🤝 Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute hosted a meeting with representatives of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Paul Heslop, Senior Mine Action Adviser at the United Nations Resident Coordinator's Office in Ukraine, as well as representatives of the international organizations PCM and MAT Kosovo (Kosovo Mine Action Training Centre).
Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute hosted the round table "Mechanism of Safety," dedicated to mechanical demining in Ukraine. The discussion brought together representatives of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine, international donors, Ukrainian manufacturers, and mine action operators.
⚙️ During the visit of the delegation from the international organization PCM & MAT Kosovo (Republic of Malta), the parties discussed the prospect of establishing an International Training Center for Mine Action and Humanitarian Demining at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. The center is expected to train specialists in the detection and disposal of explosive hazards, as well as in risk management in war-affected areas.
At the Information and Analytical Situation Center of Igor Sikorsky KPI, the latest stage of training for female specialists within the large-scale “She Is a Deminer” program has been successfully completed. This practical workshop is being held for the second time, which attests to the high effectiveness of the chosen training methodology and the critical importance of training qualified personnel for the field of mine action.
Igor Sikorsky KPI became the venue and an active participant in the “Safety Distance” event, which focused on the use of remote systems for detecting explosive objects in mine action. Such technologies minimize risks to people and speed up the survey of territories.
The university hosted a meeting with representatives of the Ukrainian Mine Action Center and the non-profit organization Copenhagen Hazard Mapping (🇩🇰 Kingdom of Denmark).
Andriy Shysholin, Vice Rector for International Relations at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (KPI); Oksana Vovk, Director of the Educational and Scientific Institute of Energy Conservation and Energy Management at KPI; and Kateryna Lugovska, Director of the Ukrainian-Japanese Center at KPI, met on December 16 with Mykhailo Turyanytsia, a communications specialist at the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), Mykhailo Turyanytsia, and a journalist from the Kyodo News Agency, Narumi Tateda (Japan).
The VR Deminer's Lab hackathon brought together student teams who developed concepts, scenarios, and visual prototypes of VR/AR simulators for training sappers — solutions capable of improving the training process in accordance with professional standard 5169 “Explosive Ordnance Disposal Operator (Deminer)”.
The cooperation will strengthen the practical component of student training, particularly in the field of humanitarian demining.
KPI students have won the AI Labeling Sprint, a competition for young people interested in humanitarian demining and striving to make the country safer.
The organizers of this hackathon to train AI to detect explosive objects from the air are:
