ERAdiate | Enhancing Research and innovAtion dimension of the University of Zilina

UNIZA Scientific Café H2020
2018-09-12 | ERAdiate meeting room, University Science Park, Žilina, 01026, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
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MoTiV - Mobilitz and Time Value
Dr. Giuseppe Lugano, PhD (UNIZA, ERAdiate)

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CHANGE – CHAlleNging Gender (In)Equality in science and research
Ing. Veronika Meskova (UNIZA, RC)

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SENSIBLE – SENSors and Intelligence in BuiLt Environment
Dr. Juraj Machaj, PhD (UNIZA, FEL)

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GoF4R – Governance of the Interoperability Framework for Rail and Intermodal Mobility
doc. Ing. Jaroslav Mašek, PhD (PEDAS)

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C4RRYON – Comp4nion for smart trip tracking and seamless multimodal journeys
doc. Ing. Jaroslav Mašek, PhD (PEDAS)

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SKILLFUL – Skills and competences development of future transportation professionals at all levels
doc. Ing. Jaroslav Mašek, PhD (PEDAS)

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ECOROADS – Effective and cordinated road infrastructure safety operations
Ing. Ľuboš Remek, PhD (SVF)

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Event for PhD. students and young researchers "Start your career"
2018-06-12 | Žilina, Univerzitná 8215, Žilina, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
Start your career

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ERAdiate Lecture Series #2 ”Opportunities for research collaboration with Hosei University (Japan)”
2018-05-17 | Žilina, Univerzitná 8215, Žilina, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
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ERAdiate Lecture Series 2

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Presentation prof. Yana

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Presentation prof. Capi

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Scholarship program for Slovak graduate

Opportunities for research collaboration with Hosei University (Japan) - Report

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ERAdiate Lecture Series #1 ”Currents Trends and Future Perspectives on Sustainable and Smart Mobility”
2018-03-14 | Žilina, Univerzitná 8215, Žilina, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
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ERAdiate Lecture Series 1

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Introduction – The ERAdiate project
Dr. Ghadir Pourhashem, ERAdiate Team member

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ITS and ethical design in terms of ecological and social sustainability: the new transport systems
Dr. Floridea Di Ciommo, Chair of Behavioural process Transport Research Board Committee, cambiaMO

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Reasonable Travel Time, The Traveller’s Perspective
Dr. Yannick Cornet, ERAdiate Team member

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Outlook on Value of Travel Time: Futures Study and Related Hypotheses
Dr. Giuseppe Lugano, ERAdiate Team member, H2020 MoTiV

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Current Trends and Future Perspectives on Sustainable and Smart Mobility - Report

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Smart, Green and Integrated Transport Info Day Horizon 2020
2018-02-28 09:00 - 13:00 (Europe/Paris) | University of Zilina, Univerzitná 8215/1, Žilina, 01026, Slovenská republika
The Info Day will address potential applicants to the 2018 calls for project proposals under the Horizon2020 challenge ‘Smart, green and integrated transport’.
Organized jointly by the ERAdiate project at the University of Žilina & the Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information, the Info Day will cover the whole Work Programme 2018-2020, application procedures and legal and financial rules.
The participants will also have an opportunity to learn from successful Slovak beneficiaries.

Smart, Green and Integrated Transport Info Day Horizon 2020 - Programme

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H2020 Info Day on WP Transport 2018-2020
2018-02-28 | Žilina, Univerzitná 8215, Žilina, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
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Work Programme 2018-2020 at a glance
Jakub Šimkovič, National Contact Point for Smart, Green and Integrated Transport, Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information (SCSTI)

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European Innovation Council 2018-2020
JUDr. Viera Petrášová, National Contact Point for Legal and Financial Affairs, European Research Infrastructure and Innovation in SMEs, Access to Risk Financing, Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information (SCSTI)

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H2020 Financial Guidelines for applicants
Peter Beňo, National Contact Point for Legal and financial matters and Secure Societies in H2020, Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information (SCSTI)

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How to prepare a successful proposal?
Prof. Tatiana Kováčiková, ERA Chair Holder, national delegate for H2020 PC on Smart, Green and Integrated Transport

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Advanced Superconductor Motor Demonstrator (ASuMED)
Enric Pardo, Institute of Electrical Engineering, Slovak Academy of Sciences

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Succeeding in H2020 at UNIZA: the MoTiV experience
Giuseppe Lugano, ERAdiate Team

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Audio Podcasts

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Podcast – Radio Slovenia1 42 downloads

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July 13, 2018

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Succeeding in H2020 at UNIZA: the MoTiV experience1 26 downloads

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Advanced Superconductor Motor Demonstrator (ASuMED)1 32 downloads

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European Innovation Council 2018-20201 31 downloads

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Opening by Prof. Tatiana Kováčiková and WP 2018-2020 at a glance1 34 downloads

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Christmas punch
2017-12-20 12:00 - 13:00 | University of Zilina, Univerzitná 8215/1, Žilina, 01026, Slovenská republika
Dearest collagues,
On behalf of Tatiana, I would like to invite you to spend your lunch break with all of us on 20th December 2017 from 12.00-13.00 in Science Park, room VB 408.
Please let us know until Monday if you are coming in this link below:
https://goo.gl/forms/4O2UzyxfmQmf3oZx2
We are looking forward to meeting you,
Kind regards,
Lenka

INTSYS 2017 - Intelligent Transport Systems - From research and development to the market uptake
2017-11-29 - 2017-12-01 | Hyvinkaa, Fínsko
co-located with SmartCity 360 summit
About INTSYS
This international event was organised by ERAdiate and endorsed by the European Alliance for Innovation, a leading community-based organisation devoted to the advancement of innovation in the field of ICT.
INTSYS conference aimed to bring together research, industry and startups to talk about emerging technology, trends & breakthrough scientic knowledge in the field of ITS and to collaborate and inspire each other.
The objective of the conference was twofold:
1. to enable researchers in ITS to share their achievements and findings in different areas of Intelligent Transport Systems
2. to bring together the relevant ITS stakeholders and to address the following questions:

What role has research and end users in developing ITS solutions?
How to maximise the use of research outcomes by industry?
Should ITS be a priority for regional smart specialisation strategy?

All accepted papers are published by Springer and made available through SpringerLink Digital Library, one of the world’s largest scientific libraries.
Proceedings are submitted for inclusion to the leading indexing services: DBLP, Google Scholar, Thomson Scientific ISI Proceedings, EI Elsevier Engineering Index, CrossRef, Scopus, as well as EAI’s own EU Digital Library (EUDL).
Accepted authors are invited to submit extended versions of their papers to Special Issue in EAI Endorsed Transactions on Industrial Networks and Intelligent Systems.
Conference web-site

Programme and topicsSpeakersVenue
Topics of interest to the Conference include, but are not limited to:

Travel and traffic information
Traffic management and intelligent infrastructure (road, freight, public transport)
Cooperative ITS and Autonomous driving
Safe and secure ITS
Big data in ITS
Cloud computing, Fog computing
Localisation
Traffic modelling and simulation
Sensors, Detectors and Actuators
ITS user services
Approaches to sustainable transportation
ITS for Smart Cities

INTSYS - Full programme

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INTSYS keynote speakers

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INTSYS conference will take place at
Spahotel Sveitsi in Hyvinkää
Härkävehmaankatu 4
05900 Hyvinkää
Finland
See the hotel premises here.

Prof. Tatiana Kováčiková appointed as ERA Chair holder
2017-11-10 | University of Zilina, Univerzitná 8215/1, Žilina, 01026, Slovenská republika
Following the departure of ERA Chair holder Dr. Karl Ernst Ambrosch, UNIZA appointed Prof. Tatiana Kováčiková as ERA Chair holder as from 1 October 2017.
The ERAdiate team would like to thank Dr. Ambrosch for the commitment and contribution to the project since 2015, and wish Prof. Kováčiková every success in her new role.

UNIZA Grants Week
2017-09-19 08:00 - 2017-09-21 20:00 | University of Zilina, Univerzitná 8215/1, Žilina, 01026, Slovenská republika
UNIZA Grants Week
Maximise your chances of success in research applications!

19-21 September 2017

UNIZA Grants Week 2017 portal
Organised by the ERAdiate project at the University of Žilina, in cooperation with the Slovak Scientific and Technical Information Centre (CVTI SR), the Grants Week provided comprehensive information and advice on how to find the most relevant European and Slovak funding programmes and how to write professional and competitive grant proposals.
The event was open to the research community (Postdocs, PhD students and research support staff). Young researchers in particular benefited from attending the Grants Week to develop their competences and knowledge to get their research ideas turned into successful proposals.
The results of the feedback survey can be found here.

ProgrammeSpeakersReception with companies RegistrationVenueAccommodationPractical information
Day 1 – Tuesday 19 September

Writing a competitive H2020 proposal.
Horizon 2020 (H2020) collaborative projects with focus on “Smart, Green and Integrated Transport”, “Information and Communication Technologies” and “Secure, Clean and Efficient Energy”.
General overview and focus on Dissemination, Protection and Exploitation of research results.
Sightseeing tour of Zilina.
Reception with Slovak companies.

Day 2 – Wednesday 20 September

Impact in H2020 projects.
Project Management: how to successfully manage a consortium? Tips from successful grant holders.
Individual funding opportunities: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships and European Research Council (ERC) grants.
Fostering opportunities for young researchers: COST.
Networking dinner.

Day 3 – Thursday 21 September

Hands-on training to enhance researchers’ skills.
Ethics requirements in H2020.
Providing support for academics at all stages of their career at UNIZA: panel discussion.
Slovak funding programmes: APVV, VEGA, KEGA. Insight from project evaluators and successful grant holders.

Please note that the event will be in English, except the session on Slovak funding programmes (Day 3) which will be held in Slovak.

Grants Week Programme

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Dr Sean McCarthy

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DAY 1: How to write a competitive H2020 proposal?
DAY 2: Impact in H2020 proposals

Sean McCarthy has been involved in all aspects of European Research since 1980. He has been active as a researcher, research manager, research group leader, and company director. Today he specialises in helping organisations design and implement their European Research Strategies. In 2011 the European Commission published a list of the top 100 research organisations participating in Framework 7. Dr. McCarthy provides training courses in 48 of these research organisations.
Since 1995 more than 55,000 participants have attended his training courses. Dr. McCarthy has presented training courses in 290 different research centres in 29 countries throughout Europe. A complete list of these research centres can be found on www.hyperion.ie/clients.htm
Since 1980 Dr. McCarthy has been involved in over 150 EU R&D Proposal, over 50 contracts and managed 16 of these.
He has acted as scientific evaluator for 10 different EU R&D Programmes.
He was an external evaluator of the following networks; Innovation Relay Centres, OPET Network (Energy) and the 50 Regional Innovation Strategies.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/seanmccarthyhyp
e-Learning Material: http://www.hyperion.ie/videoconference.htm

