Center for Innovation and Business Development

Project aim: DIATOMIC aims to establish a sustainable ecosystem to facilitate AME/SSI-based innovation in the health, agrifood and manufacturing sectors, all of which are under-digitized and of prime importance for society and the economy.
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About the project: DIATOMIC ecosystem draws from the advanced technological excellence of the DIATOMIC consortium to execute three sector-specific cross-border Application Experiments to help technology adopters, end-users and smart solution developers realise tangible benefits of digitization. In-house excellence in dissemination is leveraged to ignite further ideation of digital products, processes and business models from non-tech SMEs and midcaps; thus promoting interest in experimentation with AME and SSI.
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At the heart of the ecosystem, three interconnected sector-specific Digital Innovation Hubs (DIH) pulsate to accelerate digitization in-beat with sector-specific needs, and to enable delivery of AME/SSI based applications to a critical mass of customers. DIHs first assist non-tech companies to couple with counterparts across the EU with complementary technological competencies. Then, acting as a one-stop-shop, they offer the teams (i) strong technological support to accelerate design, development, prototyping and manufacturing and (ii) business support to develop solutions with a robust product/market fit.
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Two open calls are organised to attract and select the best of the best consortia, consisting of tech adopters, tech providers and Competence Centers. Application Experiments will be funded to generate AME/SSI-based products, processes and business models with strong market potential.
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DIATOMIC delivers the structure and three instances of sector-specific DIHs, +75 Competence Center, +20 application experiments, along with a validated ecosystem sustainability plan.
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DIATOMIC consortium is a fusion between: technological research centers (IPA, IPN and BIOS), CCs (INTRA, LIB and SYN), innovation consulting (INO), SMEs community (F6S) and investors (FASTT).
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Milica Trajković

Milica Brkić is a researcher at the Biosense Institute and a doctoral student of Informatics with a Bachelor in Mathematics and a Master diploma in Data science obtained at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia. During her doctoral studies, she spent the summer semester at the University of Coimbra in Portugal where she studied as a scholarship holder of the Erasmus+ Exchange Program. Since November 2018 Milica has been working as a teaching assistant at the Faculty of Sciences, she is responsible for the Programming for data science course. Her research focuses on the application of machine learning in agriculture. She was a part of the BioSense team that developed a novel algorithm for the classification of maize hybrids tolerant to drought and heat stress, which won the third prize at the Syngenta Crop Challenge in Analytics 2019.

Milica Brkić

Sanja Antic was born on January 29, 1987, in Novi Sad. Laza Kostic High School finished in 2006. That same year, he enrolled at the Faculty of Agriculture in Novi Sad, where he is currently an advanced university student. From June 2011 to November 2011, she worked as an associate in office work in the Tourism Organization of Vojvodina, Novi Sad. From November 2011 to July 2012, she worked at Victoria Logistics as an office assistant in the administration. From May 2013 to May 2019, she worked in the Free Customs Zone Novi Sad as a reference for the calculation of the services of manipulation and leasing. In May 2019, he started working at the BioSense Institute - Research and Development Institute for Information Systems of Biosystems as a business secretary.

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Sanja Antić

Ivana Omazić was born on the 6th of January 1990 in Novi Sad, Serbia. Ivana received her Bachelor of Law degree in 2017 from University Business Academy in Novi Sad - Faculty of Law. From May 2013 to September 2013, she worked in Triglav insurance as Advisor for life insurance. From September 2013 to March 2018, she worked in a Free customs zone in Novi Sad as an Office Assistant. Ivana learns the Arabic language for 5 years. From March 2018 she starts working in BioSense Institute – Institute for research and Development of information technologies in biosystems, as an Office Manager.

Ivana Omazić

Ms. Gorana Lisjuk (F), is employed as a financial - accounting analyst for international projects at Financial Department in BioSense Institute. She is a University of Novi Sad graduate, obtaining her BA degree at the Faculty of Economics, Department of European Economics and Business. She joined the BioSense team in 2016 as an Innovation and Business Development assistant where she gained experience in proposal writing, project implementation, administration and financial management, preparation of financial reports and preparation and submission of deliverables.

Gorana Lisjuk

Bojana Smiljanić was born on 6th December 1990. in Bjelovar, Croatia. She finished high school "Pavle Savić", Novi Sad in 2009. In 2009 she enrolled at the University of Natural Resources and Life Scientist, Vienna. Four years later, she returned to Novi Sad and continued studies at Higher school of professional business studies - the department of financial business and accounting. On 24th June 2016 she graduated from Higher school of professional business studies. She continued her further education at Fimek - Faculty of economic and engineering management. During her studies she carried out the training at NLB bank. On 25th December 2017 she graduated from Fimek - Faculty of economics and engineering management and validated the graduation paper on the thesis: "The strategic management of the organization in the case of the market positioning".

Bojana Smiljanić

Dr Radonic received a PhD in electronics in 2010 at University of Novi Sad. He authored and co-authored 2 book chapters, 30 journal papers, more than 60 conference papers, 10 technical solutions, and has more than 440 citations. Dr Radonić was the project leader in four Serbian national projects, one project financed by European Bank for Research and Development, one Bilateral project between Serbia and Slovenia, project financed by Good Food Institute, USA and WP leader in one FP7 project–InnoSense and one H2020 project–ANTARES. He participates in a number of research FP6, FP7, H2020, COST, EUREKA, IPA projects. He is a member of IEEE and MAGEO (Microwaves in Agriculture, Environment and Earth Observation) groups and was a member of Technical Program Committees of EUROCON (Computer as Tool, 2015) conference, Salamanca, Spain and Sensordevices conference 2019, Nice, France. Steering committee member of the BioSense Institute 2015-2020, and the vice president of Scientific council of the BioSense Institute 2015-2020. From 2022, he is the assistant director for science. Reviewer in different scientific journals: Scientific Reports, Lab-on-Chip, IEEE Sensors Journal, MDPI Sensors, MDPI Electronics, Sensors and Actuators B, IEEE Wireless and component letters, Electronic letters, etc. The main expertise of Dr Radonic is microfluidics, sensors development (microwave, optical, microfluidic sensors and biosensors), electronic, RF and microwave passive components (filters, coupler, diplexer, etc.), antennas and RFID systems, periodical and artificial materials, fabrication technologies, measurements and characterization.

Vasa Radonić

Snezana Djuric, Senior Research Associate, received PhD from the Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Power, Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering (Electronic) in 2013. Her research interests are bioelectronics systems, sensors, energy storage and energy harvesting, inductive systems and components.

Snežana Đurić

Slobodan Birgermajer is research associate in the Center for Sensing Technologies at the BioSense Institute. Mr. Birgermajer received his PhD in microware electronics form the Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, in 2019. He is currently working on development and application of the sensors in agriculture, food industry, and environmental monitoring, and he is actively involved in many H2020 projects such as ANTARES, IPANEMA SHealty, etc. His main research interest includes microwave passive devices, photonic crystals, microfluidic sensors, and 3D and 4D printing.

Slobodan Birgermajer

Dr. Jovan Matovic is the principal scientist in BIOSENSE Institute. Dr. Matovic has a PhD in applied physics, MSc in material science and BS in mechanical engineering. Work of Dr. Matovic covers sensor and instrument design, novel materials and µ-fluidics. Dr Matovic received awards from European Space Agency for novel solution for satellite thermal management in 2004 and winning Challenge at Nature &amp; Cleveland Clinic, for novel neurosurgery instrument "Avoidance of Blood Vessels During Insertion of Medical Probes” in the amount of 30.000$ in 2012. Dr Matovic has over 1100 and citations and was project manager in multiple Austrian and EU projects i-10 index 25

Jovan Matović

Goran Kitić works at the position of the Head of the Center for Sensing Technologies within the BioSense Institute. He received a PhD degree from the Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia in 2016 on the subject of microwave soil moisture sensors. Goran Kitić developed experience in the field of different fabrication technologies (LTCC, thin&amp;thick film technology, microfabrication, PCB, wire bonding, machining, and 3D printing) and characterization methods (electron microscopy, EDS spectroscopy, UV/Vis spectroscopy, optical profilometry, electrical measurements). His research interests are related to the development of sensors applied in agriculture, food sector and environmental protection. Some of the developed sensor prototypes involve a multispectral sensor for plant status assessment, soil moisture sensor, a device for early mastitis detection, nitrates in water detector. Besides stated, he is heavily involved in the development of a robotic system for soil sampling and analysis. His research work resulted in seven international journal publications, and numerous papers published on international conferences. During his research career, he was involved in 13 international and national projects.

