Specific programme: Erasmus+ KA2
UPV/EHU Partner Status: Beneficiary
UPV/EHU PI: Federico Perez Gonzalez
Project start: 01/09/2018
Project end: 31/08/2021

Brief description:  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 project is in perfect line with the vision of the IFAC in the area of Education.

A situational analysis has identified two major difficulties in the domain of Co3 in control education: the various gaps between theory and practice and a lack of real case studies in current curricula. Moreover, the research community is fragmented into a large number of sub-communities, some of which enjoying a high level of autonomy.

Working under these assumptions, Co4AIR focuses on three (3) 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 course content integrating multi-sectorial courses, iii) design and develop a pedagogical multimedia product and a student contest; both of them to be validated during two summer schools organized by the members.