The University of Zagreb Faculty of Organization and Informatics (FOI) is hosting a Fulbright Scholar for the first time – Dr. Thomas Penniston, a renowned expert in the field of learning analytics from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) in the United States.
Forty students from the France, Lithuania, Croatia, Slovakia, Poland and USA delivered 20 research projects online or in form of posters presentations at the 15th Student Poster and Online Section, held within CECIIS 2025 conference. Chairs of this event are Prof. Dr. Violeta Vidaček Hainš from FOI, Prof. Dr. Victoria Appatova from University of Cincinnati, OH, USA and Dr. Antonela Devčić from FOI.
The 36th International Scientific Conference CECIIS – Central European Conference on Information and Intelligent Systems – was held from September 17th to 19th 2025 at the Faculty of Organization and Informatics in Varaždin. It was held in a hybrid format – both on-site and online – and brought together more than one hundred participants from across Europe and worldwide, including researchers, industry experts, and students. This year, 86 scientific papers authored and co-authored by 230 researchers from 21 countries on five continents have been accepted.
The CECIIS 2025 conference will take place from 17 to 19 September 2025 in Varaždin, with the option of online participation, offering attendees the opportunity to exchange ideas and discuss innovations in the field of information and intelligent systems. Conference program is available here.
The Cracker Barrel Session is an informal, collaborative forum designed to enhance decision-making agility in the digital transformation of education within our higher education institution, with a specific focus on integrating AI. In the spirit of a traditional gathering, cheese and wine will be provided to encourage an open and relaxed atmosphere. The event will took place at CECIIS 2025 this September at FOI.
Dear CECIIS 2025 authors, delegates and friends, we are pleased to inform you that conference registration is open!
The 15th Student Online and Poster Section CECIIS 2025 is gathering a large number of students from different countries. The chairs of the CECIIS Student Section are prof. dr. Violeta Vidaček Hainš, Faculty of Organization and Informatics Varaždin and prof. dr. Victoria Appatova, University of Cincinnati in Ohio, USA, and associate is Dr. Antonela Devčić.
The CECIIS 2025 conference announces an extension of the Poster Section submission deadline to July 20, 2025. Students are also invited to showcase their research in the 15th Student Poster and Presentation Section, with submissions open until July 14, 2025. The conference will take place from 17 to 19 September 2025 in Varaždin, Croatia, with the option of online participation.
Around one hundred experts discussed the future of artificial intelligence (AI) in education. From June 30 to July 2, 2025, several events took place as part of the Erasmus+ project Innovating Learning Design in Higher Education (iLed) and the Croatian Science Foundation (HRZZ) project Trustworthy Learning Analytics and AI for Sound Learning Design (TRUELA).
The final conference of the iLed project, titled "Learning Design in the AI Era", will take place on 1 July 2025 at the University of Zagreb's School of Medicine. The event will explore how artificial intelligence is reshaping learning design in higher education and beyond.