TPU welcomes ESSENCE associated partner, SIEMENS
Posted on 5 апреля, 2019
28-29 March, Tomsk Polytechnic University (P4) was visited by the representative of the associated partner of ESSENCE project – Vice President and Head of Corporate Technologies SIEMENS in Russia Martin Gitsels.
During the visit Prof. Gitsels delivered public lecture «The Challenge of Industrial Digitalization» and discussed cooperation opportunities with TPU in the fields of research and education.
The lecture was focused on the key aspects of industrial digitalization, including digital energy. A special emphasis was put on such technologies as cloud operating systems (like MindSphere) for the Internet of Things (IoT), Machine learning, advanced modelling and simulation, namely, development of digital twins and many others. Besides, Siemens is one of the global leaders in implementation of digital substation projects, building HDVC and FACTS systems, wind and gas turbine plants, which are the core components of Micro grid, Smart grid and Super grid around the world.
The ESSENCE project results, ongoing and upcoming activities and research cooperation with TPU have also been discussed with Prof. Gitsels. The results of this discussion proved that the defined list and content of the courses follow up the industry expectation. Siemens is a global expert in the subject of most of the courses included into ESSENCE core curriculum and is ready to advise and provide the opportunities for the students to use their product for students teaching and learning.
The courses that are in line with Siemens expertise are:
- Technologies of Energy Conversion in SES
- Power System Analysis
- MicroGrids, SmartGrids and Supergrids
- Energy Management System
- Digital Technologies for Protection and Communication
- ICT for SES
- Optimization in SES
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in SES
