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Algebraic Theory of Information Quantities

Information theory is a discipline at the intersection of statistics, engineering and computer science. As the study of information quantities, such as compression or communication capacities, information content or measures of statistical dependency, it is one of the theoretical underpinnings of data science.

Computational problems in information theory are highly non-linear. The goal of this project is to transfer state-of-the-art methods of computational non-linear algebra to information theory, to study the inherent algebraic complexity of information-theoretical problems and to provide tools for solving them in practice. The algebraic point of view has proven to be fruitful in seemingly unrelated areas, as witnessed by a surge of recent work in algebraic statistics, in particular on likelihood geometry. However, maximizing the likelihood function is the same as minimizing relative entropy — a specific information quantity. Hence, this project also aims at generalizing the techniques developed in likelihood geometry.

One focus is on the practical computation of information quantities using numerical and differential algebraic geometry. Such quantities are defined via non-linear optimization problems and we aim to pinpoint the algebraic complexity of these problems in instances of general interest, such as common information measures. The final objective is finding fundamental laws and limits of data science imposed by non-linear inequalities constraining the entropic region. These inequalities provide, by duality, universal bounds for many of the optimization problems studied in information theory.

WHeelchair Activity Monitoring project (WHAM)

Wheelchair users (WCU) are three to five times more inactive than the general population, leading to a high risk of developing preventable secondary conditions. Although physical activity (PA) guidelines have been specifically developed for WCU, we lack systematic approaches to implement them in practice, as well as valid algorithms to monitor PA change in WCU through sensor-based solutions. Accordingly, the overall scientific aim of the WHeelchair Activity Monitoring project (WHAM) is to advance PA research and practice in WCU by developing valid digital markers for monitoring of and providing feedback on PA, paving the way for implementation and intervention. I will accomplish this through combining the complementary research fields of 1) behavioural intervention studies focusing on increasing PA in WCU (core competence University of British Columbia, UBC; outgoing phase) and 2) sensor-based PA monitoring (core competence Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU; returning phase – consolidated by non-academic placement at Maastricht Instruments, which develop research prototypes including PA monitors). WHAM’s scientific aim is achieved through three objectives: 1) Measure the effect of a pragmatic exercise intervention trial on self-reported physical activity levels and cardio-respiratory fitness, 2) Develop valid algorithms for tracking PA markers in WCU, and 3) Co-create a framework that outlines how PA can be conjointly monitored and provided feedback on in WCU. This fellowship will enable me to become established as an internationally recognized researcher in the field of “physical activity and disability”, while bringing together ongoing national disjointed research activities in this field. Altogether, my overall ambition is to contribute to reducing inequalities in daily-life participation among WCU compared to the rest of the population.

EOSC Beyond: advancing innovation and collaboration for research

EOSC Beyond overall objective is to advance Open Science and innovation in research in the context of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) by providing new EOSC Core capabilities allowing scientific applications to find, compose and access multiple Open Science resources and offer them as integrated capabilities to researchers. To do so, EOSC Beyond supports a new concept of EOSC: a federated and integrated network of Nodes operated at different levels, national, regional, international and thematic, to serve the specific scientific missions of their stakeholders. Further specific objectives of the project are to accelerate ‘time to product’ of new scientific applications with software adapters, enable Open Science with machine composability and dynamic deployment of shared resources, support innovation in EOSC with a testing and integration environment, and align the EOSC Core architecture and specifications to integrate with European dataspaces. The project extends the state of the art of the EOSC Core and adopts a co-design methodology, including requirements elicitation, software development and validation in collaboration with different use cases from EOSC national and regional initiatives (e-Infra CZ, Czechia, NFDI, Germany, and NI4OS, South East Europe region), thematic research infrastructures from Social Sciences and Humanities (CESSDA), Life Sciences (CNB-CSIC and Instruct-ERIC), Environmental Science (ENES and LifeWatch), and Health and Food (METROFood-RI). EOSC Beyond builds on the capacities of prospective EOSC Nodes and partners with multi-annual experience in developing solutions for large-scale federated digital infrastructures and aligns with the technical architecture and requirements of data spaces from different business sectors. Ultimately, EOSC Beyond supports Open Science in modern, data-intensive, and multidisciplinary research, facilitating resource discovery, access, and reuse across scientific communities, organisations, and countries.


