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Christmas at the University
22-12-2014…f developing the research and education. Let us not be passive takers of signals from the outside world – let us be its shapers. My wishes go to everyone who focuses on research, scientific work or on teaching students – I wish you brilliant ideas that will be feasible to realize and bring you satisfaction. And I wish the students new knowledge and the ability to make the best use of the time they spend in our academic community. Christmas tim…
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Telescopes for internet users
15-12-2014…ts. The GLORIA project (GLObal Robotic telescope Intelligent Array for e-science) offers Internet users the possibility of studying the sky from professional observatories. New telescopes are joining the former four telescopes which allowed to observe the night sky in real time since few months ago. The new eight telescopes are used in queue mode, so the new users can request the observations, with most of them being accomplished within a few da…
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Memory measured in microseconds
05-12-2014…glass chamber, 2.5 cm wide and 10 cm long, with rubidium-covered walls, filled with a noble gas. The use of laser impulses allows the information to be recorded and read. For recording and reading quantum information, the physicists from the Faculty of Physics of the University of Warsaw used advanced methods of light filtering (patent pending) and an innovative camera of their own design. – The retention time of quantum information stored in…
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Cryptoworld
01-12-2014…e last decades, with the advent of digital signature and public-key cryptography. Currently, cryptography finds more and more uses in the digital economy. A team from the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics, headed by professor Dziembowski, works on the development of such new applications. The cryptologists from the University of Warsaw managed to show the ways of using some special features of the currency to establish safe bitco…
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Sky in sight
24-11-2014…tar system with a “Cold Earth” – OGLE-2013-BLG-0341LB, and 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…
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Buildings are open
21-11-2014…s making up the matter – said Professor Teresa Rząca-Urban, the Dean of the Faculty of Physics. – I hope that soon we will be able to show you our first scientific results obtained in the new building – she added. Centre of New Technologies Its modern laboratories, didactic, lecture and seminar rooms will be used mainly by the students and employees of the Faculties of Biology, Chemistry, Physics and the Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematic…
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Who will be the best foreign student?
20-11-2014…our application for the Interstudent contest. It’s a competition for the best international students in Poland in 2014. The competition is aimed at the international students at the Polish higher education institutions on the bachelor, master and doctoral level. Both foreign nationals and students with dual citizenship are eligible. Candidates should prove they are active in such fields as culture, social life, ecology or sports. The Interstuden…
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Second place for programmers
20-11-2014The ACM-ICPC Central Europe Regional Contest ended with the University of Warsaw team in the second place, qualifying to the world finals. The ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest is the oldest, the biggest and the most prestigious programming competition. Students from all around the world contend for the championship. To get to the finals, they have to make it through the university, national and regional contests. The Warsaw Un…
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Computer pine
17-11-2014…computer science theory. He became associate professor as a 32-year-old – today, he is 37 and already a full professor. He received numerous scientific awards; in 2010, he was the first to receive the Presburger Award – a distinction awarded by the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science. His lectures enjoy high popularity among students. At the Wikispace of the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics, one can find, among o…
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Citizens and the state in Eastern Europe
12-11-2014…applications were submitted from 27 countries. ERC selected the best 53 of them. Natalia Letki features in our next movie from the series about the laureates of the European Research Council grant competitions. More about the series. NATALIA LETKI „Public Goods through Private Eyes. Exploring Citizens’ Attitudes to Public Goods and the State in Central Eastern Europe” Project started in 2009 and is about to end. Funding awarded by the ERC – 1.73 m…
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