SST 2026 – CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Conference venue: Hotel Osijek, Šamačka ul. 4, 31000, Osijek, Croatia
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
Registration
09:00 – 10:00
Greetings/Opening ceremony
(Room A – Lipa)
10:00 – 10:30
Keynote Lecture 1
(Room A – Lipa)
10:30 – 11:30
Coffee Break + Poster Session (Sponsors)
(Room B – Kesten)
11:30 – 12:00
Electrical Machines, Drives and Power Converters
(Room B – Kesten)
12:00 – 13:30
Andrej Brandis, Denis Pelin, Robert Bedeković and Kristian Knol
Hardware-in-the-Loop-Driven Development and Validation of a Modular Half-Bridge VSI Control Unit
Dominik Cikač, Nikola Turk, Neven Bulić and Marino Brčić
Parameter Estimation of the Electrically Excited Synchronous Machine for High Performance Medium Voltage Drives in Industrial Environment
Maks Jerčinović, Rene Prenc, Vedran Kirinčić and V Bala Murali Krishna
FOC Regulation for Different AC Motors in Electric Vehicles
Marinko Barukčić, Goran Kurtović, Tin Benšić and Boris Fažo
Multi-Harmonic Back-EMF Modeling for BLDC Motor Simulation
Luka Živković, Tin Benšić, Patricija Ronta and Markus Sievers
Identification of Operating Regimes of an Induction Motor Drive Using Support Vector Machines
Vedrana Jerković Štil, Željko Špoljarić and Krešimir Miklošević
Energy Loss Reduction Trends in Multi-Motor Electrical Drives
Workshop: COLOURS
(Room A – Lipa)
12:00 – 13:30
Lunch + Networking (Hotel Osijek)
13:30 – 14:45
Special Session:
Creating synergies in Widening countries on the topic of low-voltage grid management – SynGRID
(Room B – Kesten)
14:45 – 16:30
Luka Gjurić and Hrvoje Pandžić
Modeling and Optimization of a Dual-Chemistry Lithium-Ion Battery for BEV Drive Cycles
Tomislav Markotić, Matej Žnidarec, Damir Šljivac, Tomi Medved, Alexandros-Georgios Chronis and Danijel Topić
Optimal Sizing and Scheduling of Prosumer BESS Considering Equivalent Full Cycles
Josip Vukušić and Hrvoje Pandžić
Lithium-Ion Battery Capacity and State Determination: Metrics, Influencing Factors, and Modelling Strategies
Alexandros-Georgios Chronis, Iasonas Kouveliotis-Lysikatos, Jan Jeriha, Athanasios Vasilakis and Nikos Hatziargyriou
On the Cost of Fairness in Regulated Energy Sharing Schemes
Zvonimir Šimić, Nemanja Mišljenović, Sanja Kelemen, Marina Dubravac and Danijel Topić
The Profitability Analysis of PV-BESS under Net-billing Model for Households in Croatia with Respect to Different Battery Prices
Sanja Kelemen, Nemanja Mišljenović, Goran Knežević and Zvonimir Šimić
A Benefit-Sharing Mechanism Based on Peer-to-Peer Trading Activity in Local Energy Community
Matej Žnidarec, Nemanja Mišljenović, Mario Primorac, Marina Dubravac, Alkistis Kontou and Nikos Hatziargyriou
Electric Vehicle Flexibility in Prosumer Microgrid: Experimental Validation
Helena Bošnjak, Matej Žnidarec, Damir Šljivac, Nemanja Mišljenović and Goran Knežević
Impact of BESS Operations on Increasing Renewable Hosting Capacity in Distribution Grids
Workshop: COLOURS
(Room A – Lipa)
14:45 – 16:30
Vehicle Control, Charging Behaviour and Market Participation
(Room B – Kesten)
16:45 – 18:15
Luka Gjurić and Hrvoje Pandžić
Advanced Concepts for Uncertainty-Aware EV Aggregator Flexibility Services: A Review of Market Deliverability and Enabling ICT
Branimir Škugor
Stochastic Dynamic Programming-Based Energy-Efficient Front-Rear Torque Vectoring of Multi-Motor Electric Vehicles With Disconnect Clutches
Constantin-Laurentiu Paraschiv and Marius-Constantin Vochin
AI-Enabled BMS Architecture with Security-by-Design and Systematic TARA per ISO/SAE 21434
Matko Mesar, Luka Duić and Hrvoje Pandžić
