School of Electrical Engineering

Following the initiative of the Government of the Republic of Serbia, the School of Electrical Engineering and the School of Mechanical Engineering together founded the Innovations center. It is a place for commercial development of ideas and projects that have originated in these institutions. This centre cooperates closely with the IT Industry itself.

The continuing development of new technologies demands ongoing training to improve skills, especially in the area of IT. ETF, which employs top experts in cooperation with world.leading IT companies, has as a response to previously mentioned demands, founded its own educational centre. This centre provides permanent training in various areas of computing for the school.s students and employees. All of its services are also at the disposal of anyone wishing to improve their knowledge in this area.
The School of Electrical Engineering in Belgrade is organizing an international conference on .Computer as a Tool. . Eurocon 2005 (November 21st.24th).

Petnica Science Center

Petnica Science Center is an unique, non.governmental, non.profit and independent educational institution founded to help and support young people who demonstrate an inclination and interest in science above regular school curricula. The Petnica Science Center is an active member of UNESCO.s INISTE network. PSC is located in the village of Petnica, near the city of Valjevo in western Serbia.

The PSC has gained recognition for its innovative methods in science education, and is highly respected both in Serbia and abroad for its significant advances in identifying and educating gifted students.
Thanks to the support of local government, schools, universities, and industrial companies, the PSC became a real centre for advancing science and technology education in the country and has become world.renown institution.

Covering nearly 500 schools, with more than 800 professional scientists and university teachers and with about 3,000 of the best Serbian students every year, the PSC represents one of a few top world institutions that push the rigid school system toward new methods and future technology.
Computer architecture, principles of operating systems, algorithms, programming tools on UNIX system, computer graphic, and database and information systems are just some of the fields that are covered in the IT section of the Petnica Science Center.

Faculty of Organizational Sciences

Faculty of Organizational Sciences . FOS is the leading institute for management and information systems in Serbia. FOS belongs to a group of technical faculties, and is a constituent part of the University of Belgrade. It was founded in 1969, after having been initiated by more than 200 organizations focused on strengthening the economy through technological innovation.

FOS is unique for its overall and complete curriculum and program of services offered in the field of management and information systems. FOS.s concept in regards to their program, staff and organization is already proven, and they are working on further development.

The quality of graduates is well highlighted by statistics, namely that no one with an FOS diploma is unemployed more than three months. The majority of students accept employment opportunities before they complete their course of studies. The FOS diploma is recognized in most developed countries of the world.

FOS is equipped with the latest technology for performing scientific and academic research in its areas of development: IT equipment, multimedia, Internet. FOS is the main Internet provider for Serbia and Montenegro academic network.

Faculty have established significant international cooperation through organized study visits of professors and assistants, their participation in programs of knowledge innovation, and their participation in congresses and seminars. Besides individual cooperation of lecturers and associates, FOS has established institutional cooperation with a number of foreign institutions of science and education. Scientific and research activities of the Faculty are performed in four Institutes (Information Systems; Management; Industrial Engineering and Quality Management).

Within FOS and its organizational units, there is experience in solving particular organizational and management problems. Statistics on projects carried out thus far and institutions and companies they were performed for testify to the orientation, dynamics, and achievements of the scientific and research work.

Thus, 220 research projects have been carried out. The majority of the projects were performed for the needs of our companies . around 150 training seminars, and 28 projects offering consulting or practical services were completed. Since 2000, research for 62 projects performed upon the request of 36 local relevant companies have been agreed on, and some have been completed.

Mihailo Pupin Institute

The Mihailo Pupin Institute (IMP) is the leading Serbian and Montenegrin Research and Development (R&D) institution in information and communication technologies (ICT), as well as the largest and oldest ICT institute in South East Europe. Ever since it was founded in 1946, IMP has been engaged in contract research and application.orientated research on behalf of key utility and transportation companies and various vertical industry sectors.

Its skilled and innovative R&D pool assembles more than 250 researchers. IMP.s uncompromising integrity has made it the Serbian and Montenegrin Government.s choice of vital and highly sensitive projects in public safety and public finance domain.

