Author: Asmaa Y. Shaheen

On the noon session, Dr. Khalid Alemerien from Tafila Technical University (TTU) presented a summary of admission policies for the cyber-physical systems master program at the partner universities in Palestine, Jordan, and Tunisia. A comparison between different policies was presented and a discussion was conducted on how to make those admission policies meet international standards.

MS@CPS External evaluation nomination form

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A face-to-face meeting is being held at Carthage University (CU) in Tunisia from 15th March 2022 to 17th March 2022. Her excellency, the president of Carthage university Prof. Nadia Mzoughi Aguir welcomed the participants of the consortium at the beginning of the meeting. The consortium will discuss progress and the next steps in implementing the project. The meeting takes place after the new decision about the extension of the project for one more year and the decision about the inclusion of Al-Aqsa university from Gaza in the consortium. The MS@CPS consortium acknowledges the CU for hosting this event and appreciates the efforts done to have this meeting conducted face to face despite the difficulty due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. It should be noted that the meeting is being held over Zoom as well for those who are not able to attend face to face.

Now the face-to-face meeting is being held at the Tafila Technical University (TTU) in Jordan. The meeting will last from 26th October 2021 to 28th October 2021. The consortium will discuss progress and the next steps in implementing the project. The MS@CPS acknowledges the TTU for hosting this event and appreciates the efforts done to have this meeting conducted face to face despite the difficulty due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.

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A virtual training program of the MS@CPS project was concluded after three days, 3rd, 4th, and 5th of November 2020, of holding it. The training was organized by the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, and it was given via the Zoom meeting. It was held with the participation of all partners of the project. The purpose of the training is to enhance the capacities of partner universities in Cyber-Physical Systems education with a focus on entrepreneurship, industry-university collaboration, thesis evaluation, and sustainability. Mr. Mohammad Saleh from the KTH moderated the training. On the first day, Dr. Cali Nuur and Dr. Victor Kordas presented presentations entitled “Industrial change including entrepreneurship ” and “Infrastructure for support of research activities at KTH ” respectively. On the second day, Dr. Henrik Hansson, Dr. Björn Berggren, and Dr. Victor Kordas presented presentations entitled “Quality assurance Thesis Management System”, “New Venture Creation” and “Innovative Approaches to University-Industry Collaboration ” respectively. On the third day, Dr. Urban Westergren, Dr. Cali Nuur, and Dr. Donnie Sc Lygonis presented presentations entitled “Thesis and Evaluation process “, “The transformation towards sustainability” and “Innovation Strategist & Business Coach” respectively.

A virtual training program of the MS@CPS project was concluded after two days, 14th and 15 of September 2020, of holding it. The training is organized by the University of Hertfordshire and was given via Microsoft Teams meeting and it was held with the participation of all partners of the project. The purpose of the training is to enhance the capacities of partner universities in Cyber-Physical Systems education. Dr. Raimund Kirner and Dr. Martina Doolan from the University of Hertfordshire moderated the training.
On the first day, Dr. Martina and Dr. Mick Walters presented about “Blended Learning Teaching Methodologies Through Using Technology to Enhance Collaborative Learning” and “Lecture on Robotics” respectively. On the second day, Dr. Mike Pickup and Dr. Raimund Kirner presented about “Contemporary Issues Professional Ethical and Legal” and “Decision Making & Planning for Cyber-Physical Systems” respectively. The training closed with answering of questions the attendees by Dr. Martina Doolan and Dr. Raimund Kirner.