Goran Kitić

In 2009, Georges Dubourg received the engineer degree in electronics from the University of Sciences and Technologies in Bordeaux, France. Afterwards, he received his Ph.D degree in microelectronic from the University of Bordeaux in 2012. During his Ph.D thesis, he introduced a new activity in the IMS laboratory concerning organic MEMS for biosensing applications. From 2013 to 2014, he worked in the flied of microfluidic as a postdoctoral research fellow in the Institute of Electronics, Microelectronics and Nanotechnology (IEMN) at the University of Lille, France. Then he undertook postdoctoral research in Serbia at the University of Novi Sad before taking up his current senior researcher position at BioSense Institute in which he has launched from scratch a new research activity in the field of flexible electronic and sensors. His research interests include the design, fabrication and characterization of flexible sensors and microfluidic devices for biomedical application. From 2018, Georges is project coordinator of CISTEM project (H2020‐MSCA‐RISE‐2017) which aims to develop a new generation of organ-on-chip for modeling cardiovascular diseases.

Georges Dubourg

Csaba Petes received his MSc degree in 2017 from the Faculty of Technical Sciences, Department of microprocessor systems and algorithms, University of Novi Sad, Serbia. His Master thesis: Remote control of moving vehicles using DTMF codes and the video signal on large and small distances.
Csaba received his BSc degree at the Faculty of Technical Sciences, Department of Microcomputer Electronics, where he graduated in 2014. Graduation thesis: Development and implementation of program "Paint" on embedded system. After his college, he founded his own company (Sept 2013), the Consulting Agency Starprofit which represented the Güttler GmbH in Serbia and other foreign companies on Serbian market, mostly in agriculture business.
In parallel he worked as a sales manager and as a teacher of the High School "Mihajlo Pupin" and Technical School in Bečej from October 2014 until September 2017. Now he works at the Biosense Institute on Embedded software and robotics systems. He is on more projects (Antares, MIMA, AgroboFood, WaQuMoS) .
In those projects, Csaba Petes take part primarily in the development of analog and digital electronics for read-out system, design PCB layouts, realization PCB prototypes, supporting the overall design of the robot, integration and signal processing.
Contact address: petes.csaba@gmail.com or chaba@biosense.rs

Čaba Peteš

Dr Branimir Bajac (M), researcher at BioSense institute, received the Ph.D. degrees in 2017 at the University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technology Novi Sad, Serbia, in field of materials engineering. Author and co-author of more than 30 papers in international journals and conferences and 1 book chapter. His PhD involves research in ceramic multiferroic thin films, but his current scientific interests are in fields of metal-oxide gas sensors, biopolymers and optical gas sensors in smart food packaging. Experienced in various material procesing techniques and film deposition, characterization of their structural and functional properties. In the last 5 years a member of two H2020 projects (Shealthy, PROTEIN), two COST projects, one EUREKA, and two national Serbian project.

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Branimir Bajac

Maša Mimica works as a Project Manager at BioSense Institute, covering two equally important fields – H2020 financial management and project management of cascade funding projects. She has extensive experience in financial reporting at the project level, portfolio of 17M€ with a proven track-record in planning, reporting and analysis of business needs and other financial aspects of the Institute. Maša as part of Business Development Department collaborates with other cross-finance teams in driving strategic decisions and ongoing operations.
In parallel, Maša acts as a Project Manager for cascade funded sub-projects, previously in FP7 and now in H2020 programme. Thus, she has a vast experience in tailor-made innovation and acceleration activities, which led to market positioning and expansion of more than 150 SMEs, cross-cutting IT and agricultural sectors.
Maša has strong background in multinational environment, where working with different stakeholders across the board in various industries, contributed to the development of her business and interpersonal skills.

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Maša Mimica

Sanja Brdar is a senior researcher and head of the Centre for Information Technologies at BioSense Institute. She received a PhD degree from the University of Novi Sad in 2016. Prior to starting her PhD studies, she spent two years working in the software industry with a major in databases design and development. In 2010 she was awarded a ten-month Basileus fellowship for joining the Bioinformatics Laboratory at University of Ljubljana which set the foundations for the PhD thesis on data/knowledge fusion in bioinformatics. Currently, she is actively involved in many projects including H2020 Antares, Dragon, Bestmap and Flexigrobots and teaches two master level courses at Faculty of Sciences. Her research interests include machine learning, explainable AI and bioinformatics. She works on ensemble methods, data fusion, clustering, and predictive modelling with applications in biology, agriculture, environmental sciences and health. She enjoys participating in worldwide data science challenges and with the team of researchers made significant results: placed third in Nokia Mobile Data Challenge (2012), finalist of Orange, France, Data for Development Challenge (2013), finalist/winner/third place of Syngenta Crop Challenge (2016, 2017, 2019) and finalist of UNDP Depopulation challenge (2020).

Sanja Brdar

Predrag Matavulj is a doctoral student of Informatics with strong knowledge in probability theory and statistics, numerical optimization, machine learning and neural networks, most of which he acquired during his Bachelor studies in Mathematics and Master studies in Data Science at Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad. While working on his Master’s thesis, in March 2018, Predrag started his work as a junior researcher at BioSense Institute, where he utilized deep learning techniques to identify and classify bioaerosols. Since November 2018 Predrag has been teaching deep learning as a teaching assistant responsible for the Data Science Master’s course at the Faculty of Sciences. He is involved in several national and international projects including Antares, Dragon, agROBOfood, PROMIS.

Predrag Matavulj

Miloš Pandžić is a Junior Research Assistant whose interest includes several research fields: Earth observation, remote sensing, image processing and data analytics. He is currently enrolled as a PhD student of Geodesy and Geoinformatics at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Belgrade, where he also obtained his master and bachelor degree. In 2015 he received scholarship from the Government of Austria (OeAD) and spent 4 months at TU Vienna where he analysed geometric quality of Sentinel-2 satellite multispectral images. Outcome of this work was his master thesis. After graduation he worked at the Finnish Geospatial Research Institute (FGI) on several projects funded by Academy of Finland and European Space Agency (ESA). His main occupation was segmentation and change detection in satellite imagery related to agricultural activity, urbanization and deforestation. In 2018 he joined BioSense Institute where he works on data fusion of optical and radar images for yield prediction, crop classification, crop monitoring, etc. He is involved in several national and international projects including Antares, Cybele, Dragon, PARSEC, agROBOfood.

Miloš Pandžić

Dejan Pavlović is a researcher at BioSense Institute and a PhD student of System Control and Signal Processing at School of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade. His research interests cover signal processing and machine learning application, particularly focused on the field of precision agriculture. Dejan received his bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from the Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad and master’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from School of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade. He is currently working in the field of data analytics developing an algorithm for the classification of multiple-behaviour patterns in cattle using Convolutional Neural Networks. He is actively involved in many projects, including Horizon 2020 projects, Antares and Dragon.

Dejan Pavlović

Branislav Pejak is a PhD student of Electrical Engineering at the Faculty of Technical Sciences, the University of Novi Sad, where he also received his BSc (2017) and MSc (2018) in the field of Biomedical Engineering. During his bachelor and master studies, he held a scholarship from the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Republic of Serbia. Since March 2018, Branislav has been working as a Junior Research Assistant at the Center for Information Technologies, BioSense Institute. His main research is data analytics on satellite images. Currently he is working on crop classification and crop yield prediction using time series of multispectral images and GAN machine learning framework. Within the project he is also working on many practical usages of ICT in agriculture such as smart soil sampling and fertilization, irrigation zone mapping, grain yield and protein content prediction etc. He is actively involved in many Horizon 2020 projects including Antares, Cybele, Dragon and AgRoboFood.

