Speaker: Prof. Detlef Zühlke

In 2005, the world's first smart factory was founded and then built in Kaiserslautern, Germany, as a PPP (public-private partnership). In close cooperation between industry, academia, and politics, a test bed for smart factory technologies under the name smartfactory-KL was set up, which then became a blueprint for similar activities worldwide. The early work ultimately led to the term Industry 4.0 in 2011. This marked the beginning of the triumphant advance of Industry 4.0 in all industrialized countries around the world. Twenty years have passed since then, so it is appropriate to look ahead.

The first decade was coined by smart technologies which enabled machines to be connected to worldwide networks. Especially, the necessary standards were chosen or new defined. The second decade will be coined by the importance of data. With all machines being connected we have access to huge amounts of data worldwide. But to turn these data into value we have to define again standards on the structures and semantics. Today, driven by Germany´s GAIA-X its sub-standards like Catena-X or Manufacturing-X will offer the platform to install worldwide data eco systems. We are moving forward quickly and such eco systems in the field of manufacturing are close to application. But the current geopolitical situation may become a breakshoe for success because more and more countries limit data exchange over borders. So we face many future challenges before we look for “the next big thing”.

Speaker: Prof. Jordí Linares

Current dominant artificial intelligence, powered by neural network-based foundation models, presents a profound challenge to traditional conceptions of human uniqueness— particularly in intelligence and creativity. This keynote argues that biological and artificial neural networks constitute two complex connectionist systems that share deep analogies—in architecture, learning dynamics, and emergent behavior—while also exhibiting fundamental differences in substrate, embodiment, and developmental trajectory. Drawing on neuroscience, cognitive psychology, and connectionist theory, we examine how biological creativity emerges from the dynamic interplay between the Default Mode Network and the Executive Control Network—a dual-process architecture of spontaneous ideation and deliberate evaluation—and trace compelling structural and functional parallels with artificial neural network architectures. Crucially, we are witnessing a paradigm shift: AI is escaping the era of learning exclusively from human-generated data and entering an era of experience. Reinforcement learning techniques are enabling AI systems to explore their own paths in reasoning, creativity, and scientific discovery—moving from small-c creativity toward domain-level Big C achievements. This shift is compounded by recursive self-improvement: AI systems that optimize their own architectures and capabilities, raising fundamental questions about the trajectory, controllability, and societal consequences of intelligence that improves itself at accelerating rates. Meanwhile, the gap between the exponential evolution of AI and its real impact on society is widening. This asymmetry creates extraordinary opportunities but also an urgent imperative: AI literacy is becoming compulsory. Without it, society risks losing its ability to make informed collective decisions about a technology that will reshape every domain of human activity. Understanding both forms of intelligence—their mechanisms, their parallels, their creative potential, and their limitations—is not an academic exercise. It is an existential imperative for ensuring that the next wave of intelligent systems serves human dignity, creativity, and collective progress.

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Session chairs: Jasminka Dobša, Dunja Mladenić

• Using Mind Maps to Investigate the Typology of Students’ Use of Large Language Models: A Preliminary Study
  Goran Bubaš, Andreja Kovačić
• From News Text to Causal Infographics via SemanticTriplets: Making an Opaque Image Pipeline Inspectable
  Georgi Trajkov, Marko Grobelnik, Dunja Mladenić
• An Extensible Library for Distributed Graph Sampling on Apache Spark GraphFrames
  Jože Rožanec, Dunja Mladenić

