Press magazine – April 25 2023

The team of young physicists supported by the West University of Timișoara, representing Romania in the finals of the "Young Physicists Tournament", held in Sofia, won the gold medal.

The final of the competition  Young Physicists Tournament – ​​BG IYPT&Workshop, which brought together nine finalist teams, took place between April 19-23, in Sofia, Bulgaria.

The fighting team in the tournament was the one selected at the national final of the IYPT RO Competition, which took place at the end of March, in Timișoara, under the patronage of the Faculty of Physics of the West University of Timișoara, coordinated by prof. Dr. Mihail Lungu, dean of this faculty.

The team was formed by students Daniel Rotaru and Răzvan Agafiței, from the "Grigore Moisil" Informatics High School in Timișoara, together with Radu Dumitru Zaharescu, a student at the "Nicolae Titulescu" National College in Craiova, Mihai Costache, a student at the "Carol I" from Craiova, Andrei Croitoru, student at "Coriolan Brediceanu" National College from Lugoj, and Alexandru Scheușan, student at "CDLoga" National College from Timișoara.

The team members were accompanied to Sofia and coordinated in the "fights in the tournament" competitions by the physicist Dr. Sandu Golcea, as the IYPT Representative of the country for Romania. The trip was supported by the logistics provided by the Foundation of the Western University of Timișoara, within the cooperation project with the pre-university environment developed under the guidance of Prof. Univ. Dr. Flavia Barna, vice-rector of UVT responsible for institutional partnerships and the Alumni community.

The University of the West invites the people of Timisoara to participate on Tuesday, April 25, from 17.00:XNUMX p.m., in the Aula Magna, to the conference "What are we doing with the human species. Is coexistence possible?" supported by Gabriel Liiceanu.

Together with Gabriel Liiceanu, the people of Timisoara are invited to explore challenging and innovative ideas about how we can coexist harmoniously in this complex and constantly changing world.

The conference is open to the whole community and admission is free (attendance can be confirmed here).

The event is part of the cultural program "At UVT, Culture is Capital", included in the Cultural Program "Timișoara 2023 - European Capital of Culture", Oameni territory, Reflectiţi station, financed by the Municipality of Timișoara through the Project Center and the Timiș County Council. Event organized with the support of CTP.

The Western University of Timişoara, through the Support Center for participation in international projects - SupportTM, is pleased to invite you to the workshop entitled "Good practices in the preparation of a funding request and evaluation of Horizon Europe applications". The workshop will take place at the headquarters of the Western University in Timişoara, Friday, April 28, 2023, between 10:13 and XNUMX:XNUMX.

The event is addressed to parties interested in participating in European research and innovation competitions, especially Horizon Europe. Participants will have access to examples of good practice in terms of writing and implementing research projects. At the same time, topics related to the perspective through which certain Horizon Europe applications can be evaluated will be addressed.

Given that places are limited, please register by filling out the form available here no later than Tuesday, 25.04.2023/16/XNUMX, XNUMX:XNUMX. As always, participation is free, and further information can be obtained at the e-mail address: supporttm@e-uvt.ro.

Today, at 16 p.m., the Spring Park opens at the Bănățean Village Museum in Timișoara. There are 8 days full of attractions, concerts with free admission and foodie delights ahead. The Spring Park, an event funded by the Timiș County Council, opens its doors to all those wishing to take a walk in the open air in a cheerful setting, which promises a surprising experience for visitors.

Concerts with big names in the music industry begin on Friday, April 28 and continue until Monday, May 1 on the main stage.

The films presented at the "Seeing Ukraine" film festival between May 5 and 8 challenge the audience to reflect on the implications of war, but also to reconsider the term "solidarity".

Divided into two categories – documentaries and art films – the films invite viewers to better understand the complicated and macabre contemporary situation in a larger framework, but also to discover the perspectives of minorities and women.

"Seeing Ukraine" is a project carried out by FunkForum eV Co-organized by the French Institute, Jane Rozbytska (informal leader of the Ukrainian community in Timisoara and president of the NGO "Faina UA") and Marta Pogorila (artistic director of the Black Sea Arts Festival) ).

