ICT COST Action IC1303 - Algorithms, Architectures and Platforms for Enhanced Living Environments (AAPELE)
Summary
Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) is an area of research based on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), medical research, and sociological research. AAL is based on the notion that technology and science can provide improvements in the quality of life for people in their homes, and that it can reduce the financial burden on the budgets of European healthcare providers. The concept of Enhanced Living Environments (ELE) refers to the AAL area that is more related with the Information and Communication Technologies.
To design, plan, deploy and operate, an AAL system often comprehends the integration of several scientific areas. The Architectures, Algorithms and Platforms for Enhanced Living Environments (AAPELE) COST Action addresses the issues of defining software, hardware and service architectures for AAL, on studying and creating more efficient algorithms for AAL, particularly those related to the processing of large amounts of data and of biosignals in lossy environments, and on the research of protocols for AAL or, with more detail, on studying communication and data transmission protocols for AAL.
This Action aims to promote interdisciplinary research on AAL, through the creation of a research and development community of scientists and entrepreneurs, focusing on AAL algorithms, architectures and platforms, having in view the advance of science in this area and the development of new and innovative solutions.
Participants from Singidunum University:
prof. dr Miloš Stojmenović
prof. dr Aleksandar Jevremović
prof. dr Mladen Veinović
The importance of research within this project stems directly from the significance of meeting the economic dimension of competitiveness of the country, i.e., equal participation of Serbia in the European and global market of goods and services. Thus, it is obvious that the companies (the focus of this project is a company) can and must activate all internal technical, technological, human, financial and other resources in order to achieve the required level of competitiveness of goods and services offered in the domestic and foreign markets. It should be emphasized that competitiveness in the domestic market is often underestimated and neglected despite the fact that it is extremely important as it represents the first step on the path towards achieving competitiveness in the European and global market. Competition in the domestic market is occasionally sharper and more complex for some goods and services, primarily due to the effects of some non-economic factors that are, in most cases, political provenances.
One of the most important factors of competitiveness of an enterprise is its organization. Management bodies and all employees need to be aware of the fact that quality management systems imply production of goods and services of the expected (agreed) quality, and thus, de facto, the system of managing overall business performance. In order to make this possible, it is necessary to master and control the main business factors, such as: information systems, planning, macro-organizational and micro- organizational structure, technology etc.
The role of research within this project is multifaceted, as are the main objectives that this project should achieve. Besides determining the facts (inventory sheet) on each of the sub-issues whose analysis is envisaged by the project assignment, the most important mutual influences shall be examined and recommendations defined for the purpose of improving the current situation.
In addition to direct effects on the enterprises that shall be the object of direct research and to which recommendations refer entirely (as they will include all specifics of the situation and relationships in that company), conclusions drawn for a few enterprises can, to a greater or lesser extent, be generalized and applied to a wider range of enterprises with similar profiles and situation.
The next congruent circle of influence of this research and its results are executives in other(even different) companies, consultants in the domain of QMS and related, previously mentioned in project assignment of the specified topics, PhD students in the field of organizational sciences etc. Of course, the benefits, i.e., effects of this research on the given subjects depend primarily on the quality of research and findings, but also on the willingness of people working in the business sector, state administration and at faculties to adopt and implement the given findings.It largely depends on the attitude of the country towards economic issues and state policy concerning their resolution. No one can force the director of a company (regardless of the ownership structure in that company) to turn to and implement theoretical and empirical discourses for problem solving in the company, to hire consultants-specialists for certain issues and work hard on corporate culture in which reliance on one's own strengths is considered to be the starting point of conduct for all employees. Two-three days of anti-quartering in front of the office of officials working in certain ministries can lead to problem 'solution', though palliative solution, but the re-election of executives and their entire teams has become a real rarity, and thus, current executives are rarely and insufficiently interested in long-term solutions (which are the key of competitiveness in every enterprise and every economy).
The issue of diversity of approaches to organization, human resources and knowledge management should also be added, depending on whether it is a public company, public utility company, joint-stock company or limited liability company. From a theoretical point of view, those differences exist and should exist, but not to the extent to which it has escalated in Serbian enterprises. Thus, the potential importance of research in this project is immense, but whether it would remain as such, depends both on the quality of research (and relevant conclusions that arise from it) and the willingness and desire of potential users of those results.
