Nov 14 2023
Sharing knowledge in Austria
by Ralf Hartmann on behalf of the AIMS5.0 consortium
With regard to collaboration and synergy effects within and across the project, a major event in 2023 is worth being noted, which, in fact, was a two-in-one event.
On 27-28 September, the University of Applied Sciences in St. Pölten, Austria, hosted the Deep Tech Workshop as part of the two large-scale European initiatives AIMS5.0 and Arrowhead fPVN, while at the same time, the new Research Studio Smart Digital Industries and Services (SDIS) was opened on the premises of the university.
Both Arrowhead fPVN coordinator Luleå University of Technology (LTU) in Sweden and SDIS founder Research Studios Austria Forschungsgesellschaft (RSA FG) are members of the AIMS5.0 consortium. LTU is co-leader of WP3 working on the cyber architecture, and RSA is co-leader of WP7 dealing with human acceptance, trust and ethics for Digital Workspaces.
Deep Tech Workshop for collaboration
The Deep Tech Workshop’s primary focus was on common technologies and initial use of use-cases in AIMS5.0 and Arrowhead fPVN. The latter project name stands for the Arrowhead framework and implementation platform focusing on flexible Production Value Network (fPVN). The workshop provided a valuable forum for sharing knowledge and exchanging ideas on topics like cyber architecture, data models or AI code generation. Bringing together experts from industry and academia to discuss the latest advances and future perspectives, it highlighted the importance of collaboration when it comes to driving innovation in Europe.
New research institute founded by AIMS5.0 partner
Some of the meetings were held in the new office rooms of SDIS which was inaugurated on day one.
Together with RSA FG managing director Markus Tauber, the head of the province Lower Austria and other officials, the responsible for the two big research projects Thomas Gutt (Infineon) and Jerker Delsing (LTU) were part of the inauguration team. The keynote speeches stressed the importance of the new research institute for the competitiveness of the Austrian location with regard to Industry5.0 as well as its role as a major platform for collaboration translating digitalisation and AI related innovation into business and societal success.