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The University of Tartu

The University of Tartu (UT, www.ut.ee), located in the city of Tartu (second largest city in Estonia), is the most prestigious and comprehensive university in the country and one of the most respectable educational and research centres in Central an Eastern Europe. UT belongs to the top 2% of world’s best universities (QS World University Rankings & Times Higher Education World University Rankings). Founded in 1632, UT is organised into four faculties (social sciences, art & humanities, science & technology, and medicine), which are the home of more than 14000 students and 1900 scientists and academic staff (including 1300 international students from 90 countries). On average, the University awards 100 PhD degrees and university researchers publish about 3000 scientific articles annually.

The Institute of Computer Science (www.cs.ut.ee) has a long-standing reputation of outstanding educational programs, enabling students to grow with and adapt to rapidly changing technologies. It is a research-oriented institution, comprising 6 scientific research groups, which are specialised in (i) data science, (ii) programming languages and systems, (iii) security and theoretical computer science, (iv) software engineering, (v) distributed systems, and (vi) natural language processing. Further, the Institute manages a portfolio of over around 130 courses covering the entire spectrum of computer science and information systems (e.g., software engineering, distributed systems, and security engineering). Overall, the institute’s mission is to prepare students to learn, discover, innovate, and apply new knowledge in computer science through a balanced program of cutting-edge research, effective teaching, and outreach and service.

Prof. Raimundas Matulevičius received his Ph.D. diploma from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in the computer and information science. Currently, he holds a Professor of Information Security position at the University of Tartu (Estonia). His research interests include security and privacy of information, security risk management and model-driven security. His publication record includes more than 80 articles published in the peer-reviewed journals, conference and workshops. Matulevičius has been a program committee member at international conferences (e.g., REFSQ, PoEM, BPM and CAiSE). He is an author of a book on “Fundamentals of Secure System Modelling” (Springer, 2017).

TU Dortmund University

TU Dortmund University (https://www.tu-dortmund.de/en/) has been researching and teaching at the global intersection between man, nature and technology since its foundation in 1968. It has developed a unique profile with a combination of faculties in the natural sciences and engineering, the social sciences and the humanities. The vibrant structure with about 34,500 students in 16 faculties as well as about 6,300 employees – among them 300 professors – produces new knowledge, methodologies, and technical innovations. This is achieved through a wide spectrum of innovative research and by offering 67 bachelor’s and master’s programs including a broad-based teacher training curriculum in at least 30 subjects. There are more than 3,900 foreign students at TU Dortmund from 115 countries, which highlights its international character. TU Dortmund University maintains cooperation agreements with numerous universities all over the world, for instance in the United States, Great Britain, France, Spain, South Africa, China or Latin America. Furthermore, the university is a member of exchange organizations such as ISEP (International Student Exchange Program) and the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) and of course takes part in the European exchange program ERASMUS+. The university itself is located in the Ruhr region, one of the industrial centers of Germany, and has strong links to all major German as well as to a number of European companies.

The Chair of Enterprise Logistics (http://www.lfo.tu-dortmund.de/) at the faculty of Mechanical Engineering at TU Dortmund University can now look upon more than 45 years of experience and success. It stands for both theoretical and applied research and teaching in the fields of Enterprise Logistics and Supply Chain Management. Therefore we offer 15 lectures dealing with topics from the major fields of Logistics Management, Industrial Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. The international orientation and commitment of the Chair for both students and teachers will be a future priority. Within the framework of the ERASMUS scholarship approx. 60 students per year have the opportunity to study abroad at one of the 34 partner universities in Europe. Furthermore, the Chair has built strong ties to international universities such as the Georgia Institute of Technology, the Tongji University and the Stellenbosch University that are currently in the process of reconstruction and expansion. In return, an average of about 20 foreign students each year is supervised by the Chair of Enterprise Logistics during their studies in Dortmund. As the founding Chair of the Graduate School of Logistics – a unique institution based on the concept of a solely third-party funded doctoral program – since 2009, the Chair of Enterprise Logistics is highly engaged in scientific counseling of industry sponsored Ph.D. students. In collaboration with notable German enterprises, the Chair strengthens cooperative interdisciplinary research concerning recent topics in logistics and Supply Chain Management as well as promotes the intensive exchange between science and practice. The interest in and passion for the ongoing development and transmission of new knowledge to enhance the competitiveness in production, procurement and logistics unites the staff of the Chair. The TU Dortmund University in close cooperation with the Fraunhofer IML is building up and further developing Blockchain related education and research as integrated part of Supply Chain Management and as a driver for Cooperation of enterprises in the industry 4.0 environment.

Univ. Prof. Dr. habil. Michael Henke holds the chair of Enterprise Logistics at the faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the TU Dortmund University and completes the board of directors of Fraunhofer IML. His research focuses lie among others on the area of e.g. Management of the Industry 4.0, Blockchain Technology and Smart Contracts, Purchasing and Supply Management, Supply Chain Risk Management and Financial Supply Chain Management. Prof. Henke published both in leading academic journals and in practitioner handbooks and holds an adjunct professorship for Supply Chain Management at Lappeenranta University of Technology in Finland, as well as a guest professorship for Strategic Sourcing and Procurement at Louvain School of Management in Belgium.

