nccmne, Author at EuroCC Montenegro

10.05.2023.27.05.2023.

EUROCC at EEN WB++ Networking Event

University of Donja Gorica took part in the Enterprise Europe Network workshop called WB++ Networking Event. The topic of the event was “Digitalization in Agri-Food. The main participants were teams and SMEs active in the field of IT from the region as presenters, and the target audience was interest groups including public entities, companies, research groups, individuals, etc. UDG presented the EUROCC and EUROCC2 projects and discussed success stories and efforts to support digitalisation and the use of HPC/AI in agri-food sector.

WB++ Networking Event (Western Balkans) by EEN

T. Popovic presented several project implemented at UDG relevant to Agri-food sector

The WB++ event is a joint initiative of partners from the countries of the Western Balkans (+Slovenia +Croatia) with the aim of connecting companies and strengthening partnerships and connections in the region. There was over 40 attendees at the networking event. The Enterprise Europe Network consists of almost 600 partner organizations and institutions, provides excellent contacts and links in 54 countries and connects over 3,000 experts in different fields at the local and international level. Through the FINNO platform, free consulting services are offered for sources of financing for innovation, business internationalization and business growth.

We discussed resutls of EuroCC and plans for EuroCC2 (focus on PoC)

There was around 50 attendees at the event

28.04.2023.29.04.2023.

Zuzalu Workshop with world-leading innovators: Vitalik Buterin with UDG students

We had a pleasure to host one of the greateast minds of digital world, Vitalik Buterin (founder of Ethereum), and his fellow Zuzaluans, habitants of pop-up city in Montenegro.

World-leading innovators presented their ideas of Montenegro’s golden age, shared their ideas of Montenegro’s future reinforced by the most modern technologies and game-changing concepts. An amazing afternoon will have it’s second part in May! Stay tuned!

Speakers shared their path, where they once were and how they got to where they are now. They shared their dreams and their vision for the future, and what brought them to Montenegro. At the same time, this workshop was a platform for UDG students to showcase their creativity, ideas and perspective, which are critical to shaping the future of any industry. Speakers at the event were Vitalik Buterin, Milojko Mickey Spajic, Tomiwa Ademidun, Gary Sheng, Veronica S. and Zoja Šćekić. The event was moderated by Nela Milošević.

Vitalik Buterin with students during the workshop work group activity

Speakers engaged with students in the discussion

Tomiwa Ademidun started the Pasts/Presents/Futures workshop

Everyone had a great time while discussing future of Montenegro

Discussing innovation and technology as a platform to co-create a vision for Montenegro 2.0

25.04.2023.29.04.2023.

InnovateYourFuture: a successful 2-day ANSO workshop on IoT and AI

A very successful two-day workshop for students and industry tool place on 22-23 April 2023. The workshop was done in the context of tge training project called “Competency Training for IoT and AI – InnovateYourFuture” supported by ANSO – Alliance of International Science Organizations, China. The organization is done in collaboration with EuroCC Montenegro and Montenegrin AI Association. Edge AI devices obtained with the support from NVIDIA Academic Grants. During the event, UDG also presented relevant projects currently implemented at UDG such as H2020 DEMETER, DEP EUROCC2, IPA HPC4S3ME. The agenda for the event is available here.

ANSO InnovateYourFuture Workshop on 22-23 April 2023

During the first day, attendees had a chance to interactively participate in lectures coverin Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence and MAchine Learning, Data Science and Analytics. Lectures were given by Luka Filipovic, Marko Grebovic, Stevan Cakic, Ivan Jovovic, and Dejan Babic. During the second day, the focus was on practical training and hands on experience. Students worked with Stevan Cakic, Zoja Scekic, Ivan Jovovic, Dejan Babic, Igor Culafic, and Vesna Calasan. The hands on included work tools for dataset preparation, computer vision model training, edge AI devices and porting the prediction models to edge IoT. The students were split into groups and worked on solving practical problems in domains such as agri-food sector, health and medicine, and energy.

Around 40 people took part in the workshop

There was almost 40 people attending the event. We used the breaks for coffee and pizza to network, mingle and discuss interests and exchange experiences. It was also an excellent opportunity for young people interested in IoT and AI to network and get to know each other.

AI/ML and edge device NVIDIA Jetson Nano

Second day took place in the Entrepreneurial nest collaboration space at UDG

12.04.2023.22.04.2023.

FF4EuroHPC experiment AIMHIGH featured in national magazine Glasnik

FF4EuroHPC experiment AIMHIGH featured in national magazine Glasnik published by Montenegrin Chamber of Economy (Feb-Mar 2023 issue). The article provides summary and results of the FF4EuroHPC experiment called AIMHiGH that focuses on the use of HPC and AI for developing computer vision solutions for smart farming solutions in poultry sector. The focus of the article is to provide an insight on how HPC can be utilized by SMEs, in this case focused on digital innovation, to provide smart solutions for agri-food sector. The full version of the magazine can be accessed here.

07.04.2023.07.04.2023.

InnovateYourFuture – Competency Training in IoT and AI

UDG team continues with the implementation of a training project called “Competency Training for IoT and AI – InnovateYourFuture” supported by ANSO – Alliance of International Science Organizations, China. The organization is done in collaboration with EuroCC Montenegro and Montenegrin AI Association. Edge AI devices obtained with the support from NVIDIA Academic Grants.

Competence training on IoT and AI supported by ANSO

A two-day training workshop is organized for 22-23 April. The workshop will take place at the UDG. The workshop will include lectures on IoT, Data Preparation, AI, ML and Edge IoT/AI. The target audience is MSc, BSc, and high-school students, but also representatives from the industry and public interested in some hands on training on IoT and AI. are welcome, too. You can register for the event filling the form here.

Also, the workshop program is available for download:

01.04.2023.19.04.2023.

EuroHPCSummit conference in Sweden

The EuroHPC Summit 2023 will take place on 20-23 March 2023 in Gothenburg in Sweden, gathering experts in the field of HPC. The emphasis was put on plans for the future of exascale supercomputing in Europe and collaboration with Centres of Excellence in this area. More information is available here.

20.03.2023.18.04.2023.

Exploratory analysis of text using NLP

Researchers from UDG and NCC Montenegro published a paper “Exploratory analysis of text using available NLP technologies for Serbian language”. The authors are L. Lakovic, S. Cakic, I. Jovovic, and D. Babic. The paper was presented at 22nd International Symposium INFOTECH-JAHORINA, that took place on 15-17 March 2023. The paper is published in IEEE Xplore.

ABSTRACT – This paper combines available NLP technologies for Serbian languages and traditional data science methods in order to analyze collected dataset on the news headlines related to the COVID-19 pandemics. As an addition to NLP technologies for the Serbian language, a specialized database was created in an attempt to enhance the research within the field. Within the paper, the database was exploratory analyzed, and perspectives of the work with the data were thoroughly explored.