Tempus case study city university london

1. Case study of Tempus – a precursor to CBHE
Peter Popov
Reader
Centre for Software Reliability
Department of Computer Science
City University London
p.t.popov@city.ac.uk
College Building, City University London
Northampton Square, EC1V 0HB
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Talk outline
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Contacts and context
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Tempus Projects on Curriculum Development
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MASTAC
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SAFEGUARD
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SEREIN
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Benefits for UK and other member states Universities
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Recognition of own research contributions
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Work with highly motivated MSc and PhD students
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Joint publications
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Benefits for the partners from non-member states
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Benefits for the academic partners
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Benefits for industrial partners
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The Future ERASMUS+ Higher Education Event on the International Dimension
8th December 2014, Spring Gardens, London

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Contacts and Context
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Initial contact made back in 2004
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Professor Vyacheslav Kharchenko, DSc, a head of Computer Systems and Networks in the National Aviation University, KhAI, of Ukraine visited the UK with funding from the British Council
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Invitation made by Prof. Alexander Romanovsky, from the Department of Computing Science at Newcastle University
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Prof. Kharchenko visited the Centre for Software Reliability at City University London to present his work.
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We embarked on joint research immediately
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The first joint publication appeared in 2004.
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Newcastle University coordinated the first TEMPUS project, MASTAC, which started in 2006
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The scope of the work was harmonising the MSc curriculum taught ay KhAI with contributions from European partners. ERASMUS+ Higher Education Event on the International Dimension
8th December 2014, Spring Gardens, London

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Tempus Projects: MASTAC
TEMPUS 26008 – 2005 “MSc qnd PhD Studies in Aerospace Critical Computing ” (Sept 2006 – Oct 2009)
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Partners
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The University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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Centre for Software Reliability, City University, London
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Abo Academy University, Finland
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National Aerospace University “KhAI”, Kharkiv, Ukraine and another 3 Ukrainian organisations
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Scope
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PhD programme “Formal Methods of Critical Software Development”
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PhD Programme “Modelling of Dependable Systems and Networks”
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MSc Programme “Multi-version systems and technologies for critical applications”
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MSc Programme “Fault-Tolerant Embedded PLD-systems”
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MSc Programme “Dependable Systems, Networks and Services”
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MSc Programme “Software Quality Assessment and Expertise”
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Contribution by City
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Many research papers by City were used to develop teaching materials. Significant part of the MSc on Multi-version systems and technologies – contributed by City
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Review of the drafts of the textbooks (in English) before they went to print
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Guest lectures to staff and MSc students.
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Consultation of PhD students.
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Currently all programmes taught at KhAI. ERASMUS+ Higher Education Event on the International Dimension
8th December 2014, Spring Gardens, London

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Tempus Projects: SAFEGUARD
158886-TEMPUS “National Safeware Engineering Network of Centres of Innovative Academia-Industry Handshaking” (Jan 2010 - Jan 2013)
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Partners
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Newcastle Universrity
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Abo Academi University, Turku (FI)
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Adelard LLP, London (UK)
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City University, London (UK)
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ISTI-CNR, Pisa (IT)
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University of Naples (IT)
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ISTI – CNR Pisa, Italy
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9 organisation from Ukraine.
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Scope
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PhD programme “Safeware Engineering”
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MSc Programme “Safeware Engineering”
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Training Programme for Ukrainian organisations working in safety critical area
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Establish national network of training centres for training in the area of safeware engineering.
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Mobility between European and Ukrainian stakeholders
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Contribution by City
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Many research papers by City were used to develop teaching materials. Significant part of the
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MSc on Multi-version systems and technologies – contributed by City
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Review of the drafts of the textbooks (in English) before they went to print ERASMUS+ Higher Education Event on the International Dimension
8th December 2014, Spring Gardens, London

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Tempus Projects: SEREIN
543968-TEMPUS “Modernisation of Postgraduate Studies on Security and Resilience for Human and Industry Related Domains” (Jan 2014 - Dec 2016)
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Partners
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Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
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City University London, UK
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Royal Institute of Technology, SE
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CINI Consortium, IT
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IICT, Bulgarian Academy of Science, BG
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11 Ukrainian organisations
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Scope
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PhD modules on cyber security assessment and management
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MSc modules on cyber security assessment and management
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Training course on cyber security assessment and management (City is leader)
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Contribution by City
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Contributed to the MSc teaching materials and training course
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Review of the drafts of the textbooks (in English) before they went to print ERASMUS+ Higher Education Event on the International Dimension
8th December 2014, Spring Gardens, London
Department of Computer Systems and Networks
Center for Safety Infrastructure- Oriented Research and Analysis

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Benefits to Ukrainian partners
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Attractive offerings to the local students and also to students from 3rd countries
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For a long time KhAI have had MSc programmes (and BSc programmes, of course) popular in Africa, India and the Middle East countries
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Staff and the brightest students are motivated to do well and to work with leading experts from European countries
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Benefits for the members of the academic staff in Ukraine are very significant
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Attending events in Europe . Project meetings in London were scheduled to coincide with InfoSec Europe
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Joint publications in prestigious conferences . They appreciate our effort to work with them publish their results
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Co-Supervision of PhD students
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Joint MSc programme “Computing for Critical Applications” between KhAI and City is being finalised
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Partly delivered at KhAI
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Partly delivered at City ERASMUS+ Higher Education Event on the International Dimension
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Benefits to UK partners
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Recognition of own work
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Teaching materials based on our research.
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Invitations to deliver invited talks at conferences held in Eastern Europe
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Invitations on PC and editorial boards of technical journals published in Ukraine
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Work with very good MSc and PhD students
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At City we currently employ young Ukrainians, whose PhD work had been co- supervised by us
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Topics for MSc dissertations offered and co-supervised jointly with colleagues from KhAI. Results presented at conferences.
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Source of good students on an MSc programmes taught at City and of good PhD candidates
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Grants from the Ukrainian President for MSc studies abroad
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Teaching materials prepared by partners may be very comprehensive
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Ready for use in courses taught in the UK (at City).
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Useful contacts for the City University International Office
Last but not least:
We have had very good time, especially visiting Ukrainian cities. ERASMUS+ Higher Education Event on the International Dimension
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The Future
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TEMPUS-SEREIN project is under way.
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The project addresses a very interesting and important topic – cyber security in safety critical applications.
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Teaching materials in this area is very scarce. We can benefit from the joint work for own courses, taught at City
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The Joint MSc in Computing for Critical application has been approved and the institutional links between KhAI and City University will strengthen as a result
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The political situation in Ukraine is not ideal...
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SEREIN has been an important channel of expressing solidarity with the Ukrainian colleagues
ERASMUS+ Higher Education Event on the International Dimension
8th December 2014, Spring Gardens, London

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In Conclusion
We have been quite fortunate to have worked in TEMPUS projects with very organised and competent colleagues! Good luck to all of you with your own projects!
ERASMUS+ Higher Education Event on the International Dimension
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Questions ERASMUS+ Higher Education Event on the International Dimension
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