Blaz Podgorelec

dipl. inz. inf. in tehnol. kom. (UN) mag. inz. inf. in tehnol. kom.

Secure Applications, Research Staff

Blaž Podgorelec is a researcher at the Institute of Applied Information Processing and Communications (IAIK) - Graz University of Technology (TU Graz). He is also a PhD Candidate at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (FERI) - University of Maribor (Slovenia). Before joining IAIK, he was employed as a researcher at the Institute of Informatics (FERI - UM Maribor), where he was also an active member of the Blockchain Lab:UM team. His current research interests include Blockchain technology, Decentralized technologies, Digital Identities, Privacy, and Applied Cryptography.
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blaz.podgorelec@tugraz.at
Blaz Podgorelec

Research

Research projects:

  • ERATOSTHENES – Secure management of IoT devices lifecycle through identities, trust and distributed ledgers
    EU H2020-SU-DS-2020 (2022 – ongoing)
  • mGov4EU – Mobile Cross–Border Government Services for Europe
     EU H2020–SC6–GOVERNANCE–2020 (2021- ongoing)
  • DE4A – Digital Europe for All
    H2020-SC6-GOVERNANCE-2019 (2020 – 2021)
  • CONCORDIA – Cyber security cOmpeteNCe fOr Research anD InnovAtion
    H2020-SU-ICT-2018-2 (2019 – 2021)

Selected publications:

  • Yeray Mezquita, Blaž Podgorelec, Ana Belén Gil-González, Juan Manuel Corchado, “Blockchain-Based Supply Chain Systems, Interoperability Model in a Pharmaceutical Case Study”, Sensors, 2023, vol. 23, no. 4, 1962, 19 str., ISSN 1424-8220, DOI: 10.3390/s23041962.
  • Blaž Podgorelec, Lukas Alber, Thomas Zefferer, “What is a (Digital) Identity Wallet? A Systematic Literature Review”, V: 2022 IEEE 46th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference, 27 June –1 July 2022 Virtual Event : proceedings, Hong Va Leong (ur.), Danvers: IEEE, cop. 2022, str. 809-818, ISBN 978-1-6654-8810-5, DOI: 10.1109/COMPSAC54236.2022.00131
  • Blaž Podgorelec, Marjan Heričko, Muhamed Turkanović, “State channel as a service based on a distributed and decentralized web”, IEEE access, 2020, vol. 8, str. 64678-64691, ISSN 2169-3536, DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2984378.
  • Muhamed Turkanović, Blaž Podgorelec, “Signing blockchain transactions using qualified certificates”, IEEE internet computing, Nov./Dec. 2020, vol. 24, iss. 6, str. 37-43, ilustr., ISSN 1089-7801, https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9206057, DOI: 10.1109/MIC.2020.3026182.
  • Blaž Podgorelec, Muhamed Turkanović, Sašo Karakatič, “A machine learning-based method for automated blockchain transaction signing including personalized anomaly detection”, Sensors, 2020, vol. 20, iss. 1, str. 1-18, ISSN 1424-8220, DOI: 10.3390/s20010147.

Patents:

  • Muhamed Turkanović, Boštjan Kežmah, Blaž Podgorelec, Aida Kamišalić Latifić, Marjana Heričko, Marjan Heričko, Method and device for the storing, inspection control and retrieval of data from a permanently immutable, distributed and decentralized storage = Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Speicherung, Inspektion und Abruf von Daten von einem dauerhaft unveränderlichen, verteilten und dezentralen Speiche = Precédé et dispositif pour le stockage, l’inspection, le contrôle et la récupération de données d’un stockage irrémédiablement immuable, distribué et décentralisé : European Patent Specification EP 3 742 318 B1, 2021-03-17, Munich: European Patent Office, 2021, 21 str., ilustr., https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search/family/067184771/publication/EP3742318B1?q=EP%203742318B1&queryLang=en%3Ade%3Afr.

 

Service

Journal reviewer:

  • Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks (MDPI)
  • Future Internet (MDPI)
  • Entropy (MDPI)
  • Sustainability (MDPI)
  • Sensors (MDPI)
  • Electronics (MDPI)
  • Smart Cities (MDPI)
  • Energies (MDPI)
  • Expert Systems With Applications (Elsevier)

Expert group membership:

  • EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum (Expert Panel Member) (2020 – ongoing)