TU Graz starts qualification programme in the field of electronics-based systems (EBS)
The Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs is supporting the interdisciplinary FFG programme to the amount of some 900,000 euros. Partners from the domestic electronics industry are thus able to train personnel to become certified EBS specialists.
Electronics-based systems (EBS) are components, devices and systems with micro- and nanoelectronics and the associated embedded software. These systems form the basis for a wide range of digital products and processes – from autonomous vehicles to smart home solutions and intelligent machines. The development of such technologies requires not only special expertise but also, and above all, cross-disciplinary skills in the areas of hardware, embedded software and electronics-based systems.
Leading players make common cause
Under the direction of the Institute of Electronics at Graz University of Technology, an “innovation course” has been developed as a pilot project together with twenty partners from industry, science and business. Against the background of a high research dynamic and increasing competition from Asia and the USA, 67 employees of the partner companies participating in the course will be trained from February 2020 to July 2023 to become certified EBS specialists with know-how in innovation management.
Interdisciplinary transfer of knowledge
“There are already training and continuing education courses in individual EBS topics, but an interdisciplinary approach such as in this course is unique,” explains Bernd Deutschmann, scientific director of the course and head of the Institute of Electronics at TU Graz. Deutschmann points out that the previous internal company-relevant further training courses were associated with a high level of expenditure. “With this future offer, the consortium wants to close a gap in the labour market.”
After completion of the pilot on July 31, 2023, the course is to be sustainably integrated into the portfolio of TU Graz Life Long Learning, the service department for continuing education at Graz University of Technology, and will be open to all interested persons, also outside the partner companies.
The course is offered through the FFG programme "R&D Competences for Industry", which promotes close cooperation between science and industry and establishes sustainable cooperation between universities, universities of applied sciences and companies.
Scientific partners:
TU Graz
- Institute of Electronics (Scientific Management)
- Service department TU Graz Life Long Learning (project management)
- Institute of Technical Informatics
- Institute of Software Technology
- Institute of Elektrische Messtechnik und Sensorik
- Institute of Microwave and Ohotonic Engineering
- Institute of Automation and Control
- Service department for Educational Technology
Alpen-Adria-University of Klagenfurt
- Institute of Smart Systems Technologies / Sensors and Actuators
Johannes Kepler University Linz
- Institute of Signal Processing
- Institute for Integrated Circuits
FH Kärnten
- Engineering and IT
FH Joanneum
- Institute of Electronic Engineering
Corporate partners:
- ams AG
- AT & S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik AG
- cilab GmbH
- CISC Semiconductor GmbH
- Drone Rescue Systems GmbH
- Efkon GmbH
- evon GmbH
- freaquent froschelectronics GmbH
- Infineon Technologies Austria AG
- ITEC Tontechnik GmbH
- MSG Mechatronic Systems GmbH
- NXP Semiconductors GmbH
- smaxtec animal care GmbH
- Spath Micro Electronic Design GmbH
- xFace e.U
Wissenschaftlicher Ansprechpartner:
Bernd DEUTSCHMANN
Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn.
TU Graz | Institute of Electronics
Tel.: +43 316 873 7520
bernd.deutschmann@tugraz.at
Weitere Informationen:
https://www.ffg.at/en/program/migriert-rd-competences-industry (FFG programme R&D Competences for Industry)
https://www.tugraz.at/institutes/ife/home/ (TU Graz | Institute of Electronics)