Session chairs: Violeta Vidaček Hainš, Victoria Appatova, Peter Márton

Teaching Assistant: Ana Novak

• Enhancing Transport Safety Through Disdrometer-Based Environmental Sensing
  Tomáš Ranuša
• Augmented and Virtual Reality Applications for Approachable Anatomy Education
  Patrik Ondreička, Lucia Sochorová, Tomáš Socha
• Movement of circulating tumour cells in a capillary bifurcation of a microchannel
  Thu Thao Tran Minh, Natália Hajnovičová, Tímea Petáková
• Objectivization of the Asymmetrical Tonic Neck Reflex (ATNR) Assessment Using the Schilder Test in Physiotherapy
  Dominik Sanitra
• GIS Support for Managerial Decision-Making in Enhancing Cycling Tourism Routes - Abstract
  Romana Vaščáková, Branislav Blažek
• ROS 2-based Mechatronic Platform for Automated FSR Sensor Calibration
  Dmytro Sabitov
• Design and implementation of a dynamic system for monitoring and managing the life cycle of Li-Ion batteries
  Milan Havelka
• SIADUS – System of Inclusive Assistance for Disabled University Students
  Jan Krajnović, Fran Krasnić, Leon Benković, Patrik Cavrić
• In-depth Analysis of the Impact of Physical Activity on Student Mental Health in an International Environment
  Niko Rastija, Violeta Vidaček-Hainš
• The Impact of Physical Activity on the Mental Health of University Students
  Dino Plodinec
• New Media and Intercultural Communication in a Networked society
  Mihaela Sedlar

Session chair: Igor Balaban

• Synergies of learning design and analytics: Design patterns of higher education courses
  Hanni Muukkonen, Egle Gedrimiene, Blaženka Divjak, Barbi Svetec, Julia Schmitt, Bart Rienties, Michael Eichhorn, Alexander Tillmann
• Review of Learning Outcomes Prioritisation Approaches
  Nikola Kadoić, Blaženka Divjak, Barbi Svetec, Thomas Penniston, Mirza Žižak, Dino Vlahek
• Students’ Perceived Usefulness of Prompts in Blended Learning: Two Pilot Studies
  Sabina Rako
• When the Map Becomes a Place: Immersive Virtual RealityTerrain Exploration with GeoVR
  Sam Sabah, Alexander Tillmann, David Weiß, Hendrik Drachsler

Session chairs: Markus Schatten, Bogdan Okreša Đurić

• A Framework for Genre-Aware Player Adaptation in LLM-Driven Game AI
  Predrag Peharda, David Slavik
• Combining Real-World Maps with Generative AI for Open-World Games
  Tomislav Peharda, Predrag Peharda
• Where Benchmark Intrusion Detection Meets Cloud Game Streaming: Two Generalisation Gaps in a Deep-Learning Detector
  Bogdan Okreša Đurić, Lovro Đurđević
• Towards An Ontology-Driven Framework for Generated Game Assets
  Bogdan Okreša Đurić, Marko Kir
• EduGameGen: A Framework for Educational Game Generation with Large Language Models
  Markus Schatten
• Conversing with Judita and Werther: Gamified Cognitive Agents for Croatian-Language Literature Learning
  Markus Schatten, Marinela Schatten, Elvira Gotal

Session chairs: Violeta Vidaček Hainš, Victoria Appatova, Peter Márton

Teaching Assistant: Ana Novak

• Who Owns You Online: what happens when you log out for good
  Hanlie Smuts

Session chairs: Violeta Vidaček Hainš, Victoria Appatova, Peter Márton

Teaching Assistant: Ana Novak

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• Dynamics of Automation Bias in Human-Algorithm Interaction based Public Policy Decision Making
  Anshumaan Goel
• Using Retrieval-Augmented Generation To Mitigate Accuracy Degradation In Quantised Small Language Models
  Eoghan Murch

The Cracker Barrel Session is an informal, collaborative forum. In the spirit of a traditional gathering, cheese and wine will be provided to encourage an open and relaxed atmosphere.

This keynote session will present and discover how Oracle AI Database embeds AI directly where your data resides, eliminating the complexity of moving data and enabling seamless integration of business and unstructured data for breakthrough insights. Learn how AI Vector Search delivers fast similarity searches, Select AI enables natural language queries, and RAG enhances generative AI with enterprise data for context-aware insights. Discover how Oracle AI Database makes AI more accessible, scalable, and powerful, right where your data lives.

