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Program of the NETTIES 2025 Conference
Program
DAY I – 19 May 2025
| 09:00 CET: | Registration & Welcome Coffee |
| 09:45 CET: | Welcome at St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences Gabriele Permoser (STPUAS & E³UDRES²) |
| 10:00 CET: | Pre-Conference Poster-Sessions – Applied Research with Impact (Prospective) E³UDRES² Research Centers of Excellence Local Impulse, Global Waves – Student Innovation |
| 12:00 CET: | Lunch Break |
| 13:15 CET: | Official Opening of the 22nd IAFeS NETTIES Conference Radu Vasiu (IAFeS President, UPT), Hannes Raffaseder (E³UDRES² & STPUAS) |
| 13:30 CET: | Workshop – Generative Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing Facilitation: Anna Hintikka, Ville Pahlsten (JAMK, Finland) |
| 15:00 CET: | Coffee Break |
| Online-Session I (Chair: Radu Vasiu) | |
| 15:30 CET: | Navigating Digital Transformation: The Role of Micro-Credentials in Lifelong Learning Vlad Mihaescu (UPT, Romania) |
| 15:50 CET: | Digital Tools and Techniques for Mastering Engineering Mechanics Concepts Daniela Delia Alic, Carmen Inge Alic, Cristina Carmen Miklos, Imre Zsolt Miklos (UPT, Romania) |
| 16:10 CET: | From research to real-world impact: Designing human-centric AI solutions for sustainable societal and economic value Konstantinos Kalemis (Nat. Center for Local Government and Public Administration, Greece) |
| 16:30 CET: | Short Pitches & Discussion Artificial Intelligence and Religions: Unbelievable? Peter Bender (HFD, Germany) Artificial Intelligence and Arts: Uncertainty? Hannes Raffaseder (STPUAS, Austria) GreenTouch: Co-Creating XR for Planetary Health in Occupational Therapy Sophie Westfahl (STPUAS, Austria) |
| 17:00 CET: | Coffee Break |
| 17:15 CET: | IAFeS – International Association for eScience – Past, Present and Future eScience & International academic collaboration – Experiences and recommendations from three decades of IAFeS Johann Günther (former IAFeS Secretary General) Panel-Discussion |
| 18:00 CET: | Get Together |
DAY II – 20 May 2025
| 09:15 CET: | Meet & Greet, Welcome & Introduction Radu Vasiu (IAFeS-President) |
| Session I (Chair: Radu Vasiu) | |
| 09:30 CET: | Manipulating AI Systems in the Data Cleansing Stage Peter Kieseberg, Simon Tjoa (STPUAS, Austria) |
| 09:50 CET: | Toward Sustainable AI via Computationally Efficient Deep Neural Models Cătălin Daniel Căleanu (UPT, Romania); Marina Adriana Mercioni (UMFT, Romania) |
| 10:10 CET: | Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: Opportunities and Challenges Marina Adriana Mercioni (UMFT, Romania), Cătălin Daniel Căleanu (UPT, Romania) |
| 10:30 CET: | Multidisciplinary Cyber Security Tabletop Exercises including Legal Aspects Peter Kieseberg, Melisa Gafic, Simon Tjoa (STPUAS, Austria) |
| 10:50 CET: | Coffee Break |
| Session II (Chair: Hannes Raffaseder) | |
| 11:10 CET: | AI Impact on Higher Education Diana Andone (UPT, Romania) |
| 11:30 CET: | Intelligence for Sustainability – A Use Case in Food Waste Reduction Peter Kieseberg (STPUAS, Austria) |
| 11:50 CET: | Uncovering AI-Powered Research and Education Infrastructure: A Linux-Based Approach for Ethical and Scalable Integration Robert-Nicolae Bejinaru (UPT Master Student, Romania) |
| 12:05 CET: | How to look at the New Age of Digital transformation and AI from the Higher Education, Research and Innovation point of view Tatiana Perna (UPT Master Student, Romania) |
| 12:20 CET: | Lunch Break |
| Online-Session II (Chair: Radu Vasiu) | |
| 13:30 CET: | Human-Centered Analysis of Ocean Climate Changes Driven by Innovations in AI, IoT, and Citizen Science Muguras Mocofan, Dan Mihailescu (UPT, Romania) |
| 13:50 CET: | Bridging the AI innovation gap: Strengthening regional ecosystems through human-centered digital transformation Konstantinos Kalemis (Nat. Center for Local Government and Public Administration, Greece) |
| 14:10 CET: | Challenges in popularizing Blockchain Technologies among non-technical audiences Andrei Ternauciuc, Victor Holotescu, Carmen Holotescu (UPT, Romania) |
| Session III (Chair: Diana Andone) | |
| 14:30 CET: | The Role of Cross-Industry Collaboration in Ethical AI Development Anathi Sokhetye, Mzuchumile Makalima (MATE, Hungary) |
| 14:50 CET: | Blockchain Technologies in Higher Education Radu Vasiu (UPT, Romania) |
| 15:10 CET: | Blockchain Innovation for Social Impact Bunea Sergiu (UPT Master Student, Romania) |
| 15:30 CET: | Coffee Break |
| Session IV (Chair: Hannes Raffaseder) | |
| 16:00 CET: | Where You Come from Matters: Racial Sentiment Bias in Large Language Models Beatrice Steiner (STPUAS, Austria) |
| 16:20 CET: | Graffiti, Locality, and the Crisis of Authenticity Yulia Belinskaya (STPUAS, Austria) |
| 17:20 CET: | 22nd IAFeS Netties Conference – Summary, Conclusions, Closing & Farewell Radu Vasiu, Hannes Raffaseder (IAFeS) |
Cooperation
As part of the E³UDRES² Science Festival the 22nd Netties Conference is co-hosted together with E³UDRES², the Engaged and Entrepreneurial European University as Driver for European Smart and Sustainable Regions (www.eudres.eu) and St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences (https://www.fhstp.ac.at/en).
E³UDRES² Science Festival
As the NETTIES Conference is part of the E³UDRES² Science Festival; participants are welcome to other events and activities like:
19-20 May 2025: Pint of Science (additional entrance fee)
21 May 2025: Science Communication Workshop (free access)
21 May 2025: International Workshop on Academic Careers (free access)
21 May 2025: E³UDRES² Research Showcase (free access)
Event location
St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, the Austria Campus of the European University E³UDRES² Campus Platz 1, 3100 St. Pölten / Austria, www.fhstp.ac.at
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