This kind of device exists at top research institutions in the world, and in Serbia, it is unique and represents a big step forward in the construction of research infrastructure.
The microscope will enable significant strengthening of capacity in the research of nanostructural properties of materials not only for researchers of the BioSense Institute but from all over Serbia and the region. In this way, new perspectives are opened for the study of particles and thin films, especially in the context of electrochemical and optical sensors, biosensors, and micro- and nano-transistor structures, as well as precise and sensitive sensors for monitoring pollutants in food and the environment.
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In addition to impressive magnifications, the device can map the elemental composition of the analyzed object in real-time, as well as visualize the distribution of chemical elements on the surface of the object, providing detailed insights into the chemical and elemental composition of the material. The high-vacuum system enables the start of imaging in less than 5 minutes from the placement of the sample, which enables the device to obtain fast and precise results, opening new perspectives in the analysis of materials at the nano-level.
The device is installed in a special part of the new building of the BioSense Institute, which is resistant to vibrations, which is a prerequisite for working on a nanoscale. The first images taken by the new device confirm its impressive performance, as well as the satisfactory characteristics of the new building in terms of sensitivity to vibrations.

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An exceptional performance microscope installed at BioSense

The lectures will be held on Tuesday, 23rd May 2023 at 2 p.m.
Saburo Muroga Professor Josep Torrelas from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA will hold the lecture titled “Cloud Computer Architecture for the Next Decade” and Professor Veljko Milutinović from the University of Indiana, Bloomington, USA will hold the lecture titled “DataFlow SuperComputing for Big Data Deep Analytics”.
The abstracts of lectures and biographies of lecturers you can read below:
Lecture starting at 2 p.m.
DataFlow SuperComputing for Big Data Deep Analytics
Abstract
This presentation analyses the essence of DataFlow SuperComputing, defines its advantages and sheds light on the related programming model that corresponds to the recent Intel patent about the future Intel&#8217;s dataflow processor. The stress is on issues of interest for General Engineering and on the problems of interest for this audience. Acording to Alibaba and Google, as well as the open literature, the DataFlow paradigm, compared to the ControlFlow paradigm, offers: (a) Speedups of at least 10x to 100x and sometimes much more (depends on the algorithmic characteristics of the most essential loops and the spatial/temporal characteristics of the Big Data Streem, etc.), (b) Potentials for a better precision (depends on the characteristics of the optimizing compiler and the operating system, etc.), (c) Power reduction of at least 10x (depends on the clock speed and the internal architecture, etc.), and (d) Size reduction of well over 10x (depends on the chip implementation and the packiging technology, etc.). The bigger the data, and the higher the reusability of individual data items (which is typical of ML), the higher the benefits of the dataflow paradigm over the control flow paradigm. However, the programming paradigm is different, and has to be mastered.
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Professor Veljko Milutinovic received his PhD from the University of Belgrade in Serbia, spent about a decade on various faculty positions in the USA (mostly at Purdue University and more recenlty at the Indiana University in Bloomington), and was a co-designer of the DARPAs first GaAs (Gallium Arsendie) RISC microprocessor at 200MHz (about a decade before commercial efforts on the same speed) and the DARPAs first GaAs Systolic Array with 4096 processors on 200MHz (both well documented in the open literature). Later, for about three decades, he taught and conducted research at the University of Belgrade, in EE, MATH, MBA, and SCI. Now he serves as the Chairman of the Board of IPSI Belgrade (a spin-off of Fraunhofer IPSI from Darmstadt, Germany). His research is mostly in datamining algorithms and dataflow computing, with the emphasis on mapping of big data algorithms onto fast emerging technologies and energy efficient architectures. For 20 of his edited books and related publications, focused forewords or condensed wisdom were contributed by 20 different Nobel Laureates with whom he cooperated on his past industry sponsored projects.
Lecture starting at 3 p.m.
Cloud Computer Architecture for the Next Decade
Abstract
The Cloud of the next decade will be defined by the need to process vast swaths of data for insights in a timely manner. Minimizing data movement to curtail energy consumption and increasing computation efficiency will be the overriding constraints. The compute infrastructure will be a seamless hierarchy of compute centers from edge to geo-distributed mega-datacenters. Each compute center will contain a large number of heterogeneous hardware accelerators, and tasks of unprecedentedly small granularity will ship computation to where data is. In this talk, I will describe some of the research on computer systems that my group is performing to attain this vision. We are developing programmable accelerators organized into ensembles, heterogenous memory systems, smart network interfaces and secure hardware structures. The combination of all these technique is likely to deliver large improvements in performance and energy efficiency.
Speaker
Josep Torrellas is the Saburo Muroga Professor of Computer Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). He is the Director of the SRC/DARPA ACE Center for Evolvable Computing, past Co-Leader of an Intel Strategic Research Alliance (ISRA) on Computer Security, and past Director of the Illinois-Intel Parallelism Center (I2PC). His research interests are computer architectures for shared-memory multiprocessors and parallel computing. Some of his contributions include thread-level speculation (TLS) architectures, the Bulk Multiprocessor concept, deterministic record and replay mechanisms, process variation mitigation techniques, and hardware defenses against speculative execution attacks. In addition, he has contributed to several experimental multiprocessor designs such as IBM’s PERCS Multiprocessor, Intel’s Runnemede Extreme-Scale Multiprocessor, Illinois Cedar, and Stanford DASH. He has graduated 48 PhDs, who are now leaders in academia or industry.

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The First Lecture in new Amphitheater

The Prime Minister of Serbia Ana Brnabić and the European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth Marija Gabriel, together with the director of the Institute Vladimir Crnojević and the coordinator of the ANTARES project Vesna Bengin, by cutting the ribbon, symbolically marked a new chapter of this institution, but also a new chapter for science in Serbia.
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The new facility, located on an area of more than 6,500 square meters, is unique in its architecture, as it has an anti-vibration core that floats on four cushions, which enables the most sensitive scientific research in the field of micro and nano technologies. In addition, in the new building of the institute there are so-called clean rooms, laboratories equipped with the state-of-the-art equipment for multidisciplinary scientific research, a data center as well as a specially created space for startups. All this together, makes the BioSense Institute a unique institution of this type in Serbia.
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This project has been supported with 34 million euros invested in the team of dedicated people working at BioSense, the building and the equipment. European Union’s support is worth 14 million, while the Republic of Serbia invested 20 million euros. Thanks to this support, new capacities and highly sophisticated equipment will enable strengthening the institute&#8217;s potential as a European Center of Scientific Excellence, which is capable of implementing the most advanced projects applicable at the world level.
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&#8220;Serbia has shown that it can be a center of excellence in digital agriculture, and that is the synergy between technology and agriculture, which is necessary in times of climate challenges. We want to ensure that agriculture is sustainable, that it produces better results, that the state, with the help of science, provides adequate support to our farmers so that they can be competitive in the future,&#8221; said Prime Minister Brnabić.
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EU Commissioner Mariya Gabriel pointed out that the opening of the BioSense building celebrated a new symbol of the strong partnership between Serbia and the EU. 
&#8220;The BioSense shows that agriculture and biotechnology are an essential sector of our daily life. With the new way of innovation, we can better connect science with innovation and education, all through the Center for Excellence, Leadership and Talent,&#8221; said Commissioner Gabriel at the opening.
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&#8220;Today we are opening a new chapter with new laboratories for cutting-edge work in the field of micro and nanotechnology, phenotyping, we also have a large data center that will support artificial intelligence, satellite images, bioinformatics and everything that the future brings,&#8221; explained the importance of the new facility and everything in it, the director of the BioSense Institute, professor Vladimir Crnojević.
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Coordinator of the ANTARES project, funded by the European Union, through the Horizon 2020 programme, professor Vesna Bengin, emphasized the importance of this institute in preventing the outflow of scientists from Serbia, that is recognized as a scientific destination. 
&#8220;Top researchers from all over the world come here and build their careers here. Students in Serbia are changing their educational profiles and choosing majors in order to get a job at the BioSense Institute,&#8221; said professor Bengin.
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Today, the BioSense Institute has more than 140 employees, and thanks to the new infrastructure and state-of-the-art equipment financed through the ANTARES project, the institute is expected to fully fill its capacity of 250 employees.
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New Builiding for the Future

Startups with innovative digital solutions in the field of agriculture showed great interest in this year&#8217;s support program, and the jury chose seven of the best teams from Serbia and the region &#8211; Atar, Windy, Eco Patents, PhenoMap Pro, Farmit, Veles Sense and Beeamond. The third generation of the accelerator has significantly improved resources available to the participants &#8211; this year’s programme is enriched with the partnership of the ICT Hub’s project &#8220;Serbia Innovates&#8221;, funded by the USAID.
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The director of the BioSense Institute, Vladimir Crnojević said in his welcoming address that the idea of the accelerator is to support innovative resources in the AgTech.
&#8220;There is a great potential for development in this area in Serbia and the most innovative ideas are developed in the agricultural sector. That is why our acceleration programme is particularly interesting for startups. Our goal is to offer something specific in the AgTech domain, which will added value to the entire innovative environment in Serbia&#8221;, said prof. Crnojević.
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The startup teams presented their products and solutions, including, among others, a platform for direct connection between consumers from urban areas and agricultural producers, a tool against drought, urban beehives for growing bees in the interior and many other promising solutions that will be developed in the next three months in the BioSense accelerator. In this way, the good practice of providing support to innovative entrepreneurs in the development of ideas and solutions that will contribute to the digital transformation of agriculture continues.
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The programme will be implemented through intensive training, personal mentoring and access to BioSense research resources. More than 20 eminent mentors from the country and abroad will help new technology entrepreneurs to test the feasibility and viability of their business ideas or digital solutions, and to turn ideas and products into a viable business venture.

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The BioSense Accelerator Kick-off

Do not miss the opportunity to apply for one of the <a href="https://biosens.rs/is-hiring">open positions</a> for scientists and top experts!
Continue to develop a career in the field of micro and nanotechnology and artificial intelligence and work on state-of-the-art equipment, in a team that encourages excellence in everything and in an environment that provides you with security and satisfaction in your daily work.
BioSense, Research and Development Institute for IT in Biosystems has opened its doors to scientists and experts who want to participate in the creation of cutting-edge digital solutions to make agriculture more efficient and science to promote social well-being and employment.
Grab your chance and become part of a team that creates the present by looking to the future!
Details of the open call are available at <a href="https://biosens.rs/en/is-hiring">biosens.rs/is-hiring</a>.
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BioSense is hiring

The Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation INVITES talented young researchers-students of PhD academic studies to involve themselves in scientific research work in accredited scientific research organizations founded by the Republic of Serbia, an autonomous province or local self-government unit, as well as the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts and institutes founded by it. 
Through this call, up to 300 young researchers will be involved, of which 15 young researchers from the field of art will be involved in accredited scientific research organizations from the field of art. 
Young researchers who have a graduate-master&#8217;s title and are enrolled in the first year of PhD academic studies for the academic year 2022/2023 at an accredited higher education institution in the Republic of Serbia apply for this call. 
The text of the Invitation with the <a href="http://doktorandi.mpn.gov.rs/">Application form</a> can be downloaded from the Ministry&#8217;s website: <a href="https://nitra.gov.rs/">https://nitra.gov.rs/</a>, which states the conditions of participation, the method of application, as well as the required documentation. 
The deadline for submitting the application is January 17, 2023.
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Sixth Call for Talented Young Researchers

<a href="https://biosens.rs/en">The BioSense Institute</a> has invited innovative startups from the IT and agricultural sectors to participate in the third edition of the accelerator, thus continuing the good practice of supporting innovative entrepreneurs in the development of ideas that will contribute to the digital transformation of agriculture. The application deadline is February 1, 2023.
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<a href="https://accelerator.biosense.rs/">The BioSense Accelerator</a> is the first in this area exclusively aimed at domestic technologically innovative companies, which link their further development to the agriculture and food sector.
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Through intensive training, personal mentoring and access to BioSense research resources, the BioSense Accelerator will provide IT entrepreneurs with the opportunity to contribute to the digitization of agriculture through the development of new solutions, as well as the improvement of existing ones.
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The program will gather more than 20 mentors from the country and abroad, who will use their expertise, experience, contacts and ideas to help new technological entrepreneurs to test the feasibility and sustainability of their business idea and digital solutions, and to turn their ideas and products into a sustainable business venture.
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The improvement compared to previous editions, in addition to the significant improvement in the resources available to startups and the support provided by the H2020 <a href="https://antaresproject.eu/">ANTARES</a> project, is also reflected in the support the accelerator receives this year from the ICT Hub’s <a href="https://srbijainovira.rs/en">Serbia Innovates</a> project, funded by the USAID.
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“Although the previous editions of the accelerator have proved to be very successful, we constantly strive to improve the program and the quality of the support we provide to startups. The program will continue to rely on the extensive BioSense expertise in the field of digital agriculture, the resources of the BioSense Institute available to participants, as well as an intensive training program. In addition, this year we joined forces with the USAID-funded Serbia Innovates project, and the access to resources provided by the central place of the project &#8211; the Supercluster &#8211; will be a significant added value to the accelerator,&#8221; says Milica Trajković, head of the Center for Innovation and Business Development of the Biosense Institute.
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The program will be implemented during a three-month course in the spring of 2023, in the period from March to June, and is intended for startups that: 
• Deal with the development and implementation of innovations and IT solutions for agriculture and the food sector; 
• Solve a real problem on the market by working on improving existing solutions or digitizing previously analog solutions.
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Up to ten startups will be selected to participate in the program and will have two weekly workshops (live and online) held by experienced experts. Thematic meetings and other events will also be important part of the program. In addition to mentoring support, the teams will also have scientific support from the BioSense Institute in transferring knowledge, access to necessary data sets, scientific research equipment, and/or test farms &#8211; resources they need for the development of digital products.
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The best teams will have the opportunity to participate in a large regional final event (Demo Day), where they will present their idea to an international audience and network of investors. Applications for the BioSense Accelerator third generation are open until February 1, 2023.  A pitch deck of 10 slides and a completed application are required to apply. You can find more detailed information about the BioSense program and the application process itself on the accelerator&#8217;s official website. The BioSense team also supports potential applicants during the accelerator application preparation process.

