Thursday, 31 August 2023 Open Call Under Erasmus+ KA171 for Staff Mobility and Student Exchanges to Partner Institutions
On August 30, 2023, the Call for Co-Financing Mobility of Students for Study Purposes and Mobility of Staff for Teaching and Training Purposes at partner universities within the Erasmus+ KA171 (2023) program was announced.
The application deadline is designated as an OPEN APPLICATION PERIOD and commences on the day of the call's announcement, lasting until funds are exhausted or revoked. Mobilities must be carried out by July 31, 2026.
Detailed information regarding partner universities, mobility grants, and the application process is available in the respective announcements:
CALL FOR ERASMUS+ KA171 FOR STAFF MOBILITY
- More detailed information about the call is also accessible on the FAMNIT website and UP website.
CALL FOR ERASMUS+ KA171 FOR STUDENT EXCHANGES
- More detailed information about the call is also available on the FAMNIT website and UP website.
For any additional inquiries, you can reach us at the email address international@famnit.upr.si.
Thursday, 31 August 2023 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 8TH EUROPEAN CONGRESS OF MATHEMATICS HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED
The European Congress of Mathematics, held every four years, is a well-established major international mathematical event. Following those in Paris (1992), Budapest (1996), Barcelona (2000), Stockholm (2004), Amsterdam (2008), Kraków (2012), and Berlin (2016), the 8th European Congress of Mathematics (8ECM) took place in Portorož, Slovenia, June 20–26, 2021. The event, co-organized and hosted by UP, was attended by about 1700 participants from all over the world, mostly online due to Covid pandemic.
In July this year, the proceedings of the 8ECM were published. They provide a permanent record of current mathematics of highest quality by presenting extended versions of seven plenary, six prize, and fourteen invited lectures as well as eleven lectures from minisymposia keynote speakers, all of which were delivered during the congress.
The editors of the proceedings are Ademir Hujdurović, Klavdija Kutnar, Dragan Marušič, Štefko Miklavič, Tomaž Pisanski, all from UP, and Primož Šparl from the University of Ljubljana.
The proceedings will soon be available in the UP University library.
8ECM hosted the biggest names in the field of modern mathematics, among others the Abel laureate Prof. László Lovász and the President of the European Research Council, Acad. Prof. Jean-Pierre Bourguignon. 1,058 talks, lectures and mini-symposia, a wide range of accompanying cultural events and eight exhibitions were organised, while in May Slovenian Post issued also a special stamp.
Thursday, 24 August 2023 From animated movies to Rubik's cube: This year's 'Matematika je KUL' summer camp
We spent the last days of August in the company of young enthusiasts of mathematics, who participated in the summer camps Matematika je KUL. In this year's edition, 6 elementary and high school students joined us with a united desire to discover mathematical riddles.
During the lectures, which took place from 20 to 24 August at UP Famnit, the participants of the camp learned about the principles of animation and how virtual objects can be moved in computer graphics with the help of various curves, they tried their hand at the challenge of finding consensus, which in recent years has also emerged as a key pillar of decentralized technologies, e.g. blockchain technology (Blockchain). They faced the problem of finding the shortest distance on a given surface and touched on all the "little tricks" that can allow us to assemble a Rubik's Cube in less than a minute, 30 seconds, maybe even less than 10 seconds. They even learned about the human brain from a mathematical point of view.
Participants used the newly acquired knowledge in group workshops to prepare final products, which they presented to their parents on the last day of the camp.
The entertainment part was, of course, also taken care of. We hung out over various mind games and sports activities, visited the 54 meters high Bell Tower of Koper, also called the City Tower, and took a trip to the neighboring charming old fishing town of Izola.
UP FAMNIT organizes camps with the aim of popularizing mathematics, as we strive to show young people with examples from practice that these fields can be fun, interesting and, above all, useful. The participants who return to the camps are proof of the achieved purpose and success of the camps.
Thursday, 10 August 2023 FAMNIT students once again successful at the 30th International Student Mathematical Competition (IMC)
At the end of July, the 30th International Mathematics Competition for University Students (IMC) took place in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. The competition brought together more than 400 students from numerous universities worldwide to showcase their mathematical knowledge and problem-solving skills.
Traditionally were part of the competition also UP FAMNIT students, who together with their team leader Blas Fernández from the Department of Mathematics, faced all the challenges presented by the competition.
This time, the University of Primorska (UP FAMNIT) was represented by Dren Neziri (a 2nd-year student of the Mathematics) and Diar Gashi (a 3rd-year student of the Mathematics), who received an honorable mention, and Yllkë Jashari (a 1st-year student of the Mathematics) and Dmytro Tupkalenko (a 1st-year student of the Mathematics), who received a certificate of achievement.
The IMC spanned two days of intense mathematical examinations. Each day, participants were tasked with solving five exercises, with each exercise proposed by different team leaders. On the second day of the competition, a particular problem proposed by Slobodan Filipovski from the University of Primorska, was selected for the participants to tackle.