Therefore, improvements arising from this project are evident in enterprises in which research is to be done, whose wider benefits are greater, but less certain.
The Project addresses the process of internationalisation of Serbian HE as the one that requires immediate national and institutional response and joint action. Enabling national HE bodies and HEIs to strategically manage internationalisation in the provision of education, research, mobility and services are regarded to be the Project’s overall objective and the main underpinning of Serbia’s accountable and complementary role in EHEA and ERA.
The Project's key target groups are Serbian academics, researchers, students and administrators who are participating or wish to participate in international collaboration. The qualitative leap in the process of internationalisation they will benefit from stems from the Project's main outcomes:
Creating and implementing national legislative that has been lacking to date: Accreditation Standards for Joint and Double degrees, National Strategy of Internationalisation of Higher Education and Research and National Strategy of Academic Mobility and Recognition of Degrees (in line with the Serbian Strategy of Educational Development by 2020).
Creating and implementing individual university strategies on internationalisation and academic mobility along with coherent institutional measures capable of steering internationalisation, improving institutional capacities for the growing participation in international projects and strengthening the process of internal integration of Serbian universities.
Through partnering with a large international company in Serbia, the Project addresses the link between employability and internationalisation, so as to raise public awareness of competences valued in the domestic and global labour markets. The Project will transfer tailor-made know-how, best practices and expertise from the EU partners to app. 150 members of the Serbian HE community (authorities, academics, students and staff) during the study visits and trainings and a much wider array of HE stakeholders during workshops and forums.
Project description
The Project aims to develop and implement meaningful, transparent and far-reaching national and institutional strategies, policies and measures that will ensure a long-term systematic and strategic approach to the internationalisation of Serbian HE and research, facilitate international relations across Serbian universities and raise the quality and scope of international partnerships established within EHEA and ERA.
Several key factors account for the Project’s relevance, importance and urgency. Within current national legislative, there is an apparent and problematic lack of internationalisation strategies designed to set priorities, goals and measurable targets able to steer the process of internationalisation of HE in a realistic way. Also absent are national standards, benchmarks and policies dealing with specific aspects of internationalisation that are becoming increasingly urgent for the Serbian academic community (e.g. establishment of joint and double degrees with foreign partners; participation in international mobility programs; participation in large-scale international research collaborations; recruitment of international scholars; recognition of foreign degrees).
The overall Serbian Strategy of Educational Development by 2020 (adopted in 2012) considers internationalisation as one of the top priorities of higher education reforms. It recognizes that success is possible only through collective efforts of those involved in the process, primarily the State and the HEIs, and calls for immediate actions.
The aspiring goals of this Strategy (which promotes convergence with key EU strategies in the field of education and training) can only be met if there are concrete national and institutional measures able to advance the international competitiveness, attractiveness and quality of Serbian HE and research and put into use the full potential of Serbian HEIs in international partnerships and networks. The Projects brings together authorities in charge of HE and research, HE institutions, student associations and employers to jointly develop and implement strategies, policies and measures that will overcome existing obstacles and shortcomings clearly identified in the Serbian Strategy of Educational Development: insufficient international exposure of the Serbian higher education system; extremely small number of joint degree programs with foreign partners; low volume of incoming and outgoing student and staff mobility; lack of strategic orientation in the internationalisation of HE and research; inadequate financial and administrative conditions for the realization of large-scale mobility; limited scope of international projects (particularly international research collaborations), insufficient awareness of competences graduates need to be employable on the global labour market. The Project addresses all these challenges, intending to solve them through joint action and commitment of national HE stakeholders and the transfer of know-how, expertise and best practices from the EU partners. It recognizes that much has already been done in the field of international relations primarily through previous Community support projects and intends to make full use of acquired domestic expertise and initiatives.
