in this success. Even today, the focus of Brussels 19th century art research is largely based on the artistic output, and not on understanding or explaining an artist's position in relation to social-political factors. As we want to investigate how Navez’ social interactions had an impact (i) on Brussels art education in the 19th century, (ii) on his success at the Brussels Académie (1831-1862) and (iii) on his position as maître in his studio (1824-1849), we will examine Navez' social networks via correspondence archived in the Royal Library of Belgium (KBR). Therefore, we will develop a computational framework to digitize, generate machine readable text, and identify networks in historical data. Through this Digital Humanities approach we can map the impact of Navez' network of social capital on the evolution of Art Education in Brussels. The results of this social network analysis will show how networking influenced the 19th century art history of Belgium." "Networking aspects of optical networks-on-chip for multi-chip computing systems" "Didier Colle" "Department of Information technology" "One of the promising energy-efficient solutions for inter-chip communication is using optical interconnects instead of electrical ones. Novel integrated photonic technology can offer the bandwidth, energy, footprint, and connectivity credentials required by multi-chip computing architectures. However, there lacks ideal network architecture designs and suitable communication protocols for multi-chip computing systems utilizing the advancement in silicon photonics, which is the main motivation of this project. This project aims at providing low-latency, high-bandwidth, large-scale, and energy-saving photonic Network-on-chip designs for multi-chip computing systems. Paradigm-breaking communication protocols and routing algorithms will be designed for the photonic Network-on-chips. Theoretical calculation and numerical analysis will be the main research methods in this project. With the convincing evidence and hopefully fruitful results, we believe the semiconductor vendors will be interested in the new paradigm of photonic NoC architecture for building new generations of powerful multi-chip processors." "Antibiotic tolerance and resistance in biofilm-associated infections: a Belgian-Indian networking approach to address a worldwide problem (BIOFILM)" "The main objective of this Network is to increase collaboration on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in microbial biofilms in various settings, including humans and animals and the (hospital) environment, and to explore alternatives to treatment of infectious diseases." "Energy harvesting and reliable networking for dense IoT" "Sofie Pollin" "Waves: Core Research and Engineering (WaveCore)" "The aim of the PhD project is to design and implement novel energy harvesting and networking paradigms for IoT networks, where a large number of resource constrained nodes with minimal computing capabilities collaborate with each other to ensure that optimal performance can be achieved in metrics such as reliable packet delivery, low end-to-end delay and minimal energy expenditure and network overhead. Additionally, the ultimate aim of the project is to develop completely battery-less devices, where the nodes harvest the required energy from ambient RF sources and adapt their behavior to the availability of these sources and the remaining energy stored. These networking paradigms may be applied to wireless sensor networks for patient monitoring in hospitals, intelligent lighting for business and the smart home, indoor localization of goods in harbors and storage facilities, offline machine to machine communication outside of cellular coverage, etc."