Wednesday, 14 October 2020 The finals of UPM 2020 are concluded
On Saturday, 10 October, 2020, the final round of the University Programming Marathon - UPM 2020 took place. Out of 46 teams and 127 competitors, 15 best teams qualified for the finals. Due to measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19 disease, the preliminaries were conducted online, but the final competition was held live, separately at three universities - UL FRI, UM FERI and UP FAMNIT. The remainder of the programme for the finals took place online.
Participants had five hours to complete the nine tasks, which can be viewed here. The winning and second-placed team managed to solve 6 tasks, and the third-placed team solved 5, indicating that the tasks were indeed very demanding.
The top three teams in the overall standings were:
1st place: Final Solution (Žiga Željko, Tim Poštuvan and Marko Hostnik)
2nd place: Jam (Žiga Vene, Aljaž Eržen and Marko Rus)
3rd place: Ctrl Alt Defeat (Benjamin Bajd, Bor Grošelj Simić and Tevž Lotrič)
Champions by Universities:
University of Ljubljana: Final Solution (Žiga Željko, Tim Poštuvan and Marko Hostnik)
University of Maribor: BSoD (Vid Keršič, Mitja Žalik and Matic Rašl)
University of Primorska: COVID19 (M. Besher Massri, Nemanja Torbica and Mirza Redžić)
UP Famnit was also represented by another team - KProg (Mirza Krbezlija, Hasan Mahmutagić and Arbër Avdullahu).
You can see the official results of the UPM 2020 here.
Congratulations to all participants!
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(Famnit competing team COVID19)
The University Programming Marathon (UPM) is a Slovenian competition for students in programming, where the emphasis is on knowledge of algorithms and data structures. Students compete in teams while the Marathon consists of three preliminary rounds and a final round. UPM takes place at all three Slovenian universities at the same time (University of Ljubljana, University of Maribor and University of Primorska) and represents the qualifications for the CERC (Central Europe Regional Contest), which is an integral part of the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest. The latter is the largest, most prestigious and oldest competition of its kind.
Wednesday, 7 October 2020 UP acquired new bilateral scientific and research cooperation projects with Denmark and Norway
The Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS) announced that the University of Primorska again obtained funds for two bilateral scientific and research cooperation projects, this time with universities from Denmark and Norway.
The project Post-quantum cryptanalysis of block ciphers, whose principal investigator is prof. dr. Enes Pasalic, Chair of Center for Cryptography at UP FAMNIT, will be carried out in collaboration with researchers from the DTU Compute University in Denmark.
The aim of the project is to address an essential and contemporary research field of post-quantum cryptography and to also consider applications of Simon’s algorithm due to its polynomial complexity.
(Photo: Stamers Kontor, DTU Compute)
Another project is in collaboration with UiT - The Artic University of Norway and is entitled “Brand Equity Model in Higher Education”. The principal investigator of the project is Assoc. prof. dr. Tina Vukasović from the Department of Applied Natural Sciences at UP FAMNIT.
The main objective of this research is to enhance academic understanding of brand equity in the Higher Education (HE) sector and explore the implications for management practice. The last section of the project critically explains how a model, with appropriate adjustments, can also be extended as a basis for the construction of a general model for measuring brand equity in HE.
(Photo: Ruben (Breivang vgs.), UiT The Arctic University of Norway)
We wish all researchers successful work and further strengthening of cooperation with foreign institutions!
Saturday, 3 October 2020 Orientation Days 2020 welcomes students from abroad!
The beginning of the new Academic year marked the 4th Orientation days for all students from abroad that decided to study at the University of Primorska!
The event took place in Koper and Izola from 28 to 30 September 2020, and we are happy to report that more than 150 students attended the activities, coming to UP from the following countries: Bosnia and Hercegovina, Czech Republic, Croatia, France, Germany, Italy, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, the Russian Federation, Serbia, Spain, Turkey and Ukraine.
Due to COVID safety measures some activities, as introductory lectures took place online, while other were organized either outdoors or in smaller groups at UP faculties.
On Monday, 28 September 2020 introductory welcome reception was organized online where students found out some information about the university, Koper and the coastal region as well as some interesting facts about Slovenia. Along with presentation from Student organisation of University of Primorska – ŠOUP students also learned about various specifics of student status in Slovenia.
Treasure hunt that was planned form Monday afternoon was moved to Wednesday, due to bad weather announcement, so the programme continued the next day with different activities on faculties. Among them were meetings with Faculty and Study programme coordinators, lecture about presentation of Slovene language and discovering new words in Slovene, followed by a session for filling in administrative forms regarding their residence in Slovenia.
In the afternoon the students met up in San Simon, Izola in smaller groups to participate in sports activities, organized by SportUP. Throughout the event a Q&A section was set up, where students were able to talk to their international offices about their specific cases or problems they encountered when arranging formalities for their stay in Slovenia. But most of all, they enjoy good weather, pizza and company of their peers, paired with social games organized by University staff members.
After a busy day at their faculties on Wednesday, 30. September a Treasure Hunt was organized in Koper for all participants of Orientation Days! Students in groups of up to 8 people had to find their way through Koper, performing tasks and following clues. The winning group received a gift voucher for pizzas donated by the pizzeria Atrij. According to students, this was the highlight and the best possible conclusion of the Orientation Days 2020!
We are happy to host yet another generation of International students at University of Primorska, so that we can not only expand knowledge, but also broaden our horizons and bring together people, cultures and ideas.
Friday, 2 October 2020 UP FAMNIT welcomes the 14th generation of students, largest to date
On the first day of academic year 2020/2021, we welcomed the largest generation of students to date with 849 students enrolled to UP FAMNIT, which is 182 more than last year.
Due to COVID -19 safety measures, the University of Primorska did not host a traditional reception for students on Tito Square this year, however, the first day of the new academic year was no less festive. On the eve of 1 October, students were greeted in a video address by the Rector of UP, Prof. Klavdija Kutnar, PhD, who the next day also met with the Deans of UP faculties, mayors and deputy mayors from all four municipalities of Slovenian Istria.
Firs year students at UP FAMNIT were also welcomed by the Dean of UP FAMNIT, Assoc. Prof. Ademir Hujdurović, and the Vice-Dean for Education, Assoc. Prof. Dunja Bandelj, PhD by video address. Study programme coordinators received all new students on 1 October, as well as two days earlier, when they greeted foreign students in English as part of the Orientation Days.
Orientation Days are planned especially for new students from abroad. This year’s edition was 5th in a row and as every year they took place in the last days of September. Over 160 first year students attended the Orientation Days, where they got acquainted with their faculties, the University, met new colleagues and discovered some more things about their new environment where they will spend their future student years.
This year, the share of students from abroad represents as much as 42% of all enrolled students at UP FAMNIT, this is why it is especially important that they get acquainted with the life and study course in their new environment. This year’s students are coming from Argentina, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, the Philippines, Ghana, Greece, Croatia, Iran, Italy, Israel, Kazakhstan, China, Colombia, Kosovo, Hungary, Maldives, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, the Russian Federation, Northern Macedonia, the Syrian Arab Republic, Slovenia, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and the United States.
An increase in enrolled students is recorded at all levels, 614 students are enrolled in undergraduate studies, which is 21% more than last year, 203 students in master's studies, this is 19% more, and there are 30 doctorate students, a considerable 37 % more than last year.
We wish all students a successful, interesting, but also fun academic year, and off course much academic successes!
