Friday, 26 May 2017 Israeli ambassador visited UP FAMNIT
On Wednesday, 24 May, Israeli ambassador, His Excellency, Eyal Sela visited Koper. After he stopped at the Port of Koper, he participated in a meeting at the University of Primorska, where he met the rector, prof. Dragan Marušič, PhD, Deans of UP FHŠ and UP FAMNIT, prof. Irena Lazar, PhD and assoc. prof. Klavdija Kutnar, PhD and UP FTŠ vice dean assoc. prof. Gorazd Sedmak, PhD. Afterwards he also wished to visit UP FAMNIT.
During a pleasant and relaxed meeting at the faculty, we presented the extensive collaboration we are having for years with Israeli institutions and people. Our students are participating at an elite international summer school Kupcinet-Getz International Summer School. They are very active in Open International Internet Olympiad, where our university received a Title of the Winner University last year and two years ago, they had a chance of meeting 15 Nobel laureates in the field of physics, chemistry, biology and economics in Israel.
Also our research collaboration is excensive. UP FAMNIT implemented 3 bilateral projects with Israeli institutions in recent years. Besides, Ben Gurion University of the Negev participated as an associate partner in the project EuroGiga GREGAS. The ambassador commended the collaboration with the Ben Gurion University of the Negev and emphasised the strategic importance of collaboration with them, as they will receive extensive development funds for the future with an expectations of further development and increase of influence.
UP FAMNIT researchers published tens of joint SCI articles with Israeli colleagues, while is research cooperation intensive also in other areas: Israeli professors and researchers participate in our pedagogic process and they are giving lectures and participating at summer schools and scientific meetings, which we organise.
After the general presentation of collaboration, the Department of Applied Natural Sciences more specifically showcased their work. The countries share the challenges in the Mediterranean agriculture, even if the conditions are different. Considering the research progress, everyone agreed that there is still a lot of potential for future research and general cooperation between our and Israeli institutions.
Thursday, 11 May 2017 Successful awarding ceremony of 2017 Gjakova Mathematics Competiton
On Wednesday, 10th of May, the final part of 2017 Gjakova Mathematical Competition took place in Gymnasium Hajdar Dushi in Gjakova (Kosovo). Pupils from all around the city came to attend the awarding ceremony of the competition, which took place on 27th of April 2017.
The event, which was covered by local media, was introduced by a very warm welcome of UP rector, dr. Dragan Marušič, and UP FAMNIT Dean, dr. Klavdija Kutnar.
In her congratulation speech, city mayor Mimoza Kusari-Lila, has strongly encouraged the young audience to engage in studying natural sciences, which can guarantee a better future to them and to the entire country. UP rector dr. Dragan Marušič emphasized the fact that mathematics, computer science and natural sciences are the fields of the future, because they are in compliance with the overall technological development of the world. He encouraged pupils from Gjakova to work hard and never give up.
The main awards of the competition went to three pupils from Gymnasium "Hajdar Dushi":
- Golden medal (12th grade category): Visar Buza
- Silver medal (12th grade category): Blert Beqa
- Golden medal (11th grade category): Endrit Beqa
All three have now the chance to participate for free to UP FAMNIT Summer Camp Math in cool in August 2017, while Visar and Blert have received a scholarship to study Mathematics at the University of Primorska.
Before the awarding ceremony UP Rector Prof. Dragan Marušič and UP FAMNIT Dean Assoc. Prof. Klavdija Kutnar had a pleasant meeting with the Mayor of the Municipality of Gjakovë, Mimoza Kusari-Lila, and the Director of the Directorate of Education in the Municipality of Gjakovë, Diana Qarkaxhija, who from the beginning strongly supported the idea of organizing a mathematics competition, which came from UP FAMNIT 1styear Mathematics students Eda Kaja, Lisi Qarkaxhija and Arbër Avdullahu.
Congratulations to all participants of the competition and to the three winners of the golden and silver medals!
Wednesday, 10 May 2017 Fully funded Joint PhD (co-tutelle) in Computer Science at University of Primorska (Slovenia) and University of St Andrews (UK) - starting Oct 2017
UP FAMNIT is offering one fully-funded PhD scholarship for a planned Joint PhD (co-tutelle) in computer science with University of St Andrews (UK). The planned collaboration with St Andrews is dependent on finalising arrangements on the co-supervision of the Joint PhD.
We welcome applications from International students who are enthusiastic about working as part of a multidisciplinary team focusing on applied computer science research in the following areas:
• Human-computer Interaction
• Augmented, Mixed and Virtual Reality
• Pervasive and Ubiquitous computing.
The selected candidate will be offered a tailored research project at UP FAMNIT. It's planned that this will be in collaboration with the University of St Andrews (UK) subject to approval. The intention is that upon the successful completion of PhD the candidate will be awarded a joint degree under a planned Joint PhD (co-tutelle) agreement.
What does the scholarship include?
The selected candidate will receive a 36-48 month scholarship which includes:
- Monthly payments between 700€ and 1000€ — subject to the candidate’s academic performance and previous experience and expertise.
- Tuition fees.
- Research equipment and a working desk.
- Yearly budget for other research costs for covering fieldwork and conference attendance.
More information
Tuesday, 2 May 2017 2017 Gjakova Mathematics Competition
On Thursday, 27th April, 43 pupils from several high school from Gjakovë (Kosovo) participated to the first Gjakovë Mathematics competition. The idea for organizing the competition came from UP FAMNIT 1st year Mathematics students Eda Kaja, Lisi Qarkaxhija and Arbër Avdullahu, and it was immediately supported by Gjakovë Municipality and the University of Primorska.
The competition was held at AAB College amphitheater in Gjakovë, where 15 pupils from 12th grade and other 28 from 11th grade tested their knowledge in mathematics.
As some of them said, the questions were far from being easy but at the same time reasonable enough for math enthusiasts and those who wanted to challenge themselves with university-level tasks.
One of the aims of the competition was to to discover, encourage and challenge mathematically gifted pupils who will consider the possibility to study at UP FAMNIT. In fact, two scholarships will be offered by the University of Primorska to the best ones, while others will be invited to take part to the traditional summer school Mathematics is cool in August 2017.
Official results will be announced during the ceremony in Gjakovë on May 10th.
2017 Gjakova Mathematics Competition was well covered by local media, which proves the importance of this kind of international cooperation between the University of Primorska and the towns where our students come from.
Apart from our threes students from Kosovo, UP FAMNIT would like to thank everyone who has contributed in making the competition happen. Special thanks go to:
Mimoza Kusari-Lila, Mayor of Gjakovë,
Diana Qarkaxhija, Director of the Directorate of Education, Gjakovë Municipality,
Dardan Bakija, Lawyer of Directorate of Education, Gjakovë Municipality,
Jusuf Qarkaxhija, Visar Qarkaxhija and Rifat Haxhija, AAB College in Gjakovë.
Many thanks also to the numerous teachers from around the city who were involved in promoting the competition and recruiting pupils!
And of course, congratulations to all participants!