Harmonization of Advanced Materials Ecosystems serving strategic Innovation Markets to pave the way to a Digital Materials & Product Passport

The overarching objective of DigiPass is to enhance the digital maturity of the European communities that develop materials and intermediate products. The project will develop recommendations and clear routes toward digitalized circular business models. The overarching key result of DigiPass is to create a sustainable platform which includes support for Digital Materials & Product Passport and for collaborative innovation-by-design processes in a circular economy served by advanced materials. A business model for operating such a platform completes the overarching objective.
DigiPass is harmonizing and synergizing collected materials data sources and digital infrastructures. This will enable interoperability of data exchange, and standardization of advanced materials knowledge representation at all maturity levels. Accelerating the design, development, and production of advanced, safe, and sustainable chemicals and materials, as they are necessary for innovative products, calls for a collaborative approach involving different stakeholders to support durability, repair and overhaul, reuse, and recyclability of products. DigiPass project impacts all materials development communities over the whole circular value chain. 


Enhanced X(cross)-disciplinary Community-driven Imaging Technologies for Earth and Environmental material research

The EXCITE² Network is revolutionizing Earth and environmental material science research by consolidating a critical mass of 18 research facilities in 12 European and associated partner countries into a unified infrastructure and providing transnational access to advanced imaging technologies. This enables scientists to decipher complex processes within Earth materials at scales from nanometres to hundreds of centimetres, gaining unparalleled insight into the chemical and physical processes that govern, among others, environmental toxicity and its impact on human health, critical metal extraction for renewable energies, and the utilisation of Earth materials as long-term storage for climate-altering gases. The consortium fosters knowledge-sharing and talent attraction, bolstering the problem-solving capacity of the European Research Area. Moreover, EXCITE² is driving interdisciplinary collaboration and cross-fertilisation across academic institutions, scientific disciplines, and industry, propelling Europe towards a sustainable future. The initiative offers dedicated training programmes to a new generation of researchers within the European open science landscape, paired with access to world-class imaging facilities and expertise for problem-solving research and innovation. EXCITE² is introducing innovative service developments, such as artificial intelligence and leading-edge imaging experiments, to increase the user's problem-solving capacity. In addition, the consortium is implementing customised project valorisation strategies to maximize the impact of research outcomes in academia, society, and the economy. Citizen science projects allow the public to participate directly within the EXCITE² Network, contributing to solving EU challenges. As such, EXCITE² is paving the way towards a sustainable future, driving scientific excellence, and creating positive societal impact.

Engineering carbon quantum dots for zinc ion hybrid capacitors

Zinc ion hybrid capacitors (ZIHCs) integrate two energy storage mechanisms of battery-type electrode and capacitive electrode, bearing the advantages in energy density, power density, and safety. Until now, the cycle retention rate of ZIHC's capacity reported is still not more than 80%, restricting its development and commercial application severely. Focusing on the issue, the project aims at overcoming the limitation of traditional electrode materials and re-defining the designing concept to construct Carbon Quantum Dots (C-QDs) for ZIHCs. Advanced methods will be used to harvest carbon quantum dots from coal tar pitch (a sort of industrial solid castoff). The bulk sp2-carbon network, innumerable edge sites, profuse surface functional groups, and regular size ensures that as-synthesis C-QDs have high electrical conductivity, sufficient ion transport channels and rich adsorption sites. Moreover, the new concept of dynamic evolution is introduced for insight into the structure and interface failure of ZIHC's electrode. The interface-reconstruction mechanism and the attenuation model of capacity will be established for the first time. Further, the methods to strengthen structures of C-QD electrode will be developed based on a trade-off strategy. The ultimate goal is to improve the energy storage efficiency of ZIHCs by 20% and to increase their cycle performance more than 95% unprecedentedly. This research will develop long-running high performance ZIHCs, for contributing European energy storage industry. The ER will achieve abundant research experience and scientific skills from the project and the capability to launch her own research group in future.

IMProving User experience, Long-term sustainability and Services of EU-OPENSCREEN

EU-OPENSCREEN (EU-OS), the distributed European Research Infrastructure for Chemical Biology and early drug discovery, provides world-class services in high-throughput compound screening and medicinal chemistry to users from academia and industry. As one of the largest open-access initiative globally, EU-OPENSCREEN plays an increasingly important role in facilitating early stage drug discovery in Europe. It recently integrated fragment-based drug discovery and chemoproteomics as two new services, but the increasing complexity of modern drug discovery projects requires an even more comprehensive portfolio and integration of emerging technologies. To ensure that EU-OS continues to offer a comprehensive suite of relevant services and support a growing user community to conduct forefront research, IMPULSE will develop, validate and integrate new services in AI/ML, new chemical modalities, and innovative disease-relevant cell models combined with CRISPR-Cas9/RNAi-based genetic screening. IMPULSE will work towards the implementation of common operational and data standards to increase data reproducibility and FAIRness. Bespoke outreach and training activities will raise awareness among key user groups of its new services and advance operational excellence and reproducibility in pre-clinical drug discovery. New models for pre-competitive drug discovery with industry or charities, and growing ERIC member community will reinforce the sustainability and accessibility of EU-OPENSCREEN.

