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A glance back
12-01-2015…kers who have the courage to live on their own account and who are demanding towards themselves, stressed professor Marcin Pałys, the Rector of the University of Warsaw, during the inauguration of the academic year 2014/2015. NOVEMBER On the 5 November, professor Alain Besançon received the honorary doctorate in the University. It is the only honoris causa title granted in 2014. DECEMBER Optics Express published a report on the studies of phys…
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New Polish-Jordanian archaeological project in Beit Ras
23-12-2014…Jordan, as well as Scythopolis (Beth Shean) and Hippos (both of them in today’s Israel) and Gerasa/Jerash and Gadara (in Jordan). As this was the first season of work at the site, the main objective was to establish the nature of architecture once present at the northern slope of the hill occupied by ancient Capitolias – the only part of the site which is not built over by the modern city – in the vicinity of the well-preserved remains of a 2nd…
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Telescopes for internet users
15-12-2014…ee year project funded by the European Union. Twelve institutions belonging to seven countries are involved: Spain, Chile, Czech Republic, Ireland, Italy, Poland and Russia. Poland is represented by Faculty of Physics at University of Warsaw….
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Cryptoworld
01-12-2014…ect, financed from a grant of 0.87 million euro, to the University of Warsaw, simultaneously becoming the first employee of the University of Warsaw to receive this prestigious subsidy. The project “Cryptography on non-trusted machines” ended last year. This week, we present the last film of the series devoted to seven laureates of ERC grants. More about the series STEFAN DZIEMBOWSKI The research of professor Dziembowski focuses on the crypt…
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Computer pine
17-11-2014…the room scientifically inspired”, “the classes are lively and enthralling”. His project “Sosna – Expressive Power of Tree Logics”, which ended this year, is an attempt to build logical languages understandable for a computer which would allow for discerning natural properties. The research team, funded by the ERC grant, proved theorems related to the application of logic in computer science. Professor Bojańczyk admits that they managed to prove…
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Honorary Degree for a French historian
12-11-2014…Centre for East European Studies UW: – The University of Warsaw, awarding this highest distinction to Professor Alain Besançon, distinguishes not only the man who has had many warm feelings for Poland, but also a remarkable scholar, one of the greatest living Sovietologists. – he summed up. Alain Besançon is the scientific director of the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris, a historian specializing in Russia, a political…
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Citizens and the state in Eastern Europe
12-11-2014…Moldova, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine). Nearly 21 thousand respondents were interviewed. They responded to questions on their attitudes to public goods, local community and the state. The results of the study were merged with data available from other sources, capturing the economic and social context of respondents’ attitudes. The team from the Institute of Sociology of the University of Warsaw cooperated with experts from…
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The World’s Perception of the EU
16-10-2014…the European Union” will be held on 23 October at the University of Warsaw. It is organized by the Institute of International Relations and the Centre for Europe. Speakers from Poland and countries such as United States, China, India, Serbia, Ukraine, Mexico and Nepal will present their papers during the conference. The event is organized with Polish Association of International Studies and Polish European Community Studies Association. PZU Found…
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Inauguration of the academic year
02-10-2014…t the post-University fate of the alumni of the University of Warsaw. (…) And the results of this study are very optimistic. Our alumni usually have no problem with finding a steady job. 90 per cent of the polled had experience in the professional market, 86% in full-time employment. If our results are so good, it is exactly because our University refused to give in to the pressure of thoughtless practicism which is ever present in the public deba…
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Inauguration of the academic year
25-09-2014…Marcin Pałys, the Rector of the University, will officially open the new academic year and deliver a speech summarizing the past year, followed by a presentation of plans for the new one. First-year students who got the highest results in the recruitment process will pledge an oath – they will swear a diligence in learning and promoting the good name of the University. They will also receive indexes – or booklets which, up to recently, were used…
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