On Wednesday, 2 nd  of June , starting at  17:00 PM ,  there will be an online Chess Tournament FER Cup 2021 . The tournament will be held on the lichess.com webpage. Swiss system, 7 rounds, tempo 7+3 will be used. In order to participate, it is necessary to register on the webpage lichess.com, and access team FER  ( https://lichess.org/team/fer ). Please, state your  given name and surname . The Tournament is graded for the subject Chess. All other FER students as well as all willing students from the University of Zagreb can also participate.

The opening is available for Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing (FER), SHARK Lab (Advanced Shape Reconstruction and Registration Laboratory), Croatia, in the area of AI/Computer vision/Machine Learning with application in Healthcare/Anthropometric measurements. The opening is available under the Croatian Science Foundation project : Smartphone and Tablet Extraction of Anthropometric Measurements (STEAM) . Anthropometric measurements are of particular interest to a large group of beneficiaries since nowadays anthropometry plays an important role in industrial design, clothing design, ergonomics, medicine and architecture where statistical data about the distribution of body dimensions in the population are used to optimize various products and services. A postdoctoral position is open for 20 months. Starting date: June 2021. Responsibilities: to lead and conduct the advanced research on the project STEAM by: developing state-of-the-art 3D reconstruction algorithms on mobile platforms (smartphone and tablets) developing state of the art algorithms to estimate anthropometric measurements, combining 2D image and 3D data from mobile platforms publishing research results in peer-reviewed conferences and journals interfacing with stakeholders, including industry, graduate students, and other faculty. Expected qualifications: Ph.D. degree in computer science or related engineering degree Excellent programming skills on Android and/or iOS platform. Highly desired: experience with data science tools including Python scripting, with at least one mainstream deep learning framework (e.g. TensorFlow), computer vision or robotics libraries (e.g. OpenCV, PCL, ROS), CUDA/OpenCL. Solid understanding of linear algebra, algorithms, computer vision and machine learning, optimization, numerical methods Highly desired: strong experience working in 3D reconstruction from images and applying machine learning to 3D reconstruction and human body modelling Record of peer-reviewed publications Excellent oral/written communication skills and interpersonal skills To apply or for questions about the position, please email a copy of your CV, two references and a cover letter outlining fit for the position. Review of applications will continue until the position is filled. Tomislav Pribanić, Ph.D. Professor University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Croatia Email: tomislav.pribanic@fer.hr

The 12th International Symposium on Image and Signal Processing and Analysis (ISPA 2021) will be held from 13th till 15th September 2021 at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing (FER) in Zagreb , Croatia. ISPA 2021 is organized by the University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing and is technically co-sponsored by EURASIP, IEEE Signal Processing Society, IEEE Croatia Section, and IEEE Croatia Section Signal Processing Society Chapter. Conference proceedings will be submitted for inclusion in the IEEE Xplore Database. Interested participants to welcome to attend the conference while prospective authors are kindly invited to submit their manuscripts reporting original work to the main conference or to one of the focused special sessions . The submission deadline is May 25, 2021. Conference website: https://www.isispa.org/

Technical Culture's new textbooks for upper primary school students feature comics with stories about young scientists, innovators and entrepreneurs, including Assis. Prof. Ana Sović Kržić. PhD , and a student of FER, Ivan Kožar . In addition to her teaching at FER, Assist. Prof. Sović Kržić is extremely active in FER's program to popularize science among children and young people called ŠUZA , and for the past five years she has also been the president of The Croatian Robotics Association. Modern comic heroes include Ivan Kožar, a fourth-year student who began experimenting with Tesla coils in sixth grade in order to construct a large musical Tesla coil later in high school. Experimentation led him to his next invention, a universal wireless charger for small battery devices, which won him a variety of medals and awards. The comic story about Ana Sović Kržić will be included in the eighth grade textbook, which will be part of the teaching material starting next school year, while the comic about Ivan Kožar is in the sixth grade textbook and has already been used by students since this year. The editor of these editions, but also the initiator of this commendable idea, is the teacher of Technical Culture from Zagreb Elementary School Ivan Cankar, Maja Mačinko. Some of the well-known names presented in the textbooks are for example Mate Rimac, Albert Gajšak, Ivan Mrvoš, Kata Marunica and a dozen other Croatian contemporary innovators and scientists.

In March 2021, the first fast charging station for electric vehicles was put into operation at FER. The charging station was procured by Croatian Science Foundation Program as part of the scientific research project " FLEXIBASE - Flexibility of High Conversion Microgrids". "The charging station is part of the microgrid of FER's SmartGrid Lab, which consists of distributed flexibility sources based on converters. It will test control algorithms developed to optimize the operation of the microgrid and maintain its stability during the transition to islanding, i.e. disconnection from the electricity distribution networks", explained FLEXIBASE project leader, Assoc. Prof. Hrvoje Pandžić, PhD . Numerous researchers from the Department of Energy and Power Systems, as well as members of the project team, were involved in connecting the e-charging station to the SmartGrid Lab's control system. The use of the e-station is free of charge for the employees of FER. More information about the FLEXIBASE project can be found at the bottom of the release.

The Ambassador of the Republic of Portugal to the Republic of Croatia, H. E. Paula Leal da Silva , visited the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of the University of Zagreb on Tuesday, 16 March 2021, where she was received by the Dean of FER, Prof. Gordan Gledec, PhD , and Vice Dean for Science, Prof. Nikola Mišković, PhD. The Ambassador of Portugal was accompanied by the First Secretary Rodrigo Lobo d'Ávila and Ataché for Culture Tiago Gil. During the meeting, the two delegations discussed the position and importance of FER in the academic and scientific research community and its positioning at the international level. Particular emphasis was given to the significant collaboration that FER has established for many years with partner institutions from Portugal, reflected in some 30 scientific research projects carried out with almost 20 Portuguese institutions. After the meeting with the faculty leadership, the Portuguese delegation, accompanied by FER's researcher Faust Ferreire, PhD , (originally from Portugal) visited four FER laboratories. At the beginning, at Smart Grid Laboratory ( SGLab ), an experienced researcher, Mateo Beus, mag. ing. , demonstrated to the guests the remote control of the hydroelectric power plant, followed by a visit to the Laboratory of Underwater Systems and Technologies ( LABUST ) in the newly renovated premises in Martinovka Hall, headed by Vice Dean Mišković . After returning to FER, the delegation visited the Laboratory for Renewable Energy Systems ( LARES ), where Prof. Mario Vašak, PhD , described the application of advanced methods of intelligent energy management on the surface of the skyscraper of FER, after which the guests had the opportunity to experience a beautiful view of the panorama of Zagreb. The visit ended with the presentation of FER's Laboratory for Autonomous Systems and Mobile Robotics ( LAMOR ) and the presentation of Prof. Ivan Petrović, PhD , who provided some examples from the industry with which LAMOR cooperates thanks to its very competitive research activities. Selected photos of the meeting can be found below in the gallery , more photos can be found in the detailed news content.

Every year, FER hosts a number of foreign students who spend a semester or more expanding their knowledge, experience, and international contacts by taking the opportunities offered within the Erasmus+ mobility programme. Despite the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, this academic year FER has once again attracted students from all over the world. Below you can read some of the impressions from several exchange students who have spent the last few months in Zagreb.