Prof. dr. ANTANAS ČENYS

VICE-RECTOR FOR RESEARCH AND INNOVATIONVilnius Gediminas Technical University

Brussels, October 9th, 2019

10 faculties

13 research institutes

22 research laboratories;

3 research centres

1000 students

1000 No. of programmes offered

500 partner universities

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Top 51–100Civil & Structural Engineering Top 101–150Business & Management Studies

Top 101–150Architecture / Built Environment

Top 201–250Economics and Econometrics

Top 301–350 Engineering – Mechanical, Aeronautical & Manufacturing

Top 351–400 Engineering – Electrical & Electronics

Top 451–500 Computer Science & Information Systems

V GT U i s a m o n g t o p universities by 7 subjects in QS WUR 2019:

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500 partner business organisations

AREA R&D&I ACTIVITIESSmart city & Digital Built

EnvironmentBuilding information modellingGreen building designRenovation solutions towards nearly zero-energy buildings LiDAR-based point cloud estimation

Civil & Structural Engineering Building energy assessment Transport links and roads Geodesy and land surveying

Urban Mobility CarsharingICT integration into urban systems

Autonomous Vehicles Self-driving vehiclesTraffic scenarios for autonomous car movement and driver behaviourEnergy efficient hybrid utility systems Monitoring systems

Cyber Security Identification of human identity Drone technologies for security, monitoring and management Big data

Robotic Systems for Smart Manufacturing

Robotics applications in manufacturingIoT in digital manufacturing

FinTech Investment portfolio management: interaction of return, risk and reliabilityMathematical models and methods in economic processesBlockchain technologies

Createch Virtual & Augmented reality technologies Computer-generated imagery

Circular Economy Eco-friendly materials and technologiesWaste management and recycling

VGTU R&D solutions

30%

41%

16%

8% 5%

State budget for research activitiesCustomised research and services

EU structural funds for R&D

International research projects

National research projects

R&D funding sources | 2019

SMART CITY BY VGTU

SMART BUILDING

SDIGITAL

CITY & ICTSMART

MOBILITY

URBAN CULTURE & INTERACTION

OPEN R&D&I INITIATIVES

• Energy• Sustainable

buildings• Sustainable

development• Sharing economy• Digital economy• Urban development• Mobility

NATURE-BASED URBAN PLANNING (for Birstonas city to develop of ICT district) SMART URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE

(for Birstonas city to grow city community)

SUSTAINABLE URBAN MOBILITY NETWORKS(for Klaipeda city to develop eco friendly electric buses and mobility networks)

VIRTUAL URBAN SIMULATION (tool developed by Urban development researchers for interaction with city community)

UNIVERSITY’s ROLE IN THE CITY ECOSYSTEM

Government State agencies

Cities/ Municipalities

RegionsNGOs

Universities Competitors

Partners

SocietyCompanies

City community

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VET & Colleges