Events
ASPires Project presented by Military Academy “General Mihailo Apostolski”
On August 30, 2017 a meeting was held by representatives of the Military Academy “General Mihailo Apostolski”, members of the Advanced Systems for Prevention and Early Detection of Forest Fires Project and the CEO of the National Park Mavrovo, Samir Ajdini aiming at achieving a high level of coordination and obtaining the necessary conditions for the implementation of the project on the territory of NP Mavrovo.
Nikola Kletnikov, MA, project coordinator within the Military Academy emphasized the productive cooperation with NP Mavrovo in the previous stages of the project, which plays a crucial role in successfully attaining the goals of the project.
The briefing was especially focused on the compatibility of the projected equipment to be installed for the purposes of ASPires and the existing system in NP Mavrovo, and elaboration was provided by the representatives of the Military Academy regarding the overall operation of the sensor network, as well as its envisaged function to be integrated in support of the existing forest fires detection system.
ASPires workshop scheduled for November 8, 2017 in Berovo, was also discussed during the meeting, which presented the opportunity to invite representatives from NP Mavrovo to participate and present the expected effects from the project, as well as to take part in the discussions during the event.
In the final part of the meeting the representatives from both the Military Academy and NP Mavrovo arrived at the conclusion that due to the benefits ASPires brings about in terms of prevention of forest fires, thus protection of the areas of immense importance, as well as the endemic flora and fauna in the national park, it is of mutual interest to invest significant efforts in the further implementation of the project and timely plan each step of its implementation, as well as its future sustainability.
Recent Forest fires in the National Park Mavrovo (Fig 1.)
In the period from July 15 to August 28, 2017 six forest fires have been registered on the territory of the National Park Mavrovo affecting an area ranging from 20 to 400 hectares, resulting into damages amounting to MKD 16,163,935. The forest fires have occurred mostly on steep or steep and rocky terrain, and the greatest percent of burned trees are beech and fir, with the largest area of burned beech amounting to 120 m3 in a single forest fire, which took place from August 23-27, 2017.
Fig. 1 Forest fires in the National Park Mavrovo in the period from 15.07.2017 – 28.08.2017
| No. | Time | Burned area (hectares) | Type of flammable material | Terrain | Equipment | Burned fir (m3) | Burned Beech (m3) | Burned fir and pine (m3) | Total Cost (MKD) | ||
| 1. | 15 July 08:30h – 18 July 22:00h | 25 | Grass, maple, fir | Steep | Water bags, brooms, rakes and shovels | 6 | 20 | / | 680,378 | ||
| 2. | 26 August 8:30h – 27 August 22:00h | 130 | Grass, beech, fir | Steep | Water bags, brooms, rakes and shovels, 2 airplanes (9 turns) | 30 | 50 | / | 2,428,370 | ||
| 3. | 23 August 8:30h – 27 August 17:00h | 20 | Grass, beech, fir | Steep | Water bags, brooms, rakes and shovels | 100 | 120 | / | 7,358,122 | ||
| 4. | 16 August 8:30h – 18 August 22:00h | 232 | Grass, beech, fir, pine, ash tree | Steep | Water bags, brooms, rakes and shovels | / | / | 30 | 1,951,869 | ||
| 5. | 26 August 8:30h – 28 August 19:00h | 400 | Grass, juniper, fir | Steep, rocky | Water bags, brooms, rakes and shovels | / | / | 50 | 3,114,864 | ||
| 6. | 27 August 8:30h – 28 August 19:00h | 400 | Grass, fir and beech | Steep, rocky | Water bags, brooms, rakes and shovels | 5 | 15 | / | 630,332 | ||
| Total | 16,163,935 | ||||||||||
ASPires Project presented in IoT Conference
The ASPires project and relevant researches in the area of IoT data management were presented on the 12th of September 2017 on the annual IoT conference in Sofia by Ivelin Andreev, senior project manager and software architect at Interconsult Bulgaria.
IoT Bulgaria Summit 2017 is a free community event that took place on September 12, 2017 for the second time in Bulgaria. This one-day event is focused on the latest technology trends in Internet of Things and was this year hosted at the Microsoft Innovation Center in Sofia Tech Park, the one of the most prestigious locations for innovation and knowledge sharing in Bulgaria.