Prof. Martin Klimo
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DAY 1: Collaborative Projects in H2020 – focus area Information and Communication Technologies

Martin Klimo received his diploma in telecommunication engineering from the University of Transport and Communication Zilina in 1973. Since 1990 he worked as an Associated Professor, and in 2003 he was appointed a professor of Applied Informatics.
His research interests include communication theory, queuing theory and fuzzy logic implementation by nanotechnology. He focused on these disciplines mainly from speech point of view: packet networks performance for voice transmission (VOIP quality), text-to-speech systems, and speech recognition. His actual interest is memristor-based fuzzy computing.
He participated in the projects: COPERNICUS #62, COST 242, COST257, EURESCOM P1112, COST 279 COST 290, VEGA 1-2039-5, and he was a reviewer of the EURESCOM projects P603, P806-GI and P 906-GI. He participated in ETSI Speech Transmission Quality group, and he was the national delegate in ICT Committee FP7. Currently he works in projects APVV-14-0560 “Resistive switching structures for pattern recognition“ and ICT COST Action IC1401 Memristors – Devices, Models, Circuits, Systems and Applications (MemoCiS). He is the national delegate in H2020-ICT Committee.
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Prof. Tatiana Kovacikova

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DAY 1: Collaborative Projects in H2020 – focus area Smart, Green and Integrated Transport

Tatiana Kovacikova is senior researcher in the ERA Chair project on Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) at the University of Zilina, Slovakia.
In 2016, she was nominated a National delegate for H2020 PC on Smart, Green and Integrated Transport. She has been active in standardisation for many years, currently she represents Slovakia in CEN TC 278 on ITS.
From June 2013 till October 2015, she hold the position of the Head of Science Operations at the COST Association in Brussels.
In 2013, she was appointed Full Professor in the Applied Informatics. From 2009 to 2013 she was the Head of the Department of InfoCom Networks at the University of Zilina, Slovakia. Her research interests include Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), in particular network architectures, services and applications. She has been involved in a number national and international research projects including COPERNICUS, INCO-COPERNICUS, EURESCOM and EC FP projects.
From 2002 to 2013, she was involved in the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) as a leader or member of Specialist Task Forces for CLOUD, TISPAN (Telecommunications and Internet converged Services and Protocols for Advanced Networking) and ITS Technical Committees. In 2003, she got the SIEMENS AWARD for leading the research group in the field of IP telephony.
In 1996, she received her PhD in telecommunication systems from the University of Transport and Telecommunications in Zilina, former Czechoslovakia. She received her diploma in telecommunication engineering from the same university.

Assoc. Prof. Peter Bracinik

Session:

DAY 1: Collaborative Projects in H2020 – focus area Secure, Clean and Efficient Energy

Peter Bracinik received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Žilina, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, in 2002 and 2008, respectively. He is currently Associate Professor at the Department of Power Electrical Systems, Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the University of Žilina. Since 2016, he has been holding the position of Vice-Dean for Education at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering.
His research interests include control and management of power transmission and distribution systems, application of Smart Grid concept to the MV networks and power management of intelligent buildings.
He has been working as a National Expert for “Secure, Clean and Efficient Energy” for Horizon 2020 since 2014.

JUDr. Viera Petrášová

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DAY 1: Protection and exploitation of research results

Viera Petrášová graduated at the Faculty of Law at Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica.
In 2006, she joined the College of Europe in Belgium, where she was involved in the project of harmonization of EU law as well as the assessment of the state of transposition of the EU directives into the Slovak national law. Following her return to Slovakia, she worked in the law firm and became member of the Slovak Bar Association.
Currently, she is the national contact point for Legal and Financial Affairs, European Research Infrastructure and Innovation in SMEs, Access to Risk Financing at the Slovak Center for Scientific and Technical Information.
She is also an external PhD student at the Pan-European University drafting the thesis: Comparative study of foreign and domestic jurisprudence to enforce intellectual property rights.

Katarina Svitkova

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DAY 1: Protection and exploitation of research results

Katarina Svitkova is a graduate of the Secondary School of Library Studies in Bratislava and has approximately 17 years of experience in the field of library and information science.
She has been working in the Scientific Library of the Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information (SCSTI) since 2004 and at the Open Access Contact Office within the Open Science and Research Support Department in this institution since 2016.She addresses issues of Open Science and Open Access to the scientific research results, as well as providing support to researchers in open publishing.
She is a member of NOAD (National Open Access Desk) for OpenAIRE 2020 project in Slovakia. The role of the NOADs representatives is to provide assistance and support to stakeholders involved in Horizon 2020 project in publishing of the research results and projects outputs through Open Access and also to support the Research Data Management.
https://www.openaire.eu/72-noads/121?lang=en
http://openaccess.cvtisr.sk/o-nas/kontaktna-kancelaria-pre-open-access-cvti-sr/

Roman Behul

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DAY 2: Project management: how to successfully manage a consortium?

