Program

This is the final conference program for ConTEL 2021.

All sessions take place in the Grey Hall, located at the ground floor of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing (the conference venue), with online participation via zoom (the links have already been sent to all registered participants). For participation in person, we kindly ask all participants to strictly adhere to preventive measures against COVID-19.

The Registration desk will be open half an hour before the start of the program on each day of the conference.

Program at-a-glance

  Wednesday, June 30 Thursday, July 1st Friday, July 2nd
08:30 – 09:00 Registration Registration Registration
09:00 – 09:30 Opening ceremony,
Protocols and Communications
09:30 – 10:00 Giovanni Giambene: IoT via 5G Satellite Systems Lea Skorin-Kapov: Quality of Experience in the Era of Immersive Networked Multimedia Services
10:00 – 10:30
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break
11:00 – 11:30 Free Space Optical Communications Smart technologies for sustainable agriculture Quality of Experience, Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Reality
11:30 – 12:00
12:00 – 12:30
12:30 – 13:00 Lunch Lunch
13:00 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 14:00 Steve Hranilovic: Optical Wireless Communications – wireless without radios Smart technologies for sustainable agriculture (cont’d) and related invited talks
14:00 – 14:30 PhD Forum
14:30 – 15:00 Coffee break
15:00 – 15:30 Special session New Educational Paradigms in Telecommunications,
Special Session of the CEEPUS Network CIII-BG-1103
Coffee break
15:30 – 16:00 Security and Privacy in Modern Telecommunication Networks
16:00 – 16:30  
16:30 – 17:00  
17:00 – 17:30    
17:30 – 18:00      
18:00 – 18:30      
18:30 – 19:00      
19:00 Welcome reception (in the city center)    
19:30   Conference Dinner (Hotel International)  

Detailed program

Below you can find a detailed list of technical presentations (the easiest way to search for a specific title or author is by using your browser search function (Ctrl+F)).

Wednesday, June 30th

8:30-9:00

Registration

9:00-9:10

Opening ceremony

9:10-10:30 Session

Protocols and Communications

Session Chair: Mario Kušek (University of Zagreb, Croatia)
  • Level Crossing Rate of Next Generation Wireless Systems with Selection Combining in the Presence of k-µ Fading and Interference: Derivation and Simulation
    • Dragana Krstić; Suad Suljovic; Nenad Petrovic; Zoran Popovic; Mihajlo Stefanović
  • Fast Adaptive Handover using Fuzzy Logic for 5G Communications on High Speed Trains
    • Rasha El Banna; Hussein M. Elattar; Mohamed Mohamed Abou El-Dahab
  • Design of Wave Digital Filters with the TU Delft Toolbox
    • Moritz Tockner; Hans Georg Brachtendorf; Martin Steiger
  • Comparing energy consumption of application layer protocols on IoT devices
    • Tomislav Štefanec; Mario Kusek

10:30-11:00

Coffee break

11:00-12:30 Session

Free Space Optical Communications

Session Chair: Wilfried Gappmier (Graz University of Technology, Austria)
  • Preliminary results of an optical wireless communications prototype developed at TU Graz
    • Yingjie Liu; Ziad Hatab; Erich Leitgeb; Peiyuan Wang; Pirmin Pezzei
  • Channel Emulation of Satellite-to-Ground APD-based FSO Link in the Presence of Atmospheric Turbulence Fading
    • Hristo Ivanov; Ziad Hatab; Erich Leitgeb
  • Time Jitter Influence on the Performance of PPM or PAM SIMO FSO Links over M-Turbulence Channels
    • Panagiotis Gripeos; Hector Nistazakis; George Varotsos; Wilfried Gappmair; Andreas Tsigopoulos
  • Influence of Pointing Errors at the Block Error Rate Performance of Strong Turbulent SIMO FSO Links
    • Nikolaos Androutsos; Hector Nistazakis; George Varotsos; Evgenia Roditi; Erich Leitgeb

12:30-13:30

Lunch

13:30-14:30

Keynote talk:
Steve Hranilovic: Optical Wireless Communications – wireless without radios

Session Chair: Erich Leitgeb (Graz University of Technology, Austria)

14:30-15:00

Coffee break

15:00-16:40 Special sessions

New Educational Paradigms in Telecommunications

Session chair: Branko Mikac (University of Zagreb, Croatia)
  • Geometry from Thin Air: Theremin as a Playful Learning Device
    • Duje Čoko; Lea Dujić Rodić; Toni Perkovic; Petar Solic
  • Video production systems for videoconferencing and distance learning solutions
    • Tim Jeršič; Žana Juvan; Klemen Pečnik

Special Session of the CEEPUS Network CIII-BG-1103

Session chair: Galia Marinova (Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria)
  • A Self-Contained, Single-Chip Amperometric Measurement Platform for Biomedical Applications
    • Markus Haberler; Inge Siegl; Christian Zajc; Carolin Kollegger; Christoph Steffan; Thomas Maier; Loric Petruzzi; Giorgio Mutinati; Rainer Hainberger; Gerald Holweg; Mario Auer
  • Review on Low-Power Consumption Techniques for FPGA-based designs in IoT technology
    • Marsida Ibro; Galia Marinova
  • Network Throughputs Modelling for Mobile Video Streaming Analysis
    • Snjezana Rimac-Drlje; Jelena Vlaovic

19:00

Welcome reception (in the city center)

Thursday, July 1st

9:30-10:30

Keynote talk:
Giovanni Giambene: IoT via 5G Satellite Systems

Sesion Chair: Lea Skorin-Kapov (University of Zagreb, Croatia)