Aqua Research Infrastructure Services for the health and protection of our unique, oceans, seas and freshwater ecosystems

AQUARIUS will provide a highly comprehensive suite of integrated research infrastructures appropriate to addressing significant challenges for the long-term sustainability of our unique oceans, seas and freshwater ecosystems. For the first time, diverse research infrastructures will be combined to facilitate the work of researchers and key stakeholders focused on challenges and opportunities for both marine and freshwater systems. An impressive range of 57 research infrastructure services will be made available to include research vessels, mobile marine observation platforms, aircraft,  drones, satellite, sensors, fixed freshwater and marine observatories and test sites, experimental facilities, and sophisticated data infrastructures. AQUARIUS will support the development phase of the EU Mission to Restore our Ocean and waters by 2030, the Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership, the European Green Deal, and international climate initiatives. It will also be an essential component in achieving the European Digital Twin of the Ocean and the UN Decade for Ocean Sciences. The needs of researchers will be met through a robust and transparent system of transnational access funding Calls, facilitated by centralised user-friendly access portal. The Call programme will be informed through stakeholder engagement and brokerage events. Projects to be selected for Access must convincingly integrate multiple infrastructures and contribute to the core policy objectives of Mission Ocean, that is, to protect and restore marine and freshwater ecosystems and biodiversity; to prevent and eliminate pollution of our oceans, seas and waters; and to ensure a sustainable, carbon-neutral and circular blue economy. A thematic and geographic focus will be the hallmark of the proposed transnational Calls, aligning with the Lighthouse Regions, that is, the Baltic and the North Sea Basins, Black Sea, Atlantic/Arctic, and Mediterranean Sea along with their associated rivers.

EOSC-ENTRUST: A European Network of TRUSTed research environments

The mission of EOSC-ENTRUST is to create a European network of trusted research environments for sensitive data and to drive European interoperability by joint development of a common blueprint for federated data access and analysis. 
Countries and institutions have made significant investments in secure and trusted data environments to meet the need for research and policy-driven analysis of sensitive datasets such as people's health and socio-economic status, the habitats of vulnerable species and geo-spatial locations of protected sites. There are now a large number of such secure environments in operation - linked to national centres, individual organisations or specific research communities. This fragmented landscape poses challenges for both users and providers: researchers are faced with a large number of different systems and access procedures; providers need to manage federated access across multiple, potentially incompatible, technology and governance frameworks.
EOSC-ENTRUST brings together providers of operational Trusted Research Environments from 15 European countries with a shared goal to implement, validate and promote their capabilities through a common European framework using shared standards and common legal, operational and technical language. This blueprint for interoperability is anchored in the EOSC Interoperability Framework spanning the four dimensions of Legal, Organisational, Technical and Semantic interoperability. EOSC-ENTRUST has identified four driver projects covering Genomics, Clinical trials, Social science, and public-private partnerships to benchmark capabilities, inform blueprint design and demonstrate secure  data analysis using federated workflows.
Targeted outreach activities will expand this open network with further providers and develop policy papers and guidelines for the full range of stakeholders to create a long-term operational TRE framework within the European Open Science Cloud.


Providing research infrastructure services to support Next Generation EU

This four-year project will harness outputs from key social science RIs in Europe and other reliable sources to support the aims of the ‘Next Generation EU’ programme and to inform EU youth policy. Virtual access will be provided to the outputs through special installations (portals) developed during the project. The core of the proposal is a set of existing research ‘services’, which will be re-purposed and customised to focus directly on the five themes: Make it Green; Make it Digital; Make it Healthy; Make it Strong; and Make it Equal. 

For each area, the consortium will work collaboratively to produce seven sets of resources:

i)	A searchable inventory of relevant variables drawn from multiple cross-national datasets; 

ii)	Analytical summaries, suitable for policy makers and analysts new to the field, as well as interactive resources available through the project portal;

iii)	Harmonised and merged extracts from these datasets that reduce the burden on analysts and increase sample sizes;

iv)	New data collected through the ESS’s established CRONOS web panel infrastructure. Eleven countries will field five waves of the panel, each one dedicated to a NextGenEU theme. Free and rapid access to the data will be available through the CRONOS portal alongside analytical summaries;

v)	In-person and virtual deliberative forums with young people (aged 18-34) in four countries covering the five Next Generation EU’ themes;

vi)	An educational tool (E-NextGen) channelling our data for use in classrooms and by the general public;

vii)	Comprehensive training materials related to all project outputs.


