The studies at the DEPARTMENT FOR COMPUTING AND CONTROL ENGINEERING at the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad are divided into three cycles:
First cycle studies – Undergraduate Academic Studies, lasts four years (eight semesters) and students are obliged to obtain 240 ECTS (European system of accreditation points).
Second cycle studies – Master Academic Studies, depending on the study programme last for 1 year (at least 60 ECTS credits), 1.5 years (90 ??TS credits) or 2 years (120 ECTS credits) and is the continuation of the undergraduate academic studies (they are worth additional 60 ECTS). After completing the second cycle of studies each student has obtained no less than 300 ECTS.
In the course of the second cycle studies, the student can choose between 3 modules (study groups):
-Automatic Control and Systems Engineering
-Applied Computer Science and Informatics
-Computer Engineering and Computer Communications
Third cycle studies - Doctoral Studies, lasts three years (six semesters) and are the continuation of the Graduate Master Studies. The student is obliged to obtain 180 ECTS, so that after completing the Doctoral studies the student has obtained at least 480 ECTS in total.
At the Department, some educational training is carried out independently of the higher education system, and in the following specialized centers:
• Cisco Networking Academy (for obtaining Cisco Certificates)
• Automation Training Center (along with Schneider, Siemens, Danfoss and Nivelco)
• IBM Cell Summer School (computers with multiple processors and parallel real time programming)
• TI, Xilinx, Altera, Intel, Cadence, Synopsis Academic Programme Members (additional schools and training programmes in the fields of FPGA, DSP and parallel programming)
Several hundred scientific research projects have been carried out at the Department up to this day. More than 100 articles have been published in outstanding international journals and several hundred scientific papers have been presented at conferences in the country and abroad. The following projects are currently being carried out:
1. National Energy Efficiency Projects
• Integral Systems of the Distributed Gas Pipeline System Control- GAUS , the user is NIS-GAS, Novi Sad (the project manager: professor Vladimir Kovačević, PhD.)
• Development of Technology Information System for Integral Control of the NIS GAS Gas Pipeline Network (the project manager: professor Vladimir Kovačević, PhD.)
• Integral Control of Energy Flow in NIS Oil Refinery, Novi Sad (the project manager: docent Zoran Jeličić, PhD.)
• Application of Information-Control Technologies in order to Advance the Energy System Control Process (the project manager: professor Dušan Petrovački, PhD.)
2. Technological Development Projects
• Development of the Elements of the New Generation Telecommunications Network, in cooperation with IRITEL, Belgrade (the project manager: professor Žarko Markov, PhD.)
• Development of Virtual and Telemedical Devices in Electrophysiology (the project manager: professor Dejan Popović, PhD.)
• Development of the Intelligent Environment for the Information System Design and Implementation Support, The Faculty of Technical Sciences, Novi Sad, The Faculty of Economics, Kragujevac, The Faculty of Mechanical Sciences, Kragujevac, Zastava Car Factory AD, Kragujevac. (the project manager: professor Ivan Luković, PhD.)
• Web Portals for Data Analysis and Consulting, The Faculty of Technical Sciences, Zrenjanin, The Faculty of Technical Sciences, Novi Sad, The Faculty of Agriculture, Novi Sad (the project manager: professor Ivana Berković, PhD.)
• Parallel Processes of Vector Optimization in Audio and Video Signal Processing, The Faculty of Technical Sciences, Novi Sad (the project manager: professor Dragan Kukolj, PhD.)
• Development of a Digital TV Set Architecture with the Optimal Input System, The Faculty of Technical Sciences, Novi Sad (the project manager: professor Nikola Teslić, PhD.)
• Distributed Processing of Algorithms for the Control of a Distributive Network on an Internet Cluster Server, The Faculty of Technical Sciences, Novi Sad (the project manager: professor Miroslav Popović, PhD.)
3. National Projects for Water Management, Protection and Use in Serbia
• Information- Control System for Water Pipe Systems in Larger Settlements (the project manager: docent Aleksandar Erdeljan, PhD.)
• Geo-Information System the Serbian Water Company (the project manager: docent Miro Govedarica, PhD.)
4. International Projects
• Web Based Inter University Library Network (a TEMPUS project, the project manager: professor Zorica Konjović, PhD.)
• Information and Communication Technologies in Healthcare (a TEMPUS project, the project manager: professor Zorica Konjović, PhD.)
• Power Plant Robustification Based on Fault Detection and Isolation Algorithms- a PRODI project within the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), ICT, Network Embedded and Control Systems, contract no. INFSO ICT-224233
• Phase Diagrams and Interfacial Energies, an Alexandar von Humboldt project, Technische Universitat Berlin, Fakultat fur Prozesswissenschaften, Fachgebiet Thermodynamik, Germany
• Embedded Engineering Learning Platform, a SEE-ERA PLUS programme, The Faculty of Technical Sciences, Novi Sad (the project manager: docent Mihajlo Katona, PhD.)
• Content Based Audio and Video Quality Assessment in Multimedia Networks, FP7-ICT-2009-5, The Faculty of Technical Sciences, Novi Sad (the project manager: professor Miodrag Temerinac, PhD.)
5. International Academic Cooperation
The Department cooperates with several universities around the world (Berlin, Freiburgh, Gent, Manchester, Wien, Schefield, Pereira, Istambul, Seged, Bukurest) with which it exchanges the teaching staff, students and defines research projects of common interest.
Furthermore, numerous visiting professors from Oakland, Sidney and Manchester Universities often teach at the Department. Also, the Department teaching staff often give visiting lectures at other universities in the country and abroad.
6. Business Activities in the Science – Technology Park
The teaching staff at the Department is the founder of one of the oldest companies in the Science-Technology Park at The Faculty of Technical Sciences which today functions under the name PT-RK ltd. and employs over 200 engineers on projects with the leading partners at the world market in the field of consumer electronics and embedded systems. The company laboratories, with their up to date technology and research topics, participate in the scientific research work at the Department, allowing the students, via grant programmes, to go through additional practice work in modern technologies in the leading international companies.
7. Publishing
The Computing and Control Engineering Department is one of the founders of the international journal called ‘Computer Science and Information Systems (ComSIS, www.comsis.org). The journal has, since 2008, been included in the Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports and the SCI Expanded List.
8. Programme of Economic Support
The Department has, up to this day, carried out several hundred projects in close cooperation with national companies: Sintelon, Potisje, Polet, VTI, Iritel, EI-Pupin, DKTS, NIS, Srbijagas, Viktorija grupa, The Geodesy Institute, Sarsberg Srbija, PC Water and Sewage Company.
9. International Cooperation
The Department is well known for its international cooperation. First and foremost, the Department cooperates with universities from Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Great Britain and the USA. Apart from that, the Department cooperates with the most outstanding international companies: IBM, Intel, NEC, Quallcom, ABB, Cisco Systems, Allied Telesyn, Micronas, Philips, Cirrus Logic, Trident, Zoran, Schneider, Siemens, Danfoss and Feedback.
