Shared expertise through EULiST

The first two longer EULiST exchanges in research at Jönköping University (JU) are now taking place at the School of Engineering (JTH).

"Our schools have similar projects and expertise, which we can share through EULiST," says Guillaume Pouget, a PhD student at IMT (Institut Mines-Telecom) in Albi in the south of France, who will spend the spring semester at JTH.

EULiST (European Universities Linking Society and Technology) is an alliance of ten European universities formed to support long-term cooperation in education, research, innovation and service to society.

JU has had various types of EULiST exchanges so far, but this is the first time that two longer research collaborations within the alliance take place at JU. It is done together with the technical universities IMT in Albi in the south of France and LUT (Lappeenranta–Lahti University of Technology) in the south of Finland and both exchanges take place at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at JTH.

"Very excited to be here"

Guillaume Pouget, PhD student from IMT, will during the spring semester do research on radar signal processing, machine learning, AI and industrial applications at JTH.

"I am very excited to be here at JTH and in Jönköping and feel very welcome. I like the international atmosphere on campus, but I do not know how I will cope with a cold Swedish winter," says Guillaume Pouget and smiles.

He says that IMT sees EULiST as a unique opportunity to meet and be inspired by other universities. At JTH, he expects to learn more about AI research and applied research in industrial applications being done here, which also makes it interesting for them to collaborate with JTH.

Common areas of knowledge

Jerome Landré, Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Informatics at JTH, is from France and wrote the email to IMT that led to the exchange.

"I know IMT scince before and told them that we work with data processing, AI and cybersecurity, among other things, and that we were interested in a collaboration with them. I saw it as a way to find common areas of knowledge with other universities in Europe. EULiST is a large organization, which can lead to very interesting opportunities and new research grants for us. Through this exchange We get to see how researchers from universities in other countries work and learn about their methods and strengths," says Jerome Landré, Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Informatics at JTH.

Natural step to come to JTH

Bilal Naqvi, Post-doctoral researcher at LUT University in Finland, has been researching and teaching at the Department of Computer Science and Informatics for almost six weeks. He is here until January 16 and likes being at JTH and in Jönköping.

"It is calm and nice here, much like at LUT University," says Bilal Naqvi.

He already has a research collaboration with Joakim Kävrestad, Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at JTH, on the human aspect of cybersecurity, so it was a natural step for him to come to JTH.

"Builds networks and provides good exposure"

Joakim Kävrestad mentions that this type of exchange builds networks, provides good exposure and is a way for them to learn more about different EULiST initiatives. He has visited LUT himself and sees many similarities with JTH, but also some differences.

"They have a greater focus on business education and are probably better than us at getting away on these types of exchanges. Another thing I picked up when I was there was that LUT, despite its shared campus and the fact that they are quite scattered geographically but are still good at keeping their activities and study programmes together in a good way, says Joakim Kävrestad.

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