Meet the team

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

Eugenijus Valatka
Prof. Dr Eugenijus Valatka
Chairperson of Governance Board Rector of Kaunas University of Technology
Jonas Čeponis
Dr Jonas Čeponis
Dean of the Faculty of Informatics at Kaunas University of Technology
Tomas Krilavičius
Prof. Dr Tomas Krilavičius
Dean of the Faculty of Informatics at Vytautas Magnus University
Dalius Navakauskas
Prof. Dr Dalius Navakauskas
Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
Prof. Dr-Ing. Irina Smirnova
Vice-President for Research at Hamburg University of Technology
Rasa Verkauskienė
Prof. Dr Rasa Verkauskienė
Director of the Institute of Endocrinology of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
Matti Vilkko
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
Giedrius Kukauskas,
CEO of Teltonika Networks
Dr Algirdas J. Lukoševičius
Algirdas Jonas Lukoševičius
Managing Director & Chairman
of PHL Corporation
Karolis Mirinavičius
Karolis Mirinavičius
Head of Innovation Development
at Ignitis Group
Monica Schofield
Monica Schofield
Director of International Cooperation, Head of Consultancy & Competence Development
at Tutech Innovation GmbH
Public/Governmental Sector
Simonas Černiauskas
Simonas Černiauskas
CEO of the leading Baltic DigiTech association INFOBALT
Romualda Stragienė
Romualda Stragienė
CEO of Innovation Agency Lithuania
Laima Taparauskienė
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
Dr Miglė Panasenkienė
Dr Miglė Panasenkienė
International Project Manager at Transport Innovation Association

Ethics Assessment Body

Dr mult. Paulius Astromskis
Dr Mult. Paulius Astromskis
Chairperson of the EAB
Vytautas Magnus University
Dr Kristina Astromskė
Dr Kristina Astromskė
Member of the EAB
Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
Rūta Dalinskienė
Rūta Dalinskienė
Member of the EAB
Kaunas University of Technology
Dr Jelena Kabulova
Dr Jelena Kabulova
Member of the EAB
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
Maximilian Neidhardt
Maximilian Neidhardt
Member of the EAB
Hamburg University of Technology
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).