Forecasting Activation Volumes and Balancing Energy Prices of aFRR Reserves in Croatia
Matija Leš and Branimir Škugor
Stochastic Modelling of Electric Vehicle Charging Patterns using Kernel Density Estimation and Gaussian Copula Methods
Human-Centred Digital Twins, Smart Buildings and Industrial Process Control
(Room A – Lipa)
16:45 – 18:15
Natashae Edeh and Tom Gross
A Human-Cyber-Physical Systems Framework for Industry 5.0
Marko Budimir, Dejan Strbad, Toma Šiklić, Mihaela Tomaz, Filip Novoselnik and Ante Bilušić
A Traceable Digital-Twin Framework for Smart Ultrasonic Inspection in Opaque Liquid-Metal Environments
Sanela Užičanin, Matej Bernard Kobav, Grega Bizjak, Edina Čerkezović and Hasen Zejćirović
Smart Buildings Based on BIM, Digital Twin and Fuzzy Logic
Inga Skvortsova, Olga Ergunova, Andrey Somov, Timur Ezirbaev, Sergey Chayuk and Irina Bagaeva
A Socio-Technical Management Framework for AI-Enhanced Digital Twin Deployment in District Heating Infrastructure
Leo Patrlj, Branimir Novoselnik, Mario Vašak and Mato Baotić
Robust Predictive Control of Biological Reactor
Alan Lučić
A Three-Layer Cyber-Physical Retrofit for Contamination Control in Legacy Industrial Infrastructure: Empirical Evidence and Architectural Framework
Welcome cocktail + Networking (Hotel Osijek)
20:00 – 22:00
Thursday, 29 October 2026
Registration
09:00 – 09:30
Renewable Energy Systems: Components, Power Quality and Grid Integration
(Room B – Kesten)
09:30 – 11:00
Matej Cenký, Illia Lazarenko and Jozef Bendík
Comparison of the Accuracy of Cadastral Maps and CLC Database in Evaluating the Potential of Agrivoltaics of the Slovak Republic
Alejandro Carretero-Hernandez, Estefania Artigao and Sergio Martin-Martinez
On the Variability of THDi in Identical PV Inverters: Impact of Plant Topology and Grid Integration
Jernej Počivalnik, Domen Kuhar, Eva Simonič, Sebastijan Seme and Klemen Sredenšek
Restoring Investment Viability after Net-Metering: A Case Study for Slovenia
Domen Kuhar, Jernej Počivalnik, Amor Chowdhury, Eva Simonič, Sebastijan Seme and Klemen Sredenšek
Thermal and Microscopic Analysis of Photovoltaic Cables
Dominik Miloš, Viktor Milardić, Amir Tokić and Nikola Pletikosa
Method for Determining Lightning Current Waveform Using Wind Turbine Tower Base Measurements
Eva Simonič, Klemen Srpčič, Jernej Počivalnik, Domen Kuhar, Klemen Sredenšek and Sebastijan Seme
A Classification Framework for Assessing Grid Integration of Low-Carbon Technologies
Computer Vision and 3D Perception
(Room A – Lipa)
09:30 – 11:00
Davorin Miličević, Tomislav Matić, Ratko Grbić and Ivan Vidović
Comparative Evaluation of Lightweight Object Detectors on Affordable Edge Platforms: PYNQ-Z2, Jetson Nano, and Raspberry Pi 4
Davorin Miličević, Ratko Grbić, Josip Job and Tomislav Matić
Comparative Study of Pruning, Quantization and Knowledge Distillation for CNN Compression
Antonio Antunovic and Josip Balen
Language Descriptions as Scene-Invariant Features for Video Anomaly Detection
Lovro Ružman, Jana Dukić and Emmanuel Karlo Nyarko
Evaluating 3D Deep Learning Architectures for Ground Filtering in Agricultural Point Clouds
Robert Slamnjaković, Juraj Perić, Marija Habijan and Irena Galić
Objective and Subjective Evaluation of Traditional and Deep Learning Methods for Low-Light Image Enhancement
Sani Isnain, Jana Dukić and Petra Pejić
Detection of Water Sprouts in Plum Tree Models Reconstructed Using Depth Images
Coffee Break
(Room B – Kesten)
11:00 – 11:30
Keynote Lecture 2
(Room A – Lipa)
11:30 – 12:30
Lunch (Hotel Osijek)
12:45 – 14:00
Power System Analysis, Stability and Planning
(Room B – Kesten)
14:00 – 15:30
Hasen Zejćirović, Mirza Kušljugić and Tatjana Konjić
