Artificial olfaction offers the
most promising route to overcome the current
limitations of gas sensing technologies, but as an
inherently multi-disciplinary field suffers from
fragmentation and lack of communication. The network
of excellence GOSPEL (General Olfaction and Sensing
Projects on a European Level) aims to establish
Europe as a world leader in science, technology
development and subsequent commercial exploitation
of artificial olfaction and gas sensing. GOSPEL will
provide a landscape of European capability in
artificial olfaction and will identify the barriers
to its exploitation and provide measures to overcome
them. It will identify services required by
industry, develop the offering and put in place the
necessary legal and organisational structures to
implement them. The network aims to produce a
long-term restructuring of European research through
the formation of a revenue-generating
self-sustaining entity, a European Research Interest
Group (ERIG) based on the legal model of an EEIG.
GOSPEL will enable early-stage and established
researchers to develop multi-disciplinary approaches
to this subject through a comprehensive training and
exchange programme.
The scientific goals include:
1) thorough understanding of the biological sense of
smell and mimic its relevant functions;
2) provision of an objective, quantitative
assessment of gases and odours, and;
3) provision of the means to monitor technically
relevant and non-odorant gases even in complex
mixtures. The participants´ expertise crystallizes
around three focal points, the centres of excellence
(CoE), dedicated to: microsystem research
("hardware"); the development of algorithms and data
processing methods ("software"); fundamental
research in biological olfaction and data processing
("biomimetics"). The technological centre of gravity
will be the development of highly integrated
microsensors in silicon technology to enable more
robust and stable gas sensing products with wide
applicability.
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Participant Organization:
UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER INSTITUTE OF
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY |
Country: UNITED KINGDOM |
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Participant Organization:
EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE
ZUERICH |
Country: SWITZERLAND |
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Participant Organization:
FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER
ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. |
Country: GERMANY |
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Participant Organization:
INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN
INFORMATIQUE ET EN AUTOMATIQUE |
Country: FRANCE |
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Participant Organization:
VDI/VDE TECHNOLOGIEZENTRUM
INFORMATIONSTECHNIK GMBH |
Country: GERMANY |
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Participant Organization:
LINKOEPINGS UNIVERSITET |
Country: SWEDEN |
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Participant Organization:
CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE |
Country: ITALY |
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Participant Organization:
UNIVERSITAET BREMEN |
Country: GERMANY |
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Participant Organization:
SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY |
Country: POLAND |
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Participant Organization:
ASSOCIATION POUR LA RECHERCHE ET LE
DEVELOPPEMENT DES METHODES ET PROCESSUS
INDUSTRIELS |
Country: FRANCE |
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Participant Organization:
SIRA LIMITED |
Country: UNITED KINGDOM |
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Participant Organization:
ASSOCIATION POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT DE
L'ENSEIGNEMENT DE L'ECONOMIE ET DES
RECHERCHE DE MIDI-PYRENEES |
Country: FRANCE |
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Participant Organization:
TELECOM ITALIA LEARNING SERVICES S.P.A. |
Country: ITALY |
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Participant Organization:
UMEA UNIVERSITET |
Country: SWEDEN |
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Participant Organization:
ALBERT-LUDWIGS-UNIVERSITAET FREIBURG |
Country: GERMANY |
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Participant Organization:
KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET |
Country: SWEDEN |
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Participant Organization:
UNIVERSITAD DE BARCELONA |
Country: SPAIN |
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Participant Organization:
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE |
Country: FRANCE |
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Participant Organization:
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA |
Country: ITALY |
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Participant Organization:
KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN |
Country: SWEDEN |
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Participant Organization:
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA "TOR VERGATA" |
Country: ITALY |
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Participant Organization:
MAX-PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER
WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V. |
Country: GERMANY |
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Participant Organization:
UNIVERSITE DE NEUCHATEL |
Country: SWITZERLAND |
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Participant Organization:
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PAVIA |
Country: ITALY |
