Povo
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Geography
Povo is about three kilometers away from the city on the east side of the valley at the foot of mountains Chegul and Celva. Povo is crossed by rio Salè, a tributary of Fersina stream. Povo is divided into 9 fractions: Salè, Sprè, Pantè, Graffiano, Oltrecastello, Celva, Borino, Cimirlo mountain passMountain pass
A mountain pass is a route through a mountain range or over a ridge. If following the lowest possible route, a pass is locally the highest point on that route...
and Gabbiolo.
Since 1996 Povo is twinned with
ZnojmoZnojmo
Znojmo is a city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic, near the border with Lower Austria, connected to Vienna by railway and road . The royal city of Znojmo was founded shortly before 1226 by King Ottokar I on the plains in front of Znojmo Castle...
, Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
.
Scientific and Research Facilities
In Povo you can find the Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences of University of TrentoUniversity of Trento
The University of Trento is an Italian university located in the cities of Trento and Rovereto. It has been able to achieve considerable results in didactics, research and international relations, as shown by Censis University Guide and by the Italian Ministry of...
. Povo is also home for the Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science (DISI) of University of Trento
University of Trento
The University of Trento is an Italian university located in the cities of Trento and Rovereto. It has been able to achieve considerable results in didactics, research and international relations, as shown by Censis University Guide and by the Italian Ministry of...
and Bruno Kessler Foundation. Overall in the neighbourhood one can find:
- Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences of University of TrentoUniversity of TrentoThe University of Trento is an Italian university located in the cities of Trento and Rovereto. It has been able to achieve considerable results in didactics, research and international relations, as shown by Censis University Guide and by the Italian Ministry of...
, in the following buildings:- Old Faculty (Povo 0)
- Center for Science and Technology "IRST"
- Center for Science and Technology "Fabio Ferrari" (Povo 1)
- Third Center for Science and Technology [construction in progress]
- Third building rooms
- via alla Cascata Laboratories
- Faculty of Engineering of University of TrentoUniversity of TrentoThe University of Trento is an Italian university located in the cities of Trento and Rovereto. It has been able to achieve considerable results in didactics, research and international relations, as shown by Censis University Guide and by the Italian Ministry of...
, in Mesiano neighbourhood - Bruno Kessler Foundation
- CoSBiCOSBIThe Microsoft Research - University of Trento Centre for Computational and Systems Biology is a no profit research center located in Trentino, Italy. The Center has two office one in Trento and one recently opened in Rovereto, and was constituted on December 6, 2005...
, (Center for Computational and Systems Biology), a research center, founded in 2003, result of collaboration between Microsoft ResearchMicrosoft ResearchMicrosoft Research is the research division of Microsoft created in 1991 for developing various computer science ideas and integrating them into Microsoft products. It currently employs Turing Award winners C.A.R. Hoare, Butler Lampson, and Charles P...
and University of TrentoUniversity of TrentoThe University of Trento is an Italian university located in the cities of Trento and Rovereto. It has been able to achieve considerable results in didactics, research and international relations, as shown by Censis University Guide and by the Italian Ministry of...
, in the fields of Computational biologyComputational biologyComputational biology involves the development and application of data-analytical and theoretical methods, mathematical modeling and computational simulation techniques to the study of biological, behavioral, and social systems...
and Systems biologySystems biologySystems biology is a term used to describe a number of trends in bioscience research, and a movement which draws on those trends. Proponents describe systems biology as a biology-based inter-disciplinary study field that focuses on complex interactions in biological systems, claiming that it uses... - CREATE-NET, an international research center
- GraphiTech Foundation - Centre for Advanced Computer GraphicsComputer graphicsComputer graphics are graphics created using computers and, more generally, the representation and manipulation of image data by a computer with help from specialized software and hardware....
Technologies.