International PhD School DDSS in Architecture and Urban Planning

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International PhD School DDSS in Architecture and
Urban Planning

• www.ddss.arch.tue.nl
• Bauke de Vries

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Objectives

• Establish scientific research network
• Establish educational network on Msc/PhD level
• Consortium for (EU) research projects
• Strengthen scarce research resources in DDSS
• Improve scientific quality assurance

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Organization

• Local coordinator per partner
• Governing board Local coordinator of each
  partner
• Scientific Director Harry Timmermans
• Educational programme committee
• Administrative office TU/e
• PhDs at the local institute

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Responsibilities

• Each institute is responsible for its own PhD
  research
• The DDSS PhD school manages/supports
• Definition of research proposal
• Recruitment of researcher
• Research progress and output

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Inter University collaboration

• Student and Lecturer exchange
• Scientific committees
• Shared hard/software platforms
• International en national RD projects
• DDSS workshop conference

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Instruments

• Publication list
• Portfolio management
• Advertisements
• Research assessment report
• PhD/Master courses list

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Partners

• Eindhoven University of Technology
• University of Strathclyde
• Bauhaus University Weimar
• University of Lund
• School of Architecture of Nancy
• University of Liege
• University of Gent
• Limburgs Universitair Centrum
• Technical University of Vienna

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Research Programmes(under discussion)

• Design and Planning Methods and Techniques
• Developing Integrated Design and Decision Support
  Systems
• Virtual Environments
• Plausibility in Planning and Building
• Information Systems for Building and User
  Activity Design

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Planning

• New partners
• Definition Research Programmes
• Adding PhDs to Publication system
• Recognition by the Royal Netherlands Academy of
  Arts and Sciences (KNAW)
• DDSS conference 2004
• Marie Curie Research Training Network
• EU FP6 calls ?