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 https://uniba.sk/ Her first encounter with the popularisation of science was in secondary school when she helped out... You studied journalism at the Faculty of Arts of Comenius University. What made you choose this study programme? Both of my parents were journalists and when I was in elementary school, my father worked for the Pravda daily and my mom managed a magazine about Slovak expats. Ever since I was little we watched the news, discussed politics and world events, and I found all that very interesting. While studying at the Ladislav Novomeský grammar school in Bratislava, I wrote for the school magazine called “Tomášičkár” and even served as its editor-in-chief for a while. My and my classmates enjoyed working on the magazine and we particularly loved writing reports from school trips. After grammar school, I went to study at Comenius University. How did your university education affect your career? I have always been interested in many things and I easily get excited about anything, so journalism was the perfect fit. During my studies, I chose optional subjects that broadened my horizons, like comparative religious studies, cultural studies, sociology or psychology. Now, my editorial mandate permits me to call any expert and ask them how things work: from black holes to long-standing mathematical problems. The longer I do it, the more I think I could not have picked a better profession. You work as a reporter for the Denník N daily paper. What attracted you to news writing? During my studies I dabbled in television journalism when I worked as programming assistant for the Teleráno morning show. It was good experience, but I feel more at home in news writing. In addition to writing articles, I also record podcasts - it is no traditional radio production and the rules for podcasts are more relaxed; that is another thing I enjoy doing. You said you were interested in many subjects; was science something you focussed on from the beginning? Originally, my favourite subject was foreign journalism and that is what I went to study, but science got thrown in my way and I realised that it would be ideal for me. The topics are very diverse and as part of my work, I learn how concepts like evolution or the universe work, how an allergy to wasp venom develops, and similar things. I have the opportunity to dive into a topic, conduct research and then ask someone who actually understands it - I really like the process. My work also gives me creative freedom and I can choose topics myself, responding to any current events in science that come along. During the pandemic I wrote about covid, vaccine development or clinical trials, but when nothing major occurs, I’ll do something for fun, like a long interview about the life of ants. How did you enter the world of science? I was around when the science.sk portal was created and my job was to set it up, later acting as its editor-in-chief responsible for content. A while after that, when Denník N was founded, we began exchanging content and it published our articles. For several months, I worked in the PR department of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and then I went abroad. I spent three years in Australia, earning my living by manual labour, picking fruits and vegetables such as mangoes, pineapples and cabbage. It was physically demanding, but I have fond memories of that time. After returning to Slovakia, I was lucky because they still remembered me at Denník N and I was in the right place at the right time when they were looking to fill a post in the science department: everything worked out very elegantly. What does your daily job look like? I have been at Denník N for about four and a half years, and I collaborate on science topics with Otakar Horák. I choose topics myself, drawing from press releases and major international science portals. Usually, there is no shortage of topics, and I have a number of them going on at once: I record several interviews, which then haunt me at night, untranscribed. Alongside all this I communicate with the editor and other editorial staff, receive tips from them, but otherwise I have a lot of freedom in choosing my topics. My texts are mostly long-form, and I also produce a bi-weekly podcast about science named N2, and collaborate on an absurdist humour podcast called Toto vystrihneme (We’ll cut this out). Do you have a field or topic of science that fascinates you? This is a common question, but the answer changes with time. I really like space, nature, animal behaviour: ants, bees, anything really; and I'm interested in genetics. These are my favorite topics at the moment and are easily converted into stories. You published a book named ‘Ako chutí tarantula’ (What does a tarantula taste like), which contains a selection of 25 interviews with Slovak scientists.How were you choosing them? Me and my editor used the interviews produced for the N2 podcast series. Our first criterion was to choose information that does not obsolesce quickly, unlike the podcasts I did during the covid pandemic when the situation was developing rapidly. Next, we wanted to cover the broadest range of research topics, and avoid having ten interviews about space, but include a selection of texts about explosions in the sun, food testing, gem formation, etc. The book is not supposed to be a pre-meditated cross-section of Slovak science because the interviews themselves were recorded