SMACITE Project
Smart cities are not only a trend but a necessity of the modern world, as well as the key to the future. To speed up the creation of Smart Cities and embrace the related technology-enabled infrastructures, the required skills must be developed. Companies should be given incentives to train their personnel by setting up public training programmes and encouraging collaboration with academia and industry. However, there is a lack of education and training programs specialized in the domain of Smart Cities that combine an adaptive blend of technical and non-technical skills and competencies, which are essential for the technicians and […]
Human-Centered AI Masters
Within recent years, and especially, against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, ethical considerations across all research domains have risen to the forefront, and artificial intelligence makes no exception. Probably, the most affected component in the AI ecosystem is the data. Even before the outburst of the pandemic, the European Data Strategy identified the establishment of the European Union as a role model for a society empowered by data, as a key aim[i]. Doubling the number of data science professionals to over 10 million within Europe, a key element of the European Data Strategy, consequently, poses a significant challenge to […]
AI and Telepresence
Robots “I can’t define a robot, but I know one when I see one.” – Joseph Engelberger, a pioneer in industrial robotics With the financial support of the Operational Program “Development of the Competitiveness of the Bulgarian Economy”2007-2013, ESI CEE renewed its infrastructure for applied research in ICT, robotics and education. The added value of the action affects the new trends in the development of the ICT industry and innovation ecosystem in Bulgaria – architecture and programming of intelligent self-managed or semi-autonomous IT systems. The new infrastructure will contribute to filling in the gaps in IT education with new approaches […]
SEnDIng Project
Period of implementation: 2017-2020 SEnDIng project aims to address the skills gap between Data Scientists and Internet of Things engineers that have been identified in the ICT and other sectors (e.g. banking and energy) in which Data Science and the Internet of Things have broad applications. To achieve this goal, SEnDIng will develop and deliver two learning outcome-oriented modular VET programmes (DS and IoT) using innovative teaching and training delivery methodologies. Each VET programme will be provided to employed ICT professionals in three phases that include: (a) 100 hours of online asynchronous training, (b) 20 hours of face-to-face training and […]