Branislav Pejak

Isidora Simović is a senior researcher at BioSense Institute. She did her PhD at the Faculty of Forestry in Belgrade, observing morphology, phenology, and anatomy of trees in various habitats. She is currently working on application of remote sensing techniques in the monitoring of climate and anthropogenic impacts on natural and urban ecosystems.

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Isidora Simović

Dr Branko Sikoparija is Associate Research Professor at the BioSense Institute., Head of Center for biosystems and quality manager (ISO17025) in the Laboratory for palynology University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences. His research focus is aerobiology and currently he is interested in development real-time detection and identification of bioaerosols. Branko Sikoparija is an accomplished writer and reviewer for multiple scientific research journals. Serves as Associate Editor for Aerobiologia. He coordinates the RealForAll network of automated bioaerosol monitors on the Pannonian plain. He is also an active member of the EUMETNET AutoPollen programme, vice chair of the COST Action CA18226, and the chair of the European Aerobiology Society Working Group for Quality Control and principal investigator in the BREATHE project financed in the PROMIS call Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia.

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Branko Šikoparija

Bojana Ivošević is working on utilizing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) for efficient monitoring of croplands, freshwaters, and terrains. She hails from a background in biology and ecology. She initiated her PhD in Kyungpook National University, South Korea, where she gained 2 years of experience with UAVs. She continued to pursue her field of interest at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia. Her current research focus is to implement UAV technology in precision agriculture to calculate vegetation indices important for agricultural crop yield production, disease detection and crop management. She is also interested in enforcing UAVs for animal detection and counting, monitoring algae bloom, land cover classification, and seasonal effects on the ecosystems.

Bojana Ivošević

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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No. 761809.


Horizon 2020

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BioSense Institute (Institute for Research and Development of Information Technology in Biosystems) is a leading Serbian Digital Innovation Hub (DIH) focused on bringing together various stakeholders from industry, field of research, entrepreneurial community and the general public. As such, BioSense acts as a one-stop-shop, providing competitive services and introducing digital innovations while connecting research, entrepreneurship, science and market-ready solutions.

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Since the DIH ecosystem in Serbia and the region is still in the early stages, BioSense works towards fulfilling its mission of bringing digital solutions to the broad farm-to-fork value chain. This is achieved by capitalizing on the strong technical talent, its scientific excellence and its understanding of the market. By using these three aspects, various activities are undertaken by BioSense staff while supporting the development of new in-house solutions, as well as those coming from the community built around the Institute. Innovations supported by BioSense are explored among farmers, advisory services, entrepreneurs, high schools, university graduates and professors. The lean multi actor approach allows for innovation to be deeply knitted into various parts of society while allowing our stakeholders to contribute to the way we innovate by giving us valuable feedback and needs for further advancement.

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Three types of services are at the core of BioSense DIH activity: business, technical and ecosystem. In addition, ongoing training, and skill development, perceived as DIHs umbrella activity, is equally targeting all three core pillars. This means that external parties can receive support while developing their technical solution, receiving business advice, or by being introduced to relevant partners and communities. These services are delivered through different activities, both project-based and commercial. In achieving so, the <a href="/en/collaborate/living-lab?id=88">PA4ALL Living Lab</a> facilities can be an enabling environment for prototyping, while the <a href="/en/collaborate/biosense-accelerator?id=1827">BioSense Accelerator</a> offers guidance for AgTech entrepreneurs in the early idea stage.

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Activities and accomplishments of BioSense DIH have been recognized both in Serbia and internationally. Since 2015, BioSense has been involved in some of the largest DIH based projects such as, IoF2020, SmartAgriHubs, agROBOfood and DIATOMIC. Our DIH is also part of <a href="https://smartanythingeverywhere.eu/">Smart anything anywhere</a> initiative, supporting SMEs with access to funding and expertise. In addition, the Institute works with large multi-national corporate stakeholders from various industries such as computer software, gaming and insurance, national bodies such as the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy and the Cabinet of the Prime Minister as well as with citizens, farmers, educational institutions, other DIHs, policy makers, etc. Through these projects and activities, BioSense has not only contributed to digitizing the Serbian society but has also made a Europe-wide impact and continues to work on pioneering technologies and solutions.

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If you are interested in learning more about BioSense DIH, want to know more about the services offered or would like to cooperate with us, you can reach us Trajkovic[at] <a href="https://api.biosens.rs/en/employees/milica-trajkovic-2/">biosense.rs</a>.

Digital Innovation Hubs

Launch your AgTech idea!

BioSense Accelerator is an intensive 3-month program that targets early-stage AgTech startups and acts as a bridge between science and business. It is an excellent opportunity for startups to bring their bold AgTech ideas to life, grow, fast track their journey, and solve key challenges in the agrifood sector. The accelerator is the only one in the country that provides support to domestic and regional IT entrepreneurs focused on creating innovative and groundbreaking digital solutions for agriculture.
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The first batch of BioSense Accelerator started in October 2019 and over the course of three months that were jam-packed with interactive workshops and bespoke trainings, 8 teams mastered multiple skills: how to develop a business idea, define a business model, identify the needs of future users and conduct detailed analysis of the market and competition. Top-notch tech and business support, as well as guidance from industry and technology experts brought startups and their ideas to the next level. In the second batch (2020), we are joining forces with EFSE Fund and the best B2B accelerator in Europe, Startup Wise Guys.
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Besides a comprehensive support, BioSense Accelerator has given the teams a get-ready guide for fundraising, and startups that participated in the first batch raised 140K Euros over a period of six months.
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The idea of BioSense Accelerator is to boost entrepreneurial mentality in our country and subsequently, that will lead to economic growth and development. The goal is also to motivate regional IT entrepreneurs to be bold and create their own products.
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BioSense Accelerator

Exact measurement of soil moisture is of crucial importance in agriculture, since proper growth, development, and maintenance of the plants significantly depend on soil water content.

We have developed microwave soil moisture sensor based on phase shift method, which relies on the phase shift of a sinusoidal signal propagating along the sensor element which is heavily influenced by moisture content of the surrounding soil. The main advantages of the sensor originate from its operating principle and optimal operating frequency. Since the phase shift method measures phase and not the amplitude of the signal, the measurement results are more immune to the noise. By choosing optimal operating frequency in the microwave range, it is possible to neglect the influence of soil electrical conductivity. In this manner, it is achieved that the sensor is more independent from soil type in comparison to the state-of-the-art solutions and the need for its calibration is reduced.

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The sensor is made of robust parts without consumable components, which enables its long-lasting operation with performances stable over time. Supporting electronics enables economical operation suitable for Internet of Things (IoT) concept, integration in wireless sensors networks as well as in systems for automatic irrigation.

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The porous matrix within the sensor maintains hydrodynamic equilibrium with surrounding soil, thereby conveying a realistic state of the moisture content to the sensor element, and, at the same time, enabling excellent contact with the sensor element. By introduction of the relation between retention curve of the porous matrix and sensor output, it is possible the measure soil matric potential, which represents the best indicator of the water available to the plants. In addition, a temperature sensor is integrated within the soil moisture sensor leading to a hybrid solution offering measurement of three parameters, moisture, matric potential and temperature at the same time.

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Microwave Soil Moisture Sensor

Optical sensing and measurements methods in agriculture, environmental monitoring, and food processing are convenient and widely accepted, since many biosystem fingerprints resign in the optical part of the spectrum. Optical wavelengths used in sensing, cover a wide band of electromagnetic radiation, starting from infrared radiation (20 - 0.8 µm), visible light (800 - 400 nm), and ending in ultraviolet (400 - 10 nm). Since each spectral band has different fields of application, we exploit all spectral bands.

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Infrared radiation stimulates vibrations of larger molecules, which include most organic compounds, and thus provides vital information on the composition of a food, as well as the presence of pesticides and toxins in food and feed. In other words, the infrared analysis is the workhorse in organic material analysis, however the analytical instruments are still expensive and bulky. Therefore, we develop new, low-cost infrared detectors and work on their integration in small infrared spectrometers.