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Open Call for BioSense Accelerator

As part of the agROBOfood project, BioSense Institute is providing support to the QualiSpot Innovation experiment, chosen through an open call. Since the goal of the project is to encourage the effective application of robotic technologies in the agricultural and food sectors, QualiSpot fits the picture perfectly since its solution might just save the day for robotic manufacturers. In an interview with Christian Rodriguez, one of the QualiSpot team leaders, it is clear that QualiSpot Will address many challanges in robotic sector.
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1. What are the main problems that manufacturers of robots or robotic components are facing, including Ambimetrics, the company you work in?
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From a business perspective, the most important issue for Ambimetrics, and we suppose for other SMEs like us that are developing components, is our position in the product supply chain: we are on the lower side of it. We only develop a part of the whole product independently from the sector we work in so we depend on others to put our products on the market.
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In our case, we develop a wide range of components intended for common and intelligent spray robots, but we depend on farmers being interested in the sprayer sold by our direct client. Sprayer prize, marketing and the whole performance are out of our scope.
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The second issue and business-related is the need to convince our clients (the sprayer/device producers) that we can deliver high-quality high-performance components for an international market despite being an SME. We have also noticed some mistrust from big players to rely on a small enterprise to carry out its global projects. This second issue introduces a technical problem: we need to adapt our development and production processes prepared for manufacturing “prototypes” and small series of tens of units to series of a hundred devices on harsh deadlines.
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Another technical problem sometimes overseen is the certification management for internationalization. Outside the EU, each country wants the documents, which demonstrates compliance with the applicable requirements, to be adapted to its rules and formats with the important investment in time and money.
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Finally, yet importantly, nowadays a clear and actual problem is the one concerning semiconductor shortage, which can lead to production halts.
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2. What prompted you to apply for the agROBOfood call for innovation experiments and what is the main objective of the QualiSpot experiment?
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As a component developer, we work in symbiosis with downstream machinery manufacturers to bring our custom-made components to international markets. Reaching the global market and succeeding in it requires extremely high spray robot reliability and does not provide a margin for component errors.
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We have reached a point where on the one hand, AMBI’s processes have to capture quality issues of a very complex system and on the other hand, our clients did not believe in our capability to release on time and with enough quality components for a fast-growing global demand.
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The main objective of Qualispot is to assure that existing spot spraying components meet customers’ quality needs so we are able to generate global market impact, while not sacrificing AMBI’s ability to swiftly and cost-efficiently react to new customer/market requirements.We want to move from being a pure engineering service company to an agile, scalable producer of spot spray robotics
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3. How your solutions developed within the agROBOfood project framework can help solve the problems mentioned above?
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We have been able to change our development processes from top to bottom both in the software area and the hardware one: we have introduced the Continuous Integration system within our projects, allowing us to detect bugs sooner in the development process. 
We have also introduced a Test-Driven Design standpoint in our developments, creating at first a great base of tests for all the already developed codes. We keep adding new ones for the new functionalities added to each SW release. The result is fewer bugs, the best quality and greater reliability for our clients.
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On the hardware side, we have created several automated testers and simulators for our components being able to analyse more devices in less time avoiding human action.
We are able to validate upward supply chain provider elements, as well as assure our components are free of design/components bugs in a fast, and more important, traceable way. This has given us the needed tools to cope with the increasing demand and to present Clients with the quality results they demanded.
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On the field, Qualispot has allowed us to put to test our latest developments. In this area, the most important thing we figured out is the lack of suitable measurement tools for precision agriculture in the sector. Coming from very demanding sectors concerning accuracy, traceability and precision, we are facing a shortage of “good” tools to demonstrate our components (and so the client´s robot sprayers which use them) are capable of being as efficient as we state.
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4. What are the main characteristics and functionalities of the products?
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We have two lines of work within the project: The internal one deals with Designing and building quality into the company&#8217;s DNA, making quality assurance a part of company culture, where quality is &#8220;owned&#8221; by the whole team: Continuous integration, automating testing by software and hardware tools are the clue.
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On the external one, we are looking for more efficient and environment-friendly components, so we have developed and patented an electronic driving head for electric solenoid valves (for use in spot sprayers, as well other industrial processes) which save up to 95% of the power needed to move them.
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We are also developing a spot spraying algorithm to reduce to the maximum the quantity of pesticide used for treating a field. We use AI edge processing as well as precision GPS to reduce the area treated and the quantity of wasted product used.
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5. Do you think your solutions will have a global impact and gain a competitive edge in a global marketplace?
For the time being, the robotic spot sprayers as well as sprayers using our components are being successful in obtaining technical awards in national and international exhibitions from 2014 concerning innovation. On the field, farmers and researchers are obtaining the gains we say would be thanks to the perfect combination of the sprayer technology of our clients with our control systems and other components.
Qualispot has given AMBIMETRICS the chance to put our experience and knowledge into agriculture services, and we are sure we are ready to satisfy the demand of an agriculture market eager for productive high-tech devices for their work. 
Our production has trebled in 2022 despite all the disturbance we can find in the world and we expect 2023 will be better, once Qualispot results can be translated to the production line.

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QualiSpot is today’s “it”innovation experiment and this is what you should know about it

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<li>You work at the BioSense Institute, but at the same time you are a Ph.D. student. How important is it for young people and students to take their first career steps right at the Institute?</li>
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When you start your carrier as a young researcher, it is really important in which institution you start, what team of colleagues, and how much patience, time, and understanding you receive from your supervisor or mentor, because you are a student who already finished the studies with probably very little or no practical knowledge at all. All of this is very important so that you do not give up facing a rush of insecurity, thinking “this is not for me, they are all Einsteins,&#8221; and choose another way of your carrier. As someone who already had experience, I can say that BioSense gave me a smooth transition from student life to reality. With a lot of theoretical and a little practical knowledge, I got the opportunity to learn, improve and develop my ideas step by step, and BioSense provided me with all the necessary conditions.
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<li>What projects are you working on and what is your role in them?</li>
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Currently, for me as a Ph.D. candidate, my biggest project is my Ph.D. thesis, in which I am working on the planned development of irrigation in the Vojvodina region. This research was a part of the APV project proposal, which is finished, but my research continued. Now, I am working on detecting irrigation fields from satellite as well as on the geospatial analysis of that fields. Besides that, I work on several national and international projects where I process satellite but also other geospatial data with the aim to keep a sustainable environment, sustainable agriculture, and water resource management.
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<li>Your areas of research are remote sensing, geoinformatics, water resource management, agriculture and environment. What led you to unite all of these fields and what is perhaps the most important connecting point? </li>
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I would say that the most important connecting point is life on the Earth. As someone who works with science, I do not want that science to remain within the framework of research papers and conferences, but to be a contribution to a better quality of life. As a geographer and nature lover, I spend a lot of time in nature and the desire to preserve it is something that gives me motivation for research. Nature conservation is closely related to human life, so we have a closed circle that requires knowledge from different fields in order to be able to realize some ideas. With the use of remote sensing and geographic information systems, as well as the application of artificial intelligence, today we can handle a large amount of data and thus come to various discoveries, solutions and applications applicable in everyday life.
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<li>They say that without science there is no social prosperity and development. How do you see it? What is the most important role of science and scientists today?</li>
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As I already mentioned, the most important role of the scientist is to make science available and applicable for anyone in social community. That is the only way to reach some aim, development, and prosperity of society. Everything comes from science, and the day we decided to deal with it, that day we took responsibility towards society. Of course, we are not the only ones who influence whether something will be applied in society or not, but it is certainly up to us to start the initiative, actively participate in changes, and make our contribution through the knowledge we have.
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<li>&#8220;Science without prudence is like a lottery game. The scientist, namely, is putting himself in danger of losing everything he’s invested,&#8221; Einstein said. Do you believe that to be the case? Or does a scientist always win?</li>
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Einstein was a smart man, he knew why he said that 🙂 However, everything is a matter of perception. I believe that a scientist never loses. Work in science can be compared with climbing the mountain. If you start the climb with the sole aim of conquering the summit and a storm hits, you will be forced to come back down, and you will be disappointed because you do not have a selfie from the summit. An empty story. However, if the summit was not your only goal on that climb, but experience and psycho-physical development, you will return to the foothills not disappointed, aware that you have much more experience and readiness to conquer that peak a second time. Then the next one is even higher, then the next one is even heavier. It is the same in science. The storms that come may throw you back a few steps and even to the beginning, but now you have a lot more experience and knowledge that this time brings you, if not to the top, then definitely closer to it. If we want to climb Mount Everest, there is a long list of mountains to climb, descend, and not give up! 🙂

Mirjana Radulovic

Meet Mirijana Radulovic

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<li>What is it like to work at the BioSense Institute, a scientific beacon, but also an innovation hub where the process &#8220;from idea to realization&#8221; is nurtured and truly useful digital solutions for farmers and other actors in the sector are created?</li>
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For me, working at BioSense represents a great challenge and constant acquisition of new knowledge and experience. I have always liked jobs that involve communication with people, organization and teamwork. As my job involves contact between the developer and the user of the application, and I am not a developer by profession, it was initially a challenge for me to participate in this type of communication. Our applications are created when an idea is born about how to properly help farmers and other actors in this sector in their daily activities, and the path to realizing that idea is something that fulfills me. Along the way, there are constant changes and adaptation of the application to the clients, and daily contact with the application creators &#8211; our developers and the transfer of requests and suggestions from the clients, for me is a great pleasure but also a challenge. It is necessary to properly convey messages from clients to developers, determine priorities and deadlines for each task assigned to a developer. Also, it is a great pleasure to see how much the daily work in our applications contributes to and facilitates the work of our clients.
 
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<li>What projects are you working on and what is your role in them?</li>
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<a href="https://biosens.rs/en/digital-solutions/smart-agro-2">SMARTAGRO </a>&#8211; Application for Generali insurance in agriculture. There is a web and mobile application. The mobile application is used for damage assessment by assessors in the field. The web application is used to view policies and claims, view reports, assign tasks to assessors, etc.
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<a href="https://biosens.rs/en/digital-solutions/ddor-terra">DDOR TERRA</a> &#8211; Application for DDOR insurance in agriculture. In addition to the mobile application for appraisers, there is also a mobile application for users, i.e. clients who have insured their plots against damage. This way, it is possible for the user to report the damage himself, but also to monitor the weather forecast, the movement of hail clouds, etc. In the web part of the application, it is possible to review all the data that is of great use for assessing the damage on the insured plots.
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<a href="https://biosens.rs/en/projects/agrosense-apv">AGROSENS APV</a> &#8211; Application for grants at the local self-government level. There is a mobile application for assessment on the field and a web application for entering tenders and applications, scoring, contracting and ranking applications, as well as viewing various reports.
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<a href="https://biosens.rs/en/themes/agrosense">AGROSENSE</a> &#8211; A platform that helps farmers monitor crop conditions and plan agricultural activities. There is a web and mobile application. The mobile application is for entering data and taking photos of crops in the field, and the web application is quite comprehensive, providing options such as activities input, monitoring the weather forecasts, monitoring the latest news about diseases and pests for each crop, plot zoning and proposal of sampling points, recommendation of the amount and type of fertilizer based on the latest soil analysis, etc.
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My role in these projects is to turn client requests into developer tasks, set deadlines and priorities. When the tasks are completed, I test them and write the instructions for the application. If the clients notice some errors or want to make some suggestions, they contact me, and I further communicate with the developers.
 
 
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<li>It seems that all these projects have a great social, but also economic impact?</li>
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Each project contributes to the social community in its own way but also has a great impact on saving money in agriculture and protecting the environment.
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Agricultural insurance applications are very beneficial to the employees of insurance companies in various ways. Assessors throughout Serbia use our mobile applications every day to assess damage to crops. In addition to important data, this application also enables them to take photos of the damage caused to the insured plots and send them, and managers and coordinators to see all this data through the web application and to assess the damage based on that. On the web applications, there are various options, such as viewing parcels on a map, cloud and hail radar, assigning tasks to assessors, as well as viewing various reports.
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Applications related to grants are also useful in many ways. In addition to being useful for employees working on the grants, entering applications and ranking lists, these applications also benefit users who can apply online for the grants. It is possible for them to fill in data and attach documents through the application, and if it is necessary to supplement the documentation, they will be notified by email. Through the application, one can see the number of points and track the status of the application.
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Although we are proud of all our applications, I must highlight the AgroSense platform and the contribution it makes to our farmers in digitizing Serbian agriculture and increasing the efficiency and competitiveness of domestic producers. AgroSense is a digital platform that provides support to farmers and agricultural companies in monitoring crop conditions and planning agricultural activities, and the use of basic services is completely free.
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Basic services include:
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<li>Weather forecast at the plot location;</li>
<li>Diary of agricultural activities;</li>
<li>Review of crop photos;</li>
<li>Overview of soil analysis;</li>
<li>Satellite crop indices that describe plant growth, photosynthesis intensity and availability of water and nutrients;</li>
<li>Information about the appearance of pests and diseases in the area around the plot.</li>
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Additional services are available for advanced users, such as:
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<li>Collection, visualization, and analysis of data from own sensors: weather stations, soil and leaf moisture sensors, etc.;</li>
<li>Storage and visualization of own data from agricultural machines (yield and moisture map, terrain profile map, etc.);</li>
<li>Storage and visualization of maps of the physical and chemical composition of the soil;</li>
<li>Determination of management zones.</li>
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The AgroSense platform enables the zoning of the plot based on a satellite image, and with the help of an algorithm, recommended sampling points are generated for the given zones. The mobile app helps users find those points on the plot by navigating them to each point. This way, soil sampling is greatly facilitated, and after analyzing the soil and entering it into the application, a recommendation for fertilization is obtained. This significantly reduces the costs of fertilization and avoids over-fertilization, which is very common and lowers the quality of the soil and pollutes the environment.
 
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This business, although it may not look like, can be very creative. The process of designing what the app will look like is the most beautiful part for me. It is necessary to put the client&#8217;s requests into practice, to connect all the parts into a perfect whole. It&#8217;s actually a very complex process where we often draw the layout of each screen and design how the app will look and function. We find the best solutions and implement ideas into action.
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Also, when developers finish a task or a form, I am the person who checks it and finds errors. Finding bugs and communicating with developers is also something that is interesting to me. When everything works as it should and there are no &#8220;bugs&#8221; I feel satisfied and fulfilled.
 
