Iztok Savnik

Department of Computer Science
Faculty of Mathematics, Natural sciences and Information Technologies
University of Primorska
e-mail: iztok.savnik@upr.si

Research interests

Databases, query languagas, graph databases, database calculi and algebras.
Data models, semantics of languages, type systems, logic.
Knowledge representation, description logic, CycL.
Programming languages, formal systems, logic of objects.

Teaching

23/24 Programming II: Concepts of programming languages (2.semester, SLO+ENG, lectures)
23/24 Introduction to database systems (1.semester, SLO+ENG, lectures)
23/24 Database systems for big data (1.semester, lectures)
22/23 Programming II: Concepts of programming languages (2.semester, SLO+ENG, lectures)
22/23 Introduction to database systems (1.semester, SLO+ENG, lectures)
22/23 Database systems for big data (1.semester, lectures)
21/22 Programming II: Concepts of programming languages (2.semester, SLO+ENG, lectures)
21/22 Introduction to database systems (1.semester, SLO+ENG, lectures)
21/22 Database systems for big data (1.semester, lectures)
20/21 Programming II: Concepts of programming languages (2.semester, SLO+ENG, lectures)
20/21 Introduction to database systems (1.semester, SLO+ENG, lectures)
20/21 Database systems for big data (1.semester, lectures)
19/20 Programming II: Concepts of programming languages (2.semester, SLO+ENG, lectures)
19/20 Introduction to database systems (1.semester, SLO+ENG, lectures)
19/20 Selected chapters from database systems (1.semester, lectures)

Past courses

2016 Selected chapters from programming languages: Programming language Erlang
2010-18 Data models and languages (1.semester, lectures)
2008-18 Database design (lectures)
2008-17 Theory of programming languages (lectures)

Publications

Google Schoolar
Bibliography in Cobiss
List of papers (-2019)

Patents

2021: Generation apparatus, generation method and generation program. (Working title: Statistics of triple-store based on conceptual schemata) Kiyoshi Nitta, Iztok Savnik. US Patent 10,977,282, 2021.
2021: Calculation device, calculation method, and calculation program. (Working title: Associative memory organization for fast retrieval of facts and the associations among facts) Kiyoshi Nitta, Iztok Savnik. US Patent 10,885,453, 2021.
2020: Generation apparatus, generation method and generation program. (Working title: Statistics of triple-store based on conceptual schemata) Kiyoshi Nitta, Iztok Savnik. Japan Patent Office: Patent Num. JP2018-84993A.
2020: Calculation device, calculation method, and calculation program. (Working title: Associative memory organization for fast retrieval of facts and the associations among facts) Kiyoshi Nitta, Iztok Savnik. Japan Patent Office: Patent Num. JP2018-85056A, 2020.
2016: RDF Data Retrieving Apparatus and RDF Data Retrieving Method, Kiyoshi Nitta, Iztok Savnik. Japan Patent Office: Patent Num. 5978253.

Research projects

2023-: An index data struture for storing and querying sets of sets (UP FAMNIT)
2016-: Epsilon triple-store system (UP FAMNIT)
2015-2020: Efficient subset and superset queries (Uni Primorska).
2013-2020: Large-scale graph storage and management (Yahoo! JAPAN Research, Uni Primorska).
2009-2014: A system for querying Internet data (Uni Primorska).
2007-2010: Semantics of object model. (Uni Primorska)
2000-2001: Knowledge Discovery from Tree-Ring Time Series (DBIS, Uni Freiburg).
1997-1999: MDEP: a program for the discovery of multivalued dependencies from relations (Jozef Stefan Institute, Uni Bristol).
1996-1998: Modeling and diagnostics of complex systems (Jozef Stefan Institute).
1995-1997: Database design for object-oriented production planning and control systems for industrial SMEs, COPERNICUS project (Jozef Stefan Institute).
1993-1999: FDEP: a program for inducing functional dependencies from relations (Jozef Stefan Institute, Uni Bristol).
1993-1996: Data models and design methodologies in engineering environments (Jozef Stefan Institute)).

Industrial projects

2003-2004: ARNES Information System (Academic Reseach Network, Slovenia).
2001-2002: WEB server - statistical data for car database (Slovenia) (Privat company).
2001-2001: Architecture of Application Server Provider (ASP) center for bussiness applications (Privat company).
1997-1998: Methodology for specification of computer-supported production control (IJS, Inea).
1992-1993: Database architecture for the new generation of SI2000 digital telephone exchange systemi (IJS, Iskra TEL).

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