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On the other hand, spectral signatures of plants are primarily related to the visible part of the spectrum, and they provide important information about the plant status and stress, and consequently about the soil. In that sense, we have developed an optical instrument for measurement of plant status based on the plant reflectance at four wavelengths, in visible and near infrared spectra.
Moreover, ultraviolet and visible part of spectrum are very indicative for the water and liquid food quality analysis. We develop an instrument for detection of pollutant and biochemical contamination of water in ultraviolet spectrum at 380 nm. Moreover, we focus on the development of sensors for juices adulteration detection, which will operate in the range 400-700 nm.

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WaQuMoS - Water Quality Monitoring System with Multi-Parameter IoT Sensor Nodes for
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DIATOMIC Digital Innovation Hubs boosting European Microelectronics Industry H2020-ICT 2016-2017/H2020-ICT-2016-2MIMA, Diatomic

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Development of the device for measurement and mapping of nitrogen as the most important parameter in sustainable agriculture, contract no. 114-451-2794/2016-03, funded by Provincial Secretariat for Higher Education and Scientific Research of Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia.

Optical sensors

Precise plant status assessment is one of the biggest challenges for agronomists, farmers and horticulturists. The human eye can notice certain changes in the plant such as curly leaves, yellow or brown leaves, or specs on the plant, but it is usually too late at that time. BioSense has developed Plant-O-Meter, a device that observes plants outside the visible part of the spectrum and is able to notice if they are under stress and how healthy they are.

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Plant-O-Meter analyzes the plants by sequentially emitting pulse trains of different wavelengths (infrared, red, green and blue) from its multispectral source and on its detector, receives a spectrum that is reflected from the plant. Over 100 measurements for each wavelength are averaged and sent via a bluetooth connection to a smartphone that calculates more than 20 optical vegetation indices and georeference the measurement results. As a result of this procedure, maps of all available optical vegetation indices by Plant-O-Meter are generated. This type of maps represents valuable information used to create fertilization prescription maps, predict yield, determine the level of chlorophyll in plants, notice changes in vegetation on time and much more.

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Plant-O-Meter is suitable both for handheld and agricultural machinery applications, and thus has a wide range of potential users. Potentially low price in the market and simple use combined with precise mapping of crop status make this device a reliable and affordable solution for small and medium-sized farmers who want to apply the concept of precision agriculture.

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Development of the device for measurement and mapping of nitrogen as the most important parameter in sustainable agriculture, contract no. 114-451-2794/2016-03, funded by Provincial Secretariat for Higher Education and Scientific Research of Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia.

Plant-O-Meter - low-cost portable multispectral optical device for precise plant status assessment

DIATOMIC- Digital Innovation Hubs boosting European Microelectronics Industry

Centar za inovacije i razvoj poslovanja

Cilj projekta: DIATOMIC ima za cilj uspostavljanje održivog ekosistema kako bi se olakšale i podržale Advanced Micro- Electronics/Smart System Integration (AME/SSI) inovacije u sektorima zdravlja, poljoprivrede i proizvodnje, koji su nedovoljno digitalizovani i od krucijalne važnosti za društvo i ekonomiju.
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Opis projekta: DIATOMIC ekosistem se oslanja na naprednu tehnološku izvrsnost samog DIATOMIC konzorcijuma kako bi sproveo tri prekogranična eksperimenta za svaki od ovih sektora koji će daljim korisnicima tehnologija, krajnjim korisnicima i programerima pametnih rešenja približiti opipljive koristi digitalizacije.
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U srcu ekosistema, tri međusobno povezana hub-a (zdravlje, poljoprivreda I proizvodnja) za digitalne inovacije (Digital Innovation Hub) imaju za cilj da pomognu ubrzanje digitalizacije u skladu sa potrebama sektora i omoguće isporuku aplikacija zasnovanih na AME/SSI do kritične mase, tj. krajnjih korisnika.
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DIH prvo pomaže “ne-tehnološkim” kompanijama da se povežu sa kolegama širom EU sa sličnim tehnološkim kompetencijama. Zatim, delujući kao platforma “ONE STOP SHOP &#8211; Sve na jednom mestu”, timovima nude (i) jaku tehničku podršku za dizajn, razvijanje, izrade prototipa i produkciju i (ii) biznis podršku za razvijanje rešenja koje odgovora zahtevima tržišta.
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Ideja je da se kroz dva otvorena poziva privuku i odaberu najbolji od najboljih konzorcijuma, koji se sastoje od ranih korisnika tehnologije, IT kompanija i Centara za kompetenciju. Odabrani Eksperimenti će biti finansirani od strane projekta da kreiraju AME/SSI proizvode/rešenja, procese i bizinis modele sa snažnim tržišnim potencijalom.
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DIATOMIC pruža strukturu tri instance/sektor specifična DIH-ova, +75 Centara za kompetenciju, +20 Eksperimenata, zajedno sa planom održivosti ekosistema.
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DIATOMIC konzorcijum je spoj između: tehnoloških istraživačkih centara (IPA, IPN and BIOS), Centara za kompetenciju (INTRA, LIB and SYN), inovativne konsultantske kuće (INO), Zajednice malih i srednjih preduzeća (F6S) i investitora (FASTT).
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Goran Kitić je zaposlen na poziciji Rukovodioca centra za senzorske tehnologije na Institutu BioSens. Doktorirao je na Fakultetu tehničkih nauka, na Univerzitetu u Novom Sadu 2016. godine na temu mikrotalasnih senzora vlažnosti zemljišta. Goran Kitić ima iskustva u oblastima raznih tehnologija fabrikacije (LTCC, debeloslojna i tankoslojna tehnologija, mikrofabrikacija, PCB, wire bonding, mašinska obrada i 3D štampa) i metoda karakterizacije (elektronska mikroskopija, EDS spektoroskopija, UV/Vis spektroskopija, optička profilometrija, električna merenja). Njegova istraživanja su u vezi sa razvojem senzora koji svoju primenu imaju u poljoprivredi, prehrambenom sektoru i zaštiti životne sredine. Neki od razvijenih prototipa senzora uključuju multispektralni senzor za utvrđivanje statusa biljaka, senzor vlažnosti zemljišta, uređaj za rano otkrivanje mastitisa, detektor nitrata u vodi. Pored navedenog, u velikoj meri je uključen u razvoj robotskog sistema za uzorkovanje i analizu zemljišta. Njegovo istraživanje je publikovano u 7 međunarodnih časopisa, i brojnim radovima objavljenim na međunarodnim konferencijama. Tokom svoje karijere, učestvovao je u 13 međunarodnih i nacionalnih projekata.

Milica Brkić je istraživač na Institutu Biosens i student doktorskih studija Informatike. Završila je osnovne studije matematike i master studije nauke o podacima na Prirodno-matematičkom fakultetu (PMF) u Novom Sadu. Tokom letnjeg semestra druge godine doktorskih studija kao stipendista Erasmus + programa razmene provela je na Univerzitetu u Koimbri, Portugal. Od novembra 2018. radi kao asistent u nastavi na master kursu Programiranje u nauci o podacima na PMF-u. Fokus njenog istraživanja je primena mašinskog učenja u poljoprivredi. Milica je bila deo tim BioSensa koji je razvio novi algoritam za klasifikaciju hibrida kukuruza koji si otporni na sušu i toplotni stress, i za koji su osvojili treću nagradu na Sindžentinom “Izazovu za useve” 2019. godine.

Sanja Antić je rođena 29. januara 1987. godine u Novom Sadu. Gimnaziju „Laza Kostić“ završila je 2006. godine. Iste godine, upisuje Poljoprivredni fakultet u Novom Sadu, na kom je trenutno apsolvent. Od juna 2011. do novembra 2011. radila je kao saradnik u kancelarijskim poslovima u turističkoj organizaciji Vojvodine, Novi Sad. Od novembra 2011. do jula 2012. godine radila je u kompaniji Victoria Logistic, kao pomoćni radnik u administraciji. Od maja 2013. do maja 2019. godine radila je u Slobodnoj carinskoj zoni Novi Sad kao referent obračuna usluga manipulacije i zakupa. U maju 2019. godine počinje da radi na Institutu BioSens, Istraživačko–razvojni institut za informacione tehnologije biosistema kao poslovni sekretar.

