Among 1,049 applications worldwide, the project of a doctoral student from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering was selected  

The project "Air Quality Monitoring System" by Ivan Martinović, a doctoral student at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, as part of the Cetinje Smart City concept, has been nominated for an award in the e-Environment category at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) 2024.

This project stood out among 1,049 applications from around the world, selected in the top 360 projects distributed across 18 WSIS action lines.

Ivan Martinović, a doctoral student at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Podgorica, a researcher and expert in the field of Artificial Intelligence in medicine, and head of the electronics and computing practicum at the Prona Foundation for the Promotion of Science, led this project. Elementary and high school students from Cetinje also participated, who, through STEM workshops, went from the idea to creating the final IoT (Internet of Things) system.

Ivan had the opportunity to conduct part of his doctoral research at the University of Toronto. The "Air Quality Monitoring System" project was first realized with the support of the American Corner in Cetinje and represents the first Internet of Things project created in Montenegro recognized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the umbrella organization for information and communication technologies.

The success of this project is significantly supported through voting at the link [https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/stocktaking/Prizes/2024], where registration and voting provide the necessary support.