A STRATEGIC ROADMAP
TOWARDS THE NEXT LEVEL OF INTELLIGENT,
SUSTAINABLE AND HUMAN-CENTRED SMEs

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News

  • Lecture at the Machine Intelligence Research Lab at Deakin University

    By Anika Terbuch on April 24th, 2024

    On April 24, Dr. Anika Terbuch was invited to give a talk at the monthly meeting of the Machine Intelligence Lab at Deakin University, which conducts interdisciplinary research in the field of machine intelligence. The talk was titled "Machine Learning in Engineering" and gave the audience an overview of the current research in the field of Machine Intelligence at the Chair of Automation and Measurement at MUL. It was also the last meeting of the two-month secondment at Deakin and summarized some of the activities and progress. Thanks to Dr. Duc Thanh Nguyen for organizing the event.

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  • Research Seminar at the University of Melbourne

    By Anika Terbuch on April 18th, 2024

    On 18.04.2024 Dr. Anika Terbuch gave a guest lecture at the Geotech Seminar at the University of Melbourne, invited by Professor Stephan Matthai and organized by Parviz Tafazzoli Moghaddam. The talk was titled "Hybrid Machine Learning for Geotechnical Problems" and gave the geotechnical group an introduction to data analysis techniques for such problems, as well as introducing the SME 5.0 project to a broader audience.

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  • Visiting the Balto Textile Company

    By Leila Zare on April 10th, 2024

    I visited the Balto Textile Company, in the Industrial Park of Pilar, Fatima, Province of Buenos Aires, together with the Director of the Research Institute, Sergio Salimbeni and Tanel Aruväli. During the meeting, I made a presentation on the SME 5.0 project and exchanged ideas on the importance of technology, people, and the environment in SMEs. After that, the Director of the firm, Silvio Pampillo, invited us to take a guided tour of the plant, explaining each phase of production.

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  • Workshop (no.2) for SME companies (in Buenos Aires city)

    By Tanel Aruväli on April 8th, 2024

    I gave a presentation to industrial company representatives in the SME5.0 workshop held in one of the Buenos Aires buildings. The presentation introduced the selection of the latest technologies we are using in the Smart Mini Factory laboratory and the applications we have created recently in Bolzano. After the presentations, the workshop continued with a focus group discussion with industry representatives to know their opinions regarding enablers and barriers to sustainability in SME companies.

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