Prof. Wojciech Cellary gave an invited lecture entitled "Industry 4.0" for members of the "Economy - Work - Entrepreneurship" section of the National Development Council at the President of the Republic of Poland. The topic of the meeting was "The Fourth Industrial Revolution - Consequences and (dis)adjustments in the economy."
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Dominik Strugała, M.Sc., participated in The International Conference of Consumer Electronics ICCE, which was held in Berlin on September 8 - 11, 2019. The conference's Program Committee accepted for presentation and publication in conference proceedings an article entitled "An Immersive Service Guide for Home Appliances" (authors: Jakub Flotynski, Dominik Strugała, Krzysztof Walczak, Anna Englert, Mikołaj Maik, Adrian Nowak and Tomasz Jenek).
Prof. Wojciech Cellary participated in The International Conference on Cyber Security ICCS 2019, which was held in New York. The organizers of the ICCS conference are Fordham University of New York and FBI’s New York Office. Prof. Wojciech Cellary was invited to participate in a panel entitled "Blockchain and Security".
The Department of Information Technology hosted Dr. Rene Weller from the University of Bremen, Faculty of Computer Science, Institute for Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality. It was a scientific visit within the framework of the VAR project "Visual Autonomous Robotics", funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. The purpose of the stay was to cooperate with the KTI team in writing and submitting the application to H2020 Program. Dr. Weller gave also a lecture "On Collisions and Spheres - Computer Graphics & VR in Bremen" for researchers and students from Faculty of Informatics and Electronic Economy.
The Information Technology Department hosted prof. Alan R. Hevner, Distinguished University Professor and Eminent Scholar, Information Systems and Decision Sciences, Muma College of Business, University of South Florida. Professor Hevner gave an open lecture for WIGE employees and students entitled "Innovative Design in Scientific Research".
Prof. Wojciech Cellary conducted a three-hour workshop for academics and PhD. students of the PUEB entitled "Ethereum". The workshop was held as part of the Regionalna Inicjatywa Doskonalości program "Economy in the face of the New Economy", implemented at UEP under the supervision of prof. Kamilla Marchewka-Bartkowiak.
Prof. Wojciech Cellary conducted a three-hour workshop for academics and PhD students of the PUEB on block chain technology, cryptocurrencies, intelligent contracts, tokens, decentralized applications and decentralized autonomous organizations. The workshop was held as part of the Regional Initiative of Excellence "Economy in the face of the New Economy", implemented at UEP under the supervision of pro. Kamilla Marchewka-Bartkowiak.
Dominik Strugała, M.Sc. participated in The 6th International Conference on Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Computer Graphics SALENTO AVR 2019, which took place in Santa Maria al Bagno (Lecce, Italy) on June 24 - 27, 2019. Dominik Strugała presented two papers: "Semantic Contextual Personalization of Virtual Stores" authors: Walczak, K., J. Flotyński, D. Strugała) and "Virtual Reality and Logic Programming as Assistance in Architectural Design" (authors: Strugała, D ., K. Walczak).
Prof. Wojciech Cellary delivered the invited lecture entitled "Analysis of the gigadata. Challenges in science and ethics" for members of the Committee of Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw.
Prof. Wojciech Cellary attended The 6th NAPLES FORUM ON SERVICE, which took place in Ischia (Italy), June 4- 7, 2019. Prof. Cellary presented a paper “Advanced Technologies Impact on Service Innovation: A Human-Side of Service Engineering Perspective” (authors: Cellary, W., J. Spohrer, L.E. Freund, S.K. Kwan, and Ch. Leitner).
Daniel Wilusz has defended a doctoral dissertation entitled "System architecture and protocols of anonymous micropayments for services of the Future Internet" at the Faculty of Computer Science and Management at the Wrocław University of Technology. The dissertation was supervised by prof. Jarogniew Rykowski. The auxiliary supervisor function was performed by Adam Wójtowicz, PhD.
The Rector of the Poznań University of Economics and Business awarded annual awards to academic teachers for achievements in 2018:
Prof. Wojciech Cellary received an Individual Award of the Rector for outstanding organizational achievements, especially for strengthening the image of the PUEB by popular-science and journalistic activity in the press, radio, television and social media.
Jakub Flotyński, PhD, and prof. Krzysztof Walczak received a Team Achievement Award of the Rector for outstanding achievements in research and publications in recognized international journals.
Jakub Flotyński, PhD, participated in a week-long training “Effective Lecturing Skills in English”, as a part of the project "Improving the teaching competences of academic teachers at the Poznań University of Economics and Business". The training took place in London at the Regent's University of London.
Dr hab. Eng. Krzysztof Walczak was invited to visit the InterVault GK Japan company based in Tokyo. Prof. Krzysztof Walczak participated in consultations aimed at defining the possibilities and directions of further scientific cooperation in the field of developing secure internet communication systems and building a new generation of cryptocurrency trading platforms.
Dominik Strugała, MSc, participated in the international conference MANUFACTURING 2019, which took place at the Poznan University of Technology. Dominik Strugała presented at the conference a lecture entitled “Virtual and Augmented Reality for Configuring, Promoting and Servicing Household Appliances” (authors: Walczak, K., J. Flotyński, D. Strugała, D. Rumiński, M. Maik, A. Englert, and T. Jenek).