Computers, Cognition and Communication in Control: A strategIc paRtnership Erasmus Project

Project Title

Computers, Cognition and Communication in Control: A strategIc paRtnership

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Overcoming skills mismatches (basic/transversal)

Project Summary

Co4AIR is carried by a strategic partnership composed of 8 European institutions involved in Computers, Cognition and Communication (Co3) in control, a field that draws upon computer science, mathematics, telematics, robotics, computer architecture, embedded systems, real-time systems and many others. This strategic partnership groups highly-qualified researchers involved in the International federation of Automatic Control (IFAC).

The major difficulties in the domain of Co3 in control education are: the various gaps between theory and practice, a lack of real case studies in current curricula and the fragmented research community.

Working under these assumptions, Co4AIR focused on the following objectives, which address key needs in this field:
i) investigate the theory-practice gaps in the teaching of Co3 in control,
ii) develop and test new methodologies
iii) design and develop a pedagogical multimedia product and a student contest;

A Skills Matrix is available to compare the required competencies for a student, design course content and prepare students to market needs.

With Co4AIR Serious Game, an unlimited number of students and teachers have the opportunity to test concepts by using a drone in a realistic environment.
This pedagogical tool allows students to solve quizzes by completing mission objectives. Moreover, feedbacks are shared after a certain number of errors to allow them to improve.

With Co4-Marathon, student teas can compete with each other. Tested and approved by students from the consortium, guidelines for the Co4-Marathon implementation are available for all teachers who wish to include this method into their course programs.
A case study aims to share our challenges, lessons-learned in developing Co4AIR outputs and recommendations for managing efficiently similar projects.

All Co4AIR outputs have been disseminated thought IFAC.

Project Website

http://www.co4air.eu

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 228323 Eur

Project Coordinator

UNIVERSITE POLYTECHNIQUE HAUTS-DE-FRANCE & Country: FR

Project Partners

• EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION-CAMPUS EUROPAE
• UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICA CLUJ-NAPOCA
• UNIVERSITE DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE-ARDENNE
• JULIUS-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITAT WURZBURG
• UNIVERSIDADE DO ALGARVE
• UNIVERZA V MARIBORU
• UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAIS VASCO/ EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA