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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
September 1, 2023
Dr. Attila Kertész (Department of Software Engineering) held a presentation at EuroPar’s RAW workshop on the 28th of August.
February 8, 2023
Hamza Baniata (Department of Software Engineering) held a talk titled “Blockchain-related Research at University of Szeged” at yesterday’s CERCIRAS cost action joint WG + MC meeting, detailing the work our department has undertaken in connection to the CERCIRAS project.
January 16, 2023
The article titled "Approaches to Overpower Proof-of-Work Blockchains Despite Minority", authored by Hamza Baniata and Dr. Attila Kertész has been accepted into the Q1 journal IEEE Access.
