News

2026

• July 5, 2026 Newly awarded research and development programme SMARTFACT: Emerging technologies for smart factories
• May 31, 2026 A popular science book, On the Basic Principles of Systems and Control, by Prof. Dr. Stanko Strmčnik, has been published

2024

• January 14, 2024 Springer released the Terminological Dictionary of Automatic Control, Systems and Robotics

2023

• November 28, 2023 Slovenian automation pioneer Professor France Bremšak 100th birth anniversary

2022

• May 10, 2022 Jernej Mlinarič received Certificate of recognition from PCT Technology Network for Master's Thesis

2021

• June 21, 2021 TARAS Award to Danfoss Trata d.o.o. and the Department of Systems and Control at Jožef Stefan Institute for the development of intelligent motor drives
• February 22, 2021 Our department associates discussing the challenges of the factories of the future and hydrogen technologies in the radio broadcasts

2020

• December 10, 2020 The H2020 INEVITABLE consortium will hold a webinar on the Digitalisation of the Process Industry, 16th of December 2020
• November 30, 2020 Dr. Janko Petrovčič received the national Puh Award for outstanding achievements
• October 14, 2020 Dr. Damir Vrančić among the recipients of the best innovation awards of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the central Slovenia region
• October 12, 2020 Research published in the Advanced Functional Materials Journal
• May 27, 2020 Tadej Krivec awarded with the PCT technology network award
• January 31, 2020 Start of H2020 - HECAT project on technologies supporting labour market decisioon making

2019

• October 8, 2019 Kick-off meeting of H2020 project INEVITABLE
• June 30, 2019 Start of a research project on power to gas surplus energy storage
• May 26, 2019 Seminar Damir Vrančić
• May 19, 2019 Seminar Miha Glavan

2018

• April 4, 2018 Certificate of Recognition of PCT Technology Network for the Master's Thesis in the field of plasma control in the ITER tokamak
• January 1, 2018 News on TV Slovenia on the transfer of our solution for automatic end-quality control of electric motors into practice

2017

• December 31, 2017 Dr. Gregor Dolanc appointed the new Head of Department
• November 22, 2017 The Puh award for 2017 awarded to our Department members Dr. Pavle Boškoski, Dr. Bojan Musizza and Dr. Andrej Debenjak, and our partners from Domel company
• November 13, 2017 Fast Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy, a new Springer book co-authored by Dr. Pavle Boškoski and Dr. Andrej Debenjak from our Department
• April 9, 2017 Tomaž Kos awarded with the PCT technology network award
• April 6, 2017 Visit of RCERO Ljubljana
• March 28, 2017 JSI colloquium of our Department member Prof. dr. Juš Kocijan: Probabilistic kernel method for system identification
• January 2, 2017 Launch of two H2020 projects in the field of hydrogen technologies

2016

• December 6, 2016 Prešeren award for students granted to Tomaž Kos
• October 12, 2016 The contract signed on the implementation of Factories of the Future programme - GOSTOP
• October 12, 2016 The title of Professor Emeritus of the University of Nova Gorica confered upon Prof. Dr. Stanko Strmčnik
• June 21, 2016 30th Anniversary of the Department of Systems and Control

2015

• December 15, 2015 Modelling and Control of Dynamic Systems Using Gaussian Process Models, a Springer book authored by Prof. Dr. Juš Kocijan
• December 14, 2015 The article on diagnosis of distributed bearing faults is ranked among the most downloaded Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing articles in the last quarter of 2015
• September 15, 2015 A team of researchers in the field of PHM winning the 2015 prize for best innovative projects from PRO's for the economy
• September 8, 2015 Andrej Debenjak awarded with "Golden award" of Slovenian Maintenance Society for his doctoral thesis
• July 24, 2015 Report on FCGEN solution in IEEE Spectrum
• June 7, 2015 The TARAS award granted to Danfoss Trata, d.o.o. and the Systems and Control research group at Jožef Stefan Institute
• May 19, 2015 Successfully completed the development of 3 kW fuel cell based power generator with deizel reformer in FP7 project FCGEN
• January 7, 2015 Launch of an international project in the Euratom / EUROfusion programme

2014

• December 15, 2014 Boštjan Dolenc awarded at CMMNO14 conference for his original contribution
• December 9, 2014 The Danfoss Trata company was awarded Roll of Honour from the "Jozef Stefan" Institute for successful cooperation with our Department
• November 30, 2014 Start up of diagnostic system for end-quality assessment of electric motors in Domel d.o.o.
• November 11, 2014 Release of a Dictionary of automatic control, systems and robotics
• October 16, 2014 The best diploma thesis award in the field of maintenance awarded to Boštjan Dolenc
• September 29, 2014 A book on benchmarking of control strategies for wastewater treatments plants co-authored by our department member
• April 9, 2014 Boštjan Dolenc awarded with the PCT Technology Network award (Process Control Technology)
• March 5, 2014 ProOpter.IVS, one of ten selected "early stage" innovations to be presented at the Heidelberg Innovation Forum
• February 3, 2014 Inteligent valve drive nominated for H&V Award in the UK commercial market

2013

• October 17, 2013 The article on modelling and control of polymerization process is ranked among the most downloaded articles in Computers & Chemical Engineering Journal, Sept. 2012 - Aug. 2013
• September 12, 2013 First hydrogen filling station in Slovenia in cooperation of Center of Excellence CO NOT and Petrol d.d., from now on the filling of fuel cell cars is possible also in our country
• July 11, 2013 Case Studies in Control (Editors: Prof. Dr. Stanko Strmčnik and Prof. Dr. Đani Juričić): a book from our Department at Springer
• June 19, 2013 Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School - the 2013/2014 call for enrolment to postgraduate study programmes
• March 29, 2013 Control technology and CC ACT technological solutions presented in Public Service Review publication

