Events

Presentation of the ASPires Project Equipment at the Military Academy “General Mihailo Apostolski” - Skopje

Presentation of the ASPires Project Equipment 

at the Military Academy “General Mihailo Apostolski” - Skopje

 

On October 19, 2018, on the occasion of the promotion of the XVIII generation of cadets at the Military Academy to the first officer’s rank of Second Lieutenants, and the taking of the solemn oath by the new generation of cadets, attended by the Minister of Defence of the former Yougoslav Republic of Macedonia, the Chief of Defence of the Armed Forces, distinguished guests from the Ministry of Defence, the General Staff of the Armed Forces, the President’s Cabinet, as well as representatives from Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro, defence attaches and diplomats in the former Yougoslav Republic of Macedonia, the ASPires team from the Military Academy presented part of the project’s equipment. 

The entire ceremony was recorded and photographed by the drone, which is to be submitted for use to the national park Mavrovo, and the Minister of Defence, Radmila Shekerinska Jankovska had an opportunity to have a firsthand demonstration and an immediate familiarization with project and the project’s equipment capabilities. 

During the meeting held upon the ceremony with the management of the Military Academy and representatives from the ASPires team, the Minister of Defence reiterated her immense support for the ASPires project and her and the ministry’s strong commitment to the cause of early detection and prevention of forest fires.


ASPires project. Experiments in former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Experiments from the Military Academy Team, Skopje, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, using the equipment of the ASPires project

    A series of experiments including different sets of parameters and varying conditions were conducted by the Military Academy ASPires team with the support of 10 employees from the Armed Forces on the 5th  and 17th of October 2018 in the Military Academy, Skopje, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

By simulation of fire during different time periods in the day, under different weather conditions and other accompanying parameters, facilitated and secured by firefighting mechanisms provided by Armed Forces employees, the Military Academy, Skopje team has been able to generate significant body of data relevant for the successful implementation of the ASPires project.

The experiments have resulted with sets of data that are currently being processed and used for theoretical and practical assessment of the hypotheses made earlier by the research team, leading up to invaluable conclusions and guidelines for the on-site functionality of the ASPires system on the territory of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia , the partners in the ASPires project and beyond. 

Further testing and experiments have also been envisioned upon the installation of the equipment to reflect the actual environment of the national parks where the equipment will be used. This experiments will facilitate factoring in all relevant elements, such as vegetation typical for the area, different physical obstacles, weather conditions, etc. 

 


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.