On May 8, 2025, during his research stay at the University of Pisa (UNIPI), Ing. Jozef Vargan delivered a seminar titled Polypropylene Polymerisation Reactor – Modelling and Control. Jozef Vargan is a PhD researcher at the Institute of Information Engineering, Automation, and Mathematics, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak Read more
On May 7, 2025, Prof. Miroslav Fikar delivered a guest lecture at the University of Pisa (UNIPI) as part of his research stay. The lecture was given to 4th-year students within the course Process Dynamics and Control and focused on the topic of Design of Industrial Controllers. The students were Read more
Gabriele Pannocchia August 29, 2025 General overview One of the core activities of the project is to promote excellence in research through scientific publications regarding automatic control methods and applications oriented to smart industries. In compliance with the EU open-access/open-research policies, all publications arising from the project are available on Read more
From June 9th to June 13th, David Müller visited the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology of STU in Bratislava to intensify cooperation in the field of robotics. The visit was carried out within the Horizon Europe Project FrontSeat. The purpose of the visit was to advance joint research Read more
From May 4 to May 31, Pietro and Francesco, PhD students from the University of Pisa, visited the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava. During their stay, they collaborated on a robotics project with Prof. František Duchoň, Rastislav Marko, and Eduard Read more
The 14th IFAC Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems, including Biosystems (DYCOPS 2025) was co-organized by the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava and took place on June 16–19, 2025, at the Radisson Blu Carlton Hotel in the historical center of Bratislava, Slovakia. The symposium brought together experts Read more
The 25th International Conference on Process Control was organized by the team from STUBA and the Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Department of Control Engineering. The conference was held on June 3-6, 2025, in Štrbské Pleso, Slovakia. Process Control Conference: 25 First Dates Foreword by Prof. Read more
From May 26 to 27, 2025, Prof. Gabriele Pannocchia (University of Pisa, UNIPI) visited the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (STUBA) as part of the Horizon Europe FrontSeat project. Hosted by project coordinator Prof. Miroslav Fikar, the visit focused on strengthening research cooperation, aligning future project goals, and emphasizing Read more
From March 10 to April 11, 2025, I had the opportunity to spend a one-month research stay at the University of Pisa (UNIPI), hosted by the Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering – DICI. This visit was part of the Horizon Europe project FrontSeat and supported by my home institution, the Read more
In this blog post, Nora Lindner, a PhD student at Ruhr University Bochum and a member of the FrontSeat Project, shares insights from her recent research visit to the Slovak University of Technology (STU) in Bratislava. During her stay at the Institute of Information Engineering, Automation, and Mathematics, Nora deepened Read more
