Prof.ass.Dr

Shpëtim Latifi

Professional experiences and qualifications

30 SEP 2019 – CURRENT Prishtina, Kosovo
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Teaching – Artificial Intelligence / Network Security, Programming / Research – Software Defined Networks / Sensor Networks / Distributed Systems / Artificial Intelligence / Networks Security
Department of Computer Science AAB College

31 JAN 2020 – CURRENT Skopje, North Macedonia
PROJECT COORDINATOR U.S. EMBASSY
Project manager / Business Entrepreneurship / Cyber security and media literacy / Youth engagement

16 JAN 2022 – 24 JUN 2024 Skopje, North Macedonia
SPECIAL ADVISER TO THE MINISTER MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
Education policies / Higher Education / Research / Research grants / Monitoring and Evaluation / Project management/ School building and reconstruction / Digital transformation in education / Education reforms / International Cooperation

30 SEP 2020 – 24 JUN 2024 Skopje, North Macedonia
MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL ICT WG GOVERNMENT OF NORTH MACEDONIA

Member of National ICT working group in digitalization of all public institutions in North Macedonia, in charge of monitoring implementation of: Interoperability system for public and private businesses/citizens, National portal for eservices (https://uslugi.gov.mk/), National population register of North Macedonia, Working group on technical specification of all government ministries’ websites, Steering committee member for IPA2 – EU’s project titled “Enhancing e-government services in North Macedonia’, etc.

31 AUG 2020 – 15 JAN 2022 Skopje, North Macedonia
SPECIAL ADVISER TO THE MINISTER MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SOCIETY AND ADMINISTRATION
IT policies / National ICT strategy / Digital transformation / National EID / Interoperability / E-services for citizens and businesses / Digital Agency / 5G / Central population register / Government and ministries websites / Cyber security 30 NOV 2020 – 15 JAN 2022 Skopje, North Macedonia

NATIONAL CRITICAL INFORMATION CYBERSECURITY WORKING GROUP COORDINATOR MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SOCIETY AND ADMINISTRATION

A program to develop increased national resilience among a range of stakeholders against cybersecurity threats to the critical infrastructure of North Macedonia. Overseen by the Ministry for Information Society and Administration (MISA), and me as coordinator, funded by USAID, and delivered in cooperation with a technical team based in the U.S./UK, this program will engage with all sectors of the country’s critical infrastructure. Successful program delivery will require engagement from key ministries and critical infrastructure operators from both the public and private sector.

30 SEP 2014 – 29 JUN 2019 Skopje
CHIEF OF PARTY USAID
Manager of USAID funded project ‘Children with visual impairments’ / IT in education / Special Education for children with visual impairments / Textbook adaptation in Braille / Audiobooks production / Eye-screening of over 30k preschool age children in North Macedonia / Training and support for teachers

31 JUL 2007 – 31 DEC 2008 Indianapolis, United States
HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH ASSISTANT INDIANA UNIVERSITY – PURDUE UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS
IT consultant / Support / Network engineer / system admin / 31 AUG 2006 – 30 AUG 2019 Skopje

TEACHING ASSISTANT SEE UNIVERSITY
Teaching – Computer Networks, Operating Systems, Distributed Networks Research – Software Defined Networks, Sensor Networks, Distributed Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Security

30 SEP 2012 – 3 MAY 2017
PHD IN COMPUTER SCIENCE Purdue University / South East European University

31 JUL 2007 – 30 DEC 2008 United States
MASTER IN COMPUTER SCIENCE Purdue University

Languages
  • Fluent in Albanian,
  • English,
  • Macedonian,
  • Basic German
Certifications and skills

Programming: C, C++, JAVA (J2EE) Software Defined Networking (SDN) Programming language PYTHON C#,  Cisco CCNP and CISCO CWNA; Web Development: HTML 5, CSS, JavaScript SQL/MYSQL Visual Studio / Visual Studio Code JSON Project Management (MS Project) Cyber-security Mac OS Software troubleshooting Linux Troubleshooting Network administration / network security / Network maintenance and repair skills

30 SEP 2006
Fulbright scholar – Fulbright program of the Department of State of the U.S.
31 AUG 2006
Best junior scientific researcher – Prime Minister of North Macedonia
30 APR 2006 –Skopje

PUBLICATIONS

  • The Effect of the Flipped Learning Approach on Engineering Students’ Technology Acceptance and Self-Directed Learning Perception.
    Sustainability 2024, 16, 774. Link with
    Etemi, B.P.; Uzunboylu, H.; Latifi, S.; Abdigapbarova, U. Sustainability 2024, 16, 774, 2024
  • Unveiling Patterns, Visualizations and Trends from Patient Diabetes Data with Gupta, Chatterjee, Latifi, Behera pp. 321–332, 2025
    https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-97-9515-4_24
  • Harnessing Insights for Optimizing Healthcare: Disease Prediction and Beyond with Chatterjee, Gupta, Latifi, Behera, Recent Trends in Intelligence Enabled Research (pp.333-343), 2025 Link
  • Latifi, Sh., Durresi A., Cico B. “Improving traffic control using Software Defined Networking for interdomain routing,  
    The Journal of Natural and Technical Sciences (JNTS), vol. XXI, pp. 103-112, 2016 2014
  • Latifi, Sh., Durresi A., Cico B. “Improving traffic control using Software Defined Networking for interdomain routing
    Proc. Doctoral Conference on Computer Science and Information Technologies (DCCSIT), pp. 73-78. 2014
  • Latifi, Sh., Durresi A., Cico B. “Emulating enterprise network environments for fast transition to Software- Defined Networking”
    Proc. of Mediterranean Conference on Embedded Computing (MECO), 2014, pp.294-297 2014
  • Latifi, Sh., Durresi A., Cico B. “Campus network performance testing and analysis while deploying Software Defined Networking”
    Proc. of International Conference on Advanced Technologies & Sciences (ICAT), 2014, pp.605-610, 2013
  • Latifi, Sh., Durresi A., Cico B. “Separating network control from routers with Software Defined Networking”
    Proc. of Balkan Conference in Informatics (BCI), 2013, pp.59- 64.