Ongoing research projects

You will find on this page a list of National, European and International projects currently ongoing at La Rochelle University.

For any information and if you wish to benefit from support in research projects submissions, do not hesitate to contact the Engineering for Projects and Agreements Service.

ComfortA : A better understanding of thermal Alliesthesia and thermal Adaptation for correctly predicting dynamic thermal comfort

Project duration : 2019 –

Scientific manager : Marika Vellei (LaSIE E2-BVD team)

Funding programme : HORIZON 2020

Project coordinator : La Rochelle Université

Scientific fields : science and engineering of information

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BehavToxArc : BEHAVioural ecoTOXicology meets climate change: Interactive effects of mercury

Project duration : 2019 –

Scientific manager : Jérôme Fort (LIENSs équipe AMARE)

Funding programme : HORIZON 2020

Project coordinator : La Rochelle Université

Scientific fields  : arctic biology, mercury pollution, animal personality, behavioral ecotoxicology, seabirds

DICART : Development of a digital and non-invasive diagnostic tool to measure capillary refill time for patient with severe circulatory insufficiency

Project duration : 2019 –

Scientific manager : Catherine Choquet (MIA)

Funding programme : HORIZON 2020 Pillar 2 « Industrial Leadership »

Project coordinator : DICARTECH SAS (France)

Scientific Fields : medical device, intensive care

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MAReNET : Atlantic Maritime Ecosystem Network

Project duration : 2019 – 2021

Scientific manager : Stéphanie Bordenave (LIENSs, BCBS team)

Funding programme : European Fisheries and Maritime Affairs Fund (FEAMP) – Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME)

Project coordinator : Universidad de Vigo (Spain)

Scientific fields : cooperation, maritime sector, academia, blue economy

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SCORING : Smart Collaborative cOmputing, caching and netwoRking paradIgm for Next

Project duration : 2019 – 2022

Scientific manager : Yacine Ghamri-Doudane (L3I, Dynamique des Systèmes et Adaptativité team)

Funding programme : French National Research Agency ANR-ERANET-CHISTERA

Project coordinator : La Rochelle Université

Scientific fields : integrated computing platform, network caching, internet of things

ARCAS : New method for qualifying the design of social housing buildings and assessing their energy efficiency and environmental quality in the SUDOE territory

Project duration  : 2019 – 2022

Scientific manager : Patrice Joubert (LaSIE, E2 – BVD team)

Funding program : INTERREG SUDOE Axis 3 « Law-carbon economy »

Project coordinator : Fundation “Estudios Calidad Edificación” (Spain)

Scientific fields : energy efficiency, fuel poverty, health

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SUMMER : SUstainable Management of MEsopelagic Resources

Project duration : 2019 – 2023

Scientific manager : Jérôme Spitz (LIENSs, AMARE team)

Funding programme : HORIZON 2020 Pillar 3 « Societal challenges »

Project coordinator : Fundacion Azti (Spain)

Scientific fields : biodiversity, pelagic ecosystems

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CircularSeas : Turning ocean plastic waste into green products for maritime industries

Project duration : 2019 – 2022

Scientific manager : Mickaël Coustaty (L3I, Images et Contenus team)

Funding programme : INTERREG Atlantic Area Priority 2 « Fostering resource efficiency »

Project coordinator : Leartiker (Spain)

Scientific fields : green economy, eco-innovative products, maritime industry, marine plastic waste

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Embeddia : Cross-Lingual Embeddings for Less-Represented Languages in European News Media

Project duration : 2019 – 2021

Scientific manager : Antoine Doucet (L3I, Images et Contenus team)

Funding programme : HORIZON 2020 Pillar 2 « Industrial leadership »

Project coordinator : Institut Jozef Stefan (Slovenia)

Scientific fields : multilingualism, access to media, European Union

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BALNEOMAR : Seaside space production in coastal cities. Circulation of experiences (France-Brazil)

Project duration : 2018-2021

Scientific manager : Laurent Vidal (CRHIA)

Funding programme : CAPES-COFECUB Franco-Brazilian

Project coordinator : Franco-Brazilian bilateral project

Scientific fields : upgrading, urban shores, climate change, tourism

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NewsEye : A Digital Investigator for Historical Newspapers

Project duration : 2018 – 2021

Scientific manager : Antoine Doucet (L3I, Images et Contenus team)

Funding programme : HORIZON 2020 Pillar 3 « Societal Challenges »

Project coordinator : La Rochelle Université

Scientific fields : digital humanities, old press

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BIOSYS : Biomass and fish size estimation system

Project duration : 2018 – 2021

Scientific manager : Christel Lefrançois (LIENSs, AMARE team)

