Telematics Education
A project entitled the European Automotive Digital Innovation Studio (EADIS) has been awarded 400,000 Euros from the European commission under its Leonardo da Vinci programme programme. EADIS will use a virtual work environment called the Digital Innovation Studio to train and develop professional designers in the automotive industry in the impact and application of ‘vehicle telematics’ so that they may integrate new technologies into future products within the automotive industry.
“The European automotive industry is losing competitiveness as challengers from lower-cost economies have increased their share of world automotive markets” (CLEPA, European Association of automotive supplier’s White paper 2005). As a European solution to this problem, EADIS will develop training and infrastructure to enable European companies to operate more innovatively and efficiently.
This project is executed in partnership with:
- Coventry University (CEPAD), UK
- Oulu University of Applied Sciences, Finland
- Munster University of Applied Sciences, Germany
- Turin Polytechnic, Italy
- Technical University of Delft, the Netherlands
An Advisory panel made up of industry representatives including RDM automotive, Ricardo and MIRA has been set up to evaluate the project. All the partners are looking forward to developing the project and using it as a platform for building relationships and collaborating internationally with other universities and industry partners.
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