over several years depending on what was happening at the moment, what my interests were, or in response to a major discovery. In some interviews, researchers express their opinions about Slovak science and the reasons why they decided to stay in Slovakia, or leave the country. Recently, you succeeded among 33 applicants from 20 countries in a new European Research Council initiative. You were one of seven journalists, who won the Frontiers residency program to stay in a selected European research institution for five months. What was your project that earned you this success? I have long been toying with the idea of going somewhere and I was looking for a suitable challenge. One day I received an e-mail from the Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information (CVTI) about this new programme, and once again I was in the right place at the right time. Zuzana Reptová from CVTI helped me with the numerous administrative details of the application. First of all, I needed to choose a European scientific institution doing frontier research. The stay is not about working in their PR department, but doing independent, original journalism and a project. I will be at the German Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, which is the recipient of several ERC grants. It is located in a harbour near Bremen and has research stations in both the Arctic and the Antarctic, where experts study changes at the poles connected to climate change, a topic that I find fascinating. Polar climate change research is also important in view of various conspiracy theories concerning the climate crisis that are spreading and either downplay or even openly deny it. My goal is to interview scientists who have devoted their entire lives to this research and who have known for a long time what we often don't want to see. I want to relay their stories and experiences to the Slovak reader in a series of articles and potentially a book. Eva Kopecká]]> [RUK] Spravodajský portál [RUK][SP] Naša Univerzita [RUK] Titulka - široké novinky [RUK] Alumni klub nasa.univerzita@uniba.sk Tue, 19 Nov 2024 14:57:00 +0100 https://uniba.sk/ We invite you to attend inspiring lectures and interactive workshops designed to enhance your... On 6 November, the oldest and largest medical faculty in Slovakia will host an exceptional event where expert lecturers will introduce the latest trends and knowledge to students of general and dental medicine, and where students will have the opportunity to try out various procedures and techniques and thus improve their practical skills. The Congress gates will open for all registered participants at 7:30 AM. The lecture portion of the event will be streamed online throughout the day, so those unable to attend in person can still join in. This streaming option also allows students from other medical faculties across Slovakia to join remotely and enjoy the lectures.. Secure your spot by registering now through this link: Link to Google Form Take advantage of this opportunity and register for interactive workshops Practical experience is invaluable. If you want to improve your skills, don't miss out on these interactive workshops. Capacity is limited, so please register via the following links:

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]]> [LF] Titulka - široké novinky [LF] Kalendár Thu, 31 Oct 2024 08:46:00 +0100 https://uniba.sk/ On October 10, 2024, the University of Pécs hosted the closing conference, "Promoting the Wellbeing... [JLF] Titulka - úzke novinky milos.hrabovsky@uniba.sk Tue, 29 Oct 2024 14:56:00 +0100 https://uniba.sk/ on November 8 (Friday) 2024 st year students in the study programs general medicine and dentistry will take place on November 8 (Friday) 2024. ]]> [LF] Titulka - široké novinky Mon, 28 Oct 2024 09:55:00 +0100 https://uniba.sk/ Between 11 and 13 October, 2024, for the first time, Comenius University Bratislava (CU) was...  is the largest network of recruitment events in Southeast Europe. For 16 years, it has been holding events focusing on education in Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, Slovenia, Albania, Serbia, and in Lithuania in the Baltics, connecting educational institutions with current and potential students, and creating opportunities for personal meetings. The participation of CU in fairs in the Balkans was supported from the Recovery and Resilience Facility of the Slovak Republic as part of the "Support for the promotion of universities abroad" call. Financed European union NextGenerationEU]]> [RUK] Titulka - široké novinky pr@uniba.sk Tue, 05 Nov 2024 09:20:00 +0100 https://uniba.sk/ Wednesday 30.10.2024 at 14:00, Lecture room F1/364 Mgr. Ovidiu Nitescu (doktorand KJFB):
Nuclear beta and double beta decay studies for neutrino physics Abstract:
We investigate the atomic exchange effect between the final atom's bound electrons and those emitted in the allowed β decay and 2νββ decay of the initial nucleus. The electron wave functions are obtained with the Dirac-Hartree-Fock-Slater self-consistent method, and we ensure the orthogonality between the continuum and bound electron states of the final atom by modifying the last iteration of the self-consistent method. We argue that our findings can solve the mismatch between the predictions and experimental measurements in the low-energy region of the β spectrum. The relevance of exchange corrections is also analyzed in the context of one of the most promising candidates for determining the neutrino mass scale: the unique first forbidden β transition of 187Re. Additionally, we examine the contribution of all s-wave electrons available for capture in the two-neutrino double electron capture (2νECEC) processes, going beyond the K and L1 orbitals considered in prior studies. A systematic study is conducted for all nuclei undergoing 2νECEC process, and more details and improvements are presented for the recently measured 2νECEC process of 124Xe. Finally, based on the observation that the effective nuclear matrix elements (NMEs) of two-neutrino double beta decay in both neutron-rich and proton-rich nuclei span similar ranges, we propose a semi-empirical formula (SEF) for calculating the NMEs. Compared with the previous phenomenological and nuclear models, the SEF yields the best agreement with the experimental NMEs. Its stability and predictive power are cross-validated, and predictions are provided for nuclear systems of experimental interest.]]> [FMFI] Prednášky a semináre [FMFI] Kalendár Jaroslav.Stanicek@fmph.uniba.sk Thu, 24 Oct 2024 14:45:00 +0200 https://uniba.sk/ Last week, the representatives of Comenius University in Bratislava, the Jessenius Faculty of... TEF-Health consortium from nine European countries. JFMED CU has been part of this consortium since 2023, actively contributing to the introduction of experimental devices in healthcare, as well as the gradual implementation of artificial intelligence and robotics. Through the TEF-Health project, JFMED CU will enhance its interdisciplinary clinical curriculum by integrating a live e-health platform. This platform aims to foster creativity and support modern medical education, in line with the technological advancements offered by artificial intelligence. In collaboration with the University Hospital in Martin and the University of Zilina, JFMED CU is establishing physical testing centres where AI and machine learning will be directly applied to medicine. Additionally, the Faculty is contributing to the creation of virtual testing centres where neural network architectures will be trained before being implemented in practice. JFMED CU is also preparing to provide technical and scientific support to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), including manufacturers and providers of healthcare AI solutions, as well as notified bodies. The TEF-Health project explicitly aims to build and strengthen sustainable collaboration between academic research, industry (SMEs), and healthcare practice. The innovative partnerships formed through this project will create an exceptionally favourable environment for the transfer of AI technologies from research to practical application. A list of services that JFMED CU will offer once the call for SMEs registration is launched can be found on the following website TEF-Health. Photos: UNM]]> [JLF] Titulka - úzke novinky milos.hrabovsky@uniba.sk Thu, 24 Oct 2024 11:27:00 +0200 https://uniba.sk/ Monday 28.10.2024 at 13:10, Lecture room I/9 Daniel Kyselica:
Processing of light curves of satellites and space debris for the purpose of their identification
Abstract:
With the increase in space traffic in recent years, precise monitoring of space debris is necessary. Observations in the form of light curves provide us with information about an object’s physical properties including shape, size, surface materials and rotation. Publicly available databases contain a huge amount of gathered light curves that can be used to train machine learning models. Pieces of space debris can fall down to the Earth in a process called reentry, therefore 3D reconstruction of this event can bring more understanding of the physical processes. More information ]]> [FMFI] Prednášky a semináre [FMFI] Kalendár Damas.Gruska@fmph.uniba.sk Wed, 23 Oct 2024 15:40:00 +0200 https://uniba.sk/ We announce to the students that on occasion of the All Saints' Day, the rector of the Comenius... [FaF] Titulka - široké novinky [FaF] Kalendár Tue, 22 Oct 2024 13:39:00 +0200 https://uniba.sk/ Monday 21.10.2024 at 13:10, Lecture room I/9 Jozef Kubík:
Active learning for Bert models in Slovak language
Abstract:
Large language models pretrained on (general) language data are often used for many different specific text classification tasks. Success in these tasks depends not only on pre-training on a large amount of raw data, but also on fine-tuning on a smaller amount of (usually hand-annotated) task-relevant data. Popular languages such as English or French usually do not have problems with data availability. On the other hand, low-resource languages, such as Slovak, suffer from the lack of training data in general. This is even more pronounced for fine-tuning. Manual annotating is not only expensive and time-consuming, but it also depends on how many people can actually annotate data in a given language. In our work, we try to experiment with the fine-tuning process of models pre-trained in low-resource language (Slovak). The goal is to improve these models to produce similar or better results while reducing the amount of annotated data needed in the fine-tuning process. For this, we connect the fine-tuning process to different functions from Active learning paradigm, in which the model itself tries to tell us which data should be preferentially annotated, thus reducing the amount and cost of manual annotation. More information ]]> [FMFI] Prednášky a semináre [FMFI] Kalendár Damas.Gruska@fmph.uniba.sk Wed, 16 Oct 2024 16:18:00 +0200