Projects / Programmes
January 1, 2018
- December 31, 2027
Code |
Science |
Field |
Subfield |
2.07.00 |
Engineering sciences and technologies |
Computer science and informatics |
|
5.13.00 |
Social sciences |
Information science and librarianship |
|
Code |
Science |
Field |
P175 |
Natural sciences and mathematics |
Informatics, systems theory |
Code |
Science |
Field |
1.02 |
Natural Sciences |
Computer and information sciences |
5.08 |
Social Sciences |
Media and communications |
information systems (IS), managing complexity, quality assurance, IS architectures, data and systems integration, advanced IS development approaches, software engineering, process management, intelligent systems, information security, software metrics, quality evaluation models, user experience
Data for the last 5 years (citations for the last 10 years) on
September 19, 2024;
A3 for period
2018-2022
Database |
Linked records |
Citations |
Pure citations |
Average pure citations |
WoS |
557 |
8,304 |
7,737 |
13.89 |
Scopus |
934 |
14,295 |
13,181 |
14.11 |
Researchers (37)
no. |
Code |
Name and surname |
Research area |
Role |
Period |
No. of publicationsNo. of publications |
1. |
35512 |
PhD Tina Beranič |
Computer science and informatics |
Researcher |
2018 - 2024 |
144 |
2. |
18848 |
PhD Boštjan Brumen |
Computer science and informatics |
Researcher |
2018 - 2024 |
367 |
3. |
55904 |
Ivona Colakovic |
Computer science and informatics |
Junior researcher |
2021 - 2024 |
5 |
4. |
09796 |
PhD Matjaž Colnarič |
Computer science and informatics |
Researcher |
2018 - 2022 |
358 |
5. |
54806 |
Špela Čučko |
Computer science and informatics |
Junior researcher |
2020 - 2024 |
12 |
6. |
09449 |
PhD Marjan Družovec |
Interdisciplinary research |
Researcher |
2018 - 2019 |
418 |
7. |
38800 |
PhD Iztok Fister ml. |
Computer science and informatics |
Researcher |
2018 - 2024 |
394 |
8. |
11064 |
PhD Marjan Heričko |
Computer science and informatics |
Head |
2018 - 2024 |
912 |
9. |
53588 |
Tjaša Heričko |
Computer science and informatics |
Junior researcher |
2019 - 2023 |
25 |
10. |
25426 |
PhD Marko Hölbl |
Computer science and informatics |
Researcher |
2018 - 2024 |
508 |
11. |
34012 |
PhD Gregor Jošt |
Interdisciplinary research |
Researcher |
2019 |
55 |
12. |
24912 |
PhD Aida Kamišalić Latifić |
Computer science and informatics |
Researcher |
2018 - 2022 |
167 |
13. |
36086 |
PhD Sašo Karakatič |
Computer science and informatics |
Researcher |
2018 - 2024 |
162 |
14. |
56896 |
Vid Keršič |
Computer science and informatics |
Junior researcher |
2022 - 2024 |
32 |
15. |
23366 |
PhD Boštjan Kežmah |
Computer science and informatics |
Researcher |
2018 - 2024 |
241 |
16. |
38217 |
PhD Marko Kompara |
Computer science and informatics |
Researcher |
2018 - 2024 |
46 |
17. |
31009 |
PhD Katja Kous |
Computer science and informatics |
Researcher |
2020 - 2024 |
94 |
18. |
17154 |
Boris Lahovnik |
Computer science and informatics |
Technical associate |
2018 - 2024 |
14 |
19. |
53594 |
Vida Lang |
Educational studies |
Junior researcher |
2022 - 2023 |
50 |
20. |
17155 |
Stanislav Moraus |
|
Technical associate |
2018 - 2024 |
32 |
21. |
33254 |
PhD Lili Nemec Zlatolas |
Interdisciplinary research |
Researcher |
2018 - 2024 |
143 |
22. |
27561 |
PhD Luka Pavlič |
Computer science and informatics |
Researcher |
2018 - 2024 |
185 |
23. |
16304 |
PhD Vili Podgorelec |
Computer science and informatics |
Researcher |
2018 - 2024 |
491 |
24. |
23587 |
PhD Gregor Polančič |
Computer science and informatics |
Researcher |
2018 - 2024 |
370 |
25. |
23393 |
PhD Maja Pušnik |
Computer science and informatics |
Researcher |
2018 - 2024 |
185 |
26. |
08067 |
PhD Ivan Rozman |
Computer science and informatics |
Researcher |
2018 - 2019 |
822 |
27. |
58046 |
Vasilka Saklamaeva |
Computer science and informatics |
Junior researcher |
2023 - 2024 |
9 |
28. |
20454 |
Miha Strehar |
|
Technical associate |
2018 - 2024 |
10 |
29. |
53718 |
Martina Šestak |
Computer science and informatics |
Researcher |
2024 |
53 |
30. |
13962 |
PhD Andrej Šorgo |
Educational studies |
Researcher |
2018 - 2024 |
774 |
31. |
20199 |
PhD Matej Šprogar |
Computer science and informatics |
Researcher |
2018 - 2024 |
106 |
32. |
24411 |
PhD Gregor Štiglic |
Public health (occupational safety) |
Researcher |
2018 - 2024 |
533 |
33. |
23392 |
PhD Boštjan Šumak |
Computer science and informatics |
Researcher |
2018 - 2024 |
