https://uniba.sk/ Najnovšie novinky sk https://uniba.sk/fileadmin/tt_news_article.gif https://uniba.sk/ Najnovšie novinky TYPO3 - get.content.right http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Thu, 31 Dec 2026 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.surfintsren.sk SURFINT-SREN IX 18-20 November 2025, Smolenice Castle, Smolenice, Slovakia Progress in Applied... [FMFI] Konferencie [FMFI] Kalendár Jan.Gregus@fmph.uniba.sk Mon, 09 Jun 2025 17:04:00 +0200 http://https://www.jfmed.uniba.sk/en/study/jfmed-students/the-organization-of-study/graduation-ceremony/ [JLF] Kalendár Mon, 09 Jun 2025 14:25:00 +0200 https://uniba.sk/ Bratislava, 9 June 2025: The academic community perceives 17 November as an extraordinary day. The... “On 17 November 1939 the Nazis closed Czech universities, executed nine students, and sent more than a thousand others to concentration camps. 17 November 1989 is the day on which the process leading to the fall of the communist totalitarian regime was launched. It is the day when we began to build academic self-government. Therefore, it deserves our attention, recognition and respect across the entire society,” said Comenius University Rector Marek Števček. "The day of 17 November goes to the very core of Comenius University. Several events of November 1989 took place in our premises, and were driven by our students. From the legendary student march of 16 November to the discussions in our Auditorium, it was the courage of young people that sparked the societal change. Because of it, we can now freely create, study, and travel. That is why I plan to declare a rector's day off on 17 November,  2025, in order to commemorate the legacy of the November events, regardless of the formal form of the holiday. I hope that Comenius University will maintain this tradition in the future, and the instances of student resistance from 1939 and 1989 will be preserved in our collective academic memory," added Števček.]]> [RUK] Titulka - úzke novinky [RUK] Tlačové správy pr@uniba.sk Wed, 11 Jun 2025 14:02:00 +0200 https://uniba.sk/ Bratislava, [30 May 2025] A new office is being established at the Science Park of Comenius... Bratislava, [30 May 2025] A new office is being established at the Science Park of Comenius University in Bratislava, aimed at connecting academic research, innovative companies, and the public in the fields of bioinformatics, genetics, and biomedicine – the FORGENOM Open Office. This initiative emerges as an outcome of the international project FORGENOM II and responds to the growing need to make scientific careers more attractive to young researchers in Slovakia. The FORGENOM Open Office will serve as an open space for the general public, students, researchers, and professionals. It will regularly host open days, science cafés, presentations by successful researchers, discussions on current science topics, and career events designed to connect students with biomedical and bioinformatics companies and start-ups. Special emphasis will be placed on increasing the visibility of women in science by sharing inspiring stories of female scientists. To boost interest in PhD studies and research in areas such as bioinformatics, genomics, and proteomics, activities will be carried out in collaboration with experts from the University of Milano-Bicocca (UNIMIB) and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL). The project also includes a public communication campaign to raise interest in science and strengthen trust in its benefits. The FORGENOM Open Office also addresses the need for clear communication of current scientific findings in biomedicine and personalized medicine. These fields are increasingly important for future healthcare – for example, through the development of non-invasive diagnostic tests and targeted treatments. The goal is to support informed public decision-making and foster an environment of open dialogue between science and society. The strategic goal of the FORGENOM II project (Fostering Excellence in Genomics and Proteomics Research at Comenius University in Bratislava) is to improve access to excellence at the Comenius University in Bratislava and enhance the research profile of the institution and its staff in genomics, bioinformatics, and proteomics. This will be achieved through targeted collaboration, mentoring, and educational activities with leading international research institutions in these fields – the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the University of Milano-Bicocca (UNIMIB). FORGENOM Open Office Contact: Mgr. Diana Rusňáková, PhD., email: diana.rusnakova@uniba.sk www.cusp.uniba.sk www.forgenom.com ]]> [UVP] Široké novinky Fri, 06 Jun 2025 11:37:00 +0200 https://uniba.sk/ The book René mládenca príhody a skúsenosti (René, or: A Young Man’s Adventures and Experiences) by... René, or: A Young Man’s Adventures and Experiences, has been published by Liverpool University Press as part of the Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment series. The publication was initiated by English studies specialist Dobrota Pucherová from the Institute of World Literature of SAV. “This novel is unique in that it is not only the first novel written in the Slovak language, and also the first novel written in a small language of the Habsburg Monarchy, and the first Enlightenment novel in our region,” she explains. She approached Bohemist David Short, an experienced translator from Czech, to undertake the translation, as the language Bajza used between 1783 and 1785 shares many similarities with Czech. The original is difficult for contemporary readers to understand. “Bajza created his own idiolect. As an Enlightenment thinker, he aimed to convey verified knowledge about the world to readers. For him, language was a tool for education, and the national language was a more effective medium than the Latin used previously,” explains an expert on older Slovak literature, Associate Professor Erika Brtáňová from the Department of Slovak Language, Literature and Didactics, of CU's Faculty of Education. René, or: A Young Man’s Adventures and Experiences is a Bildungsroman, a novel genre that follows the spiritual, psychological and social development of the protagonist during adolescence or a journey through the world. At the time of writing René, Jozef Ignác Bajza was a young chaplain who was well-versed in ancient authors as well as contemporary German and French texts, which he drew on in his novel. “The significance of Bajza’s text does not lie in the originality of its subject matter, but rather in how he was able to combine diverse elements,” says Assoc. Prof. Anikó Dušíková from the Department of Hungarian Language and Literature at the Faculty of Arts of CU. She authored a study for the English edition that places the novel in the context of its time and of the literary environment of Central Europe. A similar work on the theme of world travel appeared in Hungarian at the time: Tarimenes’ Journey by György Bessenyei. “Enlightenment authors aimed to bring the wider world closer to the reader and to write in the language their audience understood best. It was a very modern decision for the period,” says Dušíková. Only the first volume was published during Bajza’s lifetime, as the second was blocked by ecclesiastical censorship. Although the novel is now primarily associated with mandatory reading for the secondary school final exams, it lives on in a theatrical adaptation by Milan Lasica and Július Satinský. Their play Our Friend René (Náš priateľ René), written in 1980, was also banned by communist censors shortly before its premiere and could only be performed after the Velvet Revolution in 1989. Today, it is successfully staged at the Štúdio L+S Theatre by actors Lukáš Latinák and Juraj Kemka. Barbora Tancerová]]> [RUK][SP] Naša Univerzita [RUK] Titulka - úzke novinky pr@uniba.sk Mon, 09 Jun 2025 12:41:00 +0200 https://uniba.sk/ Monday 9.6.2025 at 13:10 hod., Lecture room I 9 Jana Černíková:
Computational analysis of bacterial plasmids Abstract:
Plasmids are small, circular, extrachromosomal DNA molecules commonly found in bacteria. They can be transferred between different bacterial cells through horizontal gene transfer and often carry genes conferring antimicrobial resistance (AMR), making them a critical focus in the study of antibiotic resistance. The goal of our work is to develop new bioinformatics methods for plasmid detection and comparison, leveraging techniques from machine learning and comparative genomics. We explore computational approaches for classifying plasmid sequences based on high-throughput sequencing data. Using k-mer profiles and various sequence-derived features, we are training machine learning models to distinguish plasmid reads from chromosomal ones. Our dataset, consisting of multiple E. coli isolates, presents significant challenges due to class imbalance – plasmid reads are markedly underrepresented. Experimental results demonstrate that data partitioning strategies and isolate-specific differences play a substantial role in classification performance. More information Youtube channel ]]> [FMFI] Prednášky a semináre [FMFI] Kalendár Damas.Gruska@fmph.uniba.sk Tue, 03 Jun 2025 20:49:00 +0200 https://uniba.sk/ Bratislava, 3 June 2025 – According to the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR), Comenius... CU, which is the only Slovak institution in the top 1,000, the V4 region is represented by four Czech, ten Polish, and four Hungarian universities. Alongside CU, three other Slovak institutions are included in the ranking: Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice is ranked 1,555th (top 7.3%), the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava is in 1,673rd place (top 7.8%), and the Technical University of Košice ranks 1,960th (top 9.2%). CWUR is one of the largest academic rankings of global universities. It has evaluated institutions since 2012, focusing on four key areas: education quality (25%), employability (25%), quality of faculty (10%), and research performance (40%).

