ERA Chair in Internet of Underwater Things at LABUST

Informazioni relative al progetto

UWIN-LABUST

ID dell’accordo di sovvenzione: 101086340

DOI

10.3030/101086340

Data della firma CE 10 Ottobre 2022

Data di avvio 1 Gennaio 2023

Data di completamento 31 Dicembre 2027

Finanziato da

• Widening participation and spreading excellence

Costo totale

€ 2 499 300,00

Contributo UE

€ 2 499 300,00

Coordinato da

SVEUCILISTE U ZAGREBU FAKULTET ELEKTROTEHNIKE I RACUNARSTVA
Croatia

Periodic Reporting for period 2 - UWIN-LABUST (ERA Chair in Internet of Underwater Things at LABUST)

Periodo di rendicontazione: 2024-04-01 al 2025-12-31

Sintesi del contesto e degli obiettivi generali del progetto

UWIN-LABUST project aims to create conditions and opportunities at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical and Engineering and Computing (UNIZG-FER) in Croatia for high quality researchers and research managers to move and engage to achieve excellence in a sustainable manner within the area of Internet of Underwater Things (IoUT), at the Laboratory for Underwater Systems and Technologies (LABUST).
The objectives of the UWIN-LABUST project are: 1) to recruit Prof. Roee Diamant from University of Haifa as ERA Chair holder who will establish his own team of postdocs, PhDs, a group leader and a technology transfer officer; 2) to achieve excellence in the research area of IoUT (a network of smart interconnected underwater objects) with particular focus on 3 strategic research domains: a) underwater sensor communications, b) underwater acoustic signal processing, and c) underwater collaborative autonomy; 3) to ensure sustainability of the achieved excellence; and 4) to increase UWIN-LABUST group scientific involvement and visibility.
These objectives will be reached through a set of strategic measures: expert visits and outgoing study visits for providing knowledge transfer; research & innovation management trainings and establishment of Technology Transfer Office for transferring results from academia to industry; new MSc and PhD courses to ensure knowledge transfer to new generations; organization of workshops, summer schools and conferences for strengthening links to industry, end-users, and the scientific community.

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

The main results obtained in the first three years of the project include:
• Recruitment of 2 postdocs, 4 PhD students, 1 TTO, and a Group Leader, thus setting firm foundations for the operation of the UWIN-LABUST research group
• 86 expert visits in forms of lectures and tutorials were executed
• 4 outgoing study visits were executed
• 14 collaborative research trials were performed
• 1 new PhD course was established and new materials and contribution to 2 more courses (one MSc and one PhD) are provided
• 8 R&I management training sessions have been held
• 3 workshops for industry (EMRA’23, EMRA’24, EMRA’25) were organized
• 4 summer schools (BtS’23, BtS’24, BtS’25, bootcamp) were organized
• 2 scientific conferences (WUWNet’24, Tech4Bio’25) were organized
• 10 conferences and 4 industry fairs were attended

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 following key performance indicators clearly demonstrate the scale and significance of the outcomes:

OUTCOME 1. Increased attractiveness of the institution
- 86 expert visitors hosted
- 112 students attending BtS summer schools
- 7 visiting PhD students
- 5 visiting MSc students
- 593 attendees at BtS summer schools
- 339 attendees at EMRA workshops
- 210 attendees at scientific conferences organized within UWIN-LABUST

OUTCOME 2. Excellent science
- 21 journal papers (list at https://uwin-labust.fer.hr/uwin-labust/results/publications)
- 14 conference papers (list at https://uwin-labust.fer.hr/uwin-labust/results/publications)
- 3 postdocs involved
- 10 PhD students involved
- 26 submitted research proposals
- 12 granted research proposals

OUTCOME 3. Strong innovation growth
- 71 participants in total in R&I management trainings
- 1 trademark submitted and granted
- 1 spin-off company in the making

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