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2021-05-12
Kickoff Meeting of the International Scientific Effectiveness Board of IDUB
The International Scientific Effectiveness Board (ISEB) held their online kickoff meeting on May 6, 2021. The board is an advisory and monitoring body defined in the implementation plan of the Excellence Initiative – Research University (IDUB) project. The plan provides that the board members should be “scientists with experience in processes of reorganizing and managing the university”....
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2021-05-10
The process of frying edible oil under a scientist's magnifying glass
What substances are produced at each stage of heating cooking oil? What can we learn by analyzing the chemical composition of oil vapors and what surprises are hidden in volatile chemical compounds? In his research work PhD, Eng. Tomasz Majchrzak decomposes the process of frying cooking oils. PhD, Eng. Tomasz Majchrzak is the winner of the Gdańsk Scientific Society's 2020 award for young...
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2021-05-10
Baltic Sea Region Universities’ Seminar on Sustainable Development
Prof. Dariusz Mikielewicz, vice-rector for organization and development of Gdańsk University of Technology participated in the seminar "UN Sustainable Development Goals in Universities", during which issues related to the goals of sustainable development were discussed. The virtual meeting, organized by the Baltic Sea Region University Network (BSRUN), was attended by members of the network of...
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2021-05-10
Call for applications under Individual Research Studies and the RADIUM program
Individual research studies (IRS) make it possible to create individual learning paths for the most talented students of second-cycle (MSc) studies related to their research as part of research projects. Under the RADIUM Program, it is possible to obtain a university grant to finance the costs of research conducted by second-cycle MSc) students as part of Individual Research Studies. IRS...
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2021-04-27
Iconic Scholars - first grants for the most promising researchers of Gdańsk Tech
Prof. Krzysztof Wilde, rector of Gdańsk University of Technology, awarded the first grants under the Iconic Scholars program. Financial support was given to: PhD, DSc, Eng. Justyna Płotka-Wasylka, professor at Gdańsk Tech and PhD, DSc, Eng. Grzegorz Boczkaj, professor at Gdańsk Tech from the Faculty of Chemistry. PLN 350,000 were allocated to each of the distinguished scientists for the...
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2021-04-27
Gdańsk Tech is a leader in 4 areas of Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2021
THE Impact ranking is the only global ranking that is based on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In the latest edition of the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2021, Gdańsk University of Technology has been classified in the overall ranking and in eight individual Sustainable Development Goals. The Sustainable Development Goals is an action plan for the...
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2021-04-26
Computational model for estimating the risk of a company's insolvency
Scientists from the Faculty of Management and Economics have developed formulae to calculate the risk of corporate insolvency. It is enough to enter the annual financial results of the company, and the model will calculate to what extent the company is at risk of bankruptcy. Forecasting the risk of bankruptcy of companies is one of the main challenges of modern research in economics and...
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2021-04-26
Artificial intelligence in female hands
Agnieszka Mikołajczyk, a PhD student from the Faculty of Electrical and Control Engineering, conducts research on AI algorithms and their Explainable AI. She is the originator and designer of an application that, if installed on a mobile phone, can diagnose skin nevi in terms of neoplastic changes. Already during her engineering studies, she knew that she wanted to associate her scientific...
