Organizing online Conference

Invitation for 

ICT-20 @ COVID-19

What have we learned and done so far: social, medical and educational aspect of the COVID-19 pandemic 

ICT-20 @ COVID-19 is an online conference aiming to exchange information, innovative ideas and best practices between the countries on the use of ICT, digital technologies and platforms, social media and social technologies during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. It considers pandemic emergency response, economic and business recovery, and pandemic prevention phases. It is aiming to show how these technologies could contribute to social cohesion and improve the mental wellbeing of the population, mobilize, and strengthen civic society during and after the epidemic. MIPRO invites individuals and civil protection agencies, public and health authorities at national, regional, and municipal levels, medical organizations, infrastructure operators and service providers, regulators, NGO, universities, and research to present their experiences, to share practices, and innovative ideas.

The conference information will be published and updated online in a web-based repository to stimulate the establishment of new partnerships and cooperation projects development. 

MIPRO also invites presentations of research results and achievements related to topics that contribute to COVID-19. The authors will present scientific papers at  the 43^rd MIPRO 2020 Convention that will be held from 28.9. - 2.10. 2020 in Opatija, Croatia. The paper submission deadline is 1st June 2020 and more details can be found at mipro@mipro.hr.     

Welcome to the

“European Research Infrastructures for a Smarter Future” Conference, 15/5/2020

#SmarterFutureEU_RIs

On behalf of the Croatian Presidency of the Council of the EU, we are very happy to welcome you to this Digital Conference.

With around 40 speakers and panelists, and registered participants coming from more than 350 organisations across Europe, this event aims to be a milestone in presenting and discussing the impact that the European Research Infrastructures ecosystem needs to have on the everyday life of the citizens of Europe and the challenges they face.

https://www.esfri.eu/esfri-events/european-research-infrastructures-smarter-future-conference

An ePoster Hall is also planned as part of the online conference, in which MIPRO, in cooperation with the ERIC Forum, has set up a series of ERIC posters.

We are proud to announce that Prof. Karolj Skala, International Program Committee General Chair and Vice President of MIPRO Croatian Society, has been selected to play the role of Area Editor for EAI Endorsed Transactions on Scalable Information Systems.

Area Editors (AEs) are regular members of the Editorial Board, appointed by the Editors-in-Chief or Co-Editors-in-Chief. Area Editors do not have administrative rights over the publication, but can be appointed as Handling Editor for individual submissions.

This further strengthens the cooperation between MIPRO and EAI, which has been established and implemented over the years. At the same time, we invite authors to publish their contributions in the wide spectrum of EAI Journals.

With our great sadness we notify our members, friends, symphatizers, associates and partners that our friend, long-time Program Committee General Chair and MIPRO emeritus

Petar Biljanović, PhD

peacefully passed away on Thursday, February 27.

We will keep him in our thoughts forever as an outstanding creator who made a huge contribution to the development of information, communication and electronic technology in our region.
 
Rest in peace our dear Pero!
 
MIPRO Croatian Society

Comping has joined us as a new collective member. Comping is one of the leading ICT companies in Croatia, offering cutting-edge business technology solutions and related services, tailored to the client's needs. For 30 years they have been supporting the business of perspective companies by creating innovative tailored IT solutions and related services.

They recognize and keep up-to-date of new technologies and contribute to their development as well as opportunities for their application. They identify, design and deploy them in a completely new way and provide a holistic approach - from planning to implementation. This makes their innovative tools, methodologies and strategies a method for reducing costs, better organizing or increasing productivity. They like to say for themselves that they are an expert partner of perspective companies.

The solutions and business services offered by Comping goes from the highest levels of data management and processing, artificial intelligence, comprehensive solutions and services in the financial industry, business process robotics, and to the outwardly basic services such as raising and maintaining IT infrastructure. Comping in its partner portfolio owns large and medium-sized companies such as financial institutions, insurance companies, telecommunications corporations. By collaborating with Comping, clients gain a strategic partner with a unique combination of technology, business knowledge and hands-on experience that helps them identify current and future business challenges, thus contributing to their competitiveness.

