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Stefan Nikolić Awarded for the Best Doctoral Dissertation by the European Design and Automation Association

Assistant professor at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Stefan Nikolić, received on March 26, 2024, in Valencia, the award for the best doctoral dissertation in the category “New Directions in Systems Design Methods and Tools, Simulation and Validation, Embedded Software Design, and Optimization for Embedded, Cyber-Physical, Secure and Learning Systems.”

The award was presented by the European Design and Automation Association at the ceremony in the Hemisferic Center of the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia.

Nikolić’s dissertation, “Automating the Design of Programmable Interconnect for Reconfigurable Architectures,” is the result of years of research conducted during his PhD studies and as Assistant at the School of Computer and Communication Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland.

Achievements

To a Fair, Inclusive, Circular and Healthy cities: Valorisation of phosphogypsum wastes into commercial products through sustainable and circular processes (FIC-FIGHTERS)

  • Project title: To a Fair, Inclusive, Circular and Healthy cities: Valorisation of phosphogypsum wastes into commercial products through sustainable and circular processes (FIC-FIGHTERS)
  • Project number: Call: HORIZON-CL6-2023-CIRCBIO-02; Topic: HORIZON-CL6-2023-CircBio-02-1-two-stage
  • Institutions participating in the project: IDENER Research and Development A.I.E (IDE), Spain; University of Seville (USE), Spain; Magtel Operaciones Sl. (MO), Spain; Tharsis Mining, S.L. (TMM), Spain; Åbo Akademi (ABO), Finland; Civil Engineering Institute Macedonia AD Skopje (CEIM), Republic of North Macedonia; Wrocław University of Science and Technology (PWR), Poland; University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences (UNS), Serbia; National Research Council (CNR), Italy; Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK), Belgium; Prehnit d.o.o. (PRE), Croatia; CAPTURACO2 SL (CCO2), Spain; Association for Research and Development of Innovations and Technologies for the Protection of Environmental, Social and Cultural Heritage (ARDI), France; European Federation of Geologists (EFG), Belgium; University of Huelva (UHU), Spain; Asistencias Técnicas Clave, S.L. (ATC), Spain; Persán S.A. (PER), Spain; Cementos La Cruz, S.L. (CC), Spain; Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Spain; Torraspapel S.A. (LECTA), Spain; Fraunhofer Society for the Advancement of Applied Research (FRAUNHOFER), Germany; ALDA – European Association for Local Democracy (ALDA), France; Christeyns NV (CHR), Belgium; Energy City Foundation – CIUDEN, F.S.P. (CIU), Spain; Municipality of Barreiro (MBAR), Portugal
  • Status in the project: Partner
  • Project leader: Nataša Todorović, Department of Physics
  • Project type: HORIZON Innovation Actions
  • Period of realization: 01.06.2024-31.05.2028
  • Project website: https://idener.ai/idener-project/fic-fighters/
End of project 2028.,

Innovative sediment management framework for a SUstainNable DANube black SEa system (SUNDANSE)

  • Project title: Innovative sediment management framework for a SUstainNable DANube black SEa system (SUNDANSE)
  • Project number: Call: HORIZON-MISS-2023-OCEAN-01; Topic: HORIZON-MISS-2023-OCEAN-01-02
  • Institutions participating in the project: “The Lower Danube” University in Galați (UDJG), Romania; Autonomous region “Lower Danube River Administration” Galati (AFDJ), Romania; EDEN TECH (EDEN), France; Association Romanian River Transport Cluster (RRTC), Romania; European Council of Transport Users (ESC), Belgium; Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), Israel; University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences (UNSPMF), Serbia; University of Novi Sad Faculty of Technical Sciences (FTN), Serbia; EDENTIFY FOUNDATION MTU (EF), Estonia; Eigen Vermogen Flanders Hydraulics (FH), Belgium; National Administration “Romanian Waters” (NAAR), Romania; National Ecological Centre of Ukraine (NECU), Ukraine; University of Vienna (UNIVIE), Austria; Hydro Proiect Invest SRL (HPI), Romania; F6S Network Ireland Limited (F6S), Ireland; Danube Hydro-meteorological Observatory (DHMO), Ukraine; Marine Research SRL (MR), Romania; Executive Agency for Exploration and Maintenance of the Danube River (EAEMDR), Bulgaria; Public water company “Vode Vojvodina” (PWMCVV), Serbia; Pro Danube Management GMBH (PDM), Austria
  • Status in the project: Partner
  • Project leader: Aleksandra Tubić (Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental Protection)
  • Project type: HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions
  • Period of realization: 3.6.2024-2.6.2028
  • Project website: https://sundanseproject.eu
End of project 2028.,