Mr. Roman Behul is senior consultant at Atos Slovakia and coordinator of international projects.
He graduated from the University of Economics in Bratislava (Faculty of National Economy) in 1978 (Dipl.Ing.), from the Banking Institute in Luxembourg in 1993 and did Postgraduate studies at the Banking Academy in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, from 1994 to 1997.
In 2005 he moved from banking into the IT industry as an independent consultant. In 2010 he was nominated in Slovakia for the project epSOS-2 (e-health).
Since 2011, Roman has been working for Atos Slovakia.
Roman was involved in more e.Government as well as in e-Justice projects in Slovakia. He was Researcher in the project from the Operational programme Research and Development in Slovakia: “International Center of Excellence for Research on Intelligent and secure information & communication technologies and systems” (acronym RI SK).
Roman is the Coordinator in H2020 “C2NET” (FoF-01-2014, Number -639909-C2 NET: Process Optimisation of Manufacturing Assets), project manager in H2020 “MONICA“ and expert the project „NEWTON“ (in all those H2020 projects, Atos Slovakia is a partner). He is also the appointed LEAR (Legal Appointed representative) for Atos Slovakia.

Nataša Hurtová

Session:

DAY 2: H2020 Individual funding opportunities – Session 1: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships

Nataša Hurtová has been working as a National Contact Point and National Expert for Bioeconomy and Euratom for HORIZON 2020 since 2014.
Before she was involved in many projects implemented with the financial support of the EU Structural Funds, Cohesion Fund and Framework program as a Head of the Project management and implementation department.
She also has experience as a Project consultant, Expert adviser in the domain of agri-environment, agriculture, project activities and National Contact Point for cooperation with the COPA and COGECA.

RNDr. Soňa Ftáčniková

Sessions:

DAY 2: H2020 Individual funding opportunities – Session 2: European Research Council (ERC) grants
DAY 3: Ethics Requirements in H2020

Soňa Ftáčniková graduated as RNDr. (Rerum Naturalium Doctor) from the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Department of Biophysics of Comenius University, Bratislava in 1982. In 1991, she obtained her PhD in the field of Radiation Biophysics at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at Comenius University, Bratislava.
She has been Vice director of the Slovak Research and Development Agency (SRDA) from 2001 to 2006, building new established SRDA and organizing domestic and international scientific projects evaluation in Slovakia. From 2006 to 2011, she held the position of Executive Secretary of Ethics Committee at SRDA. From 2007 to 2009, RNDr. Ftáčniková was the National Contact Point for IDEAS under FP7 EU, Brussel. She chaired the working group of European Science Foundation Member Organization Forum on Research Integrity (ESF MOF RI) for 2 years, from 2009 to 2011.
She is the head of bi- and multilateral international collaboration in SRDA; the National Contact for the European Science Foundation, Strasbourg; Slovak representative in European Network on Research Integrity (ENRIO); the National Contact Point for ERC grants – Excellent Science in H2020 and the National Contact Point for Ethics in H2020.
She is author of 9 publications on the theme of Ethics, including Fostering Research Integrity in Europe: Executive Report by ESF Member Organization Forum on Research Integrity, 2010 and Ethics in H2020 (in SK), 2014.

Prof. Milan Dado

Session:

DAY 2: COST – Fostering career opportunities of young researchers

Milan Dado is Full Professor at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering (Department of Telecommunication and Multimedia). He is former dean of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, former rector of the University of Zilina and former president of the Slovak rectors’ conference.
He had the opportunity to develop international activities in research and education abroad, e.g. at the York University Canada, Northern Telecom and Bell Canada in 1993, at the Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm in 1990 and at the Vienna University of Technology in 1981-1982. He has visited many other foreign institutions during the last 25 years.
Prof. Dado has been actively involved in European research and education programmes (TEMPUS, COST, LEONARDO, Socrates, 5th, 6th and 7th Framework Programme, Horizon 2020, European University Association projects…) and has managed national projects related to information and communication technologies, intelligent transportation systems, regional innovation strategies and e-learning.
He has been a member of several international committees and is currently COST programme national coordinator, member of COST Committee of Senior Officials as well as Executive Board member of COST.
As project coordinator of ERAdiate, Prof. Dado is responsible for the project implementation as foreseen in the Grant Agreement with the European Commission (EC). He chairs project meetings and is responsible for progress and final reports to the EC.

Dr Giuseppe Lugano

Session:

DAY 2: COST – Fostering career opportunities of young researchers

Giuseppe Lugano joined the ERAdiate team in September 2016 as a Senior Researcher in Intelligent Transport Systems. Previously, he worked from 2011 to 2016 as a Science Officer at COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) where he gained extensive experience in the management of trans-disciplinary Science and Technology networks across Europe.
As a researcher, Giuseppe contributed to the R&D activities of ICT multinationals such as TeliaSonera (2004-2008) and Nokia (2010). His scientific interests span a wide range of topics in conceptual and application-specific areas of social computing such as digital community design, mobile social networks, social robotics, educational technologies, green ICT and smart mobility solutions.
Some of his publications received broad international attention: “Mobile social networking in theory and practice” is one of the reference publications in its area and the ~5.000 downloads of his PhD thesis on “Digital Community Design” make this dissertation one of the most popular ones from the series “Jyväskylä studies in computing”. In 2009 he received an Award nomination as best Early Stage Researcher in the COST Action 298 “Participation in Broadband Society”.
Giuseppe holds a PhD in Cognitive Science from the University of Jyväskylä, in Finland, and a MSc in Computer Science from the University of Bologna, in Italy.