However, it aspires to bring forth a qualitative leap in the perception as well as implementation of the process of internationalisation within the Serbian HE system. In this stage, internationalisation is no longer seen as a process handled predominantly by international committees and offices, or confined to internationalisation specialists. Instead, international affairs are taken up in all arenas of decision-making and administration, and, as such, touch upon all areas of HE provision. This fact alone requires a new strategic approach to reform processes, both by national and institutional authorities. The Law on Higher Education (2005) acknowledged that HE reforms were not likely to be effective unless there was a gradual change in the mode of university governance. It therefore created a framework for the process of university integration, supporting a number of integrative functions. International cooperation and mobility were, from a legislative point of view, perceived as a responsibility of the university. The Project intends to keep strengthening the university integrative function by developing coherent institutional policies steering international relations and enhancing institutional capacities that provide optimum conditions for the growing participation in international projects. It envisages the adoption of separate university strategies of internationalisation and academic mobility that reflect particular features of Serbian HEIs and at the same time achieve common national goals. The concept of functional integration that describes all internal processes, structures and procedures enhancing (through internal consensus) the effective use of resources of the university as a whole is taken up by the Project in creating the necessary synergy between HE stakeholders and among members of the Serbian academic community.
Through partnering with a large international enterprise in Serbia, the Project emphasizes the link between employability and internationalisation, aiming to raise awareness among students, scholars and employers in Serbia of competences graduates need to acquire to be competitive in the domestic and global labour markets. The concept of employability has been an integral part of the Bologna Process from its onset, together with the idea of an unhindered flow of students and scholars. The Project therefore intends to bring the issue of knowledge and skills enhancing employability of Serbian graduates to the fore of the new internationalisation agenda for the Serbian higher education system - both through organized seminars and through its activities on the development of the National Strategy of Academic Mobility and Recognition of Degrees.
Aims and Objectives
Strengthening the role of Serbian Higher Education and Research within the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) and European Research Area (ERA) through building and advancing policies and capacities of national higher education bodies and higher education institutions to effectively manage and embed the process of internationalisation in education, research, mobility and services.
Specific objectives:
Developing and advancing national legislative which will underpin the process of internationalisation of Serbian higher education and research.
Building the university integrative function through institutional policies for the internationalisation of education, research, mobility and services.
Enhancing institutional capacities for effective participation in large-scale international collaborations.
Participants from Singidunum University:
prof. dr Milovan Stanišić, prof. dr Milan Milosavljević, prof. dr Verka Jovanović, doc. dr Svetlana Stanišić, doc. dr Marina Marjanović Jakovljević, doc. dr Lazar Dražeta, doc. dr Vojislav Marjanović, doc. dr Marko Šarac, mr Marina Savković, Stefan Perišić, master
The proposal addresses one of the most acute problems in Serbian HE: harmonization of doctoral studies with the needs of academia, industry and society at large, as well as with the current EU practice. The wider objective of this project as a structural measure is to restructure doctoral studies in Serbia in line with the Bologna Process and Salzburg Principles, emphasizing quality of research and integrative processes which involve universities, research institutes and industry, and result in the establishment of Doctoral Schools. The specific objectives are: a) to reconsider in detail the existing national policies/standards for doctoral studies in RS and to develop new ones, better adapted to the current experiences and needs, including a new bylaw on public funding of doctoral studies based on doctoral research projects b) to restructure doctoral studies in RS in order achieve a synergy between scientific research Institutes and Universities and compatibility with the needs of industry c) to develop the concept of joint doctoral studies at intra university and inter university levels in the form of Doctoral Schools, and to implement four models in the selected fields (Material Sciences, Cyberphysical Systems, Arts and Humanities, Natural Sciences) . The Project will generate as outputs/outcomes improved QA standards for doctoral studies, new bylaws for public funding of doctoral studies and research policy for doctoral studies and a roadmap for cooperation with industry and civil sector. A new bylaw for the establishment of Doctoral Schools, which integrates HEI's and contributes to the improvement of the position of students as young researchers, will be adopted, together with the corresponding accreditation standards, including joint doctoral degrees. Four Doctoral Schools in the above mentioned fields will be established in order to check the newly defined structure; the study programs will be accredited and the first group of students enrolled.
