We are pleased to announce that the Industrial Council, initiated through the FrontSeat project, will be transformed into the Industrial Council of Cybernetics at STU, continuing its impactful work beyond the project’s conclusion. Members from both academic partners and industry representatives have recognized the value of this initiative. As a Read more…
On November 21, we hosted a scientific seminar at Ruhr University Bochum titled “Multi-Model Predictive Control of a Chemical Reactor”. The seminar was led by Miroslav Fikar, a professor at the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava. It was organized in the “Research Seminar on Smart Cybernetics” series with a Read more…
On November 14, the FrontSeat Industry Council for Cybernetics met at the fourth “Academia Meets Industry” seminar at STUBA’s Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology in Bratislava. “Academia Meets Industry” seminars are activities aimed to stimulate discussion between academia and industry managers and practitioners. We believe in the need for Read more…
On October 24-25, the FrontSeat project Consortium Meeting took place at the Ruhr University Bochum (RUB) located in Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The Consortium Meeting offered a comprehensive program that greatly enriched the experience for all members. The agenda featured a diverse array of presentations, interactive discussions, scientific session, and Read more…
The autumn of 2024 highlighted the strong partnership between the STU Centre of European Projects and the UNIPI Research Services Office through two significant staff exchanges. These exchanges aimed to strengthen cooperation, share expertise, and advance joint efforts in research and innovation. October Exchange: STU Visits UNIPI for MSCA Doctoral Read more…
Kristína Okienková, a PhD student at Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, visited the Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering at the University of Pisa, Italy, from September 1 until November 1, 2024. Read a brief note about her experience in Pisa. The traineeship was focused on exploring methods of Read more…
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…
On October 23, we hosted a scientific seminar titled “From MPC Design to Code Prototype: MPT+.” The seminar was led by Juraj Oravec, an associate professor, and Juraj Holaza, a lecturer, both from the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava. It was organized as part of the consortium meeting for Read more…
Riccardo Bacci di Capaci (RBdC) and Marco Vaccari (MV), both Assistant Professors at the Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering of the University of Pisa, Italy, visited the Institute of Information Engineering, Automation and Mathematics, FCHPT STU in Bratislava from 7 to 11 October 2024. For RBdC, this was his Read more…