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Ivana Omazić je rođena 6. januara 1990. u Novom Sadu, Srbija. Ivana je 2017. godine diplomirala na Pravnom fakultetu Univerziteta u Novom Sadu. Od maja 2013. do septembra 2013. radila je u Triglav osiguranju kao savetnik za životno osiguranje. Od septembra 2013. do marta 2018. godine radila je u Slobodnoj carinskoj zoni u Novom Sadu kao kancelarijski asistent. Ivana uči arapski jezik 5 godina. Od marta 2018. godine počinje da radi u Institutu BioSens - Institutu za istraživanje i razvoj informacionih tehnologija u biosistemima, kao menadžer kancelarije direktora.

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Gorana Lisjuk zaposlena je kao finansijsko-računovodstveni analitičar za međunarodne projekte u Finansijskoj službi Instituta BioSens. Diplomirala je na Univerzitetu u Novom Sadu, na Ekonomskom fakultetu, smer Evropska ekonomija i biznis. BioSens timu se pridružila 2016. godine kao asistent za inovacije i razvoj poslovanja, gde je stekla iskustvo u pisanju predloga projekata, implementaciji, administraciji i finansijskom upravljanju, pripremi finansijskih izveštaja i rezultata.

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Rođena je 6. decembra 1990 godine u Bjelovaru, Republika Hrvatska. Srednju školu “Pavle Savić” je završila u Novom Sadu 2009. godine. Iste godine, upisala je Fakultet prirodnih nauka u Beču, Austriji.
Četiri godine kasnije, vratila se u Novi Sad, gde je završila Visoku poslovnu školu strukovnih studija, smer finansijsko poslovanje i računovodtsvo. 24. juna 2016. godine je diplomirala na visokoj poslovnoj školi u Novom Sadu. Nakon toga, nastavila je studije na Fimeku – Fakultet za ekonomiju i inženjerski menadžment u Novom Sadu. U toku studija, radila je praksu u NLB banci. 25. decembra 2017. godine je diplomirala na temu: “Strategijski menadžmet organizacije koja uči na primeru tržišnog pozicioniranja.” Od 2018. radi na Institutu BioSens u finansijskoj službi.

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Dr Radonić je doktorirao iz oblasti elektronike 2010. godine na Univerzitetu u Novom Sadu. Autor je 2 poglavlja u knjizi, 30 radova u naučnim časopisima, više od 60 konferencijskih radova, 10 tehničkih rešenja i ima više od 440 citata. Dr Radonić je bio rukovodilac na četiri nacionalna projekta, jednom projektu koji je finansirala Evropska banka za istraživanje i razvoj, jednom bilateralnom projektu između Srbije i Slovenije, projektu koji je finansirao Good Food Institute iz SAD-a i vođa radnog paketa u jednom FP7 projektu – Innosens i jednom H2020 – Antares. Učestvovao je u brojnim istraživačkim projektima iz programa FP6, FP7, H2020, COST, Eureka, IPA. Član je grupa IEEE i MAGEO (Mikrotalasi u poljoprivredi, životnoj sredini i posmatranju Zemlje) i član tehničkih programskih odbora konferencije EUROCON (Computer as a Tool, 2015), Salamanka, Španija i Sensodevice konferencije 2019, Nica, Francuska. Član upravnog odbora Instituta BioSense od 2015-2020 i potpredsednik Naučnog veća Instituta BioSense 2015-2020. Od 2022 obavlja funkciju pomoćnika direktora za nauku. Recenzent u mnogim naučnim časopisima: Scientific Reports, Lab-on-Chip, IEEE Sensors Journal, MDPI Sensors, MDPI Electronics, Sensors and Actuators B, IEEE Wireless and component letters, Electronic letters, etc. Oblast naučnog istraživanja dr Radonića je mikrofluidika, razvoj senzora (mikrotalasni, optički, mikrofluidni senzori i biosenzori), elektronskih, RF i mikrotalasnih pasivnih komponenti (filteri, spojnica, diplekser itd.), antena i RFID sistema, periodični i veštački materijali, tehnologije fabrikacije, merenja i karakterizacija.

Snežana Đurić, viši naučni saradnik, je doktorirala na Fakultetu tehničkih nauka, Univerzitet u Novom Sadu, Energetika, elektronika i telekomunikacije (Elektronika) 2013. godine. Oblasti interesovanja su bioelektronski sistemi, senzori, skladištenje i prikupljanje energije, induktivni sistemi i komponente.

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Slobodan Birgermajer je naučni saradnik u Centru za Senzorske Tehnologije pri Institutu BioSens. Doktorat iz mikrotalasne elektronike odbranio je 2019. godine na Fakultetu Tehničkoih Nauka, Univerziteta u Novom Sadu. Trenutno radi na razvoju i primeni senzora u poljprivredi, prehrambenoj industriji i monitoringu životne sredine, i aktivno je uključena na više međunarodnih projekata iz poziva H2020, kao što su ANTARES, SHEALTY, IPANEMA, i drugi. Takođe, domen istraživanja obuhvata razvoj i fabrikaciju mikrotalasnih pasivnih kola, fotonskih kristala, mikrofludinih senzora, kao i 3D i 4D tehnologiju štampe.

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Dr. Matović je doktorirao u oblasti primenjene fizike, magistrirao u oblasti nauke o materijalima i diplomirao mašinstvo. Istrživački rad dr Matovića pokriva dizajn senzora i instrumenata, nove materijale i µ-fluidnike. Dr Matović je dobio nagrade Evropske svemirske agencije za novo rešenje za satelitsko upravljanje toplotom 2004. godine i dobitnik nagrade na takmičenju održanom u klinici Nature &amp; Cleveland, za novi neurohirurški instrument „Izbegavanje krvnih sudova tokom umetanja medicinskih sondi“ u iznosu od 30.000 američkih dolara. Dr Matovic ima preko 1100 citata i učestvovao je u mnogobrojnim evropskim projektima.

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Georges Dubourg је zaposlen u Institutu BioSens од 16. oktobra 2015. godine. Prethodno je bio zaposlen na Fakultetu tehničkih nauka, na Departmanu za energetiku, elektroniku i telekomunikacije, od septembra 2014. godine kao saradnik na FP7 projektu InnoSense. Od januara 2013. do jula 2014. godine radio je kao posle doktorski istaživač na Institutu za elektroniku, mikro i nanoelektroniku (IEMN) na Univerzitetu u Lilu (Francuska). Doktorske studije završio je na Univerzitetu u Bordou (Francuska), gde je radio kao istraćivač u laboratoriji Integracija: od Materijala do Sistema (IMS). U toku svog dosadašnjeg rada, dr Georges Dubourg se prvenstveno bavio naučnim istaživanjima u oblasti mikroelektronike i mikrofabrikacionih tehnologija, gde je ostvario zapažene rezultate na međunarodnom nivou. Takođe, učestvovao je u izvođenju auditornih i laboratorijskih vežbi kao asistent u nastavi od 2010. do 2012. na Univerzitetu u Bordou (Francuska) na nekoliko predmeta iz oblasti elektronike i tehnologija mikrofabrikacije na osnovnim akademskim i master studijama. Sarađivao je sa studentima pri izradi obaveznih projekata, diplomskih i master završnih radova. Domen istraživanja obuhvataju razvoj i fabrikaciju fleksibilnih senzora, mikrofluidiku i razvoj platformi organ-na-čipu. Georges je koordinator Horizon2020 projekta CISTEM-GA 778354.

