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INFO & CONTACT:

Name         : Arso M Vukićević

Birth          : 16. June 1987. Nikšić City, Montenegro

Residence : Kragujevac City, Serbia

Contact     : mobile +381 64 34 83 552 (+Viber)

                    e-mail   arso_kg@yahoo.com

                    skype   arso_kg

Web           : researchgate, googleshoolar, linkedin, git

FIELDS OF INTEREST:

Aritificial intelligence, Computer Vision, Software Engineering, Industrial engineering, Biomedical engineering.

Image-based modeling

Visual inspection

Video & Photo editing

Monitoring

EMPLOYMENT & EXPERIENCE:

2019  -  present: Founder/Owner (AMV R&D, Industry consulting - Computer vision)

2016  - 2020: Assistant Professor of Computer Science, at The Faculty Of  Information Technology, University Of Metropolitan, Belgrade, Serbia

     Courses: 2016-2020 CS430 Artificial intelligence in video games,

                      2016-2020 CS369 Game engines,

                      2018           CS323 C++.

2011   -  present:  Researcher/Developer at BioIRC R&D center (Preparing project proposals and releasing assigned tasks in the corresponding work packages).

       Projects (tasks): ARTreat - ICT-FP7 – 224297, (Image analysis and reconstruction of

                                      coronary arteries from X-ray angiography),

                                   SMARTool H2020-PHC-2015 - grant 689068 (Image analysis and

                                      reconstruction of coronary arteries from CT scans),

                                   HarmonicSS H2020-SC1-2016-RTD - grant 731944 (Computer aided

                                     diagnosis of Sjogren's syndrome from salivary gland

                                     ultrasonography images),

                                   InSilc H2020-SC1-2017-CNECT-2 - grant 777119 (Patient specific

                                     FEA of coronary stents).

2011  - present : Teaching & Scientific Associate at The Faculty Of Engineering Science, University Of Kragujevac, Serbia.

    Courses: 2011-2016   Introduction to programming,

                                           Algorithms and data structures,

                                           C++,

                     2011-2014   Mechanics I - Statics Mechanics  III - Dynamics;

                     2017-2020   Web programming, IT project management   

                     2021-            Game engines - Unity (Master 4.0, Creative industries)   

                     2021-            Deep Learning (Master 4.0, Artificial intelligence)   

    Projects: III41007 - Application of biomedical engineering in preclinical and

                    clinical practice;

         Tasks:

- Segmentation of coronary arteries from IVUS and OCT images,

- 3D-reconstruction of coronary arteries from X-ray angiography images,

- Angio-IVUS fusion and subsequent CFD analysis of blood flow,

- Image-based modeling in dentistry and maxillofacial surgery.

EDUCATION:

2016-2021 PhD in Industrial engineering and industrial management – University of

                  Kragujevac: Thesis – "Improving process performance in LEAN industrial systems

                  by using Industry 4.0 technological pilars".

2011-2016 PhD in Mechanical engineering – Informatics in engineering, at the
                  University of Kragujevac: Thesis – "Computer methods for image- based 

                  modeling of coronary arteries hemodynamics and assessment of coronary stent

                  integrity". *Award: The best PhD Thesis for 2016 (Serbian Society for 

                  Computational Mechanics).

2009-2011 Master of Mechanical engineering – Informatics in engineering,  at the

                  University of Kragujevac.

2006-2009 Engineer of mechanical engineering – Informatics in engineering, at

                  Univesity of Kragujevac.    

2002-2006 Computer science – at Electrotehnical hight school in Kragujevac.

AWARDS and HONORS (as BS & MS student 2006-2011):

2007-11   The best student for the current year of study during the period 2007-11 (5x).

2009        Microsoft Imagine Cup Serbia Finals, Software Design–1st place and

                audience award.

2009        Microsoft Imagine Cup World Finals Cairo, Live Services Award – 2nd place.

2010        Award regarding to 50 years of Faculty Of Mechanical Engineering in

      Kragujevac - Award for worldwide promotion and affirmation of the faculty.

2011        Scholar of the Kragujevac City Council.

2011        Semifinal Microsoft Imagine Cup, Embedded design category.

2011        The best student in the generation/class at the Faculty of Engineering.

REVIEWER IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS (~100 review invitations):

 Serving as a referee in the field of medical imaging, image-based modeling and various applications of expert systems in:

News:

August 2023 - Together with colleagues won 200k grant to develop robotic waste storing.

August 2022 - Started working on the interface between AI/workplace safety and robotics (a series of Q1 papers accepted in the meanwhile).  I also shifted to the application of computer vision in the automotive industry. Won an EU grant towards visual inspection to make it product-ready.

Decembar 2021 - 10 reseach papers accepted in the meanwhile (average impact factor 3.5+). I won ~100k EUR grant to co'found an AI SME for QA of leather in automotive. 

August 2020 - I won my second academic project (200k EUR) to develop Artificial intelligence for managing workplace safety. Check http://ai4workplacesafety.com/

January 2020 - I won my first academic project (20k EUR) and my first industry-funded project for applying AI for QA in automotive industry.

August 2019 - Five papers accepted in 2019 so far... (2 biomedical and three focused on application of AI/CV/Cloud in industry/safety). 

January 2019 - I won the Nvida GPU grant (Titan V GPU) for my research on computer vision (CV). After healthcare, I stepped into applying CV for solving problems in  industry (safety, quality control and logistics). 

January 2018 - the web site completed;

One paper accepted by the Nature Scientific Reports & 2nd by the CMB&BE.

August 2017 - I finally launched my personal web page! :)