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As part of the CITPER project activities, Professors
Artail, .El-Hajj and Saghir visited the following three
universities in Syria in May 2007: AEU (Arab European
University), University of Kalamoon, and Aleppo
University. The aim of the visit was to introduce the
CITPER project, and to discuss the possibility of
adopting the ICT program in their universities. A
seminar was given at this level and all officials that
the AUB team met showed enthusiasm in collaborating at
all levels. The ECE team also discussed possibilities
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As part of the student exchange program between AUB and
TUM, Friedriech Kischkel from TUM has received a
scholarship within the scope of the CITPER project to
spend the Summer 2007 semester at AUB, taking courses
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As part of the CITPER project activities, Professors
Chehab, Dawy, and Kayssi visited the following three
universities in Jordan in May 2007: JUST (Jordan
University of Science and Technology), Jordan
University, and Philadelphia University. The aim of the
visits was to present the graduate programs at the ECE
Department at AUB with emphasis on the ICT and PhD
programs. Seminars were held at in the presence of
administrators, faculty members, and students. The ECE
team also discussed possibilities for academic
collaboration between AUB and the Jordanian
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MARCH 2007 |
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As part of the CITPER project activities, Professors
Artail, El-Hajj, and Kabalan visited the following five
universities in Egypt in March 2007: Alexandria
University, Arab Academy for Science, Technology, and
Maritime Transport, AUC (American University of Cairo),
Ain Shams, and Cairo University. The aim of the visit
was to present the graduate programs at the ECE
Department at AUB with emphasis on the ICT and PhD
programs. The ECE team also discussed possibilities for
academic collaboration between AUB and the Egyptian
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As part of the CITPER project activities, Professors
Huijer, Kabalan, and Karaki visited the Technical
University of Delft in the Netherlands in January 2007.
The objectives of the visit were mainly to establish
research and academic collaborations between the two
institutions on several levels: students exchange, short
invited courses, joint projects, as well as supporting
the PhD program that will be launched at AUB in Fall
2007-2008. |
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As part of the student exchange program between AUB and
TUM, Lina Al Kanj from AUB has received a scholarship
within the scope of the CITPER project to spend the Fall
2006-2007 semester at TUM, taking courses and working on
her thesis. |
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JUNE
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2006
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The fourth CITPER General Meeting was held at TUM
(Munich, Germany) from July 11-15, 2006 |
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The
first CITPER International Seminar was held at AUB from June
20-24, 2006 and at TUM from July 12-15, 2006. The theme of the
seminar is Smart Homes and related technologies (wireless
technologies; media technologies; security protocols; and sensor
technologies). The seminar was attended by students and
faculty members from AUB, TUM, and the University of Southampton |
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On behalf of the European Commission and as part of the
standard monitoring arrangements for all running Tempus
projects, a day-long Field Monitoring Visit took place
at AUB campus on June 19, 2006 to assess the progress of
the CITPER project. Before meeting with the CITPER group
to discuss the achieved outcomes and planned activities,
the monitoring team met with the Provost and the Dean of
FEA to talk about institutional commitment and support
to the project. The monitoring team expressed
satisfaction of the support they heard from the
administration and commended on the work done by the
CITPER Group. In its final briefing, the team made few
recommendations related to the visibility and publicity
efforts to promote the new ICT program |
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MARCH
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As
part of the student exchange program with TUM, two ECE Masters
students, Joseph Costantine and Ali Ghandour, have received
scholarships to spend an exchange semester at TUM. Both students
will spend the Spring 2006 semester at TUM taking courses and
providing assistance on research projects |
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Mr. Goebel, in coordination with
Professor Hanik from TUM, offered a block course on Optical
Communications at AUB from March 27, 2006 till April 14, 2006 |
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Johanna Weindl attended DAAD seminar "Projekt management in
TEMPUS" ("Project management in Tempus") on March 24, 2006 in
Bonn, Germany |
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FEBRUARY 2006
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The
second project report has been submitted to ETF in February 2006 |
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Prof.
Hagenauer and Dr. Becker attended DAAD (German Academic Exchange
Service) Seminar as invited speakers on February 17, 2006 in
Bonn, Germany.
Seminar topic: "Wege zur Zusammenarbeit Hochschule-Unternehmen
in EU-Drittlandprojekten" ("Approaches to university-industry
cooperation in EU-partner countries projects") |
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JANUARY 2006
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Miss
Johanna Weindl joined the CITPER team at TUM in January
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DECEMBER
2005
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CITPER third general meeting held in Southampton, UK |
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NOVEMBER
2005
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Dr. Saghir attended the HiPEAC forum and met
with European experts from the academia and IT
industry in Barcelona, Spain |
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Dr. Saghir visited Universitat Politècnica de
Catalunya (UPC) in Spain to discuss student
exchange opportunities
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SEPTEMBER 2005
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Dr. Kayssi met with the
representatives of University of Athens and National
Technical University of Athens in Athens, Greece
to discuss possible exchange opportunities
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Dr. Dawy visited TU-Berlin in Germany to discuss
possible exchange opportunities and also met
with Mr. Goebel and Dr. Steinbach in Munich to
discuss project activities |
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Dr. Artail visited University of Technology of
Compiègne in France to discuss possible student
and faculty exchange opportunities |
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JULY
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An
article is written on CITPER in AUB Bulletin magazine July 2005
issue titled "An IT Graduate Program for the ECE Department"
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JUNE
2005 |
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Student exchange program: Johanna Weindl from TUM
spends an exchange semester at AUB |
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Dr. Dawy met with the EU partners in Munich, Germany
to discuss project on-going
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MAY
2005 |
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An
article is written on CITPER in AUB News Highlights - May 2005
titled "CITPER: A 494,000 Euros Sponsored Project in the
ECE Department"
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MARCH 2005 |
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Dr. Saghir attended the CeBIT Exhibit
in Hannover, Germany to
identify current and emerging commercial trends
in information technology |
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CITPER second general meeting held in Beirut, Lebanon |
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Student exchange program: Elias Yaacoub from AUB
spends an exchange semester at TUM in Spring
2005 |
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An
article is written on CITPER in Siemens employees magazine
SiemensWorld 2 Q issue titled “HUB FOR THE MIDDLE EAST“
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JANUARY 2005
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Dr. Dawy met with the Tempus
project representatives in Munich, Germany to discuss project activities |
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An
article is written on CITPER in TUM magazine Mitteilungen der
Technische Universität München 1-2005 issue titled "
COMMUNICATE! STARTET DURCH “
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SEPTEMBER 2004 |
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Dr. Artail and Dr. Dawy attended the TEMPUS
Project Representatives Meeting in Berlin,
Germany |
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Signing an exchange agreement between AUB and
TUM |
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CITPER first general
meeting held in Munich, Germany |
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