FERI

This week we carried out 1000 reviews for over 100 SCI journals, among which: Applied Soft Computing, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Languages, Systems and Structures, Empirical software engineering, Expert Systems with Applications, IEEE Access, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computations, Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Neurocomputing, Pattern Recognition Letters, Software, Practice and Experience, Renewable Energy, Swarm and Evolutionary Computation, Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Transactions on Neural Systems & Rehabilitation Engineering. This suggests that the members of the Institute are strongly involved in the review process itself and that we are recognized as quality reviewers in many areas of computer science.

The review no. 1000 by the Institute of Computer Science has been performed by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Božidar Potočnik.

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H2020 Project CyberSec4Europe – Establish and operate a Cybersecurity Competence Network

In February 2019, as a part of the Horizon 2020 program, the CyberSec4Europe project was launched. The main objective of the project is to establish and operate a pilot for a Cybersecurity Competence Network with the aim to strengthen research and deepen cooperation in the field of cyber security in the EU. Part of the project consortium with 43 partners from 22 EU Member States and associated countries is also the Laboratory of Data Technologies, Institute of Informatics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Maribor. CyberSec4Europe has been selected as one of four projects to establish and operate a pilot for a Cybersecurity Competence Network and to develop and implement a common cybersecurity research and innovation roadmap.

With its goal to boost the effectiveness of the Security Union, the EU wishes to ensure that it retains and develops essential capacities to secure its digital economy, infrastructures, society and democracy. The EU has recognised that cybersecurity research, competences and investments are spread across Europe with too little alignment, and that there is an urgent need to step up investment in technological advancements that could make the Digital Single Market more cybersecure and overcome the fragmentation of the EU research capacities. The projects will pilot and demonstrate the possibilities of operating and managing a network of competence centres through the use of good practices resulting from the expertise of the project partners.

Website: https://www.cybersec4europe.eu/
Twitter: @CyberSec4Europe
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cybersec4europe/
Longer description of the project: https://ii.feri.um.si/en/2019/03/05/institute-of-informatics-acquired-h2020-project-cybersec4europe-cyber-security-for-europe/

H2020 Project CONCORDIA – Cyber Security Competence for Research and Innovation

CONCORDIA is a major H2020 consortium to interconnect Europe’s Cybersecurity capabilities. It will establish a pilot for a Cybersecurity Competence Network and will lead the development of a common Cybersecurity Research & Innovation Roadmap for Europe.

A dedicated EU-wide consortium involving prominent industry, academia, SMEs and especially national cyber security centers launches the H2020 project CONCORDIA (Cyber Security Competence for Re-search and Innovation). CONCORDIA will pilot an EU Cybersecurity Competence Network to provide technological, societal and policy leadership for Europe. CONCORDIA aims to implement a common Cybersecurity Research & Innovation Roadmap for Europe.

CONCORDIA is a four-year multi-disciplinary research and innovation project, and will play a leadership role in boosting the effectiveness of EU’s security union. The project, started in January 2019, is coordinated by the Research Institute CODE from the Bundeswehr University Munich and involves 46 partners in total. “With CONCORDIA we are integrating cybersecurity competences to enhance Europe's digital sovereignty”, said Prof. Gabi Dreo (who received her Bachelor’s degree at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Maribor), executive director of CODE. The consortium includes 23 partners from industry and other organizations, and 23 partners from academia.

CONCORDIA will help Europe strengthen its security capabilities and to secure its digital society, economy and the fundamental data society’s principles for both security and privacy. CONCORDIA adopts an inclusive approach, fostering a wide alliance spanning Europe’s research, industry and public sec-tors, and including key professionals from a variety of fields. By developing innovative, marketable solutions to protect Europe against cyber attacks, CONCORDIA will capitalize on Europe’s unique pool of skills and talents in the area of ICT and cybersecurity to also establish an European Education Ecosystem for Cybersecurity. The project will be a fundamental instrument for promoting excellent research, market innovation, skill building, and a research roadmap for cybersecurity in Europe. In this context, the vision of CONCORDIA is to create a community, building bridges and setting the foundations for strong cooperation between all stakeholders. The EU budget contribution is 16 M€ with a 7 M€ additional funding contributed by national authorities and industry.

Website: https://www.concordia-h2020.eu/
Twitter: @concordiah2020
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/concordia-h2020/
Facebook: Concordia.eu
Longer description of the project: https://ii.feri.um.si/en/2019/03/05/institute-of-informatics-acquired-h2020-project-concordia-cyber-security-competence-for-research-and-innovation/

In recent years, Slovenian media have revealed several scandals, the cause of which was plagiarism. Among those who transcribed their diploma thesis, without properly quoting the sources from which they were drawn, were members of parliament, ministers, directors, civil servants, university employees, and many others discovered by academic institutions themselves . Plagiarism does not occur only in academic circles, but it is also widespread in the economy, in the public administration and in other areas. The purpose of the discussion is to present what plagiarism is, how to prevent it, and how programs for detecting similar content work. On examples of transcribed texts, we will show how a program for detection of similar contents is used. Software which is used by Slovenian educational institutions was developed in the Laboratory for Heterogeneous Computer Systems at the Institute of Computer Science, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

PROGRAMME

10.10 - 10.15: Introduction
10.15 - 10.45: Assist. prof. dr. Milan Ojsteršek – What is plagiarism and how do we prevent it?
10.45 - 11.10: Sandi Majninger – Identifying meaning in texts
11.10 - 11.35: Goran Hrovat – Algorithms for discovering similar content
11.30 - 12.00 Mladen Borovič – Hybrid Recommendation Systems
12.00 - 13.00: Discussion G3 2nd floor

You are kindly invited!

Head of the Institute of Computer Science
prof. dr. Marjan Mernik

To apply for the UPM 2019 Workshops please send an e-mail to marjan.horvat@um.si (Subject: Registration to UPM 2019 Workshops) until 22. 2. 2019. Organized workshops will begin the first week of the summer semester. Learn more about the UPM competition on the web pages http://tekmovanja.acm.si/upm .

As the name of the conference implies thematics at the conference are related to energy in local communities and beyond. In this year the main topic of the conference is "Energy Management—Energy Efficiency and Flexibility", on this topic will also be keynote lectures and round table.

As a part of the 28TH International Expert Meeting Komunalna energetika - Power Engineering 2019 five thematic complexes are foreseen with different themes:

• Energy Management
• Smart Buildings, Grids and Cities and E-mobility
• Electricity production from renewable energy sources
• Emergy Devices and Machines
• Student section: Meeting is also an opportunity for postgraduate students topresent their researches from field of energy and energy conversion and exchange experiences with their colleagues.

Deadline for submitting final papers is March 15TH 2019. Best papers will be selected for second review and publication in scientific journal (Elektrotehniški vestnik). More information HERE.

Celtra services are used by companies such as Unilever, Uber, Airbnb, Apple, Youtube and McDonalds. Celtra operates in Ljubljana, Boston, San Francisco, Singapore, London and New York. The majority of development is happening in Slovenia, where the company employs more than 80 experts.

In the lecture, Jure Bordon will present the Data Insights group and their challenges and technologies that they encounter every day in Celtra. He will highlight the key issues that the company has to solve in order to merge data from several independent sources into one data warehouse, making them suitable for analysis. He will also present the ways in which they can help the management with business decisions and provide advice to Celtra users.