Programming methodologies laboratory - LPM

Biography

Education

Employment

1987 – 1989: Technical staff, Department of Computer Science, University of Maribor
1989 – 1992: Research Assistant, Department of Computer Science, University of Maribor
1992 – 1998: Teaching assistant, Department of Computer Science, University of Maribor
1998 – 2003: Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Maribor
2003 – 2008: Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Maribor
2004 (January – August): Visiting Associate Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Computer and Information Sciences
2005 – 2007: Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham
2007 (April): Visiting researcher, Université de Marne-La-Vallée
2008 – 2017: Visiting Professor, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham
2010 – 2016: Visiting Professor, University of Novi Sad
2008 – present: Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Maribor

Professional activities and responsibilities

Chair of Quality Assurance Committee, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2003 – 2011
Editor-in-Chief Computer Languages, Systems and Structures, 2014 – 2018
Vice-Dean of Research, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2015 – 2018
Editor-in-Chief Journal of Visual Languages and Computing, 2018
Chair of Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2015 – 2019
Member of Slovenian Quality Assurance Agency Council, 2019 – 2025
Associate Editor of Information Sciences, 2020 – 2025
Associate Editor of Applied Soft Computing, 2014 –
Vice-Dean of International Cooperation and Quality Development, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2019 –
Editor-In-Chief of Journal of Computer Languages, 2019 –
Associate Editor of Swarm and Evolutionary Computation, 2020 –

Awards

2006, 2012, 2018: Award for research achievements, UM FERI
2012: Silver Sign, University of Maribor
2017, 2018: Highly cited researcher (Clarivate Analytics and Web of Sceince)
2018, 2019: Publons Peer Review Awards – Top 1% in Field
2019: Donald Michie and Alan Turing Prize for Life Achievements in Slovenian Information Society
2022: Award for scientific research and educational work, University of Maribor
2024: MTTF (MathTech Thinking Foundation) award for Lifetime Achievement in Academia and Research
2024: Information Society award Legends of Computing and Informatics
2020-2025: Stanford World’s Top 2% Scientists

Professional Membership