The XXVII International Scientific and Professional Conference "Information Technologies - Present and Future" was traditionally held in Žabljak from February 15 to 18, 2023. The Conference was held in the organization of: University of Montenegro - Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Donja Gorica - Faculty of Information Systems and Technologies, IT Society Montenegro, University of Belgrade - Faculty of Organizational Sciences, IEEE Association and IEEE Section for Serbia and Montenegro, with the full support of the company Čikom from Podgorica. Presentations of submitted papers and sessions were realized in person with more than 150 participants in hotels "Gorske oči" and "Žabljak" but also online.
Authors from 18 countries took part in the conference: Montenegro, Serbia, Croatia, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Indonesia, France, Turkey, South African Republic, Saudi Arabia, USA, Japan, Cyprus, Iraq, Bahrain, Germany and Greece. The number of submitted papers was 61, of which 47 were accepted, which were reviewed and selected on the basis of the complete paper. According to the total number of papers presented, 39 were presented in English, while 8 papers were presented in local language. Topics from various fields were covered, such as problems related to the use of wireless sensor networks, social media user behavior, QR code encryption, as well as image processing software. Presentations were also held on the topic of communications in maritime security, navigation and tracking of a set path in autonomous underwater vehicles, optimization and approximation in various applications, as well as digital signal processing. Papers were also presented that predominantly dealt with topics related to artificial intelligence and machine learning, as well as several papers that dealt with watermarking, electronic services and energy topics.
A special session was dedicated to presentations of the EuroCC2 project - National Competence Centers for HPC, FoodHub Center of Excellence, two H2020-MSCA projects TRACEWINDU and ODDEA, H2020 projects NI4OS-Europe and DEMETER, Horizon Europe FishEUTrust, Eureka TRADE, Erasmus DigNest and IPA HPC4S3ME.
As part of the XXVII scientific-professional conference, those present had the opportunity to participate in workshops, panels and trainings in the field of artificial intelligence, but also to hear about standardization in information technologies and cyber security. Various views of the recent Ransomware and other Internet attacks that hit many countries, including Montenegro, were presented. The current topic caused a lively exchange of opinions, which resulted in illuminating many aspects of this complex issue.
Traditionally, the conference was successfully completed for the twenty-seventh year in a row, where it fulfilled its goal by pointing out the importance of a multidisciplinary overview of current affairs and networking of a large number of experts and young researchers in the field of information and communication technologies.
