COLLABORATION AND COOPERATION IN EU PROJECTS

LESSONS LEARNED AND RECOMMENDATIONS

July 5, 2019

Marmara UniversityFaculty of Engineering

Department of Computer Engineering

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• working on wireless networks for 20 years,• focused more on vehicular networks (V2X communication and connected cars) for the

last 10 years.

• took position at Marmara University in November 2012,• formed a research group in Feb. 2013

• Vehicular Networks and Intelligent Transportation SystemsResearch Group (VeNIT-RG), www.venit.org

• cofounded a lab• Machine Intelligence, Design & Networking Lab (MInD-NET)www.mind-net.org

• started to make academic and industrial projects on• wireless networks,• machine learning and artificial intelligence• integration and use of ML/AI in wireless networks and communications

Marmara University – MInD-NET Lab

VeNIT-RG

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• close cooperation with the Industry

• actively participated in the clusters

• 5GTR Forum (Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure & BTK)

• Smart Mobility Clustering (TUBITAK)

• cooperated with both large-scale companies and large SMEs

• proposed nearly 20 TÜBİTAK project proposals in less than 6 years

• However,

• projects remained smaller in scope,

• industry was not ready to take on today and in the near future

• the budget to be allocated by the project partners was limited

• All these led us to new searches for funding

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Main tools for joint project proposals

• National Contact Points

• Horizon2020 website

• https://ufuk2020.org.tr/

• European Commission Funding and Tenders Portal

• https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders

• Frameworks/Documents

• e.g. Strategic Research Agenda (SRA), Multi-Annual Strategic Plan

(MASP)

• Networking events

Marmara University – MInD-NET Lab

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National Contact Points

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Horizon2020 website (https://ufuk2020.org.tr)

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EC Funding and Tenders Portal

(https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders)

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• e.g. Strategic Research Agenda (SRA), Multi-Annual Strategic Plan

(MASP)

• key research priorities,

• technology challenges and

• application areas

• to foster Europe’s transformation into a digital society, and

• to deliver societal and economic value

• to bring together a wide range of European and global stakeholders

Frameworks/Documents

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In 3 years,

• 8 H2020 project proposals

• 1 of them completed

• 4 of them under evaluation.

• 2 of them received the TÜBİTAK over-threshold awards

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• e.g. Strategic Research Agenda (SRA), Multi-Annual Strategic Plan

(MASP)

• key research priorities,

• technology challenges and

• application areas

• to foster Europe’s transformation into a digital society, and

• to deliver societal and economic value

• to bring together a wide range of European and global stakeholders

Networking Events