The FNR is pleased to communicate that 8 of 14 Industrial Fellowship projects have been selected for funding in the 2020-2 Call, representing an FNR commitment of 1.35 MEUR.
The aim of the Industrial Fellowships programme is to foster the cooperation between Luxembourg based companies active in R&D and public research institutions in Luxembourg and/or abroad. The scheme awards PhD and Postdoc grants to researchers who carry out their PhD and/or postdoc training in collaboration with a company in Luxembourg. The scheme is open to all scientific domains, and do all researchers, regardless of their nationality. Collaborating companies must have a presence in Luxembourg.
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Funded Industrial Fellowships projects
PhD – Domain Mathematics
Applicant
Henri Hoyez
Project title
Development and Evaluation of Deep Domain Mapping Solutions for Multivariate Time Series Applied to the Ironmaking Industry (DDMAI)
Host company
Paul Wurth
Collaborating institution
TU Kaiserslautern (Germany)
Applicant
Reinhard Leperlier
Project title
Development and Evaluation of a Reinforcement Learning Model as an Enabler for Autonomous Blast Furnace (AUBLAF)
Host company
Paul Wurth
Collaborating institution
TU Kaiserslautern (Germany)
Postdoc – Domain Mathematics
Applicant
Vadim Gorski
Project title
Optimal Power Trading in Illiquid Markets (OPTIM)
Host company
Quantego SARL
Collaborating institution
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Postdoc – Domain Humanities & Social Science
Applicant
Ana Carolina Teixeira Santos
Project title
Mindfulness training on aging: the effects of mindfulness based-stress reduction in older Portuguese Immigrants residing in Luxembourg (MEDITAGING)
Host institution
University of Luxembourg
Industry partner
ZithaSenior S.A.
Applicant
Tindara Caprì
Project title
Social Empathetic Robot for Autism (SERA)
Host company
Luxai S.A.
Collaborating institution
National Research Council of Italy (IRIB-CNR)
Postdoc – Domain Life Sciences, Biology & Medicine
Applicant
Marco Proietto
Project title
Next Generation Enzyme Immobilization using Molecular Plasma Grafting (EnzImmoPlas)
Host institution
University of Luxembourg
Industry partner
Molecular Plasma Group
Postdoc – Domain Materials, Physics & Engineering
Applicant
Bassem Hichri
Project title
Flexible Manipulation in Industrial Environment (Flex-Man)
Host company
GCL International
Collaborating institution
University of Luxembourg
PhD – Domain ICT
Applicant
Ahmed Abdelnaser Elsayed Murtada
Project title
Radar Distributed Sensors for Indoor Imaging (RADII)
Host institution
University of Luxembourg (SnT)
Industry partner
IEE S.A.