10:30-11:00

Coffee break

11:00-12:30 Workshop

Smart technologies for sustainable agriculture – part 1

Session Chair: Ivana Podnar Žarko (University of Zagreb, Croatia)
  • Leveraging agri-food IoT solutions to connect apiary owners and farmers
    • Marcin Plociennik; Raul Palma; Szymon Mueller; Szymon Kupiński; Adam Świątkowski; Michał Błaszczak; Soumya Brahma; Arkadiusz Radziuk
  • Low-Cost Wireless Sensor Node for Smart Agriculture Applications
    • Matko Zrnić; Josip Spišić; Ana Pejkovic; Kresimir Grgic; Josip Balen; Drago Zagar
  • Analysis of Open Access Data Sources for Application in Precision Agriculture
    • Pavle Skocir; Katarina Mandarić; Ivan Kralj; Ivana Podnar Zarko; Gordan Jezic
  • Rapid Plant Development Modelling System for Predictive Agriculture based on Artificial Intelligence
    • Vinko Lešić; Hrvoje Novak; Marko Ratković; Monika Zovko; Darija Lemic; Sandra Skendžić; Jelena Tabak; Marsela Polic; Matko Orsag

12:30-13:30

Lunch

13:30-15:00 Workshop

Smart technologies for sustainable agriculture – part 2

Session Chair: Domagoj Šimić (Agricultural Institute Osijek, Croatia)
  • Heterogeneous autonomous robotic system in viticulture and mariculture – project overview
    • Jurica Goričanec; Nadir Kapetanović; Ivo Vatavuk; Ivan Hrabar; Antonia Kurtela; Marina Anić; Goran Vasiljevic; Jakša Bolotin; Valter Kožul; Dario Stuhne; Marko Cukon; Nikša Glavić; Stjepan Bogdan; Matko Orsag; Gordan Gledec; Tamara Petrović; Nenad Antolović; Bernard Kozina; Nikola Miskovic; Zdenko Kovacic
  • Structured Ecological Cultivation with Autonomous Robots in Indoor Agriculture
    • Marsela Polic; Antun Ivanovic; Bruno Maric; Barbara Arbanas; Jelena Tabak; Matko Orsag

Invited talks

  • Designing field-deployable plant water-stress sensors based on ultrasonic xylem emissions monitoring
    • Dinko Oletić (University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Croatia)
  • Example of good practice of cooperation in the implementation of projects in the agricultural sector in Croatia
    • Milan Husnjak (Ministry of Agriculture, Croatia), Domagoj Gorup (South Eastern Advisory Service Network, Croatia), Ana-Marija Špicnagel Ćurko (IPS Konzalting, Croatia), Vanja Jurišić (University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture, Croatia)
  • Agrobots – solution for human labor deficiency in agriculture
    • Goran Beinrauch, Milan Husnjak, Egon Mudrinić, Kristina Pawelitsch, Stjepan Pliestić, Stjepan Sito, Ivan Stupnišek (Gospodarski list, Croatia)

15:00-15:30

Coffee break

15:30-17:10 Session

Security and Privacy in Modern Telecommunication Networks

Session Chair: Krešimir Grgić (Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Information Technology Osijek)
  • A Critical View on CIS Controls
    • Stjepan Gros
  • Using Approximation of Standard Deviation and Variance in Flow Features for Efficient Intrusion Detection
    • Dora Pušelj; Lovro Katić; Dominik Ostroški; Ivona Brajdic; Karlo Slovenec
  • Detection of attacks and intrusions on automotive engine IoT sensors
    • Denis Pejić; Visnja Krizanovic; Kresimir Grgic
  • Analyzing Web Security Features using Crawlers: Study of Croatian Web
    • Edi Stambuk; Stjepan Gros; Marin Vukovic
  • An Overview of Security Aspects of IoT Communication Technologies for Smart Agriculture
    • Kresimir Grgic; Ana Pejkovic; Matko Zrnić; Josip Spišić

19:30

Conference Dinner (Hotel International)

Friday, July 2nd

9:30-10:30

Keynote talk:
Lea Skorin-Kapov: Quality of Experience in the Era of Immersive Networked Multimedia Services

Session Chair: Marin Vuković (University of Zagreb, Croatia)

10:30-11:00

Coffee break

11:00-13:00 Session

Quality of Experience (QoE), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Augmented Reality (AR)

Session Chair: Maja Matijašević (University of Zagreb, Croatia)
  • Random forest based classification of retroreflective foils for visible light sensing of an indoor moving object
    • Andreas P. Weiss; Kushal Madane; Franz Wenzl; Erich Leitgeb
  • Design and Evaluation of an Accessible Mobile AR Application for Learning About Geometry
    • Ana Kešelj; Iva Topolovac; Magdalena Kačić-Barišić; Mara Burum; Zeljka Car
  • Investigation of the relationship between subjective and objective video quality metrics for multiparty video calls on mobile devices
    • Dunja Vucic; Lea Skorin-Kapov
  • On Machine Learning based Video QoE Estimation Across Different Networks
    • Irena Orsolic; Michael Seufert
  • An Application Programming Interface for Advanced Analytics of Contextually Enriched Automotive Data
    • Hrvoje Vdović; Jurica Babic; Vedran Podobnik
  • Anomaly Correction in Time Series Data for Improved Forecasting
    • Dominik Ostroški; Karlo Slovenec; Ivona Brajdic; Miljenko Mikuc

13:00-14:00

Lunch

14:00-16:00

PhD Forum

Session Chair: Irena Oršolić (University of Zagreb, Croatia)

16:00 Closing of the conference.