DIPOL Project

This is one of major outputs of the project – Ms Aida Ismailisufi just defended her Master thesis titled “Blockchain and applications in food supply chain”. The work focuses on Blockchain and practical demonstration based on an open source platform called Multichain. The research considers potential uses in food supply chain, more specifically the use in wine industry for counterfeit prevention.

ABSTRACT –

Digital transformation brings great changes on a daily basis in almost all industries that are manifested in the improvement of business processes as well as in the creation of new innovative business models. The research described in this paper considers the digital transformation in the agricultural industry and the food supply chain. The focus is on Blockchain technology, its capabilities and characteristics, as well as on aspects of the practical implementation of a prototype for monitoring data on food products from the manufacturer to the end user. More specifically, the research consider possibility of using Blockchain technology to create a platform for prevention and detection of counterfeits in food industry. Implementation of the system with the use of Blockchain technology provides for monitoring and secure keeping of the historical data on each instance of the product, in this example wine, thus creating a foundation of a decision support system capable of detecting potential problems and wine counterfeits.
In the first part, the paper presents the basics of digital transformation, Blockchain technologies, advantages, significance and possible applications in the agricultural and food industry. After that, a review of the applied Blockchain systems for the prevention of counterfeiting in the wine industry is given and the practical realization of the prototype based on the MultiChain platform is described. The system has been verified for the main case of using validation and the necessary Blockchain functionalities. Finally, the advantages and possible weaknesses of the system based on this technology were discussed, as well as further directions of system development with the application of mobile applications, the use of QR code and advanced interaction with consumers.

This is one of major outputs of the project – Mr Dejan Savićević just defended his Master thesis titled “AI and applications in agriculture”. The work focuses on AI and possible uses in agriculture. The thesis advisor was dr. Marko Simeunovic.

ABSTRACT –

Artificial Intelligence(AI) is an academic discipline which is contained of specific technologies, and it stands out as one of the main topics in Information Technologies. It is not very actual as it should be, and less developed areas of the world are true evidence. In this work there are AI technologies counted, with examples of their use. Specifically, this area of IT depends directly on data, and could not exist without it. Artificial Intelligence could be use almost everywhere, but in this work, word is about its use in agriculture, with various examples. This work has academic value, but is also very valuable to use, because the main topic about real problems and suggestions for solutions.

DIPOL project was featured in a presentation given by UDG at the Academia-Industry Cooperation workshop organized withing VIRAL project. UDG presented several projects in the domain of smart agriculture including H2020 TagItWine, DIPOL, H2020 DEMETER, and VIRAL. More info on VIRAL website link.

This year, the IoT Week conference will take place in Dublin, 31 August – 3 September 21. The IoT Week 2021 conference will gather IoT devotees from all around the world to explore a range of topics regarding the emerging IoT, AI, Blockchain and 5Gtechnologies through 12 thematic areas. Learn more at https://iotweek.org/.

In the context of EuroCC project, UDG is organizing a workshop on High Performance Computing, High Performance Data Analysis, and Artificial Intelligence. This virtual event will take place on February 18-19 together with IEEE IT 2021 Conference on Information Technology. The agenda and additional details will soon be available on: link

Also, information available on HPC portal: link

The Green Deal Call worth €1 billion has been launched on the 18th of September. The call is the last within the H2020 Programme and just ahead of the launch of Horizon Europe, the next research and innovation programme kicking-off in 2021. Read more at: link.

European Researchers Night 2020 takes place today! UDG and Plantaze will take part in the event tonight where activities on H2020 DEMETER projects will be presented. The presentation will discuss digital transformation in agriculture and ongoing project activities The event in Montenegro starts at 12h on 27. November 2020. You can get more info on the event in Montenegro here.

The European Researchers’ Night, funded under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions, is a Europe-wide public event that brings researchers closer to the public. The European Researchers’ Night showcases the diversity of science and its impact on citizens’ daily lives, stimulating interest in research careers – particularly among young people. In 2019, it attracted 1.6 million visitors across more than 400 cities in Europe and beyond. You can check out the video below:

The Cooperation agreement between the Faculty for Information Systems and Technologies, University of Donja Gorica, and the company “Radinović Company” was signed with the aim of developing cooperation between the industry and academy, encouraging and supporting research, scientific and educational activities. Radinović Company runs poultry farms near Podgorica and we plan to implement pilot installations for precision agriculture and to work on joint project proposals.

The report for the first year of DIPOL project has been evaluated and approved by the Ministry of Science. The report earned an average score or 94.5 from the evaluators. The continuation of the project got a “green light” and the financing for the second year of the project has been granted. Due to the COVID19 pandemic, the Ministry has decided to approve a no-cost extension for additional 6 months.

The traditional 25th Milocer Development Forum took place at the UDG this year. The theme was “Demistifying digitalization” and there were three panel sessions. The researchers from UDG presented results of the DIGavCOV scientific research project financed through a grant from the Ministry of Science. The main topics of the panels were supporting digital transformation in SMEs, digital payments, and the role of higher education in digital transformation. The researchers from DIPOL project actively took parts in the event as panelists and moderators. The event was featured on TV and news portals link.