Meet the team

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Prof. Dr Agnė Paulauskaitė-Tarasevičienė
Director and WP1 Leader
Kaunas University of Technology
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Dr Vilma Karoblienė
National Funding Part Manager
and WP6 Leader
Kaunas University of Technology
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Dr Mindaugas Bulota
Leader of WP3
Kaunas University of Technology
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Prof. Dr Ričardas Krikštolaitis
Project Manager and WP5 Leader
Vytautas Magnus University
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Assoc. Prof. Dr Roel Pieters
Project Manager and WP2 Leader,
Tampere University
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Vilma Purienė
Project Manager and WP4 Leader Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
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Prof. Dr Alexander Schlaefer
Project Manager
Hamburg University of Technology
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Prof. Dr Gintarė Šakalytė
Project Manager
Lithuanian University of Health Sciences

Governance Board

The Governance Board consists of seven members representing the CoE’s partners and primarily oversees the management and control of CoE initiatives, ensuring their effective execution and alignment with the organisation’s overarching mission.

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Prof. Dr Eugenijus Valatka
Chairperson of Governance Board Rector of Kaunas University of Technology
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Dr Jonas Čeponis
Dean of the Faculty of Informatics at Kaunas University of Technology
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Prof. Dr Tomas Krilavičius
Dean of the Faculty of Informatics at Vytautas Magnus University
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Prof. Dr Dalius Navakauskas
Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
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Prof. Dr-Ing. Irina Smirnova
Vice-President for Research at Hamburg University of Technology
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Prof. Dr Rasa Verkauskienė
Director of the Institute of Endocrinology of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
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Prof. Dr Matti Vilkko
Head of the Automation Technology & Mechanical Engineering department of Tampere University

Advisory Board

The Advisory Board is formed by the CoE’s partners, who select external experts from diverse sectors to provide insights and guidance on various aspects of the CoE’s activities. These experts bring a wealth of knowledge from technical, scientific, economic, political, and industrial domains.

Private/Public Sector
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Giedrius Kukauskas,
CEO of Teltonika Networks
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Algirdas Jonas Lukoševičius
Managing Director & Chairman
of PHL Corporation
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Karolis Mirinavičius
Head of Innovation Development
at Ignitis Group
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Monica Schofield
Director of International Cooperation, Head of Consultancy & Competence Development
at Tutech Innovation GmbH
Public/Governmental Sector
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Simonas Černiauskas
CEO of the leading Baltic DigiTech association INFOBALT
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Romualda Stragienė
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Assoc. Prof. Dr Laima Taparauskienė
Director of the Department of Higher Education, Science & Technology at the Ministry of Education, Science & Sport of the Republic of Lithuania
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Dr Miglė Panasenkienė
International Project Manager at Transport Innovation Association

Ethics Assessment Body

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Dr Mult. Paulius Astromskis
Chairperson of the EAB
Vytautas Magnus University
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Dr Kristina Astromskė
Member of the EAB
Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
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Greta Žėkienė
Member of the EAB
Kaunas University of Technology
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Dr Jelena Kabulova
Member of the EAB
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
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Maximilian Neidhardt
Member of the EAB
Hamburg University of Technology
Co-funded by the European Union logo
The project is co-funded under the European Union’s Horizon Europe programme under Grant Agreement No. 101059903 and under the European Union Funds’ Investments 2021–2027 (project No. 10-042-P-0001).