On October 22, 2025, the Institute of Information Engineering, Automation, and Mathematics (FCHPT STU) hosted a professional seminar titled “Process Control: A Practical View from the Chemical Industry.” The lecture was delivered in a hybrid format by Dr. Krister Forsman from Perstorp Group (Sweden) and NTNU (Norway). The seminar was organized for students of Theory Read more
On October 15, we organized a scientific seminar titled “Advanced Control Approaches for Optimal Operation of Complex Processes”. Johannes Jäschke, a professor at Norwegian University of Science and Technology, led the seminar, which was organized within the framework of the FrontSeat project as part of the “Research Seminar on Smart Read more
As part of the Final FrontSeat Consortium Meeting at STUBA (25–26 September 2025), the scientific program featured an inspiring seminar by Prof. Michal Kvasnica from the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava. His lecture, entitled “Building an Energy Management System from Scratch: Challenges and Opportunities”, brought fresh insights into one Read more
On 25–26 September 2025, the FrontSeat Horizon Europe project organized its latest Consortium Meeting at the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (STU). This two-day meeting offered a comprehensive and inspiring program that brought real value to everyone involved. The agenda combined project updates, interactive discussions, and in-depth scientific sessions Read more
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 July 22, we organized a scientific seminar titled “Polyhedral Control Design: Advances in Theory, Methods, and Applications”. Boris Houska, a professor at ShanghaiTech University, led the seminar, which was organized within the framework of the FrontSeat project as part of the “Research Seminar on Smart Cybernetics” series. Abstract:This presentation Read more
On June 20, we organized a scientific seminar titled “Process Control: Applications in a Chemical Industry”. Lief Krister Forsman, who is with Perstorp Speciality Chemicals and Norwegian University of Science and Technology, led the seminar, which was organized within the framework of the FrontSeat project as part of the “Research Read more
On June 13, we organized a scientific seminar titled “Industry 4.0 and Plant Automation: Understanding the Requirements and Needs”. Yuri Shardt, a professor at Technical University of Ilmenau, led the seminar, which was organized within the framework of the FrontSeat project as part of the “Research Seminar on Smart Cybernetics” Read more
On May 23, we organized a scientific seminar titled “Learning to Solve Parametric Mixed-Integer Optimal Control Problems via Differentiable Predictive Control”. Ján Boldocký, a PhD student at the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, led the seminar, which was organized within the framework of the FrontSeat project as part of Read more
The FrontSeat project proudly supported the Best Paper by a Female Researcher Award granted at the IEEE International Conference on Process Control 2025. Together with the International Program Committee, the organizers of the IEEE International Conference on Process Control 2025 recognized the excellent research works in four special categories: See Read more
