EducationAt the beginning of February, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU) presents the first in Lithuania remote computer science courses for school students. The school students of eleven and twelve study year will have access to course materials and submitted assignments, interacting with teachers virtually. The courses will help the school students to prepare for their exams as well as for future studies, and will popularize sciences, technologies, engineering and mathematics (STEM). On 5–7 February Vilnius University will participate in the 13th international exhibition of knowledge and education STUDIES 2015 at the Lithuanian Exhibition Centre LITEXPO in Vilnius. Lithuanian director Alante Kavaite has won World Cinema Dramatic Directing Award at Sundance Film Festival for her film The Summer of Sangaile. The film had its World Premiere at Sundance and was screened as the day one film, reports LETA/ELTA, referring to the Lithuanian Film Centre. International group of experts visits LUES and reviews scientific activity in the area of natural sciences. Among the experts there are Dr. Alvar Soesoo (Tallinn university of Technology), Mathias Senge (Trinity College Dublin) and representatives from the Research and Higher Education Monitoring and Analysis Centre (MOSTA). The EU on 30 January announced new grants that will help bridge the research excellence gap between Member States and strengthen competitiveness and growth across Europe. The new Teaming instrument, under which these grants are awarded, will help improve research performance and increase investment in countries with lower research excellence rankings. With funding from Horizon 2020, 31 projects from such countries have now been selected to prepare operational plans for new Centres of Excellence by teaming up with high-calibre institutions from all over Europe. Are you a 16-30 year old running a project with a European dimension? If so, you have until 23 February to register for the 2015 edition of the Charlemagne Youth Prize. The aim of the Prize is to encourage the development of European consciousness among young people, as well as their participation in European integration projects. Read on to be in with a chance of winning a cash prize as well as trips to Aachen and the European Parliament. With the improvement of economic situation in Lithuania, more and more people are looking for better opportunities to "employ" money. One of the most popular ways is the mutual investment fund; however, the economic crisis has proved, that without specific knowledge, the investments into such funds could be dangerous. While looking for safe investment opportunities, a student of Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU) with his colleagues, set up a hedge fund, the top priority of which is the research-based risk management. Already for the third year in a row, the hedge fund, according to its profitability, is about seventy per cent ahead of the prestigious globally operating funds, entering the "Morningstar" database. In the online world the borders are blurred. Experts from different parts of the world can come together and work on a project, citizens can invest and support innovative ideas on crowdsourcing web sites, and objects can be designed in one country and instantly printed in another. What could be the impact of such technologies on the economy? Parliament's Science and Technology Options Assessment panel (STOA) will discuss the issue today from 14:00 CET. Follow the event live here. New Vilnius University's lab expected to deal with artificial intelligence in future2015-01-27, 11:28On 22 January 2015, Telecommunications Research Centre M2M (machine-to-machine) laboratory was opened officially at the Faculty of Physics of Vilnius University. What happened to all the ideas discussed during the European Youth Event 2014, when 6,000 young Europeans met in Strasbourg to discuss the EU's future? From 20 January former EYE participants will present their ideas to a number of Parliament's committees. You can follow the hearings online and contribute to the discussion using the hashtag #EYEhearings. |
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