UL: Competitions and prizes

Once again, the UWr Institute of Computer Science will be the organiser of the ICPC Central Europe Regional Contest. From 13 to 15 December, our university will host seventy three-person teams consisting of programming enthusiasts from top universities in Central Europe, who will face complex algorithmic tasks.

Two University of Wrocław scientists received this year’s Prime Minister’s Award. In the category for outstanding dissertation, the winners were dr Rafał Mudafrom the Institute of Psychology and dr Piotr Antoni Kołaczek-Szymański from the Astronomical Institute.

Two researchers from the University of Wrocław were awarded this year’s Prime Minister’s Award in the category for an outstanding doctoral dissertation: dr Piotr Antoni Kołaczek-Szymański from the Institute of Astronomy, and dr Rafał Muda from the Institute of Psychology.

On 13 November 2024, at the Honorary Consulate of India in Wrocław, a ceremony was held to award two vouchers for air tickets to India, for flights Warsaw – Delhi – Warsaw, which were funded by the Honorary Consul of India in Wroclaw, Mr. Kartikey Johri. The persons honoured with the award of the Honorary Consul were Ms Zofia Błasińska and Katarzyna Piróg, outstanding students in the first year of graduate studies in Indian Studies. The two awarded students were selected from among all students of Indian philology from the second year of undergraduate studies, as a result of a secret ballot of the staff of the Department of Indian Studies (ISKŚiO UWr).

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to a South Korean writer, Han Kang. Dr Hae Sung Lee from the Korean team at the Institute of Classical, Mediterranean and Oriental Studies believes this is a sign that Korea is transforming from a cultural power into a truly culturally rich nation. Here is the full commentary from the university’s Korean Studies scholar:

Nagroda Nobla z chemii – komentarz naszego eksperta z Wydziału Biotechnologii UWr. Jakie znaczenie mają odkrycia trzech badaczy Davida Bakera, Demissa Hassabisa oraz Johna M. Jumpera?

Prof. Krzysztof Ruchniewicz, a member of the Historical Institute and Director of the Willy Brandt Centre for German and European Studies, was nominated on 19 September by the Deputy Minister Marek Prawda as a member of the Committee for the ‘Award for Special Services to the Development of Polish-German Relations’.

Dr Barbara Jasiulis-Gołdyn, assistant professor at the Institute of Mathematics of the University of Wrocław, received the Smart Growth Leader Award.

Dr hab. Dorota Michułka, prof. of the UWr from the Institute of Polish Studies, will conduct a research project in collaboration with German researchers thanks to a Weave-UNISONO grant. The Polish team will receive support of more than PLN 422 000.

Thanks to the funding of additional research projects in the OPUS 25, PRELUDIUM 22, MAESTRO 15 and SONATA BIS 13 competitions, the number of laureates in these competitions increased from 452 to 774 researchers.