CASCADE CALLS

The RESTART research and development program – funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU as part of the NRRP – M4C2, Investment 1.3, Call n. 341 of 15.03.2022 of the Ministry of University and Research (MUR) – involves the implementation of Cascade Calls for more than 32.4 million euros to support Fundamental Research, Industrial Research, Experimental Development and Feasibility Studies projects through the provision of appropriate funding.

The aim is to reach public and private entities, outside the RESTART Partnership, that are strongly interested in introducing significant innovations in relation to products, processes or services.

The breadth of these cascading funding actions will enable the involvement of a large group of actors outside the Partnership:

  • Public or private Research Organizations
  • Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
  • Large Enterprises

Cascade Calls will be soon emanated from the Spokes and published on this page. 

 

 Cascade Call Topics
(22.9.2023)

SPOKE 1 – PERVASIVE AND PHOTONIC NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES AND INFRASTRUCTURES
Coordinator : Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
Spoke Coordinator: Andrea Passarella – a.passarella@iit.cnr.it

  • Pervasive IoT: novel IoT paradigms, localization and tracking technologies, and UAV-based communication and sensing
  • Green optical technologies: materials and meta-materials, integrated circuits and low-energy transceivers, propagation models, capacity scaling & QKD-secured transmission
  • Optical communications components: low-loss waveguides, novel signal processing, fabrication of switch and optical matrixes, integration and testing in existing WDM infrastructures

SPOKE 2 – INTEGRATION OF NETWORKS AND SERVICES
Coordinator: Politecnico di Bari
Spoke Coordinator: Alfredo Grieco – alfredo.grieco@poliba.it

  • Testing non-terrestrial links as part of an integrated terrestrial and non-terrestrial network architecture
  • Implementation and test of Flying Edge Computing in the integrated T/NT network.
  • Implementation and test of cell free architecture in T/NT integrated Networks
  • Implementation and test of an advanced transceiver for future non-terrestrial multiple access techniques
  • Analysis of e-privacy regulation
  • Contractualism models for innovative digital services
  • Equity and neutrality of networks
  • Experiments on 5G/6G cellular networks as a service
  • Strategic Foresight and Datasets for experimental facilities
  • Acceptance of technologies in high social-impact applications
  • Graphene electronic components design and modeling of the HW uncertainty
  • THz channel models: sounding plan, experimental setup design and channel measurement campaigns.

SPOKE 3 – WIRELESS NETWORKS AND TECHNOLOGIES
Coordinator: Politecnico di Milano
Spoke Coordinator: Umberto Spagnolini – umberto.spagnolini@polimi.it

  • Cell-Free massive MIMO for 6G: design and implementation aspects
  • Hardware realization of a 5G-NR compliant cell-free massive MIMO traffic emulator
  • Signal processing and resource allocation for range extending devices (IAB-nodes, smart repeaters, smartskins)
  • Massive communication and URLLC: theoretical framework and small-scale PoC 
  • Novel mmW architectures and PoC prototypes for backhauling solution
  • PoC realization of smart repeater: transceiver hardware and antenna array realization
  • Radio resource allocation in wireless networks powered by renewable energy
  • Large Antenna Array
  • Antenna Array Measurement
  • Millimeter wave opto-mechanical transducers
  • Millimeter wave and THz modulators

SPOKE 4 – PROGRAMMABLE NETWORKS FOR FUTURE SERVICES AND MEDIA
Coordinator: Politecnico di Torino
Spoke Coordinator: Carla Fabiana Chiasserini – carla.chiasserini@polito.it

  • Programmable 5/6G Networks: Experimental deployment, testing, and evaluation of SUPER solutions
  • Distributed Management Platform for the Edge-To-Cloud Continuum
  • Programmable Edge-assisted IoT/IoV
  • Multi-modal human interaction and cyber twin
  • Compression and privacy for multimedia and biometric signals
  • Vertical on an emotion-aware collaborative XR environment

SPOKE 5 – INDUSTRIAL AND DIGITAL TRANSITION NETWORKS
Coordinator: Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna
Spoke Coordinator: Alessandro Vanelli Coralli – alessandro.vanelli@unibo.it

  • Telecommunication networks for industrial networks
  • Macroscopic modeling of scattering from static and reconfigurable smart skins
  • Innovative channel coding for modern and green networks
  • Telecom as a service in the next smart energy grid
  • Wireless communications for seamless mobility in connected vehicles for the day-3 and over

SPOKE 6 – ARCHITETTURE INNOVATIVE E AMBIENTI ESTREMI
Coordinator: Università di Catania
Spoke Coordinator: Sergio Palazzo – sergio.palazzo@unict.it

  • Integration of the components of COHERENT architecture for a POC in use-case scenarios
  • Digital Twins interactions in a network ecosystem
  • KVIs network support for increased User Experience
  • Slicing and Multi-Tenancy in DT architectures
  • Service orchestration in virtualized environments
  • Harsh propagation environments
  • Body networks and e-health services
  • Underwater Networks
  • Infrastructures and Resilient Networks
  • Energy-efficient communication

SPOKE 7 – GREEN AND SMART ENVIRONMENTS
Coordinator: Università di Napoli Federico II
Spoke Coordinator: Daniele Riccio – dariccio@unina.it

  • Information Theory, Analytical and Numerical Modelling for Smart Propagation Environments
  • Passive and Active Smart Nodes for Smart Propagation Environments
  • Smart Propagation Environments Implementation: Use Cases Definitions, Prototyping and Technology Transfer
  • Distributed cognitive radar systems exploiting emerging technologies (RIS, ambient backscatters, cognition) and related learning, optimization, resource allocation and scheduling for ISAC
  • Flexible mmWave Radar & Comm devices and technical assistance during experimental campaigns
  • Technical assistance during experimental UAV campaigns

SPOKE 8 – INTELLIGENT AND AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS
Coordinator: Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata
Spoke Coordinator: Luca Chiaraviglio – luca.chiaraviglio@uniroma2.it

  • Semantic graphical models and goal-oriented communications
  • Serverless computing for wireless edge learning
  • On demand intelligent services using swarms of aerial vehicles
  • Distributed wireless edge learning, fog computing and applications to UAV-assisted networks
  • Contextual sensing using UAV-assisted networks
  • Energy efficient zero-touch networking
  • Argumentation-based dialogue and Knowledge Graphs supporting AI-aided Interactive Holograms
  • Interactive Holograms platform
  • AI-based orchestration with distributed Function-as-a-Service (FaaS)
  • Usecase definition for AI-based environmental monitoring in rural or metropolitan areas
  • Design of a distributed implementation of an application-driven orchestrator and network controller
  • Setup of simple field trial and demo for the WatchEDGE Proof of Concept
  • Massive IoT data collection and smart network orchestration
  • Utility based Case Study – Water Grid Vertical
  • Security of Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC)
  • Security in Decentralized Scenarios and IoT
  • Optimize energy efficiency of 5G network
  • Prototype energy requirement monitoring
  • Support to federated 5G experiments

 

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