Dr Peter Počta

Session:

DAY 2: COST – Fostering career opportunities of young researchers

Peter Počta received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from University of Žilina, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Slovakia in 2004 and 2007, respectively. During his Ph.D. study, he was awarded a number of fellowships. Firstly, he spent 3 months as an Erasmus student in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Chair of Telecommunications of the Dresden University of Technology, Germany where he collaborated on testing principles over ADSL access lines. Secondly, he was with Alcatel-Lucent, R&D center, Network Integration department, Stuttgart, Germany where he investigated some impacts on speech quality in WiMAX system.
He is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Multimedia and Information-Communication Technology of the University of Žilina and is involved with International Standardization through the ETSI TC STQ as well as ITU-T SG12. His research interests include speech, audio, video and audiovisual quality assessment, speech intelligibility, multimedia communication and QoE management.
He has published over 60 refereed papers in international journals and conferences including Acta Acustica united with Acustica, Advances in Multimedia (Hindawi), AEÜ – International Journal of Electronics and Communications (Elsevier), Speech Communication (Elsevier), IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, MESAQIN and QoMEX conferences. He serves as an external reviewer for the Journal of Systems and Software (Elsevier), Computer Standards&Interfaces (Elsevier), Speech Communication (Elsevier), Telecommunication Systems (Springer), Quality and User Experience (Springer) and IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing and several conferences in area of multimedia quality and communication networks, e.g. QoMEX, QCMan.

MSc Ömer Ceylan & M.A. Valentina Zuri

Session:

DAY 3: Hands-On Training to Enhance Researchers’ Skills (Part I and II)

Ömer Ceylan, Trainer and Senior Expert at Europa Media, has more than 10 years of direct experience in developing and implementing EU-funded projects and managing EC contracts. He has a thorough knowledge of the European Union’s funding system and a sound understanding of the programming and implementation of various EU funding schemes and programmes and their interrelations. In particular, his knowledge spans across the EU’s energy, environment, sustainable development, competitiveness, research and innovation, enlargement and external policies and the associated funding schemes and programmes such as FP6/7, Horizon 2020, CIP Eco-innovation, LIFE/LIFE+, Structural Funds and EuropeAid.
Ömer is involved on a daily basis in the conceptualisation and development of new Horizon 2020 proposals, while at the same time overseeing the implementation of 10 ongoing Horizon 2020 projects. He is an environmental engineer from Istanbul Technical University (ITU) and holds an MSc in Environmental Management from Aalborg University (AAU).
Valentina Zuri, Trainer and Project Manager at Europa Media, has been managing projects under FP7 and Horizon 2020 and developing and submitting proposals under various EU programmes such as Erasmus+, Daphne and Horizon 2020, specifically in the areas of ICT, Entrepreneurship, Security, Energy Efficiency and Social Sciences and Humanities. Currently she is involved in the management of the H2020 PLANHEAT project and contributing to the management of other ongoing H2020 projects. Earlier, she was responsible for the dissemination and exploitation activities in the FP7 project PlasCarb, and contributing to the implementation of the Horizon 2020 project MY-WAY, for which Europa Media was the coordinator. Valentina holds a Bachelor of Art in Media and Journalism and a Master of Art in International Relations and European Studies, both from the University of Florence, Italy.

Prof. Ing. Peter Brida

Session:

DAY 3: Panel discussion: Providing support for academics at all stages of their career at UNIZA

Peter Brida obtained his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Telecommunications from University of Zilina, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, in 2002 and 2006, respectively. He spent 3 months as researcher at the Wireless Telecommunications Laboratory, University of Patras, Greece, where he worked in the field of positioning algorithms for wireless networks. In 2006, he participated in the Summer School for Ph.D. students on Highlights in Microtechnology in Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Since November 2016, he has been holding the position of Vice-dean for Development and International Co-operation at Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Zilina. His research interests include wireless positioning in mobile radio networks, satellite navigation systems, location based services and intelligent transport systems. Peter Brida is full professor from 2017.
He is the author or co-author of more than 60 scientific papers published in scientific journals and presented at international conferences. He has been a member of Technical Programme Committees for several conferences such as IPIN (Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation), ACIIDS (Asian Conference on Intelligent Information and Database Systems) and ICCCI (International Conference on Computational Collective Intelligence). In the past, he was chairman of several invited and special sessions at various conferences. He was guest editor of the special issue titled “Enabling Technologies for Smart Mobile Services” in impact factor journal Mobile Information Systems (Hindawi).

Veronika Mešková

Session:

DAY 3: Panel discussion: Providing support for academics at all stages of their career at UNIZA

Veronika Mešková has been working as a R&D coordinator at the Research Centre, University of Žilina since January 2014. She provides support to researchers in the area of funding opportunities search, consultations on project proposals writing, review of project proposals, writing of non-scientific project parts (project management, dissemination and communication), communication management in project implementation phase. She is specialised in European funding programmes, mainly Horizon 2020 scheme but have also got experience with others (e.g. Interreg, Visegrad Fund, etc.). Before joining the Research Centre, she worked in the commercial sector and is currently trying to transfer this experience to her daily job at the University. She graduated from the Faculty of Economics of Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica (study programme: economics and management).

Ing. Peter Beňo

Session:

DAY 3: Panel discussion: Providing support for academics at all stages of their career at UNIZA

Peter Beňo graduated at Faculty of business management at University of Economics in Bratislava. He has gained his experiences in preparation of project proposals and implementation of the projects including setting the processes for successful project implementation in the last 11 years during which he worked as NCP for legal and financial issues and NCP for Security in FP7 and H2020.
Peter previously worked for 4 years as a teacher at the Faculty of business management (University of Economics) and for 3 years as a head of Unit of framework programmes in the Slovak research and development agency, where he was responsible for preparation and implementation of competitive calls related to support the SK participation in the framework programmes.

