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Looking for participants
27-01-2015…become impossible to participate without the ability to critically analyse the media. In Poland, although plenty of well-functioning grass-roots initiatives exist, no solutions have yet been implemented to treat the phenomenon systemically. For that reason we want to explore the achievements and experiences of other countries in this field by organising a conference. The conference will gather together practitioners of film and media educatio…
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Best masters and MBA programs
21-01-2015…ublishes its official Ranking for the 4000 best masters and MBA programs in 30 fields of studies worldwide. The following programs of University of Warsaw are ranked in the Eduniversal best masters ranking 2014/15: M.A. in Finance and Accounting TOP 200 – Regional ranking within the 9 geographical zones Ranked N°3 in Accounting and Auditing, Eastern Europe Postgraduate Studies in Public Relations Strategy and Social Communications TOP 200 – Re…
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Memory measured in microseconds
05-12-2014…ratory equipment and a difficult process of freezing to extremely low temperatures, close to absolute zero. The atomic quantum memory that we have managed to build works in a much easier attainable temperature of several dozen degrees Centigrade – says Radosław Chrapkiewicz. According to the physicists’ description, the main element of the memory is a glass chamber, 2.5 cm wide and 10 cm long, with rubidium-covered walls, filled with a noble gas…
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Cryptoworld
01-12-2014Since recently, we can pay for goods and services not only in coins or banknotes, but also with crypto currency, called “bitcoin”. Professor Stefan Dziembowski from the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics, who studies the properties of bitcoin, features in our latest films about the laureates of the European Research Council grants. In 2007 professor Dziembowski, at that time working at the Sapienza University in Rome, received th…
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Sky in sight
24-11-2014…d a new category of exoplanets which are not bound to any star (so-called rogue planet). OGLE is also the world leader in studying variable objects – the “OGLE collection” currently consists of over half a million previously unknown variable stars. Another very important field of research is the study of the Milky Way and its neighbouring galaxies – Magellanic Clouds, as well as study of the distance scale in the Universe. …
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Who will be the best foreign student?
20-11-2014…ition is organized by Perspektywy Educational Foundation under the “Study in Poland” programme. The application deadline is the 30th of November. More information www.studyinpoland.pl…
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Computer pine
17-11-2014…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 onl…
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Citizens and the state in Eastern Europe
12-11-2014…ompleted, the Council shortlists projects selected for funding. Currently, the applicants compete for sums of up to 1.5 million euro (previously 2 million), and the project’s maximum duration is 5 years. In the second edition of the competition announced in 2009, one of the grants was awarded to Natalia Letki from the Faculty of Philosophy and Sociology of the University of Warsaw. In her group – social sciences and humanities – 440 applications…
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Pioneering library
03-11-2014…ed in the C++14 standard, which in many cases simplify greatly creation of generic code. – The project will be finished in the end of October 2015. Practically all the basic scientific objectives of the project have been achieved. Of course, we are still working on selected aspects of the project, for example on the practical part, which envisages creating a library of approximation algorithms – says prof. Piotr Sankowski. In 2015 professor Sa…
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Cross-cultural communication
27-10-2014When studying in our University, you will have the chance to learn from the best lecturers, who include the recipients of prestigious European grants. Meet them in this short film presentation. University employs 3,500 scholars. Among them, there are many recognized researchers, as well as young talents, who often, after taking some time for an internship abroad, come back to us – the most important thing is that they are able to combine their pa…
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