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Sergiusz Strykowski, Ph.D, Jarogniew Rykowski, Ph.D, and Rafał Wojciechowski, Ph.D, participated in an international scientific and educational conference „Virtual Game Method in Higher Education”, organized by The Poznan University of Economics and Business within project no. 2014-1-PL01-KA203-003548, entitled “Virtual Game Method in Higher Education (GAMES),conducted in years 2014-2016 and financed by the Erasmus+ Programme. Dr. Sergiusz Strykowski served as a member of Scientific Committee, he chaired also a session entitled „ICT technologies in modern higher education”. During the conference Jarogniew Rykowski presented a paper entitled “Modern Information Technology for Urban Games”. Rafał Wojciechowski presented a paper “Virtual and Augmented Reality at Poznan University of Economics and Business”.

Jakub Flotyński, PhD, received a research stipend from the Poznan City Council for outstanding achievements in research and publications in recognized international journals, and for receiving the Ph.D. degree with distinction. The stipend handed out The Mayor of the City of Poznań, Jacek Jaśkowiak.

Jarogniew Rykowski, PhD, participated as an invited expert in a third edition of „Workshop for Doctoral Students and Young Researchers in Information Technology”, organized in Kazimierz Dolny (Poland) by the Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology. Prof. Rykowski served also as a member of Best Paper Award Committee.

On the occasion of The Commission of National Education Day the Rector of The Poznan University of Economics and Business conferred awards to:

  • Wojciech Cellary and Jarogniew Rykowski – The 1st Grade Team Achievement Award for outstanding achievements in research and publications in recognized international journals;
  • Jacek Chmielewski, Jakub Flotyński, Dariusz Rumiński, and Adam Wójtowicz – The 2nd Grade Team Achievement Award for outstanding achievements in research and publications in recognized international journals;
  • Jacek Chmielewski, Jarogniew Rykowski, and Krzysztof Walczak - The 1st Grade Team Achievement Award for creation and developing research laboratories under the project "Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Research PUEB- InnoUEP".

The Department of Information Technology once more participated in European Researchers' Night in Poznan. The event was organized as part of a project 2016EPICNIGHT, financed from the EU Framework Programme Horizon 2020. All the events took place - simultaneously - on Friday 30 September, in over 250 cities across Europe and neighbouring countries. The Polish visitors had a chance to visit our Virtual Reality Laboratory.

Prof. Wojciech Cellary participated in a meeting of international experts of an European Commisssion AAL Programme (Active and Assisted Living Programme). The main objective of the workshop was to discuss the call text for the next call for proposals, planned for 2017. The workshop was hosted by Austrian Research Promotion Agency in Vienna (Austria).

Jarogniew Rykowski, Ph.D, attended The 5th International Conference on Wireless Sensor Networks WSN'2016, which took place in Gdańsk (Poland) from September 11 to September 14, 2016, under umbrella of The Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems FedCSIS 2016. During the WSN Conference Jarogniew Rykowski presented a paper entitled „Digital signing for short-message broadcasted traffic in BLE marketing channel”,

The Department of Information Technology hosted a research team from the Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe – Institute of the Leibniz Association, Marburg (Germany), headed by Prof. Dr. Peter Haslinger. The main goal of the visit was to discuss a closer research cooperation between the Department of Information Technology and the Herder Institute.

Krzysztof Walczak, Ph.D., attended an international conference The 21st Annual International Conference on 3D Web Technology ACM Web3D 2016, which was held at Anaheim, California, USA, from July 22 to July 24, 2016. Prof. Walczak served as a General Chair of the Web3D Conference. He served also as a moderator of the panel session „The Future of VR Web”, and he chaired a session entitled "Interactive 3D Applications". The ACM Web3D conference is a major event which unites researchers, developers, entrepreneurs, experimenters, artists and content creators in a dynamic learning environment. In recognition of the perfect organization of the conference Web3D 2016, the 2018 edition will be hosted by The Poznan University of Economics and Business, with Krzysztof Walczak as a General Chair as well.

Mr. Dariusz Rumiński was granted funding from The National Science Centre within recently concluded call for proposals ETIUDA 4. ETIUDA is a funding opportunity for doctoral scholarships aimed at young researchers preparing a doctoral thesis. In addition to receiving financial suport, awardees will obtain funding for the realisation of internships in excellent research institutions abroad, indicated in their proposals.

Jakub Flotyński, Ph.D, received a research stipend awarded by the City Council of Poznań for young scientists in recognition of their academic achievements in 2015. Jakub Flotyński was awarded for outstanding publications and distinguished doctoral thesis. The award giving ceremony will took place at the Poznan City Hall in October 2016.

Prof. Wojciech Cellary attended The 25th IEEE International Conference on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises WETICE’2016, which was held in Paris from June 13 to June 15, 2016. Prof. Cellary was invited to serve as a General Chair of the next 26. WETICE 2017 which will be hosted by Poznań University of Economics and Business, Poznań, Poland.

Prof. Wojciech Cellary participated in the Grand Gala of World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, organized by the Association of Polish Electrical Engineers and the Polish Information Processing Society. In 2016 the event was focused on the theme: “ICT entrepreneurship for social impact”, in accordance with Resolution 68 and as endorsed by International Telecommunication Union Council 2015. This year the Grand Gala of the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day was combined with the celebrations of the 35th anniversary of the Polish Information Processing Society which has initiated IT events in Poland for many years.

Prof. Wojciech Cellary attended Polish Logistics Congress LOGISTICS & EUROLOG 2016, which was held in Poznań (Poland), on 18 - 20, 2016. Prof. Cellary chaired a panel dicussion entitled "New concepts and trends in supply chain management".