Speaker: Marko Zivko, Senior Account Cloud Engineer Database Platform @ Oracle

Speaker: Hrvoje Galičić, Advisor to the Management board @ HBOR

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Session chair: Nina Begičević Ređep

• Career Paths of IT Project Managers: Exploring Generic Competencies and Progression Patterns
  Katarina Pažur Aničić, Vjeran Bušelić
• Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace: A Quantitative Analysis of Employee Attitudes and Readiness
  Milanka Dimovska, Violeta Cvetkoska
• Not All Technostress Is Equal: Techno-Complexity, Perceived Ease of Use, and Developers’ Acceptance of Emerging Development Technologies
  Marija Gombar, Marija Boban
• Virtual Collaboration in Higher Education: Economic and Competence Implications
  Klara Šilec, Violeta Vidaček-Hainš, Zrinka Lacković Vincek
• A Conceptual Framework for AI-Supported Decision Making in Pre-Incubation Programmes
  Petra Vondra, Nina Begičević Ređep, Tomislav Peharda

Session chair: Blaženka Divjak

• Schema Before Output: Metacognitive Schema-First Scaffolding in Computing Higher Education in the GenAI Era
  Vjeran Bušelić, Dinko Horvat
• Skills Never Formed: AI Adoption and Career Formation Risk in IT Higher Education
  Dinko Horvat, Vjeran Bušelić
• Evaluation of Student Assignments Using Local Large Language Models and Graph-Based Evidence
  Neven Pintarić, Ivan Peraić
• Conversational AI for Electrical Measurement Education: An Open-Source LLM Framework
  Branislav Fecko, Jozef Dziak, Tibor Vince, Ján Molnár
• Pedagogical Friction in ICT-Integrated K-12 Classrooms: Cognitive Offloading, Technostress, and Shallow
  Goran Hajdin
• Knowing but Not Doing: The Awareness-Practice Gap in Responsible and Green AI Use
  Sirje Virkus, Muhammad Shaheer Alam

Session chairs: Martina Tomičić Furjan, Vladimir Kovšca

• The Critical Steps for Using AI: A Case Study from a Manufacturing Company
  Stjepan Mihalic, Tomislav Bakovic, Josip Mihalic
• The Invisible Workflow: A Cross-Stakeholder Study of Early-Stage Startup Tracking
  Antonia Kurtović, Nora Miškulin, Vitomir Pavičić
• Generative AI as a Job Resource and Demand: A JD–R Perspective on Work Engagement and Extra-role Behavior
  Nikolina Dreven, Lorena Pikl

Project Oasis: fostering collaboration, cultivating innovation, and nurturing partnerships, one cup of coffee at a time! Engage in meaningful dialogue, explore potential projects, and forge strategic alliances amidst the oasis of professional networking.

Session chair: Marko Mijač

• Detection without disposition: Security technical debt, scanner-context artefacts, and the triage gap in SME GitHub repositories
  Tara Nikolić, Dario Ljubas, Goran Nikšić
• A State-Indexed Execution Model for Embedded Systems
  Matúš Nečas, Juraj Ďuďák, Roman Budjač
• SwiftUI Adoption in Enterprise Mobile Development: Evaluating the Impact of Incremental UIKit to SwiftUI Migration on Presentation-Layer Complexity
  Sandra Melovic, Dusanka Dakic, Darko Stefanovic, Teodora Vuckovic
• The Adoption of Vibe Coding and the Transformation of Programming Practices Induced by Generative Models: A SonarQube-Based Analysis
  Maja Benkus, Neven Vrček