2012

• December 11, 2012 JSI colloquium of our Department member Prof. dr. Đani Juričić: Diagnostics, prognostics and e-maintenance of industrial systems
• November 22, 2012 The "Puh" award for 2012 awarded to our Department members dr. Damir Vrančić and mag. Aleš Svetek, and our partners from Danfoss
• November 14, 2012 Invited lecture on technical diagnostics at SLOTRIB 2012
• June 19, 2012 The international Trimo research award for a Diploma thesis within our Department
• June 10, 2012 Recognition to INEA and Department of Systems and Control for ranking in final selection of TARAS 2012 award
• May 13, 2012 Second prize at the IEEE PHM 2012 Prognostic Challenge
• March 14, 2012 Our Department member has been nominated the president of the Commission for Industrial Property
• March 5, 2012 Lecture at a training workshop on intelligent drive valves at Danfoss China
• January 12, 2012 Visiting researchers from CREATE, Napoli

2011

• December 14, 2011 Prof. Dr. Vratislav Bedjanič award for diploma thesis granted to our department member Andrej Debenjak
• September 19, 2011 Silver prize for HVAC electrical valve innovation, granted by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia
• September 18, 2011 Our new department member Andrej Debenjak won the IEEE student competition at ERK 2011 conference
• July 11, 2011 Very positive assessment of the Centre of Excellence for Low-Carbon Technologies
• April 12, 2011 1st Workshop of the Competence Centre for Avanced Control Technologies
• April 10, 2011 Dr. Vladimir Jovan appointed the new Head of Department
• March 15, 2011 C Batch took the second place in "product of the month" competition in German magazine CAV

2010

• November 29, 2010 New project linked to the European Space Agency (ESA)
• November 14, 2010 KIBERnet among the most perspective services presented at the 5th Slovenian Innovation Forum
• November 9, 2010 Successful application of the Competence Centre for Advanced Control Technologies
• October 6, 2010 A team of researchers from our Department received the Award for innovation, granted at an international conference on technology transfer
• October 5, 2010 Workshop on Promoting Innovation in the Industrial Informatics and Embedded Systems Sectors through Networking
• September 22, 2010 Mobile laboratory for hydrogen technologies presented at SOBRA international fair
• June 6, 2010 The TARAS award granted to Domel, d.d. and the Systems and Control programme group at Jožef Stefan Institute
• June 2, 2010 KIBERnet among the 20 most perspective solutions for strategic energy technologies of the future
• May 24, 2010 Excellent mark given to our Department by international STAVE evaluators
• February 28, 2010 Interview with the Zois Award recipients published in the internal newsletter "Novice IJS"
• January 19, 2010 Diagnostic system for a new production line at Domel d.d.

2009

• November 30, 2009 Our department member mag. Giovanni Godena is the leading author of the PLCbatch innovation presented at the 4th Slovenian Innovation Forum
• November 22, 2009 Our department members Dr. Nadja Hvala, Dr. Darko Vrečko and Dr. Aljaž Stare awarded the Zois distinction for achievements in systems control for 2009
• October 20, 2009 GCCOGEN project partners awarded for very successful project implementation
• October 7, 2009 Fuel cells presented at the event: Clean Electrical Vehicles for Ecologically Aware People
• October 6, 2009 ISA Transactions Best Paper Award 2009 awarded to our Department members
• June 1, 2009 Best paper award nomination for the conference paper on modelling and simulation of polymerization process at international ISC'09 conference
• May 5, 2009 Diagnostic system for end-quality assessment of electronically commutated motors presented to OJ Electronics, Denmark, and Swegon AB, Sweden
• May 3, 2009 Mobile cogeneration system with fuel cells presented at an international meeting of governmental representatives and specialists of NATO
• April 15, 2009 The Department member Tomaž Lukman was awarded with the Fulbright grant for the academic year 2009/2010
• February 12, 2009 Fuel-cell aggregate installed in a special vehicle to be used by the Slovenian Armed Forces
• January 2, 2009 Our Department contributed to stereoscopic (3D) projection of Stereoscopic Association of Ljubljana

2008

• November 26, 2008 Fuel cells presented at the event: Clean Electrical Vehicles for Ecologically Aware People
• November 23, 2008 Our department member Dr. Gregor Dolanc awarded the "Puh" award for development achievements for 2008
• October 2, 2008 PhD Workshop on Systems and Control, organised by our Department
• September 29, 2008 Workshop "9th International PhD Worskhop on Systems and Control - a young generation viewpoint", organised by our Department
• September 23, 2008 J. Stefan Institute among founders of the Hydrogen Technology Development Centre
• June 4, 2008 Members of our Department presented the fuel cells during the visit of Slovenian President Dr. Danilo Türk in Domel d.d., Železniki
• May 26, 2008 Mitsubishi Electric announces PLC Batch - a new product designed at our Department
• May 11, 2008 Our researchers are involved in training of engineers from multinational corporation Mitsubishi Electric, Nagoya
• March 4, 2008 Slovenian Centres of Excellence presented at the conference "Research Infrastructures and their Structuring Dimension within the European Research Area"

2007

• December 12, 2007 Tomaž Lukman received best graduate student award
• December 2, 2007 Department semianr about the new web page
• November 8, 2007 Our paper at the top of 25 Hottest Articles in CEP
• October 24, 2007 page demonstration