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Dr. István Kovács and Dr. Vita Poštuvan awarded with the prestigious Zois Award and Certificate of Recognition
This year’s ceremony took place at Cankarjev dom in Ljubljana, with a broadcast on the second program of RTV SLO. You can watch it at rtvslo.si. After receiving his doctorate in mathematics from the University of Széged in Hungary, Prof. István Kovács, PhD started researching at the University of Primorska, first as a postdoctoral researcher and then […]
InnoRenew CoE as an example of excellence at the Nobel Week
Mariya Gabriel (Photo: ec.europa.eu) In yesterday’s exclusive interview with Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, she highlighted the InnoRenew (Renewable materials and healthy environments research and Innovation […]
The Ambassador of France H.E. Florence Ferrari visits the University of Primorska
The official meeting, which was attended also by other employees of the embassy, ie. the director of the French Institute in Slovenia, Isabelle Desvignes, and the advisers Vincent Gremeret and Valentine Morel, was introduced by the rector of UP, Prof. Klavdija Kutnar, PhD., and the Vice-Rector for Internationalization, Assoc. prof. David DeVallance, PhD. After a brief presentation of […]
Prof. Vito Vitrih elected for a third term as Director of UP IAM
The Rector of the University of Primorska, Prof. Klavdija Kutnar, confirmed the proposal of the Scientific Council of Andrej Marušič Institute (UP IAM), which nominated Prof. Vito Vitrih after the elections as the Director of UP IAM. Dr. Vito Vitrih will lead the UP IAM institute for a third term. During his presentation at the […]
Trips to the Mathematical Universe: P versus NP: A million-dollar question (2021/2022)
For many mathematical problems we can check if given solution is valid efficiently. However, for some of those problems we do not know an efficient algorithm to decide whether such a solution exists. Here lies the P versus NP question, which asks if all those problems admit efficient algorithms or if some problems are intrinsically […]