Създаване на игри в часовете по информатика чрез използване на генератор на случайни числа

Author(s): Emilia Nikolova,Daniela Tuparova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2018

Methodological ideas are given in the paper for using the random numbers generator in programming education. A set of problems is presented in connection with visual programming education on the base of the C# language. The aims and the main stages are exposed for the solution of each problem. Also, the problems illustrate a possibility to combine the process of programming education with the creation of games. The set under consideration contains 10 problems, including 7 ones which are original and 3 ones are well-known classic games. The aim and the main stages of the solution are presented for each problem.

Езиковите технологии и ресурси – нови перспективи в обучението по български език (Българската лексикално-семантична мрежа БулНет и Българският национален корпус)

Author(s): Svetla Koeva,Svetlozara Leseva,Ivelina Stoyanova,Maria Todorova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2016

The paper proposes approaches for the application of electronic language resources and technologies in Bulgarian language teaching. The active integration of language technologies in the teaching process leads to an increased interest in the subject, the formation of skills for individual work, and the development of research skills. We present in more detail two language resources for Bulgarian: BulNet – a lexical semantic network for Bulgarian, and the Bulgarian National Corpus. The application of these resources in language teaching is demonstrated through several types of linguistic problems.

Съвременни лексикални ресурси и тяхното приложение в обучението по български език

Author(s): Sia Kolkovska,Diana Blagoeva,Vanina Sumrova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2016

The paper presents two lexical resources developed in the Department for Bulgarian lexicology and lexicography at the Institute for Bulgarian language – online version of many-volumed academic Dictionary of Bulgarian language and the resource Infolex. The possibilities for their application in the Bulgarian language education are discussed.

От съставителя. Етнографският архив – между терен и интерпретации

Author(s): Anni Kirilova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2017

Смарт класната стая – мит или реалност

Author(s): Milanka Decheva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2018

The article shows the possibilities that “Smart Classroom” offers to students and teachers in class. The presence of smart technologies in the classroom will help to enhance learning activities as everything will happen faster. Such technology not only contributes to the progress of the learning process, but also engages students to participate in group educational interactive classes. Two lessons in math class for the 9th grade, held in a “smart” classroom, are examined.

ИКТ в образователния процес и в училище

Author(s): Dimitar Nazarov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2018

Interactive Game Development to Assist Cultural Heritage

Author(s): Zsolt László Márkus,Gábor Kaposi,Miklós Veres,Zsolt Weisz,György Szántó,Tibor Szkaliczki,Desislava Paneva-Marinova,Radoslav Pavlov,Detelin Luchev,Maxim Goynov,Lilia Pavlova / Language(s): English Issue: VIII/2018

Serious educational games provide a novel way to transfer knowledge on cultural heritage, which can especially attract young people by using interactive multimedia technology. The paper presents a new flexible tool for developing, managing and presenting games. This server-based solution can facilitate the game development by applying game templates, layout styles and question pools. It also supports the development of game packages for multiple languages and multiple platforms (Web and mobile). The games can easily be customised for various learning domains. Complex games can be composed from several so-called minigames (e.g. puzzle, multiple choice, memory game, crossword etc.) and the tool also supports the evaluation of the user answers and organising competitions. The games were applied to deepen knowledge on various topics related to our cultural heritage. The latest game development is represented by the serious educational game “The Thracians” running in a virtual 360º panorama environment, which presents the life, beliefs and traditions of the ancient tribes.

Проектът „Образование в пиксели“ – идея с продължение

Author(s): Daniela Ivanova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2016

DIGITAL ECONOMY AND HUMANITIES

Author(s): Liana Stanca,Christian Schuster,Corina Moldovan / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2018

As editors of Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Digitalia, we are proud to announce the publication of the third issue of Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Digitalia, the first Romanian academic journal dedicated entirely to the Digital Economy and Humanities research and practice. The main aims of Studia UBB Digitalia are motivating and promoting the research in the interdisciplinary field of Digital Economy and Humanities, especially in Europe, in general, and Romania, in particular. Publishing a new journal on Digital Economy and Humanities is indeed an audacity, given that the field is still seen, after decades of evolution, as an odd hybrid between seemingly incompatible realms of scientific endeavour. Bridging this apparent dichotomy has been the focus of many researchers in the economy, humanities and the computer sciences for the past 50 years, but still the boundaries between the realms exist and grow strong, especially in the institutional practice of universities. Trying to break this barrier proves to be even harder in Romania, where the classification of “traditional” fields of scientific research dictate the distribution of research funds and the evaluation process of research output. Chances are, if an historian publishes an article on his research using computational methods in a journal for computer sciences, that his or her results cannot be “capitalised” in his own field; likewise, computer scientists may see their work in Digital Economy and Humanities not accounted for, if published elsewhere than in well-known CS journals. Digital technologies in economy area have impacted the modern workplace and stimulated the evolution of new forms of management. We are interested how big data and digital technologies are changing how we work and the world we live in. The digital phenomenon is multifaceted and changes the way organizations compete and innovate. It threatens long-lasting business models, and opens up new ways of creating and capturing value. As such, it is not only clearly relevant for management and IT&C practitioners, but also centrally important for management scholars. Digital Humanities and Economy: digital economy is an interdisciplinary field that also uses contributions from digital humanities: big data to understand narratives and plots, methods such as algorithmic analysis of text / videos, advanced visualization techniques, 3-D mapping of texts, digital economy tools for analyzing business and management content, communications, and behavior. The digital humanities sit at the crossroads of computer science and the humanities.

