15 April 2019

2nd Day of promotion of scientific culture

Monday, April 15, 2019.

38 students of the Institute of Higher Education "A. Meucci" by Casarano (LE) were guests of the Technology District High Tech (DHITECH Scarl) at the Campus Ecotekne of the University of Salento.

This is the second appointment for students of the upper schools of Salento, realized within the Project "Days of Promotion of Scientific Culture", promoted by the Protection and Environmental Valorization Service Province of Lecce, directed by Rocco Merico and made by Gianni Podo.

The students were welcomed by the DHITECH referents who illustrated their main activities and the District Research Projects, as well as the Technology Building that houses various companies, Spin-Off, Sustenute and Research Entities. During the day, students also participated in presentations and workshops at the following companies:

APPHIA SRL (Italian engineering company specialized in research and development of innovative solutions applicable to aerospace, shipbuilding, automotive and defense sectors).

Students have had the opportunity to know the aspects related to the use of sensors aimed at supporting decisions by deepening the possible and various fields of application (naval, civil, energy, precision agriculture, etc.) and the potential associated with the use of new technologies in complex systems.

(High Tech Technology District – Consortium Company with limited liability to which Universities, Public Research and Enterprises participate in the Regional territory with the aim of encouraging technology transfer and the birth of a new high-tech enterprise). The workshop focused on:

  • Design and implementation of a LAN;
  • IP addresses and subnetting;
  • Laboratory with CISCO devices.

EKA SRL (Spin-off of the University of Salento that was born in 2010 with the aim of providing advice on the methodologies and tools of Product Lifecycle Management, Business Process Management and Document & Content Management, and therefore to support companies in the management, improvement and tracking of business processes, product development and documental). The workshop was focused on:

  • Design of a Web Application for IOT Applications;
  • Non-relative database;
  • User Experience & Dashboarding.

ENGINEERING INFORMATION (Capogroup of the Engineering Group, is a company for actions constituted in 1980 in the field of software and IT services, specialized in digital transformation in particular for the sectors finance, public administration (central, local, health, utilities, industry). The workshop focused on:

  • Interaction with three-dimensional urban environments;
  • Artificial intelligence for Smart City;
  • Composition of objects in the Internet of Everything

ZERODD (Software house founded in Lecce in 2006, by young professionals from the ICT sector, offering web and mobile solutions (native and cross-platform) at a high rate of innovation). The workshop focused on:

  • Neuromarketing;
  • Social Network Analysis;
  • Smart City apps;
  • Industry 4.0.