Research and development
Our research activities are guided by belief that key future scientific breakthroughs will come along the interdisciplinary interface between social and computational sciences. Our work cheifly relies on computational modeling, simulation and analysis in fields ranging from natural and data sciences to social and business sciences. Our infrastructure includes two High Performance Computers Rudolf and Trdina.
Our strong project orientation is reflected in 65% of our budget coming from research funding. We presently run over 30 financed projects. Below are some of our most successful ongoing and completed projects with funding over 100,000 EUR:
- 2013-2028 “Complex Networks”. Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency. EUR 2,770,000
- 2014-2027 “Online support for development of project proposals – S4P”. Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency: EUR 715,000
- 2023-2027 “AI-powered Next Generation of VET”. EU: EUR 320,000
- 2024-2026 “Empowering participation and accelerating synergies in Widening countries with a focus on Green & Digital Transition”. EU: EUR 215,000
- 2024-2026 “Culinary Trail of the Ethnic and Local Cuisine in the Danube Region”. EU: EUR 180,000
- 2022-2025 “Developing skills in Intellectual Property Rights Open Data for sustainability and circularity”. EU: EUR 185,000
- 2022-2025 “Tree-Independence Number of Graphs”. Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency: EUR 300,000
- 2022-2025 “Modelling of international migrants flows in the Balkans”. Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency: EUR 230,000
- 2022-2025 “Smart, Resilient and Sustainable Communities – European Digital Innovation Hub”. EU and Ministry of Digital Transformation: EUR 275,000
- 2022-2025 “Artificial Intelligence and Combined Survey Techniques for Stone Quarries Optimization”. EU and Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation: EUR 210,000
- 2021-2024 “Modelling the influence of individuals’ and network characteristics on dissemination of fake news in a social network”. Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency: EUR 150,000
- 2021-2024 “Synergistic Integration of Quantitative Sociology and STEM fields to resolve Critical Social Dilemma: the Cases of Vaccination, Migration, and Corruption”. Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency: EUR 245,000
- 2017-2022 “Technology Transfer Office”. EU and Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation: EUR 150,000
- 2019-2022 “Development of a smart public passenger transport model in municipality of Novo mesto”. EU and Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation: EUR 170,000
- 2019-2022 “Graph Colorings, Decompositions and Coverings”. Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency: EUR 120,000
- 2019-2021 “Preparation and characterization of single/few layer antimonene and germanium”. EU and Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation: EUR 130,000
- 2018-2021“ Upgrading of national research infrastructures – HPC RIVR”. EU and Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation: EUR 625,000
- 2018-2021 “Fostering Innovation in the Danube Region through Knowledge Engineering and IPR Management (KnowING IPR)”. EU, Interreg DTP: EUR 390,000
- 2017-2020 “Technology and Innovations in Regional Development for Europe 2020 (TIR2020)”. EU, ERASMUS+ Jean Monnet Center of excellence: EUR 120,000
- 2017-2020 “Enabling SMEs to gain competitive advantage from the use of HPC (SME/HPC)”. EU, ERASMUS+: EUR 150,000
- 2017-2020 “Understanding immigration and integration through interdisciplinary models of social dynamics”. Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency: EUR 230,000
- 2017-2019 “High-performance Computing for Effective Innovation in the Danube Region (innoHPC)”. EU, Interreg DTP: EUR 365,000
- 2015-2019 “Complex Oscillatory Systems: Modeling and Analysis”. EU (H2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie): EUR 235,000
- 2013-2016 “Unraveling Biological Networks”. Slovenian research agency: EUR 120,000
- 2012-2015 “Development of a quality system at FIS” EU and Slovenian Ministry of Science EUR 245,000
- 2013-2015 “Creative Core: Simulations”. EU, European Regional Development Fund: EUR 1,000,000
See our research business card for one-page presentation, and our research portfolio for short info on our researchers. To work with us, please write at projektna.pisarna@fis.unm.si or call +386 (0)59 087900. We are always interested in applying for project calls whose scope broadly aligns with our scientific fields.