Danijel Danković

The fifth student conference "IEEESTEC 5th Student project conference" was held on November 29, 2012 at the Faculty of Electronic Engineering in Niš (http://ieee.elfak.ni.ac.rs/). The conference was organized by the student branch of IEEE SB Niš, EESTEC LC Niš and Faculty of Electronic Engineering in Niš, in cooperation with IEEE Serbia and Montenegro Section, IEEE Electron Devices / Solid-State Circuits Chapter and IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Chapter.

At the meeting of the representatives of IEEE SB Niš and EESTEC LC Niš held at the end of January 2012, the initiative for organizing the conference “IEEESTEC 5th Student project conference” was supported. A detailed explanation with the invitation letter for the conference was given at the meeting of the IEEE Section Serbia and Montenegro, held at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Belgrade on September 20, 2012.

We sent a call for the conference to authors of papers from previous conference, to all student organizations in Serbia, student branches of IEEE, to all members of the IEEE Section Serbia and Montenegro. The total number of received works is 37 (in the field of: electronics, microelectronics, telecommunications, automatics, power engineering, informatics etc.). All papers have passed the review phase, with a minimum of five reviews for each paper. In the review process, 38 teachers and assistants of the Faculty of Electronic Engineering in Niš helped us. Based on the received reviews, three best-rated works were selected:

First place
Paper: Multiplayer application for smart TV controlled by hand
Authors: M. Petrović, M. Milojević, M. Kosanović, S. Stošović
Institution The Higher Technical School of Professional Education Niš

Second place
Paper: Application of extended reality and Android technology in Mediana Archaeological Park
Authors: M. Stošić, D. Tatić
Institution: Faculty of Electronic Engineering Niš

Third place
a) Paper: Software support to technology transfer centers in data analysis
Authors: N. Stojanović, M. Vidojković, D. Tasić
Institution: Faculty of Electronic Engineering Niš, Transfer of technology office, University of Niš

b) Paper: Design of Photonic Microring-Resonator Based Wavelength Selective 1 x N Power Splitters
Authors: Miljan Dašić, and Miloš A. Popović
Institution: Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Belgrade, University of Colorado

Based on the received papers, the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Niš published the Proceedings "IEEESTEC 5th Student Project Conference", ISBN: 978-86-6125-073-6 (Proceedings + Disc). Editors of the Proceedings are: prof. Dr Ninoslav Stojadinović, prof. Dr Bratislav Milovanović, prof. Dr Vera Marković, prof. Dr Goran S. Đorđević and Dr Danijel Danković. The conference was organized by the Organizing Committee consisting of: Dr Danijel Danković, President of the Conference, Dušan Vučković and Darko Todorović, Vice-Presidents of the Conference. The secretariat of the conference were students of the Faculty of Electronic Engineering in Niš: Damir Nešić, Saša Dević, Sandra Ilijin, Nikola Vučić, Miroslav Božić, Željko Kalezić, Ana Đorđević and Nikola Simić.

The conference was officially opened by the vice-rector of the University of Niš, prof. Dr Dobrica Živković, Dean of the Faculty of Electronic Engineering in Nis, prof. Dr Dragan Janković. On behalf of the IEEE Section Serbia and Montenegro, the participants were greeted by prof. Dr Vera Marković, Secretary of the Section.

The three best-rated papers were presented verbally. All papers (including awarded) were presented as poster papers in the hall of the Electronic Faculty in Niš. In addition to the placement poster in four-hour time, the authors also used PowerPoint presentations, simulations on the computer, their models and finished products/projects. The authors themselves selected the most interesting paper:

Paper: Multiplayer application for smart TV controlled by hand
Authors: M. Petrović, M. Milojević, M. Kosanović, S. Stošović
Institution The Higher Technical School of Professional Education Niš

This year's conference was marked by a new online voting system for selecting the best paper at the IEEESTEC conference. Visitors of the site http://ieee.elfak.ni.ac.rs/ were able to vote for the best 3 papers on the Internet every day. In 28 days with 16650 different IP addresses, a total of 52089 times was voted. For the best paper for site visitors is selected:

First place
Paper: Aqua-Comp (computer in aquarium)
Authors: I. Arsić, M. Stošić, A. Spiridonović, L. Vasić, A. Ranđelović, N. Đorić
Institution: Technical school “Rade Metalac“ - Leskovac

All authors received the IEEESTEC Conference promotional material: a collection of papers, a disc, a block and a bag. The best papers were awarded with diplomas and awards, a gift from a friends of the conference.

The participants of the conference were from the following institutions: Faculty of Electronic Engineering in Niš, Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Belgrade, University of Colorado, Faculty of Physical Chemistry in Belgrade, Faculty of Computer Science in Belgrade, Knjaževac Gymnasium, Faculty of Science and Mathematics in Nis The Higher Technical School of Professional Education Niš, Ei PCB Factory Niš, Petroleum Industry Of Serbia (NIS Petrol), Directorate for ICT in Nis, Technical School "Rade Metalac" Leskovac, Transfer Technology Office, University of Niš, Faculty of Sport and Physical Education in Niš, Danmarks Tekniske Universität- DTU, The Norvegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU

We hope that next year this conference will be even better organized and more massive.