Funding programme : French National Research Agency ANR-ERANET-MARTERA

Project coordinator : Uni Research Polytec AS, Haugesund (Norway)

Scientific fields : video image processing, fish stocks

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NUNATARIYUK : Permafrost thaw and the changing Arctic coast, science for socioeconomic adaptation

Project duration : 2017 – 2022

Scientific manager : Vincent Le Fouest (LIENSs, BIOFEEL team)

Funding programme : HORIZON 2020 Pillar 3 « Societal challenges»

Project coordinator : Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz- Zentrum für Polar und Meeresforschung (Netherlands)

Scientific fields : permafrost, climate, Arctic, coastal populations, adaptation strategies

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EnhanceMicroAlgae : High-added value industrial opportunities for microalgae in the Atlantic Area

Project duration : 2017 – 2020

Scientific manager : Laurent Picot (LIENSs, BCBS team)

Funding programme : INTERREG Atlantic Area Priority 1 « Stimulating innovation and competitiveness »

Project coordinator : ENFACO, Vigo (Spain)

Scientific fields : microalgae, industry competitiveness, transfer of expertise

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PROEMED : Boosting Environmental Protection and Energy Efficient Buildings in Mediterranean Region

Project duration : 2016 – 2020

Scientific manager : Rafik Belarbi (LaSIE, E2 – BVD team)

Funding programme : ERASMUS + Capacity Building

Project coordinator : Universita Degli Studi di Genova (Italy)

Scientific fields : environmental protection, energy efficiency

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WINFIL : Development and characterization of an energy and air quality functional window

Project duration : 2020 – 2023

Scientific manager : Patrice Blondeau (LaSIE, E2-BVD team)

Funding programme : French National Research Agency (ANR)

Project coordinator : La Rochelle Université

Scientific fields : air pollution, air quality, building energy consumption, filter module

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DOLPHINFREE : Towards a fishing without dolphin catches

Project duration : 2020 – 2023

Scientific manager : Olivier Van Canneyt (PELAGIS Observatory)

Funding programme : European Fisheries and Maritime Affairs Fund (FEAMP) – Measure 39 (Innovation in the fishing sector for the conservation of marine biological resources)

Project coordinator : Montpellier University

Scientific fields :dolphin accidental catches, acoustic beacon, pinger, acoustic signal improvement, increased energy autonomy, pelagic trawler, gill-boat, Bay of Biscay, national action plan

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RECA : Reducing Carbon Emissions for the Self-consumption of Renewable Energies

Project duration : 2020 – 2023

Scientific manager : Jérôme Le Dréau (LaSIE, E2-BVD team)

Funding programme : French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME)

Project coordinator  : Pôle Atlantech (France)

Scientific fields : flexibility and integration of renewable energies, impacts (environmental, economic, social), financial engineering, tools for regulation and governance of energy systems, management of intelligent energy systems, recovery of CO2

CHAMDOC : Cham documentation

Project duration : 2019 – 2023

Scientific manager : Jean-Christophe Burie (L3i, Images et Contenus team)

Funding programme : French National Research Agency (ANR)

Project coordinator : Centre Asie du Sud-Est– Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (France)

Scientific fields : written heritage of Vietnam, epigraphy, paleography, automatic method of character analysis and recognition, inscriptions, manuscripts, heritage conservation

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SLHyCC : Impact of hydrogen on the localization of plastic deformation of structural hardening alloys: consequences on fatigue damage

Project duration : 2019 – 2022

Scientific manager : Xavier Feaugas (LaSIE, E4-DMPR team)

Funding programme : French National Research Agency (ANR)

Project coordinator : La Rochelle Université

Scientific fields : hydrogen, structural hardening alloy, material life, material durability

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MITIK : Mobility and contact traces from non-intrusive passive measurements

Project duration : 2019 – 2022

Scientific manager : Yacine Ghamri-Doudane (L3i, Dynamique des Systèmes et Adaptativité team)

Funding programme : French National Research Agency (ANR)

Project coordinator : National Research Institute for Digital Science and Technology (INRIA) Paris-Saclay (France)

Scientific fields : node mobility, personal user data

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QUAMPO : Quality of the marine environment in Mediterranean port environments

Project duration : 2019 – 2022

Scientific manager : Hélène Thomas (LIENSs, AMARE team)

Funding programme : European Fisheries and Maritime Affairs Fund (FEAMP)

Project coordinator : La Rochelle Université

Scientific fields : coastal zones, terrestrial and marine ecosystem interface, contamination monitoring, quality of coastal port environments

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LICADO : Limiting common dolphins bycatch in the Bay of Biscay : effectiveness tests

