We look forward to stimulating discussions about the contributions of the PhD candidates and are excited about the opportunity to network and gain valuable insights!
In line with Edinburgh’s strategic vision for Data-Driven Innovation making the city Europe’s Data Capital by 2030, the NITIM 2023 Graduate School (alongside ICE 2023 Conference), had a specific focus on data-driven engineering, innovation and entrepreneurship. We specifically discussed socio-technical issues in engineering, how these shape the design of products and services, and what innovation, technology, and entrepreneurial processes are involved.
The Doctoral school featured two special keynotes:
Geography of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Prof Fumi Kitagawa, University of Birmingham
Deep History of Innofusion Prof James Fleck, University of Edinburgh
We had a record number of 27 participants working in 8 groups through 6 intensive presentation and discussion sessions. Given such a high number of participants, we are particularly grateful to the amazing team of 16 faculty mentors.
Alongside the core doctoral school activities, we also networked through a number of social events:
Welcome Dinner: Pizza Posto, South Bridge
Pub Meal: Sailisburys’ Arms, Newington
Whisky Tasting: Edinburgh University Whisky Society, Teviot Committee Room, George Square
Exploratory Tour: National Museum of Scotland, George IV Bridge
Closing Dinner: Le Cote, New Town
Optional trekking: Arthur’s Seat, Holyrood Park
See you in 2024 in Madeira!
NITIM Summer School 2022, France
The event took place this year In Nancy, from June 16th to 18th. We were 19 PhD students and 16 faculties.
All the individual workshops went well and all the PhD students left with new ideas for their research work.
These working sessions were accompanied by very interesting conferences with the participation of Ferran Giones “Building and writing a research contribution, tips and templates “, Kirsten Martin “ Algorithmic Bias and Corporate Responsibility “, Laurent Rollet “Henri Poincaré (1854-1912) : Mathematician, physicist, philosopher, etc.” and Cyrille Imbert “ Computing Good Pseudo-Random Numbers: a Social and Psychological Problem“. These presentations have allowed to have very enriching exchanges.
In order to obtain a family and friendly atmosphere, social moments also took place Bowling:
Restaurants:
The NITIM team would like to thank all the participants for their motivation and participation. Thanks to the faculty members for their involvement and advices. Thanks also to the 4 speakers.
See you next year!
NITIM Virtual Summer School 2020 & 2021, UK
The NITIM Graduate Summer School is an international PhD school that focuses on topics in the areas of entrepreneurship, innovation, and technology management as well as information and communication technologies. This Summer School is organized once a year in cooperation with the ICE/IEEE ITMC Conference and thus takes place at changing locations – e.g. 2016 in Trondheim (Norway), 2017 in Madeira (Portugal), 2018 in Konstanz (Germany) & 2019 in Nice (France).
In 2020 and 2021 it was held in Cardiff, UK.
Virtual Summer School 2020
The NITIM 2020 Summer School (June 11th – 12th, 2020) will be held online this year due to the existing travel restrictions and uncertainties. We invite PhD candidates to submit proposals for evaluation and we invite faculty members to join our on-line NITIM. The core of the Summer School will be virtual group sessions of 4 PhD candidates and 2 faculty members.
For those who have just started their PhD program, we look forward to receiving a research proposal. For those in their late stage of their Ph.D., you are encouraged to submit a relevant piece for your research (a paper, an overview, or a chapter of your PhD thesis).
The admission to the school will be based on the review of full proposal (or paper), which will form the basis of the discussion and feedback at the Virtual Summer School, is due by May 4th.
Notification of acceptance to the school will be sent by May 25th.
The NITIM Schools facilitate the development of doctoral research in the interdisciplinary field of Networks, Information, Technology and Innovation Management, bringing together PhD candidates and faculty members in a focused, in-depth, and constructive discussion of the candidates’ research work.
Participation in the Virtual Summer School will be free.
After completion of the Summer School and a short learning report to be submitted within 2 weeks after NITIM, PhD candidates can receive a certificate.
NITIM Summer School 2020 – Important deadlines
Proposal Submission May 4th, 2020
Notification of Acceptance and Proposal Feedback May 25th, 2020
Karla Lapit, Andrei Hodorog, Ferney Osorio, Laurent Dupont, Stefan Klein & Roland Ortt
Virtual Summer School 2021
The NITIM Summer School 2024 (16th - 19th June 2021) was held online again due to the current travel restrictions and uncertainties. We thank all participants for their engagement!
