Ref. No:1
Outcome Foreseen | Deadline foreseen |
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PROCESS OF PLANNING, MONITORING AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROJECT | 31.8.1997 |
Outcome Achieved | Date of Achievement |
The processes of planning, monitoring and administration of the project. | 1.9.1996 - 31.8.1997 |
Activities Carried Out | Dates of Activities |
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4-6.10.1996 |
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15.10-15.11.1996 |
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13.1-9.2.1997 |
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1.9.1996 - 31.8.1997 |
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1.9.1996-30.6.1997 |
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30-31.5.1997 |
Ref. No:2
Outcome Foreseen | Deadline foreseen |
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CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS TO SHIFT THE ORIENTATION FROM COMPUTER SCIENCE TO INFORMATION SYSTEMS | 31.8.1997 |
Outcome Achieved | Date of Achievement |
Development of requirements for curricula in order to shift their orientation from computer science to information systems | 1.9.1996 - 31.8.1997 |
Activities Carried Out | Dates of Activities |
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16-23.3.1997 |
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25.4-2.5.1997 |
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1.9.1996-31.8.1997 |
Ref. No:3
Outcome Foreseen | Deadline foreseen |
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INCREASE OF THE CAPACITY OF THE TEACHING LABORATORY | 31.8.1997 |
Outcome Achieved | Date of Achievement |
Purchase of computers, software and books for Vilnius University and Vilnius Technical University | 1.12.1996-31.8.1997 |
Activities Carried Out | Dates of Activities |
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1.12.1996-31.8.1997 |
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1.12.1996-31.8.1997 |
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15.10.1996-31.8.1997 |
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1-29.4.1997 |
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Ref. No:4
Outcome Foreseen | Deadline foreseen |
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TEXTBOOK | 31.8.1997 |
Outcome Achieved | Date of Achievement |
Collecting materials and writing parts of books that will be published in 1997/98 | 31.8.1997 |
Activities Carried Out | Dates of Activities |
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1.9.1996-31.8.1997 |
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1.9.1996-31.8.1997 |
Ref. No:5
Outcome Foreseen | Deadline foreseen | |
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SUMMERSCHOOL "ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS: INTEGRATION ASPECTS | 31.8.1997 | |
Outcome Achieved | Date of Achievement | |
A summer school was organised as the Seventh Advanced Course in Artificial Intelligence, ACAI-97, 23-28.6.1997. It was organised under auspices of European Coordinating Committee for Artificial Intelligence (ECCAI). | 23-28.6.1997 | |
Activities Carried Out | Dates of Activities | |
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1.9.1996-31.8.1997 | |
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21-29.6.1997 | |
Explanation | ||
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Ref. No:6
Outcome Foreseen | Deadline foreseen | |
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DESIGN OF INFORMATION SYSTEM | 31.8.1997 | |
Outcome Achieved | Date of Achievement | |
Design and the pilot implementation of the information system of the Tempus project S_JEP-09752-95. The information system is based on the World Wide Web. | ||
Activities Carried Out | Dates of Activities | |
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1.9.1996-31.8.1997 | |
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25.4-2.5.1997 | |
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5.1-8.8.1997 | |
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1.12.1996-31.8.1997 | |
Explanation | ||
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Organisational meeting of project partner representatives on 4-6.10.1996 in Vilnius was very worthy.
2.2 Reduction of teaching duties for some of the key persons of the project was very positive for the coordination of the project. This should be also the case in 1997/98.
The average duration of teacher stays East-West and West-East was shorter than planned in the original proposal. Eastern teachers prefer to stay abroad for about a month. The main reason are teaching duties at home. Western teachers can not afford to sta
y longer than a week.
Inviting lecturers from Western universities that are not project partners was very worthy. A written consent from ETF on 28.8.1996 reached project administrator directly. Such a consent from ETF to invite 4 lecturers in 1997/98 is needed once again.
2.3. Bank transfers from the contracting university to partner universities was not so smooth and fast as expected. The reason is a very long chain of stages in communication: administrator - contractor - finance officer - finance office of the contracti
ng university - a bank - a recipient's bank - the bank account of the partner university - Tempus recipient.
1. Vilnius University - general coordination and administration, providing place for the courses and a summer school ACAI-97, major part of a teaching laboratory, selecting students for teaching periods T1 abroad;
2. Vilnius Technical University - organising the tax exemption, part of teaching laboratory;
3. Institute of Mathematics and Informatics - writing a textbook, selecting a doctoral student for T1 teaching period abroad, proposing lecturers for a summer school ACAI-97;
4. University of Twente - Contractor (until the contractorship change in spring 1997), accepting Eastern teachers;
5. Aalborg University - Contractor (after the contractorship change in spring 1997), accepting Eastern teachers and students (Aalborg agreed to accept more than planned in RBAP 1996/97 !);
6. Technische Universitaet Muenchen - accepting Eastern teachers and students, finding lecturers to give courses of excellent quality in Vilnius (thanks to Prof. Eike Jessen !).
