Key research projects

The I3A manages between 200 and 300 international, national, regional and local projects each year. Basic and applied research, as well as the management of both public and private funds.

Below we show some projects considered key due to their relevance and the reflection they make of the quality of the Institute and its researchers:

ECHOES

Extracting the Human Motor Null Space from Muscles - A new framework to measure human neural activity

ECHOES will capitalize on recent breakthroughs in decoding the spinal outputs to muscles to develop a theoretical and experimental framework to unveil the 'motor null space' in human muscles.

Establishing a multi-disciplinary network to tackle the design and the early-phase validation of digital biomarkers, specifically targeting the diagnosis of supraventricular arrhythmias (SVAs) and their associated potential for adverse risk assessment, via the joint combination of signal processing, artificial intelligence and non-clinical devices.

METASTRA

COMPUTER-AIDED EFFECTIVE FRACTURE RISK STRATIFICATION OF PATIENTS WITH VERTEBRAL METASTASES FOR PERSONALISED TREATMENT THROUGH ROBUST COMPUTATIONAL MODELS VALIDATED IN CLINICAL SETTINGS

METASTRA will propose new guidelines for the stratification and management of metastatic patients. METASTRA approach is expected to cut the uncertain diagnoses from the current 60% down to 20% of cases. This will reduce patient suffering, and allow cutting expenditure by 2.4B€/year.

RESCUER

Resilient Solutions for Coastal, Urban, Estuarine and Riverine Environments

The Doctoral Network (DN) “RESCUER“ will focus on the training of young researchers (Fellows) in the general area of coastal oceanography, hydraulic and coastal engineering, applied mathematics, and scientific computation.

REMAIN

Robotic remanufacturing of deformable industrial products

This project will seek to introduce the process of REMANUFACTURING as part of the business model associated with industries, highlighting the importance of design for the development of products that are more easily repaired and/or recycled.

4D PICTURE

Design-based Data-Driven Decision-support Tools: Producing Improved Cancer Outcomes Through User-Centred Research

The EU funded 4D PICTURE project will continue the development of the Metro Mapping methodology to redesign care paths, including novel DSTs. Innovative algorithms and AI-based models incorporating patient experiences and preferences will facilitate treatment decision-making.The objective is to develop data driven DSTs for patients with breast cancer, prostate cancer and melanoma. The novel DSTs will be evaluated to ensure their ability to address medical, social and ethical issues.

AI4Europe

AN AI ON-DEMAND PLATFORM TO SUPPORT RESEARCH EXCELLENCE IN EUROPE

The rapid advancement of AI technologies has led the EU to decide on hosting a research environment focused on scientific and ethical excellence, which grows with the cooperation of members from within the EU and the assistance of academia and industry. The EU-funded AI4EUROPE project, in collaboration with AI4EU and other related projects, aims to develop this space by introducing an unbiased, open and cooperative platform from and for the European research community for excellent studies of AI. This platform will provide services ranging from data access, services and tools to cooperation with other researchers. The project will also enable a business model for guaranteeing its continued operation.

ChemCon

Chemical conversion of a Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF): p-cymene

Assessing the potential of p-cymene as a sustainable aviation fuel

ICoMICS

Individual and Collective Migration of Immune Cellular Systems

ICoMICS aims to develop a novel virtual simulation platform to investigate how therapeutic immune cells (TICs) detect, move and interact with cancer cells and the tumour microenvironment.

MANUREFINERY

Smart modular mobile biorefining of manure to zero-waste maximising resource and nutrient recovery for feed and fertiliser bioingredients in rural areas

Converting livestock manure into products for feed and fertilisers

NEAT-AMBIENCE

Next-gEnerATion dAta Management to foster suitable Behaviors and the resilience of cItizens against modErN ChallEnges

Data management issues to help citizens face modern challenges

Oxy-Kraft RB

Oxy-Kraft recovery boiler - Towards novel integrated green energy parks

The objective of the project is to enable the operation of Kraft recovery boilers in oxy-fuel mode.

RhythMods

Implementation and validation of a closed-loop neural interface to entrain brain rhythms and reduce motor symptoms in Parkinson's Disease

To develop a non-invasive neuromodulation platform to apply closed-loop stimulation protocols synchronized with brain oscillations decoded from the periphery with muscle recordings