A Quarter of a Century of Java – in Croatia

Branko Mihaljević is an educator, consultant, manager, and entrepreneur, dealing with Java since 1996. After 12 years of teaching at UNIZG FER, where he received dipl. ing. (MS), DSM, mr. sc., and dr. sc. (PhD), a few years at Algebra and VERN' colleges, as well as seven years as a co-owner and CTO of a development company, he is currently a Senior Lecturer and Research Assistant at RIT Croatia, one of the global locations of Rochester Institute of Technology, and leading his software consulting company. He gained experience as a consultant, software architect, project manager, development lead, and researcher on various projects in the financial, telecom, traffic, public health, and satellite systems sectors. He is the author of numerous scientific and professional papers, conference presentations, and popular Java-related articles. He worked on many research and professional projects, as well as delivered various university courses and professional workshops, and authored many educational materials. He is the president of the Croatian Java User Association (HUJAK).

Aleksander Radovan graduated from the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, and is currently finishing the PhD program. He has more than 15 years of experience with Java, and is currently employed as the Director of Software Delivery at BISS. As a Senior Lecturer, he is teaching at several university colleges a number of popular courses in programming and information systems, mostly based on Java and related technologies. He is the author of many educational materials and courses, as well as numerous conference papers. His research interests include areas such as artificial intelligence, genetic algorithms, robotics, and software development. He is also the president of the Committee for Education at the Croatian Java User Association (HUJAK).

Stjepan Matijašević has more than 15 year of experience in Java software development, mostly in banking/fintech sector. Worked in positions from programmer, team leader to head of application development department. For the last 5 years he has been working on building scalable systems using a microservice architecture.

Martin Žagar received EMBA (Cotrugli Business School, 2016), PhD in Computer Science (UNIZG, FER, 2009), University Postgraduate Specialist of Eco-engineering in Forestry (UNIZG, FKIT, 2006), and Diploma in Study of Management (UNIZG, FER, 2005). He is Senior Research Associate in Computing, currently working at RIT Croatia. His research interests include multimedia computer architectures and telemedicine. He has participated in several international scientific projects, and he is/was Program and/or Technical Chair or Committee Member of several conferences related to e-Health, m-Health, IT Systems, Security, Smart Cards, and Java technologies. He received many awards, including Vera Johanides award, Roberto Giannini award, silver plaque Josip Lončar for outstanding PhD dissertation, and Josip Lončar award for extraordinary student success. He is a member of IEEE, AASCIT, HiPEAC, Croatian Academy of Engineering, and, of course, HUJAK.