Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (URJC)

URJC is a young University (7 years old) in the Madrid (Spain) area. It has four campuses (engineering, information sciences, biological sciences and law and social sciences). URJC offers both undergraduate and graduate studies in all these areas, and includes both teaching and research personnel. In this project, two research and teaching groups are specially involved: GSyC (Systems and Communications Group) and Statistics Group. In addition, the University as an institution, by means of the Vicerrectorado of International Relations and New Technologies, is directly involved and interested in this project.

Core participants:

• Jesús M. González-Barahona (jbg at gsyc.escet.urjc.es)
• David Ríos-Insúa (drios at escet.urjc.es)
• Luis López Fernández (llopez at escet.urjc.es)
• Diego Chaparro (dchaparro at acm.org)
• Luis Cañas (lcanas at gsyc.escet.urjc.es)
• Miguel A. Hernando (mhernand at gsyc.escet.urjc.es)
• Sergio Hernández (shr at gsyc.escet.urjc.es)
• Teo Romera (teo at gsyc.escet.urjc.es)
• Antonio Gutiérrez (agutierr at gsyc.escet.urjc.es)

Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP)

FEUP is one of the leading Engineering Schools in Portugal, with origins on the XVIII century. It is one of the largest Schools in the University of Porto, the largest University in Portugal, with several campuses throughout the city of Porto. The School is formed by 7 Departments, which offer 10 undergraduate degree programs, 24 Masters degree programs and 12 Ph. D. programs in various fields of Engineering.

Core participants:

• Jaime Villate (villate at fe.up.pt)
• Nuno Faria (nfaria at fe.up.pt)
• Guilherme Dutra (godutra at fe.up.pt)
• Mario Lopes (mario.lopes at fe.up.pt)

Institute for Industrial Production / French-German Institute for Environmental Research (IIP)

The University of Karlsruhe (TH) was founded in 1825, following the model of the École Polytéchnique in Paris and thus the oldest technical university in Germany. The 12 faculties offer about 40 study courses for its 16,000 students. The Faculty of the Sciences of Economics is the youngest faculty of the University of Karlsruhe while at the same time having a lot tradition. The "Institute for Industrial Production (IIP)"http://www-iip.wiwi.uni-karlsruhe.de/ is responsible for the education of business engineers with courses on Production Management, with an focus on Environmental issues.

Core participants:

• Jutta Geldermann ( jutta.geldermann at wiwi.uni-karlsruhe.de )
• Martin Treitz ( martin.treitz at wiwi.uni-karlsruhe.de )
• Isabelle Hubert ( isabelle.hubert at wiwi.uni-karlsruhe.de )
• Jens Ludwig ( jens.ludwig at wiwi.uni-karlsruhe.de )
• Valentin Bertsch ( valentin.bertsch at wiwi.uni-karlsruhe.de )

Ustav teorie informace a automatizace (UTIA)

UTIA is a very broadly oriented scientific institution. Its activity ranges from theoretical and teaching to algorithmic and software applications, having experts in all these areas. The main areas of the research of its technical part are modeling estimation and control of stochastic processes, computer aided design, pattern recognition and digital analysis of picture information.

Core participants:

• Ivan Nagy ( nagy at utia.cas.cz )
• Miroslav Kárný ( school at utia.cas.cz )
• Evgenia Suzdaleva ( suzdalev at utia.cas.cz )
• Lenka Pavelkova ( pavelkov at utia.cas.cz )
• Ludvik Tesar ( tesar at utia.cas.cz )

School of Computing / Leeds University (SOC/LU)

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The University of Leeds is one of the largest UK universities offering a wide range of academic courses. About 28,000 students are attached to 684 different undergraduate and 312 postgraduate degree programmes. A further 28,000 people are enrolled on short courses. In almost a century of teaching, the University has played a leading part in the development of modern higher education in the UK by making the use of the latest technologies and with its teaching supported by a strong research base.

Core participants:

• Vania Dimitrova ( vania at comp.leeds.ac.uk )
• Julika Matravers ( julika at comp.leeds.ac.uk )
• Chris Tebb ( chrispy at comp.leeds.ac.uk )
• Bridget Cooper (bridget at cbl.leeds.ac.uk)

Universita della Svizzera Italiana / Institute of Communication Technologies (USI)

USI, the university of the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland, is located in Lugano, a vigorous city in Switzerland's sourhernmost canton of Ticino. USI is the newest among the nine cantonal universities and two federal institutes of technology open to the Swiss academic community. It's the country's only university where Italian is the official language. The USI two sites in Lugano and Mendrisio include the Faculties of Economics and Communication Sciences (based in Lugano) as well as the Academy of Architecture, based in Mendrisio.

Core participants:

• Riccardo Mazza ( mazzar at lu.unisi.ch )
• Botturi Luca ( luca.botturi at lu.unisi.ch )
• Milani Christian ( christian.milani at lu.unisi.ch )