Mariusz Nowostawski

Associate Professor

Department of Computer Science

mariusz.nowostawski@ntnu.no +47 61135365 +4748342678

Ametyst-bygget, A213, Gjøvik, Teknologivegen 22, 2815 Gjøvik, Norway

Blockchain technologies
Bitcoin, Lightning Network, Payment networks
Ethereum, Global Autonomous Computer
IPFS
Peer-to-Peer computing and Mobile computing
Mobile application development, Wearables
Mobile Games

Mariusz Nowostawski. Programmer. Computer Scientist. Teacher. Mariusz is an Associate Professor at Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Previously, an academic lecturer at University of Otago, New Zealand. His MSc studies were focused on AI and machine learning, and his PhD on autonomous systems and computational modelling of the biological process of life. Passionate about self-organising systems, adaptive and autonomous computation.
Mariusz has worked on high-end networking applications on GPUs and multicore systems with Sun Microsystems and Oracle. He is currently involved in forensics research with Europol. Bitcoin anonymity. Cryptocurrencies.

Teaching: game and graphics programming, mobile, peer-to-peer and blockchain technologies.
Hardcore explorer and thinker. Rock climber. Paragliding pilot and long distance runner.

Scientific, academic and artistic work

A selection of recent journal publications, artistic productions, books, including book and report excerpts. See all publications in the database

2019

Ahmed, Javeed; Yildirim Yayilgan, Sule; Ramachandra, Raghavendra; Abomhara, Mohamed Ali Saleh; Nowostawski, Mariusz. (2019) Towards Blockchain-based GDPR compliant Online Social Networks: Challenges, Opportunities and Way Forward. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing.
Nowostawski, Mariusz; Frantz, Christopher. (2019) Quasi-social software as the `social? in socio-technical design. CEUR Workshop Proceedings. vol. 2398.
Nowostawski, Mariusz; Tøn, Jardar. (2019) Evaluating Methods for the Identification of Off-Chain Transactions in the Lightning Network. Applied Sciences. vol. 9 (12).

2018

McCallum, Simon; Mishra, Deepti; Nowostawski, Mariusz. (2018) Enhancing Software Engineering Education with Game Design and Development. International Journal of Engineering Education. vol. 34 (2).
Moore, Antoni; Nowostawski, Mariusz; Frantz, Christopher Konstantin; Hulbe, Christina. (2018) Comic Strip Narratives in Time Geography. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. vol. 7 (7).
Nowostawski, Mariusz; McCallum, Simon; Mishra, Deepti. (2018) Gamifying research in software engineering. Computer Applications in Engineering Education. vol. 26 (5).
Piatkivskyi, Dmytro; Nowostawski, Mariusz. (2018) Split payments in payment networks. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. vol. 11025.

2017

Piatkivskyi, Dmytro; Axelsson, Stefan; Nowostawski, Mariusz. (2017) Digital forensic implications of collusion attacks on the lightning network. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. vol. 511.

2016

Frantz, Christopher K.; Savarimuthu, Bastin Tony Roy; Purvis, Martin K.; Nowostawski, Mariusz. (2016) Generalising Social Structure Using Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Sets. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. vol. 9862.
Frantz, Christopher K.; Nowostawski, Mariusz. (2016) From Institutions to Code: Towards Automated Generation of Smart Contracts. 2016 IEEE 1st International Workshops on Foundations and Applications of Self* Systems (FAS*W).
Nowostawski, Mariusz; Frantz, Christopher K.. (2016) Blockchain: The Emergence of Distributed Autonomous Institutions. SOTICS 2016 The Sixth International Conference on Social Media Technologies, Communication, and Informatics.

2015

Frantz, Christopher K.; Purvis, Martin K.; Nowostawski, Mariusz; Savarimuthu, Bastin Tony Roy. (2015) Analysing the apprenticeship system in the Maghribi traders coalition. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. vol. 9002.
Frantz, Christopher K.; Purvis, Martin K.; Savarimuthu, Bastin Tony Roy; Nowostawski, Mariusz. (2015) Modelling dynamic normative understanding in agent societies. Scalable Computing : Practice and Experience. vol. 16 (4).
Nowostawski, Mariusz; Kowalski, Stewart; Mwakalinga, Jeffy. (2015) HIPing Innovation Education in University: Introducing socio-technical concepts for cross-disciplinary teams in applied computer sciences. CEUR Workshop Proceedings. vol. 1374.
Nowostawski, Mariusz; Frantz, Christopher K.; Purvis, Martin K.; Lewis, Nathan. (2015) Fuzzy Modeling of Economic Institutional Rules. Springer Publishing Company. 2015. ISBN 978-1-4614-3441-2.
Frantz, Christopher K.; Purvis, Martin K.; Savarimuthu, Bastin Tony Roy; Nowostawski, Mariusz. (2015) Modelling the Impact of Role Specialisation on Cooperative Behaviour in Historic Trader Scenarios. Coordination, Organizations, Institutions, and Norms in Agent Systems X, COIN 2014 International Workshops, COIN@AAMAS, Paris, France, May 6, 2014, COIN@PRICAI, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, December 4, 2014, Revised Selected Papers.
Frantz, Christopher; Purvis, Martin K.; Nowostawski, Mariusz; Savarimuthu, Bastin Tony Roy. (2015) Analysing the Apprenticeship System in the Maghribi Traders Coalition. Multi-Agent-Based Simulation XV International Workshop, MABS 2014, Paris, France, May 5-6, 2014, Revised Selected Papers.

2014

Frantz, Christopher K; Purvis, Martin K; Savarimuthu, Bastin Tony Roy; Nowostawski, Mariusz. (2014) DUBLETT: Modelling dynamic normative understanding in agent societies. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. vol. 8861.
Frantz, Christopher; Purvis, Martin K.; Nowostawski, Mariusz. (2014) Agent-Based Modeling of Information Transmission in Early Historic Trading. Social science computer review. vol. 32 (3).
Frantz, Christopher; Purvis, Martin K.; Nowostawski, Mariusz; Savarimuthu, Bastin Tony Roy. (2014) Modelling institutions using dynamic deontics. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. vol. 8386 LNAI.

Mariusz Nowostawski

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