The conference gathered nearly 150 participants from academic, business and technical areas, from Bulgaria and abroad. Representatives from some of the global leaders in the area, such as Microsoft, KPMG, Bosch Software Innovation and EPAM Systems shared their experience with the audience. More information about the conference, its sessions, sponsors and organizers is available on the official website http://www.iotsummit.tech.
The session about IoT data management received quite positive feedback from the participants and an interesting discussion took place with the audience. The presentation was made available on SlideShare where it received nearly 11000 views within less than a week. A fact which illustrates the high level of interest in IoT and the areas where ASPires has contribution.
The slides could be downloaded from https://www.slideshare.net/ivoandreev/time-series-databases-for-iot-onpremises-and-azure or as pdf
39th Meeting of the Commission Expert Group on Forest Fires (EGFF)
The ASPires project was presented at the 39th meeting of the Forest Fire Panel (EGFF) Expert Group in Stresa, Italy on 21-22 May 2019.
ASPires-GEO at the Smart Cities Exhibition, April 2019 in Sofia, Bulgaria
NCITES presented ASPires-GEO at the Smart Cities Exhibition held in Sofia, Bulgaria on 16-18 April 2019.
ASPires Project. Workshop in Skopje, 03.2019
The ASPires Seminar was held on 21 March 2019 at Best Western Hotel in Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia.
Experiments conducted by the Military Academy, Skopje, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
A series of experiments were conducted by the Military Academy, Scopje with the support of Armed Forces officers on October 5 and 17, 2018.
ASPires Project. Workshop in Bansko, Bulgaria
On November 9, 2018 in the town of Bansko, Bulgaria the third specialized seminar for the end users of the project ASPires was held.
ASPires Project presented at the Career 2018, Sofia, Bulgaria
The ASPires project was presented at the exhibition Career 2018 in Sofia, Bulgaria. The event took place on 23 and 24 October 2018 at the Technical University.
ASPires Project presented at the conference CHER21, 2018
The International Conference "Challenges in Higer Education and Research in XXI century"- 2018, was held from May 29 to June 1 in Sozopol, Bulgaria
ASPires Project presented on RETTmobil trade fair 2018, Fulda, Germany
The ASPires project team members held a workshop and took a part in the 18th European Leading Exhibition for Rescue and Mobility in Fulda on the 17th of May 2018.
The 33rd ACM/SIGAPP Symposium, Pau, France, 2018
A paper about Investigation of Priority Queueing Systems with Peaked Traffic Flows was accepted to be presented in the 33rd ACM/SIGAPP Symposium in Pau, France on the 9-13 of April 2018.
6th World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies
From 27 March to 29 March 2018, in Naples(Italy) there was held the 6th World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies.
Smart Cities, Exhibition for SE Europe
The ASPires project was presented at the Southeast European Trade Fair and Conference, which took place from 27 to 29 March 2018 in Sofia. The ASPires project was demonstrated at A5 Hall 5.
ASPires Project at CSECS 2017-Albena-Bulgaria
The Aspires project was presented at the CSECS conference in Albena, Bulgaria at a special session
IoT conference in Sofia, Bulgaria
The ASPires project and relevant researches in the area of IoT data management
NATO Conference
Тhe ASPires project was present by Nikola Kletnikov, member of the NATO SPS Organizing Committee "Round Table of Senior Leaders on Military and Defense Aspects of Border Security in Southeast Europe" and member of the ASPires project team.
ASPires Project at SQL Day Sofia Bulgaria
The ASPires project was presented by Ivelin Andreev, software architect at Interconsult Bulgaria.
Meeting of representatives of the Military Academy "General Mihailo Apostolski"
On August 30, 2017, a meeting of representatives of the Military Academy "General Mihailo Apostolski" was held with the leadership of Mavrovo Park, where details of the Aspres project were discussed.
ASPires Workshop on November 8, 2017 in Berovo, fYR of Macedonia
The first of a total five planned workshops was held on November 8, 2017. Our first host was Macedonia. The Workshop was place in Berovo, small town near Maleševo Mountains.