05.03.2022.
World-renowned scientist invites secondary school students to enrol in Military Academy
In addition to their tradition and structure, military schools have always been known for the quality of education they offer. The professionalism and dedication of teachers and professors who transfer knowledge to students of the Military Grammar School and the Secondary Vocational Military School, and the cadets of the Military Academy and the Military Medical Academy’s Medical Faculty are critical factors in building and shaping future Serbian Armed Forces officers.
Lieutenant Colonel Dragan Pamučar, associate professor, stands out among other exceptional lecturers at the Military Academy departments, as one of the world’s most influential experts in operational research, especially in logistics and transport. This officer is the creator of numerous original algorithms that optimize and rationalize the logistics processes in our armed forces.Future Military Academy cadets and those who enter master's and PhD programmes after completing basic studies, will have the opportunity to listen to lectures delivered by one of the world's most cited authorities on operational research. In the Military Traffic Engineering and Defence Logistics BA programs of study, Lieutenant Colonel Dragan Pamučar teaches the Basics of Operational Research, Transport Cargos and Basics of Water, Air and Rail Transport. In the Defence Logistics and Management in Defence master's degree programmes, he teaches the subject of Operational Research, and in the Management in Defence doctoral programmes, he teaches the subject of Optimization Methods.
Lieutenant Colonel Pamučar’s life and career were full of challenges, and the military is an organization that enabled him to extend his knowledge and become a world-renowned scientist.
– The military has given me everything. I grew up in the family of a military officer, I was destined to grow up in Croatia and to experience the inconveniences suffered by military personnel and their families in the secessionist republics in the 1990s. Living in fear and uncertainty, I felt the military's care for us; we were never left at the mercy of those who did not want us near them. In the Military Grammar School, I had the huge support of my professors and friends, which continued at the Military Academy and later in my career. I have bought an apartment on credit, with benefits provided by the armed forces, and I am completely convinced that I would not have achieved half as much without the support of the armed forces and the government. That is why I am grateful to the armed forces and the government, and I am only repaying a favour through my work. I think that's patriotism. Complete dedication to the job one has chosen and achieving results in proportion to the effort expended - says Pamučar.
Lieutenant Colonel Pamučar’s doctoral dissertation was declared the best dissertation in the Ministry of Defence in 2013. He was declared the best Defence University’s researcher twice (in 2017 and 2018)and his research into artificial intelligence, mathematical models in decision making, neuro-fuzzy systems, the application of various uncertainty theories in the modelling of decision support systems, fuzzy and rough sets and neutrosophic theory are scientific fields he is an expert on.
Lieutenant Colonel’s research results, published in the world’s most esteemed publications, have been cited thousands of times, so today, he is among only two percent of the most cited, and thus the most influential world scientists in that field.
- I would like to tell secondary school students, future Military Grammar School students and Military Academy cadets, that commitment to military profession creates opportunities to establish oneself in one’s profession and science. Being a part of the defence system is the privilege of the best and most persistent, and all of us who are involved in educating future officers consider this job a great honour and we do it with the complete dedication and satisfaction. I hope that, in addition to making a brilliant military career, some of my present and future cadets and postgraduates will make considerable strides in science, to the benefit of our Armed Forces and our country - says Lieutenant Colonel Pamučar and invites young men and women to take the opportunity and apply to the Military Academy until the end of March this year.For further information on the competition for admission into the Military Academy, Military Medical Academy’s Medical Faculty, Military Grammar School and "1,300 Corporals" Secondary Vocational Military School, visit the Ministry of Defence website.
