IoT Cloud Research Group at SED



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

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Members

  • Dr. habil. Attila KERTESZ, DSc
    keratt (at) inf.u-szeged.hu

    He is an associate professor at the Department of Software Engineering, University of Szeged, leading the IoT Cloud research group at the department. He is also the Vice Dean of Public Relations of the Faculty of Science and Informatics of the University of Szeged. He graduated as a program-designer mathematician in 2005, received his Ph.D. degree at the SZTE Doctoral School of Computer Science in 2011, habilitated at the University of Szeged in 2017, and received the Doctor of the Academy (DSc) degree of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 2024. His research interests include the federative management of Blockchain, IoT, Fog and Cloud systems, and interoperability issues of distributed systems in general. He is the European PI of the SO-SMART EIG-CONCERT EU-Japan project, and a group leader at the Swarmchestrate EU HORIZON project. He has coordinated the FogBlock4Trust sub-grant project of the TruBlo EU H2020 project, and the national project OTKA FK 131793 financed by the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund. He has more than 150 publications with more than 2500 citations.

  • Dr. Tamas PFLANZNER
    tamas.pflanzner (at) inf.u-szeged.hu

    He is an assistant professor at SED, with a primary research interest in Blockchain technologies and the semi-simulation of IoT, Fog, and Cloud systems. He primarily works in the SO-SMART and IPD groups of the Smart Systems Research Institute and is a key developer of MobIoTSim and SUMMON.

  • Dr. Andras MARKUS
    markusa (at) inf.u-szeged.hu

    He is an assistant professor at SED, focusing on the integration of IoT, Fog, and Cloud systems. His research emphasizes resource management, orchestration methods, and the evaluation of scheduling and computational offloading algorithms in terms of energy consumption, cost efficiency, and resource utilization within the Cloud-to-Thing Continuum. He is also actively involved in research and software development projects, including the DISSECT-CF-Fog simulator, and initiatives such as the EU-funded Swarmchestrate.

  • Dr. Hamza BANIATA
    baniatah (at) inf.u-szeged.hu

    He is an assistant professor at SED, primarily working as a Blockchain Specialist in the MILAB project. His research interests focus on the security, privacy, and trust of integrated Cloud/Fog computing, Internet of Things, and Blockchain systems. He is the lead developer of the FoBSim and PriFoB solutions.

  • Wilson VALDEZ
    wilson (at) inf.u-szeged.hu

    He is a Stipendium Hungaricum PhD candidate at SED. His primary research areas include Cloud, Fog, and Edge Computing, as well as Artificial Intelligence (e.g., Federated Learning). His work focuses on applications in the Internet of Things (e.g., Healthcare, Ambient Intelligence, Smart Cities) and Next-Generation Networks (e.g., 6G). He has authored over 20 papers on IoT devices and solutions and has participated in several multidisciplinary projects (e.g., CEPRA, HORIZON).

  • Zahra DELAVARI
    delavari (at) inf.u-szeged.hu

    She is a PhD student within the Stipendium Hungaricum programme. Her research mainly focuses on the integration of AI with cloud computing. Currently, she is working on a smart transportation system application.

  • Former colleagues and students:

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

Awards

Awards and scholarships:
  • Hamza BANIATA: Research Fellowship Programme (EKÖP) of Ministry of Culture and Innovation from the National Fund for Research, Development and Innovation, Hungary, 2024-2025
  • Wilson WALDEZ: Research Fellowship Programme (EKÖP) of Ministry of Culture and Innovation from the National Fund for Research, Development and Innovation, Hungary, 2024-2025
  • Tamas PFLANZNER: New National Excellence Program of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology of Hungary, 2023-2024
  • 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

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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.