Strategic Partners
University of Split, Split, Croatia
University of Split, UNIST (established in 1974) is a comprehensive research and teaching institution with over 20,000 students. In July 2019, UNIST, as a member of the Alliance called European university of the sea (SEA-EU) had been selected to participate in the prominent European Universities pilot action. UNIST has a wide network of university-industry collaborations and is a member of several international networks (EUA, Tethys, UNIADRION, EAIE and other) that promote internationalization of HE and exchange of good practices in different disciplines. According to THE ranking, UNIST holds 8th position in the New Europe.
Maja Ćukušić is Associate Professor at University of Split, Faculty of Economics, Business and Tourism, Department of Business Informatics. Currently, she is the manager and the principal investigator of the scientific project CSF-IRP-2017-05-7625 (User-oriented process (re)design and information systems modeling – a case of smart city services) leading the group of three Ph.D. students and five international researchers. She is also one of the key experts in the project SEA-EU (Erasmus+ European Universities pilot action) as of October 2019. She participated in many scientific and development projects related to strategic problems and process management in higher education. As an independent reviewer of project proposals and lead expert, she assists the EU and national agencies in the selection and monitoring of different projects and programs. Before joining academia, she worked over three years for a Dutch holding company and was involved in the design and implementation of complex ICT solutions for foreign markets.
Mario Jadrić is Associate Professor at University of Split, Faculty of Economics, Business and Tourism, Department of Business Informatics. He holds a Ph.D. from University of Zagreb, Faculty of Organization and Informatics. He is the author and co-author of more than 60 scientific papers on the topic of e-learning, technological innovations, business processes improvement, and user perception of new technologies. He teaches Business Process Simulation and Business Information Systems at undergraduate and graduate level and Computer Simulation at the Ph.D. level. Currently, he is a member of the research team of MIS4SC – User-oriented process (re)design and information systems modeling – a case of smart city services. He participated in several international and national research and development projects.
HCI Lab, Faculty of Science, University of Split
The Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory (HCI Lab) is part of the Computer Science Department at the Faculty of Science, University of Split. We acknowledge the importance of good interface design and necessity to develop Information Society Technology (IST) products and services, namely interactive products that are easy, effective and enjoyable to use from the users’ perspective. Here the term interactive products is used generally to refer to all classes of technologies, interactive systems, environments, tools, applications, services and devices. We are interested in designing, developing, and evaluating user interfaces and interactions to help users solve their challenging problems in everyday life. We believe that understanding people’s needs and abilities is vital to developing successful future interactive products.
The HCI Lab has a particular focus on Adaptive and personalized interfaces and interaction, User modelling, Context-awareness, Creativity, Usability and User Experience, Affective computing and interaction, Multimodal interaction and interfaces, Technology acceptance, Ubiquitous learning, Technology enhanced learning, Design for users with disabilities, Usable interactive technologies for active and healthy ageing.