ICT Standards in South Eastern Europe (SEE) Education: Macedonian Case

Authors

  • Liljana Gavrilovska Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies (FEEIT) – Skopje
  • Vladimir Atanasovski Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies (FEEIT) – Skopje

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13052/jicts2245-800X.123

Keywords:

ICT, Standards Education (SE), South Eastern Europe (SEE), SE initiatives, ICT standardization, Macedonia’s case

Abstract

The Standards Education (SE) in the field of ICT gains increasing momentum worldwide. The strategic value of the ICT standards and their influence on the economy proves essential towards countries’ development and their economic growth. This paper overviews the relevant current SE initiatives with a special emphasis on the South Eastern Europe (SEE) case and Macedonia. It discusses the level of ICT penetration, the recognition of the SE importance and the involvement of the relevant stakeholders in the SE curricula design on various education levels in Macedonia. Finally, the paper pinpoints the future directions towards transparent and harmonized SE.

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Author Biographies

Liljana Gavrilovska, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies (FEEIT) – Skopje

Prof. Liljana Gavrilovska currently holds the position of full professor and Head of the Institute of Telecommunications at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies, Ss Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje. She is also Head of the Center for Wireless and Mobile Communications (CWMC) working in the area of telecommunication networks and wireless and mobile communications. She has received her B.Sc, M.Sc and Ph.D. from Ss Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, University of Belgrade and Ss Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, respectively. Prof. Gavrilovska participated in numerous EU funded projects such as ASAP, PACWOMAN, MAGNET, MAGNET Beyond, ARAGORN, ProS-ense, FARAMIR, QUASAR and ACROPOLIS, NATO funded projects such as RIWCoS and ORCAand several domestic research and applicative projects. In 2012 Prof. Gavrilovska got a Scientist of the year UKIM award. Her major research interest is concentrated on cognitive radio networks, future mobile systems, wireless and personal area networks, cross-layer optimizations, broadband wireless access technologies, ad hoc networking, traffic analysis and heterogeneous wireless networks.

Prof. Gavrilovska is author/co-author of more than 150 research journal and conference publications and technical papers and several books. She is a senior member of IEEE.

Vladimir Atanasovski, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies (FEEIT) – Skopje

Dr. Vladimir Atanasovski currently holds the position of assistant professor at the Institute of Telecommunications at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies, Ss Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje. He has received his B.Sc, M.Sc and Ph.D. from Ss Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, in 2004, 2006 and 2010, respectively. Dr. Atanasovski participated in numerous EU funded projects such as PACWOMAN, MAGNET, ARAGORN, ProSense, FARAMIR, QUASAR and ACROPOLIS, NATO funded projects such as RIWCoS and ORCA and several domestic research and applicative projects. Dr.Atanasovski is an author/co-author of more than 90 research journal and conference publications and technical papers. His major research interests lie in the areas of cognitive radio networks, resource management for heterogeneous wireless networks, traffic analysis and modeling, cross-layer optimizations, ad-hoc networking and nanonetworks.

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Published

2013-07-26

How to Cite

Gavrilovska, L. ., & Atanasovski, V. . (2013). ICT Standards in South Eastern Europe (SEE) Education: Macedonian Case. Journal of ICT Standardization, 1(1), 41–58. https://doi.org/10.13052/jicts2245-800X.123

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2013: Vol 1 Iss 1

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