AzTU employees visited Italy within the DIRNA project
As part of the “Erasmus+ KA2” program, Azerbaijan Technical University (AzTU) participated in the “Development of Research Potential through Institutional Repositories (Digital Archives) Network in Azerbaijan” (DIRNA) project, and a visit was made to the University of L’Aquila in Italy. Khayala Hajiyeva, Director of the Library and Information Center (KIM), and Ilfat Ibrahimov, Senior Consultant on Library Systems and Digitization Processes, who participated in training sessions organized by the leadership of the University of L’Aquila’s Academic Library, represented AzTU during the visit. The training covered the implementation of the “Open Science” and “Open Access” initiatives at Italian universities, with presentations on the activities of the L’Aquila University library in these areas. Sessions were also held on the university library’s digital repository, its technical infrastructure and management panel, and the management of metadata according to international standards and protocols. Furthermore, discussions were held regarding the selection and establishment of the repository…
AzTU employees spoke at the international conference
The 6th international conference on “Inventive Computing and Information Technologies” was held in Bangkok, Thailand, organized by Stamford International University. Scientists and researchers from different countries of the world took part in the conference organized in an online format. The Azerbaijan Technical University (AzTU) was represented at the conference by the head of the radio engineering and telecommunications department, professor Mehman Hasanov, the doctoral students of the department, Nadir Atayev, Emin Payizov, Turana Rasullu, as well as Sahib Piriyev, associate professor of the engineering mathematics and artificial intelligence department. AzTU representatives spoke on “Adaptive monitoring of optical networks in free space using artificial neural analysis” at the conference. At the end of the conference, the participants were presented with a certificate. It should be noted that the articles selected at the conference will be published in journals indexed in “Web of Science” and “Scopus” databases.
AzTU held a meeting with students within the framework of the “Reduce sugar, extend life!” campaign
A meeting was held with the students studying food engineering at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics of the Azerbaijan Technical University (AzTU) and the representatives of the Azerbaijan Food Safety Institute (AFSI). The presentations were given on the topics of “Harms of sugar”, “Sugar substitutes” and “Importance of fruit and vegetables on the daily diet” at the meeting within the campaign of the “Reduce sugar, extend your lifespan!” It was noted that the campaign is being implemented in order to promote a healthy lifestyle among the population and to encourage citizens to eat healthy, including the consumption of sugar in accordance with the norm. It was specially emphasized that, the excessive use of sugar in the human body may cause some problems like cardiovascular diseases, II type diabetes, obesity, tooth decay, attention deficit and allergic reactions in children, a reduce in cognitive ability in adolescents, weakening of the…