Do you have an app that can make a difference in the society? Show that you are the best and apply for the World Summit Awards! Be a part in the global contest – get in touch with us!

SLOVENIAN APPLICANTS PLEASE SEND YOUR PROPOSAL to info@e5.ijs.si

The best slovenian app will travel and compete at the World Summit Awards!

App Submission Deadline: July the 15th.

The World Summit Awards are a highly diverse and democratic award system, that selects and promotes the world’s best digital innovation with impact on society. Initiated in 2003 in the framework of the UN World Summit on the Information Society (UN WSIS), World Summit Award contributes to the UN Sustainable Development Goals agenda by recognizing local digital content with an impact on society, demonstrating the richness and diversity of innovative applications.

Be it an app to help the blind using smartphones, or a website reanimating history–  the World Summit Awards offer a platform for those who think beyond the box.

For more information look at:

Rules: http://www.wsis-award.org/content/conditions

Categories: http://www.wsis-award.org/contest/categories-and-rules

Participation Benefits: http://www.wsis-award.org/content/benefits

Description: Laboratory for Open Systems and Networks at Jožef Stefan Institute is offering one scholarship for obtaining a PhD degree in science in the field of new internet technologies and services. The selected candidate will be employed as young researcher at Jožef Stefan Institute for the maximum period of three years and six months.

Qualifications: Applicants with a university degree, concluded Bologna level 2 studies or master’s degree in an appropriate field (computer and information science, telecommunications, electrical engineering, mathematics, physics or organizational science preferred). In addition, the candidate

• must have finished his/her studies with grade point average in all courses of at least 8.00 and must fulfill the requirements of enrolment in postgraduate Bologna level 3 studies;
• his/her diploma must not be older than 5 years.

Criteria for assessment of candidates:

• grade point average in all courses
• obtained master’s degree
• enrollment in postgraduate studies
• awards of recognition received
• articles published
• participation in research work

Starting date: October 2016

General info: Jožef Stefan Institute (http://www.ijs.si) is the biggest research institute in Slovenia. Laboratory for Open Systems and Networks (http://www.e5.ijs.si) has a long tradition of research and development in the fields of information security, computer networks, telecommunication technologies, and information society services and applications. Currently, the main R&D activity focuses on internet technologies and services, information security and privacy, and technology-enhanced learning. R&D activities are carried out mainly in the EU projects and within national research programme “Future internet technologies: concepts, architectures, services, and socio-economic issues”. In 2015 the laboratory participated in 8 EU projects from the Horizon 2020 programme, 7^th Framework programme, EU Cybercrime prevention programme, and EU Competence and Innovation programme.

Procedure: For detailed information about the application procedure please contact info@e5.ijs.si.

 

Blaž Ivanc and Tomaž Klobučar received a Best Paper Award at the International Cloud Computing and Security Conference ICCCS 2015 in Nanjing, China. The award was received for the paper »Analysis of Advanced Cyber Attacks with Quantified ESM«.

 

The last Friday of September was marked by Researchers’ Night. The numerous activities offered related to several research topics, such as Energy research & innovation, Environment & Climate Action, Health, and ICT & Secure Society; they wre located in 4 impirtant Slovenian cities, namely Ljubljana, Novo Mesto, Izola and Planica.

Below you can find the reportage from the New Square, Ljubljana.

Dr. Prof. Borka Džonova Jerman-Blažič is pioneer of internet, who brought the world wide web  to the ex-Yugoslavia and Slovenia. She was responsible for Slovenian official domain .si.

See the video