Press magazine – April 24 2023

The chess player from Alba Iulia, Mihnea Costachi (master's student at ASE Bucharest) added a new title to his record on Sunday: that of national university blitz champion.

The National University Championship was organized by the Western University and took place in Timișoara.

"The championship was held in Timișoara. The blitz chess event had 9 rounds, I got six wins and three draws, so 7,5 points and I took first place.

I represent ASE Bucharest, and 2nd and 3rd place were also ranked by players from ASE. The competition lasted 2 days," said Mihnea Costachi, for Alba24.

The following weekend, Mihnea will participate in the first stage of the Grand Prix Romania 2023, which will take place at the Palace of the Parliament.

Radu Țâmpea will also participate from CSM Unirea Alba Iulia.

Considered one of the best chess players in Romania, Mihnea Costachi from Alba Iulia is, at only 23 years old, an International Master, a title he obtained since 2016, and a FIDE coach, with multiple awards to his credit at the most important classical chess championships , rapid chess or blitz and, more recently, solving problems.

Hundreds of pedaling lovers, of all ages, responded to the invitation launched by the Politehnica University of Timișoara to participate on Sunday, April 23, 2023, in the second edition of the Poli Bike Challenge, a competition also included in the calendar of the Romanian Cycling Federation, held by category, bringing together both professional and amateur athletes.

The event, organized by the Politehnica University of Timișoara together with the Club Sportiv Velocitas Association, supported by Corratec, Tazz, Auchan, Nokia, Honeywell, Flex, Continental, Huf, Kimball Electronics, DM, Atos, comes to confirm, once again, the support that the oldest university in the west of the country has been giving it to sports for over 100 years.

At the awards ceremony, the organizers were joined by the minister of sports, Carol-Eduard Novak, who spoke about the reforms in sports that have been carried out and that still need to be carried out, about the support that must be given to sports clubs. The minister congratulated the organizers, from whom he received a t-shirt with the competition's insignia, and awarded the winners of the Elite category.

Following the rankings, cash prizes were awarded to the top three finishers in each category, with the exception of the open race where the top 5 finishers were awarded. The results obtained by them and the prizes awarded can be followed on the web page liniadesosire.ro.

The Celtic Transilvania Association and the Politehnica University of Timisoara jointly promote culture. Students have benefits!

The two sides concluded a protocol to establish the directions to follow to achieve their goal.

Creating and supporting the necessary conditions to promote and develop diverse cultural life, innovative and creative ideas among young people is one of the objectives.

Also, UPT and Celtic want to popularize diverse music and art among young people and promote events, campaigns and promotions among students enrolled in the collaborating institution.

The students also have something to gain. They will have benefits, such as discounts when purchasing subscriptions to the organizers' events, access to dedicated campaigns, personalized offers and promotions.

In this sense, university students and employees will benefit from a discount for the online purchase of 3-day subscriptions to the Transilvania Celtic Festival.

The students who represented Romania at a robotics competition, FIRST World Championship Houston 2023, an event held between April 19 and 22, were awarded.

The students' performances attracted the attention of the MC presenting the event, who said into the microphone: "Give me a passport to come to Romania" (give me a passport to come to Romania - no), he writes Southern Gazette.

More than 190 teams of students passionate about robotics from 23 countries participated in the competition. Four of the 192 teams represented Romania. It is about teams from high schools in Pitesti, Ploiești, Iași and Bucharest.

"The Romanian teams are on the podium of the FIRST World Championship in Houston, USA", says the message on the Facebook page First Tech Challenge Romania.

Schools and high schools will be able to decide whether to install audio-video surveillance systems in order to ensure the security and protection of people, property and valuables, the Education Commission decided on Saturday, adopting several amendments to ensure safety in schools.

The Minister of Education, Ligia Deca, specified, during the debates in the committee, that these amendments come as a result of the cases "so much publicized violence in schools" from the last months.

"We believe that it is a legal framework that, on the one hand, guarantees the respect of the rights guaranteed by the Constitution and other regulations in force, but at the same time gives a real helping hand to schools and school communities to be able to prevent and sanction where it is need violence in school", Deca said.

According to what was adopted by the members of the commission, schools with these audio-video surveillance systems must assume compliance with the European directives on the protection of natural persons regarding the processing of personal data and include in the educational contract the agreement or, as the case may be, the written disagreement of parents or legal representatives.

Audio-video surveillance cameras will not be installed in classrooms where the majority of parents express their disagreement, in writing, within the educational contract, the amendment states, noting, however, that this provision does not apply in the case of the installation of audio-video cameras outside the buildings, hallways, dining rooms, banquet halls.

The trade unionists who are part of three large federations in Education have started collecting signatures for the triggering of the general strike, after the Government announced that it is capping personnel expenses and professional training activities and increasing the shortage of personnel. On April 25 and 26, the Government headquarters will be picketed, and on May 10, a protest march will take place.

"The Federation of Free Trade Unions in Education, the Federation of Trade Unions in Education "Spiru Haret" and the National Trade Union Federation "Alma Mater" announce the Government of Romania and the Parliament that they have started the referendum for the collection of signatures in order to trigger the general strike", it is stated in a press release press, from Saturday, signed by the three unions.

Artificial intelligence is increasingly integrated into various jobs, raising questions about which roles could be eliminated and what workers need to do to protect their careers.

"Artificial intelligence has been an area of ​​continued growth in job creation as many routine tasks are automated," technology consultancy Gartner vice president Arun Chandrasekaran told The National.

But what about those left behind? A Goldman Sachs report showed that the large-scale approach to artificial intelligence will affect 300 million jobs, but could increase global productivity by 1,4 percentage points over a decade, especially in developed economies.