Aims and Objectives
As a structural measure, the whole project is aimed at restructuring doctoral studies in Serbia in line with the Bologna Process and Salzburg Principles, with the emphasis on the quality of research and integrative processes involving universities, institutes and industry, and resulting in the establishment of Doctoral Schools.
The specific objectives are: a) to reconsider the existing national policies/standards for doctoral studies in Serbia and to develop new ones, better adapted to the current experiences and needs, together with a new bylaw on financing doctoral studies based on doctoral research projects; b) to restructure doctoral studies in order achieve a synergy between scientific research Institutes and Universities and compatibility with the needs of industry; c) to develop the concept of joint doctoral studies at intra-university and inter-university levels through Doctoral Schools, and to implement several models of Doctoral Schools in selected fields.
Participants from Singidunum University:
prof. dr Endre Pap, prof. dr. Milovan Stanišić, prof.dr. Milan Milosavljević, prof.dr. Verka Jovanović, prof.dr. Mladen Veinivić, doc.dr. Svetlana Stanišić Stojić, doc.dr. Marina Marjanović Jakovljević, doc.dr. Nemanja Stanišić
dr. Predrag Popović, Institute of Nuclear Sciences VINCA
Summary
Adjusting of technical legislation of the Republic of Serbia with the European legal heritage is of high importance for the economy, as it creates preconditions for increasing exports and provides consumer protection from non-quality products at the local market. Successful application of harmonized technical legislation requires upgrading of the infrastructure required for conformity assessment in the Republic of Serbia which will be in the position to apply the conformity assessment methods that are in accordance with the essential requirements of the compulsory EU Directives. In that way, producers would acquire the right to use the “CE“ labeling for their products, which is the proof of the product being safe for people and environment, and which confirms to the government organizations that the product has had a legal placement on the market. Due to the significance of these activities for the national economy development and for consumer protection, the authorized Conformity Assessment Bodies have to be empowered in compliance with the criteria set out in relevant directives and international standards regulating their field of work. The strengthened products conformity assessment infrastructure would become a technical service where producers wishing to market their products on the EU market could get all necessary technical information and certificates on conformity of their products with the requirements of relevant Directives, as well as to get actual assistance in analyzing and assessing the risks related to usage of the products. The expected project results would considerably help development of the products conformity assessment methods and proceedings, in accordance with the EU harmonized technical regulations, especially regarding the products where technical safety is relevant. This is a precondition for the economy of Serbia to create, in the priority fields, the products of necessary quality that can be competitive in the international market.
Keywords
eu directives, technical products, conformity assessment, methods, laboratory equipment
The research provides the knowledge base for the implementation of the Spatial Plan of the Republic of Serbia (SPRS), which is expected to be approved this summer, as well as for its role as a strategic framework in integration of general and sectoral policies (1), and in renewal of strategic research, thinking and governance in Serbia (2). The research will be undertaken at three levels: 1) General theoretical and methodological framework; 2) Developmental (analysis of development and contextual factors and their respective roles and impact in defining a new model of strategic thinking, research and governance); and 3) Applicative (new policies, development measures and instruments, and institutional and organizational arrangements and support). Four subprojects are: 1) Renewal of strategic research, thinking and governance in Serbia and the utilization of its territorial capital; 2) New economic and social instruments for the implementation of the SPRS: the aspects of harmonizing various interests and control of conflicts, and accessibility of infrastructure and services; 3) Strategic governance at various regional levels; and 4) Information support to the implementation of SPRS and strategic decision-making. Based on this original research, a new set of instruments will be designed, to provide for a better protection and utilization of the territorial capital of Serbia, under the circumstances of “Europeanization of Serbia outside the EU and with its limited support”.
