Climate change and human history are closely linked. Paleoclimate studies are essential for improving climate models, particularly for the 60–12 ka period, characterized by glacial conditions and rapid millennial-scale climatic fluctuations. Investigating these oscillations is crucial for assessing modern global warming and its impact on extreme weather events and sea level rise. Conversely, the millennial-scale climate shifts after 12 ka drove mass migrations and economic transformations, leaving significant archaeological evidence. Paleoclimate studies and archaeology share methodologies like stratigraphic event definition and absolute dating, which are based mainly on 14C (up to 50 ka for organic materials) and luminescence techniques (up to 1 My for quartz and k-feldspar-rich samples). This study focuses on niche environments like islands and desert regions. The former preserve strong evidence of climate change and human activity, particularly in the Mediterranean, while the latter are considered modern analogues of past glacial arid conditions. Key sites include Sardinia, Crete, Cyprus, Balearic, Canaries islands and deserts in California, Texas and Argentina. DETECTOR builds on the IN-TIME project (IN-SITU INSTRUMENT FOR MARS AND EARTH DATING APPLICATIONS, G.A. 823934), which developed and validated a portable luminescence dating prototype (compared to lab analyses) through Alma Sistemi S.r.l. and the Luminescence Laboratory of the University of Sassari, Italy. Proposed studies will include field campaigns using updated portable instruments for in situ absolute dating. Measurements will be cross-verified with laboratory analyses to assess the instrument’s functionality, operational reliability, and performance, paving the way for a novel scientific instrumentation product. DETECTOR unite the expertise of partners from Italy, Spain, Cyprus, Greece, USA & Argentina.

Optical fiber communication technologies substantially support high-speed, long-distance or/and terabit capacity networks all around the globe. Contemporary applications oblige the network operation to respond efficiently and rapidly to any user request. To achieve such demands, optical label switching (OLS) techniques have been developed to support data traffic in fiber networks. The reliable and fast processing of data headers is highly critical for trustworthy transmission flow. All-optical header recognition has been investigated lately through diverse physical implementations that offer competitive advantages; however, these configurations have been proposed as basic processing units with practically small or non-existing intelligence. Reservoir computing (RC) as a method of applying intelligence to physical systems has been lately proposed to exploit the inherent nonlinearities of photonic devices and components that are commercially available towards proficient processing of light. Lately, field programmable gate arrays (FPGA) modules have been engaged to exploit nonlinearities through the fast implementation of algorithms that work towards this direction. CENTURION project aims at joining several multidisciplinary research aspects that belong to the fields of non-linear dynamics, optical communications, FPGA programming and informatics and establish FPGA-assisted and photonic RC as intelligent high-speed methodologies in data traffic management of broadband optical signals. The objective is to train the experienced researcher in FPGA programming and the concepts of reservoir computing, in order to append intelligence to the decision making processes in optical communication networks and to offer sophisticated solutions for routing and switching in telecom applications and to reduce storing requirements in sensing applications.

<< Objectives >>The CHARLIE project aims at challenging the bias in big data used for AI and machine learning by bringing a greater level of awareness regarding the negative impacts of the lack of a critical and ethical approach to techEd. CHARLIE main objectives are to linked with the increase capacity of HE institutions, its teachers and its students to provide learning opportunities that meet society needs and creating synergies between HE institutions, AE organisations and Youth organisations.<< Implementation >>- Development activities (Competency Matrices, OERs, toolkits, policy recommendation)- Implementation activities (pilots, external stakeholders consultations, webinars)- Quality and Evaluation (peer-reviews, quality checks)- Communication and promotion (webinars, national and international conferences)<< Results >>-Competency Matrices for the learning programmes - EQF6 (HE), EQF4 (AE), EQF2 (Youth)-Algorithmic Bias course (HE)-Algorithmic Bias toolkit for synchronous sessions (HE)-Guideline for boosting the capacity of university administrators/management (HE)-Webinars to foster peer-learning and discuss the role of HE institutions in techEd-Ethical AI microcredential for Adult learners-Digital Serious game for Youth-Policy recommendation for recognition of microcrential in HE