Session chair: Jasminka Dobša

• A Hybrid Document Reading, Few-Shot Classification, and LLM Extraction Pipeline for Accounting Document Processing
  David Slavik, Tim Juić
• Assessing the importance of knowledge graphs for improving LLM answer accuracy using data augmentation
  Marko Horvat, Sven Leo Kupres, Marko Delimar
• Evaluating AI-Generated Code: A Taxonomy and Comparative Catalog of Vibe-Coding Benchmarks
  Marko Horvat, Sven Leo Kupres
• Vibe Coding and Web Application Security: A Twin-Prompt Study
  Darko Andročec
• Cross-Method Analysis of Explainability in EEG-Based Major Depressive Disorder Classification
  Antonia Šarčević, Alan Jović, Jakša Vukojević, Nikolina Frid
• Development of a Browser Extension for Toxic Content Detection Using an NLP Model
  Oliver Lohaj, Vladyslav Stakhov

Session chair: Nikola Kadoić

• GIS Support for Managerial Decision-Making in Enhancing Cycling Tourism Routes
  Peter Marton
• Application of Business Analytics in Demand Planning: An Example from the Fast Food Industry
  Bisera Andrić Gušavac, Mihailo Vučeljić, Milena Popović, Biljana Panić, Dragan Pamučar
• Harnessing friction topology for stage-sensitive checkoutdiagnostics in supplement e-commerce
  Aleksandar-Jon Stefan, Artur Bjelica
• Age Differences In The Effectiveness Of Personality-tailored Ads In Social Networks: Evidence from Croatia
  Krunoslav Matešić, Mirko Palić, Sabina Sačer
• Social Influence and e-WOM in Digital Environments: Examining Purchase and Recommendation Intentions through Social Media
  Matea Matic Sosic

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Session chair: Jasminka Dobša

• A Comparative Study of SNN Learning Paradigms in Hybrid Graph-Spiking Neural Networks for Biomedical Data Analysis
  Dominik Čambál, Monika Herchlová, Juraj Ďuďák
• Correlation-Based Reduction of Environmental Input Variables for Efficient GRU-Based Prediction in IoT Systems
  Kolok Peter
• The Impact of Quantisation on Performance of Generative Adversarial Networks
  Luka Lukač, Damjan Strnad
• Machine Learning for Subject Classification of Books Using Open Bibliographic Metadata
  Dino Vlahek, Livija Ružić

Session chair: Ivan Magdalenić

• Mobile application development: securing user data
  Andrej Pavešić, Renata Mekovec
• Predictive Control Algorithm for Pneumatic Positioning Cyber-Physical Systems Using Standard ON/OFF Valves
  Marek Tebeľák, Lukáš Čechovič, Ondrej Karpiš, Ján Kapitulík
• A Pulse-Based Semiconductor Reverse Breakdown Voltage Meter Using Inductive Flyback Energy Transfer
  Kolok Peter
• Flexibility in the low voltage PV-rich distribution network with demand response and BESS
  Zvonimir Šimić, Danijel Topić, Marina Dubravac, Lucija Gujić
• Behavioural model of a bulk material hopper for virtual commissioning
  Gabriela Krizanova, Michal Kopcek, Roman Pikna
• Performance Evaluation of Python Web Frameworks for Resource-Constrained Embedded Systems
  Maroš Valášek, Tomáš Ranuša, Gabriel Gašpar, Roman Budjač

Session chairs: Nina Begičević Ređep, Neven Vrček

• From industrial data to business decisions: Industrial case studies as teaching instruments in interdisciplinary analytics education
  Dino Vlahek, Sandra Lovrenčić, Dijana Oreški, Nina Begičević Ređep, Tena Jagačić, Renato Punčec, Hrvoje Aničić, Marko Mrkonjić
• Towards Autonomous Resilience: Architecting Agentic Middleware for the Cloud-Edge Continuum
  Lovro Posarić, Tara Nikolić
• Evaluating event influence on TGN performance in bike sharing station occupancy forecasting
  Štefan Horvat
• Privacy Preserving Federated Learning withDifferential Privacy for DDoS Intrusion Detectionin Smart City IoT Networks
  Zahra Bibi, Nida Fatima, Rubina Khadim, Iftakhar Rasheed
• When AI Targets Core Tasks: Human Actors and Role Repositioning in Intelligent Documentation Systems
  Christina Nilsson
• Artificial Intelligence Disclosure and Magical Perception:Effects on Consumer Trust in Chatbot Interactions
  Claudia-Maria Miu, Delia-Elena Vranceanu, Andreea-Cristina Stoica
• An AI Companion for Self-Regulated Learning: Integrating Conversational AI, Predictive Analytics, and Explainability
  Hana Ivančić, Tomislav Jagušt