The festival takes place in the University of the West (Bv. Vasile Pârvan 4, Amphiteatrul A01), in the garden of the French Institute (Bv. Constantin Diaconovici Loga 46) and at the Faculty of Arts and Design (Str. Oituz 4, in the attic).

The National Federation of Edupart Parents asks the Government to take into account derogatory legislative measures for pre-university educational institutions, so as not to cancel the increase in the standard cost per student in 2023.

The rector of the National School of Political and Administrative Studies (SNSPA), Remus Pricopie, says on Monday that the parliamentary debate on Education laws is extremely important, but "the risk of over-regulation can do more harm than good". Pricopie refers to the more than 800m of amendments that have been submitted, which shows "the special interest in education, but it can also produce blockages or confusion".

"The parliamentary debate on the Education Laws is extremely important. Although, many times, the regulation process of a sector is perceived as a responsibility of the Government, the Parliament is and must be the supreme forum for debate and legislation. And not only through the prism of its representative character, but also the fact that the plurality of ideas, values ​​and visions on society ensures a greater coherence and sustainability of the normative acts", transmitted, on Monday, the rector of SNSPA, Remus Pricopie.

According to him, "any such process must be managed with care and responsibility".

The three young people won 1st place in the Data Analysis category in the competition

The three students from Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca won the global finals of the SAS Curiosity Cup competition, where they competed alongside nine other teams from around the world. The Romanian youth project used the SAS Viya solution to analyze the deforestation situation in the Carpathian Mountains.

The SAS Curiosity Cup competition brought together teams of students from all over the world, who had the opportunity to test their skills in the field of data analysis in real situations. This competition was an opportunity for young people to apply their knowledge in the fields of data science and analytics, using SAS Viya and SAS OnDemand for Academics solutions to create projects, as well as other SAS tools licensed at the university level.

Rector of Babeș-Bolyai University, Prof. univ. dr. psycho. Daniel David, mc Romanian Academy, declared on the occasion of the completion of the competition: "UBB's academic model is the idea of ​​generating advanced knowledge through scientific research, and in this process to educate students and generate innovative applications for society. This result confirms that the model works well and that UBB students are very well educated to be generators of knowledge and innovations in society."

In 2021, 39% of EU children living in households with a low level of education (lower secondary education at most) were affected by material deprivation, compared to 4% for children in households with a higher level of education ( tertiary education), writes G4Media.ro.

In 10 EU countries, over half of children from households with a lower level of education faced material deprivation, with the highest percentages being recorded in Romania (85%), Bulgaria (83%) and Hungary (78%). ). Meanwhile, the lowest rates were recorded in Poland (9%), Germany and Estonia (16% each), according to data published by Eurostat on Monday.

Plug and Play, based in Silicon Valley, is the world's largest business accelerator and the main innovation platform connecting, in a dynamic ecosystem, more than 50.000 startups, more than 500 corporations from around the world and hundreds of venture capital firms, universities and government agencies. Footprints AI was selected from several hundred registered startups and will go through an acceleration program, along with 145 other finalist companies from 16 countries. Last year, Plug and Play invested in 247 companies and contributed to the development of over 2.400 businesses.

Particle X is based in Hong Kong and is one of the leading business accelerators in Asia, focused on the growth of technology startups. By combining network, capital and research resources, Particle X accelerates the pace of technological innovation and assists early-stage startups to take advantage of business opportunities in Asia. Footprints AI was selected among the 4 finalists in the Particle X Urbantech Global Challenge (PUGC) program, out of 180 companies from 33 countries.

The European Commissioner for Digitization and Competition, Margrethe Vestager, stressed that the regulation of artificial intelligence must start as soon as possible.

By the end of the year, the European Parliament is expected to approve new legislative initiatives aimed at the unified regulation of neural network and artificial intelligence activity within the EU, said Margrethe Vestager, the European commissioner for digitalization and competition, in an interview with the newspaper Nikkei, excerpts from which are given on Tuesday.

"We hope to reach an agreement on this issue in the second half of 2023 and then start implementing [the legislation],” she said, stressing that regulation of neural networks and artificial intelligence must begin as soon as possible. The legislation, in particular, will require companies to label whether their text or images were created using neural networks. And developers of neural networks or chat bots will have to explain the principles and characteristics of their work.