presentation of iccsa 2017 at the university of trieste

International Conference on ComputationalScience and Its Applications (ICCSA )

The University of Trieste

International Conference on Computational Science and ItsApplications (ICCSA )

Trieste: a journey into the sea of knowledge

James Joyce, Stendhal, Italo Svevo, Umberto Saba



• In 1924, the School of Commerce set up in 1877 by Baron Pasquale Revoltella was granted the title of Royal University of Economics and Business Studies of Trieste.

• In 1938, its name was changed to “Regia Università degli Studi” (Royal University of Trieste)


A network of scientific institutions


Over 30 researchers every 1,000 active citizens (8.1 in USA, 9.1 in Japan, 5.7 in Europe)

AreaScience Park

ISMAR-CNRMarine Science

ElettraSynchrotron

ICGEBInternational Centre

For Genetics andBiotechnology

TWASThirld World

Academy of ScienceICTP

International CentreFor Theoretical

Physics

INAFAstrophysicsAstronomy

OGSNational Institute

For Oceanography andExp. Geophysics

TriesteUniversity

INFNNuclear Physics

CBM

TASCSurface Physics

LNCIBNatiolnal LabInteruniv. consBiotecnology

SISSA

The Trieste System

1850 1900 2000


University of Trieste

• Personnel– 685 academics – 2000 active scientists (research staff,

PhD students, Post-Docs, and guest scientists)

– 711 technical & admin. staff

• Students– 15,500 Bachelors & Masters– 9 % from abroad– 58.6% employed 1 year after

graduation – 700 postgraduates– 331 PhD students– 348 medical interns

• Departments1. Chemistry and Pharmacy2. Economics3. Engineering and Architecture 4. Humanities 5. Law, Language, Interpretation

and Translation6. Life Sciences7. Health Sciences8. Mathematics and Geosciences 9. Physics10. Political Sciences


Rankings

• Placed 7° among the Italian universities included in the Times Higher Education (THE) rankings

- 301° among the best 800 universities in the worldRanked 207° for scientific citations

• Ranked 3°among the italian universities in the new U-Multirank of 2015, official university ranking of EuropenCommission.

• Ranked 13° among Italian universities by the Higher Education Evaluation & Accreditation Council of Taiwan (HEEACT 2015) – 323° among the best 500 universities in the world.– Particular mention to Physics 123# in the world and 5° in Italy

• Placed 5° among the Italian universities by the CWTS Leiden Rankings 2015, based mainly on research activity– 315° in the first 500 universities in the world


Rankings

• The Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) 2015 considering 1000 universities in the world– Ranked 13° in Italy– Ranked 342° in the world

• Ranked 3° research center in Italy by VIA-Academy, based on the number of citations in SCOPUS c.– Based on the citations of the top Italian scientists– 2° among Italian Universities

• Italian universities Ranking by CENSIS – La Repubblica 2015 (58 Universities in total)– 5° absolute position– 3° position among the medium size universities

• Ranking of institutional digital repository (OpenstarTs) in 2015– Ranked 2° in Italy– Ranked 80° in European Union – Ranked 184° in the world


International

33 Doctor Europaeus

1800 International students enrolled

15 PhD theses on joint supervision (in and out) 30 Visiting researchers48 Visiting professors

397 incoming mobility students

425 outgoingmobility students

30 Erasmus teachingstaff mobility

10 Erasmus technical & admin.staff mobility


Kark-Franzens-UniversitätGraz

UniversitätInnsbruck

UniversitätWien

Goteborg Universitet

HelsinginYliopistoHelsinki

SyddanskUniversitetSouthern Denmark

Uppsala Universitet

UniversitèParisDiderot- Paris7

UniversitédeRennes

UniversidaddeVigo

UniversidadedeCoimbra

UniversidadedeLisboa

UniversitatAutonomadeBarcelona

UniversitédeLorraine

UniversidaddeSevilla

UniversitätTübingen

UniversidaddeSantiagodeCompostela

Bilateral Erasmus+ agreements


International

• Scientific agreements:Albania,Angola,Argentine,Australia,Austria,Belarus,Bosna-Herzegovina,Brasil,Bulgaria,China,Croatia,Cuba,Czech Rep.,Denmark,France(Universities of Paris Diderot,Paris Descartes,Aix-en-Provence,Tours,Aix-Marseille II,Valenciennesetdu Hainaut Cambrésis),Germany,Greece,Hungaria,Iceland,Israel,Japan,Kosovo,Malta,Morocco,Nigeria,Paraguay,Poland,Rumania,Russia,Serbia,Siria,Slovakia,Slovenia,Spain,Turkey,UK,USA.

• ErasmusProgram:298incomingstudents,325outgoing

students


MORE THAN 80 LABORATORIES WITH STATE OF ART HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE, HPC FACILITIES, DISTRIBUTED LABS IN COOPERATION WITH

THE OTHER INSTITUTIONS OF THE TRIESTE SYSTEM

Research facilities

MAIN ACTIVITIES

• EXPLOIT SYNERGIES with local and EU initiatives

• Implement RESEARCH ON INNOVATION at the micro-level (firm-level)

• Develop INNOVATION SYSTEM MAPS at the country level

• generate concrete INNOVATION POLICY PROPOSALS to the policy-makers of the region

• establish a TRAINING PLATFORM that will provide scientists from each participating country with managerial skills

• promote HIGH-TECH START-UPS and provide training to would-be entrepreneurs

• establish TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OFFICES in each country to promote innovative entrepreneurship in the regionTECHNICAL PARTNERS


Recently…

56 are Public ResearchBodies’ spin offs

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Spin off

• Spin off: Since 2005 the University of Trieste supported 23 Spin-offs in these sectors (19 spin offs are still on the business):

• ILO was founded in 2008 and recently annexed to Placement Office

• Focus on companies as main stakeholder• University in connection to companies and focused on third

mission• Technology transfer > innovation• ILO supports:

– Patenting: 60 patent families in portfolio – Collaborative research– Joint laboratories– Support of start ups and spin offs

• Stage – placement – high skilled people (industrial phds)

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ICT/Ingegneria Biotech/biomed Chimica Serviziavanzati Altro

Spin off distribution


TriesteMain campus

GoriziaInternational and Diplomatic Sciences Architecture - main teaching campus

PordenoneProduction Engineering and Management

PortogruaroEducation Sciences Phytotherapy….

Locations


The city of Trieste

§ Sea§ Mountains§ Sport§ Free time


The 17th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications

(ICCSA 2017)

WELCOME TO TRIESTE JULY, 3 – 6, 2017