The EBSIS project is part of the European Commission’s Twinning actions addressing gaps in development between research institutions within EU member states with low performing research indices and internationally-leading counterparts at the EU level. The main objective of the EBSIS project is to strengthen the research capacity of the Faculty of Computer Science at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi (UAIC), Romania, the coordinating institution. For this purpose UAIC collaborates with the project partners: the Institute of Informatics, University of Neuchatel (UNINE), Switzerland, the Faculty of Informatics, Technical University of Dresden (TUD), Germany and ICTEAM Institute, Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), Belgium. The target of the project was set on developing the research field of event-based systems following three different directions: scalability, dependability and security. This collaboration created the ground for future competitive research in these research fields. The development of the research capacity of the coordinating institution in this field impacts many levels. These range from the ability to provide a wider area of subjects of interest in higher education and attract more students towards research, to an increase in the quality and appeal of the actual research output of the institution in timely topics of interest for the scientific community.
The objectives of the project were fulfilled through the activities executed over the three years while the Twinning action took place. A solid influx of knowledge on the targeted field of research was obtained at UAIC from the project partners. This created strong premises for co-authoring scientific papers, and opened the possibility of future collaboration on research projects. The project activities also led to creation of new contacts in external academic institutions, which should open new possibilities for collaboration also with partners outside the consortium. The academic curriculum of the coordinating institution also benefited from the knowledge transfer. Multiple course contents were expanded to cover elements in the targeted field of research. This created a favourable context for attracting senior students towards research in the technical area of the project. The project was, however, not limited only on raising the research profile of UAIC. The scientific and technological (S&T) capacity of all the institutions involved benefited from multiple of the project activities, which offered the proper ground for knowledge transfer between all partners.