Keywords
europeanization of serbia; territorial capital; strategic thinking, research and governance
The project will include the research of the current situation and the EU requirements related to the field of railway transport safety, with special emphasis on the way of formation and financing, organizational and staffing structure, scope and working methods of so called "Safety Authority", an entity dealing with the investigation and analysis of rail accidents, as well as proposing measures to raise the level of security. The aim of this part of the research is to propose optimal solution for "Safety Authority" in the Republic of Serbia. Special attention will be devoted to the research related to the potential of Serbian Railways in terms of EU requirements related to the compatibility and interoperability of technical systems, both in the field of technical exploitation characteristics and maintenance. Traffic-technical and organizational requirements that will appear in our railways upon Serbian EU entry, especially on Corridor X, will also be analyzed. Measures to meet these requirements will be proposed. Requirements for intermodal transport will be given special attention. In this regard, the EU environmental requirements regarding rail transport will be analyzed and possibilities of fulfilling the requirements by Serbian Railways will be explored. The situation regarding normative regulation of railway traffic will be explored and activities with the aim of raising this area to the required EU level will be proposed.
Keywords
transport, serbian railways, infrastructure, eu entry, interoperability, interoperability
The main problem in today mathematical modeling is related to the nonlinearity of the considered problems mostly under uncertainty, and usualy looking for optimal solution. Mathematical mashinery initiated by many different applications, which cover all three mentioned aspects is pseudo-analysis, which requires an introduction of new real operations. Besides several properties and construction methods, also several kinds of aggregation functions will be introduced and examined. It will be investigated and developed further the notion of universal integral and many of important cases of it. There will be proved inequalities for nonlinear integrals (Jensen, Chebyshev, Hölder, Minkowski, Stolarsky). There will be introduced new types of integrals with respect to the absolutely monotone set functions. Further applications of of the pseudo-superposition principle for some new nonlinear PDEs will be managed. Based on countable extensions of the triangular norms fixed point theorems in probabilistic metric and fuzzy metric spaces will be proved.There will be managed new models, based on pseudo-analysis, in social sciences, transportations and imprecise spatial objects modelling. Using semirings of bistochastic matrices there will be investigated the mobility index and related orderings, and the extension of the whole theory to continuous state Markov processes. Comparative analysis of existing causality measures applied to problems of brain connectivity will be performed.
Keywords
aggregation function,nonadditive measure, nonlinear equation, uncertainty, decision making
Subject of research are the remains of the Roman city and military camp Viminacium, which is situated in the counties of the villages Stari Kostolac and Drmno. The importance of Viminacium is that it represents the only Roman city and military camp which is not endangered by modern agglomerations. During Roman times, it had more than 35.000 inhabitants. Viminacium was the capital of the Roman province Moesia Superior, the administrative, economic and cultural centre for the area on the northern border of the Roman Empire. Within the area of the archaeological site Viminacium, during the past several years, multidisciplinary systematical geo-physical research is taking place before archaeological excavations. The application of geo-physical methods includes common work of geo-physicists, electro-engineers and archaeologists. Decisions about convenience of an archaeological site for applications of such methods, its stratigraphy, geo-physical contrast, the overview of archaeological documentation, as well as the project of measuring itself must be a result of common work.It is clear that, for a competent interpretation of geo-physical data, one needs multidisciplinary activity. After geo-physical and archaeological research comes an anthropological analysis and after that an interpretation that explains the population of Viminacium and its material culture. At this moment, the only Roman amphitheatre at the territory of the former province of Upper Moesia is being excavated.
Keywords
viminacium, roman city, military camp, geo-physics, digitalization, anthropology, 3d reconstruction
The study and interpretation of cultural interaction in the Danube area, research will be aimed at highlighting the role of rivers in shaping perceptions of Serbia in Europe. In this sense, theoretically, it is a imagological, and the methodological, interpretative work, which includes the launch of new theoretical questions, collecting material, analysis, interpretation and testing assumptions about the historical, cultural and geographical importance of the Danube region in Serbia. The significance of this work lies not only in the collection and interpretation of materials such as guides for the trip on the Danube, in travel literature, cartographic views of the Danube and other relevant materials, but also in examining the scale of cultural, economic, commercial and political importance of the river in Serbia and the region of Southeast Europe. Thus, from their point of view and disciplinary aspects, researchers will interpret the significance of the Danube in the development of Serbia and the Balkans, and provide new insights into the role of cultural contact, international relations, expansion of scientific, artistic, economic, political and, in general, the impact of civilization.
