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Zeina Abu-Aisheh is a Senior Research Scientist at Nextbase in the UK, specialising in Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision. Originally from Palestine, she pursued her passion for AI in France, earning a Master's degree in Artificial Intelligence and a PhD in Computer Science specialising in Pattern Recognition. After several years in academic research, she transitioned to industry, where she now works on bringing cutting-edge AI research to real-world applications.

04.11.2026 
Room 107, 13:00

The Erasmus+ programme supports the international mobility of students and staff. It allows participants to gain knowledge and experience in a different academic environment, learn about other cultures, and develop language and social skills. Today, international exchange is much more than a traditional semester of study abroad.

Artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, the Internet of Things, quantum computing – these concepts increasingly appear in both professional and everyday life, yet they are still mostly associated with the world of IT specialists. The Europe 4.0 Digital Citizens project was created to change that. Its goal is to make emerging technologies understandable and accessible to everyone, including people without a technical background.

The international research project “AI-enabled Digital Transformation for Whole-of-Society Emergency Response” (ARES) is carried out under the cooperation agreement between the Polish Academy of Sciences and the National Science and Technology Council of Taiwan.The project aims to assess the effectiveness, inclusivity, and adaptive capacities of digital tools, including AI-based solutions, used in crisis management.

The renowned "International Journal of Approximate Reasoning" is a peer-reviewed scientific journal dedicated to artificial intelligence and methods for handling uncertainty and imprecision in data. It is highly rated on the list of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (140 points).

Prof. Aleksandra Parteka has been affiliated with Gdańsk Tech since 2008. Her current research focuses on trade diversification, the impact of Global Value Chains (GVCs) and technological progress on labor markets and productivity, as well as variations in innovation activity across Europe and the world. She has authored numerous research papers and publications in economics journals indexed in Web of Science and Scopus. She also serves as a managing editor for the journal "Gospodarka Narodowa".

This year’s edition once again demonstrated the importance of grounding business education in an international environment. A total of 178 students from 27 countries and 6 continents participated in this edition of the Ljubljana Summer School. Over the course of two and a half weeks, they attended selected courses taught by lecturers representing 16 academic institutions from 11 countries worldwide.

Competition for programs at the Faculty was fierce this year, particularly for these two: Engineering Management saw 23.4 applicants per place, while Economic Analytics had 20.6. The English-language version of Engineering Management was also highly popular, attracting over 12 applicants per place: a truly impressive result.

Weinvite you to the public defense of the doctoral dissertation of Zuzanna Zarach, entitled "Growth and Diversification Trajectories of Natural Resource Exporters."

The defense will take place on Thursday, September 24, 2026, at 1:00 PM in room 110/111 of the Faculty of Management and Economics, Traugutta Street 79, Gdańsk.