Mgr. Dominika Kacejová

Session:

DAY 3: Panel discussion: Providing support for academics at all stages of their career at UNIZA

Dominika Kacejová is a Programmes Coordinator at SAIA, n.o. (Slovak Academic Information Agency) and EURAXESS Centre Coordinator for Žilina and Trenčín regions. Using her international working experience in the United Kingdom as a community interpreter, she is currently assisting international researchers coming to Žilina and Trenčín regions and providing assistance in matters related to their mobility. She graduated from the Faculty of Humanties of Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica (study programme: translation and interpreting).

Dr.h.c. mult. prof. Ing. Juraj Sinay, DrSc.

Session:

DAY 3: Research Funding in Slovakia

Juraj Sinay is the President of the Automotive Industry Association of the Slovak Republic and head of the Department of Safety and Quality, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University in Košice.
From 2000 to 2007, he was the Rector of the Technical University in Košice; from 2003 to 2005, the President of the Slovak Rector’s Commission and from 2007 to 2015 the Vice-Rector of the Technical University in Košice for Marketing and External Relations.
He was advisor to the Minister of Education, Science and Research from 2008 and 2010, and to the Secretary of State at the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport between 2012 and 2014.
In 2015, he was elected President of the Automotive Industry Association of the Slovak Republic.In the field of science and research, he deals with systems of risk management of technical systems in integrated security systems in the context of the Intelligent Industry Strategy. He is the author and co-author of 15 monographs and 35 scientific articles in foreign sources. Scientific and professional recognition abroad can be documented by the awarding of Honorary Doctor degrees at the University of Bergen in Wuppertal (NSR), University of Miskolc (Hungary), University of Uzhgorod (Ukraine) and the Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic.

prof. Ing. Róbert Hudec, PhD.

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DAY 3: Research Funding in Slovakia

Róbert Hudec received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the Technical University in Košice, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Slovakia, in 1998 and 2003, respectively. From 2016, he has been Full Professor at the Department of Multimedia and Information-Communication Technology (MICT), Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Zilina, Slovakia. Nowadays, he is head of Department MICT, head of Laboratory of Digital Video Processing, and head of Laboratory of Health Applications.
Areas of his research include digital image filtration, segmentation, combined low-level description, image/video object classification, video concealment, 3D object description and 3D reconstruction. From 2005 his research interests have been covering also systems, services, terminals and intelligent textile sensors for e-/m-health applications. He is author or co-author of more than 125 research papers.
He received Werner von Siemens Excellent Award and Jozef Murgas Award for his research on image filtration in 2003 and 2007, respectively, and Award of „Vice premier and minister of school for science and research“ in the category: celebrity of research and development till 35 years old for his research on e/m-heath systems and terminals in 2006.
He led or partcipated in more than 35 EU or national projects granted by EDA (European Defence Agency), EUREKA, FP6, FP7, COST, APVV, VEGA, etc. including industry oriented projects of applied research.
He is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE, Signal Processing Society, Piscataway, USA) and since 2015 he has been a member of the advisory board for technic sciences of the Slovak Research and Development Agency (APVV, Slovakia).
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The organisation of the Reception has been supported by .

Co-Founder: Peter Stražovec

BeeSafe, s.r.o. is a successful Slovak startup company from Zilina that has been on the market since May 2015. BeeSafe develops innovative B2G and B2B solutions which seek to solve problems related to personal safety, employee safety, and safety monitoring; both inside and outside the GSM coverage. Currently, our product has more than 7000 downloads from more than 108 countries, we run three corporate pilots and actively support NGOs.
BeeSafe. s.r.o. was founded by Peter Stražovec and Michal Kačerík and was officially registered in the Commercial Register in 2015. Immediately after, it was selected as one of the finalists in the Slovak Startup Awards and was invited to such prestigious conferences as TechCrunch Disrupt in London or Slush 2015 in Helsinki. Since then, BeeSafe received numerous updates and grew into a mature security platform that meets the most demanding criteria of dependability.
Today, the company works with corporations and municipalities on improving occupational health and safety as well as personal safety of citizens in public spaces. In the case of the former, BeeSafe provides cities with a security platform, thanks to which each citizen’s BeeSafe app is connected directly to the municipal police. In the case of the latter, BeeSafe supplies corporations with a smart security platform for employee monitoring and incident reporting.
At the same time, BeeSafe works with multiple NGOs while being one of the most active Slovak companies in promoting occupational and personal safety standards. Together with the International Organisation for Migration, BeeSafe educates people on how to avoid falling prey to human trafficking. Since 2016, the app is also being used by doctors and medics on several humanitarian missions in Africa and Asia.

Vice President – Shared development center: Pavol Eliáš

Descartes is the global leader in providing on-demand, software-as-a-service solutions focused on improving the productivity, performance and security of logistics-intensive businesses. Customers use our modular, software-as-a-service solutions to route, schedule, track and measure delivery resources; plan, allocate and execute shipments; rate, audit and pay transportation invoices; access global trade data; file customs and security documents for imports and exports; and complete numerous other logistics processes by participating in the world’s largest, collaborative multimodal logistics community. Our headquarters are in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada and we have offices and partners around the world. Learn more at www.descartes.com.