IMP provides a wide range of products and services. Their service scope covers customized IT solutions, hardware and software outsourcing, technology consulting, engineering, prototyping, and system design and integration. IMP also offers a spectrum of ICT solutions in the following product programs:

• Process Control Program . SCADA systems (hardware & software) optimized for large and geographically distributed utility systems, control and monitoring solutions for process industries.
• Management Information Program . investment advisory tools and decision support systems, information retrieval systems, versatile ERP solutions.
• Traffic Management Program
• Pay.toll Systems for Highways, City Traffic Management, GPS.based Automatic Vehicle Location.
• Security Program . crypto devices, solutions for securing telecommunication links over telephony and radio networks.
• Telecommunications Program . Power Line Carrier equipment, communication solution for safe and efficient operation of high.voltage power networks.

ISO 9001 Quality Assurance allows IMP to meet the value and quality expectations of their partners. Leading world companies such as BASF, Raytheon, NCR, and Philips have benefited from IMP.s solutions and services. Through their Joint Project Office, they are uniting ICT expertise and resources with the prominent German R&D organization Fraunhofer.Gesellschaft. Because of its broad spectrum of research fields, IMP is capable of assembling dynamic teams with a mixture of expertise appropriate for the specific engagement, which is essential when conducting large scale projects.

This vast diversity makes IMP a unique center of excellence in this part of the world, with an in.house interdisciplinary ICT knowledge base required for developing complex system solutions. IMP has a long.term orientation in international cooperation with companies and institutions, whether it be a case of involvement in a joint research or application.orientated development project, purely academic collaboration, or providing services from our service portfolio.

They are always positively prepared to exchange know.how and achievements, and join forces with companies with similar fields of interest in order to deliver better results and approach a broader market.

IMP is utilizing the initial advantages provided by globalization and European integration to position themselves in the vanguard of embracing new technologies through strengthening links with distinguished centers in Europe and worldwide.

Micronas NIT

Micronas NIT fosters a complex environment where science meets business opportunities for the ultimate benefit of the end consumers. NIT is embedded in the University of Novi Sad, the Faculty of Technical Sciences, at the Department of Computer Engineering.

This close cooperation with the university provides their staff with continuous education in the field of computer engineering, and that theoretical knowledge, combined with practical experience in the field, gives them the competitive advantage over any other similar companies in the world.

The active participation and careful guidance of graduate students in some of their research projects is the foundation of Micronas NIT.s future. NIT is capable of delivering high quality, cost efficient IT solutions in the fields of:

• System Programming and Operating Systems.
• Applications in fields of multimedia, consumer electronics and communications.

Their R&D outsourcing capabilities, NIT.s own products as well as their strategic partnership with Micronas gives them the necessary stability to be successful on the global IT market. Successful cooperation with Micronas, Philips, Sharp, Microsoft, and Openwave and other organizations are proof that NIT can be an excellent partner to even the biggest hi.tech companies.

MicronasNIT is an excellent example of knowledge transfer from high.tech science into real products. Institute is mainly oriented in design of: System Software, Real.time Software, Hardware Prototypes for Consumer Electronics, Audio Applications, and Video and Multimedia Applications.

The main emphasis is on know.how, both in the hardware and the software of today.s semiconductor electronics.

ICTT

Based in Belgrade.s famous Genex Tower, occupying 1,800 m2, ICTT is Serbia.s first IT focused incubator. This is a private initiative started by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. ICTT aims to achieve capital growth and foster start.up development through entrepreneurial and professionally managed incubation centers.

In three years of operation, ICTT assisted 9 companies in starting their operation and created over 100 new jobs. The company services both foreign and local entities in developing their business in Serbia.
Working hand in hand with industry leaders and entrepreneurs in ICT and knowledge based fields, the incubator creates new high.value.added businesses. In this respect, OpenSource and Linux OS centered developments are the main investment  focus.

Building on the success of ICTT, their team is carefully working on setting up and launching similar business development centers.