Advances in ICT Research in the Balkans 10th Balkan Conference in Informatics, BCI 2024, Craiova, Romania, September 4-6, 2024, Proceedings

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th Balkan Conference in Informatics on Advances in ICT Research in the Balkans, BCI 2024, held in Craiova, Romania, during September 4-6, 2024.

The 23 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed andselected from 31 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Data Mining and Machine Learning; Software and Systems; Languages and Text; Learning Issues; Distributed Systems; Medical and Health Issues; Web Issues and Tools; Security and Privacy.

.- Data Mining and Machine Learning.

.- Autoregressive Model for Energy Consumption Time Series.

.- Enhancing Credit Card Fraud Detection Using Knowledge Graphs and Centralities.

.- Unveiling the Potential of Explainable Artificial Intelligence in Predictive Modeling, Exploring Food Security and Nutrition in Madagascar.

.- Software and Systems.

.- Comparison of Methodological Approaches: CRISP-DM vs OSEMN Methodology using Linear Regression and Statistical Analysis.

.- Processing Range-sum Queries within Triangular Shapes.

.- Microservice-based Distributed Application for Unifying Social Networks.

.- Languages and Text.

.- Towards an Ontology for Describing the Contextualization of Written Cultural Heritage in the Light of Semiotics.

.- Affective Analysis of Literature Books – Detective Novels and Short Stories of Agatha Christie.

.- Preventing Academic Dishonesty Originating from Large Language Models.

.- Learning Issues.

.- A Gamified Approach for Monitoring Student Attendance and Fostering Learner Engagement: AttendanceManager Platform.

.- Personalize Online Learning based on IoT (Systematic Mapping Study).

.- Student Perspectives on Generative AI Use for Learning Automation and Augmentation in Higher Education.

.- Distributed Systems.

.- Leveraging Fitness Functions to Assess Cloud Migration Readiness of Clean Architecture,

.- Resource Management in Cloud IaaS via Machine Learning Algorithms.

.- Blockchain-Based Decentralised Marketplace for Secure Trading of Intellectual Property.

.- Medical and Health Issues.

.- Optimizing Urban Health and Resilience: The Role of Intelligent Agents in Climate Action.

.- MAS-PatientCare: Medical Diagnosis and Ppatient Management System Based on a Multi-agent Architecture.

.- Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini, OpenAI ChatGPT and Anthropic Claude: Assisting in Cardiology Diagnosing – A Case Study.

.- Web Issues and Tools.

.- Enhancing Web Accessibility through a Customizable Browser Extension for Users with Visual Impairments.

.- Time Traveller – a RotSafeLinker Tool.

.- ShareFactory – Efficient and Accessible Content-Sharing Platform.

.- Security and Privacy.

.- Steganalysis: A Study on Compression Attack, Methods and Transit Resilience.

.- A Practical Guide for Application Security Baselines in the Software Development Process.