Country Manager: Zdenko Bohmer

DXC Technology is the world’s leading business transformation company, helping clients harness the power of innovation to thrive on change. Born of the merger of CSC and the Enterprise Services business of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, DXC serves nearly 6,000 private and public-sector enterprises across 70 countries. DXC’s technology independence, global talent, expertise, and extensive alliance of partners combine to deliver the most powerful end-to-end next-generation IT services and solutions. We are an experienced hand who has met the challenges of innovation many times before, and has a clear and confident vision for navigating the future. We work with you, at your side, to solve complex challenges in ways that minimize business risk and maximize opportunity. We operate differently: Our world-class talent becomes part of your team, innovating with you and putting the right technology to work for your organization. We bring along the industry’s best technology partners as integral members of our team. And we invest in building collaborative client relationships that flex and grow to help meet new challenges with confidence, speed and agility.

Head of Research and Development: Mario Paroha

GreenWay operates the most comprehensive network of electric vehicle charging stations in Slovakia. Our network enables users to enjoy the use of their electric vehicles comfortably throughout Slovakia and abroad.
Our vision is Central & Eastern Europe cleaner, healthier and less dependent on oil thanks to the widespread use of electric vehicles. We are dedicated to making the widespread use of electric vehicles realistic and the preferred transportation option for all people. We build and manage electric vehicle charging infrastructure throughout Central and Eastern Europe and work with people, companies, organizations, and governments to develop and expand the electromobility ecosystem. We aim to be the largest EV charging infrastructure operator in the region.
We offer charging services for EV drivers, and also to those looking to install a publicly accessible EV charger on their premises. We can help plan, install, operate, and maintain these chargers.
We currently operate an interconnected network of 20 public fast charging stations in Slovakia, and are building 10 more. We are also building the first comprehensive, nationwide network of publicly accessible fast charging stations in Poland. We deploy the latest technologies in AC charging, DC fast charging, ultra-fast charging, and battery assisted fast charging. Thanks to our roaming partnerships with operators around Europe members of our network can travel seamlessly abroad.

CEO & Co-funder: Martin Adámek

Inloop is an award-winning, customer oriented, product driven and cost effective organisation. Once people get in touch with Inloop, they stay for a long time. Customers are returning and recommending Inloop to others. Company’s professional team has almost zero employee turnover. Inloop is a chosen partner of international enterprises such as Intel and Mercedes-Benz as well as Silicon Valley startups. The company was founded by Android industry veterans, who built great apps since Android’s day one. Technical, design and management excellence are the core skills that drive the success of Inloop’s customers.

Head of the organizational unit: Ondrej Chrappa

Siemens is a global technology powerhouse that has stood for engineering excellence, innovation, quality, reliability and internationality for more than 165 years. The company is active in more than 200 countries, focusing on the areas of electrification, automation and digitalization.
One of the world’s largest producers of energy-efficient, resource-saving technologies, Siemens is a leading supplier of efficient power generation and power transmission solutions and a pioneer in infrastructure solutions as well as automation, drive and software solutions for industry. The company is also a leading provider of medical imaging equipment – such as computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging systems – and a leader in laboratory diagnostics as well as clinical IT. In fiscal 2016, which ended on September 30, 2016, Siemens generated revenue of €79.6 billion and net income of €5.6 billion. At the end of September 2016, the company had around 351,000 employees worldwide.

Product development specialist: Milan Herman

Towercom, a.s. is a business company focused mainly on the provision of terrestrial and satellite television and radio broadcasting services throughout the whole territory of the Slovak Republic.
Towercom, a.s. is the successor of Rádiokomunikácie, o.z., company and has over a 60-year-long history of the provision of broadcasting services behind it. In addition to the broadcasting services, the company also provides services including the distribution of modulation signals, mobile relays, consulting services and frequency planning for the field of broadcasting.Towercom also owns extensive transmission mast-infrastructure in the territory of the whole of Slovakia and offers its leasing, projection, building and both technological and non-technological maintenance services for the devices of clients. In addition to the above, Towercom, a.s. offers data transfer and the leasing of data circuits services and also for data centre services. Rent of the FTTH optical fiber access network in Bratislava belongs to the important part of the Towercom’s portfolio.

Business Development Manager: Radovan Hilbert

For 27 years, YMS, a.s. has been a dependable partner creating intelligent technical and geospatial information systems. YMS specialises in meeting the needs of large industrial companies and public service enterprises to manage resources, maintenance, to identify and eliminate risks. YMS manages complex forestry, natural gas, water or veterinarian information systems. The company team uses modern technologies for collecting and processing data including remote sensing or internet of things. Customers receive a complete service from identification of needs, through development and implementation of systems to their long-term functional and technological maintenance.

Registrations are closed.
The event has no admission fee thanks to the sponsorship of the ERAdiate project. However, a contribution of 50 euro will be charged to cover the costs of catering and event materials. The registration will be finalised and your place confirmed only following the payment of such contribution.
Cancellation and refund policy
Cancellations must be done in writing (e-mail). 50% of the registration fee will be refunded for cancellations received before 19 August 2017. After 19 August no refund will be made. Participants who cancel after 19 August or do not attend the Grants Week without giving notice are liable to pay the entire registration fee. All refunds will be processed after the event.

The UNIZA Grants Week will be held at the University of Žilina.
The Grants Week will take place in the following meeting rooms:
DAY 1 (19/9) and DAY 2 (20/9): UNIZA Scientific Council Room, located in Nová Menza (Vysokoškolákov 26, Zilina).
DAY 3 (21/9): Aula 2. For the morning session, participants will then be guided to rooms AF104 and AF106. These 3 rooms are located in the Rectorat of the University of Žilina (Univerzitná 8215/1).