BETWEEN MYTH AND STEREOTYPE: THE METHOD OF STUDYING THE IMAGES OF RUSSIA IN THE VISUAL MEDIA CULTURE OF JAPAN

Author(s): Yulia V. Yashchenko,Anatoly V. Yashchenko,Anastasia S. Fadeeva / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2018

The main sets of symbols of Russia in the visual media culture of Japan are formed in the XX century. This period was saturated with military conflicts and under the conditions of a bipolar political system; reactionary images with noticeable militaristic influence were formed. This study was performed on the materials of visual media culture in Japan, sources such as anime and manga were studied, in which a high concentration of Russian images is observed. During the study of these sources, a complex of several hundred visual and verbal images of Russia was identified, which seems to be a unique phenomenon. Since such an interest in the country-opponent in foreign policy issues is nowhere else observed. The purpose of this study is to identify markers that denote the space of Russian images in individual visual sources and determine their place in the media culture as a whole. Accordingly, the main objective of the study became the development of methods based on approaches of Digital Humanities and Visual Studies. This study allows us to determine the most economically viable images of Russia in the Japanese media industry and makes it possible to use the results of the research in Russia’s state image by stimulating Japan’s visual media culture sector for representation the most auspicious images.

DECISION MAKING IN SMART SUPPLY CHAINS: A CASE STUDY ON THE ENERGY INDUSTRY

Author(s): Florina Livia Covaci / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2018

The dynamic economic environment is driving the evolution of traditional supply chains toward a connected, smart, and highly efficient supply chain ecosystem. Algorithms become powerfull tools that enable machines to make autonomous decisions in the digitized supply chain of the future. The present paper proposes an decision making mechanism for smart supply chain management in the petroleum industry. This industry has a strategic position as it is the base for other essential activities of the economy of any country. The petroleum industry is faced with volatile feedstock costs, cyclical product prices and seasonal final products demand. The current paper considers the position of a refinery as it is at the middle of the integrated petroleum supply chain, between the upstream and downstream. It procures crude oil from upstream assessing the price, quality, timing, and distance to the refinery in order to decide the optimal acquisition. Additionally, the refiner has to carefully monitor the price risk and manage the inventory. The manufacturing activities of the refiner requires thoroughly planning and scheduling the production levels and supply chains for all the derivates and feedstocks for petrochemical industry using tools for decision making in order to estimate market opportunities and threats under volatile market conditions.In order to provide a reliable and practical decision making model, the current paper proposes a mechanism for decision support under uncertainty using maximum expected utility.

DIGITAL AND CODING LITERACY FOR SCHOOL STUDENTS

Author(s): Mariana Dindelegan / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2018

In the digitalization era, the notion of gamification appeared in every field of activity. Experimenting gamification of programming hours by practitioners and teachers in the 2017-2018 school year at the 5th grade is part of the research area related to identifying ways to improve student engagement and skills for lifelong learning.The article will present the outcome of this pilot experiment, which aims to track the evolution of pupils during the project, by analyzing and comparing the results from the initial evaluation with those from the final evaluation. The purpose of the article is, on one hand, to contribute to the literature with new results in the field of digitization of the teaching-learning activities through gamification, and, on the other hand, to present a new teaching instrument used to streamline the instructive-educational process at the fifth grade students, within the Computer Science, which is now a mandatory object. The experiment was conducted in accordance with the Creative Computing curriculum created by the ScratchEd team at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

MEASURING PHYSICAL AND VIRTUAL PRESENCE IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY ERA

Author(s): Romeo Stanca,Rodica Sobolu / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2018

In the present study, we analyze the students’ reaction to the introduction of Web 2.0 as teaching-learning environment in digital economic theory, in a society where the internet was introduced in 1990. The article is the result of a research extended over two years. The research focuses on the study of behavior observed to the students with computer usage knowledge in relation to the translation of their activities on Moodle platform. The students belong to a department of Economics Informatics of a Romanian University. Specifically, we sought if Moodle with its facilities to assist/guide the student in the learning process can increase the percentage of those who will assimilate knowledge of databases theory apply in economic fields, compared to traditional ways of teaching. The outcome of this study can be considered favourable on Moodle application.

