From 16 to 18 December 2024, the Erasmus+ SuMoS project kick-off meeting, fully titled Strengthening the ecosystem for sustainable student mobility, was held in Varaždin, organized by the project coordinator, the University of Zagreb Faculty of Organization and Informatics. The meeting was held in a hybrid format and was led by the project coordinator, Assoc. Prof. Katarina Pažur Aničić, Ph.D.
On Friday, December 13, the third session of the Economic Council of the University of Zagreb Faculty of Organization and Informatics was held.
The Faculty of Organization and Informatics (FOI), a constituent of the University of Zagreb, celebrated its 50th anniversary of establishment and 62 years of existence on December,18th, 2024. A ceremonial session held at the Croatian National Theatre in Varaždin gathered the extended FOI community, including employees, students, partners, and friends of the Faculty.
The University of Zagreb Faculty of Organization and Informatics actively expands its partner network of international universities every year. For the academic year 2025/26 until 2028/29, in addition to already existing partnerships, the Faculty signed three new bilateral agreements with prestigious universities in the Czech Republic, France and Lithuania.
On 4th October, 2024, the initial online meeting of the Erasmus+ project SuMoS - Strengthening the ecosystem for sustainable student mobility was held.
The jubilee 35th international scientific conference CECIIS 2024, Central European Conference on Information and Intelligent Systems was officially opened on Wednesday, September 18th, 2024, at the Faculty of Organization and Informatics (FOI) in Varaždin. The conference, which lasted until September 20th, gathered a large number of scientists, researchers, representatives of the academic community and industry, from 14 countries and 3 continents.
The CECIIS international conference is once again gathering a large number of students from different countries as part of the 14th Student Online Section. The leaders of the CECIIS Student Section are Full Prof. Violeta Vidaček Hainš, PhD. from FOI and Full Prof. Victoria Appatova, Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati in Ohio, USA, and Antonela Devčić, Ph.D.
The sixteenth FOI International Days took place at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Organization and Informatics in Varaždin from May 15 to 17, 2024. The central theme of the event was Sustainable Partnerships. This year, we hosted a record number of international participants. Almost 60 teachers, researchers, experts and students from 10 countries across three continents (Europe, North America, and Africa) attended the event, with nearly 350 participants taking part in the three-day programme. FOI International Days 2024 were organized by the FOI International Relations Office.
Univeristy of Zagreb Faculty of Organization and Informatics recognizes the significant role of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in shaping and improving learning, teaching, and scientific research activities. Therefore, FOI promotes the use of AI tools as a means of stimulating innovation and creativity within the academic community, while simultaneously ensuring that the use of these tools is carried out in a responsible, ethically acceptable, and legally regulated manner.
The Central European Conference on Information and Intelligent Systems (CECIIS) has been a cornerstone in fostering researchers engaged in developing and applying methods and techniques in the realm of information and intelligent systems for almost 35 years now at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Organization and Informatics. Established in 1989, CECIIS, hosted annually in Varaždin, Croatia, has earned commendable credibility in the international scientific community over the past three and half decades. Its enduring tradition is reflected in the increasing participation and a surge in associated scientific and professional activities.