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Prof dr Kosta Jovanović

Associate Professor, University of Belgrade, School of Electrical Engineering
- Kosta Jovanović (1986, Čačak) is an Associate Professor at the University of Belgrade - School of Electrical Engineering (ETF). He completed elementary school, Grammar School Čačak and Study programme Electrical and Computer Engineering at ETF as the best student in the class. He obtained his PhD degree in Robotics in 2016 and gained his professional experience in various institutions, such as SMS Siemag (2009), Technical University of Munich (2010) and DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics (2013), all in Germany. He is an alumnus of DAAD and Foundation dr Zoran Đinđić.

He is the head of the ETF Robotics Laboratory, and he has led 4 Horizon Europe/2020 projects in robotics at ETF and collaborated with leading robotics research labs in Europe (ETH Zurich, Imperial College London, DLR, Fraunhofer, TUM, Politehnico Milano, DTI, VTT, etc.), 5 EU projects of innovations in collaboration with companies in Serbia (Galeb, ABB, Servoteh, Ivamax, Vision Equipment, Concept Line, etc.) and 2 projects funded by the Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia. His research interests are human-robot collaboration and application of robots and AI in human-centered Industry 5.0. He has published papers in the most reputable robotics journals (IEEE RAM, IEEE RAL, IJRR, Computers & Education, etc.). He is devoted to providing engineering students with hands-on experience on cutting-edge technology in the lab at the graduate level and for international research collaboration at postgraduate level.

Kosta Jovanović served as a vice-dean for collaboration with industry at ETF from 2018-2022. He has been honored with numerous awards: scientific achievements at conferences in Serbia, Germany, and Italy, American Chamber of Commerce in Serbia, City of Belgrade, Nikola Tesla Foundation, University of Belgrade. He participates as a consultant in programs for industry-academia cooperation and vocational training funded by GIZ and EBRD. He coordinates ETF activities in collaboration with the MK Foundation for the Palace of Science project, representing one of the most substantial private sector investments in education within the region.


Dr Asutosh Kar

Senior Member IEEE, Faculty Fellow IIT Madras Pravartak
Marie-Curie Post Doc. AAU, Denmark
Associate Professor, Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, Punjab
- Ashutosh Kar has been working as an Associate Professor at the Department of ECE at dr B R Ambedkar NIT Jalandhar since January 2023. He is a recipient of the prestigious Marie Curie postdoctoral fellowship at Aalborg University in Denmark. During his postdoctoral studies, dr Kar collaborates with a research group focused on signal and information processing at the Department of Electronic Systems. Professor Ashutosh Kar is also a visiting researcher at the ESAT laboratory at the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium, as well as at the Department of Medical Physics and Acoustics at the University of Oldenburg in Germany, engaging in signal processing at Concordia University in Canada. He participates in the implementation of several research projects sponsored by the European Union and reputable companies such as Samsung Electronics, Ventech Solutions USA, Titan R&D, and Oretes Consulting. The professor is currently involved in bilateral projects between India and Korea, as well as between India and Serbia.

Dr Kar's scientific research includes 40 research papers in the world-renowned journals and 50 papers at international conferences. He serves as an editor for the Circuit Systems and Signal Processing journal, Springer, and is a senior member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).