Boštjan Šumak

Main research topic

• contenporary architectures for information systems
• web technologies
• user experience
• acceptance and use of information technology
• technologies for touchless human-computer interaction
• integration of information systems
• XML and related technologies

CV

• Associate Professor, University of Maribor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, from 2022
• Assistant Professor, University of Maribor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, from 2012
• PhD in the field of Computer Science, 2011
• Teaching Assistant, University of Maribor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2003-2012
• Technical Support, University of Maribor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2000-2003

Teaching

Associate Professor in the following courses:

• 1st cycle Bologna studies
  • Application development tools (2nd year of Informatics and technologies of communication VS)
  • Portal technologies and knowledge management (2nd year of Informatics and technologies of communication UNI)
  • System convergence and integration (3rd year of Informatics and technologies of communication UNI)
  • Web development (2nd year of Media Communications UNI)
• 2st cycle Bologna studies
  • Service oriented architectures (first year of Informatics and technologies of communication MAG)
  • Web Technologies (first year of Informatics and technologies of communication MAG)
  • Operations research (2nd year of Informatics and technologies of communication MAG)

List of selected publications

• LAH, Urška, LEWIS, James R., ŠUMAK, Boštjan. Perceived usability and the modified technology acceptance model. International journal of human-computer interaction. Published online: 17 Feb 2020, str. 1-5, ilustr. ISSN 1044-7318. DOI: 10.1080/10447318.2020.1727262. [COBISS.SI-ID 23032086]
• PUŠNIK, Maja, GALUN, Mitja, ŠUMAK, Boštjan. Improved bluetooth low energy sensor detection for indoor localization services. Sensors. 2020, vol. 20, iss. 8, str. 1-27. ISSN 1424-8220. DOI: 10.3390/s20082336. [COBISS.SI-ID 23131158]
• ŠUMAK, Boštjan, ŠPINDLER, Matic, DEBELJAK, Mojca, HERIČKO, Marjan, PUŠNIK, Maja. An empirical evaluation of a hands-free computer interaction for users with motor disabilities. Journal of biomedical informatics, ISSN 1532-0464. [Print ed.], Aug. 2019, vol. 96, str. 1-16, ilustr. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1532046419301686, doi: 10.1016/j.jbi.2019.103249. [COBISS.SI-ID 2668905]
• ŠUMAK, Boštjan, HERIČKO, Marjan, BUDIMAC, Zoran, PUŠNIK, Maja. Investigation of moderator factors in e-business adoption : a quantitative meta-analysis of moderating effects on the drivers of intention and behavior. Computer science and information systems, ISSN 1820-0214. [Print ed.], 2017, vol. 14, no. 1, str. 75-102. https://dk.um.si/IzpisGradiva.php?id=66718, doi: 10.2298/CSIS160902033S. [COBISS.SI-ID 20212758]
• ŠUMAK, Boštjan, PUŠNIK, Maja, HERIČKO, Marjan, ŠORGO, Andrej. Differences between prospective, existing, and former users of interactive whiteboards on external factors affecting their adoption, usage and abandonment. Computers in human behavior, ISSN 0747-5632. [Print ed.], 2016, str. 1-24, doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2016.09.006. [COBISS.SI-ID 22585608]
• ŠUMAK, Boštjan, ŠORGO, Andrej. The acceptance and use of interactive whiteboards among teachers : differences in UTAUT determinants between pre- and post-adopters. Computers in human behavior, ISSN 0747-5632. [Print ed.], Nov. 2016, vol. 64, str. 602-620, doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2016.07.037. [COBISS.SI-ID 22462984]
• PUŠNIK, Maja, HERIČKO, Marjan, BUDIMAC, Zoran, ŠUMAK, Boštjan. XML Schema metrics for quality evaluation. Computer science and information systems, ISSN 1820-0214. [Print ed.], 2014, vol. 11, no. 4, str. 1271-1289, doi: 10.2298/CSIS140815077P. [COBISS.SI-ID 18203926]
• PUŠNIK, Maja, HAREJ, Katja, HERIČKO, Marjan, JURIČ, Matjaž B., ŠUMAK, Boštjan. Investigation of developer's perceptions in XML schema development using textual and visual tool types. International journal of software engineering and knowledge engineering, ISSN 0218-1940, 2014, vol. 24, no. 3, str. 445-463, doi: 10.1142/S021819401450017X. [COBISS.SI-ID 17996566]
• ŠUMAK, Boštjan, HERIČKO, Marjan, PUŠNIK, Maja. A meta-analysis of e-learning technology acceptance : the role of user types and e-learning technology types : review. Computers in human behavior, ISSN 0747-5632. [Print ed.], Nov. 2011, vol. 27, iss. 6, str. 2067-2077, doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2011.08.005. [COBISS.SI-ID 15270166]
• ŠUMAK, Boštjan, HERIČKO, Marjan, PUŠNIK, Maja, POLANČIČ, Gregor. Factors affecting acceptance and use of Moodle : an empirical study based on TAM. Informatica, ISSN 0350-5596, Mar. 2011, vol. 35, no. 1, str. 91-100. [COBISS.SI-ID 14881814]
• ŠUMAK, Boštjan, HERIČKO, Marjan, POLANČIČ, Gregor, PUŠNIK, Maja. Investigation of e-learning system acceptance using UTAUT. International journal of engineering education, ISSN 0949-149X, 2010, vol. 26, no. 6, str. 1327-1342. [COBISS.SI-ID 14690838]
• PUŠNIK, Maja, IVANOVSKI, Dimitar, WELZER-DRUŽOVEC, Tatjana, ŠUMAK, Boštjan. Evaluation of patterns for mobile user interface enhancement. V: ENDRJUKAITE, Tatiana (ur.), et al. Information modelling and knowledge bases XXX, (Frontiers in artificial intelligence and applications, ISSN 0922-6389, Vol. 312). Amsterdam [etc.]: IOS Press. cop. 2019, str. 208-218. [COBISS.SI-ID 22123798]
• ŠUMAK, Boštjan, HERIČKO, Marjan, WELZER-DRUŽOVEC, Tatjana, PUŠNIK, Maja. Optimization of processes in multimedia content publishing : a proposal for architecture design. V: JAAKKOLA, Hannu (ur.), et al. Information modelling and knowledge bases XXVIII, (Frontiers in artificial intelligence and applications, ISSN 0922-6389, Vol. 292). Amsterdam [etc.]: IOS Press. cop. 2017, str. 370-381. [COBISS.SI-ID 20206358]
• PUŠNIK, Maja, HERIČKO, Marjan, ŠUMAK, Boštjan. Acceptance analysis based on behavioural operational research methods. V: WELZER-DRUŽOVEC, Tatjana (ur.), et al. Information modelling and knowledge bases XXVII, (Frontiers in artificial intelligence and applications, ISSN 0922-6389, vol. 280). Amsterdam; Berlin; Washington (DC): IOS Press. cop. 2016, str. 327-333. [COBISS.SI-ID 19312150]

Reviewer for journals

• Computers & Education, Pergamon Press, Elsevier
• IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Piscataway
• Computers in human behavior, Elsevier
• Information & Management, North-Holland
• Expert systems with applications, Oxford: Pergamon
• Sensors, MDPI
• Sustainability, MDPI
• Entropy, MDPI
• Computers, MDPI
• Computer science and information systems, ComSIS Consortium
• Journal of computer assisted learning, Oxford: Blackwell Scientific
• Journal of communications software and systems, Croatian Communications and Information Society
• Applied clinical informatics, Schattauer
• Applied sciences, MDPI
• Children and youth services review, Pergamon Press
• Electronics, MDPI
• Energies, Molecular Diversity Preservation International
• Journal of sensor and actuator networks, MDPI
• Earth science informatics, Springer
• International journal of engineering education, Tempus Publications
• African journal of business management, Academic Journals
• Information and software technology, Elsevier
• New review of hypermedia and multimedia, Taylor & Francis

Conference organization

Program Committee

• OTS'2013 - OTS'2019 - Advanced Technologies and Services
• CSS'2012 - CSS'2019 - Collaboration, Software, and Services in Information Society
• el&ml'2011 - el&ml'2019 - Mobile, Hybrid, and On-line Learning

Organizing Committee

• OTS'2000 - OTS'2012 - Advanced Technologies and Services

Certificates

• Microsoft Cerftified Professional for Developing and Implementing Web Applications with Microsoft Visual C# .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET

Publications

Full report can be found on COBISS.