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Uros Krcadinac

Research Assistant: School of Interactive Arts and Technology
Simon Fraser University
Central City Tower
250-13450 102 Ave.
Surrey V3T 0A3, BC, Canada

Associate Research Member: The GOOD OLD AI Research Network
University of Belgrade
Jove Ilica 154, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia

Homepage: www.krcadinac.com

Email: uros@krcadinac.com

 

Bio Sketch

Uroš KrĨadinac is an award-winning digital media researcher and multidisciplinary artist.

Currently, he holds a position of a Research Assistant at the School of Interactive Arts and Technology, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada, where he works on creative software and generative art within the interdisciplinary Metacreation Lab. He is also an Associate Research Member of the GOOD OLD AI Research Network. Uroš has a formal background in computing (graduated at the University of Belgrade, Serbia, with First Class Honors) and an informal background in art, animation, and travel-writing. His academic, technological and artistic work was presented internationally and has received multiple awards.

Uroš's detailed Research & Portfolio.

Research interests 

Using artificial creativity, data visualization, information aesthetics, natural language processing, software agents, and affective computing to invent and develop software for enhancing human communication, expression, and creativity.

Education 

  • September 2010 – present: MSc student of Interactive Arts and Technology, School of Interactive Arts and Technology, Simon Fraser University, BC, Canada
  • September 2008 – present: PhD student of Software Engeneering and Informatics, FON - School of Business Administration, University of Belgrade, Serbia 
  • October 2003 – July 2008: Graduated in the field of Software Engeneering and Informatics (4 years), FON - School of Business Administration, University of Belgrade, Serbia (First Class Honors)

Aditional Education

  • October 2008 – November 2008: Media Interaction Lab, Department of Digital Media, Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences, Hagenberg, Linz, Austria (WUS Austria Scholarship One-Month Research Grant)
  • July 2007: Summer School on Multimedia SemanticsGlasgow, Scotland, UK (Grant Recipient)

Featured project 

  • Synesketch (2008) is the Web's first free open-source software library for textual emotion recognition and visualization – code that feels the words visually.

Projects

  • Titan System (2007) is a highly flexible computer database system for keeping student activity records and exams.
  • TALARIA System (2006) is a multi-agent system for gathering information from the Web, with email-based natural text interface. It was presented and voted for the best 12 poster presentations at the Summer School of Multimedia Semantics 2007.
  • #turing (2005) is is an educational app for simulating Turing Machines.

Recent publications

  • Krcadinac, U., Stankovic, M., Kovanovic, V. & Jovanovic, J. (2008) Intelligent Multi-Agent Systems in: Carteli, A. & Palma, M. (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Information Communication Technology, Idea Group International Publishing.
  • Stankovic, M., Krcadinac, U., Kovanovic, V. & Jovanovic, J. (2008) An Overview of Intelligent Software Agents in: Khosrow-Pour, M. (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, 2nd Edition, Idea Group International Publishing.
  • Stankovic, M. & Krcadinac, U. (2007). New Light on Information Agents, Informer (24), British Computer Society – Information Retrieval Specialist Group, [pdf]

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