On October 24, as part of the technical program of the FrontSeat Consortium Meeting, the consortium members of the project FrontSeat enjoyed a guided visit to the former automotive factory in Bochum, which has been transformed into a state-of-the-art WORLDFACTORY Start-up Center. This innovative space not only provides cutting-edge technologies Read more…
From October 21 to 25, Juraj Oravec and Juraj Holaza from STUBA visited Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) to strengthen research cooperation with Professor Martin Mönnigmann’s research group. The main research focus was on advancing model predictive control (MPC) design and integrating the developed methods into open-source software tools. Software MPT+ This Read more…
We are proud to present the latest volume of our FrontSeat Newsletter, available at: https://frontseat.stuba.sk/newsletter-2024-04.html Watch now for the key updates from Prof. Miroslav Fikar, coordinator of the project FrontSeat, and get in touch with all of the interesting activities realized within the Horizon Europe project within the last 6 Read more…
The 2024 FrontSeat Summer School, as part of the goals of the project FrontSeat, was organized on September 9-13, at the Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering of the University of Pisa, Italy, by the group of Prof. Gabriele Pannocchia. The organization was completed by the two researchers Dr. Riccardo Read more…
The 12th IFAC Symposium on Advanced Control of Chemical Processes (ADCHEM 2024) was held in Toronto from July 14 to 17, 2024. The International Program Committee has prepared an exciting scientific program that explores recent advances in the control of chemical, biochemical, and related process systems. Both academic and industrial Read more…
Over the past four months, Ján Boldocký, a Ph.D. student at the Institute of Automation, Informatization, and Measurement at the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (STUBA), embarked on an enriching research exchange at Ruhr University Bochum (RUB). This exchange took place under the project FrontSeat, hosted by the Chair Read more…
Professor Gabriele Pannocchia from the University of Pisa (UNIPI) visited STUBA on June 19-21. Together with Prof. Miroslav Fikar (STUBA), Prof. Gabriele Pannocchia actively participated in the preparation for the doctoral network. Their combined expertise and collaborative efforts were crucial in shaping the structure and objectives of the doctoral network. Read more…
Prof. František Duchoň (STUBA) and Martin Morháč, the Chairman of the board of SOVA Digital, were the guests in the new part of the podcast series: “A Sense of Industry Vol.5 (in Slovak: “Zmysel pre priemysel”) produced by ATP JOURNAL. They were introducing the improvements of the technical-oriented university education Read more…
As part of the FrontSeat project, we had the opportunity to engage with peers, present our latest research, and explore potential collaborations for future projects, and much more. We presented four research papers, highlighting our latest findings covering a range of topics within process engineering which were well-received by the Read more…
Such a joy to see young researchers, in this case a PhD student, taking all the benefits of the long-term stays that are part of the FrontSeat project 🚀We see great importance in supporting early-stage researchers and giving them space to grow. Thank you, Dušan Horváth for sharing your experience! Read more…
