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ASEA-UNINET Annual Report 2019 Annual Report 2019 Presented by the Austrian Board of Trustees of the Austrian Member Universities Chair: o.Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c. A Min Tjoa ASEA-UNINET - Annual Report Austrian Board of Trustees 2019 - Page 2 Table of contents Page Preface 05 Scholarships awarded by ASEA-UNINET 2019 07 Reports of the ASEA-UNINET Austrian Member Universities: 09 University of Innsbruck 11 University of Vienna 29 University of Graz 79 Danube University Krems 111 Johannes Kepler University Linz 129 University of Salzburg 131 University of Klagenfurt 138 Vienna University of Technology 141 Graz University of Technology 163 University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna 207 Vienna University of Economics and Business 221 Montanuniversität Leoben 227 University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna 229 University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna 234 University of Applied Arts Vienna 258 Mozarteum University Salzburg 262 University of Music and Performing Arts Graz 264 Medical University of Graz 269 Medical University of Innsbruck 272 Medical University of Vienna 286 Reports on SP 24 Research Mobilities in 2019/2020 (Selection) 287 Reports on Bernd Rode Award 2019 Mobilities in 2019 365 Appendix: 375 Approved ASEA-UNINET Project Proposals 2018 377 SP24 Mobilities 2019/2020 391 Bernd Rode Award 2019 – Winners 393 ASEA-UNINET - Annual Report Austrian Board of Trustees 2019 - Page 3 ASEA-UNINET - Annual Report Austrian Board of Trustees 2019 - Page 4 Preface by the Austrian National Coordinator Prof. Dr. A Min Tjoa I am pleased to introduce this Annual Report because it reflects a very successful year of cooperation between the academic institutions of our network in staff/student mobility, teaching and research activities. The reporting year 2019 once more shows the impressive commitment of our universities to enhance joint academic activities between Austrian universities and our ASEAN counterparts. As one of the participants of the 1st Meeting of ASEA-UNINET in Ho Chi Minh City in 1994 I can state that this report perfectly reflects one of its founding ideas to serve as a forum and network of excellence providing expertise and initiatives for deepening European - South East Asian academic relations. One original intend expressed at the first meetings was to assist in forming coalitions of resources for academic activities between member institutions. This year’s report convincingly demonstrates by the many joint research projects the success of these original ideas expressed in the nineties. The numerous joint publications in quality journals and leading international conference proceedings as results of the projects are proof of this. Different manifestations of academic cooperation within the framework of Erasmus or ASEM and the organization of Summer schools are pieces of evidence for the realization of the initial goals set in 1994. Another important aspect from the very beginning was the development of curricula and joint-curricula as a main driver for human capacity building. The cooperation efforts within ASEA-UNINET to develop a curriculum for a master study “Restoration of Art and Architecture” in Indonesia together with Austrian partners can be considered as a showcase and role model in this area. Particularly noteworthy is the role of ASEA-UNINET for a successful meritocracy-based selection in the awarding of Ernst Mach scholarships by the Austrian Federal Government. These scholarships finance a considerable number of doctoral scholarships and research stays. The same scheme holds for the selection of scholarships for Pakistan together with the Higher Education Commission Pakistan. In my function as ASEA-UNINET Coordinator for Technology, Innovation and Sustainability Projects for Europe I am extremely satisfied that, collaboration in sustainable development plays a central role for a large percentage of the submitted projects in 2019. It is worth mentioning that a majority of the basic research projects are also envisioning applications for future innovations to serve the SDGs (e.g. advanced battery research). One could even go further and postulate that in a broader sense all our projects have an SDG-facet. I would very much encourage that all our scientists who are active within ASEA-UNINET projects should spend some time in elaborating the embedding of their work as a contribution to the SDGs. ASEA-UNINET - Annual Report Austrian Board of Trustees 2019 - Page 5 The comprehensive nature of ASEA-UNINET to include Humanities and Arts in its agenda from the very beginning is again a very important contribution to the SDGs as stated in the UNESCO Hangzhou Declaration “Placing Culture at the Heart of Sustainable Development Policies”. In this year’s report, we can find significant contributions in the area of Humanities and Arts where we often observe a fruitful interdisciplinary collaboration with technical disciplines. With December 2019 I have terminated my 5 years period as Austrian National Coordinator of ASEA- UNINET. I want to thank all supporters of our network for the successful academic cooperation in the past years. In the