All the equipment that is purchased for Vilnius Technical University is installed there at one unit - Information Systems Laboratory at the Faculty of Fundamental Sciences. The laboratory provides computer facilities for students. The support of a newly
introduced master programme is emphasised.
Aalborg University donated 30 copies of the book by Finn V. Jensen "Introduction to Bayesian Networks". These books were purchased from other sources than Tempus. The books were used during the summer school ACAI-97 and are distributed to eligible instit
utions.
Agreements between project partners are at the verbal level. Academic recognition in Vilnius was based on exam marks obtained by Lithuanian students at Aalborg University and TU Muenchen.
Students involved in the mobility were really good students and surely above the average level. Exam marks prove this fact. Three students, who stayed at Aalborg University, extended their stay there in 1997/98, but from other sources than Tempus. One of
these students plans Ph.D. studies at AAU.
Equipment is used by students and teachers. The equipment is used for learning, teaching, writing textbooks, development of information system, for organisational tasks, etc.
The tax exemption procedure in Lithuania is carried out at the Ministry of Finances. The procedure is complicated. The Ministry requests many documents from VU and VTU. This bureaucracy requires much more human recourses from staff involved in Tempus tha
n initially expected.
The reasons for the key successes are the following:
Shortcoming: financial support from Lithuanian organisations is not as large as expected.
5.2 Cooperating partners saw the situation at each site. Therefore the partners know what they can expect from each other. The gratifying aspect is that Western partners involved very intelligent teachers. One of the causes for difficulties in the intern
ational cooperation is, that Eastern and Western societies face different problems.
5.3 Involvement of professors from EU universities, that are not Tempus partners is worthy. A written consent from ETF to invite a limited number of such professors should be given directly to Coordinator. The same with money transfer from Mobility to Or
ganisational Grant equipment item.
2.1. The day-to-day management of coordinating the project activities was provided by Lithuanian members of Steering Committee: (1) administrator - docent Dr. Vytautas Cyras and assistant professor Ms. Kristina Lapin, (2) coordinator, Dean of the Faculty
of Mathematics - docent Dr. Ricardas Kudzma, (3) local coordinator for Vilnius Technical University - docent Dr. Olegas Vasilecas, (4) local coordinator for the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics - docent Dr. Albertas Caplinskas, and (5) Head of t
he Department of Informatics at MaF - docent Dr. Antanas Mitasiunas. The communication with Western local coordinators was permanent - they were informed about major events. In order to run the project, the communication via e-mail, mail and fax with con
tact persons at Western partner universities was essential: secretary Ms. Els Bosch and finance officer Mr. Mark Kroep at the University of Twente, secretary Ms. Vivian Jonassen at Aalborg University, and researcher Dr. Georg Strobl at the Technische Uni
versitaet Muenchen. Communication via e-mail was essential in order to run the project.4.1 Restructuring/creation of unit/institution
The teaching laboratory that was created in 1995/96 was enlarged with computers, software and books. The laboratory is within the Faculty of Mathematics of Vilnius University. The teaching laboratory provides computer facilities for students. The laborat
ory provided computer facilities during a summer school ACAI-97. The laboratory serves also as a classroom.4.2 Curriculum Development
The extent of the academic and institutional support for the curriculum development activities was good. New/restructured courses are recognised at the level of institutions (Vilnius University, Vilnius Technical University, and Institute of Mathematics
and Informatics). About 300 students are targeted at VU, about 150 at VTU, and about 10 at IMI. The new/restructured courses are delivered in Lithuanian. They can be delivered in English, but currently no need exists. In case the exchange of students gro
ws, the restructured courses will be delivered in English.4.3 Teaching materials
Two original textbooks in Lithuanian are in the stage of development. They will be finished in 1997/98. Staff costs for academic tasks will be paid when the textbooks are in print. A. Caplinskas continued to write the second part of the book "Fundamental
s of Software Engineering". Teachers from VU and VTU continued to prepare a textbook on Information Systems. Some materials for the textbooks were adapted during T4 stays of authors at partner universities.4.4 Staff development
The teachers for retraining/updating T4 were selected, who deliver the courses targeted to restructure in the Tempus project. The outcome of staff retraining was very positive. The staff obtained experience in many aspects: international cooperation, lan
guage development, work in operating system UNIX, etc. The retraining/updating stays were combined with the staff retraining plans of beneficiary institutions (VU, VTU, IMI). Thanks to the Tempus project, the staff of beneficiary institutions obtained a
possibility for retraining at western partner universities. Benefits derived from staff retraining are disseminated as follows:
- retrained teachers disseminate their experience among their colleagues;
- teaching materials are distributed to other institutions;
- talks at the Tempus validation seminar in Riga, Latvia; new international events were organised.4.5 Student Mobility
Students for East-West mobility were selected in accordance to the following criteria: (1) knowledge of Danish or German, (2) earlier visits to Roskilde Computer Science College, (2) good academic achievements in carrying out group work projects that wer
e delivered in Vilnius by lecturers from Aalborg University, (3) academic recognition by Lithuanian universities of courses to be undertaken at Aalborg University and TU Muenchen.4.6 Equipment
Equipment purchased is appropriate to the needs of the beneficiary institutions - Vilnius University and Vilnius Technical University. No special training was needed. The principal equipment items were personal computers. VU and VTU installed the equipme
nt without the aid of external organisations. Seller "Informacines Technologijos" aided the installment of software from Oracle. Staff of VU and VTU maintains the equipment. Equipment purchased is registered in inventory lists. The main part of books pur
chased is registered and kept at the library of MaF VU. Photocopying machines and printers are especially appropriate to the needs of the beneficiary institutions. They enabled a smooth running of the project and a summer school.
