Tihomir Orehovački is a Full Professor at the Faculty of Informatics, Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Croatia. With extensive academic and research experience, he teaches Programming, Data Structures and Algorithms, Human-Computer Interaction, Advanced Algorithms, and Game Design. His research spans empirical software engineering, HCI, technology adoption, social computing, human-AI interaction, and the development of programming competencies, with a focus on quality, usability, accessibility, success, acceptance, security, privacy, and user experience. He has participated in numerous European and national projects and authored over 150 scientific and professional publications in reputable journals and conference proceedings. Tihomir has reviewed more than 290 papers and served on Program Committees for leading international conferences, including ACM IUI, QUATIC, ISD, ICSIE, ICMTT, and HUSO. He has co-organized workshops on PLS-SEM modeling, project management, and educational uses of social web technologies. As a mentor, he has supervised over 170 undergraduate and graduate students. He is an active member of ACM, IEEE, EUNIS ELTF, and ISWE, contributing to the global informatics community through collaboration and professional engagement.