NITIM Summer School 2019, France
The NITIM Graduate Summer School is an international PhD school that focuses on topics in the areas of entrepreneurship, innovation and technology management as well as information and communication technologies. This Summer School is organized once a year in cooperation with the ICE/IEEE ITMC Conference and thus takes place at changing locations – e.g. 2016 in Trondheim (Norway), 2017 in Madeira (Portugal) and 2018 in Konstanz (Germany). In 2019, it will be held in Nice, France.
The NITIM Summer School is a non- profit organization that is supported by a large faculty consisting of professors with various backgrounds from all over the world. The NITIM Schools facilitate the development of doctoral research in the interdisciplinary field of Networks,
Information, Technology and Innovation Management, bringing together PhD candidates and faculty members in a focused, in-depth, and constructive discussion of the candidates’ research work. On this occasion, the NITIM Summer School 2019 is hosted by the ERPI Laboratory with the support of the scientific pole EMPP of the Université de Lorraine. Each year an academic agenda is designed aimed at providing a meaningful experience for participants. For this reason, it is an honor to welcome this year’s lecturers.
Impressions
Lead Lecturer
Prof. Laure Morel, full professor and Director of the Ecole Nationale en Génie des Systèmes Industriels (The Industrial Engineering School of the University of Lorraine – Nancy, France), and researcher and former Director of ERPI Laboratory (Research Team on Innovative Processes).
Laure Morel is also Honorary Professor at Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Likewise, she is co-creator of Lorraine Smart Cities Living Lab (2008) and co-founder of Lorraine Fab Living Lab® (2014). Prof. Morel has led research on innovation engineering and the development of decision support tools for more than 20 years. She is one of the team members who invented the “PII – Potential Innovation Index” method used by Innovation Way. Also, she is a member of the French delegation to the “ISO TC 279- Innovation Management Systems” Committee and is particularly active in the “Assessment” group; manager at Research Network on Innovation; and Vice-President of IAMOT. Additionally, she co-creates the start-up: www.innovation- way.com.
Guest Lecturer
Laurent Dupont, Eng. PhD. co-founder and scientific manager of the Lorraine Fab Living Lab®, ERPI Laboratory, Université de Lorraine.
Laurent is senior researcher at ERPI, lecturer at ENSGSI and visiting lecturer at TELECOM Nancy. He is the co- founder (2014) and scientific manager of the Lorraine Fab Living Lab®, the ERPI research platform for prospective assessment of innovative usages and innovation acceptability. He is also the co-creator (2008) and scientific coordinator of Lorraine Smart Cities Living Lab (ENoLL member since 2010), an interdisciplinary project involving several laboratories and other public and private partners. He designs, implements and evaluates new processes, based on collaborative innovation involving users, companies and territories, generating smart and sustainable Cities. L. Dupont is member of ICE / IEEE ITMC International Organizing Committee, International Conference on Technology, Engineering & Innovation. He is member of the scientific council of VRIC (Laval Virtual). For its university, L. Dupont leads the H2020 INEDIT Project (2019-2022) and he is member of the H2020 Smagrinet project (2019-2021).
Guest Lecturer
Prof. Dr. Stefan Wolfgang Pickl was born in Darmstadt, Germany on 29th September, 1967. He studied mathematics, electrical engineering and philosophy. He is member of NITIM since 2011; he is officially connected with the former institute of Bernhard Katzy at LIACS in Leiden since 2008. In 2000 Mr. Pickl received the PhD-Thesis award by the German Society for Operations Research.
He is board member of the German Committee for Disaster Reduction (DKKV). There, he is mainly engaged in the development of resilient systems and integrated assessment models. He founded the competence center COMTESSA with a focus on Safety & Security. From 2013-2018 he was international coordinator of the innovative security projects RIKOV and REHSTRAIN (Resilience of the Franco-German High Speed Train Network). Prof. Dr. Stefan Pickl is Honorary Chair at The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus.
Two and a half days of hard work, academic reflection and looking ahead. Below you can take a look at the program of this year’s edition:
Furthermore, the NITIM Schools is all about a community. This PhD consortia is the opportunity to meet a great group of people who is open to share their ideas, knowledge and experiences. Network members include PhD candidates, alumni, faculty and industry partners in over 10 countries around the world, representing over 20 nationalities.
Finally, we would like to present this year’s organization team:
The NITIM Graduate Summer School is an international doctoral program that specializes in themes such as entrepreneurship, innovation, technology management, and information and communication technologies. This annual summer school is held in conjunction with the ICE/IEEE ITMC conference, which means that it is held at various locations. This year, it was held in Constance, Germany, and it was an excellent experience. We would like to express our gratitude to everyone who participated. Thank you!