- contacts and international goal oriented teams, members of which can trust each other;
- staff, that is able to take part in international events and projects;
- students, that are able to use new schemes to obtain their education;
- master programmes and restructured courses.
- partners are motivated and interested in the successes;
- students involved in the mobility have intelligence that is above the average student level.
REVISED BUDGET as approved by ETF |
ACTUAL spent from Tempus |
UNSPENT from TEMPUS |
TRANSFER to 97/98 |
Paid from other sources |
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ORGANISATIONAL GRANT | ||||||
1.Staff costs | 22000 | 22000 | ||||
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20 000 | 22 000 | ||||
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2 000 | |||||
2.Equipment | 24 000 | 26 400 | -2 400 | 940 | ||
3. Other costs | 4 150 | 2 030 | 2 120 | 2 224 | ||
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500 | 50 | ||||
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2 000 | |||||
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1 000 | 1 670 | ||||
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650 | 310 | 2 224 | |||
4.Overheads | 2 850 | 2 570 | ||||
TOTAL Organisational Grant | 53000 | 53000 | 3164 | |||
MOBILITY GRANT | ||||||
1. Staff mobility | 30 400 | 30 250 | 150 | |||
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7 073 | |||||
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5 420 | |||||
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17 757 | |||||
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2. Student mobility | 30 900 | 19 800 | 11 100 | |||
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19 800 | |||||
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TOTAL Mobility Grant | 61 300 | 50 050 | 11 250 | 11 250 | ||
Exchange profits | ||||||
Bank interest | ||||||
TOTAL | 114 300 | 103 050 | 11 250 | 11 250 | 3 164 |
Reference number of outcome |
Name of person | Tasks performed | Paid from Tempus (in ECU) |
Paid from other sources (in ECU) |
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1,2,3,4,5,6 | Vilnius University | Project administration | 11 000 | 0 |
1 | University of Twente | Project administration | 2 000 | 0 |
1 | Aalborg University | Project administration | 6 000 | 0 |
1 | TU Muenchen | Project administration | 3 000 | 0 |
Total 1.1. | 22 000 | 0 |
Paid from TEMPUS (in ECU) |
Paid from other sources (in ECU) |
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TOTAL STAFF COSTS (1.1. +1.2.) |
22 000 | 0 |
Reference number of outcome | Nature | Type and Specification | Recipient institution (country code) | Origin equipment (country code) | Equipment costs (in ECU)(excl. V.A.T. &Taxes) | Transport and installation costs (in ECU)(excl. V.A.T. & Taxes) | Maintance and Insurance costs (in ECU)(excl. V.A.T. and Taxes) | V.A.T. and Taxes | Paid from Tempus (in ECU) | Paid from other sources (inECU) |
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3 | Personal computer and a photocopy machine. Invoice no. 7-212 | IBM APTIVA 2161 471, P200/32/4.2GB/17" Xerox 5025 Zoom/Platen |
VU(LT) | UK | 5 182 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 182 | 0 |
3 | Software license fee.Invoice no. O-97/3-02 | Oracle 7 Designer/2000 for Windows95/NT for 10 users | VU(LT) | IRL | 1 767 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 767 | 0 |
3 | 5 personal computers and a printer. Invoice no. 1466 | Microlink OP.P-133/32/1.2GB/2M, 5 pieces HP LaserJet 6MP |
VU(LT) | EE NL |
6 700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 700 | 0 |
3 | Personal computer. Invoice no. 1483 | COMPAQ DESKPRO MT 5166 | VU(LT) | UK | 2 986 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 986 | 0 |
3 | Personal computer. Invoice no. 97/03241 | Pentium 133/32/1.6/CD/SB | VU(LT) | EE | 1 658 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 658 | 0 |
3 | Software license fee. Invoice no. O-97/3-01 | Oracle 7 server, platform PowerPC AIX | VTU(LT) | IRL | 1 325 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 325 | 0 |
