Faculty of Software Engineering Expand International Collaboration with KU Leuven in Artificial Intelligence

Associate professors of the Department of Software of the Zaporizhia Polytechnic National University Tetyana Kolpakova and Serhiy Leoshchenko visited the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium) as part of a short-term academic mobility.

The cooperation between Zaporizhia Polytechnic and the Catholic University of Leuven has been going on for over 14 years and is an important component of the development of international academic partnership, scientific exchange and the implementation of modern educational approaches in the field of information technologies.

This time the visit was organized with the aim of developing new areas of cooperation in the field of artificial intelligence, applied intelligent systems and embedded AI solutions. The lecturers gave lectures to students and participated in an international scientific and methodological seminar dedicated to modern trends in the development of applied and embedded artificial intelligence.

Sergiy Leoshchenko presented a lecture on the topic “Machine learning methods and tools for development automated diagnostics systems for nonlinear technical systems”, dedicated to the application of machine learning methods to create automated diagnostic systems for complex technical systems.

During the lecture by Tetyana Kolpakova “From Data Analytics to Predictive UX: Designing User-Centered AI Systems”, modern approaches to combining data analytics, UX design and intelligent AI systems focused on user needs were considered.

Representatives of the department software tools also worked together with the eAVISE research group led by Professor Toon Goedemé, whose activities focus on research in the field of computer vision, audio recognition and embedded artificial intelligence. Participants in academic mobility exchanged experience with European colleagues, got acquainted with the modern material and technical base of the university, innovative laboratories and current educational practices for training specialists in the field of IT and AI.

As a result of the meetings, the parties reached agreements on the development of joint research projects in the field of artificial intelligence, embedded AI and intelligent data analysis systems, and also discussed the prospects for implementing double degree programs and further expanding academic and scientific cooperation between universities.

A separate part of the program was an invitation to the inaugural lectures of newly appointed professors of the university, which provided an opportunity to get acquainted with current scientific areas and the modern academic culture of one of the leading universities in Europe.

Expanding international cooperation with leading European universities opens up new opportunities for the implementation of joint scientific and educational initiatives, integration into the international academic space and the development of modern technological directions in Ukraine!