METHODOLOGY FOR CREATING DATA VISUALIZATION. A CASE STUDY FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY TIMELINES BETWEEN 1750-1900

Author(s): Voica Puşcaşiu / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2018

The present study was originally aimed at creating a helping tool for teaching and understanding art history through the use of visual schemes. Despite the fact that timelines are often present in both history and art history books their status is rather that of footnotes (Wolf, Gombrich 656-663, * * * 392-395) and a study for their methodology and usage was truly lacking. Considering the way in which simple data visualization can comprise vast amount of information and deliver it in an efficient manner, it makes it worthwhile to ensure its scientific quality and accuracy through proper methods, as well as to actually creating ones that are both simple and eye-catching. Thus this paper is a result of a personal interest in the development of such tools and the challenges encountered along the way. Offering valuable information in a short glimpse through simple graphics over the life and the artistic creation of various artists is only enhanced by the opportunities provided by digital tools and the virtual environment, so it is perhaps an auspicious time to start seriously considering this type of research.

YING JIANG, SOCIAL MEDIA AND E-DIPLOMACY IN CHINA. SCRUTINIZING THE POWER OF WEIBO, NEW YORK: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN, DOI:10.1057/978-1-137-59358-0, 2017, 147 P.

Author(s): Radu Sava / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2018

Once the advances in technology evolved into being recorded, and awareness regarding globalization processes strengthened, it became facile to observe the rhythm and the series of changes produced in societies, political systems or economic and cultural life, as well as the transversal effects that resurface. And unequivocally these effects become implied in most areas of activity. Thus, an example of this could be the appointment of the first Digital Ambassador, namely that of Denmark, “based out in Silicon Valley, in order to create a line of communication between the US tech companies and the Danish government” .

III Ogólnopolska Konferencja Naukowa „Człowiek – Informacja. Książka. Media”, Toruń, 15–16 marca 2018 r.

Author(s): Mariusz Balcerek / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2018

Aim: The aim of the text is a brief presentation of the conference that took place on March 15-16, 2018. At that time, the 3rd National Scientific Conference entitled: “Man – Information. Book. Media “ took place at the Collegium Humanisticum of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń (hereinafter: UMK) Its organizer was the PhD Student Scientific Circle ePRINT, operating at the Institute of Information Science and Bibliology of Nicolaus Copernicus University. Research method: The author participated in the symposium sessions, listening to all speeches, additionally asking questions during the discussion. Results/Conclusions: The conference is a great initiative for young scientists, who thanks to it can test their skills in this type of activity; it was the fourth edition of this congress. Unfortunately, the overall positive impression was spoilt by a few speeches of low quality that should not have been allowed to be delivered.

Digital and Print Hybrids

Author(s): Jarosław Kopeć,Izabela Koryś,Dominika Michalak / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2016

In 2014 the National Library of Poland commissioned a survey to create a typology of Internet users. Building on that typology, the authors of the present article examine what role literature sourced and read online plays within reading practices. Their focus on the social adaptation of modern technology, on issues related to reading literary texts online, on diagnosing how the Internet facilitates access to literature, and on situating digital practices in the context of analogue ones.

Трета международна научна конференция „Компютърната лингвистика в България“ – традиции и перспективи

Author(s): Svetlozara Leseva,Ivelina Stoyanova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 6/2018

Первый международный сетевой исследовательский проект учащихся в рамках MITE

Author(s): Maria Shabanova,Marina Belorukova,Roza Atamuratova,Veselin Nenkov / Language(s): Russian Issue: 6/2016

One of the goals of the International project “Methodology and Information Technologies in Education (MITE)” is to create conditions for identification and support of young talents. A proven effective form of activity is the International Competition “Mathematics and projecting”, which is quite popular in Bulgaria, Kazakhstan and Russia. In 2016 the competition celebrated its 10-th anniversary. This year for the first time the competition program included the nomination “Network Research Projects”. The project “Geometry Scrabble in Cloud” was awarded first prize in this nomination. It was prepared by an international group of students from the three countries: Bulgaria, Kazakhstan and Russia. The present paper summarizes the students’ work and presents the organizational methodology of the communication during the preparation of the project.

Fuzzy Logic

Author(s): Reinhard Magenreuter / Language(s): English Issue: 6/2016

There are four backbones to analyze time-series in general and forecasttime-series for financial markets: Chaos-theory, Fuzzy logic, Neural networksand Genetic algorithms. The first one is considered in (Magenreuter, 2016a), whilete third one in (Magenreuter, 2016b). The present paper is dedicated to the secondone analyzing posibilities for its application. Some results are discussed in promisingoutcomes.