Department of Mathematics and Informatics Novi Sad by Zoran Budimac

Agenda Vojvodina and Novi Sad University Department Chair of Computer Science Curriculum in Informatics Zoran Budimac State with respect to Bologna declaration

Novi Sad within Europe

A closer look Serbia and Montenegro Vojvodina Novi Sad

Economy Agricultural area

Economy Vojvodina is economically the most developed part of the country

Vojvodina today-1 Autonomous province of Serbia 75% of Serbs Six official languages Serbian Croatian Hungarian Slovakian Romanian Ruthenian

Vojvodina today - 2 Continental climate The size comparable to the size of the Netherlands Around 2 mil. of inhabitants 20 different nations More than five (?) religions The highest peak is 641m (near Vršac).

Vojvodina today - 3 Belongs to the Union of European regions. Elected as the European region for The flag and the coats of arms:

Vojvodina – the history b.c. – first prehistoric settlements 8 th century b.c. – Iliric tribes 1 st – 6 th cent. – Roman empire (Sirmium was one of 4 capitols of the empire) 6 th cent. - Slavic tribes, 9 th cent. - Hungaric tribes From 995. Vojvodina belongs to Hungarian kingdom (classical feudalistic organization), then to Turkish, Austrian, and Austria-Hungarian empire – until – first intrusion of Turks 15 th cent. – first movements of Serbs escaping from the Turkish occupation (two more movements - until 18 th cent. – several tens of thounsands of Serbian refugees…) – the fall of Hungarian kingdom – Turkish rule – the end of Turkish rule for a significant part of Vojvodina (after many battles between Turks and Austrians, supported by local citizens)

Vojvodina – the history – the rest of Vojvodina freed from Turkish rule (aalso after many battles and temporary peace agreements) Germans and Hungarians move to Vojvodina immediately after it Middle of 18 th cent. – Slovaks, Ruthenians, Romanians, … came to Vojvodina – Novi Sad (Neusatz, Ujvidek, Neoplanta) became a free royal city of the Austria. Many other cities followed after that. From (during the next 40 years) a rise of Serbian cultural institutions started (in Austria) – religion, schools, arts, theatre, publishing, …) 1780 – the building of Petrovaradin fortress finished – the biggest fortress in Austrian empire the rise of Hungary against Austria, the rise of Serbs, Croats,… against Hungary. The first notion of Serbian ‘Vojvodina’ with a claim for significant autonomous rights in Austria-Hungary – Novi Sad almost destroyed after bombardment from Petrovaradin fortress.

Vojvodina – the history (after the world war I) – the assembly of Vojvodinian Serbs decides to join Serbia. Since then Vojvodina shared destiny of Serbia (and belonged to SFRJ, SRJ, SCG,...) movements of Serbs from Croatia and Bosnia – autonomous Danube region proclaimed in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia – the seat was in Novi Sad – – Vojvodina divided between Croatia, Hungary, and Germany. In all Germans expelled. Replaced with Serbs from Bosnia and Croatia. After the World war II, Vojvodina remained inside Serbia as an autonomous province. From 1991 – 1996 (during civil wars inside Yugoslavia), people left Vojvodina and were replaced by more than refugees from Croatia and Bosnia.

Novi Sad The capitol of Vojvodina The second largest (?) city of Serbia 300,000 thousand of inhabitants 300 years old (1748. proclaimed as the free royal city of Austria) Much younger than Petrovaradin (and the fortress) and founded as the supporting city to the military installations in the fortress

Novi Sad - highlights Fruška gora mountain (539m) National park, 15 monasteries (out of original 35, built between 15th and 18th century), lake, spa, the biggest linden-tree forest in the Europe. Danube Petrovardin fortress “Exit” music festival Held at the Petrovaradin fortress, the bigest in South-Eastern Europe, 120,000 visitors for four days...

Fruška gora - 1

Fruška gora - 2

The Danube

Fortress

The city

Agenda Vojvodina and Novi Sad University Department Chair of Computer Science Curriculum in Informatics Zoran Budimac State with respect to Bologna declaration

University of Novi Sad Founded in One of five universities in Serbia The ‘most open’ to university reforms 13 faculties in 4 cities 9 In Novi Sad, 7 in University campus Informatics Faculty of Economy (Subotica) Polytechnic Faculty (Zrenjanin) Faculty of Technical Sciences (Novi Sad) Faculty of Science (Novi Sad)

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Vojvodina and Novi Sad University Department Chair of Computer Science Curriculum in Informatics Zoran Budimac State with respect to Bologna declaration Agenda

We within the University University of Novi Sad Faculty of Science Dept. of Mathematics and Informatics

Short history Founded in 1954 within the Faculty of Philosophy Faculty of Science founded in 1969 Institute of Mathematics – 1976 Four other institutes: Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Geography Department of Mathematics and Informatics – changed the name in 2002

Curricula BSc: Mathematics (teach, busi, appl, ind) and Informatics (‘ordinary’, teachers, business) semesters, approx. 30 exams MSc  semesters, 6 exams PhD ---  semesters, no exams

Students – Input

Students – Output

Enrolled students (informatics) B.Sc.: 120 each year Exception – 70 in 2004 M.Sc.: 10 each year

Internal structure Algebra and Discrete Mathematics (3 chairs) Computer Science and Numerical Mathematics (3 chairs) Analysis, Probability and Geometry (3 chairs)

Computer Science and Num. Math.