Csaba Petes je 2017. godine završio Master akademske studije na Univerzitetu u Novom Sadu, na Fakultetu tehničkih nauka, smer mikroprocesorski sistemi i algoritmi. Tema njegovog maser rada je bilo daljinsko upravljanje pokretnih vozila pomoću DTMF kodova i video signala na velike i male daljine. Osnovne akademske studije završio je 2014. godine na Univerzitetu u Novom Sadu, na Fakultetu tehničkih nauka, smer mikroračunarska elektronika, sa temom diplomskog rada : Razvoj i primena programa „Paint“ na embeded sistemu.
U među vremenu (septembar 2013) osnovao je sopstvenu kompaniju, konsultantsku agenciju „Starprofit“ koja je zastupala „Guttler GmbH“ u Srbiji i druge strane kompanije na srpskom tržištu, uglavnom u poljoprivrednom poslovanju. Paralelno radi kao menadžer prodaje i kao profesor stručnih predmeta u Elektrotehničkoj skoli „Mihajlo Pupin“ u Novom Sadu i u Tehničkoj školi u Bečeju od oktobra 2014. do septembra 2017. godine.
Od maja 2018. godine radi na Institutu Biosense, na embeded softveru i robotskim sistemima. Radi na više projekata (Antares, MIMA, AgroboFood, WaQuMoS), prvenstveno na razvoju analogne i digitalne elektronike za sistem očitavanja, na dizajniranju izgleda PCB-a, realizaciji prototipa PCB-a, podržavajući celokupan dizajn robota, integraciju i obradu signala. Kontakt adresa: petes.csaba@gmail.com ili chaba@biosense.rs

Dr Branimir Bajac (M), stariji istraživač na Institutu Biosens, doktorirao je 2017. godine na Univerzitetu u Novom Sadu, Tehnološki fakultet Novi Sad, Srbija, u oblasti inženjerstva materijala. Autor i koautor više od 30 radova u međunarodnim časopisima i konferencijama i jednog poglavlja o knjizi. Njegov doktorat obuhvata istraživanje keramičkih multiferoičnih tankih filmova, dok mu se trenutna naučna interesovanja nalaze u oblasti metal-oksidnih gasnih senzora, biopolimera i optičkih senzora gasova kod pametne ambalaže za hranu. Poseduje široko iskustvo u raznim tehnikama procesiranja materijala i depoziciji filmova, karakterizaciji njihovih strukturnih i funkcionalnih svojstava. U poslednjih 5 godina član dva H2020 projekta (SHealthy, PROTEIN), dva COST projekta, jednog EUREKA i dva nacionalna projekta republičkog ministarstva.

Maša Mimica radi kao projektni menadžer u Institutu Biosens na poslovima H2020 finansijskog menadžement ali i kao projektni menadžer podprojekata odabranih od strane Instituta. Ima bogato iskustvo iz finansijskog izveštavanja na projektnom nivou sa potfoliom od 17M€ i sa dokazanim iskustvom u planiranju, izveštavanju i analizi poslovnih potreba i drugim finansijskim aspektima Instituta. Maša kao deo Centra za inovacije i razvoj poslovanja sarađuje sa drugim odeljenjima u donošenju strateških odluka i rešavanju operativnih izazova
Paralelno s tim, Maša radi kao menadžer podprojekata finansiranih kaskadno, ranije u FP7, a sada u programu H2020. Kroz ovu vrstu poslova, stekla je veliko iskustvo u programima inovacija i akceleracije malih i srednjih preduzeća. Kroz projekte na kojima radi došlo je do pozicioniranja na tržištu i rasta više od 150 MSP, kako IT tako i poljoprivrednog sektora.
Maša ima iskustvo rada u multinacionalnom okruženju, gde je rad sa različitim stranama u raznim industrijama doprineo razvoju njenih poslovnih i međuljudskih veština.

Dr Sanja Brdar je naučni saradnik i rukovodilac Centra za informacione tehnologije na Institutu BioSense. Doktorirala je na Univerzitetu u Novom Sadu 2016. Pre početka doktorata provela je dve godine u softverskoj kompaniji u timu za razvoj baza podataka. Desetomesečnu Basileus stipendiju za istražvački boravak u Laboratoriji za bioinformatiku na Univerzitetu u Ljubljani dobila je 2010. godine i time postavila osnove za doktorat u oblasti fuzije podataka/znanja u bioinformatici. Aktivno je uključena u mnoge projekte, uključujući H2020 Antares, Dragon, Bestmap i Flekigrobots i predavač je na dva master predmeta na Prirodno-matematičkom fakultetu, smer Nauka o podacima. Njena istraživačka interesovanja uključuju mašinsko učenje, objašnjivu veštačku inteligenciju i bioinformatiku. Radi na ansambalskim metodama, fuziji podataka, klasterizaciji i prediktivnom modelovanju sa primenom u biologiji, poljoprivredi, životnoj sredini i javnom zdravlju. Učesnica je na svetskim izazovima iz nauke o podacima i sa timom istraživača postigla je značajne rezultate: treće mesto na Nokia Mobile Data Challenge (2012), finalista Orange France, Data for Development Challenge (2013), finalista / pobednik / treće mesto na Singenta Crop Challenge (2016, 2017, 2019) i finalista UNDP izazova depopulacije Srbije (2020).

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Predrag Matavulj je doktorand informatike sa znanjem u teoriji verovatnoće i statistici, numeričkoj optimizaciji, mašinskom učenju i neuronskim mrežama, od kojih je većinu stekao tokom osnovnih studija matematike i master studija nauke o podacima na PMF-u Novi Sad. Tokom rada na master tezi, Predrag je u martu 2018. godine započeo svoj rad kao mlađi istraživač na Institutu BioSense, gde je koristio tehnike dubokog učenja za identifikaciju i klasifikaciju bioaerosola. Od novembra 2018. Predrag predaje duboko učenje kao asistent u nastavi odgovoran za master kurs na smeru Data Science na PMF-u. Uključen je u nekoliko nacionalnih i međunarodnih projekata, uključujući Antares, Dragon, agROBOfood, PROMIS.

Miloš Pandžić je istraživač pripravnik čije interesovanje pokriva nekoliko istaživačkih oblasti: osmatranje Zemlje, daljinsku detekciju, obradu slike i analitiku podataka. Trenutno je student doktorskih studija odseka za Geodeziju i geoinformatiku na Građevinskom fakultetu, Univerziteta u Beogradu, gde je takođe završio i osnovne i master akademske studije. U 2015. godini dobio je stipendiju vlade Austrije (OeAD) i proveo 4 meseca na Tehničkom univerzitetu u Beču gde je analizirao geometrijski kvalitet Sentinel-2 satelitskih multispektralnih snimaka. Iz ovog istraživanja je proizašao i Milošev master rad. Nakon završetka studija, radio je u Finskom geoprostornom istraživačkom institutu (Finnish Geospatial Research Institute - FGI) na više projekata finansiranih od strane Finske Akademije i Evropske svemirske agencije. Tu je radio na segmentaciji i detekciji promena na satelitskim slikama za potrebe poljoprivrede, urbanizma i šumarstva. U 2018. godini pridružio se Institutu BioSens gde radi na fuziji podataka optičkih i radarskih slika za procenu prinosa, klasifikaciju useva, praćenje razvoja useva, itd. Učestvuje u realizaciji nekoliko nacionalnih i internacionalnih projekata uključujući Horizon 2020 projekte Antares, Cybele, Dragon, PARSEC i agROBOfood.

Dejan Pavlović je istraživač na Institutu Biosens i student doktorskih studija na Elektrotehničkom fakultetu, Univerziteta u Beogradu. Njegovo primarno interesovanje obuhvata obradu signala i primenu mašinskog učenja u poljoprivredi. Dejan je stekao zvanje diplomiranog inženjera biomedicinskog inženjerstva na Fakultetu tehničkih nauka, Univerziteta u Novom Sadu i zvanje master inženjera elektrotehnike i računarstva na Elektrotehničkom fakultetu, Univerziteta u Beogradu. Trenutno radi na razvoju algoritma za klasifikaciju različitih aktivnosti kod krava primenom Konvolucionih neuralnih mreža. Učestvuje u realizaciji nekoliko nacionalnih i internacionalnih projekata uključujući Horizon 2020 projekte, Antares i Dragon.