first place, I have to mention the continuous support of the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research. Our special thanks go to those personalities of this Ministry and the OeAD, who have been enduringly committed to the goals of ASEA-UNINET. I would like to cordially thank all members of the Austrian ASEA-UNINET board (“Kuratorium”) for their initiatives, hard work, commitment and excellent cooperation. It is now the right time and place to thank OeAD (Austrian Agency for International Mobility and Cooperation In Education, Science and Research) and its staff members who are assigned to support and facilitate the administration of ASEA-UNINET for its enduring and wholehearted support in the five years of my work as national coordinator. In the first place, I have to thank Barbara Karahan for her excellent support and total identification with ASEA-UNINET’s work, aims and ideals. Looking to the future, I am very much convinced that my friend and colleague Gabriele Kotsis as Austrian National Coordinator will pilot us towards a very bright future of the network in the coming years. Finally, I encourage you to read this Annual Report and appreciate the outstanding progress that was made during 2019. ASEA-UNINET - Annual Report Austrian Board of Trustees 2019 - Page 6 Scholarships provided by ASEA-UNINET in 2019 The table below lists the scholarships by category to show the source of funding. A. Science & Technology Grants for South East Asia (TSA Grants) 2 researchers used a grant within the framework of TSA Grants in Austria (Period: 1.1.2019 – 31.12.2019, including extensions of scholarships awarded in previous years): Vietnam 2 Ph.D. B. Ernst-Mach-Grant – ASEA-UNINET Indonesia 12 Ph.D., 3 Post-Doc, 1 music grant Thailand 11 Ph.D., 7 Post-Doc, 3 music grants Vietnam 13 Ph.D., 2 Post-Doc, 1 music grant Philippines 5 Ph.D. C. ASEA-UNINET – Project funding Including guest residences (1-3 months) within the framework of university projects Indonesia 5 grants Thailand 9 grants Malaysia 1 grant Austria 1 grant (outgoing) D. Other grants managed by ASEA-UNINET The Higher Education Commission Pakistan funded 17 Ph.D. grants in Austria for scholarship holders from Pakistan in the year 2019. ASEA-UNINET - Annual Report Austrian Board of Trustees 2019 - Page 7 ASEA-UNINET - Annual Report Austrian Board of Trustees 2019 - Page 8 Reports of the ASEA-UNINET Austrian Member Universities ASEA-UNINET - Annual Report Austrian Board of Trustees 2019 - Page 9 ASEA-UNINET - Annual Report Austrian Board of Trustees 2019 - Page 10 AIC-ATC-APC Joint Labs 2019 Following the long-term success in the collaborative activities between the University of Innsbruck (UI) and its partner institutions, the Austrian-Thai Centre for Computer Chemistry (ATC) at the Chulalongkorn University (CU), Bangkok/Thailand and the Austrian-Indonesian Centre for Computational Chemistry (AIC), Universitas Gadjah Mada University (UGM)/Yogjakarta, Indonesia the cooperative activities have been continued in 2019. A key aim conceived in the joint research activities was to enhance the spectrum of computational software with a special focus directed at the United Nations Sustainability Goals (UN SDGs). An effective and lucid startegy to achieve sustainable development in the joint research activities is to eliminate the dependency on licensed third-party software packages employed for instance to execute the quantum chemical calculations. Instead, the use of open source software packages such as ORCA developed by Frank Neese and his team (Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung), DFTBPLUS by Bálint Aradi and coworkers (Universität Bremen) and the xTB package by Stefan Grimme et al. (Universität Bonn) is envisaged. These packages have been selected based on the availability of open licences for academic use, ease of installation/application as well as the possibility to seamlessly integrate them into the jointly used simulation program QMCFC. At the same time the scope of applications is ranging from the treatment of general (i.e. non-periodic) molecular systems (required in the field of biomolecular simulatio studies) well as the possibility to treat systems displaying inherent periodicity such as crystalline solids (3d-periodic) and solid-state interfaces (2d- periodic) relevant in the area of computational material sciences. The application of open-source software is in-line with SDGs #9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, #12 Responsible Consumption and Production as well as #4 Quality Education if incorporated into the education in form of a research-oriented classroom environment. A further aspect of this project focused on SDGs is related to the targets of the quantum chemical investigations, which have been chosen due to their relevance in the context of renewable energy technologies. Here, two different but related topics investigated by the experimental partners DI Dr. Engelbert Portenkirchner (Institute for Physical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck) in collaboration with assoc. Prof. Patchanita Thamyongkit (Department of Chemistry, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok/Thailand) are envisaged.
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