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"Blink i Norge" is about amplifying the effects of Lyse's participation in the Horizon 2020 project Triangulum and how these can have an increased effect in Norway. The goal is to introduce the innovative video platform Blink in a Norwegian context, at the same time as it builds on Lyse's experiences after piloting the solution in Triangulum.
Blink was tested in other contexts than before, in this case for the municipality home and habilitation service. Employees in these services often experience time pressure and capacity challenges.
The habilitation service spent a few weeks learning to use Blink. It turned out that further testing of the solution could fit well the demands of some of the clients. Based on this, a survey was sent out in order to map what kind of adjustments were required in order to strengthen the usesfullness of Blink for Strand municipality. Suggestions following the survey were based both on feedback from the municipality and suppositions from Lyse.
To summarise:
- The habilitation service received the Blink units in June 2021.
- A new survey covering new improvements and new functionality was carried out as the habilitation service reached the same user level as the home based service.
- The following additional functionality was considered useful for the habilitation service: multi-party participation, next of kin functionality and a "get in touch" button.
- Further work on a next of kin functionality was preferred  given the budgetary framework and the fact that this kind of functionality was sought by several relatives of the clients.
- Configuration of tablets due to new API was carried out in December 2021.
- The tablets were returned to the habilitation service in February 2022 and testing confirmed that the new functionalities worked as intended.
- An evaluation meeting in April 2022 covered findings further touched upon later in this report. This includes communication about the results and activities within Strand municipality in addition to continuation of the solution.
Lyse has conducted workshops together with municipality health personel in orde to better understand their day to day demands   particularily when it comes to users. During the project, new adjustments have been made in order to meet suggestions from next of kin.
Earlier reporting has covered home based services functionality. In this report, we will elaborate more on client demands and results of test activities with the habilitation service. Members of the service conclude that "we absolutely see the usefulness and value of the Blink solution". All in all, the municipality has made use of 6 tablets and approx. 20 users have taken part in the testing.
Points that are underlined by care personel:
- The solution is much better than just using a phone, as the care personel through using "Blinken" (as the solution is nicknamed), can help clients to start the day without having to visit them physically.
- One gets a clearer impression of how the clients are doing - as everything from the way they are dressed to their mimicry conveys useful information.
- It seems clear that the solution can be utilised in other sections of the care apparatus, such as in ambulatory teams in the mental health area.
- The solution is said to be easy to use and proves efficient in reducing demand for driving time.
- Using Blink is now a recurring point in the habilitation service's daily work plan.
- One can use Blink in the office at the same time as administrative duties are fullfilled.

Strand municipality plans to take part in a project involving children and young persons in habilitation with the intention of testing Blink in that age group. In Blink i Norge, the age range has been 20 to 40. The new project will involve 9 municipalities in Rogaland county. Hence, there is reason to hope that the solution will be put to use in other municipalities.
The Blink solution will probably continue in another company, and Triangulum partner Omsyn has already been in touch with Strand in that respect. In that case, Blink will be a payed-for service with running and support included.
Strand municipality has informed all employees in their care sector in addition to central staff and mayor about their Blink experiences financed be the Research Council of Norway. A video production was also included in the project proposal. This has not been possible to carry out due to strict privacy rules in the care sector.

Hovedformålet i H2020-prosjektet Triangulum var å prøve ut en innovativ form for videokommunikasjon som både kan gjøre hverdagen bedre for innbyggerne og forbedre omsorgsfunksjonen i byene. Etter en grunnleggende teknologisk forbedring av tjenesten under prosjektet, framgår resultatene først og fremst av replikeringen i følgebyene Sabadell og Praha i form av tjenlig brukeropplevelse for omsorgtjenestene og mottakerne av dem. Dette førte også til at Blink ble oppført på Horisont 2020s Innovation Radar etter prosjektslutt.
For å utnytte erfaringene i et forsterkningsprosjekt som dette, har Lyse innledet samarbeid med Strand kommune i Rogaland, der vi tidligere har samarbeidet om blant annet Tingenes internett-løsninger. Tre hovedaktiviteter utgjør den røde tråden: Dialog med brukerkommunen, tilpasning av løsning og formidling.
Bruk av videotjenester som er skreddersydd til en kommune sine behov kan bidra til at flere kan bo hjemme lenger og dermed gi betydelige kostnadsbesparelser. En slik tjeneste kan også redusere ensomhet - blant annet på grunn av COVID-19 - og øke graden av inkludering hvis man også tar inn pårørende som en del av tjenesten. Hvis den i tillegg kan tilpasses nye brukergrupper og behov, vil den samfunnsmessige verdien og relevansen øke ytterligere. Ettersom behovene i norske kommuner i stor grad er sammenfallende, kan en vellykket test sammen med Strand kommune gi betydelig effekt også i andre norske kommuner.
Dette forutsetter dokumentasjon og kommunikasjon gjennom den ett år lange prosjektperioden som skaper involvering og økt oppmerksomhet om Blink. Innhold og formidlingsform må anlegges bredt nok til at målgruppene kan omfatte både helsepersonell, pårørende, omsorgsmottakere, beslutningstakere og formidlere av helsekunnskap.