317 |
34. |
39791 |
PhD Muhamed Turkanović |
Computer science and informatics |
Researcher |
2018 - 2024 |
222 |
35. |
12508 |
PhD Domen Verber |
Computer science and informatics |
Researcher |
2018 - 2024 |
348 |
36. |
50652 |
PhD Grega Vrbančič |
Computer science and informatics |
Researcher |
2019 - 2024 |
54 |
37. |
06794 |
PhD Tatjana Welzer Družovec |
Interdisciplinary research |
Researcher |
2018 - 2024 |
788 |
Organisations (1)
Abstract
The proposed research programme (RP) addresses the management of complexity and quality assurance in design, development, implementation, deployment and governance of IS. It is focused on the development of new approaches, methods, concepts and algorithms in areas that facilitate the process of digital transformation.
The complexity is growing in all phases of IS lifecycle. We are witnessing an intense production of data, which is increasingly diverse, unstructured and distributed to many heterogeneous sources, where it is being rapidly generated. Dealing with the complexity of data processing is the first key task, and forms the basis for all other activities. The growth of data and IT development has led to increasingly complex IS architectures that underpin modern IS. As the second key task the RP addresses the challenges of efficiency, compliance, scalability and interoperability of IS architectures. Advanced technologies and approaches to IS development are closely linked to the establishment of a continuous, preferably uninterrupted process, which shortens the time from business ideas to their implementation. By monitoring and controlling the developed services, it leads to their improvement and upgrades. Ensuring efficient models and frameworks for the development of IS and ICT-based services is thus the third key task of the RP.
In view of improving user engagement, meeting their requirements and adapting to their role, the understanding and managing of context-aware, user-centered processes is crucial. The appropriate modelling of such processes allows for simplification and represents the first of the operational areas of the RP. The second operational area comprises research in the field of intelligent systems, the results of which are used for semantic integration and the development of low-complex predictive models. These models enable one to identify the characteristics of data, processes and their impact on resources, and consequently support different stages of IS, thereby reducing their complexity. The third operational area addresses quality assurance from the security and privacy point of view throughout the entire IS lifecycle. The research results of the cyber-physical systems design, the fourth operational area, primarily cover the issues of dependability, reliability and safety.
Managing complexity is the key to quality assurance and sustainable development, which is addressed by systematically introducing the models for evaluating quality throughout the entire process of IS development. The quality of user experience represents the last operational area, which also addresses users with special needs. The joint research results of all the proposed tasks will allow one to achieve the fundamental objectives of the IS: better decision-making from the user's perspective, and a less complex development process from the perspective of the developer.
Significance for science
The main objective of the proposed research program (RP) is to develop and deliver new science-based knowledge for the efficient and effective management of challenges in complexity and quality in the design, development, implementation, deployment, and governance of IS and ICT-based services. The proposed RP addresses these challenges by conducting research in the following interrelated areas: IS architectures, advanced IS development approaches, process management, intelligent systems, security and privacy, cyber-physical systems (CPS) design and the quality of the user experience.
The aim of the research within the RP is to develop and evaluate new theories, models, methods, and algorithms in the areas that are needed for the digital transformation process. The digital transformation and the fourth industrial revolution confronted IS with new requirements, both in terms of performance, usability and reliability, as well as in terms of shortening the development cycles, reducing development costs and improving processes.
