COST- INTERACT ACTION Training Schools

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on 17-09-2025

As part of its commitment to advancing research and innovation, Action CA20120 - INTERACT is continuing its training initiatives in 2025 with a rich calendar of events aimed at fostering skills and collaboration in the field of wireless communications.

INTERACT’s Training Schools and Training Days are designed to support researchers at all career stages through knowledge exchange and technical development. While Training Days are half- or full-day sessions held alongside committee meetings, Training Schools span 3 to 5 days and provide more in-depth training, often in collaboration with external entities.

Forthcoming highlights include:
8th Training School: Decision Making Systems in Wireless Communications: from Theory to Practice - 17-19 September 2025, Instituto de Telecomunicações and Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal (https://interactca20120.org/training-schools/8th-training-school/)

INTERACT offers financial support for eligible trainees and trainers attending Training Schools, prioritizing Ph.D. students and young researchers from COST Member and Near Neighbour Countries. All applicants must register via e-COST (https://e-services.cost.eu) and follow the provided guidelines and templates (see the link below).

These training activities underline INTERACT’s mission to promote excellence in wireless communication technologies while empowering the next generation of researchers.


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Demonstrations of Autonomous Mobility under the ROUTE 25 Project

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on 17-09-2025

The Aveiro Exhibition Park will become a true living laboratory of autonomous mobility with the presentation of the Large-Scale Demonstrations (DLEs) of the ROUTE 25 "Agenda for Autonomous, Intelligent, Interoperable and Inclusive Mobility" project, funded by the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR).

From 14:30 to 16:30, the public will have the opportunity to witness unprecedented tests with real autonomous vehicles - a unique experience in Portugal - along with a set of advanced solutions that showcase how technology is shaping the future of mobility.

The demonstrations will feature:

• Cooperative maneuvers between autonomous vehicles, with negotiation and execution of trajectories under safe conditions.
• Safe interaction between vehicles, pedestrians, and cyclists, ensuring trust in urban spaces.
• Integrated visualization platforms, combining data from vehicles, sensors, and infrastructures, enhanced with virtual and augmented reality.
• Smart parking solutions, with real-time reservation and monitoring of parking spaces.
• Intermodal autonomous mobility, coordinating different types of autonomous transport with booking, payment, and monitoring in a single connected system.
• 5G connectivity and edge computing technologies, supporting perception and cooperative decision-making, including MEC federation between 5G operators.

A result of collaboration between technology companies, municipalities, and research centers, ROUTE 25 places Portugal at the forefront of autonomous and intelligent mobility, establishing itself as a European and international reference in cooperative and sustainable transport solutions.

 

AGENDA: 

September 17, 2025 – Aveiro Exhibition Park

2:00 pm – 2:30 pm | Reception and Registration

• Guest reception
• Interview with the Mayor of Aveiro

2:30 pm – 2:40 pm | Institutional Opening

• Mayor, Eng. Ribau Esteves
• Representative of the ROUTE 25 consortium (Elisa Bacelo)
• Presentation of the project, partners, PRR framework, and expected impact
• Screening of the institutional video about ROUTE 25

2:40 pm – 2:50 pm | Introduction to Demonstrations

• Explanation of infrastructures, vehicles, sensors, and presentation format

2:50 pm – 4:10 pm | Technological Demonstrations in a Real Environment

• Demo 6: Cooperative Maneuvers between Autonomous Vehicles
• Demo 1/4: Integration of Multimodal Transport and Nexar Dashcams
• Demo 3: Smart Parking with Autonomous Vehicles
• Demo 4: Real-Time Data Visualization and World Model
• Demo 9: MEC Federation between Operators and Pedestrian & Cyclist Safety
• Demo 5: Edge Service Migration, Load Prediction, and OTA Update

4:10 pm | Technology Showroom

4:30 pm – 4:45 pm | Closing and Networking

• Recap of key points
• Acknowledgments and next steps

 

Where: 

Google Maps link (Parque de Feiras e Exposições de Aveiro)


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