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In recent years, Slovenian media have revealed several scandals, the cause of which was plagiarism. Among those who transcribed their diploma thesis, without properly quoting the sources from which they were drawn, were members of parliament, ministers, directors, civil servants, university employees, and many others discovered by academic institutions themselves . Plagiarism does not occur only in academic circles, but it is also widespread in the economy, in the public administration and in other areas. The purpose of the discussion is to present what plagiarism is, how to prevent it, and how programs for detecting similar content work. On examples of transcribed texts, we will show how a program for detection of similar contents is used. Software which is used by Slovenian educational institutions was developed in the Laboratory for Heterogeneous Computer Systems at the Institute of Computer Science, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

PROGRAMME

10.10 - 10.15: Introduction
10.15 - 10.45: Assist. prof. dr. Milan Ojsteršek – What is plagiarism and how do we prevent it?
10.45 - 11.10: Sandi Majninger – Identifying meaning in texts
11.10 - 11.30: Goran Hrovat – Algorithms for discovering similar content
11.30 - 12.00: Mladen Borovič – Hybrid Recommendation Systems
12.00 - 13.00: Discussion G3 2nd floor

You are kindly invited!

Head of the Institute of Computer Science
prof. dr. Marjan Mernik

Assist. prof. dr. Niko Lukač is researching algorithms, geographic information systems, computer graphics and visualization, parallel computing and data compression. He is a very promising researcher with excellent research results (A''=210.19, A'=532.80, A1/2=650.36, CI10=277, A1=3.21, A3=3.37). His research work is supported by domestic and foreign grants. With his scientific and educational work, he contributes significantly to the overall development of the University of Maribor.

Congratulations!

With the co-organization of the Institute of Computer Science, the state competition on computational thinking Bober 2018/19 successfully concluded on 12 January 2019. The competition was attended by 250 primary and secondary school pupils who were selected from 33,500 attendees from local school competitions. During the event, two lectures were organized: Artificial Intelligence Today: Background of Some Recent Developments (Assoc. Prof. dR: Damjan Strnad) and Telecommunications: Remote transmission of information (Assist. Prof. Dr. Boštjan Vlaovič, Ph.D.). Learn more about the event at https://tekmovanja.acm.si/bober.

The Hour of Code, which took place from December 3- 9, 2018, is a global movement designed to generate excitement in young people about programming and technology. ACM congratulated all ACM sections that participated in 2018. The full list of sections is published at: https://www.acm.org/chapters/students/csedweek2018. Among them is the ACM Student Chapter Maribor.

Prof. dr. Janez Brest was an invited speaker at 6-Day Summer School 2018 on Computational Intelligence: Theory, Implementation & Applications, 22-27 November 2018, in Hyderabad, India. At the summer school organized by the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, he conducted three lectures on Differential Evolution and Applications.

ACM (https://www.acm.org/) is an international association for teaching and research in the field of computer science. It was founded in 1947. The Slovenian subsidiary ACM Slovenia (http://www.acm.si/) was founded in 2001 and is one of the main Slovenian computer science societies, which is working on the development of computer science in Slovenia. On Friday, 7 December 2018, ACM Slovenija Annual Assembly was held at UM FERI, where we also elected a new presidency. Prof. dr. Aleš Holobar had a lecture entitled Internet muscles: digital codes in our body.

The following employees of Institute of Computer Science received the awards at the FERI 2018 Day:

• Uroš Mlakar - award for research work,
• prof. dr. Marjan Mernik - award for research work,
• Ivan Kovačič - award for professional work,
• Dragana Božovič, Assist. prof. dr. Simon Kolmanič, Assist. prof. dr. Niko Lukač, Assoc. prof. dr. Damijan Strnad - award for professional work.

and students of study programs Computer Science and Information Technology:

• Nikolaj Čolić - award for the best undergraduate of the first-level professional study programs at FERI in the academic year 2017/18,
• Robi Novak - award for the best undergraduate of the first-level university study programs at FERI in the academic year 2017/18,
• Žiga Leber - award for the best undergraduate of the second-level university study programs at FERI in the academic year 2017/18,
• Vid Keršič, Niko Uremovič, Mitja Žalik - award for the exceptional student contribution,
• Aljaž Jeromel, Gal Meznarič, Jan Mikolič - award for the exceptional student contribution,
• Miha Antolinc, Niko Uremovič - award for the exceptional student contribution,
• Luka Bašek - award for the exceptional student contribution.

