Critical Understanding of Media Content
2025-04-07 - 2025-04-11 | OŠ Antona Ukmarja, Pot v Gaj 2, Koper, 6000, Slovenija
The media critical analysis workshop will provide participants with knowledge for a conceptual understanding of media content. The aim is to identify viewpoints, genres, and patterns of media presentation, and to detect propaganda, censorship, and bias within content. The group of young people aged 12 to 15 is assumed to have insufficient media literacy; however, they are more skilled in using mobile digital devices and can create some media content and share it with other users. At the same time, they access content uncritically and are therefore a potentially vulnerable group exposed to fake news and online abuse. The workshop will demonstrate how exposed they are to fake news and teach them how to develop a critical attitude toward information and other media content.

Implementation for pupils and teachers of Anton Ukmar Primary School Koper.

Presentation for students, April 7, 2025
Workshop implementation, April 7–11, 2025
Presentation for teachers, April 11, 2025
Presentation of results, September 26, 2025

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Excursions into the Mathematical Universe: Tracing Fingerprints with Graph Theory
2025-04-23 16:00 - 17:00 UTC | Koper, Univerza na Primorskem, Fakulteta za matematiko, naravoslovje in informacijske tehnologije, Glagoljaška ulica 8, Koper, 6000, Slovenija
A series of popular science lectures titled “Excursions into the Mathematical Universe.” The lectures are primarily intended for students of secondary schools in the Primorska region, but they are also open to the general public. Researchers and university lecturers will present ancient and modern mathematical concepts and their applicability in various fields of science, natural sciences, and social sciences in an accessible way.

Tracing Fingerprints with Graph Theory
The use of fingerprints for personal identification began with Henry Faulds in 1880. Just eight years later, it was established that the probability of two fingerprints from different individuals being identical is only 1 in 64 billion. Consequently, the use of fingerprints is still very widespread today, especially in forensic science. Modern fingerprint recognition relies on computer algorithms and patterns in databases, where knowledge of graph theory—particularly graph isomorphism—is of great help. In this lecture, we will briefly become familiar with some basics of graph theory and then with certain characteristic fingerprint patterns. Finally, we will learn about a simple algorithm for fingerprint recognition.
About the lecturer: Kenny Štorgel obtained his PhD in mathematical sciences in 2023 in the field of graph theory. He is currently employed at the Faculty of Information Studies in Novo mesto and at the University of Primorska, Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies. His research work focuses mainly on graph theory, especially algorithmic, chromatic, and structural graph theory. As part of his work, he is also active in other areas related to computer science.

Further below, you are kindly invited to read and view the following materials related to the event:

The invitation with the program is available at this link.
Event materials are available at this link.
A recording of the event is available at this link.
Photos from the event:
