The IEEE Student Branch of the University of Pavia is very proud to announce the results of the IEEEXtreme, a 24-hour competition where students from every part of the world compete against each other to solve a set of programming problems. In the 2013 edition, more than 1800 teams joined the competition and the IEEE Student Branch UNIPV supported six teams, the unique participants from Italy. Congratulations to Jwteam, Skylong, CDC, Team16, HectorAndSons and Zombotron teams for the great placement in the overall ranking. We look forward to seeing you all in the 2014 edition!

This event organized by the IEEE Student Branch group was about the latest scientific innovations for the modern treatment of diabetes. This topic embraces different fields of interest, starting from medicine  to computer science, electronics and biomedical engineering. The event was held on Wednesday, 27th of November at the Engineering faculty of the University of Pavia, where three PhDs students showed how their research activities may contribute to face and prevent diabetes today and tomorrow.

It’s time to give a glance at the huge development of software industry that gave the birth to the app market: among smartphones, tablets and desktops more than 2 millions of apps are available nowadays. The number of download has dramatically increased during the recent years. Imagine that every second almost one thousand apps is constantly downloaded by a great deal of users. And that’s only the beginning…

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In the latest years the technology world has changed a lot: if in the past the computer was the only way, both for consumers and professional, to interact with the digital world, today devices like smartphones and tablets are gaining more and more traction every day. The computer remains an important piece of the puzzle in many scenarios, but in others it has been replaced or placed side by side with new devices, that suits best the mobility needs of today’s users.

Teaching at the University: a different profession. A free-attendance series of events to talk about the world of research and about the teachers’ responsibility for spreading the knowledge in the modern society. For each meeting, the main topic of discussion will be introduced by various key-note speakers, including Prof. Rugge and Prof. Dionigi, the deans of the University of Pavia and Bologna respectively. At the end of the discussion, an open debate will be held with the attendees. The ev...

Prof. Michele Norgia from the Politecnico di Milano will present and describe various electro-optical sensors dedicated to industrial applications. Prof. Norgia will discuss with students and participants several fundamental sensors spread across industrial world: from laser vibrometer to biomedical sensors, sensors for fine mechanical measurements and sensors for motor competitions.

New month means new Start-Up breakfast! On the 19th of October, Activators-Pavia will organize the fourth meeting of “The Start-Up Breakfast Club”, a perfect chance to share your ideas in a friendly and serene atmosphere with other passionate people, just sit in front of a cup of coffee and a muffin. Here you will meet anyone interested in innovation and development of new ideas and companies.