Digital/Data
Learning based subsampling
Learning-based sampling outperforms the state-of-the-art sampling in terms of visual quality, PSNR (peak signal-to-noise) and SSIM (structural similarity), on a knee that is scanned with 6 times acceleration.
LIFT – method for training a feature detector of an image processor
Method, System, and Device for Learned Invariant Feature Transform for Computer Images
Scale-adaptive media item segmentation technique
Image segmentation continues to be a central topic of many computer vision applications with the aim to extract useful information from the available images.
Device and Methods for Holographic Anti-Counterfeit Applications
Example of holographic projection recorded by a smartphone
Parameter-free image resolution estimation
A new powerful tool to quantify the effective resolution in super-resolution microscopy for expedited microscopy setup alignment, characterization and optimization as well as for automated microscopes
Polisis
Automated Analysis and Presentation of Privacy Policies Using Machine Learing
JPEG Compatible Media Content Processing
Protection procedure of secure JPEG transmorphing
FindeX: Ranking of Growing Networks
Ranking algorithm to rank nodes in a network accounting for the network growth and possible changes in its links
Manufacturing/materials
High efficient alkaline electrolysers for small and medium size applications
This invention aims at providing an enhanced sound signal for hearing aids taking into account the sound received by a first hear to modify or shape the sound of the second hear.
Variable Stiffness Fiber with Self-Healing Capability
A variable stiffness fiber made of silicone and low melting point alloys quickly becomes >700 times softer and >400 times more deformable when heated above 62 °C.
Quarts: Quick Agreement for Real-Time Control Systems
Architecture of a real-time control system for which Quarts can guarantee consistency and bounded latency
Capsule recycling system for coffee machines
Our solution enables the compaction of the waste materials inside the coffee machine.
New Composites for extraction of metal or contaminating chemical species
Metallic Organic Frameworks (MOFs) for extraction of metals or precious metals
Method for synthesis of metal organic framework composites (MOFs)
Metallic Organic Frameworks (MOFs) with enhanced stability in aqueous environment for heterogeneous catalysis, selective gas separation, energy storage, drug delivery, water decontamination
MOFs for wet flue gas CO2 capture
Metal organic Frameworks (MOF) that can uniquely adsorb and capture CO2 in the presence of water.
A method for producing an oxide shell around nanocrystals
A solution-based method to grow a metal oxide shell by atomic layer deposition with a tunable thickness.
MIMO-friendly Window
Glazing unit comprising a pair of windowpanes adapted to allow low and balanced transmission loss for EM radiation
Nanopatterned antimicrobial surfaces
The technology is an antimicrobial surface that relies on a unique nanotopography/nanopattern approach that induces mechanical rupture of bacteria.
Partial Discharge Localization Using Time Reversal
Time reversal, a novel technique to 3D-locate partial discharge sources in power equipment and electric vehicles
Miniaturized Microwave Waveguide Devices
Application to Space and Terrestrial Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Systems
Fabrication method to remove scalloping and tapering effects in through-silicon vias
A new scallop free and non-tapered approach to overcome this challenge by adding a new step to the standard TSV procedure exploiting the crystalline orientation of silicon wafers.
Manufacturing of nanoscale orifices in glass like materials
A new process for manufacturing in a controllable manner nano-scale orifices in glass like materials with a tubular shape.
Systems (Electronics, Sensors & Analytics)
Device and Methods for Holographic Anti-Counterfeit Applications
Example of holographic projection recorded by a smartphone
Majority Logic Synthesis
A logic synthesis tool which significantly improves the performance of digital integrated circuits
Parameter-free image resolution estimation
A new powerful tool to quantify the effective resolution in super-resolution microscopy for expedited microscopy setup alignment, characterization and optimization as well as for automated microscopes
Foldable and self-deployable aerial vehicle
Foldable quadrator technology for self-deployment of the arms
Polisis
Automated Analysis and Presentation of Privacy Policies Using Machine Learing
Intuitive teleoperation
Intuitive gesture-based control interface for real and simulated robots for teleoperations
Magnet-Assisted Ball Drive
Ball drive design for locomotion which utilizes a permanent magnet as the drive roller for palm-sized robots.