Session chair: Nikola Kadoić

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• Exploring Authentic Learning Scenarios in Online and Blended Environments Across European Universities
  Michael Eichhorn, Julia Schmitt, Alexander Tillmann, Josmario Albuquerque, Paul Astles, Catriona Matthews, Bart Rienties, Blazenka Divjak, Tanja Šestanj-Perić, Egle Gedrimiene, Hanni Muukkonen
• Memory-Optimized Persistent Sheaf Laplacians for Real-Time Biomedical Signal Anomaly Detection on Resource-Scarce Platforms
  Thi Kim Anh Vo
• Cyber Security and Resilience of Artificial Intelligence Systems in the Nuclear Sector: A Literature Review
  Tadej Šeruga, Igor Bernik
• Circular Migration without Return Infrastructure: Policy and Social-Partner Sensemaking of Skill Shortages, Brain Drain and Labour-Market Governance in a Developing Context
  Violeta Cvetkoska, Igor Ivanovski, Filip Peovski, Bojan Kitanovikj, Ivona Serafimovska
• Firms' Workforce Planning Orientations Under Structural Skill Shortages in North Macedonia
  Predrag Trpeski, Violeta Cvetkoska, Filip Peovski, Marijana Cvetanoska, Gunter Merdzan, Kristijan Kozheski
• A Systematic Mapping of Paradigms, Devices, and Reproducibility Practices
  Ayşenur Elif Abanoz, Sevgi Koyuncu Tunç, Ece Çağlayan, Şemsettin Ekin Işık, Lütfiye Dila Çalık, Ahmet Burak Albayrak, Murat Tut, Utku Eyerci, Ayberk Özel, İlke Durmaz, İbrahim Sefa Sağlam
• Language-Aware Evaluation of AI-Driven Search: A Benchmark Study of Asymmetry in a Low-Resource Language
  Lazerta Rista
• Responsible AI Usage to Improve Knowledge Management For Sustainability Outcomes
  Hannah Hansa, Hanlie Smuts
• Preserving Human Agency in AI-Driven Interactions: The Role of User Experience Desig
  Hanlie Smuts, Blossom Alloziem, Catherine Dyason, Keiara Govender
• The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Objectifying the CMM Model for Assessing the Maturity of Information Systems
  Melita Draganić, Robertina Zdjelar, Velibor Božić
• From Artificial Intelligence as Automation to Generative AI as a Work Tool: A Text Network Analysis of Public Discourse Before and After ChatGPT
  Katarina Kostelić, Cristina Fleșeriu, Vlad Bocăneț

Session chairs: Katarina Tomičić-Pupek, Peter Márton

• Generative Artificial Intelligence in Business Process Modeling: A Systematic Literature Review of Applications, Opportunities, and Limitations
  Matija Šajn
• Cybersecurity and Patient Data Protection in Healthcare: Research Trends and Organisational Challenges in the Context of NIS2
  Antonija Srok, Rikardo Protrka
• Designing Olivia AI: User Expectations for a Trustworthy GDPR Compliance Assistant
  Anamarija Mladinic
• Booking Platform, Generative AI, or Open Web? An Experimental Comparison of User Experience in Tourism Accommodation Search
  Antun Biloš, Berislav Andrlić, Vladimir Ristanović

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