49th

ICT and Electronics Convention

Grand Hotel Adriatic & Hotel Admiral 
May 25 - 29, 2026, Opatija, Croatia

DS-BE - DATA SCIENCE AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

 
Chairs:
Karolj Skala (Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia)
Aleksandra Rashkovska Koceva (Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Davor Davidović (Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia)

Program Committee:
Dragi Kocev (Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Panče Panov (Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Dario Živković (Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia)
Matjaž Depolli (Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Nikola Simidjievski (Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Igor Čavrak (University of Zagreb, Croatia)
Stjepan Begušić (University of Zagreb, Croatia)
Krunoslav Puljić (University of Zagreb, Croatia)
Ivan Tomašić (Mälardalen University, Västerås, Sweden)
Roman Trobec (Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Viktor Avbelj (Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Vojko Jazbinšek (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Karolj Skala (Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia)
Aleksandra Rashkovska Koceva (Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Davor Davidović (Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia)


PAPERS

DATA SCIENCE

Issues with Accurate Boundary Representation in Oversampled Meshless Methods

G. Golob, M. Rot, G. Kosec 


A Numerical Study of Combining RBF Interpolation and Finite Differences to Approximate Differential Operators

A. Rogan, A. Kolar-Požun, G. Kosec 


Fluid Velocity Optimization in a Computational Lab-on-Chip Model for Cellular Analysis

N. Malivuk, A. Ilić, I. Putnik, L. Milić, B. Petrović, S. Kojić  


In Silico Optimization of Scaffolds for Skeletal Muscle Tissue Engineering 

A. Ilić, N. Malivuk, L. Milić, F. Mrkić, B. Petrović, S. Kojić 


Structured Overview of the Similarity Metrics Commonly Used in 3D Skeleton-Based Re-Identification Studies

D. Katović, T. Bronzin, D. Adamec, B. Prole, A. Stipić, M. Horvat


Accelerating Sheath Particle-in-Cell Simulations with StarPU

 I. Vasileska, P. Tomšič, L. Kos 


Improving Transparency and Accessibility in the Academic Publication Process on EBSI Network

V. Bojović, B. Kolarek, D. Davidović, Z. Šojat, K. Skala 


Prediction of Wind Direction Variability in Dynamic Thermal Rating with Decision Trees

N. Mlinarič Hribar, A. Rashkovska Koceva, G. Kosec 


Predictive Modeling of Correlation And Volatility in Multivariate Financial Time Series

F. Aleksić, M. Papak, S. Begušić 


Improving Surface Soil Moisture Estimation with Distributed Deep Learning and HPC

T. Curtis, M. Riedel, H. Neukirchen, J. Busch, C. Montzka, M. Aach, R. Hassanian, C. Barakat 


In Vitro Visualization of Bacterial Colonies by Optical Coherence Tomography

A. Robek, J. Stergar, M. Modic, Č. Keber, T. Tomanič, I. Štajduhar, M. Milanič 


Currency Matrices for the Visual Analysis of Currency Correlations

M. Burch, M. Barbosa, M. Schmid 


Analyzing Player Types in Football

M. Burch, S. Dannehl


BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Enhancing Interpretability in Retinal OCT Analysis Using Grad-CAM: A Study on the AROI Dataset

M. Melinščak 


Gene Age Prediction is Robust to False Homology 

A. Ribarić, T. Domazet-Lošo, M. Domazet-Lošo 


Accelerating Marker Gene Selection in scrna-seq

B. Borozan, L. Borozan, T. Prusina, J. Maltar, D. Matijević, S. Canzar


Bridging Gaps in Ligand Binding Affinity Prediction: Empirical Machine Learning Analyses 

F. Fetaji, S. Gievska, K. Trivodaliev


Graph and Convolutional Methods for Advancing Ligand Binding Affinity Modeling in Drug Research

F. Fetaji, S. Gievska, S. Kalajdziski 


A Data Science Perspective for the Effective Selective Breeding Process to Produce Striking Behavioral Differences Between Two Rat Substrains During Several Generations

O. Czimbalmos, G. Korosi, G. Kekesi, G. Horvath


Non-Destructive Phenotyping of Duckweed Using Segment Anything Model

L.J. Pušlar, U. Putar, J. Novak , F. Strniša, G. Kalčikova, M. Depolli


Super-Resolution of DermaMNIST Images Using Deep Learning Models

M. Kapo, E. Buza, A. Akagić 


Leveraging Vision Transformers  with Hyperparameter Optimization for the Classification of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

J.S. Busch, C.S. Barakat, T. Pauli, S. Fonck, A. Stollenwerk, S.J. Fritsch, M. Riedel 


Analog Frontend for Capacitive Electrodes in Biomedical Applications 

A. Stanešić, L. Klaić, D. Cindrić, M. Cifrek 


Optimized Synthesis of 12-Lead ECG from Bipolar Torso Leads 

I. Tomašić, N. Tomašić 


Preliminary Results on Automated Binary Classification of Congenital Heart Defects in Fetal Ultrasound Images Using Deep Learning Algorithm

K. Ćaleta, A. Šarčević, J. Božek, M. Horvat, I. Zmijanović 


Improving Atrial Fibrillation Detection with Machine Learning Models

S. Tudjarski, M. Gusev, A. Madevska Bogdanova, A. Stankovski 


Hybrid Deep Learning Architectures for Multi-Modal AI-Driven Breast Cancer Detection: A Comparative Analysis of Computational Efficiency and Diagnostic Accuracy 

E. Dupljak, E. Domazet 


Sponsors
MIPRO - innovative promotional partnership

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