…est world universities (regional contests winners) have been competing in order to become masters in programming. 3 teams out of 128 were from Polish universities – from the University of Warsaw, the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, the University of Wrocław.   The UW team called „Warsaw Eagles“ was represented by three students from the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics – Wojciech Nadara, Marcin Smulewicz i Marek Sokołowski. In…

…s and Mechanics: Wojciech Nadara, Marcin Smulewicz and Marek Sokołowski will represent the UW. The team is called “Warsaw Eagles”.   The contest has begun on 15th May and it will last six days. The 2016 ACM-ICPC World Finals will take place on 19th May from 4.30 to 10.00 Polish time (from 9.30 to 15.00 local time).   Prof. Jan Madey, Prof. Krzysztof Diks from the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics and Vice-Rector for Resources and L…

…holding sculptures excavated and conserved by the PCMA mission. It became clear that in order to save these objects, instant action must be taken, to preserve what has survived of them. Expertise of archaeologists and conservators who had worked with these objects was of essence for their future reconstruction.   Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw coordinates Polish archaeological research in the Eastern Mediterranea…

…e conference (pdf).   The meeting is organized by the International Relations Office of the University of Warsaw.   Registration for the conference is open until 10th April. In order to register click here.   „Erasmus Mundus opens your minds” will take place on 14th April from 9.00 to 16.00 in room 308 in the Old Library of the UW (Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28)….

…Cygan became an academic teacher he was taking part in IT competitions. In 2005 he won the Google Code Jam. Two years later together with Marcin Pilipczuk and Filip Wolski won the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest in Tokio. As a Phd student of Institute of Informatics of the University of Warsaw Marek Cygan got a 3rd place in TopCoder Open in Las Vegas.   He received many scholarships from the state institutions, among others, from…

…ark Amphitheatre)     Registration for the UW Alumni World Reunion at www.uw200.pl….

…e speeches. Proposals for papers and abstracts (maximum 350 words) ought to be submitted by 31st May. Early career scholars and postgraduate researchers are especially welcome to participate and send application form to pche6conference@gmail.com.   The conference will take place from 24th to 25th October on the campuses of the two Warsaw universities.   More information about the event and application forms are available on the “Preventive conserv…

…n), Justyna Piecha (ISP UW) – secretary of the conference.   All the details about the conference can be found at www.espanetpolska2016.org…

…longing to 19 different European research groups. One of them is the POLGRAW. Scientists from the Astronomical Observatory of the University of Warsaw: Prof. Tomasz Bulik, Prof. Krzysztof Belczyński and Dr. Izabela Kowalska-Leszczyńska have been working in this group.   Prof. Tomasz Bulik and Prof. Krzysztof Belczyński have been working on astrophysical sources of gravitational waves. They are the authors of predictions that the first sources are…

…lharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the National Symphony Washington D.C., the San Francisco Symphony, the New Japan Philharmonic, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic and the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra.   In the concert programme:   Chopin’s compositions: Barcarolle Fis-Dur Op. 60, Andante spianato et grandde polonaise brillante inE-flat major, 22, Liszt’s compositions: Années de pèlerinage. Prèmiere année: Suisse.   The concert will take place…