Henke

Univ. Prof. Dr. habil. Michael Henke
Head of Chair, Chair of Enterprise Logistics
TU Dortmund University
Germany

International Projects

Project title, code	Funding source	Period	Supervisor/ Coordinator Contacts
Little Philosophers KA220-SCH-FEE6EC2B https://littlephilosophers.eu/the-project/	Erasmus+ KA220-SCH Cooperation partnerships in school	01 12 2012 – 01 12 2023	Institute of Languages, Linguistics and Translation Studies Assoc. Prof. Saulutė Juzelėnienė, Assoc. Prof. Rita Baranauskienė
Safeguarding against Phishing in the age of 4 Industrial Revolution, 2020-1-LT01-KA203-078070 Inner website link	Erasmus+ KA2 Strategic Partnerships	01-10-2020 - 01-09-2023	Institute of Social Sciences and Applied Informatics Assoc. Prof. Kęstutis Driaunys Assist. Dr. Vera Moskaliova vera.
Training the Educators to Facilitate the Teaching and Assessment of Abstract Syllabus by the Use of Serious Games, 2020-1-UK01-KA203-079248	Erasmus+ KA2 Strategic Partnerships	19-10-2020 - 18-04-2023	Institute of Social Sciences and Applied Informatics Jun. Assist. Raimonda Agnė Medeišienė Indrė Ščiukauskė
Transnational cooperation initiative fostering developing forward thinking skills of students, teachers and workforce in sustainability-relevant sectors posed by Business 4.0 trends through innovation in Business & Engineering education and training, 2020-1-RO01-KA203-080019	Erasmus+ KA2 Strategic Partnerships	01.10.2020 - 01.09.2023	Institute of Social Sciences and Applied Informatics Assoc. Prof. Ilona Kiaušienė Vaidilutė Kaminskienė
„FuseIT: Future competences pathways for marketing and ICT education No: 2019-1-LT01-KA203-060730“	Erasmus+ KA2 Strategic Partnerships	01.11.2019 – 31.10.2021	Institute of Social Sciences and Applied Informatics Assist. Dr. Giedrius Romeika Indrė Ščiukauskė
Hackathon on big data analysis and visualization	This project of the Baltic-German University Liaison Office is supported by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) with funds from the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic Germany	19.08.2019 - 15.11.2019	Prof. Vladislav V. Fomin;
BLOCKNET 2018-1-LT01-KA203-047044			Prof. Vladislav V. Fomin;
New Strategies for Working Life Collaboration	Nordplus Horizontal program	2014—2016	Department of Philosophy and Cultural Studies Assoc. Prof. Dr. Raminta Pučėtaitė El.p. Tel. 00370 37 202627
PRORES project “Pro-ecological Restructuring for Job”	Marie Curie Actions. FP7-PEOPLE-2010- IRSES	2011-2015	Department of Philosophy and Cultural Studies Prof. Dr. Virginija Jurėnienė e-mail: Telephone no. 8 37 202627
Development of Moral Competencies	Nordplus	2012-2014	Department of Philosophy and Cultural Studies Assoc. Prof. Dr. Raminta Pučėtaitė e-mail: Telephone no. 8 37 202627
Translocal Methodologies in Gender Studies	Lifelong learning Erasmus programme project	2013	Department of Philosophy and Cultural Studies Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aurelija Novelskaitė, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Raminta Pučėtaitė e-mail: , Telephone no. 8 37 202627
Global grant project. The Research Council of Lithuania on human resources development action programme priority 3 “Development of Researcher Skills”. “The Impact of Organizational Ethics on Transformation of Organizational Innovativeness into Sustainable Innovations”	European Social Funds and the Republic of Lithuania	2013	Department of Philosophy and Cultural Studies Assoc. Prof. Dr. Raminta Pučėtaitė e-mail: Telephone no. 8 37 202627
Heuropa!	Lifelong learning programme projects	2011-2013	Department of Lithuanian Philology Assoc. Prof. Dr. Saulutė Juzelėnienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rita Baranauskienė e-mail: , Telephone no. 8 37 422604
Enhancing Ethical and Environmental Competence in Leadership and Management for Sustainable Development	EC Socrates/Erasmus intensive programme project. EU Lifelong learning programme	2010	Department of Philosophy and Cultural Studies Prof. Dr. Virginija Jurėnienė E-mail: Telephone no. 8 37 202627
Development of Environmental and Ethical Competence in Leadership and Management	Nordplus	2009-2010	Department of Philosophy and Cultural Studies Assoc. Prof. Dr. Raminta Pučėtaitė e-mail: Telephone no. 8 37 202627
Alteration of Global Environmental Control: Threats and Possibilities. Ecological and Social cinema seminar cycle “Development Trail”	COST project	2009	Department of Business Economics and Management Prof. Dr. (HP) Remigijus Čiegis e-mail: Telephone no. 8 37 422344
Implementation of “Languages on Your Screen: Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian” and “Taste the Languages”	SOCRATES LINGUA projects	2005-2007	Department of Lithuanian Philology Assoc. prof. Dr. Saulutė Juzelėnienė, Prof. Dr. Loreta Ulvydienė e-mail: , Telephone no. 8 37 422604