Adaptive Assignment of Grid-Forming and Grid-Following Control Modes Under Varying Grid Conditions: A Simulation-Based Approach
Edina Čerkezović, Majda Tešanović, Sanela Užičanin and Hasen Zejćirović
Comparative Analysis of DGA-Based Transformer Fault Diagnosis Methods Using AI Techniques
Adela Ihas Vukušić, Ružica Kljajić, Predrag Marić and Krešimir Fekete
Dynamic Performance Evaluation of SVC with POD Controller for Stability Enhancement
Hajrudin Jupić, Tatjana Konjić and Mia Lešić Aganović
Dynamic Reconfiguration of an Active Distribution Network With PV Generation Profiles Using Simulated Annealing
Luiz Eduardo de Oliveira, Phillipe Vilaça Gomes and João Tomé Saraiva
Comparison of Transmission Expansion Planning Approaches: Deterministic, Robust Optimization and Stochastic Programming Based Models
Ružica Kljajić, Predrag Marić, Krešimir Fekete, Domagoj Talapko and Dino Masle
Influence of Data Centre Operational Modes on Power System Performance During Disturbances
Cybersecurity, Trust and Data Integrity
(Room A – Lipa)
14:00 – 15:30
Sandra Melovic, Dusanka Dakic, Darko Stefanovic and Teodora Vuckovic
Trust and Transparency in AI-Supported e-Voting: A Systematic Review
Aaron Delago and Simon Künzli
Applied Data Integrity Protection on Non-Volatile Memory in Embedded Systems
Ahmed Afif Monrat, Gonesh Chandra Saha and Karl Andersson
Adaptive Cloud Security Framework for DDoS Resilience Using Auto Scaling, Load Balancing, and Fault Recovery in AWS
Daniel Ouma and Kinyua Wachira
Enhancing FDA Traceability: Integrating Secure IoT Hardware and NFTs to Fortify Critical Tracking Events and Key Data Elements
Marko Šarić and Krešimir Grgić
Review of Cyber-Physical Security Challenges and Mitigation Strategies in IEC 61850-Based Digital Substations
Nikola Mostarac and Petar Mostarac
Application-Specific Conceptual Evaluation Framework for AI-Augmented Time-Constrained Air-Defense Decision Support in Critical Infrastructure Protection
Coffee Break
(Room B – Kesten)
15:30 – 16:00
Electromagnetic Design, Measurement and Instrumentation
(Room B – Kesten)
16:00 – 17:30
Vanja Mandrić, Slavko Rupčić, Bogdan Pavković and Ismail Baxhaku
Orientation-Dependent Transmission Suppression of Electromagnetic Waves Using an Eccentric Ring Resonator
Vanja Mandrić, Slavko Rupčić, Dina Jukić and Ismail Baxhaku
Electromagnetic Behavior of an Eccentric Ring Resonator: Analysis of Magnetic Field Intensity and Surface Current Distribution
Ivan Boljunčić, Rene Prenc, Vladimir Franki and Mathaus Hasan
Construction of AVR Regulation Curves and Reactive Power Sharing
Mario Filipašić, Martin Dadić and Aleksandar Kosanović
Miniaturized PCB-Based Shielded Loop Magnetic Field Probe for High-Frequency Electrostatic Discharge Characterization
Juraj Marković, Krešimir Markanović and Hrvoje Glavaš
Interlocking Conditions in High-Voltage Substations Based on the IEC 61850 Communication Standard
Josip Kocman, Petar Mostarac, Željko Ilić and Gordan Šišul
Dimensioning of an AC Current Measurement Coil on a Multilayer PCB
Environmental Monitoring, Remote Sensing and Autonomous Sensing Platforms
(Room A – Lipa)
16:00 – 17:30
Lewis Hall Rudford, Sara Sharifzadeh, Nicholas Micallef, Paul Lewis, Philip Webb and Daniele Doneddu
Improving Rare Event Prediction in Indoor Air Quality Forecasting Using Synthetic Data and Weighted Learning
Advaith Rajagopalan
Resource-Constrained Edge Computing Architecture for Multi-Sensor Autonomous Marine Monitoring
Mislav Ćaleta, Josip Balen and Davor Damjanović
AI-Driven Fire Safety: A Systematic Review of Prevention, Detection, and Management Methodologies
Matei Alexandru Costea and Adam Hill
