The international EuroTeQ Collider course launched this week with its online pre-sessions. This year’s cohort brings together around 50 students from seven countries and nine universities, forming a truly interdisciplinary and multicultural learning environment.
In addition to TalTech teachers Ergo Pikas, Kätlin Kangur and Ekaterina Demiankova and TU/e teacher and expert Gert Guri the course is supported by:
- AI mentors Gert Kanter (School of Information Technologies) and Otto Mättas (Applied Artificial Intelligence Group), who guide teams in applying AI tools throughout the challenge-based learning process.
- Coaches from TUM Junge Akademie: Angela Wester, Diane Baumer and Peter Finger support teams in their development
Students will collaborate with a range of external challenge partners addressing real-life smart city societal, environmental and technological problems, including:
- From Donor Buildings to Circular Assets – Simo Ilomets & team (TalTech)
- Intelligent Management and Operation of Sewer and Stormwater Networks – Ivar Annus & Murel Truu (TalTech)
- Accelerating Residential Building Renovation through Digitalisation – Elisa Iliste (TalTech)
- Riverbank Protection for Climate Resilience – Maarja Karjam & Kaido Koppel (Pärnu Municipality)
- Infrastructure for Autonomous Mobility – Jaanus Tamm (Tartu Municipality)
- Open Urban Digital Twin Stack for Small Municipalities – Balthasar Weitzel & Prajwala Prabhakar Adiga (Fraunhofer IESE, Munich)
- Biophilic Retrofitting Toolbox for Sustainable and Healthy Buildings – Bettina von Stamm (BEFIVE, Munich)
Over the coming weeks, students will work for one on-site week (22.01.-27.01) in Tallinn and two virtual weeks in mixed teams to co-create innovative solutions that respond to the needs of cities, research groups and companies.
Additional information: Ethel Praks, Karl-Erik Karu