Branislav Pejak je student doktorskih studija Elektrotehničkog i kompjuterskog inženjerstva na Fakultetu tehničkih nauka, Univerziteta Novi Sad, na kojem je takođe završio osnovne (2017) i master (2018) studije u oblsti Biomedicinskog inženjerstva. Tokom osnovnih i master studija bio je stipendista Ministarstva obrazovanja, nauke i tehnološkog razvoja, Republike Srbije. Od marta 2018. godine zaposlen je u Centru za informacione tehnologije, Instituta BioSens, na poziciji mlađeg istraživača. Tema njegovog istraživanja je analiza podataka sa satelitskih snimaka. Trenutno se bavi razvojem GAN algoritama mašinskog učenja za klasifikaciju i predikciju prinosa na bazi multispektralnih satelitskih snimaka. Aktivno je uključen u mnoge projekte sa poziva Horizont 2020, među kojima su Antares, Cybele, Dragon i AgRoboFood koji imaju za cilj upotrebu informaciono-komunikacionih tehnologija u poljoprivredi poput kreiranja mapa za selektivno uzorkovanje i đubrenje zemljišta, detekciju navodnjavanih površina, procenu prinosa i proteinskog sastava useva.

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Isidora Simović je naučni saradnik na BioSens Institutu. Doktorila je na Šumarskom fakultetu u Beogradu radeći na praćenju morfologije, fenologije I anatomije drveća u različitim sredinama. Trenutno radi na primeni daljinske detekcije u praćenju klimatskihi antropogenih uticaja na prirodne i urbane ekosisteme.

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Dr Branko Šikoparija je viši naučni saradnik na Institutu BioSens, Rukovodilac Centra za biosisteme i rukovodilac kvaliteta (ISO17025) u Laboratoriji za palinologiju na Prirodno-matematičkom fakultetu Univerziteta u Novom Sadu. Fokus istraživanja je aerobiolgija a trenutno je zainteresovan za razvoj detekcije i identifikacije bioaerosola u realnom vremenu. Branko Šikoparija je publikovao i recenzirao naučne radove u brojnim naučnim časopisima. Služi kao Pomoćnik Urednika časopisa Aerobiologia. Koordinator je RealForAll mreže za autmatski monitoring bioaerosola u Panonskoj niziji. Takođe aktivan je član EUMETNET AutoPollen programa, zamenik predsedavajućeg COST Action CA18226, i predsedavajući radne grupe Evropskog Aerobiološkog Udruženja za kontrolu kvaliteta. Vodeći je istraživač BREATHE projekta koji u okviru PROMIS programa finansira Fond za nauku Republike Srbije.

Bojana Ivošević se bavi upotrebom bespilotnih letelica za efikasno nadgledanje ratarskih kultura, slatkih voda i životne sredine. Ona je po struci biolog i ekolog. Doktorske studije je upisala na Kyungpook Nacionalnom Univerzitetu u Južnoj Koreji, gde je stekla dve godine iskustva rada na bespilotnim letelicama. Nastavila je studije na Prirodno-matematičkom fakultetu, Univerzitetu u Novom Sadu. Njen trenutni fokus istraživanja je primena bespilotnih letelica u preciznoj poljoprivredi za izračunavanje vegetacijskih indeksa važnih za procenu prinosa, detekciju bolesti i upravljanje usevima. Takođe je zainteresovana za primenu dronova u detekciji i prebrojavanju životinjskih vrsta, praćenju cvetanja algi, klasifikaciju zemljišnog pokrivača i sezonskih efekata na ekosisteme.

Ovaj projekat je finansiran od strane Evropske Unije, iz programa za Istraživanje i Inovacije-Horizont 2020, pod sporazumom o grantu broj 761809. 



Horizont 2020

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BioSens Institut (Istraživačko - razvojni institut za informacione tehnologije biosistema) je vodeći srpski Digitalni Inovacioni Hab (DIH) koji je fokusiran na okupljanje različitih interesnih grupa iz industrije, naučne oblasti, preduzetničke zajednice i javnosti. Kao takav, BioSens je jedinstveni šalter (One-Stop-Shop) koji pruža usluge u domenu informacionih i komunikacionih tehnologija u poljoprivredi.

Obzirom da je ekosistem DIHova u Srbiji i regionu još uvek u početnoj fazi razvoja, BioSens aktivno radi na ostvarenju svog cilja – približavanju digitalnih rešenja tržištu, korisnicima, poljoprivrednicima, stručnoj i široj zajednici. Tri vrste usluga su u osnovi BioSense DIH-a: poslovne, tehničke i usluge umrežavanja. Osim toga, kontinuirano stručno usavršavanje korisnika i razvoj neophodnoh veština su krovne aktivnosti DIH-a. Korisnicima naših usluga na raspolaganju je podršku u procesu:

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- razvoja tehničkih rešenja - u vidu stručnih, tehničkih, poslovnih i finansijskih saveta (putem <a href="/collaborate/biosens-akcelerator?id=1829">BioSens akceleratora</a>)
- umrežavanja sa relevantnim zajednicama i partnerima iz ekosistema
- testiranja rešenja putem<a href="/collaborate/laboratorija?id=76"> žive labaratorije PA4ALL</a>

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Usluge se realizuju putem brojnih projektnih i komercijalnih aktivnosti DIH-a. Inovacije koje podržava BioSens aktivno koriste poljoprivrednici, savetodavne službe, preduzetnici, srednje stručne škole, profesori i studenti. Multidisciplinarni pristup omogućava sveobuhvatno razumevanje inovacija u svim fazama razvoja, po čemu je DIH jedinstven.

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Aktivnosti i dostignuća BioSense DIH-a prepoznati su kako u Srbiji tako i u svetu. Od 2015. godine BioSens je uključen u neke od najvećih evropskih DIH projekata, kao što su IoF2020, SmartAgriHubs, agROBOfood i DIATOMIC. BioSens DIH je takođe deo inicijative <a href="https://smartanythingeverywhere.eu/">Smart Anything Anywhere</a>, putem koje pruža srtučnu podršku malim i srednjim preduzećima, kao i podršku u pristupu potencijalnim izvorima finansiranja. Institut sarađuje sa velikim multinacionalnim korporativnim akterima iz različitih industrija poput industrije sofrvera, kompjuterskih igara, osiguranja, zatim nacionalnim telima kao što su Ministarstvo poljoprivrede, šumarstva i vodoprivrede, Kabinetom premijera, kao i sa građanima, poljoprivrednicima, obrazovnim i naučnim institucijama, drugim DIH-ovima, političkim akterima, itd. Kroz ove projekte i aktivnosti, BioSens aktivno doprinosi digitalizaciji domaćeg, ali i evropskog tržišta na kojem je uveliko prepoznat kao relevantan akter u domenu razvoja tehnoloških rešenje u poljoprivredi.

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Ukoliko ste zainteresovani da saznate više o BioSens DIH-u ili želite da čujete više o uslugama koje nudimo možete nas kontaktirati na Trajković [na] <a href="/employees/milica-trajkovic/">biosense.rs.</a>

Digitalni Inovacioni Habovi

Lansirajte svoju AgTech ideju!


BioSens akcelerator je intenzivan, tromesečni program namenjen AgTech startapima u ranoj fazi i predstavlja snažan most između nauke i biznisa. Program omogučava startapima da rastu, ubrzaju svoje putovanje od početne AgTech ideje do biznisa, i reše ključne izazove u poljoprivredno-prehrambenom sektoru. BioSens akcelerator je jedini takve vrste u Srbiji koji pruža podršku domaćim i regionalnim IT preduzetnicima usredsređenim na stvaranje inovativnih i revolucionarnih digitalnih rešenja za poljoprivredu.

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Prvi BioSens akcelerator počeo je u oktobru 2019. godine i tokom tri meseca koja su bila ispunjena interaktivnim radionicama i specijalnim treninzima, 8 timova savladalo je nekoliko veština: kako razviti poslovnu ideju, definisati poslovni model, identifikovati potrebe budućih korisnika i sprovesti detaljnu analizu tržišta i konkurencije. Zahvaljujući vrhunskoj tehničkoj i poslovnoj podršci, kao i smernicama prominentnih stručnjaka- mentora, startapi su svoju početnu ideju podgili na viši nivo. Nakon veoma uspešnog prvog BioSens akceleratora, Institut BioSens nastavlja da podržava preduzetnike. U realizaciji BioSens akceleratora 2020., Institut je udružio snage sa Evropskim fondom za Jugoistočnu Evropu i najboljim B2B akceleratorom u Evropi, Startup Wise Guys.