Blink i Norge

Dette er det første større studiet av Kant og hans elevers demokrati-teori fra 1790-tallet. Kants politiske filosofi har på senere år vært gjenstand for stor akademisk interesse, men forskere har ignorert at han var omringet av en stor og produktiv forskningsgruppe som i samtiden var kjent som «Den kantianske skole». Disse filosofene omfattet Heydenreich (1794), Bergk (1796), Reinhold (2005), Tieftrunk (1798), Feuerbach (1798), Erhard (1970), Maimon (1795), Forster (1965), Jakob (1794), Reimarus (1791), Schlegel (1996) og den tidlige Fichte (1973). Kantianerne er særlig interessante fordi de utviklet en filosofisk begrunnelse for folkestyret, både når det gjelder borgeres politiske rettigheter, og når det gjelder institusjoner, som valg, folkeavstemninger, og representativt styre. I motsetning til Kant forsvarte mange av dem stemmerett for kvinner og arbeidere. Ved å gi uavhengige tolkninger av Kants begrep om autonomi var de i stand til å utvikle filosofiske teorier som fortsatt er av stor interesse, særlig deres syn på hvordan frihet forutsetter politisk deltakelse, om hvordan demokrati forutsetter en fri offentlighet og folkeopplysning, og i sofistikerte teorier om kollektiv handling som søker å vise hvordan et folk har rett til å endre sin grunnlov, enten gjennom reform eller revolusjon. Kantiansk fundament for demokrati søker ikke bare å dekke et kunnskapshull men å vise hvordan disse tenkerne kan hjelpe med å bygge et kantiansk fundament for demokratiet. Analysen styres av fire spørsmål: hvordan begrunnet Kantianerne (1) prinsippet om like rettigheter, (2) politiske rettigheter, (3) folkestyret og dets institusjoner, (4) reform og revolusjon. Forskningen vil bidra til studier om Kant og demokratiets filosofiske grunnlag.

This is the first large scale study of the theory of democracy of Kant and his followers in the 1790s. Kant’s political philosophy has recently been the subject of a surge of scholarly interest, yet scholars have ignored that he was the center of a large and productive research group known at the time as ‘the Kantian School’ in political philosophy. These philosophers included Heydenreich (1794), Bergk (1796), Reinhold (2005), Tieftrunk (1798), Feuerbach (1798), Erhard (1970), Maimon (1795), Forster (1965), Jakob (1794), Reimarus (1791), Schlegel (1996) and the early Fichte (1973). The Kantians were remarkable in seeking to develop a philosophical justification for popular sovereignty, both in terms of the political rights of citizens, and in terms institutions, such as voting, plebiscites and representative government. By contrast to Kant, many of them defended the extension of the franchise to workers and women. Providing original interpretations of Kant's concept of autonomy, they produced philosophical theories that remain of high interest, in particular in their views of how freedom requires political participation, on how democracy relies on a free public sphere and popular enlightenment, and in their sophisticated theories of collective action that sought to show how a people has a right to change its constitution, either through reform or revolution. Scholarship has largely neglected the Kantians. Kantian Foundations of Democracy aims to not just fill in a knowledge gap, but to show how these thinkers can help build a Kantian foundation for democracy. The analysis will be guided by four cross cutting questions: how did the Kantians justify (1) the principle of equal rights, (2) political rights, (3) popular sovereignty and its institutions, and (4) reform and revolution? The research will contribute to studies of Kant on the philosophical foundations of democracy.

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The Kantian Foundations of Democracy (KanDem)

Awarded: NOK 15.2 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2026

Location: Oslo

SAMF-Fagkomiteen for samfunnsvitenskap

Human Rights in International Law

Awarded: NOK 1.1 mill.

Project Period: 2001-2004

Location: Ukjent Fylke