Towards Excellent Robotics and Artificial Intelligence at a Slovak university

Informazioni relative al progetto

TERAIS

ID dell’accordo di sovvenzione: 101079338

DOI

10.3030/101079338

Progetto chiuso

Data della firma CE 14 Luglio 2022

Data di avvio 1 Ottobre 2022

Data di completamento 30 Settembre 2025

Finanziato da

• Widening participation and spreading excellence

Costo totale

€ 1 578 793,75

Contributo UE

€ 1 499 890,00

Coordinato da

UNIVERZITA KOMENSKEHO V BRATISLAVE
Slovakia

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - TERAIS (Towards Excellent Robotics and Artificial Intelligence at a Slovak university)

Periodo di rendicontazione: 2022-10-01 al 2025-09-30

Sintesi del contesto e degli obiettivi generali del progetto

The TERAIS project aims at transforming the Department of Applied Informatics (DAI) at COMENIUS UNIVERSITY in Bratislava (UKBA) to a workplace of international academic excellence and an outstanding example for other HEIs in Slovakia. To achieve this, the project aims to: (1) prepare conditions for systematic development of human capital and research capacity of DAI UKBA, (2) establish sustainable networking and collaboration links with partner institutions/within UKBA, (3) boost scientific profile of DAI towards mitigating the research and innovation gap, (4) establish institutional research support structures at UKBA.

Lavoro eseguito dall’inizio del progetto fino alla fine del periodo coperto dalla relazione e principali risultati finora ottenuti

The partnership comprised, in addition to DAI UKBA, the Knowledge Technology team at UNIVERSITÄT HAMBURG in Germany - with exceptional expertise in neural networks, deep learning and cross-modal learning for developmental robotics - and two units at ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA in Italy - with excellent experience in humanoid robotics, control using physical and simulated robots and human-robot interaction. The project was based on 4 pillars: (1) PEOPLE - aiming at creating a life-long career development system at UKBA; (2) NETWORKING - focusing on strengthening collaboration links with international partners and the business community; (3) RESEARCH - focusing on cognitive robotics, a part of embodied artificial intelligence, in which all project partners have outstanding expertise; and (4) SUPPORT - directed towards building the necessary research support structures at UKBA.

Progressi oltre lo stato dell’arte e potenziale impatto previsto (incluso l’impatto socioeconomico e le implicazioni sociali più ampie del progetto fino ad ora)

The project leveraged a broad range of channels, such as staff/student exchanges, joint events/ proposals / publications, and specific dissemination/communication tools. The project contributed to promoting research excellence at different levels (UKBA: DAI, Faculty, University; Slovakia; international scientific community) and achieving wider economic and social impacts - with UKBA serving as a key agent of transformation.

TERAIS team at IIT in 2024