The overall aim of the UMi-TWINN project is to reinforce the scientific excellence and innovation capacity in logistic systems of the University of Miskolc and its high-quality Twinning partners (Fraunhofer IFF, Technische Universitaet Graz and Intelligentsia Consultants).
The specific objectives of the project:
1. Strengthen UMi’s research excellence in Logistics
2. Enhance the research and innovation capacity of UMi and Twinning partners
3. Raise the research profile of UMi and the Twinning Partners
4. Contribute to the research and innovation priorities of Hungary
5. Support research and innovation on a European level
Main activity of project UMi-TWINN was the organization of staff exchanges among the scientific partner institutes, to help knowledge transfer. During the project duration (39 months), 100 different visits are done by the staff of the partner institutes, 49 persons were involved into the project and totally near 60 mobility months were used for this purpose.
Next part of the project was the organizing of different events:
- Workshops, where the project partners can take contact to industrial companies and research institutes of Hungary. During the project duration, 10 workshops were organized for different purposes, as the contact building, the informing, training and discussion on certain topics and the dissemination of the project results. Topics and presentations of the workshops were suited to the actual project task, for totally more than 100 participants.
- Summer Schools for students and employers of the companies. On these one or two week-long events, participants from different countries gained knowledges about the most advanced devices, techniques, methods, research results and future tendencies in the field of logistics. All three scientific partner institutes organized one summer school in their home country, presented their special aspects and state of the art.
- An international logistics conference (May 2017, Budapest). The "Industry 4.0 Logistics 4.0: Challenges and opportunities" conference was the first of its kind and focused on logistic aspects of the Industry 4.0. The 14 relevant presentations attracted about 80 participants from research organizations, the industry as well as Hungarian stakeholders and policy-makers.
On the events and activities, totally 40 trainings were organized for researchers, students and administrative persons. Topics of the trainings were related to the project research fields.
To increase the reputation of the University of Miskolc, during the project duration staff of the partner institutes took part on 24 international conferences, where they presented 60 scientific papers and 5 project presentations, show the project poster and share project leaflets to the participants.
