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Graphs in Space: Graph Embeddings for Machine Learning on Complex Data (GRASP)

  • Project title: Graphs in Space: Graph Embeddings for Machine Learning on Complex Data (GRASP)
  • Project number: 6518241
  • Institutions participating in the project: Faculty of Sciences (Novi Sad)
  • Status in the project: Coordinator
  • Project leader: Miloš Radovanović
  • Project type: Science Fund – Program for development of projects in the field of artificial intelligence (Sub-program: Basic Research (PRVI_O), Research field: Machine Learning)
  • Period of realization: 2020-2022
End of project 2022.,

The Faculty of Sciences won the first coordinating project in the EU Horizon 2020 Program

In the next three years, the Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad will implement a significant scientific research project worth about 900,000 Euros, related to the study of hydro-meteorological extremes, floods and droughts.

Due to its complexity, the study of hydro-meteorological extremes is of utmost importance for South East Europe. It has been estimated that as a result of climate change, the hydrological cycle is changing, which could lead to an increased risk of floods – says the head of EXtremeClimTwin project Biljana Basarin, PhD from the Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management (Chair of Physical Geography). – We remember that several devastating floods in Central Europe during the last 20 years were caused by extreme rainfall. The complexity of the relationship between atmospheric conditions, extreme precipitation and floods, together with the observed growing trends, indicate the necessity to improve science and build research capacity in this field and in Serbia.

Losses caused by extreme climatic and hydrological events reached 453 billion Euros, 12 billion euros per year on average, 79,200 Euros per square kilometer or 811 Euros per capita.

The Faculty of Sciences recognized this need and, with the project proposal, successfully applied for a call from the European Union Framework Program for Research and Innovation called Horizon 2020 (H2020-WIDESPREAD-2020-5 Twinning). The project proposal was evaluated with a maximum of 15 points as the best from Serbia. The project will be implemented under the title “Twinning for the advancement of data-driven multidisciplinary research into hydro-climatic extremes to support risk assessment and decision making” (ExtremeClimTwin), and provides the Faculty of Science and partners with almost 900,000 Euros for research capacity building in areas of detection and description of extreme hydro-climatic events.

The partners of the Faculty of Sciences in this project are three outstanding research institutions from the EU: Climate Risk Analysis from Germany, Loughborough University from Great Britain and the Center for International Climate Research from Norway. EU partners will transfer knowledge and research skills by providing training for the research team members at the Faculty of Sciences. Networking with EU partners will be realized at all levels, and such exchange of knowledge is certainly for the benefit of all participants in the project, the wider scientific community and certainly, due to the urgency of the problem, many stakeholders from the non-academic sector. The project is also important for nurturing the potential of young researchers at the Faculty of Sciences and strategically connecting the Faculty with international research institutions through sustainable partnerships and the transfer of knowledge, results and scientific methodologies.

The project starts on November 1, 2020 and will last for 36 months.

Achievements

New Erasmus + project approved: InAMath – An interdisciplinary approach to mathematical education

According to the Decision of the Agency for EU Mobility Programs of the Republic of Croatia, the financing of the project InAMath – An interdisciplinary approach to mathematical education (Erasmus + Key Activity 2: Strategic Partnerships (KA201)) was approved. The project brought together distinguished educational institutions from the region, from Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia.

The project owner is the University of Rijeka (HR), and the University of Novi Sad, i.e. the Faculty of Sciences, is one of the partners in the project. In addition to the University of Novi Sad, the project partners are the Center of Technical Culture Rijeka (HR), Elementary School Nikola Tesla from Rijeka (HR), Elementary School of the Hero Janez Hribar (SLO), University of Primorska (SLO) and University of Mostar (BIH).

The aim of this project is to design educational content that will increase interdisciplinarity in the mathematics education from 1st  to 4th grade of primary school and which will be available to all interested users. Project activities include the design and implementation of educational content with primary school students using interdisciplinary methods, the development of teaching materials that will be available to class teachers and subject teachers, as well as teacher education for the preparation and implementation of such activities. The task of the University of Novi Sad is to contribute to the mentioned project activities, and especially to make the connection between mathematics and chemistry and geography more attractive for primary school students.

The project started in September 2020 and will last for three years.

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Development of education in relation to the influence of ongoing climate change to hunting tourism (HUNTOUR)

  • Project title: Development of education in relation to the influence of ongoing climate change to hunting tourism (HUNTOUR)
  • Project number: KA203-4DF65F81
  • Institutions participating in the project: Ceska Zemedelska Univerzita v Praze, Czech Republic; University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences (Serbia); Helsingin Yliopisto (Finland); Nemzeti Agrarkutatasi Es Innovacios Kozpont (Hungary)
  • Status in the project: Partner
  • Project leader: Milosava Matejević (Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management)
  • Project type: Erasmus+ KA203 – Strategic Partnerships for higher education
  • Period of realization: September 2020 – August 2023
  • Project website: huntour.czu.cz/en
End of project during 2023.,

The 11th Conference of the Balkan Physical Union (BPU11 Congress)

  • Name of institution(s) organising the scientific meeting: Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts – SANU, Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics (Niš), Faculty of Mathematics (Belgrade), Faculty of Physic (Belgrade), Institute of Physics (Belgrade), Mathematical Institute of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (Belgrade), Faculty of Sciences (Kragujeva), Faculty of Science (Novi Sad)
  • Name of scientific meeting: The 11th Conference of the Balkan Physical Union (BPU11 Congress)
  • Location: Belgrade, Serbia
  • Date: 29 Aug – 02 Sept 2021
  • Organiser (Chair, Department): Faculty of Science, University of Novi Sad
Conferences 2021.