A Microphone Array for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Based Acoustic Analysis
Matej Arlović, Veronika Trninić and Petar Marić
Adaptive Patch-to-Patch Diffusion Sampling for Guided Cloud Removal in Remote Sensing Imagery
Marin Zdunić, Josip Spišić, Tomislav Keser and Davor Vinko
Embedded Edge-IoT Solution for Visual Based Plant Health Assessment
Gala Dinner + Awards
19:00 – 23:00
Friday, 30 October 2026
Registration
08:30 – 09:00
Biomedical Signals, Imaging and Health Data Analytics
(Room B – Kesten)
09:00 – 10:45
Manuel Brković
Genetic Algorithm-Based Optimization of FIR Filters for ECG Denoising under Simulated Firefighter Operational Conditions
Patrik Hrvoje Radočaj, Marija Habijan, Juraj Perić and Irena Galić
Evaluation of Diffusion Models for Accelerated Prostate MRI Reconstruction
Luca Borgianni, Marco Ottella and Stefano Giordano
LLM-Assisted Systematic Mapping of Underwater Wearable IoT Systems for Swimming Kinematics
Marinela Bekić and Mario Dudjak
Empirical Study of Algorithm-Level Modifications for Imbalanced Medical Classification
Eugen Sedlar and Matej Dzijan
Cross-Dataset Evaluation of Skeleton-Based Fall Detection Using BiLSTM and Transformer-LSTM
Joud Elghobashi, Maria Rooeintan, Zainab Imtiaz, Zenab Elgamal, Ibrahim Hashem, Amel Al Ali and Ahmed M. Khedr
Multi-Species Gene Family Classification of Protein-Coding DNA Sequences via k-mer Feature Engineering and Ensemble Learning
PhD Forum
(Room A – Lipa)
09:00 – 10:45
Coffee Break
(Room B – Kesten)
10:45 – 11:15
Large Language Models: Efficiency, Evaluation and Applications
(Room B – Kesten)
11:15 – 12:45
Časlav Livada, Alfonzo Baumgartner, Tomislav Galba and Ratko Grbić
Decision-Making Paradigms in Turn-Based Tactical Games
Tea Krčmar, Dina Šabanović, Zdravko Krpić and Ivica Lukić
On the Regularisation Properties of Structural Pruning in LLM-Based Anomaly Detection
Ariana Dobrostal and Marko Horvat
Detecting AI-Generated Text in Croatian Using Syntactic, Semantic, and Stylistic Features
Nikola Muženjak, Krešimir Nenadić, Robert Šojo and Tomislav Krpan
Application of Artificial Intelligence in Web Application Testing: A Comparative Evaluation of Large Language Models
Arwa Alzaabi and Ahmed M Khedr
Defining Machine Intelligence: A Critical Survey of Direct and Indirect Approaches
Hrvoje Leventić, Dragana Božić Lenard, Krešimir Romić and Ivan Lončar
Empirical Evaluation of LLM Agents for Legal Research over Croatian Court Decisions
Intelligent Transportation and Data-Driven Urban Services
(Room A – Lipa)
11:15 – 12:45
Mihail Stamenov, Petar Tomov, Dessislava Petrova-Antonova, Hui Song and Dumitru Roman
Composable Microservice Architecture for Intent-Based Urban Traffic Analytics
Marko Marinac, Nikica Perić and Vinko Lešić
Week-ahead Traffic Forecasting in the Highway Tunnel
Miguel Carvalhosa, Rafael Almeida, David Rocha, João Almeida and Joaquim Ferreira
Enhancing Traffic Safety and Efficiency Through Wireless Road Sensors Integration
Olga T. Ergunova, Aleksey M. Fadeev, Andrey G. Somov and Li Yin
Hybrid Explainable AI Framework for Predictive Labor Market Risk Management in Smart City Ecosystems
Olga Ergunova, Andrey Somov, Li Yin, Marina Morozova, Natalia Belyakova and Evgenii Makarenko
Big Data-Driven Smart Information System for Neural Labor Market Forecasting in Eurasian Megacities
Fatou Ciré Emilie Sané, Maissa Mbaye, Bamba Gueye, Bashima Islam and Alexander M. Wyglinski
Typed Multi-Scale Anomaly Detection for Low-Cost IoT Sensors in Open Waste Burning Environments: An STL-TCN-N-BEATS-VAE Framework
Closing ceremony
(Room A – Lipa)
12:45 – 13:00
Coffee and Light Lunch
(Room B – Kesten)
13:00 – 14:00