Project duration : 2019 – 2022

Scientific manager : Hélène Peltier (LIENSs, AMARE team), Olivier Van Canneyt (PELAGIS Observatory)

Funding programme : European Fisheries and Maritime Affairs Fund (FEAMP) – Measure 39 (Innovation in the fishing sector linked to the conservation of marine biological resources)

Project coordinator : National Committee for Maritime Fisheries and Marine Farming (France)

Scientific fields : bycatch, common dolphins, Bay of Biscay, acoustic repellents, acoustic reflectors, avoidance strategy, management measures

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DEFIPEL : Development of an integrated management approach for the small pelagics sector

Project duration : 2019 – 2023

Scientific manager : Christine Dupuy (LIENSs, Biofeel team)

Funding programme : France Filière Pêche

Project coordinator : French Research Institute for the Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER)

Scientific fields : functioning of pelagic ecosystems, socio-ecosystem approach to fisheries

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IDEAS : Document Engineering, Analysis and Security Lab

Project duration : 2019 – 2022

Scientific manager : Mickaël Coustaty (L3i, Images et Contenus team)

Funding programme : French National Research Agency (ANR)

Project coordinator : La Rochelle Université

Scientific fields : document analysis, fraud detection, dematerialization, content mining

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Smart Réno : Reliability, Professionalize, Promote Renovation

Project duration : 2019 – 2021

Scientific manager : Christian Inard (LaSIE, E2 – BVD team)

Funding programme :  EDF funding to obtain Energy Saving Certificates

Project coordinator :  La Rochelle Université

Scientific fields : Sustainable Building, Renovation

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LITTOPEC : Environmental issues on the Pertuis Charentais coast

Project duration : 2019 – 2020

Scientific manager : Hélène Thomas (LIENSs, AMARE team)

Funding programme : European Fisheries and Maritime Affairs Fund (FEAMP) – GALPA La Rochelle-Ré-Charron measures (Environmental issues of pertuis charentais)

Project coordinator : La Rochelle Université

Scientific fields : global change, coastal water quality, chemical contamination, estuarine continuum, ecosystem services, shellfish farming, fishing, spatio-temporal evolution

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DREAM : Fate of Discharges: from Air to the Bottom of the Sea

Project duration : 2019 – 2021

Scientific manager : Jérôme Spitz (LIENSs, AMARE team)

Funding programme : European Fisheries and Maritime Affairs Fund (FEAMP) – Measure 39 (Innovation in the fishing sector linked to the conservation of the biological resources of the sea)

Project coordinator : IFREMER (France)

Scientific fields : fishing practices, marine ecosystems, reintegration of discards

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EZPONDA : Studies of the mechanical and chemical parameters at the origin of the alteration of the rocky cliffs of the Basque coast and of defense works - impacts and erosion rates

Project duration : 2018 – 2022

Scientific manager : Guy Woppelmann (LIENSs) contact Laurent Testut (LIENSs, DPL team)

Funding programme : European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)

Project coordinator : Communauté d’agglomération du Pays Basque (France)

Scientific fields : cliff erosion, damage to defense structures

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ALLO : Supporting residents in integrating air quality into their homes

Project duration : 2018 – 2021

Scientific manager : Marc Abadie (LaSIE, E2 – BVD team)

Funding programme : French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME)

Project coordinator : TIPEE, Lagord (France)

Scientific fields : air quality, housing, awareness, habitat

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IDECYS+ : The digital identity of VSEs

Project duration : 2018 – 2021

Scientific manager : Jean-Christophe Burie (L3i, Images et Contenus team)

Funding programme : FUI

Project coordinator : Ariadnext (France)

Scientific fields : securing digital identity

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SAIL : Sequential Art Image Laboratory

Project duration : 2018 – 2021

Scientific manager : Jean-Christophe Burie (L3i, Images et Contenus team)

Funding programme : French National Research Agency (ANR)

Project coordinator : La Rochelle Université

Scientific fields : Digital comics

COPEMAM : Better understand the conflicts between fisheries and marine mammals in the archipelago of Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Project duration : 2018 – 2022

Scientific manager : Cécile Vincent (CEBC)

Funding programme : French Agency for Biodiversity

Project coordinator : La Rochelle Université

Scientific fields : marine mammals, marine ecosystems, food ecology, interactions with humans

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PIL : Online Information Pluralism

Project duration : 2017 – 2020

Scientific manager : Sylvain Dejean (CEREGE)

Funding programme : French National Research Agency (ANR)

Project coordinator : Institut Mines Télécom Atlantique, Bretagne et Pays de la Loire

Scientific fields : media concentration, information pluralism, information exposure

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