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<li> Given that you participate in the creation of applications and that you are in some way the link between users and developers working at BioSense, what is necessary for your role to be successful, and for users to get the digital solution they need?</li>
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In my job, everything depends on good communication and organization. It is necessary to observe the wishes of the clients individually, but it is also important to have a vision of how the application will look in the end when it represents the whole. Communication is important in defining the wishes of clients, but apart from understanding their wishes, sometimes it is necessary to propose the most adequate solution, from the point of view of the user but also from the point of view of the solutions that developers can offer. There is no such thing as impossible for us. With the help of the great team that I am a part of, it is possible to find a solution for every situation. As far as organization is concerned, it is necessary to know how to set priorities and how much time is needed for which task. It happens that users come forward and report an error. Then you need to put everything aside and react quickly. Multitasking is also something that is very important in this job. Working on multiple projects requires switching from one project to another multiple times during the workday.
 
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<li> When developing an application, the vision of how it should look and what functionality it should have is constantly changing. How do you deal with changes and challenges during the development process?</li>
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It is true that in the process of creating an application, there are often changes in functionality. This happens because sometimes it is not possible to immediately see what is necessary at the beginning. And sometimes it happens that it is necessary to change some functionalities in order to leave the possibility for further development and upgrading, which would be more useful for the client in the long run. There is never one person on the client&#8217;s side, but several of them, and because of this, during the process of creating an application, new proposals, ideas and more useful solutions come up. Sometimes we are the ones who notice that a solution can be reached in another, more adequate way, so we make changes accordingly. All these changes are made with the aim of better functioning of the application and easier use of the application by the user.
As for my dealing with challenges during these changes, it has never been a problem for me. Right from the beginning, I understood that it is an integral part of the job and that it is necessary to achieve a better end-result. In fact, there is a charm in these changes because it is a sign that we have come up with better ideas and the most adequate solution.
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Meet Dragana Ćuk

Ovakav uređaj postoji na vrhunskim istraživačkim institucijama u svetu, a u Srbiji je jedinstven i predstavlja veliki korak napred u izgradnji istraživačke infrastrukture.
Mikroskop će omogućiti značajno povećanje kapaciteta u istraživanju nanostrukturnih svojstava materijala ne samo za istraživače Instituta BioSens, već iz cele Srbije i regiona. Nataj način se otvaraju nove perspektive za proučavanje čestica i tankih filmova, posebno u kontekstu elektrohemijskih i optičkih senzora, biosenzora i mikro i nano-tranzistorskih struktura, kao i preciznih i osetljivih senzora za praćenje zagađivača u hrani i životnoj sredini.
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Osim impresivnih uvećanja uređaj može da radi mapiranje elementarnog sastava predmeta koji analizira i to u realnom vremenu, kao i da vizualizuje distribuciju hemijskih elemenata po površini predmeta pružajući detaljne uvide u hemijski i elementarni sastav materijala. Sistem visokog vakuuma omogućava početak snimanja za manje od 5 minuta od postavljanja uzorka, čime taj uređaj omogućava dobijanje brzih i preciznih rezultata, otvarajući nove perspektive u analizi materijala na nano nivou. 
Uređaj je instaliran u specijalnom delu nove zgrade Instituta BioSens, koji je otporan na vibracije što je preduslov za rad na nano skali. Prve slike načinjene novim uređajem potvrđuju njegove impresivne perfomanse, kao i zadovoljavajuće karakteristike nove zgrade u pogledu osetljivosti na vibracije.

U BioSensu instaliran mikroskop izuzetnih performansi

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Agenda konferencije AgTech budućnost – inovativna poljoprivreda

<a href="https://srbijainovira.rs/en/pilot-superklasteri/poljoprivreda">AgTech Superklaster</a> poziva Vas na konferenciju “AgTech budućnost – inovativna poljoprivreda” koja se će biti održana 12. i 14. juna 2023. godine sa početkom u 9.30h.
Na konferenciji će biti predstavljeno stanje, potencijali i izazovi AgTech ekosistema u Srbiji i svetu, kao i projekcije budućih kretanja u oblasti poljoprivrede i proizvodnje hrane. Pored toga, učesnici konferencije imaće priliku da se upoznaju sa aktuelnostima i trendovima u oblasti AgTech industrije, inovacijama i razvojnim prilikama u tom sektoru, kao i sa inovativnim tehnologijama i procesima u poljoprivrednoj proizvodnji u svetu.
Konferencija će okupiti zainteresovane partnere iz agro i IKT sektora, domaće i međunarodne AgTech stručnjake, investitore, startape i druge aktere zainteresovane za razvoj održivog AgTech ekosistema. Događaj će, istovremeno, biti prilika za razmenu novih ideja i uspostavljanje saradnje između učesnika. Na konferenciji će, takođe, biti predstavljene startap kompanije i preduzetnici, kao i ostvarena partnerstva između privatnog sektora i akademije, koja je podržao AgTech Superklaster.
Drugog dana konferencije, u sredu, 14. juna 2023. biće održano “Case study” takmičenje na kome će timovi mladih talenata ponuditi različita rešenja za izazove u AgTech oblasti.
AgTech Superklaster, koji je organizator konferencije, osnovan je uz pomoć projekta Srbija Inovira, koji sprovodi ICT Hub uz podršku Američke agencije za međunarodni razvoj (USAID). Osnivači AgTech Superklasetra su: Privredna komora Srbije, Institut BioSens, MK Grupa, Delta Holding, OTP Banka, DDOR Novi Sad, E&amp;Y, Agremo, Bitgear, Poljoprivredni fakultet Univerziteta u Beogradu i Mokrin House. 
Molimo Vas da prisustvo na konferenciji potvrdite na sledećem <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1xJdgYSXI_9QDHPpej8jPE1PsCP8ad3lBsSDsHGi9_Fo/viewform?edit_requested=true">linku</a>. 
U nastavku je agenda konferencije.
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Konferencija AGTECH BUDUĆNOST – INOVATIVNA POLJOPRIVREDA