National Projects

Project title, code	Funding source	Period	Supervisor/ Coordinator Contacts
Translation of Culture Specific Items in Contemporary Lithuanian Dubbed Films. Nr. 09.3.3-LMT-K-712-23-0178	Development of Scientific Competences of Scientists, other Researchers and Students through Practical Research Activities (Postdoctoral Fellowships; The Research Council of Lithuania, LMT).	2021 - 2023	Dr. J. Astrauskienė (research fellow), Prof. Dr. D. Satkauskaitė (fellowship supervisor)
Henry Parland's semiosphere Nr. 09.3.3-LMT-K-712-23-0109	Development of Scientific Competences of Scientists, other Researchers and Students through Practical Research Activities (Postdoctoral Fellowships; The Research Council of Lithuania, LMT).	2021 - 2023	Dr. G. Vaitonytė (research fellow), Prof. Dr. S. Radzevičienė (fellowship supervisor)
An open-access database and research of self-published informal Lithuanian youth press (fanzines)". Nr. S-LIP-21-30 https://zinai.org/lithuanian-fanzines/	The Research Council of Lithuania, Lithuanian Studies and Dissemination Programme (2016-2024)	01-04-2021 - 31-03- 2023	Institute of Language, Literature and Translation Studies Assoc. Prof. Dr. E. Kiškina
Inclusive culture: the study on accessibility of audiovisual products for the visually and hearing impaired	The Research Council of Lithuania, NRP „Welfare society“	01-02-2021 - 31-12-2022	Institute of Language, Literature and Translation Studies Assoc. Prof. Dr. Laura Niedzviegienė
Modernisation (or not) of the modern society: the change of values from the perspective of gender equality (ModViVeKa).	The Research Council of Lithuania, NRP “Modernity in Lithuania“	01-03-2021 - 31-12- 2022	Institute of Social Sciences and Applied Informatics Prof. Dr. Virginija Jurėnienė
Study of Educational Activity in Cultural Centres. Educational Activity of Cultural Centres within the Framework of International Aspect of Community Mobility	The Research Council of Lithuania, researcher groups programme	2012-2014	Department of Philosophy and Cultural Studies Prof. Dr. Virginija Jurėnienė e-mail: Telephone no. 8 37 202627
Sociolinguistics of Advertising	The Research Council of Lithuania. Researcher group projects	2010	Department of Lithuanian Philology Assoc. Prof. Dr. Daiva Aliūkaitė e-mail: Telephone no. 8 37 422604
International scientific conferences on the topics of dialectology and onomastics. Organisation of the international scientific conferences “Sociolinguistic Dialectology: Studies of Baltic Dialects” and “Regional Onomastics: What We know from Onomastics”	The Research Council of Lithuania, funding for science events	2011	Department of Lithuanian Philology Assoc. Prof. Dr. Daiva Aliūkaitė e-mail: Telephone no. 8 37 422604
Alternation of the Concept of Tradition	The preparation of the book was funded by the National Science and Studies Fund, whereas the publication was funded by The Research Council of Lithuania	2011	Centre of Socio-Cultural Research Dr. Jurga Jonutytė e-mail. Telephone no. 8 37 750536
Enabling women for a personal career: encouragement of self-help group activities in a community	Programme implemented by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania “Lithuanian Development Aid”	2011	Department of Philosophy and Cultural Studies Assoc. Prof. Dr. Asta Urbonienė, Prof. Dr. Virginija Jurėnienė e-mail: , Telephone no. 8 37 202627
Integrated teaching programmes for developing enterprise	ESF BPD 2.4 project funded by EU structural funds	2007-2013	Department of Informatics Prof. Dr. (HP) Saulius Gudas e-mail: Telephone no. 8 37 750539
AMIPA - Aukštojo m. I ir II pakopų IT ir inžinerijos krypčių studijų programos atnaujinimas ir naujų kūrimas	Žmogiškųjų išteklių plėtros veiksmų programos 2 prioriteto „Mokymasis visą gyvenimą“ projektas.	2007-2013	Department of Informatics Prof. Dr. Audrius Lopata, Prof. Dr. (HP) Saulius Gudas e-mail: , Telephone no. 8 37 422566
Renewal of VU KHF study programmes in the fields of social sciences and humanities	VP1-2.2-ŠMM-07-K “Improvement of Study Quality, Development if Internationality” administered by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania	2010	Department of Philosophy and Cultural Studies Assoc. Prof. Dr.. Raminta Pučėtaitė e-mail: Telephone no. 8 37 202627
Renewal of the infrastructure and equipment for the VU KHF study programmes in the fields of social sciences and communications	EU structural funds	2009-2014	Department of Germanic Philology Prof. Dr. Loreta Ulvydienė e-mail: Telephone no. 8 37 422604

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