The competition exercises covered a wide range of mathematical topics, testing not only the students' depth of knowledge but also their creativity, logical thinking, and problem-solving abilities.
The competition was organized under the auspices of University College London and hosted by the American University in Bulgaria.
We congratulate our students for their achievements and wish them a lot of success in their future endeavours!
More information on the IMC, as well as problems and solutions, is available here.
Tuesday, 1 August 2023 19th International Conference on Applied Statistics 2023 (AS 2023)
Between 24 and 26 September the International Conference on Applied Statistics will take place at UP FAMNIT.
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ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
The conference will bring together researchers and experts from all around the world in the field of data analysis, data science and statistics, to present the latest research and exchange knowledge.
The scientific program at AS 2023 includes invited talks as well as oral and poster presentations of accepted abstracts. The two-day main conference will be preceded by a workshop day.
Conference topics
AS 2023 welcomes abstracts of 300 words for oral or poster presentations on topics related to applied statistics in the broadest sense. These include, but are not limited to:
- Artificial intelligence and machine learning
- Biostatistics
- Data science and data mining
- Econometrics
- High performance computing in statistical applications
- Mathematical statistics
- Measurement
- Modeling and simulation
- Network science, social networks, collective intelligence
- Sampling methods
- Social science methodology
- Training in statistics
Invited Speakers
Dankmar Böhning - University of Southampton
Capture-recapture methods with applications in health and society
Abstract: The talk will focus on how capture-recapture methods based upon uni-list approaches can tackle questions of population size in health and society. Starting with typical count data modelling approaches such as zero-truncation of Poisson, geometric or negative-binomial count densities the talk will continue introducing the more flexible ratio regression approach for capture-recapture applications. Among case studies considered will be the completeness of contact-tracing of Covid-19 in Thailand, the amount of drink-driving in Great Britain and the completeness of a meta-analysis on completed suicide after a specific surgery to reduce obesity.
Richard De Veaux - Williams College
Data science ethics: Some stories from the trenches
Abstract: The ethical use of data may sound simple, but data can have unintended consequences, sometimes causing great harm. In this talk I will present several real examples of breaches of data ethics, both intentional and unintentional. From these, I hope we can all learn how to think about the impact of data in our own work and arrive at a set of principles that can guide us better in the ethical use of data.
Cécile Proust-Lima - University of Bordeaux
Analysis of multivariate longitudinal and survival data: From joint models to random forests
Abstract: Health studies usually involve the collection and analysis of variables repeatedly measured over time. This includes exposures (e.g., treatment, blood pressure, nutrition) and markers of progression (e.g., brain volumes, blood tests, cognitive functioning, tumor size). When interested in modeling how these variables are associated with clinical endpoints such as death in survival models, some statistical challenges arise. > MORE
IMPORTANT DATES
- August 3, 2023: Registration deadline for presenting authors
- September 20, 2023: Final registration deadline
- September 24–26, 2023: Conference
In addition to new or improved statistical methods, contributions from the intersection of different fields and applied research are especially welcome.
Abstracts will be evaluated based on their scientific strength, clarity, and potential impact, and selected presentations will be invited for publication in a special issue of the journal Advances in Methodology and Statistics.
Info >>> HERE
Tuesday, 1 August 2023 The 9th Student Computing Research Symposium (SCORES)
The 9th Student Computing Research Symposium (SCORES) will take place on 5 October 2023, at UP FAMNIT
The Student Computing Research Symposium is an annual research conference organized by the University of Primorska, the University of Ljubljana and the University of Maribor. The conference aims to encourage students to present and publish their research works in the field of computer science, thereby fostering their collaboration and creativity.
We invite both BSc and MSc students to submit research papers from all fields of computer science. The length of the paper is limited to 4 pages. MSc students must write their papers in English, while BSc students may choose either English or Slovene. If your paper passes the acceptance threshold, it will be designated either for oral presentation or for poster presentation. >> More
Having a paper presented at a conference and published in the conference proceedings is a reward in itself. Nevertheless, the authors of best papers, posters and/or presentations will receive additional awards contributed by the organizers and our industry partners.
IMPORTANT DEADLINES
- 31 AUGUST Submission Deadline
- 10 SEPTEMBER Registration Deadline
- 22 SEPTEMBER Author Notification
- 29 SEPTEMBER Camera -Ready Paper
5 Oct - Conference Start
Keynote speakers
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Marko Grgurovič: CEO of Triternion. Lead programmer on Triternion’s first game, Mordhau, which reached the top of the Steam sales charts while selling 500,000 copies within first week. PhD student at UP FAMNIT.
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Marko Grobelnik: An expert researcher in AI. Co-leads the AiLab at IJS. Collaborates with major European academic institutions and major industries such as Bloomberg, British Telecom, European Commission, Microsoft Research, New York Times
Website and info>>> HERE
