Periodic Reporting for period 1 - ADWICE (Advanced Wireless Technologies for Clever Engineering)
Reporting period: 2015-06-01 to 2016-05-31
Excellence in research is the key element of the Austrian model. Whereas TUW is set on the 91st position among engineering faculties worldwide by QS World University Rankings, Brno University of Technology, a mother university of SIX, occupies 500+ position. The partnership has to therefore result in the transfer of excellence in research from TUW to SIX. The Brno University of Technology with its excellent laboratory equipment and a clear support of the Czech government to maintain this, on the one hand, and the Technische Universität Wien on the other hand, with its international visible expertise and high reputation, are excellent partners to succeed in shaping a reformed SIX Centre with high international visibility and strong impact on industry. Through implementing the business plan prepared in Phase 1 of the ADWICE project, we will be able to stimulate innovations jointly with companies and even prepare for far-ahead visionary research quests that finally will be the driving future motor for the industry in Moravia.
Increasing excellence in fundamental research, strengthening international aspect of research and improving the attractiveness of applied research are the overall objectives to allow for the upgrade of SIX to an excellent and internationally visible research centre.
- A report on engineering topics attractive to female researchers, revealing possibilities for improved gender balance at the research centre,
- A report on funding-related studies, providing a detailed overview of opportunities available to obtain competitive research funding,
- A report on long-term research plans, describing research areas and research targets to be achieved jointly by SIX and TUW during the following seven years,
- A report on research related studies, analysing the possibilities of cooperation with industry as well as other research institutions, exploring the possible scenarios and impact for researcher mobility and the potential for internationalization through participation in event and conference organization.
The cooperation of SIX and TUW is ready to develop in education at the master and doctoral level – a joint master study programme has been approved to open in 2016, and a These Cotutelle scheme was agreed upon for co-supervised Ph.D. students.
The increased internationalization and research excellence of SIX personnel allowed through the implementation of the ADWICE business plan will result in higher quality education and higher research impact of talents available at Brno University of Technology. That way, the region as well as the EU will benefit from increased competitiveness.