Informatics Chair of Computer Science Chair of Information Systems Chair of Numerical Mathematics Chair of Theoretical Computer Science

Vojvodina and Novi Sad University Department Chair of Computer Science Curriculum in Informatics Zoran Budimac State with respect to Bologna declaration Agenda

Chair of Computer Science Members Prof. Dr. Djura Paunić Prof. Dr. Mirjana Ivanović Prof. Dr. Zoran Budimac Ljubomir Jerinić, M.Sc. Dragoslav Pešović, M.Sc. Nataša Ibrajter, M.Sc. Vladimir Kurbalija Saša Tošić Miloš Radovanović Ivan Pribela Zoran Putnik, M.Sc.

Chair of Computer Science Courses Introduction to Programming Data Structures and Algorithms (I and II) Programming Languages Operating Systems (I and II) Compiler Construction (I and II) Software Engineering Also: Introduction to Informatics Software practice (Internet tools, Visual programming)

Projects (Chair) Research Development of (intelligent) techniques based on software agents for application in information retrieval and workflow, , Ministry of Science, Republic of Serbia. … web services, multi-agent systems, …, , Academy of sciences of Poland and Serbia Educational Joint Course on Software Engineering and Distributed Reverse Engineering, Stability Pact/DAAD, [OOP using Java]. Developing Course for ‘Educational Software’, 2004, WUS Austria Developing Course for ‘Didactics of Informatics’, 2004, WUS Austria Oberon0 as a case study in course on ‘Operating systems’, , Univ. of Linz, WUS Austria

Projects with industry (Chair) Individual initiative Complete business solution for an international company Web design and smaller e- commerce applications (intelligent) information retrieval (museums, archives,…) Classical business applications …

Tempus projects (Dept.) Joint M.Sc. Curriculum in SE Teaching Business Information Systems Graduate studies in industrial mathematics Library management system Introducing quality assurance systems (short term project)

Vojvodina and Novi Sad University Department Chair of Computer Science Curriculum in Informatics Zoran Budimac State with respect to Bologna declaration Agenda

Curricula – overview I InformaticsBusiness inf. Total no. of lh209 Informatics48.32%49.28% Mathematics11.96%9.09% General3.34% Foundations of informatics 16.26%13.39% Hardware4.78%1.91% Computational science 15.31%22.96%

Curricula – overview II Over 90% of courses are one-semester Most exams: practical (during the year) and oral Several elective courses Student projects (two to three)

Curricula – overview III InformaticsBusiness inf. 209 Elective15.78%14.35% Obligatory84.22%85.65%

Business informatics, I year CourseWinterSummer Introduction to Programming2+2+1 Analysis I3+3 Sociology 3+0 Combinatorics and Graph Theory Foundations of Algebra3+3 Data Structures and Algorithms I Analysis II Financial Mathematics I 3+3

Business informatics, III year Operating Systems I2+2+1 Databases I2+2+2 Artficial Intelligence I Numerical Analysis3+3 Probability and Statistics2+2 Elective Course I Computer Graphics and Geometry I Elective Seminar Methods of Decision-making 2+2

Compatibility “Software Engineering” course is the same with the corresponding course at Humboldt University Berlin (Stability pact project) – started this year. “Operating systems II” designed with Univ. of Linz in “Teaching methods” and “Educational Software” designed with the support of WUS Austria in “Programming languages” – joint teaching materials with 5 universities in Germany and south eastern Europe (project started in 2004 – Stability pact). “Compiler construction” – planned joint teaching materials with Univ. of Linz (and Univ. of Oxford) (to start in 2004)

Software Engineering Information systems OOA and OOD Software Engineering Management of software projects

Vojvodina and Novi Sad University Department Chair of Computer Science Curriculum in Informatics Zoran Budimac State with respect to Bologna declaration Agenda

Zoran Budimac Born in 1960 Professor since 2004 Head of the Chair, Laboratory Over 100 papers on functional programming, …, distributed computing and (mobile) agents Courses Operating systems (I and II) Software engineering Introduction to Informatics (geography) Software Practice (Visual programming, Internet tools)

Vojvodina and Novi Sad University Department Chair of Computer Science Curriculum in Informatics Zoran Budimac State with respect to Bologna declaration Agenda

Bologna declaration Signed in University regulation (still) did not follow. Therefore, individual effort.

Problems in reforms University regulations 4 years study, minimal number of lecture hours per week (26), Explicitly state courses that must be completed before advancing to the next year of study. Enrollment lasts until October 31 – lectures start from October 1 Many examination periods (at least five per year)

Problems Faculty regulations The ways of taking exams is too strict Schedule Not enough rooms Not enough laboratories Subjective fears What if nobody takes my course What if all take my course

Graduate studies Usually without lectures Specialized toward the thesis from the beginning, supervised Taken only by (future) academics