Topic outline

  • General

  • Staff exchanges

    The consortium of Data4Water project consists of three leading research partners:

    ·         University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Department of Computer Science, Systems and Communication (DISCo)

    ·         Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Fraunhofer Institute FOKUS, Berlin, Germany (FOKUS)

    ·         IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, The Netherlands, (IHE Delft), Department of Integrated Water Systems and Governance

    and the applicant organization:

    ·         University Politehnica from Bucharest, Department for Computers (UPB).

    The staff exchange visits represent a networking instrument used for all UPB staff to visit partners in our consortium, learning and assimilating the good practices in research in SDWM.  Short-term professional development experiences abroad are already common practice in research institutes, academia and business entities in Europe, so we used this type of instrument for:

    ·         Learning best practices in the project domain;

    ·         Updating the Quality Assurance system existing in UPB (the project group) with new evaluation instruments;

    ·         Identifying research collaboration subjects and obtaining joint results (papers, reports, etc.);

    ·         Finding new partners to be included in the Data4Water network;

    Until M20 of the project the following research staff exchanges were finished:

    1.    Prof.dr.ing. Valentin Cristea, 23-26 November 2016, Fraunhofer FOKUS Institute, Berlin, Germany

    2.    Prof.dr.ing. Florin Pop, 23-26 November 2016, Fraunhofer FOKUS Institute, Berlin, Germany

    3.    Prof.dr.ing. Mariana Mocanu, 8-10 February 2017, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy

    4.    Prof.dr.ing. Dan Popescu, 8-10 February 2017, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy

    5.    As.drd.ing. George Iordache, 24-28 July 2017, Fraunhofer FOKUS Institute, Berlin, Germany

    6.    Prof.dr.ing. Mariana Mocanu, 22-25 November 2017, Fraunhofer FOKUS Institute, Berlin, Germany

    7.    Prof.dr.ing. Valentin Cristea, 22-25 November 2017, Fraunhofer FOKUS Institute, Berlin, Germany

    8.    Prof.dr.ing. Florin Pop, 22-25 November 2017, Fraunhofer FOKUS Institute, Berlin, Germany

    9.    Șl.dr.ing. Cătălin Leordeanu, 22-25 November 2017, Fraunhofer FOKUS Institute, Berlin, Germany

    10.  Șl.dr.ing. Cătălin Leordeanu, 20-28 April 2018, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, The Netherlands

    11.  Șl.dr.ing. Elena Apostol, 20-28 April 2018, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, The Netherlands

    12.  Prof.dr.ing. Mariana Mocanu, 17-22 July 2018, Fraunhofer FOKUS Institute, Berlin, Germany

    13.  Prof.dr.ing. Florin Pop, 17-22 July 2018, Fraunhofer FOKUS Institute, Berlin, Germany

    14.  Șl.dr.ing. Cătălin Leordeanu, 17-25 July 2018, Fraunhofer FOKUS Institute, Berlin, Germany

    15.  Șl.dr.ing. Elena Apostol, 17-25 July 2018, Fraunhofer FOKUS Institute, Berlin, Germany

    16.  Prof.dr.ing. Valentin Cristea, 03-07 October 2018, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy

    17.  Șl.dr.ing. Cătălin Leordeanu, 03-07 October 2018, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy

    18.  Șl.dr.ing. Elena Apostol, 03-07 October 2018, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy

    19.  Prof.dr.ing. Florin Pop, 03-07 October 2018, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy

    20.  Prof.dr.ing. Mariana Mocanu, 03-07 October 2018, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy


    • UPB - PhD short term training

      During 7-11 November 2016, PhD student Trancă Dumitru-Cristian participated in a PhD short term training in Delft, at IHE Delft, International Institute for Water Education.

      Mobility objectives: Presenting objectives of a Dronar research project, exchanging information and setting the timeline of implementation and future work

      Description of tasks performed:

      • Design an architecture of a hardware system capable of monitoring water parameters and logging the data onto an SD card
      • Research possibilities of implementation – GPS modules, RTK GPS modules, water depth sensors, temperatures sensors, lightweight design techniques

       Outputs/Outcomes:

      • List of components - Bill of materials used for future implementation of the project
      • Architectural Hardware design
      • Possible applications of the developed prototype
      • Schedule of implementation and future research possibilities