Researchers in mathematical logic and knowledge based systems, graph theory, operational research, cryptology etc., have all made breakthroughs in developing solutions for many problems on which modern technology and everyday life depend. The practice in Serbia shows that results obtained by our scientists remained on a theoretical level. Thus, we propose a concerted effort towards developing ICT applications of these results with the main objectives to:
strengthen the S&T base in Serbia for the development of ICT as the core of the knowledge-based society and economy,
utilize the knowledge of advanced mathematical methods, commonly unfamiliar to engineers, for obtaining novel or significantly improving the existing ICTs,
help reduce the digital divide by unlocking the innovation and creativity of the partners. The project will focus on a limited set of challenges with a firm mathematical background. It will establish cooperation between research groups in mathematics, CS, engineering, telecommunications, and arts and humanities for mutual benefit. We will concern • ICT
as the main research area, and its applications into some key socio-economic challenges (health, power systems, sharing of cultural resources) defined in the national strategy for science:
Contributions to prediction, prevention, diagnostic and therapeutic approaches (1.2),
New technologies for renewable energy sources and clean technology (2.2),
The cultural heritage, creating capital works (7.7).
The project team will comprise 34 institutions and 192 researchers in mathematics, ICT and its applications into health, power systems, and digitization of cultural heritage. We will envisage numerous subprojects: 1. Intelligent clinical consultation system, 2. Advanced cryptology techniques and applied mathematics for information security in distributed systems, 3. Algorithms, combinatorics and optimization, 4. Mathematical analysis of renewable energy sources, 5. Simulation, analysis and optimization of wireless telecommunication networks, 6. Development of intelligent systems based on data mining strategies, 7. Middleware for simultaneous management and control of distributed systems from municipal communal services, 8. An adaptive system of computer assisted learning, 9. Applications of ICT in digitization and scientific-historical-archival treatment of heritage, 10. Advanced Methods in 3D Modeling and Simulating of the Original Patents of Nikola Tesla, 11. A portal of Serbian Official Papers 1813-2013, 12. 1700th anniversary of the Edict of Milan: Emperor Constantine and Mediana; The project will involve J. Edmonds, one of the creators of the field of combinatorial optimization, and Z. Obradovic, director of the Center for Information Science and Technology at Temple University, Philadelphia. 57 young researchers will be hired addressing the "brain drain".
Participants from Singidunum University:
prof. dr Dragan Cvetković, doc. dr.Saša Adamović; doc. dr. Aleksandar Jevremović
The project is dedicated to research activates on advanced techniques for information security regarding data secrecy and authentication control. Accordingly, the main goals of the project are at the following directions: techniques for security evaluation of certain symmetric encryption techniques and authentication protocols; advanced stream ciphers and authentication protocols which provide high security and low implementation complexity; advanced techniques for the key management (including the broadcast encryption ones); advanced techniques for biometric authentication; application of the results achieved within prior steps for developing advanced mechanisms of information security in certain ICT systems including ones related to elements of medical ICT and smart grid.
Outcomes
The main expected outcomes of the project are within domains of cryptology, image processing and computational topology and include the following:
- Design and security evaluation of advanced cryptographic techniques based on joint effects of pseudo-randomness, randomness and dedicated coding;
- Improvement of existing and development of new methods for shape characterization at sub-pixel precision and further enhance their applicability and particularly regarding processing of 3D images and the biometric;
- Employment of computational topology methods for cryptographic keys management issues involving advanced method of partitioning and covering of topological and discrete structures.
Aims and Objectives
The project is dedicated to the research activates on advanced techniques for information security regarding data security and authentication control. Accordingly, the main goals of the project are at the following directions: (i) techniques for security evaluation of certain symmetric encryption techniques; (ii) advanced symmetric encryption techniques which provide at the same time high security and low implementation complexity; (iii) advanced techniques for symmetric key management (including the broadcast encryption ones); (iv) advanced techniques for biometric authentication;
(v) application of the results achieved within (i)-(iv) for developing advanced mechanisms of information security in certain ICT systems including ones related to elements of medical/health ICT and smart grid. The planned research activities for realization of the goals (i)-(v) are in the following domains:
01. cryptology;
02. image processing;
03. certain topics of mathematics and particularly the computational topology.
