The lecturers of the software department are expanding international cooperation with KU Leuven in the field of artificial intelligence
Associate professors of the department of software tools of Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic National University Tetyana Kolpakova and Serhiy Leoshchenko visited the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium) as part of short-term academic mobility.
Cooperation between the Zaporizhzhia 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 introduction 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. Teachers gave lectures for students and took part in an international scientific and methodical seminar dedicated to modern trends in the development of applied and embedded artificial intelligence.
Serhii 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 for the creation of automated systems for the diagnosis of complex technical systems.
During Tetyana Kolpakova’s lecture «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 software department also worked together with the eAVISE research group under the leadership of Professor Toon Goedemé, whose activities are focused on research in the field of computer vision, audio recognition and embedded artificial intelligence. Participants of 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 of 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, as well as discussed the prospects for the implementation of double degree programs and further expansion of academic and scientific cooperation between universities.
A separate part of the program was an invitation to the inaugural lectures of the newly appointed professors of the university, which gave an opportunity to get acquainted with current scientific trends and the modern academic culture of one of the leading universities in Europe.
The expansion of 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!
