Mihajlo Pupin Institute () is an institute based in
Belgrade
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, Serbia. It is named after
Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin and is part of the
University of Belgrade
The University of Belgrade () is a public university, public research university in Belgrade, Serbia. It is the oldest and largest modern university in Serbia.
Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it me ...
.
It is notable for manufacturing numerous
computer
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systems used in
SFR Yugoslavia
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- especially early
CER and later
TIM line of computers.
Departments
The institute is well known in wide range of fields. In the science community, it is known for early work in
humanoid robot
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ics.
The institute and companies owned by it compete in fields such as:
* System integration and networking,
* Information systems for government and industry, Internet/Intranet IS
* E-commerce, e-government applications
* Decision support systems, expert systems, intelligent Internet applications,
* Power systems control, supervision and optimization
* Process control and supervision,
* Traffic control, GPS
* Telecommunications
* Digital signal processing
* Simulators, training aids, specialised H/S systems
* Image processing
* Real-time systems (large scale and embedded)
* Turn-key engineering solutions
* Robotics
Subsidiaries
* IMP-Automatika d.o.o. Belgrade
* IMP-Računarski sistemi d.o.o. Belgrade
* IMP-Telekomunikacije d.o.o. Belgrade
* Idvorski laboratorije d.o.o. Belgrade
* IMP-Piezotehnologija d.o.o. Belgrade
* IMP-Poslovne usluge d.o.o. Belgrade
* IMP-Naučnotehnološki park d.o.o. Belgrade
See also
*
CER Computers
*
HRS-100 computer
*
TIM-100 and
TIM-011
*
Michael I. Pupin -
Serbian scientist after whom this institute is named.
*
History of computer hardware in the SFRY
*
Rajko Tomović
*
Miomir Vukobratović
References
External links
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1946 establishments in Serbia
Defense companies of Serbia
Economy of Belgrade
Science and technology in Serbia
University of Belgrade
Zvezdara
Computer hardware companies
Computer systems companies
Computer companies of Serbia
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