Science for society Sample Clauses

Science for society. ‌ It is incumbent upon the members to convey the project, its activities, and the achieved outcomes to the general public. The project partners are exerting genuine efforts to disseminate the project to the society, some examples are: URV published the information and poster of the CloudSkin project in the European corner 1, as part of the European Night of Research. This event is celebrated every year on the last Friday of September in more than 300 cities in 30 countries across Europe. Its aim is to bring research, innovation and its protagonists, the scientists, to the public in a fun and flat way. Thus, all types of public, from schools, families and children to young people or adults of all ages, will be able to learn about and participate in the science of your territory through different activities such as workshops, talks, shows, experiments, astronomical observations and games. URV has the T-Systems Cloud Computing Chair2 whose main mission is to analyze the impact of Cloud technology on the business world and society in general, through research, training and dissemination. It seeks to deepen the knowledge about Cloud Computing and its implications in different aspects, train students and professionals in this area and bring knowledge about this tech- nology to society in general. All this with the aim of contributing to the development and expansion of Cloud Computing in different areas of society. Along these lines, the T-Systems Cloud Comput- ing Chair has given 21 presentations on four different cloud computing subjects, during which the CloudSkin project was presented to around 500 secondary school students in the Tarragona region. Figure 16 shows a presentation on Cloud Computing, Big Data and Artificial Intelligence that took place on September 28, 2023. 1xxxxx://xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx/cloudskin-adaptive-virtualization-for-ai-enabled-cloud-edge-continuum/ 2xxxxx://xxx.xxx.xxx/ca/societat-empresa/catedres/cloud-computing/‌ Figure 16: One of the 21 presentations of the T-Systems Cloud Computing Chair. Other activities targeting a general audience like the civil society or policy makers are listed be- low: • CloudSkin demonstrator at Xxxxx Nacht der Wissenschaften (Dresden Science Night) (by NCT), 30 Jun 2023, Dresden (Germany). • Presentation at a high school as part of the European Researchers’ Night (by URV), 26 Sep 2023, Tarragona (Spain) • Presentation of the CloudSkin Agriculture Use Case to Cartagena Council (by ALT), 29 Sep 2023, Cartag...
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