The RP addresses several goals, the results of which will have a significant impact on further research outside IS development. In order to manage the complexity of data, which is becoming increasingly diverse, unstructured and distributed across heterogeneous sources, the research conducted within the proposed RP will develop new methods for the acquisition, integration and analysis of data and contribute to the development of areas of data analytics and machine learning. Research in the field of intelligent systems will develop innovative methods of semantic data integration to allow the development of new predictive models that will facilitate the identification of the characteristics of the data, processes, their impact on resources and the optimization of various IS development stages with the aim of reducing their complexity. With the rise and increasing complexity of data and IT development, the complexity of modern IS architectures is enhanced as well. The aim of research within the RP is to upgrade existing, or develop new, methods and approaches to ensure efficient, compliant, scalable and interoperable IS architectures based on modern ICT. Advanced IS development approaches require the establishment of a seamless and continuous process, which shortens the time from business ideas to their realization and enables the improving and upgrading of developed services based on monitoring and management. The research within the proposed RP aims to ensure the foundation for the development of new models and frameworks that will enable the challenges of modern, agile and iterative processes and practices in the development of the IS and services to be addressed more efficiently. Demands for greater involvement of users, meeting their requirements and adapting their roles requires an efficient understanding of context-based, user-driven processes. The convergence of methods for the modelling and analysis of processes, which will allow insight into the processes, can play a key role in autonomous management and optimization of social and business processes. Thus, the RP is also directed towards the development of scientific knowledge in the field of efficient process modelling and optimization. The proposed RP will contribute by conducting research in the field of quality assurance in terms of security, privacy and trust throughout the entire cycle of development of a modern information system. The developed innovative security protocols will significantly contribute to the development of the field of secure communications and the next generation of social software. The research results of the proposed RP in the field of CPS design will be focused primarily on the development of methods for coping with their complexity and dependability, and improving their acceptance in society. Efficient complexity management is key to ensuring quality and sustainable development, which will be addressed in the context of
Significance for the country
The digital transformation of a society is a prerequisite for sustainable development. RP will focus on different interdisciplinary areas that are related to the priorities outlined in national strategic documents (Digital Slovenia 2020, Slovenia's Smart Specialisation Strategy S4, Cybersecurity strategy). Information systems (IS) are regarded as keystones of prospective economic growth, sustainable development, and democratic society. We cannot imagine the functioning of a modern information society without effective IS, defined as the backbone that people and organizations use to collect, filter, process, create and distribute data. IS are cornerstones and by way of an analogy, the “circulatory system” of a modern digital society inhabited by digitally literate citizens. With the growing digital transformation of society and its subsystems, the need for IS and the dependence on IS is increasing as well. IS are increasingly affecting the operation of social and business systems, organizations and their users, outgrowing the typical supporting role and instead becoming the central enabler of ICT-based services.
Many of the scientific and practical outcomes will be adapted for use in the industry. Generated knowledge, research results, and innovations will be transferred to companies in the region through previously well-established cooperation mechanisms (research and development projects, demonstrations, prototypes, adopting patented solutions and promoting new approaches, tools and technologies at professional conferences).
The results in the areas of innovative database solutions, intelligent analysis of audit trails and event logs in IS, will enable companies to have a competitive advantage in the field of applications with results for the automatic detection of risks and vulnerabilities. Consolidation and standardization in the area of process modeling will have positive effects on business process optimization in organizations. The introduction of graphical highlights into process diagrams and corresponding IT support (e.g. modeling tools) will improve the management of a system of processes and contribute to the quality of decision-making processes. The application of the developed methods in the field of software engineering will support software process improvement activities in IT companies as well as in IT/IS departments. Methods, techniques and guidelines for the implementation of complex and reliable cyber-physical systems will enable the faster and more effective development of new industrial products.
Additional impacts of scientific and professional outcomes for society are foreseen in public administration and other public organizations (e.g. health and education). Improved user experience (UX) and IS quality is expected in different domains, including medicine, education or training and smart buildings. Alternative approaches to the integration of structured and unstructured data sources, administered in healthcare, will provide a better support to clinical decision-making, thus improving the quality of healthcare and reducing costs. The applications of intelligent systems research in medicine will allow for easier access to collected data, a better understanding of discovered patterns and a more efficient evaluation of healthcare processes. This will lead to a higher quality of life for individuals, especially those in the most vulnerable groups (e.g. patients with chronic diseases and the elderly). The usage and adaptation of the developed methods in the field of education will contribute to better information literacy, an effective social engagement and better requirements compliance with the digital transformation. The results will improve the level of involvement of users who previously did not have appropriate IT accessibility and inclusion. Optimized and innovative security mechanisms will provide cost-effective products or solutions, which will lead to secure and safe IS and services. The level of
Most important scientific results
Interim report
Most important socioeconomically and culturally relevant results
Interim report