Predavanja će biti održana u utorak, 23. maja 2023. sa početkom u 14 sati.
Saburo Muroga profesor Hose Toreljas, sa Univerziteta Ilinois u Urbana-Šampejnu, SAD održaće predavanje pod nazivom &#8220;Cloud Computer Architecture for the Next Decade&#8221;, a prof. dr Veljko Milutinović sa Univerziteta Indijana u Blumingtonu, SAD održaće predavanje pod nazivom &#8220;DataFlow SuperComputing for Big Data Deep Analytics&#8221;.
U nastavku možete pročitati sižee predavanja i biografije predavača:
Predavanje sa početkom u 14h 
DataFlow SuperComputing for Big Data Deep Analytics
Rezime 
Ova prezentacija analizira suštinu DataFlow SuperComputing, definiše njegove prednosti i baca svetlo na srodni model programiranja koji odgovara nedavnom Intelovom patentu o budućem Intelovom procesoru za protok podataka. Akcenat je na pitanjima od interesa za opšte inženjerstvo i na problemima od interesa za ovu publiku. 
Prema Alibabi i Guglu, kao i prema otvorenoj literaturi, paradigma toka podataka, u poređenju sa paradigmom toka kontrole, nudi: (a) Ubrzavanje od najmanje 10k do 100k, a ponekad i mnogo više (zavisi od algoritamskih karakteristika najvažnijih petlji i prostorne/vremenske karakteristike prenosa velikih podataka, itd.), (b) Potencijale za bolju preciznost (zavisi od karakteristika kompajlera za optimizaciju i operativnog sistema, itd.), (c) Smanjenje snage za najmanje 10k (zavisi od brzine takta i interne arhitekture, itd.), i (d) Smanjenje veličine preko 10k (zavisi od implementacije čipa i tehnologije pakovanja, itd.). Što su podaci veći i što je veća mogućnost ponovne upotrebe pojedinačnih stavki podataka (što je tipično za ML), to su veće prednosti paradigme toka podataka u odnosu na paradigmu toka kontrole. Međutim, paradigma programiranja je drugačija i mora se savladati.
Predavač 
Prof. dr Veljko Milutinović doktorirao je na Univerzitetu u Beogradu, proveo je oko deceniju na raznim fakultetskim pozicijama u SAD, a bio je i saradnik dizajner DARPA-ovog prvog GaAs (Galijum Arsendie) RISC mikroprocesora na 200MHz i DARPA-ovog prvog GaAs sistoličkog niza sa 4096 procesora na 200MHz. Oko tri decenije predavao je i vodio istraživanja na Univerzitetu u Beogradu, iz oblasti EE, MATH, MBA i SCI. Sada je predsednik Upravnog odbora IPSI Beograd (spin-off Fraunhofer IPSI iz Darmštata, Nemačka). Njegovo istraživanje je uglavnom u oblasti algoritama za rudarenje podataka i računarstvu protoka podataka, sa naglaskom na mapiranju algoritama velikih podataka na brzorastućim tehnologijama i energetski efikasnoj arhitekturi. Za 20 knjiga i publikacija čiji je bio urednik, predgovore ili sažetke dalo je 20 nobelovaca sa kojima je sarađivao na svojim projektima koje je sponzorisala industrija.
Predavanje sa početkom u 15h 
Cloud Computer Architecture of the Next Decade
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Klaud naredne decenije biće definisan potrebom da se blagovremeno obrađuju ogromne količine podataka. Najvažnija ograničenja biće minimiziranje kretanja podataka radi smanjenja potrošnje energije i povećanja efikasnosti računanja. Računarska infrastruktura će predstavljati besprekornu hijerarhiju računarskih centara od osnovnih do geo-distribuiranih mega centara podataka. Svaki računarski centar će sadržati veliki broj heterogenih hardverskih akceleratora, a zadaci izuzetno male granularnosti će vršiti računanje tamo gde se nalaze podaci. U okviru predavanja biće opisana neka od istraživanja kompjuterskih sistema koja grupa prof. Toreljasa sprovodi da bi postigla ovu viziju. Oni razvijaju programabilne akceleratore organizovane u ansamble, heterogene memorijske sisteme, pametne mrežne interfejse i sigurne hardverske strukture. Kombinacija svih ovih tehnika verovatno će doneti velika poboljšanja u performansama i energetskoj efikasnosti.
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Josep Torrellas je Saburo Muroga profesor računarskih nauka na Univerzitetu Ilinois u Urbana-Šampejn u SAD. On je direktor SRC/DARPA ACE centra za razvojno računarstvo, bivši lider Intelove alijanse za strateško istraživanje (ISRA) za računarsku bezbednost i bivši direktor Illinois-Intel centra za paralelizam (I2PC). Njegova istraživačka interesovanja su računarske arhitekture za multiprocesore sa zajedničkom memorijom i paralelno računarstvo. Neki od njegovih doprinosa uključuju spekulacione arhitekture na nivou niti (TLS), koncept masovnog multiprocesora, determinističke mehanizme snimanja i reprodukcije, tehnike ublažavanja varijacija procesa i hardversku odbranu od napada spekulativnog izvršenja. Pored toga, doprineo je nekoliko eksperimentalnih dizajna multiprocesora kao što su IBM-ov PERCS multiprocesor, Intelov Runnemede Ektreme-Scale multiprocesor, Illinois Cedar i Stanford DASH. Uz njegovo mentorstvo diplomiralo je 48 doktora nauka, koji su sada lideri u akademskim krugovima ili industriji.

Prvo predavanje u novom amfiteatru

Predsednica Vlade Srbije Ana Brnabić i evropska komesarka za inovacije, istraživanje, kulturu, obrazovanje i mlade Marija Gabrijel, zajedno sa direktorom instituta Vladimirom Crnojevićem i koordinatorkom projekta ANTARES Vesnom Bengin, presecanjem vrpce, simbolično su označili novo poglavlje u radu ove institucije, ali i novo poglavlje za nauku u Srbiji.
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Novi objekat smešten na površini većoj od 6 i po hiljada kvadratnih metara poseban je po svojoj arhitekturi, budući da ima antivibraciono jezgro koje pliva na četiri vazdušna jastuka, čime je omogućeno izvođenje najosetljivijih naučnih istraživanja u oblasti mikro i nano tehnologija. Osim toga, u novoj zgradi instituta nalaze se tzv. čiste sobe, laboratorije opremljene najsavremenijom opremom na multidisciplinarna naučna istraživanja, data centar kao i posebno kreiran prostor za startape. Sve ovo zajedno, novi prostor Instituta BioSens čini jedinstvenom institucijom ovog tipa u Srbiji u kojoj ima prostora za 250 zaposlenih.
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U projekat izgradnje i opremanja zgrade, kao i čitav tim posvećenih ljudi koji radi u BioSensu uloženo je 34 miliona evra, od kojih podrška Evropske unije vredna 14 miliona, dok je Republika Srbija uložila 20 miliona evra. Zahvaljujući toj podršci, novi kapaciteti i visokosofisticirana oprema omogućiće jačanje potencijala instituta, kao Evropskog centra naučne izvrsnosti, koji je sposoban da sprovodi najnaprednije projekte primenjive na svetskom nivou.
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„Srbija je pokazala da može da bude centar izvrsnosti u digitalnoj poljoprivredi, a to je sinergija između tehnologije i poljoprivrede, koja je neophodna u vremenima klimatskih izazova. Želimo da obezbedimo da poljoprivreda bude održiva, da daje bolje rezultate, da država, uz pomoć nauke, pruži adekvatnu podršku našim poljoprivrednicima kako bi bili konkuretni u budućnosti“, istakla je premijerka Brnabić.
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EU komesarka Marija Gabrijel istakla je da je otvaranjem zgrade BioSensa proslavljen novi simbol snažnog partnerstva Srbije i EU.
„BioSens pokazuje da su poljoprivreda i biotehnologija suštinski sektor našeg svakodnevnog života. Sa novim načinom inovacija možemo bolje da povežemo nauku sa inovacijama i obrazovanjem, a sve to kroz Centar za izvrsnost, lidersku ulogu i talenat“, rekla je na otvaranju komesarka Gabrijel.
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„ Danas mi otvaramo novo poglavlje sa novim laboratorijama za vrhunski rad u domenu mikro i nanotehnologije, fenotipizacije, imamo i veliki data centar koji će podržati veštačku inteligenciju, satelitsku sliku, bioinformatiku i sve ono što donosi budućnost“, objasnio je značaj novog objekta i svega što se u njemu nalazi direktor Instituta BioSens prof. dr Vladimir Crnojević.
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Koordinatorka ANTARES projekta, koji kroz program Horizont 2020 finansira Evropska unija, prof. dr Vesna Bengin, istakla je značaj instituta u sprečavanju odliva naučnika iz Srbije, koja je prepoznata kao naučna destinacija. 
„Na konkurse koje objavljujemo javljaju se vrhunski istraživači iz celog sveta koji dolaze ovamo I grade svoje karijere ovde. Studenti u Srbiji menjaju svoje obrazovne profile I biraju smerove kako bi se lakše zaposlili na Institutu Biosens”, rekla je profesorka Bengin.
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U Institutu BioSens danas ima više od 140 zaposlenih, a zahvaljujući novoj infrastrukturi i najsavremenijoj opremi koji su finansirani kroz projekat ANTARES, očekuje se da institut potpuno popuni svoje kapacitete od 250 zaposlenih.
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Nova zgrada za budućnost