Research Impact
The importance of the proposed project is a direct implication of the information security significance and its position on the lists of research and social priorities from the international and national points of view.
technology of double rotated SC cut quartz crystal units and ultra-thin micro-miniature AT-cut crystal units for filters;
OCXO development and realization of high stability OCXO oscillator 5-130 MHz based on SC cut quartz crystal unit;
Development and realization of band-pass and band-stop crystal filters for frequencies 30-180 MHz. It is proposed to be implemented in digital communication systems.Each phase of realization consists of numerous procedures in order to obtain ultra stable,high quality devices competitive on international markets.Quartz crystal unit is the heart of almost all devices for frequency control. Our proposal is to realize high-stability OCXO SC cut crystal unit from 5-30 MHz band,with strict demands from the list of technical characteristics especially having in mind low phase noise, short-term and long-term stabilities.It is further planned to develop and realize ultra-thin micro-miniature AT cut crystal units for frequencies from 30-180 MHz intended for filters with special demands for position and suppression of spurious resonantie, intermodulation,environmental characteristics and small frequency deviation in wide range of temperatures.
Project consists of the development of new methods and algorithms, derivation of theoretical results, experimental verification, and development of systems for more efficient usage of computer and communication systems, with the focus on performance and to consume less energy. The topic belongs to Green technologies, and the focus is on consuming less energy or to reduce contamination and waste materials of computer and communication systems. Research is on efficient algorithms for signal and data processing, mathematical modeling, efficient spectral usage, optimization of computer systems, and usage of reconfigurable systems. The results will be used in communication systems, wireless communication, image and speech processing, and business decisions. Commercial software solutions will be produced, new or as upgrade of existing, or as part of equipments and systems produced by our participants.
Keywords
Signal processing, computer systems, mathematical modelling.
Project description
The expected results of this project are (1) the selection of modules and smaller units as parts of larger systems, (2) new methods, algorithms, and software solutions based on recent achievements of researchers employed by this project (modeling of analog passive systems implemented using digital systems, digital filters, nonlinear time-discrete systems). A part of team will work on theoretical-experimental research activities in the field of wireless communications. The main topic of research will be also on efficient reconfigurable filters, optimization algorithms, and implementation of efficient filters.
Another research topic is application of data selection and compression for building energy-efficient communication and information systems. This topic is a new area in signal processing with a wide possibility in building energy-efficient communication and information systems. The basic idea is on non-uniform sampling, with a limited number of data in such a way that it has all accurate relevant information. The key issue is to derive new efficient algorithms so that the minimal numbers of data contain the whole information without loss. Mathematical methods used in the research will cover liner data-base wavelets and L1 optimization.
Expected key results
Expected key results are in 5 sub-projects running 4 years in parallel.
Goal 1: Optimization of energy-efficient (EE) computer networks. Development of an Advanced Resource Utilization Metering System. Development of a Computer Network Simulation System. Research and development of design methods for EE Computer Network Architecture. Computer Network Protocol Stack Optimization.
Goal 2 and 4: Development of new methods, algorithms, and software solutions targeted on design and implementation of digital filters and non-linear systems, based on EE structures. Main topics are on reconfigurable hardware digital filters and the corresponding new efficient algorithms for the design of polynomial filters, reconfigurable band-pass digital filters, methods for optimization of multi-level decimation. Technical solutions in form of algorithms, methods and software products are planned. New date processing issue in medicine, image processing, sensor networks, understanding natural phenomena, business model based on this theory.
Goal 3: Development of mathematical method for EE spectra of mobile and wireless systems.
Goal 5: Results for managing various redundancies in sequent calculi proof search.
The project aims to improve the governance and management in higher education in Serbia and enhance the role and importance of higher education in developing and expanding the state influence.
All leading higher education institutions and UMBRELLA ORGANIZATIONS in Serbia are involved in projects which aim to achieve the aforementioned goals. The governance and management modernization project in higher education is designed to improve the policy and strategy of the whole system of higher education, to enhance the role of higher education in society and to build long-term partnerships with students. Another goal of the project is to adopt standards that would guarantee the quality and improvement of a national framework for qualifications of higher education institutions.
