Thursday, 19 July 2018 8th PhD Summer School in discrete mathematics - a total success
In the first week of July, mathematicians from 17 countries took part in 8th PhD Summer School in discrete mathematics which is traditionally organized by UP FAMNIT and UP IAM.
As in previous years, mathematicians from all over the world applied. Two mini-courses were lectured by Colva Roney-Dougal (University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom) and Gabriel Verret (The University of Auckland, New Zealand), while invited speakers were Francesco Belardo (University of Naples Federico II, Italy), Shaofei Du (Capital Normal University, China), Wilfried Imrich (Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria), Arnold Neumaier (University of Vienna, Austria), Sanja Rukavina (University of Rijeka, Croatia), Primož Šparl (University of Ljubljana) and Paul Terwilliger (University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA).
For many of the 55 participants, this was not the first time at the summer school. “We are trying to make participants feel good here. The goal is to strengthen and deepen our relationships, so the atmosphere in the classrooms and during different social and sport activities is relaxed.” Assis. Prof. Ademir Hajdurović, PhD, member of the scientific and organizational committee, explains. “We carefully choose our lecturers, so the classes are always interesting enough for everyone. In the previous years, we have hosted lecturers from all over the world, and many have returned to UP FAMNIT – either for a research visit or to deliver lectures to our students. Everyone loves to come back to Rogla and to Slovenia. It often happens that new students or researchers find us, usually after hearing many great things from other participants.”
The PhD Summer school has worldwide reputation. So when head speaker, Prof. Colva Roney-Dougal, PhD from University of St. Andrews, was asked why she decided to participate this year, she replied: “Because I was invited! I then looked at the list of the people who had previously been invited, and was really impressed by their quality, so decided to accept.”
Meetings like this are very important to the scientific community, as Prof. Colva Roney-Dougal says: “I think that they are a great way to encourage communication within the community, and to expose both your own students and those from nearby countries to mathematics and mathematicians with different points of view, from around the world. They are also excellent for building links between the more senior mathematicians who were present. So yes, I think that they are very important. And I’m sure that they are also helpful for students when looking for jobs after their PhD.”
As said, participants are both researchers and students, which represents an important opportunity for integration between young and more experienced mathematicians. “This year, half of the participants were students. Many of them are still at the beginning of their career and that is why we encourage them to connect with their senior colleagues more freely.” Prof. Hajdurović adds.
For this purpose, this year for the first time, students took part in competing for the Best Student Talk Award, which was given to José Antonio Montero Aguilar from National Autonomous University of Mexico.
Read more about this year's program and participants here.
Tuesday, 17 July 2018 NEW extended deadline: Position of Young Researcher in the field of Cryptography 2018
The University of Primorska has prolonged the deadline for the submission of the application for the position of Young Researcher in the field of Cryptography to be trained at University of Primorska Andrej Marušič Institute (UP IAM) for obtaining a doctorate of science. Student’s mentor will be Prof. Enes Pasalic, PhD, one of leading experts in symmetric-key cryptography. The four-year doctoral study will begin in the Academic Year 2018/19.
The new deadline for the submission of the application is 9 August 2018.
The Public tender and the Instructions on how to apply (with application forms) are available on the UP IAM web-page.
The candidates who have not yet enrolled in a doctoral degree study programme and will be selected in this tender shall also apply separately for the Tender for Enrolment to Doctoral Degree Study Programme UP Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies in the 2018/19 Academic Year.
Monday, 16 July 2018 Second application term for postgraduate studies non-EU citizens and Slovene nationals without Slovene citizenship
Today, 16 July 2018 starts the second application term for for non-EU citizens and Slovene nationals without Slovene citizenship for the enrolment in the postgraduate study programmes at UP FAMNIT and it lasts until 31 August 2018.
All information about the application procedure are available here: https://www.famnit.upr.si/en/education/enrolment1819#heading1.
For more information please contact the Student Services (e-mail: referat@famnit.upr.si, tel. + 386 5 611 75 75).
Monday, 9 July 2018 Study in Slovenia without paying tuition fees
We are pleased to share good news: The Protocol on education between the Republic of Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina has been renewed, which means that in the next Academic year 2018/19 students who are citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina won't pay any tuition fees for full-time BSc and MSc programmes.
The same rights belong to citizens of the following countries:
- European Union Member States,
- Kosovo,
- Macedonia,
- Montenegro,
- Serbia.
Candidates who are non-EU citizens can apply in the following terms:
- Undergraduate study programmes:
- second application term: from 28 May to 20 July 2018,
- third application term: from 13 August to 14 September 2018,
- fourth application term: from 26 to 27 September 2018 until 12:00.
- Postgraduate study programmes (MSc and PhD):
- second application term: from 16 July to 31 August 2018,
- third application term: from 14 to 19 September 2018,
- fourth application term: from 26 to 27 September 2018 until 12:00.
Read more about the application procedure here.
Hurry up and keep an eye on our study programmes in English and on scholarship opportunities!
Wednesday, 4 July 2018 The international School of Marine Conservation Sciences (ISMCS) successfully ended
On Saturday, 30th June, the International School of Marine Conservation Science (isMCS) successfully ended in Veli Lošnj (Croatia). 20 students from 11 countries (Croatia, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Montenegro, Spain, Sweden and United States of America) completed the 10 days study and research programme, which was jointly organised by University of Primorska (UP FAMNIT Department of Biodiversity), Oregon State University (USA) and Blue World Institute of Marine Research and Conservation (Croatia), under the umbrella of the Society for Conservation Biology.
The summer school included lectures, field data collection in protected areas of Strunjan, Sečovlje (Slovenia) and Miramare (Italy), lab work as well as computer exercises of spatial aspects of conservation. The international participats spent the last days in Croatia (Pula and Lošinj), where they got to know the importance of Aquria in sea turtle rehabilitation and conservaion. Last but not least, they got to know how an NGO can be involved in research and conservation of large marine vertebrates and its role in educating different interest groups.
We would like to thank all the participants for their effort and hard work and wish them all the best in changing the world with the newly gained knowledge.
The programme was covered by the Slovenian national TV (from minute: 3:37), while more pictures are available in the photoalbum.