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Pored tehničke, poslovne i mentorske podrške, BioSens akcelerator omogućio je timovima i da se upoznaju sa strategijom prikupljanje sredstava, a startapi koji su učestvovali u programu prikupili su 140 hiljada evra tokom šest meseci. Ideja BioSens akceleratora jeste da podstakne preduzetnički mentalitet u našoj zemlji, a time i ekonomski razvoj, kao i da motiviše regionalne IT preduzetnike da hrabro stvaraju svoje proizvode.

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Saznajte više: <a href="http://accelerator.biosense.rs/">BioSens akcelerator</a>

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Optička senzorika i optičke metode merenja imaju široku upotrebu u poljoprivredi, kontrolisanju životne sredine i procesiranju hrane zato što se specifične karakteristike za identifikaciju u biosistemima i najčešće nalaze u optičkom delu spektra. Optičke talasne dužine koje se koriste pokrivaju širok opseg elektromagnetnog zračenja, počevši od infracrvenog zračenja (20 - 0.8 µm), preko vidljive svetlosti (800 - 400 nm), sve do ultraljubičaste svetlosti (400 - 10 nm). S obzirom da svaki deo spektra ima drugačiju primenu, mi koristimo prednosti svih delova spektra.

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Infracrveno zračenje pobuđuje vibracije većih molekula, koji podrazumevaju većinu organskih molekula, pa stoga ono pruža bitne informacije o sastavu hrane, kao i o prisustvu pesticida i toksina u ljudskoj i stočnoj hrani. Drugim rečima, analiza infracrvenog zračenja je okosnica analize organskih materijala, međutim analitički instrumenti su veoma skupi i nepodesni za korišćenje na terenu. Zbog toga mi razvijamo nove, jeftine infracrvene detektore i radimo na njihovom integrisanju u infracrvene spektrometre malih dimenzija.

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S druge strane, spektralni zapisi biljaka su prvenstveno povezani sa vidljivim delom spektra i oni pružaju informacije o statusu biljke i nivou stresa u njoj, a na kraju i o samom zemljištu. Stoga smo razvili optički instrument za merenje statusa biljke, koji se zasniva na reflektovanju svetlosti biljke na četiri talasne dužine u vidljivom i u blisko-infracrvenom delu spektra.

Povrh toga, ultraljubičasti i vidljivi deo spektra su veoma značajni za analizu kvaliteta vode i tečne hrane. Mi razvijamo instrument, koji radi u ultraljubičastom delu spektra na 380 nm, za detekciju polutanata i biohemijske kontaminacije vode. Takođe, fokusirani smo i na razvoj senzora za detekciju krivotvorenih sokova, koji radi u opsegu od 400 do 700 nm.

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WaQuMoS - Water Quality Monitoring System with Multi-Parameter IoT Sensor Nodes for Proactive Water Resource Management, 2019-2022, E!13044

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DIATOMIC Digital Innovation Hubs boosting European Microelectronics Industry H2020-ICT-2016-2017/H2020-ICT-2016-2MIMA, Diatomic

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Razvoj uređaja za merenje i mapiranje azota kao najvažnijeg parametra za održivu poljoprivredu, broj rešenja 114-451-2794/2016-03, Pokrajinski sekretarijat za visoko obrazovanje i naučnoistraživačku delatnost, Autonomna pokrajina Vojvodina, Republika Srbija

Optički senzori

Tačno merenje vlažnosti zemljišta je veoma važno u poljoprivredi, imajući u vidu da pravilan rast, razvoj i održavanje biljaka u velikoj meri zavisi od količine vode u zemljištu.

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Na Institutu BioSens razvili smo mikrotalasni senzor vlažnosti zemljišta koji je zasnovan na metodi faznog pomeraja. Ova metoda se zasniva na faznom pomeraju prostoperiodičnog signala duž senzorskog elementa na koji u velikoj meri utiče sadržaj vode u okolnom zemljištu. Glavna prednost senzora potiče od njegovog principa rada i optimalnog odabira radne učestanosti. Pošto metoda faznog pomeraja meri fazu a ne amplitudu signala, rezultati merenja su manje osetljivi na šum. Odabirom optimalne radne učestanosti u mikrotalasnom opsegu, moguće je zanemariti uticaj električne provodnosti zemljišta. Na ovaj način, postignuto je da je senzor u većoj meri nezavisan od tipa zemljišta u poređenju sa najsavremenijim rešenjima, pri čemu je i potreba za kalibracijom smanjena.

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Senzor je načinjen od robusnih delova bez potrošnih komponenti, što omogućava njegov dugoročan rad sa vremenski stabilnim performansama. Prateća elektronika omogućuje malu potrošnju pogodnu za koncept Internet Stvari, integraciju u bežične senzorske mreže kao i u sisteme za automatsko navodnjavanje.

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Porozna matrica unutar senzora održava hidrodinamičku ravnotežu sa okolnim zemljištem, čime prenosi realno stanje količine vode u zemljištu na senzorski element i u isto vreme omogućuje odličan kontakt sa senzorskim elementom. Uvođenjem relacije između krive retencije porozne matrice i izlaza senzora, moguće je meriti kapilarni potencijal, što predstavlja najbolji pokazatelj vode dostupne biljkama. Dodatno, integracijom temperaturnog senzora sa senzorom vlažnosti zemljišta postignuto je hibridno rešenje koje nudi mogućnost istovremenog merenja tri parametra: vlažnosti, kapilarnog potencijala i temperature.

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Mikrotalasni senzor vlaznosti zemljišta

Precizno utvrđivanje stanja biljaka je jedan od najvećih izazova za agronome, poljoprivrednike i hortikultiriste. Ljudsko oko može da primeti određene promene na biljkama poput sparušenosti listova, žutih i braon listova, pege na biljci ali je tada po pravilu već kasno. BioSense je razvio Plant-O-Metar, uređaj koji biljke posmatra i van vidljivog dela spektra i u stanju je da primeti da li su pod stresom i koliko su zdrave.

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Plant-O-Metar analizira biljke tako što sekvencijalno emituje povorke impulsa različitih talasnih dužina (infracrvena, crvena, zelena i plava) iz svog multispektralnog izvora i na svom detektoru, prima spektar koji se reflektuje od biljke. Preko 100 merenja za svaku talasnu dužinu se uprosečuje i šalje putem bluetooth konekcije pametnom telefonu koji računa preko 20 optičkih vegetativnih indeksa i georeferencira rezultate merenja. Kao rezultat ove procedure moguće je generisati mape svih optičkih vegetacionih indeksa koje ovaj uređaj može da izmeri. Mape ovog tipa predstavljaju vrlo vredne informacije na osnovu kojih je moguće kreirati mape preporuke đubrenja, izvršiti procenu prinosa, utvrditi nivo hlorofila kod biljaka, na vreme uočiti promene u vegetaciji i još mnogo toga.

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Plant-O-Metar je pogodan kako za ručnu upotrebu tako i za postavljanje na poljoprivrednu mehanizaciju, te samim tim ima širok spektar potencijalnih korisnika. Njegova potencijalno niska cena tržištu i jednostavnost upotrebe u kombinaciji sa preciznim mapiranjem statusa useva, čine ovaj uređaj pouzdanim i pristupačnim rešenjem za male i srednje poljoprivrednike koji žele da primene koncept precizne poljoprivrede i tako doprinesu efikasnosti i održivom razvoju poljoprivrede.

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DIATOMIC Digital Innovation Hubs boosting European Microelectronics Industry H2020-ICT-2016-2017/H2020-ICT-2016-2MIMA, Diatomic

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Razvoj uređaja za merenje i mapiranje azota kao najvažnijeg parametra za održivu poljoprivredu, broj rešenja 114-451-2794/2016-03, Pokrajinski sekretarijat za visoko obrazovanje i naučnoistraživačku delatnost, Autonomna pokrajina Vojvodina, Republika Srbija.

DIATOMIC- Digital Innovation Hubs boosting European Microelectronics Industry

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