Revolutionised Enhanced Supply Chain Automation with Limited Threats Exposure (RESCALE)

  • Project title: Revolutionised Enhanced Supply Chain Automation with Limited Threats Exposure (RESCALE)
  • Project number: HORIZON-CL3-2022-CS-01 (CL3: Civil Security for Society)
  • Institutions participating in the project: https://rescale-project.eu/consortium/
  • Status in the project: Partner
  • Project leader: Dušan Jakovetić (Department of Mathematics and Informatics)
  • Project type: HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions
  • Period of realization: 1.10.2023-30.9.2026
  • Project website: https://rescale-project.eu
End of project 2026.,

Isidora Kešelj and Milica Radaković, winners of the national scholarship “For Women in Science”

On December 25, 2023, the national awards “For Women in Science” for 2023 were awarded, and out of three, two winners are from the Faculty of Sciences. The awards were given to: Ana S. Dobrota, Isidora Kešelj and Milica Radaković.

Isidora Kešelj is Assistant Professor in the field of Animal Physiology at the Department of Biology and Ecology, and her work is based on finding solutions for male infertility.

Our focus is on men and we treat male infertility. We want to see how it can be solved and the government is supporting our research. The projects we implement are also supported by the government. In the world of science, women have their place. There are a lot of us in Serbia.

Isidora Kešelj

Milica Radaković works at the Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, dealing with climate and environmental change research, and this award will contribute to further advancement of her work.

The award means a lot to me and contributes to expanding my knowledge of science and my results even more.

Milica Radaković

The National Awards ceremony within the thirteenth cycle of the L’Oréal-UNESCO program “For Women in Science” was organized by the Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation, the Commission of the Republic of Serbia for Cooperation with UNESCO and the L’Oréal Balkan company. Through this program, female scientists receive funds for the realization of their research projects (€5,000 each).

Previously, Marija Lesjak and Snežana Papović from the Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental Protection, Mirjana Ćuk and Nevena Veličković from the Department of Biology and Ecology and Jelena Aleksić from the Department of Mathematics and Informatics have received this scholarship.

Achievements,

Six new projects financed within the PRIZMA program of the Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia

As part of the PRIZMA program, the Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia will finance 97 projects in the next three years in which 898 researchers from 91 scientific research organizations will participate. Six projects led by the Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad have been accepted for financing, of which five are in the field of science and mathematics and one is in the field of artificial intelligence:

  • “Global and local analysis of operators and distributions” (GOALS) led by Prof. Dr Nenad Teofanov
  • “LArge SCale and Distributed Optimization” (LASCADO) led by Prof. Dr Nataša Krejić
  • “Mathematical Models of Fluid Flow with Variable Viscosity” (FluidVarVisc) led by Prof. Dr Marko Nedeljkov
  • “Integration of Biological Responses and PBTK Modeling in Chemical Toxicity Assessment: A Case Study of Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA)” (ToxIN) led by Prof. Dr Nebojša Andrić
  • “Natural based efficient solution for remediation and revitalization of contaminated locations using energy crops” (ReNBES) led by Prof. Dr Snežana Maletić
  • “Graphs in Space and Time: Graph Embeddings for Machine Learning in Complex Dynamical Systems” (TIGRA) led by Prof. Dr Miloš Radovanović
Achievements

