Green Computing and Communications Program (GREENCO)
Project number:
530270-TEMPUS-2012-UK-TEMPUS-JPCR.
Project duration:
from October 15, 2012 to October 14, 2015.
Tempus program grant amount:
€ 805,953.24.
Target group:
- students,
- doctoral students,
- graduates,
- university academic staff and administration,
- industrial enterprise employees,
- local government officials.
Grant holder:
- Newcastle University, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Project consortium:
- Newcastle University, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;
- Leeds Beckett University, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;
- University of Žilina, Slovak Republic;
- University of Ioannina, Hellenic Republic (Greece);
- Institute of Information Science and Technologies "Alessandro Faedo", Italian Republic;
- National Aerospace University "Kharkiv Aviation Institute", Ukraine;
- Odesa National Polytechnic University, Ukraine;
- Donbas State Technical University, Ukraine;
- Uzhhorod National University, Ukraine;
- G. E. Pukhov Institute of Modeling Problems in Energy, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine;
- Ministry of Education and Science, Ukraine.
Project goals and objectives:
- develop a Master's program in green computing and communications for Ukrainian universities;
- develop a doctoral program in green computing and communications for Ukrainian universities;
- implement a professional development mechanism for Ukrainian lecturers;
- create two incubators for training doctoral students in green computing and communications in Ukraine.
Project activity areas:
- analyze and develop training modules in green computing and communications (GCC);
- develop 4 Master's courses and 7 doctoral courses in green computing and communications (theoretical and practical materials in areas such as FPGA computing / Wireless computing and communications / IT infrastructures, Smart Energy infrastructures);
- prepare and publish new educational materials, curricula, and study guides;
- prepare documentation for hardware procurement; perform retraining of lecturers according to the new methodology for teaching new courses and modules;
- launch pilot training for students in the new courses/modules; establish 2 incubators for doctoral training in Ukraine;
- prepare the set of documentation required for establishing and operating the incubators;
- carry out project quality control;
- disseminate project results.
Achieved results:
1. Developed 4 Master's courses in green computing and communications (theoretical and practical materials in areas such as FPGA computing / Wireless computing and communications / IT infrastructures / Smart Energy infrastructures);
2. Developed 7 doctoral courses in green computing and communications for 8 partner universities and 2 research institutes in Ukraine;
3. Implemented systems for specialized training in theoretical, analytical, and research skills for creating the above-mentioned modules for Ukrainian and Russian students and doctoral candidates;
4. Created 2 incubators for doctoral training in Ukraine.