Discovery Science Conference supported by MIPRO provides an open forum for presentation, discussions and exchange of new research in the area of Discovery Science.

The scope of the conference includes the development and analysis of methods for discovering scientific knowledge, coming from machine learning, data mining, intelligent data analysis, big data analysis as well as their application in various scientific domains. This year's, 22^nd edition, is taking place in Split from 28-30 October.

Mipro is a co-organizer of international conference 7th Higher Education Institutions Conference which will take place in Opatija 23-24. of September 2019 at Vila Antonio. The main topic of the conference is Building Agile Organizations, as a response to the chances or challenges that higher education institutions are faceing today. The main topic is supported with plenary sessions on which will be discussed about transformational strategies for higher education, new faculty models, innovative teaching methods and labor market challenges for new generations. Also, there will be presentations of scientific papers which will be published in purpose of sharing different experiences from various higher education institutions. The following prominent lecturers have confirmed their participation:

·       Timothy S. Mescon, AACSB International, Executive Vice President & Chief Officer, Europe, Middle East and Africa

·       James Uhomoibhi, Ulster University (Antrim, United Kingdom), Faculty of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment

·       Kjell R. Knudsen, University of Minnesota Duluth, Dean emeritus of the School of Business and Economics

·       Boris Debić, Google, Silicon Valley Chapter Member 

·       Vesna Dodiković-Jurković, Croatian Agency for Science and Higher Education (ASHE), Vice Director  

·       Eileen McAuliffe, Sheffield Hallam University, Deputy Dean  

7th Higher Education Institution Conference will be held in Opatija, in September 23-24. The conference aims to be the ideal platform for making international connections for future collaborations in various academic fields. Also, it will allow the exchange of the best practices that concern emerging areas related to entrepreneurship, innovation, strategy, technology, management, and education. We invite everyone in the fields of higher education to submit papers that are in line with the conference topics. This conference will prove to be a valuable forum in which you can share your experience with other higher education professionals, as well as gain valuable insights from our esteemed speakers who will be speaking on the following topics this year:

1.     Transformational strategies for higher education
2.     New faculty models
3.     Innovative teaching methods
4.     Labor market challenges

Extended deadline for full papers – July, 31, 2019-07-17

 Conference web address

The Electoral Assembly of MIPRO was held on July 2, 2019 at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, where there were 103 members of the Association. According to the agenda, amendments to the Statute were accepted and voting for the leadership of the association was made for the next mandate until 2023.

Opening Ceremony of the 42nd International ICT Convention MIPRO 2019

On Wednesday, May 22, starting at 10 AM, a traditional opening ceremony will take place as the central event of the 42nd International ICT Convention MIPRO 2019 at the Congress Hall of the Grand Hotel Adriatic in Opatija.

After opening addresses followed by the Awards and Recognitions for outstanding achievement, a Plenary Round Table on the "Strategy for the Development of Artificial Intelligence and Smart Environments in Croatia" will begin (scheduled at 11:30 AM).

Dr. Zoltán Juhász will hold and chair a workshop on “GPU Programming and Applications” on Monday, 20 May 2019 in cooperation with the Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb and the University of Rijeka. The workshop will focus on how to design and implement efficient, high-performance GPU algorithms, benefiting from the massive parallelism found in today’s GPU chips.

Participate if you are a student, researcher or IT professional wishing to keep up-to-date with the state-of-the-art in GPU computing.  Workshop participants will receive a BURA supercomputer account valid for 30 days. In addition, there is a possibility of extending the account on the basis of project proposal.

Invited lecture by Dr. Rebecca Christianson at the conference Engineering Education

Dr. Rebecca Christianson from Olin College of Engineering, Needham, USA, will hold an invited lecture on "Transformation of Engineering Education at Olin College" at the conference Engineering Education /EE on Tuesday, May 21, within MIPRO 2019.

Workshop at MIPRO 2019

The workshop will present various possibilities of creative use of micro:bit in working with children as an ideal tool to stimulate the development of digital literacy and computer thinking.