We recommend that you arrange your hotel booking as soon as possible.
Please see the map with the location of the Grants Week venues and the hotels that are listed below.

Hotel Dubna Skala****
Hurbanova 8
010 01 Žilina
The Hotel Dubna Skala, the only “boutique” hotel in the city, is situated right in the historic centre of Zilina. The hotel’s exclusive environment is characterized by its unique design, modern comfort and intimate atmosphere.
Rate: 95 EUR double room single use, per night, excluding breakfast 10 EUR

Palace Hotel Polom**** Hviezdoslava 22
010 01 Žilina

The exclusive Palace Hotel Polom is the entrance gateway to the Žilina city centre. The stunning building situated at the beginning of the pedestrian zone draws attention not only with its appearance, but also with its history. Possibility of parking on the attended hotel´s car park.
Rate: 69 EUR single use, per night, breakfast included

Penzión Central Park***
Sad SNP 663 / 18
010 01 Žilina
Penzión Central Park is a real oasis of peace and relaxation in the centre of Žilina. A welcome drink, breakfast buffet, entry to the wellness centre and parking on the guesthouse´s premises are extra bonuses for the guests.
Rate: 55 EUR single use, per night, breakfast excluded

Hotel Grand***
Marianske square
Na priekope 29
010 01 Žilina
Hotel Grand, dating from 1910, is situated in a car-free zone right in the historic centre of Zilina. It offers a modern spa area.
Rate: 44 EUR single use, per night, excluding breakfast 5 EUR

Econo Hotel***
V. Spanyola 43F
010 01 Žilina
EconoHotel is located in a quiet part of Žilina next to the town’s parks. It is 10 minutes walk from the historical center and 15 minutes walk from the University.
Rate: 45 EUR single use, per night, including breakfast

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ERAdiate contributes to WIRE2017
2017-07-28 08:00 - 17:00
This year, the Technical University of Košice (Slovakia) will host the 8th edition of the European Commission’s Week of Innovative Regions in Europe (WIRE) from 28th to 30th June 2017. This conference is supported by the Directorate-General Research & Innovation, Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation Programme and is related to the 2017 Slovak EU Presidency. The Week of Innovative Regions in Europe (WIRE) is from 2010 main European policy forum for innovation and regional development.
ERAdiate co-organised the workshop on “Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation”. It is open to all, especially to participants from widening countries. The workshop will explore how to create a widening community with existing tools and needs from researchers communities from widening countries in view of FP9. Examples from ongoing measures (ERA Chair, Twinning, Teaming and COST) debated during the widening session will also serve as a basis for the discussion.
For further information, please visit the event website.

COST - H2020 Info Day
2016-11-24 | University of Zilina, Univerzitná 8215/1, Žilina, 01026, Slovenská republika
COST – H2020 Info Day
Organised in collaboration with ERAdiate as satellite event of the conference “Intelligent Transport Systems: a Tool or a Toy?”

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Intelligent Transport Systems: a Tool or a Toy?
2016-11-22 - 2016-11-23 | Holiday Inn Zilina, Športová 568/2, Žilina, 01010, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
International Conference
Intelligent Transport Systems: a Tool or a Toy?
Research and innovation opportunities and challenges for autonomous driving and new transport models
22. – 23. 11. 2016
Žilina, hotel Holiday Inn
This conference was co-organised between
COST Association
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University of Zilina
the latter as European Research Area (ERA) Chair (ERAdiate project) on International Transport Systems (ITS), and is held under the auspices of the Slovak Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

The aim of this event was to bring special attention to the role of research organisations in providing evidence to the policy makers for shaping the right ecosystem in ITS, and to the role of the industry, and in particular small and medium enterprises (SMEs), in delivering innovative, sustainable and interoperable solutions. Particular attention was given to two important pillars of future mobility: Autonomous driving and Mobility as a Service (MaaS).
This three-day conference took place in the context of a new legal framework (Directive 2010/40/EU) that was adopted by the European Union on 07 July 2010, to accelerate the deployment of the ITS across Europe.
According to the European Commission’s White Paper on Transport, new forms of mobility have to be proposed for overcoming reliability, environmental safety and affordability issues towards sustainable solutions for the transport of people and goods. Until now, advancements in research and technology have significantly contributed to this recommendation by integrating multidisciplinary approaches, and having addressed the fragmentation of knowledge in ITS.
However, the deployment of widely used interoperable and seamless ITS solutions is still lagging behind the expectations, both in terms of their sustainability and competitiveness, as well as integrating their socioeconomic impact at regional, national and pan-European level.
The ERAdiate project is supported by the European Commission under FP7 Grant Agreement 621386.

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Roadmap to a resource-efficient transport system in Europe – Intelligent Transport Systems improving safety and mobility
2016-03-16 | Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Workshop connected to CEN/TC 278 “Intelligent Transport Systems” Plenary Meeting

Bridging the Gap Between e-Government and Intelligent Transportation Systems
2016-01-13 | Žilina, Univerzitná 8215, Žilina, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
Bridging the Gap Between e-Government and Intelligent Transportation Systems

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Innovative Trends in Transport Research
2015-05-04 | Žilina, Univerzitná 8215, Žilina, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
Christian Chimani, Head of the Mobility Department of AIT – Austrian Institute of Technology, Vienna (Austria).
