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          (Prof. dr. Michaël Mrissa) Data-driven optimization for sustainable network design Using networks to model real-world problems is a powerful tool, as they provide an efficient abstraction that can be used to analyse the structure of the task at hand. Sustainability plays an important role in the design of these networks when […]

In total, the University of Primorska has obtained the co-funding for 12 new projects, 11 of which are in the field of mathematics. In addition, one more bilateral cooperation project has been awarded to Dr. Michael Mrissa, who works at the InnoRenew CoE and the University of Primorska. Dr. Tina Vukasović has obtained a project […]

How many ways are there to pick k objects out from a bin of n objects?  The answer is given by the binomial coefficient “n choose k”.  We’ll show you how to easily determine whether a binomial coefficient is divisible by a prime, even when the numbers involved are quite large.  We’ll apply this criterion […]

Dr. Vita Poštuvan, Deputy Chair of the Slovene Centre for Suicide Research at UP IAM, Associate Professor at the Department of Psychology at UP Famnit, and the receiver of Zois recognition for important scientific achievements in Suicidology and Mental Health. Dr. Poštuvan acquired an ARRS project as leader last year, titled »Humans in the grip of Covid-19: Psychological consequences of […]

The Student Entrepreneurship and Internship (SEI) program is particularly interesting for undergraduate and master’s students. Every year, the programme has available internships for 20 students in companies that are part of the AmCham Slovenia network. “During the two-week program, which will take place from 11 to 22 July this year, students without any experience in entrepreneurship and […]

Dr. Andreja Kutnar is engaged in wood processing, especially sustainable use of natural resources. She is the director of the InnoRenew Institute, which completed the construction of the largest wooden building in Slovenia in 2021, and has acquired an important basic project with Austrian partners (Development of wood composites with higher protection against impact sound […]

InnoRenew CoE celebrated its fifth anniversary with the grand opening of its newly built home in the Livade district of Izola (Slovenia) on 15 February 2022. With this, the institute has acquired a unique facility for research and innovation in the field of renewable materials and healthy living environments. Tuesday’s ceremony marked the culmination of […]

Among the speakers were also prof. Andreja Kutnar, PhD., Head of the Wood Science department in the Department of Applied Natural Sciences at UP, presented the method of preserving cultural heritage with the principle of the New European Bauhaus in the case of the restoration of the Servite Monastery in Koper and prof. Irena Lazar, PhD., Dean of UP FHŠ, […]

International networking and collaboration with researchers at the cutting-edge of mass timber technology, wood science and data-driven infrastructure safety is key to achieving the much-needed breakthroughs to advance innovative mass-timber buildings. InnoRenew CoE and Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies at the University of Primorska is partnering with researchers at The College of Forestry at Oregon State […]

According to participants, the seminars are very informative and the project itself is very engaging. “We are learning about the importance of the Intelligent Big Data Analysis (IBDA) models and extracting the information,” adds Shokhjakhon Abdufattokhov from the Department of Control and Computer Engineering at the Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. “The lectures are general in content and […]

The project ELBA is aimed at creating opportunities in training of highly profiled specialists in the field of Intelligent Big Data Analysis (IBDA) with different multidisciplinary backgrounds, and enabling the access to highly efficient modern IBDA instrumentation based on EU expertise and technologies which will contribute to sustainable development of educational institutions, local business enterprises […]

The event is following the 8the European Congress of Mathematics, one of the largest events in mathematics in Europe, that was held this June in Portorož. The EMS Council is the governing body of the European Mathematical Society (EMS), the primary European organization dedicated to the development of mathematics in Europe. The Council meets every second year, […]