The Faculty of Mathematics, University of Belgrade, held a welcome ceremony for the new generation of students on Tuesday, 29 September 2026, in the Great Chemistry Amphitheatre. The event gave first-year students the opportunity to get to know the Faculty, its staff, the study programmes, as well as student life and the opportunities that await them during their studies. After the formal part of the ceremony, members of the Department of Numerical Mathematics and Optimization, together with … Continue reading Svečani prijem nove generacije studenata
Master’s Thesis Defense – Brankica Šipka
Congratulations to our student Brankica Šipka on the successful defence of her master’s thesis “Application of SVD Decomposition in Principal Component Analysis for Face Recognition”, supervised by Prof. Dr Sandra Živanović.
Why Applied Mathematics? Stories of Choice, Experience and Future Prospects
In a conversation with our colleague, we talk about the relationship between professors and students, the atmosphere at the Faculty, and the experiences that marked his studies. We also touched on the many fields of science and industry in which applied mathematics is used, even though many people do not associate these professions with mathematics at first glance. In addition, we discussed what … Continue reading Zašto Primenjena matematika? Priča o izboru, iskustvu i perspektivama
Getting Together with Science and Technology
On 24 April 2026, teaching associate Damjan Stanković from the Department of Numerical Mathematics and Optimization visited the “Rade Končar” Electrical Engineering School, where he held a workshop on applied mathematics. The workshop covered the topic of discretization, through which students had the opportunity to learn how continuous problems are converted into a form suitable … Continue reading Druženje sa naukom i tehnikom
Modelling Reality
Prof. Dr Sandra Živanović, a member of the Department of Numerical Mathematics and Optimization, gave a lecture entitled “Modelling Reality” at the Mathematical Grammar School. In an inspiring talk, she introduced students to the applications of mathematics in various fields, as well as different approaches to solving the same problem, from the perspective of mathematicians and experts from other disciplines. On this occasion, students had the opportunity to … Continue reading Modeliranje realnosti