Title: | Assoc. Prof., PhD. |
E-mail: | muhamed.turkanovic@um.si |
Telephone: | +386 (02) 220 7351 |
Room: | G2-1N.03 |
Contact hours: | link |
LinkedIn profile: | link |
Main research topics
- cryptography
- big data
- blockchain technology
- smart contracts
- security and privacy in the Internet of Things
- security protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks
- secutrity protocols for the Internet of Things
- quantum cryptography
- privacy and security in computer systems
- databases
List of selected publications
- TURKANOVIĆ, Muhamed, KEŽMAH, Boštjan, PODGORELEC, Blaž, KAMIŠALIĆ, Aida, HERIČKO, Marjana, HERIČKO, Marjan. Method and device for the storing, inspection control and retrieval of data from a permanently immutable, distributed and decentralized storage = Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Speicherung, Inspektion und Abruf von Daten von einem dauerhaft unveränderlichen, verteilten und dezentralen Speiche = Precédé et dispositif pour le stockage, l'inspection, le contrôle et la récupération de données d'un stockage irrémédiablement immuable, distribué et décentralisé : European Patent Specification EP 3 742 318 B1, 2021-03-17. Munich: European Patent Office, 2021. 21 str., ilustr. https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search/family/067184771/publication/EP3742318B1?q=EP%203742318B1&queryLang=en%3Ade%3Afr. Patent family: EP3742318A1, 2020-11-25; P-201900098, 2019-05-22; SI25850A, 2020-11-30 [COBISS.SI-ID 22518294].
- ŠESTAK, Martina, TURKANOVIĆ, Muhamed. Extended Property-level k-vertex Cardinality Constraints Model for Graph Databases. Journal of King Saud University. Computer and information sciences. April 2023, vol. 35, iss. 4, str. 126-138, ilustr. ISSN 2213-1248. DOI: 10.1016/j.jksuci.2023.03.013.
- ČUČKO, Špela, TURKANOVIĆ, Muhamed. Decentralized and self-sovereign identity: systematic mapping study. IEEE access. Date of Publication: 04 October 2021, 22 str. ISSN 2169-3536. DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3117588.
- TURKANOVIĆ, Muhamed, PODGORELEC, Blaž. Signing blockchain transactions using qualified certificates. IEEE internet computing. Nov./Dec. 2020, vol. 24, iss. 6, str. 37-43, ilustr. ISSN 1089-7801. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9206057, DOI: 10.1109/MIC.2020.3026182
- TURKANOVIĆ, Muhamed, HÖLBL, Marko, KOŠIČ, Kristjan, HERIČKO, Marjan, KAMIŠALIĆ LATIFIĆ, Aida. EduCTX: A blockchain-based higher education credit platform. IEEE access, ISSN 2169-3536, Dec. 2018, vol. 6, iss. 1, str. 5112-5127, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2789929. [COBISS.SI-ID 21085718]
- PODGORELEC, Blaž, HERIČKO, Marjan, TURKANOVIĆ, Muhamed. State channel as a service based on a distributed and decentralized web. IEEE access. Date of Publication: 30 March 2020, str. 1-14. ISSN 2169-3536. DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2984378.
- ŠESTAK, Martina, HERIČKO, Marjan, WELZER-DRUŽOVEC, Tatjana, TURKANOVIĆ, Muhamed. Applying cardinality constraints on a Neo4j graph database. Future generation computer systems. [Print ed.]. Available online 2 October 2020, str. 1-8, ilustr. ISSN 0167-739X. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167739X19324094, DOI: 10.1016/j.future.2020.09.036.
- TURKANOVIĆ, Muhamed, BRUMEN, Boštjan, HÖLBL, Marko. A novel user authentication and key agreement scheme for heterogeneous ad-hoc wireless sensor networks, based on the Internet of Things notion. Ad hoc networks, ISSN 1570-8705, 2014, vol. 20, str. 96-112, doi: 10.1016/j.adhoc.2014.03.009. [COBISS.SI-ID 17757974]
Reviewer for journals
- Information sciences, Elsevier.
