"Data2Action exists to make emerging technology work harder for humanity, enabling us to co-create a healthier, fairer and more sustainable world for all. [...]

We’re recruiting *13 funded doctoral fellows from Europe and beyond* to work collaboratively across a range of interconnected cutting-edge research and development projects."

#HorizonEurope #UKResearchAndInnovation #UKRI #MarieCurie #MSCA #DoctoralNetwork #PhD #DataScience #Data2Action #SocialInnovation #SocialImpact #LivingLabs #CoCreation #Collaboration #Transdisciplinary #Dissemination #Communication #NetworkBuilding #CommonGood #AI #CuttingEdge
#Technology #Humanity #Health #Fairness #Sustainability #SustainableWorld #PublicGood #SocialPioneers #ArtificalIntelligence
#SectoralExperts #Society #RealWorldSolutions #ClimateChange #SocialJustice #Democracy #Aging #People #Planet

http://www.data2action.eu

The IHC has launched a call for expressions of interest for applications for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships, both in the ‘European’ and ‘Global’ strands.

We are accepting proposals until 1 June

https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/en/cfa-msca-2025/

@histodons
@histodon
@museum
@litstudies
@envhist
@envhum

On 13–14th of February 2025, I organised a #Hackathon on #RomaniChords that explored various methodological avenues for my #MSCA project’s data acquisition.

Here’s a short thread summarising what we dealt with and achieved during these days.

CCying everyone interested in #Ethnomusicology, #Musicology, #ComputationalMusicology, #MusicScience, #RomaniStudies, #RomaniMusic and alike.

Let’s jump right into it!

[Note: See alt text for more info about the pictures attached to this thread]

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Marie Skłodowska-Curie was more than a scientist — she was a pioneer and an inspiration for generations of researchers, standing to this day as an emblem of excellency in research.

Let's celebrate the power of curiosity and discovery!

Learn more about the @EUCommission 's reference programme for doctoral education and postdoctoral training https://europa.eu/!wc9DFm

"Approximate and Weighted Data Reconstruction Attack in Federated Learning" co-authored by #MSCA researcher Ziqi Wang
demonstrates that private data can be reconstructed from shared information in federated learning
emphasizing the urgent need for stronger defense mechanisms to protect user privacy.

#federatedLearning
#gradientInversion

#MachineLearning
#ArtificialIntelligence

https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.06822

RT by @EU_ScienceHub: Two @mscactions researchers and a #cancer survivor have a common goal:

A more effective cancer treatment, with fewer side effects.

Read their conversation about how an innovative treatment can bring hope patients.

#MSCA #WorldCancerDay #EUscience #EUfunded #CancerResearch
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RT by @EU_ScienceHub: The #COFUND 2025 call is open with €101.8M to co-fund doctoral & postdoctoral programmes

Deadline: 24 June 2025

Develop talent, drive innovation, and strengthen your research programmes.

Find out more in the link in the first comment!

#MSCA
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Hi!

A friend is about to begin their MSCA (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions) postdoc position in Spain,
but is very confused with the contract the university proposed (as in: pre-tax salary quite a bit smaller than expected).

Any suggestions as to where to find info about salary breakdown in Spanish universities?

Please boost to help me reach someone that has information about this

ModConFlex' first researchers started around August 2023. Our presently 13 #MSCA researchers are coming from fields of #engineering, #physics and/or #mathematics. They are hosted by eight different #universities for their PhD and meet at least once a year at our annual network and training events.

Their research focuses on a range of topics from #ArtificialIntelligence over #ControlTheory (applied to floating #WindTurbines or, more theoretical, port Hamiltonian systems) to #FlexibleAircraft.

Last 2024 publication within the #ModConFlex project:

"LQR control for a system describing the interaction between a floating solid and the surrounding fluid" on #mathematics of #solid moving on the #sea and #control acting on the solid.

Co-authored by #ModConFlex #MSCA researcher Zhuo Xu and published in Mathematical Control and Related Fields:

https://www.aimsciences.org//article/doi/10.3934/mcrf.2024039

Congratulations to Zhuo for his first #publication !

#controltheory

#offshorewind
#floatingwindfarms

Name an inspirational scientist!

We'll start: Marie Skłodowska-Curie.

Whose birthday also happens to be today

Her inspiring legacy lives on through the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, which provides funding and support to researchers, including 19 Nobel Prize Laureates.

Find out more: https://europa.eu/!djRmVn

Innovation knows no borders.

Be part of the #MSCA Staff Exchange and experience international research cooperation firsthand 🗘

International mobility fuels research, enabling discovery through diverse perspectives. If you want to take your research to the next level, we invite you to our Information Session about the upcoming Staff Exchanges call.

At the Session, you will learn all you need to know about how to apply to this opportunity: europa.eu/!nNRBvD

We're recruiting!

2 fully-funded, salaried 4-y #PhDpositions in the #MSCA Doctoral Network “The International Dimensions and Effects of #Populism (#IDEoPOP)”, placed at the School of Global Studies, U. of #Gothenburg, with secondments elsewhere.

1. Populism and the reshaping of the #EU
https://bit.ly/IDEoPOP-EU

2. Populists in International & Regional Organizations: Engagement or Disengagement?
https://bit.ly/IDEoPOP-IOs

@politicalscience @internationalrelations @academicchatter @socialscience

"Towards an Understanding of Artificial Intelligence via a transparent, open and explainable perspective" -- #TUAI kick-off meeting at the Silesian University of Technology. Happy to be on board of this #MSCA doctoral network!

https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101168344

Warm congratulations to David Baker on winning the #NobelPrize in Chemistry 2024, along with Demis Hassabi & John Jumper!

Baker has been involved in numerous EU-funded #MSCA projects, fostering excellence & training researchers.

Read more: http://europa.eu/!G7fr8w

Here's another video on #RomaniChords, the topic of my #MSCA research project, which has just started...The video was presented at the #GypsyLoreSociety Annual meeting in Sofia last week.

Much like the previous video, it's based on 7 pictures [this time pictures in motion!] and is conceptualised as an introduction to the topic for anthropologists and Romani studies scholars.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lihBLvy256U

Everything you wanted to know about #RomaniChords, but were afraid to ask =>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQoAUgult80

I've just published more than a 100-minute video explaining the current state of the art and the methodology for my freshly started #MSCA #RomChords project.

(a bit of a long read but in the form of a YouTube video )

Recommended especially to those interested in #Ethnomusicology, & #Musicology & #RomaniStudies

You can visit the project's website for more context => https://romanichords.eu/

Any experience with #MSCA (Marie Curie) EU Postdoc Fellowships?
Thinking of re-writing a proposal for a national fellowship for the upcoming MSCA round vs. applying for MSCA next year.
Applying now gives me feedback and by next year I would have worked at the host for months, which might be seen as weird (even if I’m still eligible). But proposals scoring below 70% cannot re-apply (ca. 20% of entries in 2021) - are those just bad, or is it that competitive?