3 | 2 personal computers, a printer (and accessories) and UPS. Invoice no. 97/03242 | Pentium 133/32/1.6/CD/SB/17" Pentium 120/32/1.6/CD/SB/15" HP LaserJet 6MP Smart UPS V/S 650V |
VTU(LT) | LT
LT
NL |
4 775 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 775 | 0 |
3 | Books (purchased in the Netherlands by V.Cyras) | Books on computer science | VU,VTU(LT) | UK,D,F | 1 320 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 320 | 0 |
3 | Books (purchased in Aalborg by A.Saulis) | Books on computer science | VTU(LT) | UK,D | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
3 | Computer memory. Invoice no. 1179 | 16 MB SIMM (4Mx32BIT) | VU(LT) | F | 159 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159 | 0 |
3 | Computer memory. Invoice no. 1055 | 8 MB SIMM (2Mx36BIT) | VU(LT) | F | 117 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 0 |
3 | Books.Invoice no. 108 | Books on semantics, Windows and MS Ofice | VU(LT) | LT | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 0 |
3 | A textbook with two CD-ROM's. Invoice no. 73 | Longman English Works 2, The Grammar ROM | VU(LT) | UK | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 0 |
3 | Toner cartridge for a printer. Invoice no. 1444580 | Toner cartridge for HP LaserJet 5L | VU(LT) | NL | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 0 |
3 | Books. Invoice no.2730145 | M. Broy. Informatik. Teil 1,2,3,4 | VU(LT) | D | 94 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 0 |
3,5 | Books donated by Aalborg University | Finn V. Jensen. An Introduction to Bayesian Networks. | VU, VTU, IMI (LT) | DK | 940 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 940 |
Total Equipment | 26 400 | 940 |
Reference number of outcome | Dates From - till (travel included) |
Name of person | Home institution (town, country) |
Host institution (town, country) | Means of Transport | Travel costs paid from Tempus (in ECU) | Costs of stay paid from Tempus (in ECU) |
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1,2 | 15.10- 15.11.1996 |
V. Cyras. Travel to bookstores in Utrecht and Amsterdam in order to select books and arrange their package and post to Vilnius University. | VU (Vilnius, LT) | UT (Enschede, NL) | Train | 50 | 0 |
Total 3.1. | 50 | 0 |
Please provide us with a detailed calculation. | Paid from Tempus (in ECU) |
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950 |
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205 |
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515 |
Total 3.3. | 1 670 |
Reference number of outcome | Type of expenditure | Purpose | Recipient institution | Paid from Tempus (in ECU) |
Paid from other sources (in ECU) |
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1,2,3,4 | 1. Bank charges (banking costs) caused by bank transfers from the University of Twente to other partner universities. The bank charges total 470.10 Fl are documented in the financial report for the contractorship change from the University of Twente to Aalborg University. | Bank charges collected by a bank. | UT | 230 | 0 |
2. Bank charges caused by bank transfers from Aalborg university to partner universities and computer sellers in Vilnius. | Bank charges collected by a bank. | AAU | 54 | 0 | |
3. Bank charges when money entered the account of Vilnius University at Vilniaus Bankas AB: 34.67 Fl (80 Lt, 16.43 ECU) and 10 ECU. | Bank charges collected by Vilniaus Bankas AB. | VU | 26 | 0 | |
4. ECCAI travel grant programme to support travel of 4 non Tempus students to ACAI-97. | Travel costs | VU | 0 | 1 000 | |
5. Lithuanian State Science and Study Foundation provided 6 000 Litas for invited lectures from Moscow and the Ukraine to ACAI-97 and for organisational expences. | Travel costs, organisational expences | VU | 0 | 1 224 | |
Total 3.4. | 310 | 2 224 |
Type of expenditure | Purpose | Recipient institution | Paid from Tempus (in ECU) |
Paid from other sources (in ECU) |
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Stationery, photocopying, postage, telecommunication costs, etc. | Performing the activities directly connected with the project | VU, UT, AAU, TUM | 2 570 | 0 |
Total OVERHEADS | 2 570 | 0 |
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