*** Comenius University Bratislava is the only Slovak university to appear in all major global rankings. In the QS World University Rankings 2025, it ranked between 661st and 670th place. In the 2025 Round University Ranking, it placed 475th. In the 2025 CWUR (Center for World University Rankings ) ranking, it was ranked 739th, placing it among the top 3.5% universities globally. The ARWU (Shanghai Ranking) placed CU in the 901st–1000th place band. In the prestigious Best Global Universities ranking, CU holds 718th place and ranks 277th in physics. The SCImago ranking lists it at 1,187th place. In the NTU (National Taiwan University) Ranking, it is placed between 951st and 1000th place, and in physics, it ranks between 351st and 400th place globally. In the 2024 Three University Missions MosIUR ranking, CU is 278th, while the THE Impact Rankings places it in the 601st–800th place band. In THE WUR ranking, CU is in the 1201st–1500th place range. The RankPro World University Ranking places CU at 181st place. In the Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS), CU ranks between 401st and 500th place in physics. In the 2025 QS World University Rankings by Subject, CU is placed between 601st and 650th in medicine and 601st and 675th in physics. ]]> [RUK] Titulka - úzke novinky pr@uniba.sk Thu, 05 Jun 2025 11:24:00 +0200 https://uniba.sk/ Tuesday 29.4.2025 at 15:30, Lecture room F2/125 Eugenia Boffo (Charles University in Prague):
On Kodaira-Spencer theory
Abstract:
Topological strings have moduli that are either Kähler h^1,1 or complex structure h^2,1. The deformation problem of complex structures, as customary for deformation problems, consists of a Maurer-Cartan equation, in this case involving the Dolbeault differential and the Schouten bracket. Unfortunately, various issues (lack of a suitable bilinear symmetric 2-form, or use of a divergence operator in the working expression for the Schouten bracket) concur to prevent an action functional in MC form (i.e. whose field equations are the MC equations). Therefore the original proposals of an action in the Batalin-Vilkovisky formalism, known as Kodaira-Spencer theory of gravity or BCOV theory, involve either a non-local kinetic term [Bershadsky-Cecotti-Ooguri-Vafa ’93] or a constrained variation [Barannikov-Kontsevich ’97]. We propose a fix to this, borrowing structures from superstring field theory. Based on a work with Hulík and Sachs to appear soon. ]]> [FMFI] Prednášky a semináre [FMFI] Kalendár Peter.Matak@fmph.uniba.sk Mon, 02 Jun 2025 15:46:00 +0200 https://uniba.sk/ Tuesday 3.6.2025 at 11:00, Lecture room VIII Alex Popa (Professor, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Bucharest, Romania):
Representing Paths in Digraphs
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We consider two combinatorial problems related to graph string matching, motivated by recent approaches in computational genomics. Given a DAG where each node is labeled by a symbol, the problems aim to find a path in the DAG whose nodes contain all (or the maximum number of) symbols of the alphabet. We introduce a decision problem, Σ-Representing Path, that asks whether there exists a path that contains all the symbols of the alphabet, and an optimization problem, called Maximum Representing Path, that asks for a path that contains the maximum number of symbols. We analyze the complexity of the problems, showing the NP-completeness of Σ-Representing Path when each symbol labels at most three nodes in the DAG, and showing the APX-hardness of Maximum Representing Path when each symbol labels at most two nodes in the DAG. We complement the first result by giving a polynomial-time algorithm for Σ-Representing Path when each symbol labels at most two nodes in the DAG. Then we investigate the parameterized complexity of the two problems when the DAG has a limited distance from a set of disjoint paths and we show that both problems are W[1]-hard for this parameter. We consider the approximation of Maximum Representing Path, giving an approximation algorithm of factor sqrt{OPT} , where OPT is the value of an optimal solution of the problem. We also show a hardness of approximation result for the Maximum Representing Path problem.

]]> [FMFI] Prednášky a semináre [FMFI] Kalendár Tomas.Vinar@FMPH. Fri, 30 May 2025 15:48:00 +0200 https://uniba.sk/ The TERAIS project team invites you to an event that will take place on Monday, June 16, 2025, at... Registration, deadline: 8.6.2025 More information and invitation]]> [FMFI] Konferencie [FMFI] Kalendár [FMFI] Titulka - úzke novinky Nina.Kucerakova@fmph.uniba.sk Thu, 29 May 2025 09:43:00 +0200