Project description
Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina HEIs reach new research heights
Autonomous aerial systems (AAS) are increasingly used in a plethora of applications including precision agriculture, and inspection and monitoring of infrastructure such as wind turbines, mapping, and military and defence operations. The EU-funded AeroSTREAM project will build on the successes of the previous AeroTwin twinning project: the aim is to enlarge the capacity and recognition of higher education institutions in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina in the field of AAS applications. Focusing on smart agriculture, forestry and logistics, the project will establish long-lasting partnerships with world-leading experts from Spain, the Czech Republic and the Netherlands. The AeroSTREAM team will leverage staff exchange, expert visits, workshops and tutorials, hands‐on training and co-mentoring of PhD students for success.
Objective
Built on lessons learned and experience gained upon successful implementation of twinning project AeroTwin, this proposal is conceived as an effort to stream AeroTwin positive effects on a network of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) from Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina in order to enlarge capacity for research and innovation, and to prepare and establish a long lasting and integrated cooperation between those institutions and their partners in the local ecosystem. The essential support to reach this objective and prepare the network to facilitate future synergies with the European Universities initiative, will come from three internationally-leading HEIs from Spain, Czech Republic and the Netherlands. Additionally, increase of innovation capabilities of widening HEIs will be achieved through close cooperation with FADA-CATEC and Technological Corporation of Andalusia (CTA), leading European research and innovation intensive organizations, deeply involved in the most relevant EU initiatives and projects. The long lasting and integrated cooperation between institutions will be established in the field of autonomous aerial systems (AAS) applications, with emphasis on smart agriculture, forestry and logistics. The project objectives are i) integrated and long term cooperation between HEIs from Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, with partners from Spain, Czech Republic, and the Netherlands, ii) increased scientific excellence profiles of HEIs from Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina in the field of autonomous aerial systems, and shared capacities with partners from Spain, Czech Republic, and the Netherlands, and iii) improved quality of innovation management, technology transfer and citizen involvement of HEIs from Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Particular set of actions is planned for achieving those objectives, such as common innovation strategy, staff exchange, experts visits, workshops and tutorials, hands‐on trainings, and PhD students co-mentoring.
Fields of science
- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementinnovation management
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculture
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringrobotics
- social sciencespolitical sciencesgovernment systems
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesforestry
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HORIZON-CSA - HORIZON Coordination and Support ActionsCoordinator
10000 Zagreb
Croatia