nccmne, Author at EuroCC Montenegro

20.02.2023.20.02.2023.

Short course and student workshop on IoT and AI

A short course and student workshop on AI and IoT took place on 16 February, 2023 within a dedicated session at the IEEE IT2023 conference. This training event is organized by UDG and NCC Montenegro as a part of implementation of the project called “Competency Training for IoT and AI – InnovateYourFuture” supported by ANSO – Alliance of International Science Organizations, China. The edge AI devices were provided through NVIDIA Academic grant. The workshop is includes introduction to AI and IoT (AIoT), software tools for AI/ML, edge AI, and IoT, and presentation and practical demonstrations. The target audience is MSc, BSc, and high-school students, but others are welcome, too. The conference program is available at the following link. The presenters at the workshop were Tomo Popovic, Stevan Cakic, Ivan Jovovic, Zoja Scekic, Dejan Babic and Igor Culafic. The event involved around 60 attendees, 30 on-site and 30 online.

Live demo for the audience (Edge AI with NVIDIA Jetson Nano)

Around 30 students in-person and 30 online attended the event

More information about the conference is available at the IT2023 conference website (link). The workshop will include introduction to AI and IoT (AIoT), software tools for AI/ML, edge AI, and IoT, and presentation and practical demonstrations. The target audience is MSc, BSc, and high-school students, but others are welcome, too. The conference program is available at the following link.

17.02.2023.19.02.2023.

IEEE IT2023: Disease Prediction Using ML Algorithms

Researchers from NCC Montenegro presented a paper at the 27th IEEE Conference on Information Technology IT2023 on 17th February 2023. The paper is titled “Disease Prediction Using Machine Learning Algorithms” and authored by I. Jovovic, D. Babic, T. Popovic, S. Cakic and I. Katnic.

ABSTRACT – This study aimed to investigate the application of machine learning techniques for disease prediction. Three popular machine learning algorithms, Random Forest, Support Vector Machines and Naive Bayes, were employed and their performance was evaluated. Results showed that the best performing model was based on Random Forest algorithm with the average accuracy of 87%. This model has been additionally tuned in order to achieve even better performance, which resulted with 90% accuracy. This study highlights the potential of AI in disease prediction and provides insights into the importance of algorithm selection and tuning for optimal performance.

Mr. Ivan Jovovic presenting at IEEE 2023 conference

The paper will soon be available through IEEE Xplore

16.02.2023.24.02.2023.

EUROCC2 presented at the IEEE IT 2023 conference

EUROCC2 project was presented at the 27th IEEE International Conference – Information Technology – IT2023. The conference took place 15-18 February in Zabljak Montenegro. NCC Montenegro team presented the project on the first day of the conference within the special session dedicated to presentations of EU projects. EUROCC2 project is a continuation of the success we achieved with the previous EUROCC.

Dr Luka Filipovic presenting NCC Montenegro team and activities in EUROCC

Presentation took place during the first day of the conference

The presentation covered the results from EUROCC and introduced the activities for the upcoming period in EUROCC2. Also, this event was a great place for newly extended NCC Montenegro team members to meet and discuss the activities in the upcoming period. Our team now includes representatives from University of Donja Gorica (UDG) and University of Montenegro (UCG). IEEE IT2023 conference program is available at the following link.

Dr Tomo Popovic and Dr Luka Filipovic answering the questions from the audience

15.02.2023.28.02.2023.

HPC4S3ME project presented at the IEEE IT2023

New reearch project HPC4S3ME was presented by prof. Tomo Popovic and dr. Luka Filipovic at the 27th IEEE International Conference – Information Technology – IT2023. The conference had a special session dedicated to presentation of project results for the projects implemented in Montenegro and the region. The conference program is available at the following link.

The full title of this new project is “Building scientific and innovation potential to utilize HPC and AI for S3 Smart Specialisation in Montenegro – HPC4S3ME” and it is funded by the through IPA II program, call reference EuropeAid/172-351/ID/ACT/ME.

Proposing the use of HPC for research in Montenegrin S3 priority domains

Project was presented by prof. Popovic and dr. Filipovic

The overall objective of HPC4S3ME project is to contribute to straightening research excellence by building scientific and innovation potential based on the use of high performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI) for applications in industrial domains proposed by the Smart Specialisation Strategy (2019-2024) for Montenegro. The implementation of this project will provide a state-of-the-art environment for young researchers to gain experience in research and development in computer science, more specifically to apply machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) algorithms supported by HPC in order to create innovative information-communication technology (ICT) solutions for applications in agriculture and food value chain, health and tourism, energy and sustainable environment., i.e. priority domains identified by the smart specialisation strategy. More information on the project available at the HPC4S3ME website.

HPC4S3ME focuses on HPC capacity building and support for young researchers

11.02.2023.20.02.2023.

Training Workshop on AI and IoT at the IEEE IT2023 Conference

UDG and NCC Montenegro team continue with the implementation of a training project called “Competency Training for IoT and AI – InnovateYourFuture” supported by ANSO – Alliance of International Science Organizations, China. A training event is organized in a form of Workshop at the upcoming IEEE IT2023 conference that is taking place 15-18 February in Žabljak, Montenegro (link). The workshop will include introduction to AI and IoT (AIoT), software tools for AI/ML, edge AI, and IoT, and presentation and practical demonstrations. The target audience is MSc, BSc, and high-school students, but others are welcome, too. The conference program is available at the following link.

Click on image to open IEEE IT2023 conference program

11.02.2023.11.02.2023.

EuroCC2 & CASTIEL2 Kick-Off Conference

NCC Montenegro representative Sanja Nikolic, attended EuroCC2 & CASTIEL2 Kick-Off Conference held in Stuttgart, Feb 7th – 9th 2023. First day of the conference was reserved for the NCCs pitch-presentations, including brief introduction, key activities, collaboration opportunities and EuroCC2 goals.

EUROCC and CASTIEL teams introduced EUROCC2 project management framework, operative responsibilities and requested deliverables. Joint expectations in pursuing further HPC industry uptake were emphasized, with special regard to strategic cooperation between NCCs (acting as national HPC+ hubs), CoEs (Centres of Excellence – specialised in certain fields of HPC+ applications) and EDIHs (European Digital Hubs – supporting private & public companies in digital transformation).

Working Sessions were organized to support discussion on main project activities and goals in the task areas of Competences, Trainings, Industry and Communication; as well as to support immersive interaction and further networking of NCCs and CoEs representatives. Panel Discussions evolved around HPC+ best practices, following user-centric approach: 1) SME interaction issues; 2) Big Industry examples; 3) Public Sector initiatives and 4) Importance of Academic usage. Selected NCCs shared valuable insights and proven initiatives on increasing HPC+ awareness and adoption. In addition, two useful tools for strengthening industry interaction and companies’ outreach were presented: HPC4SME (Arctur, Slovenia) and Marketplace (Teratec, France).

EuroCC2 and CASTIEL2 will further “grow” on achievements of EUROCC/CASTIEL project, capitalizing on best practices and collaboration efforts of NCCs pan-European network, being further committed to promote and facilitate uptake of HPC and associated technologies HPDA, AI, Quantum Computing, across a various range of industries.

EuroCC2 and Castiel2 Kick-off group photo

10.02.2023.07.03.2023.

Discussion on AI and ChatGPT at the national TV

Mr Milutin Pavicevic (Alicorn CEO and PhD candidate at the UDG) and Mr Kosta Pavlovic (PhD candidate at the UCG) were invited to the national TV program “Good morning Montenegro”. The discussion was focused on AI and ChatGPT, perspectives and possibilties.