Gradient Flow Emulation Using Drift Diffusion Processes
Novel way of solving gradient flow problems by using a physical emulation device
Propulsion Module for Generating Wave- Like Motion
A propulsion module comprising a motor for generating rotational motion and a pair of conversion devices, each having a movable arm to convert rotational motion into oscillatory translational motion. It also consists of a drive mechanism for coupling the motor to the conversion device, as well as a flexible structure configured to be guided by the movable arms in order to generate the wave-like motion.
Miniaturized Microwave Waveguide Devices
Application to Space and Terrestrial Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Systems
Divergence based video completion
Divergence-Based Adaptive Extreme Video Completion (ADEFAN)
Highly energy-area efficient SAR ADC architecture
An ultra-small and low-power 10-bit successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter (SAR ADC) architecture, having up to 1 MS/s sampling rate.
Osmotic Power Generator
Power generator using nanopore technology to convert an osmotic salt gradient into electricity.
Life science
Computationally designed epitope- focused immunogen enhancing subdominant neutralizing antibody responses
Synthetic polypeptide mimicking RSV site II epitope for efficiently boosting preexisting immunity
Method for preparing proliferative induced hepatic progenitor cells
Experimental protocol for the generation of induced HPC from primary human hepatocytes
Cyclic peptide-based KLK5 and KLK7 inhibitors
Potent tissue kallikrein inhibitors towards a first therapy for the Netherton Syndrome
Variable Stiffness Fiber with Self-Healing Capability
A variable stiffness fiber made of silicone and low melting point alloys quickly becomes >700 times softer and >400 times more deformable when heated above 62 °C.
Novel Antibody Tools for Targeting Beta-Amyloid Peptide Oligomerization
Our anti-Aβ peptide antibodies detect new targets associated with early Aβ fragment seeds and small oligomeric entities.
Mutant Aerolysin for nanopore sensing
Mutant Aerolysin nanopores for nucleotide sequencing and analytes detection.
Broad spectrum antivirals
Biocompatible anti-viral nanoparticles with broad-spectrum virucidal effect.
PM20D1 and Alzheimer’s Disease
Therapeutic and diagnostic biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease (AD).
Learning Based Subsampling
Learning-based sampling outperforms the state-of-the-art sampling in terms of visual quality, PSNR (peak signal-to-noise) and SSIM (structural similarity), on a knee that is scanned with 6 times acceleration.
Organotypic 3-D modelling of liver tissue fibrosis
3D cell culture models of the fibrotic liver for therapeutic screening
Plasma and liver lipid species as biomarkers of fatty liver
An alternative method to the current diagnosis of fatty liver diseases
Protein variants
A method allowing engineering highly specific properties without having to design protein from scratch.
Bio-functional 3-D Hydrogels for culturing organoids
Bio-functional 3D hydrogels and its precursors for culturing adult epithelial cells1 mediated IFN I induction
Peptide-based coagulation factor XI inhibitors
Selective FXIa inhibitors based on cyclic peptides and their application for anticoagulation
Sharp edged electrodes for DLD devices
Sharp Edged Electrodes for combined Deterministic Lateral Displacement and Dielectrophoretic devices useful for purification as well as filtration of nanosized biological and chemical materials
Treatment and prevention of age related diseases by the inhibition of sphingolipid synthesis
Inactivation of sphingolipid synthesis do increase muscle mass and grip strength, improve endurance and muscle regeneration and are validated genetically as drug target in humans
Cathepsins inhibitors as anti-cancer therapies
Treatment of hematological cancer in early phase as single agent
Manufacturing of nanoscale orifices in glass like materials
A new process for manufacturing in a controllable manner nano-scale orifices in glass like materials with a tubular shape.
Energy
High efficient alkaline electrolysers for small and medium size applications
We demonstrate that advanced electrolyzers can have higher efficiencies (for example, twice higher as compared with similar operating conditions) by incorporating novel electrocatalysts in an innovative stack configuration.
Partial Discharge Localization Using Time Reversal
Time reversal, a novel technique to 3D-locate partial discharge sources in power equipment and electric vehicles
Osmotic Power Generator
Power generator using nanopore technology to convert an osmotic salt gradient into electricity.
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