Startapi koji imaju inovativna digitalna rešenja u oblasti poljoprivrede pokazali su veliko interesovanje za ovogodišnji program podrške, a žiri je izabrao sedam najkvalitetnijih timova iz Srbije i regiona – Atar, Windy, Eco Patents, PhenoMap Pro, Farmit, Veles Sense i Beeamond. U odnosu na prethodna izdanja, u trećoj generaciji akceleratora učesnicima su na raspolaganju značajno unapređeni resursi &#8211; ove godine Biosens akcelerator podršku dobija i od projekta ICT Hub-a “Srbija Inovira”, koji finansira USAID.
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Dobrodošlicu učesnicima poželeo je direktor Instituta BioSens prof. dr Vladimir Crnojević, koji je poručio da je ideja akceleratora da podrži inovativne resurse u agrotehnološkoj oblasti.
“U Srbiji postoji veliki potencijal za razvoj u ovoj oblasti, najviše inovativnih ideja se razvija upravo u sektoru poljoprivrede i zbog toga je naš program akceleracije posebno interesantan startapima. Cilj nam je da kao institut ponudimo nešto specifično u agrotehnološkom domenu, što će dati dodatnu vrednost celokupnom inovativnom ambijentu u Srbiji”, rekao je prof. Crnojević.
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Startap timovi predstavili su svoje proizvode i rešenja među kojima su, između ostalih, platforma za direktno povezivanje potrošača iz urbanih sredina i poljoprivrednih proizvođača, sredstvo protiv suše, urbane košnice za gajenje pčela u enterijeru i mnoga druga perspektivna rešenja koja će u naredna tri meseca razvijati u BioSens akceleratoru. Na taj način nastavlja se dobra praksa pružanja podrške inovativnim preduzetnicima u razvoju ideja i rešenja koji će doprineti digitalnoj transformaciji poljoprivrede.
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Program će biti realizovan kroz intenzivne obuke, lično mentorstvo i pristup BioSens istraživačkim resursima. Više od 20 eminentnih mentora iz zemlje i inostranstva, pomoći će novim tehnološkim preduzetnicima da testiraju izvodljivost i održivost svojih poslovnih ideja ili digitalnih rešenja, i da ideje i proizvode pretvore u održiv poslovni poduhvat.

Startovao BioSens akcelerator

Ne propustite priliku da se prijavite na neku od <a href="https://biosens.rs/is-hiring">otvorenih pozicija</a> za naučnike i vrhunske stručnjake!
Nastavite da razvijate karijeru u oblasti mikro i nano tehnologije i veštačke inteligencije i radite na najsavremenijoj opremi, u timu koji podstiče izvrsnost u svemu i u okruženju koje vam pruža sigurnost i zadovoljstvo u svakodnevnom radu.
Istraživačko-razvojni institut za informacione tehnologije biosistema BioSens otvorio je vrata naučnicima i stručnjacima koji žele da učestvuju u kreiranju vrhunskih digitalnih rešenja kako bi poljoprivredu učinio efikasnijom i naukom podstakao društveni boljitak i zaposlenost.
Ugrabite svoju šansu i postanite deo tima koji stvara sadašnjost gledajući u budućnost!
Sve detalje o konkursu možete pronaći na <a href="https://biosens.rs/is-hiring">https://biosens.rs/is-hiring</a>.
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BioSens zapošljava

Ministarstvo nauke, tehnološkog razvoja i inovacija POZIVA talentovane mlade istraživače-studente doktorskih akademskih studija za uključivanje u naučnoistraživački rad u akreditovanim naučnoistraživačkim organizacijama čiji je osnivač Republika Srbija, autonomna pokrajina odnosno jedinica lokalne samouprave kao i Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti i instituti čiji je ona osnivač.
Kroz ovaj poziv uključiće se do 300 mladih istraživača, od kog broja će se do 15 mladih istraživača iz oblasti umetnosti uključiti u akreditovane naučnoistraživačke organizacije iz oblasti umetnosti.
Na ovaj poziv prijavljuju se mladi istraživači koji imaju titulu diplomirani-master i prvi put upisanu prvu godinu doktorskih akademskih studija za školsku 2022/2023. godinu na akreditovanoj visokoškolskoj ustanovi u Republici Srbiji.
Tekst Poziva sa <a href="http://doktorandi.mpn.gov.rs/">obrascem Prijave</a> preuzimaju se na sajtu Ministarstva: <a href="https://nitra.gov.rs/">https://nitra.gov.rs/</a>, u kojima su navedeni uslovi učešća, način prijave, kao i potrebna dokumentacija.
Rok za podnošenje prijave je 17. januar 2023. godine.

Šesti poziv talentovanim mladim istraživačima

<a href="https://biosens.rs/">Institut BioSens</a> pozvao je inovativne startape iz IT i poljoprivrednog sektora da učestvuju u trećem izdanju akceleratora i na taj način nastavlja dobru praksu pružanja podrške inovativnim preduzetnicima u razvoju ideja koje će doprineti digitalnoj transformaciji poljoprivrede. Rok za prijavu je 01. februar 2023.
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<a href="https://accelerator.biosense.rs/">BioSens akcelerator</a> je prvi na ovim prostorima isključivo usmeren ka domaćim tehnološko-inovativnim kompanijama, koje svoj dalji razvoj vezuju za sektor poljoprivrede i hrane.
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Kroz intenzivne obuke, lično mentorstvo i pristup BioSens istraživačkim resursima, BioSens akcelerator će pružiti mogućnost domaćim IT preduzetnicima da kroz razvoj novih rešenja, kao i unapređenje postojećih, doprinesu digitalizaciji poljoprivrede.
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Program će okupiti više od 20 mentora iz zemlje i inostranstva, koji će svojom ekspertizom, iskustvom, kontaktima i idejama pomoći novim tehnološkim preduzetnicima da testiraju izvodljivost i održivost svoje poslovne ideje i digitalnih rešenja, i da svoje ideje i proizvode pretvore u održiv poslovni poduhvat.
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Unapređenje u odnosu na prethodna izdanja se, pored značajnog unapređenja u resursima koji su na raspolaganju startapima i podršci koju pruža H2020 projekat <a href="https://antaresproject.eu/">ANTARES</a>, ogleda i u podršci koju akcelerator ove godine dobija od projekta ICT Hub-a <a href="https://srbijainovira.rs/">Srbija Inovira</a>, koji finansira USAID.
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&#8220;Iako su se prethodna izdanja akceleratora pokazala veoma uspešnim, mi konstantno težimo unapređenju programa i kvaliteta podrške koju pružamo startapima. Program će se i dalje oslanjati na široku BioSens ekspertizu u oblasti digitalne poljoprivrede, resurse Instituta BioSens koji stoje na raspolaganju polaznicima, kao i na intenzivan trening program. Pored toga, ove godine smo udružili snage sa projektom Srbija Inovira koji finansira USAID , a pristup resursima koje pruža centralno mesto projekta – Superklaster – biće značajna dodata vrednost akceleratoru“, kaže Milica Trajković, rukovodilac Centra za inovacije i razvoj poslovanja Biosens Instituta.
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Program će biti realizovan tokom tromesečnog kursa na proleće 2023, u periodu od marta do juna, a namenjen je startapima koji se: 
• bave se razvojem i primenom inovacija i IT rešenja za poljoprivredu i prehrambeni sektor; 
• rešavaju realan problem na tržištu tako što rade na unapređenju već postojećih rešenja ili digitalizaciji prethodno analognih rešenja.
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Za učešće u programu biće odabrano do deset startapa. Rad će se odvijati kroz dve nedeljne radionice (uživo i onlajn) koje će držati stručnjaci sa iskustvom, a veliku ulogu imaće i tematski susreti, sastanci i druga dešavanja. Pored mentorske podrške, timovi će imati i naučnu podršku Instituta BioSens u prenošenja znanja, pristupu neophodnim setovima podataka, naučno-istraživačkoj opremi, i/ili test farmama – resursima koji su im neophodni za razvoj digitalnih proizvoda.
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Najbolji timovi imaće priliku da učestvuju na velikom regionalnom završnom događaju (Demo Day), gde će predstaviti svoju ideju pred internacionalnom publikom i internacionalnom mrežom investitora. 
Prijave za treću generaciju BioSens akceleratora otvorene su do 1. februara 2023. godine. Za prijavu je neophodan pitch deck od 10 slajdova i popunjena prijava. Detaljnije informacije o BioSens programu i samom procesu prijave možete pronaći na zvaničnom sajtu akceleratora. BioSens tim pruža podršku potencijalnim aplikantima i tokom procesa pripreme prijave za akcelerator.

