Education
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2008 - 2013
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PhD in Computer Science (text semantics, information extraction),
Dissertation title: A Methodology for Intelligent Question Routing Systems Design, School of Electrical Engineering,
University of Belgrade.
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2001 - 2007
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Diploma (MSc&BSc) from Chair of Computer Engineering
and Information Theory, School of Electrical Engineering,
University of Belgrade.
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1997 - 2001
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Secondary Electrical Engineering School “Nikola Tesla”,
Department of Computer Engineering, Belgrade.
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Summer/ Winter School Courses
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- Entrepreneurship for researchers (2013)
- IEEE Summer School On Cybernetics (2012),
- Network and Information Security (2010),
- Advanced Computer Architecture and Compilation for Embedded Systems (2008),
- Parallel Numerical Simulations (2007).
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Lifelong learning
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Coursera
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Machine Learning (Stanford), R programming (Johns Hopkins)
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Microsoft
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Programming with the Microsoft .NET Framework,
Developing Microsoft .NET Applications for Windows,
Programming a Microsoft SQL Server Database
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Cisco
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Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
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Languages
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- Serbian (native)
- English (professional working proficiency)
- Spanish (limited working proficiency)
- German (elementary proficiency)
- Russian (elementary proficiency)
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Skills and Competences
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Professional skills
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Algorithms, Language technologies, Machine learning, Distributed and real-time computing, Software engineering.
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Programming languages
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Java/C#, R/Matlab, SQL, C/C++, UML, Python… but not limited to J
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Tools and technologies
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- NLP: Stanford CoreNLP, Google SSpace, Mallet, Antelope, MontyLingua, ConceptNet, WordNet;
- Semantic Web: OWL/RDF (Protégé), SPARQL
- Distributed and parallel computing: Multithreading, Java Sockets, Linux IPC, Microsoft WCF.NET;
- User (Web) Interfaces: Microsoft WPF and ASP.NET, Java Portlets, JBoss RichFaces;
- Document management systems: SharePoint;
- Computer networks: Cisco IOS scripting;
- Real-time systems modeling: RT UML (Rational Rose)
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Social skills
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Teaching, Communicating, Collaborating, Presenting,
Advising (thesis and projects), Grading (exams and projects),
Leading and Managing (programming teams).
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Professional Experience
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2008 - present
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Researcher, projects and developed software tools:
- P2Q – an algorithm for Question Recommendation based on semantic similarity between user profiles and questions
- LInSTSS – Language Independent Short Text Semantic Similarity
(applied for English and Serbian)
- Concept Extractor - Information extraction from short texts
(questions, answers)
Source code available at https://bitbucket.org/bfurlan
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2008 - present
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Member of HiPEAC, http://www.hipeac.org/
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2010 - 2011
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Master Studies Development Program, Funded by WUS Austria
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2009
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Software engineer, Military Academy of the Republic of Serbia:
- Implementation of SharePoint Document Management System
within the Military Decision Process
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Summer 2007
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Research intern, Chair of SCCS, Technical University of Munich, Germany:
- SimLab project - integration of end user simulation applications into
the Grid framework GridSFEA (Grid-based Simulation Framework
for Engineering Applications)
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Spring
2006, 2007
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Software developer (.NET and SQL Server) , Bit Impex,
- Financial Data System for Ministry of Education and Sport
of the Republic of Serbia
- Medical Information System, Special Hospital for Thyroid Gland
and Metabolism
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2006 -2007
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Microsoft Student Partner, http://msp.etf.rs.
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Grants and Awards
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2012
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BEST PAPER AWARDS in 6th IEEE International Conference
on Intelligent Systems IS’12
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2007-present
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Several grants for talented young researchers: HiPEAC (2014, 2008), Tridentcom (2012), Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (2010), European Commission (2010), German Academic Exchange Service – DAAD (2008, 2007).
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2007
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Serbia finalist in Microsoft student competition - Imagine Cup,
software design section.
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Peer-review Activities
Research Interests
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- Question-Answering and Question Recommendation,
- Information Extraction and Ontology Learning,
- Natural Language Processing and Understanding,
- Decision Support Systems, User Knowledge Profiling,
- Distributed and Parallel Computing, Real-Time Systems, Big Data.
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Sport / Hobby
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- Basketball, swimming, skiing, hiking and bicycling — having fun with friends;
- Studying languages, traveling and meeting new people;
- Knowing history and traditions of other nations and cultures;
- Amateur electronics — trying to make something on your own,
but not always successful J
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