May 11, 2026

Researchers at the University of Szeged are leading a new three-year international project to improve the security of digital identity systems.
The work is especially timely as the European Union plans to introduce digital identity wallets, known as EUDI wallets, across member states. These wallets could allow citizens to prove their identity online when using banking, public utilities, or government services.
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May 11, 2026

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October 20, 2025

Dr. Attila Kertész was invited as keynote speaker to the 7th International Conference on Blockchain Computing and Applications (BCCA 2025).
His speech, titled “Simulation Approaches of the Cloud-to-Thing Continuum” introduced the Cloud-to-Thing Continuum, integrating IoT, cloud, fog, and blockchain technologies to manage vast, data-driven systems.
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October 20, 2025

Dr. Attila Kertész held a lecture titled „Emerging technologies: we use them, but do we know how they work?” as part of the University of Szeged’s open lectures program on October 15.
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March 26, 2025

The article titled “BP-Vot: Blockchain-based e-Voting using Smart Contracts, Differential Privacy, and Self-Sovereign Identities” authored by Dr. Hamza Baniata and his MSc. student Giovanny Caluna (IoT-Cloud Group, Department of Software Engineering) has been published into the Q1 journal IEEE Access.
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December 17, 2024

Dr. Hamza Baniata from the Department’s IoT-Cloud group presented a paper titled “CryDeG: Towards Standardized Cryptocurrency Decrees”, co-authored with Prof. Attila Kertész, at the 6th international conference on Blockchain: Computing and Applications (BCCA-2024) held in Dubai, UAE between 25-30 November, 2024.
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May 10, 2024

The paper titled “Exploring the Synergy of Fog Computing, Blockchain, and Federated Learning for IoT Applications: A Systematic Literature Review”, authored by Wilson Valdez Solis, Dr. Attila Kertész (Department of Software Engineering, University of Szeged), and Juan Marcelo Parra-Ullauri (Smart Internet Lab, University of Bristol) was published in the Q1 journal IEEE Access.
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April 10, 2024

An article titled “Partial Pre-Image Attack on Proof-of-Work based Blockchains” written by Dr. Hamza Baniata and Dr. Attila Kertész has been published in the open access Q1 journal Blockchain: Research and Applications.
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October 3, 2023

An article titled “Distributed scalability tuning for evolutionary sharding optimization with Random-equivalent security in permissionless Blockchain” written by Dr. Hamza Baniata, Ahmad Anaqreh, and Dr. Attila Kertész has been published in the D1 journal Internet of Things.
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September 1, 2023

Dr. Attila Kertész (Department of Software Engineering) held a presentation at EuroPar’s RAW workshop on the 28th of August.
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