- Ad hoc networks, Elsevier.
- Quantum information processing, Springer
- Computer Standars & Interfaces, Elsevier
- IEEE sensors journal, IEEE.
- IEEE communications letters, IEEE.
- IEEE transactions on systems, man, and cybernetics. Systems, IEEE.
- IET information security, IET.
- Sensors, MDPI
- Entropy, MDPI
- Applied Sciences, MDPI
- Telecommunication systems, Springer.
- Journal of network and computer applications, Elsevier
- Microsystem technologies, Springer
- Wireless personal communications, Springer
- Journal of medical systems, Springer
- International journal of information privacy, security and integrity, Inderscience.
- International journal of distributed sensor networks, Taylor and Francis.
- The Open cybernetics & systemics journal, Bentham Science.
- International Journal of Communication Systems, John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
- Computers, MDPI
- Information, MDPI
- Journal of computational methods in sciences and engineering, Cambridge International Science.
- Journal of computer engineering & information technology, SciTechnol.
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India. Section A, Physical sciences, NAS India
- IFIP SEC - 32nd International Conference on ICT Systems Security and Privacy Protection
- Journal of Engineering and Technology Research. Lagos
CV
- Associate Professor, University of Maribor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, from December 2021
- President of the SIST Technical Committee for Blockchain, 2020+ (Slovenian Institute for Standardization)
- Member of Slovene national Strategic council for digitalization, 2021+
- Member of the Council of the Research and Development Center of the University of Maribor (RAZ: UM), 2019 - 2020
- Coordinator of the DIGI-SI consortium of Digital Innovation Hubs of Slovenia, 2000+
- Head of the Digital Innovation Hub of the University of Maribor (DIH UM), 2019
- Deputy Head of the Institute of Informatics, 2019+
- Head of the Study Program Informatics and technologies of communications (UN, VS, MAG), 2019+
- Member of the FERI Commission for Pedagogical Affairs, 2019+
- Assistant Professor, University of Maribor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2016 - 2021
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in the field of Computer Science, 2016
- CEO of CEI-Sis, Maribor, 2015-2017
- CTO of CEI-Systems OG, Salzburg - Austria, 2013-2015
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, 2011
- Developer and project manager, 2007-2013
Teaching
Assistant professor in the following courses:
- SQL Programming (1st year of Informatics and technologies of communication, 1st cycle Bologna studies), 2017-2020
- Business intelligence and data quality (1st year of Informatics and technologies of communication, 2nd cycle Bologna studies), 2017+
- Database modelling (1st year of Informatics and technologies of communication, 2nd cycle Bologna studies), 2018-2020
- Databases 1 (1st year of Informatics and technologies of communication, 1st cycle Bologna studies), 2017-2019
- Databases 2 (3rd year of Informatics and technologies of communication, 1nd cycle Bologna studies), 2017+
- Information systems review and auditing (3rd year of Informatics and technologies of communication, 1nd cycle Bologna studies), 2017-2019
- Information systems review and auditing (2nd year of Informatics and technologies of communication, 2nd cycle Bologna studies), 2019+
- E-commerce, (1st year of Informatics and technologies of communication, 2nd cycle Bologna studies), 2019+
- Cybersecurity, (3rd year of Informatics and technologies of communication, 1nd cycle Bologna studies), 2020+
- Data technologies and services, (1st year of Informatics and technologies of communication, 2nd cycle Bologna studies), 2020+
- Service science and innovation (2nd year of Informatics and technologies of communication, 2nd cycle Bologna studies), 2019+
