Milan Zdravkovic Email & Phone Number

Associate professor and leading researcher (R4) at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Niš, Serbia. H-index-15 author of 90-ish papers in the fields of Artificial Intelligence, Enterprise Information Systems, semantic interoperability, Internet of Things (IoT) and other topics, with 1000-ish citations. Member of IFAC TC5.3 and IFIP TC5 WG 5.8 "Enterprise Interoperability" science advisory bodies. Guest editor of 5 special issues or reviewer for top scientific journals, chair of ICIST international conference since 2014. PI of the first-ranked project in the thematic area of AI, awarded by the Prisma program of the Science Fund of Republic of Serbia, on explainable forecasting of heat demand in District Heating Systems. Participated as a lead, WP lead or contributor in 12 FP6/FP7/H2020 projects, 4 bilateral cooperation projects, 1 COST and 2 Erasmus Plus projects. Research lead for UK-based startup ZenPulsar on the project of social media data driven portfolio asset allocation and balancing.Expert evaluator in Horizon Europe program. Technology mentor of AI startups in Scientific Technology Park, Belgrade. Coordinator of national EURAXESS network and European EURAXESS Startup Hub network for supporting scientific entrepreneurship. Lead assessor in HRS4R process for the European Commission.Could talk for ages about AI promises and misconceptions, modern liberalism values and the art of music. Obsessed about having the perfect ski carving turns. Addicted to occasionally playing piano with some jazz cats in local clubs. Confident about knowing the difference between good Pinot Noir and average Merlot.

Listed skills include Software Development, Semantic Technologies, Project Management, Research, and 41 others.