Project funded by:
Poznan University of Economics, Department of Information Systems
Established in 1926, Poznan University of Economics (PUE) is one of the oldest and most prestigious business universities in Poland. The university’s main strengths are its educational experience, international relations, well-developed research base and its co-operation with business and industry. PUE has participated in a number of EU funded programmes, including e.g. SOCRATES/Erasmus, PHARE ACE, Leonardo da Vinci, and 5th, 6th and 7th FP projects e.g. PISTE, EURAREA, USE-ME.GOV, ASG, SUPER and Service Web 3.0.
Department of Information Systems, that is to be involved in the project, belongs to the Faculty of Informatics and Electronic Economy, which is acknowledged as outstanding by the Accreditation Committee by Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education. The research areas of Department of Information Systems (DIS) cover: information extraction, information retrieval and filtering (with emphasis put on contextualisation), extraction and integration of data from the deep Web as well as profiling and estimation of quality parameters in software engineering.
Recently, we have observed the rapid expansion of the Department due to successful projects and the ability to attract skilled workers. At present there are about 30 PhD students enrolled only in the Department.
The Department of Information Systems offers education in widely understood field of business information processing giving students excellent background that they will need to succeed in their professional lives.
Sygnity
Sygnity is the leading supplier of IT solutions in Poland. The company supports many clients in development, improving efficiency and increasing their competitive edge. The main company resources are experts with extensive IT know-how and specialists with experience in particular industries who follow and analyse key sectors of the Polish economy and trends on world markets. Owing to a full understanding of the needs of our clients, deep professional knowledge, effective operating and a philosophy of partnership with the client, Sygnity is able to execute even the most advanced IT projects for both corporate clients and institutional ones.
Sygnity offers a full range of IT services for large and medium-sized enterprises and institutions: in banking and finances, central and self-government administration, electro-energetics, gas and fuel industry, water and sewage management, telecommunication and commerce. The main scopes of activity are: software and hardware integration, software development, software design on demand, IT consulting, IT outsourcing, software audit and testing, IT infrastructure implementation.