Congratulations!

The Hour of Code, https://hourofcode.com/us, will be held this year from 3. 12. 2018 to 9. 12. 2018. The Hour of Code is a one-hour introduction to computing to demystify the code and show that everyone can learn the basics of programming. Namely, each student must have the opportunity to learn computer science, since improves problem solving, logic and creativity. As such, with early start they will have foundations for success in all professions of the 21st century. Check out the promotional video at https://youtu.be/KsOIlDT145A. The Institute of Computer Science will this year again realize over 10 events on the topic of computer programming.

On November 27, 2018 Clarivate Analytics, the Web of Science Group, published a list of highly-cited researchers for 2018 (https://hcr.clarivate.com/). Prof. dr. Marjan Mernik is for the second year in a raw on the list. His researches ranks among the top 1% most cited works in the field of Computer Science earning the mark of exceptional impact. More information about his research work is available at https://lpm.feri.um.si/en/members/mernik/. On the 2018 Highly Cited Researchers list are only two researchers from Slovenia, all from University of Maribor. Besides prof. dr. Marjan Mernik, the highly cited researcher is also prof. dr. Matjaž Perc from Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. The inclusion in the list of highly cited researchers is also important for the ranking of universities. The Shanghai Ranking (ARWU) is one of the most established universities rankings that has been preparing a review of the best universities since 2003. It uses 6 indicators (Alumni, Award, HiCi, N&S, PUB, PCP). The HiCi (high-cited researchers) indicator in the 20% range takes into account the list of highly cited researchers prepared by Clarivate Analytics.

The Institute of Computer Science participated in the study "Mapping of European AI ecosystem" with the aim of identifying the current artificial intelligence ecosystem in Europe. Slovenia has ranked high - among the rising star countries. Learn more about the report at https://www.rolandberger.com/fr/Publications/Joining-the-dots-A-map-of-Europe's-AI-ecosystem.html.

During the "Code Week" event the Institute of Computer Science organized the following workshops:

• Development of modern web applications,
• Getting started with World Wide Web,
• Android Apps and IoT,
• Programming through the game,
• Programming for high school in Python,
• The first steps in the development of games,
• Designing a 3D computer game in Blender.

Main goal of the event is bringing computers and computer programming closer to the broader audience. At the same time to demonstrate advantages of using and adapting computational power. Computers are entering in every aspect of our life. The question is if we know hot to fully use this fast growing technology. Previous two weeks we organized nineteen events, which were spread in region of Eastern Slovenia, from Ravne na Koroškem to Murska Sobota.

To know more about Code week event please visit: https://codeweek.eu/

In a case you missed events this year, you might check again for them next year.

Members of the Laboratory for real time systems, in cooperation with the Community Health Care Center, Adolf Drolc and the Laboratory for System Design developed the "Smart Toothbrush Holder" and obtained a patent for it. The smart toothbrush holder allows one to monitor the position of the brush, and measure the pressure of the brush head to the teeth. With light signals and vibrations, the user warns against incorrect use of the brush. Using the Bluetooth interface, data can also be sent to a mobile device or a computer for further processing. The acquired data can be used for scientific research, to link with a serious game that will promote the cleaning of teeth in children, and similar. The holder is designed to allow the use of different brushes. The holder has a built-in induction charger to charging the built in battery. The development of the Smart Brush Holder was carried out within the EkoSMART project (Eco System for the Smart City), co-financed by the Slovenian Ministry of Education, Science and Sport and the European Regional Development Fund. The project at FERI is led and coordinated by prof. Peter Kokol, Head of the Laboratory for System Design.

Due to the successful leadership of the Computer Languages, Systems and Structures journal (https://www.journals.elsevier.com/computer-languages-systems-and-structures/), the journal has significantly raised the Impact Factor and is currently category A2, prof. dr. Marjan Mernik became the Editor-in-Chief for Journal of Visual Languages ​​and Computing (https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-visual-languages-and-computing). In 2019, both journals will be merged.

Today, IEEE celebrates "Leveraging Technology for a Better Tomorrow". In addition to the international celebration, we also highlight some successes of the IEEE team members in Maribor:

• Gold award for recognition of acquisition and retention of IEEE members 2018
• organized IWSSIP 2018 conference on 20-22 June 2018 under the technical sponsorship of the IEEE,
• recognition to new members of IEEE Senior Member: doc. dr. Aleš Zamuda, red. prof. dr. Janez Brest,
• Domen Ulbl 2nd place with the contribution of "Gesture based intuitive control of a robotic arm" at the ERK Conference, organized by the IEEE Slovenia Section.

The celebration will be commenced with an event on 14:00 at FERI, G3 building, 1st floor.

The Institute of Computer Science participated at the European Researchers’ Night 2018 (http://www.ern.um.si/, https://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/actions/european-researchers-night_en), which took place on 28 September 2018 at the same time in more than 340 EU cities.

In the "research site" of Europark Maribor, the Institute of Computer Science participated with projects: In contact with computer vision and artificial intelligence, With mobile and ubiquitous devices for safe everyday life, Plagiarism Detection Tool in documents. There was a lot of interest. Check out the picture gallery.

Publons (https://publons.com) has published a list of winners for "2018 Peer Review Awards – Top 1% in Field". In the field of Computer Science Marjan Mernik ranked 28th, Iztok Fister Jr. 29th and Aleš Zamuda 32nd. In the field of "Engineering" Niko Lukač ranked 82nd. Only 8 researchers from Slovenia can be found on the list. More information at https://publons.com/awards/2018/esi/?order_by=place.

In the last week of August, we successfully completed the third Summer School of Computer Science:

• Programing for girls
• Create a candy scheduler
• Let's develop our first computer game (cooperation with Gimnazija Murska Sobota)
• My first android game (cooperation with IV. osnovno šolo Celje)

Around 60 knowledge curious girls and boys attended the summer school of computer science. We will continue our summer school next year as the responses are very positive:

• "You are at the top and our children are very satisfied with this workshop."
• "Great workshop, I have learned a lot."
• "Great! Congratulations."

The summer school of computer science was financially supported by donors: Inova d.o.o., Igea d.o.o., and Comtrade d.o.o..

For the third consecutive year, the Institute of Computer Science is organizing the Summer School of Computer Science (https://cs.feri.um.si/poletna-sola/poletna-sola-račununalstva-2018/). From August 27 to August 31, 2018 the following workshops will be held:

• Programming for girls,
• Create a candy scheduler,
• Let's develop our first computer game,
• My first Android game.

This year about 60 participants are coming to the Summer School of Computer Science. We look forward to bringing them a wonderful world of computing and information technology in an interesting way, acquainting them with the basics of programming and possibly their future professions. We are glad that many girls have applied. In the world, more and more girls decide on this profession. Why would not be that case with us?
This year's summer school of computer science was financially supported by donors: Inova d.o.o., Igea d.o.o., and Comtrade d.o.o.

USERN (https://usern.tums.ac.ir/) is an independent, non-profit and non-governmental network whose vision is to promote cutting-edge science in order to improve the quality of life and to preserve public goods for future generations. The Honorary Advisory Board (https://usern.tums.ac.ir/Info/Board) consists of 14 Nobel Prize winners as well as more than 300 top 1% of scientists from all over the world, including Prof. dr. Marjan Mernik (UM FERI) and Prof. dr. Matjaž Perc (UM FNM).

July issue of the Informatics Europe Bulletin announced that Institute of Computer Science was awarded the prize Prometheous of Science 2017 for excellence in communication. The bulletin is available at the http://www.informatics-europe.org/component/acymailing/mailid-32.html?key=L37lGd5H&subid=943-4uyzmwmeKymddj&tmpl=component.