Otvoren poziv za BioSens akcelerator

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<li>Vi radite na Institutu BioSens, ali u isto vreme ste i doktorand. Koliko je važno za mlade ljude i studente da svoje prve korake naprave baš na Institutu?</li>
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Kad započinjete svoju karijeru kao mladi istaživač veoma je važno gde je započinjete, kakva je institucija u koju idete, kakav je kolektiv, koliko strpljenja, vremena i razumevanja imate od strane mentora jer ste student koji je tek završio fakultet sa verovatno vrlo malo praktičnog iskustva.
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Ovo je sve veoma važno da ne biste pred naletom nesigurnosti i „nije ovo za mene, ovde su svi Ajnštajni“ odustali i usmerili karijeru u neku drugu stranu. Kao neko ko sa sobom već nosi ovo iskustvo mogu da kažem da mi BioSens pružio jedan fin prelazak iz studentskog u realan život. Sa mnogo teorijskog i malo praktičnog znanja dobila sam priliku da učim, usavršavam se i razvijam svoje ideje korak po korak za šta mi je BioSens pružio sve neophodne uslove.
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<li>Na kojim projektima radite i koja je Vaša uloga u njima?</li>
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Trenutno, najveći projekat za mene kao doktoranda jeste moja teza gde radim na planskom razvoju navodnjavanja u Vojvodini. Ovo istraživanje je bilo deo APV projekta koji je završen ali naravno, posle toga moje istraživanje je nastavljeno. Trenutno se bavim detekcijom navodnjavanih površina iz satelita kao i njihovom geoprostornom analizom. Pored toga radim na nekoliko nacionalnih i internacionalnih projekata gde se bavim analizom satelitskih slika i drugih geoprostornih podataka u cilju očuvanja životne sredine, održive poljoprivrede i održivog upravljanja vodnim resursima.
 
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<li>Vaše oblasti istraživanja su daljinska detekcija, geoinformatika, upravljanje vodnim resursima, poljoprivreda i životna sredna. Šta vas je navelo da objedinite sve to i šta je možda ovim oblastima najvažnija povezna tačka?</li>
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Rekla bih da je najvažnija povezna tačka život na zemlji. Kao neko ko se bavi naukom, ne želim da ona nauka ostane u okvirima časopisa i konferencija, nego da moj rad bude doprinos za bolji i kvalitetniji život. Kao geograf i ljubitelj prirode mnogo vremena provodim u prirodi i želja za njenim očuvanjem je nešto što mi daje motivaciju za istraživanja. Očuvanje prirode je usko povezano sa životom čoveka tako da onda imamo jednu zaokruženu celinu koja zahteva znanje iz različitih oblasti kako biso uspeli da realizujemo neke ideje. Upotrebom daljinske detekcije i geografskih informacionih sistema, ali i primenom veštačke inteligencije, danas možemo da baratamo sa velikom količinom podataka i tako dođemo do različitih otkrića, rešenja i aplikacija primenljivih u svakodnevnom životu.
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<li>Kažu da bez nauke nema društvenog prosperiteta i razvoja. Kako Vi to vidite? Koja je najznačajnija uloga nauke i naučnika danas?</li>
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Kao što sam već pomenula, najvažnija uloga naučnika jeste da nauku učini dostupnom i primenljivom bilo kome u društvenoj zajednici. Jedino tako možemo da postignemo razvoj i prosperitet društva u kom živimo. Sve potiče od nauke, i onog dana kad smo odlučili da se time bavimo, tog dana smo na neki način i preuzeli odgovornost prema društvu. Naravno, nismo jedini koji utičemo na to da li će nešto biti primenjeno u društvu ili ne, ali na nama je svakako da pokrećemo inicijativu, aktivno učestvujemo u promenama i damo svoj doprinos kroz znanje kojim raspolažemo.
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<li>„Nauka bez razboritosti je kao igra na lutriji. Naučnik se, naime, izlaže opasnosti da izgubi sve što je uložio“, govorio ja Ajnštajn. Da li verujete da je tako? Ili naučnik ipak uvek dobija?</li>
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Ajnštaj je pametan čovek bio, zna on zašto je to govorio 🙂 No, sve je stvar percepcije. Lično smatram da naučnik nikad ne gubi. Rad u nauci možemo da uporedimo sa planinarenjem. Ukoliko krenete na uspon sa jedinim ciljem da osvojite vrh i naiđe oluja, bićete prinuđeni da se vratite dole i razočarani što nemate selfi sa vrha. Prazna priča. Međutim, ukoliko vam vrh nije bio jedini cilj na tom penjanju već iskustvo i psiho-fizički razvoj ličnosti, vratićete se u podnožje nerazočarani, svesni da imate mnogo više iskustva i spremnosti da taj vrh osvojite drugi put. Pa sledeći još viši, pa sledeći još teži. Tako je i u nauci. Oluje koje nailaze mogu da vas bace nekoliko koraka nazad pa čak i na početak, ali sad imate mnogo više iskustva i znanja što vas ovaj put dovodi, ako ne do vrha onda, definitivno bliže njemu. Da bismo popeli na Mont Everest dugačak je spisak planina na koje se treba popeti, spustiti i neodustati! 🙂

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Prvo predavanje u novom amfiteatru

Na poziv Ogranka Srpske akademije nauka i umetnosti u Novom Sadu i Instituta BioSens Saburo Muroga profesor Hose Toreljas i prof. dr Veljko Milutinović održaće predavanja u našem novom amfiteatru

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Startovao BioSens akcelerator

Posle do sada najuspešnijeg poziva, BioSens akcelerator treći put je otvorio vrata inovativnim startapima iz IT i poljoprivrednog sektora.

Otvoren poziv za BioSens akcelerator

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