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During the interview, we discussed the complexity around activity of 639 skeletal muscles, even providing a unique opportunity to listen to the sounds of muscle contractions. Head of Laboratory, Aleš Holobar, alongside colleagues Matej Kramberger and Tanja Botić, shared insights on a range of topics from common muscle cramps to the advanced control of bionic arms.

Engaging conversation is now featured in an episode of Ferkvenca X, offering listeners better understanding on the research work being done at our laboratory. We are proud to be recognized as an expert in hybrid neural interface research, supported by European funding through the HybridNeuro project.

Hear the full interview and learn more about the research happening at the System Software Laboratory. Recording of an interview available in the Slovene language:

https://val202.rtvslo.si/podkast/frekvenca-x/31057643/175068531

This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreement no. 101079392 and from the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) government’s Horizon Europe funding guarantee scheme under grant agreement no. 10052152. The opinions and views expressed during the event are solely those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union or the European Research Agency (REA). The European Union and the funding body are not responsible for the content of the event.

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In the years 2021-2023 alone, we conducted more than 70 educational events, including professional excursions for students, public presentations of student projects, numerous workshops for secondary and primary schools, FERI Academy summer schools on Computer Science, public discussions, presentations at festivals and fairs, media interviews and shows, professional workshops and many other events. The Slovenian Scientific Foundation recognised these activities and, for the third time in the last nine years, awarded the Prometheus Science Award to the Institute of Computer Science.

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The Computer Science study program at that time had three majors in the 2nd year: Software, Informatics, Logic and Systems. All first-generation students chose the Software major, which was the forerunner of today's Computer Science and Information Technologies study program.

40th anniversary of the enrollment of the first generation of computer science students at the University of Maribor and, at the same time, the 35th anniversary of the first graduates in computer science at the University of Maribor the former students celebrated with an event and visited the faculty again. They were received by the head of the Institute of Computer Science, prof. dr. Aleš Holobar, and visited the Laboratory for Geospatial Modelling, Multimedia and Artificial Intelligence (GeMMA).

Special focus was also the transfer of knowledge to new volunteers, as well as recently established or reactivated student branches and Young Professionals affinity groups. The event was impeccably organized, delivering everything expected in a Congress – informative sessions about IEEE, personal and professional growth workshops, and ample networking opportunities.

Lucija Brezočnik, as a member of the IEEE Region 8 Humanitarian Activities Committee (IEEE R8 HuAC), presented how technology and related IEEE programs can help solve local problems. She focused mainly on the presentation of the SIGHT groups (IEEE Special Interest Group on Humanitarian Technology) and the new funding programs of the IEEE R8 HuAC committee, which can be found on the website huac.ieeer8.org.

Jani Dugonik, as a corresponding member of the IEEE Region 8 Women in Engineering Subcommittee (IEEE R8 WIE), presented the 2023 annual report on the number of members, number of affinity groups, programs and awards.

First, there was a presentation of the Skylabs company at their headquarters in Tezno, followed by a tour of the premises on Koroška cesta and at UM FERI with dr. Iztok Kramberger. Skylabs and LEIS are participating in the TRISAT project, in which they observe the Earth with nanosatellites. Finally, there was the award ceremony for the workshop on computer training, which took place during the year.

This JEMSHI Master aims to prepare professionals in speech, language, and hearing sciences to be innovative, communicative, and adaptable in addressing current and future challenges in the field, while also prioritising ethical and legal considerations and the needs of specific populations. Our plan is to provide an unique opportunity to future students to develop their professional and interpersonal skills in a multicultural environment, and organisations to obtain new high quality solutions to societal challenges.

At the meeting, colleagues from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, presented the projects in the field of technologies for people with disabilities: ADORE, INTUX, SET4Inclusion, AI-ENABLE and Certified Digital Accessibility Training.

The students learned about Databox's solutions for developing integration solutions with different data sources and services and the challenges developers face when integrating with various sources. During the lecture, the students were challenged to implement a Dashboard using the Databox solution to integrate and visualize metrics and data from selected services.

The invited lecture and the practical challenge enriched the Convergence and Integration of Systems course with additional knowledge and practical skills related to integrating information systems and services.

In the meeting, we discussed all of the results that will be produced in the TechWhiz project, individual partner contributions and responsibilities, and the important project management issues that have arisen since the previous meeting. We are happy to report that the project is proceeding well, and the main tools that will be produced in the project, namely the TechWhiz Studio (an application to configure sign language), TechWhiz Gloss Loader (a web-based solution to facilitate interpretation of the spoken language to sign language) and TechWhiz Dictionary (an online dictionary that will define the searched terms in a sign language using the visualisation from the Studio and the definitions from the Gloss Loader), are close to complete. The tools should soon become available to try for yourself. We will make sure to let you know when this happens.

Among the registered teams in Slovenia, the CodeMonkeys team (Enej Krabonja, Oskar Forštnarič, Sven Wolf Zajšek - all three students of ŠP R-IT) took first place. This team is also the youngest team registered for these competitions in Slovenia. Among the teams in IEEE Region 8, the team achieved 717th place and was ranked 2361st out of 4221 ranked teams in the world ranking of this competition. This year, 1,229 more teams than last year entered this world ranking, making this year's competition the biggest ever (https://mga.ieee.org/news/32-ieee-news/504-mga-scoop-december-2023-ip).

This year's team competed under the mentorship of Assoc. prof. dr. Ales Zamuda. Both in the promotion of the event and the organization, the assistant Jani Dugonik helped, who also heads the IEEE Student branch of the University of Maribor. The event was sponsored by IEEE Slovenia and IEEE CIS Slovenia, the Institute of Computer Science and the Institute of Informatics.

More about this event at UM FERI is written in the report for IEEE, and the list of competition results is available on the website of the competition.

Congratulations!

Boštjan Šumak and Maja Pušnik from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Maribor coordinated the meeting with partners from Slovenia (Inštitut za napredno upravljanje komunikacij), Turkey (Istanbul Universitesi – Cerrahpasa), Portugal (Instituto Politécnico De Portalegre) and Spain (Universidad De La Iglesia De Deusto Entidad Religiosa). The Spanish partners hosted the meeting at University Deusto.

The project's main objective is to enhance inclusive education in HEI with AI, making the teaching process more inclusive for students with disabilities and special needs. More info is at https://aienable.eu/.

Other participants included @Darja Ivanusa Kline, @Tuncer Can, @Irfan Simsek, @Olga Dziabenko, @Sergio Duarte, @Diego López-de-Ipiña González-de-Artaza and others.