IoT Cloud Research Group at SED



The IoT Cloud Research Group was founded in 2014 at the Software Engineering Department of the Institute of Informatics of the University of Szeged, Hungary. The main research interests of the group include the interoperation of Cloud, Fog, IoT and Blockchain technologies and the analysis of complex systems created with them. Members of the group are key developers of the MobIoTSim, FoBSim and DISSECT-CF-Fog simulation environments, and related research tools.

Research projects

Ongoing projects:


Industrial projects

Finished projects:
  • 2014-2015: Industrial collaboration projects with Ericsson Hungary on automatic application deployment with OpenStack

Products and services


Members

  • Dr. habil. Attila KERTESZ

    keratt (at) inf.u-szeged.hu

    He is the leader of the IoT Cloud Research Group, and an associate professor at the Software Engineering Department (SED) of the University of Szeged. His research interests include the simulation and management of Blockchain, IoT, Fog and Cloud systems, and interoperability issues of distributed systems in general. He has coordinated the FogBlock4Trust sub-grant project of the TruBlo EU H2020 project, and the NKFIH-FK (OTKA) 131793 project supported by the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund. He is a Management Committee member of the COST Action CA19135 and CA17136 EU projects, and participated in several successful national and European projects, including GINOP Internet of Living Things, COST IC1304, ENTICE EU H2020, COST IC0805, SHIWA, S-Cube EU FP7 and the CoreGRID EU FP6 Network of Excellence projects. He has more than 140 publications, with more than 1700 citations.

  • Dr. Tamas PFLANZNER

    tamas.pflanzner (at) inf.u-szeged.hu

    He is an assistant professor at SED, with the main research interest of Blockchain technologies and semi-simulation of IoT-Fog-Cloud systems. He mainly works in the GINOP IoLT and the IPD group of the Smart Systems Research Institute. He is a Management Committee substitute member of the COST Action CA17136 EU project. He is the main developer of MobIoTSim and SUMMON.

  • Dr. Andras MARKUS

    markusa (at) inf.u-szeged.hu

    He is a post-doctoral researcher at SED, with the main research interest of simulation of IoT-Fog-Cloud systems. He mainly works in the TKP2021 and the MILAB project. He also participates in COST Action CA19135 EU project. He is the main developer of the DISSECF-CF-Fog simulation environment.

  • Dr. Hamza BANIATA

    baniatah (at) inf.u-szeged.hu

    He is a post-doctoral researcher at SED, mainly working as a Blockchain Specialist in the MILAB project. His research interests fall in the domains of security, privacy and trust of integrated Cloud/Fog Computing, Internet of Things and Blockchain systems. He is the main developer of the FoBSim and the PriFoB solutions.

  • Wilson VALDEZ

    wilson (at) inf.u-szeged.hu

    He is a Stipendium Hungaricum PhD student at SED, with the main research interest of Healthcare and Ambient Intelligence applications using Internet of Things, Cloud, Fog and Edge Computing.

  • Former colleagues and students:

    Zoltan FEHER, MSc student
    Mate BIRO, MSc student
    Bishwajeeban MISHRA, research assistant and PhD student
    Janos HADABAS, research assistant and BSc student
    Roland TORNYAI, research assistant and MSc student
    Akos Zoltan GORACZ, research assistant and BSc student
    Peter GACSI, BSc student
    David HUTAI, BSc student
    Kata Zsofia LESZKO, BSc student
    Edua Eszter KALMAR, BSc student
    Bence BALOGH, BSc student
    Peter SIMON, BSc student
    Tamas BIRKAS, MSc student
    Tibor BARAT, MSc student
    Attila BENYI, MSc student
    Gergo MAROS, MSc student

Awards

Awards and scholarships:
  • Tamas PFLANZNER: New National Excellence Program of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology of Hungary, 2022-2023
  • Andras MARKUS: New National Excellence Program of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology of Hungary, 2022-2023
  • Mate BIRO: Institutional National Scientific Students' Associations Conference, I. Place, University of Szeged, Hungary, 2022
  • Tamas PFLANZNER: New National Excellence Program of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology of Hungary, 2021-2022
  • Andras MARKUS: New National Excellence Program of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology of Hungary, 2021-2022
  • Mate BIRO: New National Excellence Program of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology of Hungary, 2021-2022
  • Attila KERTESZ: Publication of the Year Award in Engineering and Natural Sciences, University of Szeged, Hungary, 2021
  • Attila KERTESZ: Scientific Award, University of Szeged, Hungary, 2020
  • Mate BIRO: Nokia Young Scientist Award, Hungary, 2021
  • Mate BIRO: National Scientific Students' Associations Conference, II. Place, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary, 2021
  • Mate BIRO: Institutional National Scientific Students' Associations Conference, III. Place, University of Szeged, Hungary, 2020
  • Peter GACSI: Institutional National Scientific Students' Associations Conference, III. Place, University of Szeged, Hungary, 2019
  • Zoltan FEHER: Institutional National Scientific Students' Associations Conference, Praised Talk, University of Szeged, Hungary, 2019
  • Andras MARKUS: National Scientific Students' Associations Conference, Special Award, Óbuda University, Hungary, 2019
  • Attila KERTESZ: New National Excellence Program of the Ministry of Human Capacities of Hungary, 2017-2018
  • Janos HADABAS: Institutional National Scientific Students' Associations Conference, Praised Talk, University of Szeged, Hungary, 2018
  • Andras MARKUS: Institutional National Scientific Students' Associations Conference, I. Place, University of Szeged, Hungary, 2017
  • Kata Zsofia LESZKO: Institutional National Scientific Students' Associations Conference, III. Place, University of Szeged, Hungary, 2017
  • David HUTAI: Institutional National Scientific Students' Associations Conference, Praised Talk, University of Szeged, Hungary, 2017
  • Attila KERTESZ: Janos Bolyai Research Scholarship, HAS, Hungary, 2017
  • Attila KERTESZ: New National Excellence Program of the Ministry of Human Capacities of Hungary, 2016-2017
  • Andras MARKUS: Institutional National Scientific Students' Associations Conference, II. Place, University of Szeged, Hungary, 2016
  • Edua Eszter KALMAR: Institutional National Scientific Students' Associations Conference, III. Place, University of Szeged, Hungary, 2016
  • Attila KERTESZ: Publication Award, MTA SZTAKI, Hungary, 2015
  • Roland TORNYAI: Institutional National Scientific Students' Associations Conference, III. Place, University of Szeged, Hungary, 2014
  • Attila KERTESZ: Gyula Farkas Award, Janos Bolyai Mathematical Society, Hungary, 2014
  • Tamas PFLANZNER: Institutional National Scientific Students' Associations Conference, III. Place, University of Szeged, Hungary, 2012

Selected publications

National collaborations

Contact Us

For any inquiries please contact the leader of the research group by email to:
keratt (at) inf.u-szeged.hu
Our research group is located on the ground floor of the Institute of Informatics' building at the Árpád Square in Szeged, Hungary.