At the begining of the project in 2017 the United Nations 70th General Assembly designated the year as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development. We used this as a starting point to create our projetc STET we saw as a opportunity to raise awareness about sustainable tourism to development among students, persons in public and private sectors, decision-makers and the public, while mobilizing all stakeholders to work together in making tourism a catalyst for positive change.Within this global objective, the 5 partners of this project worked together to create two high quality training modules, using up to date digital technologies, and answering the needs of skill and knowledge development of the youth and future labour force in the growing economy of Tourism, especially in Slow Tourism and E-tourism, two main growth factor of the tourism sector. To enhance the possibility for all satkeholders to meet up around these two subjects we also created a forum on our online platform to give the possibility to all interested people to exchange their point of views and meet together. This platform, with the two online MOOC's about Slow Tourism and E-tourism, the forum and the general project information can be found on the supporting interactive web platform at: www.slowtourismacademy.com.To realise these project outputs two training organisation, two universities and a cluster from France, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece have been working together for the last two years.During the project we associated companies (Kalkin, American Farmschool, Florie Thielin, Reoviz) and institutions ( Office de tourisme Sancy) as consultative experts. The goal of this association is to allow the trainings to be designed by professionals of pedagogy (universities and training centers) and linked to on-field experience through consulting companies and regional institutions. To do so we met with the stakeholders making the slow-tourism and e-tourism, either pratictioners or professionanle and made them talk aboit their experience and expertiese in this field trought videos integrated into the final Moocs.Our project is also inscribed in a logic of innovative and open practices and digital technologies by using the most advances Moodle and wordpress integrations. These technologies are open source and easy to maintain alive on a long period as they can be updated easily.The main final results are two MOOCs on Slow Tourism and E-Tourism, the creation of a network and charter on Slow Tourism as well as the creation of an online platform serving three purposes : dissemination of project results, e-learning platform and forum for all stakeholders of Slow tourism, thus allowing not only exchanges of information and updates to be used in the MOOCs but fostering the creation of new synergies and new exemplary Slow initiatives in tourism destinations.The impacts expected from the MOOC's and the Forum are diverse : from more knowledge on the topics for students as well as professors and companies, to improving entrepreneuship and facilitating the process for the next generation to implement slow tourism activities and digital tools in tourism in a close future.The project results target students and professors of Higher Education as well as vocational training and companies through lifelong learning and network animation, but also all tourism stakeholders, from regional to international networks and regional or national elected representatives in charge of Tourism development schemes. The expected impact at long term is a deep change in the conception of Tourism activities in order to reduce in environmental and societal risks and at the same time increase its positive environmental and societal impact. At the end of the project we succeede to create 2 Moocs but then etwork stays quite challenging, we had to experience that it will take time to implement on long term such a change. But we could see in all partner countries the raising interest and changes going step by step towards the slow-tourism and the e-tourism integration. We can see that there will be a network in the near futur as the rising number of posiitve initiatives on slow-tourismm and e-tourism will reenforce a network about theses topics. These 2 topics really are new trends and even going further new deep preoccupations of citizens in all europe: in terms of how they travel but also how they eat and consume.The activities which will be maintained after the end of the EU fundings are concentrated on the platform www.slowtourismacademy.com. The two developped MOOC's will stay active on the platform as well as the forum and the community. The professors fo Madeira and Palma, who developped the two courses will update the content if needed or if they feel to improove them. We published as well the main results on the E+ result platform. Other networks on Facebook, instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter will stay alive in the next years.

Deictic communication is fundamental to understanding communication in both typical and atypical populations, and forms the key connection between language and objects/locations in the world. It is therefore critical to understanding human-human interaction, and human-system interaction in a range of technology applications – from mobile phones to cognitive robotics – and to the enhancement of clinical and educational interventions with typical and atypical populations. This ETN will train the next generation of scientists in the full range of multidisciplinary and cross-sectorial methods necessary to make significant progress in understanding deictic communication, with direct synergies between basic research and application. Training is structured around two interdisciplinary research themes – Understanding Deictic Communication and Deictic Communication in Application – both involving extensive and systematic co-supervision and collaboration across sites with key interplay between academic and nonacademic beneficiaries and partners. In turn we expect that a range of applications will be enhanced with increased usability, with associated societal and economic benefit. The training of the cohort of ESR fellows is based on innovative PhD training approaches, providing not only training in interdisciplinary methods, but also employing peer-assisted methods and the latest in educational innovation. This will produce a cohort of highly skilled researchers who will be highly employable given the potential contribution they will make to future research and innovation in the public and private sectors.