New project of HORIZON EUROPE Innovation actions – “Restore4Life”

“Restoration of wetland complexes as life supporting systems in the Danube Basin (Restore4Life)” is a HORIZON EUROPE Innovation Action project in which our Department is a partner. The coordinator of this international project is Dr Mihai Adamescu, head of the research center for systemic ecology and sustainability from Romania, while the coordinator of the project for the Faculty of Sciences is Prof. Dr Dušanka Cvijanović. This project under the project name HORIZON-MISS-2022-OCEAN-01; Action: HORIZON-MISS-2022-OCEAN-01-02 will be implemented in the period from 2023 to 2027.

Achievements

Gastronomy students at the culinary competition “Food Vision by Open Balkan – Open Balkan Chef Culinary Challenge 2023”

In the organization and under the auspices of the Government of the Republic of Serbia, the Government of Albania and the Republic of North Macedonia, and within the implementation of the Open Balkan initiative, the second event “Wine Vision by Open Balkan” was held from November 16 to 19, 2023.

As part of this event, the first competition of professional chefs and young chefs was held under the name “Food Vision by Open Balkan – Open Balkan Chef Culinary Challenge 2023”. The quality of the competition was strengthened by the renowned international judges, with exceptional culinary experience; Dragan Unić (president of the team of judges), Daniel Schade, Dominique Grandjean, Franciane Tartari, Daniel Ayton, Miroslav Kubec, Martina Events and Saso Dravinec.

From the Faculty of Sciences, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Chair of Gastronomy in the category “Best Young Chef” – preparation of a traditional dish in a modern way, 6 undergraduate and master students participated, who achieved outstanding results, entering the top nine and winning the following awards:

  • Milica Petrušić, gold medal, first place;
  • Saveta Bikić, silver medal, second place, and award for the most promising young chef;
  • Milana Čugalj, fourth place;
  • Filip Vitomirović, sixth place;
  • Mihailo Mlabaša, eighth place;
  • Andrija Kocić, ninth place.

The proud mentors of the students were: Dr Bojana Kalenjuk Pivarski and Goran Radivojević, with the assistance of colleagues Velibor Ivanović and Stefan Šmugović.

Achievements

New Horizon Project “Engaging Approaches for Meaningful Climate Actions – CLEAR CLIMATE”

The new Horizon project “Engaging Approaches for Meaningful Climate Actions – CLEAR CLIMATE” was launched. It is a joint initiative that aims to develop innovative approaches and services for communication about significant actions to combat climate change. For the first time, a project like this is coordinated by our faculty, and we are proud to present you our esteemed partners:

  • Wageningen University, The Netherlands
  • Autonomous University of Barcelona, ​​Spain
  • SWPS University, Poland
  • Stichting Climate Adaptation Services, The Netherlands
  • Predictia Intelligent Data Solutions, Spain
  • CESIE, Italy
  • Loughborough University, United Kingdom
  • Previsico Limited, United Kingdom
  • University of Development Studies, Ghana

Over the next four years, we will be committed together to solving the pressing challenges of climate change through innovative research and collaboration.

Achievements

New Erasmus+ project: SciMag – Science&Math educational games from preschool to university

Within the Erasmus+ call KA220-SCH – Cooperation partnerships in school education, the project “Science&Math educational games from preschool to university (SciMag)” was approved.

Game-based learning is the approach on which the project is based, with a special emphasis on interdisciplinarity and cooperation in science learning  at all levels of education. The coordinator of the project is the University of Rijeka, Croatia, and the University of Novi Sad is participating as a partner. The team members are from the Faculty of Science, the Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management and the Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental Protection. The project manager is Prof. Dr Milica Solarević, from DGTH, and team members are Prof. Dr Sanja Belić with DH and Prof. Dr Smiljana Đukičin Vučković from DGTH. The project will last three years (September 1, 2023 – August 31, 2026), the EU Grant amounts to EUR 250,000 (Project number: 2023-1-HR01-KA220-SCH-000165485).

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