Teaching Assistant in the following courses:
- Databases 1 (1. letnik ITK, RIT, TK, univerzitetni bolonjski študij 1. stopnje), 2017
Conference organization
Organizing Committee
- 2019 - ICAT BCTA - Special Session "Blockchain Technology and its applications" within the 27th International Conference Information, Communication and Automation Technologies, 21-23 October, Sarajevo, BiH
- 2018 - ICBAIT18 - International Conference on Big Data Analytics and Intelligent Technologies, Marec 1-2, Madurai - Tamil Nadu - India
Program Committee
- 2023, ICBTA 2023, 6th International Conference on Blockchain Technology and Applications, Xi'an - China
- 2022, OTS'2022 - 25. Conference of Modern Technologies and Services, 7-8 September, Maribor
- 2022, IEEE DependSys, IEEE International Conference on Dependability in Sensor, Cloud, and Big Data Systems and Applications, 18-20 December, Chengdu, China
- 2022, IEEE-UBMK, 7th International Conference on Computer Science and Engineering, 14 - 16 September 2022, Dicle University - Diyarbakır - Turkey
- 2019, OTS'2019 - The 24. Conference of Modern Technologies and Services, 18-19 June, Maribor
- 2019, BlockchainForum - Forum within the 17th International conference of Business Process management (BPM 2019)
- 2018, DASC'2018 - The 16th IEEE International Conference on Dependable, Autonomic and Secure Computing, August 12-15, Athens, Greece
- 2017, CSS'2017 - Collaboration, software and service in information society, October 9-13, Ljubljana - Slovenia
Project leader/coordinator
- 2024-2027, Cyber Hubs, Network of European Cybersecurity Skills Hubs, Erasmus+
- 2023-2027, SMART ERA, SMART community-led transition for Europe's Rural Areas, HORIZON
- 2023-2025, EBSI-VECTOR, EBSI enabled VErifiable Credentials & Trusted Organisations Registries, DIGITAL-2022-DEPLOY-02
- 2022-2024, DIGI-SI - European Digital Innovation Hub - Digital emergency response for Slovenia, DIGITAL, DIGITAL-2021-EDIH-INITIAL-01
- 2022-2025, Data4Food2030 - Pathways towards a fair, inclusive and innovative Data Economy for Sustainable Food Systems, HORIZON
- 2021-2024, ADMA TranS4MErs - Advanced Manufacturing assistance and training for SME Transformation, H2020
- 2021-2023, RUKIV - Development of study & training programs for cyber security, ARRS-CRP-2021
- 2020-2023, DE4A (Digital Europe for All), H2020
- 2018-2021, SmartVillages (Smart digital transformation of villages in the Alpine space region), Interreg Alpine Space
- 2018, SmartInsTech (Blockchain run smart contracts in business processes), A creative way towards knowledge 2017-2020
Projects collaboration
- 2020, DIH WOLRD, H2020
- 2019, CONCORDIA (Cyber Security Competence for Research and Innovation), H2020
- 2018, EkoSMART
Editor
- Blockchains, Basel, MDPI, [2023+]. ISSN 2813-5288, Member of editorial board.
- Sensors, Basel: MDPI, 2001-. ISSN 1424-8220, Guest editor 2020 for Special Issue "Advances in Blockchain Technologies towards Identity Management and Its Applications in ICT and IoT".
- Sustainability, Basel: MDPI, 2001-. ISSN 2071-1050, Guest editor 2020 for Special Issue "Advances of Digital Transformation in the Education Domain".
Certificates
- 2013, Microsoft Technology Associate: Database Administration Fundamentals
Awards
- 2020, Award of the University of Maribor for top successes, achievements and merits in the field of scientific research and education
- 2019, eAward for the EduCTX platform as the best software solution in Slovenia for 2019 - given out by the Slovene Society Informatika
- 2018, Award for professional work in 2018 from Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
- 2015-2016, Sentinels of Science Award for Computer Science 2015-2016, for review activities, by Publons
Publications
- Full report can be found on COBISS-u.
Full CV
- Full CV is being prepared.