Nives Kaprocki, assistant professor and Ph.D. student of the Faculty of Technical Sciences of Novi Sad, Serbia, applied to a mobility scholarship for training at ISEP, within an Erasmus+ ICM’s project. Kaprocki is also a researcher at the RT-RK national institute and specialist in Deep Learning and Autonomous Systems. 

In addition to the interest in deepening her knowledge in these fields, she also wanted to learn about the educational system of ISEP and about different methods of cooperation between research and industry. The lecturer believes that the networking established with teachers, researchers and students from partners institutions, as well as those established with the industry, allow the creation of synergies that foster the growth of institutions and the development of new projects with increased quality.

“I came here because ISEP, Institute Polytechnic of Porto, has a really high-quality project which is somehow connected with what I am doing because they also have the perceptive system, the autonomous systems, so I really wanted to see what other people and my peers are working on and maybe improve our own projects, maybe do some kind of cooperation and teach by the programs in my home University, and maybe also have researchers from here come to our conferences, our programs. So, I think it is going to be a very very good opportunity to have some kind of broaden horizons and make some impact on our programs”.

During her stay at ISEP, Kaprocki had contact with LSA (Laboratory of Autonomous Systems), which is an R&D unit, and with the research centre CISTER (Research Centre in Real-Time and Embedded Computing Systems). She also gave a lecture with the theme "Computer Vision and Deep Learning for Autonomous Vehicles." 

Although the Erasmus+ ICM mobility program was only a week long, Kaprocki pointed out that it was an opportunity to work and receive training in a European country, very different from hers. It was also a chance to create connections, which she believes, will contribute to future cooperation and development of joint projects.