Branko Arsić - CV


Personal Data

Full name: Branko Arsić
Birthdate: August 17th, 1984.
Birthplace: Kragujevac, Serbia

Education and Academic Degrees

Ph.D. in Computer
Science:

(2014 - 2020) Faculty of Electronic Engineering - University of Nis

Dissertation: A scalable software platform for exploring chemical and biological repositories

Original title: Skalabilna softverska platforma za pretraživanje hemijskih i bioloških repozitorijuma

M.Sc. in Mathematics &
Informatics:

( 2003 - 2008 ) University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Science, Serbia. Overall GPA is 9.50 out of 10

High School: ( 1999 - 2003 ) "Prva Kragujevačka gimnazija", Kragujevac
Primary School: ( 1991 - 1999 ) "Jovan Popović", Kragujevac

Scholarships

2003-2008:

Scholarship for Talented Students from Ministry of Science and Technology of Serbia

2004-2009: Scholarship fonds “Studenica Foundation”
2007 Scholarship fonds "Mihailo Pupin" - Serbian national defense council of America

Academic positions

2021-present

Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Informatics, Faculty of Science, University of Kragujevac

Jan 2017 - Jul 2017:

Visiting Scholar, Center for Data Analytics and Biomedical Informatics, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA

2013-2021: Assistant, Department of Mathematics and Informatics, Faculty of Science, University of Kragujevac
2009-2013: Teaching and Research Assistant, Department of Mathematics and Informatics, Faculty of Science, University of Kragujevac
2009-2013: Research Assistant, the Mathematical Institute of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade
June 2008-(two months): Internship, National Bank of Serbia

Academic Projects

2018-2021

TAXINOMISIS, A multidisciplinary approach for the stratification of patients with carotid artery disease, Horizon 2020.

Jan 2017 – Jul 2017

DARPA-GRAPHS: Prospective Analysis of Large and Complex Partially Observed Temporal Social Networks (Temple University)

2011-2019:

Project # III 044006 (supported by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Development, Republic of Serbia): Development of new information and communication technologies, based on advanced mathematical methods, with applications in medicine, telecommunications, power systems, protection of national heritage and education

2011-2019: Project # 174033 (supported by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Development, Republic of Serbia): Graph theory and mathematical programming with applications to chemistry and computer science
2009-2011:

Project # 174033 (supported by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Development, Republic of Serbia): Graph theory and mathematical programming with applications to chemistry and computer science

Professional Experience

Nov 2018 - May 2019

Data Scientist @ Emisia Consulting

Nov 2018 - Research Scientist @ BioIRC - Bioengineering Research and Development Center
Nov 2019 - Digital Sociometrics Lab, part of the
Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory at University of Belgrade
Jun 2019 - Data Scientist @ Nine Gate Neuro Startup, website: https://blog.ninthgateneuro.com/about/


Honor & Award

IBM Datathon Belgrade - 1st place, Role: Research Scientist/Mathematician

Honor date: Sep 2019

Deep Vortex team (website: http://deepvortex.team/) has created a credit risk prediction model for Nelt, large logistics & distribution company. Besides the highest accuracy score, proposed solution was equally precise when predicting all risk levels, and was designed with the goal to create equilibrium between different needs of internal stakeholders, finance department and sales department.

 

Local trainings / Study Visits / Courses

Workshop on Drug Design - The RCMD days in KragujevacQSAR modeling using topological indices, 9-13 Jun 2014, Kragujevac, Serbia.
Summer School - Graph Spectra and Applications, Avgust 28 – September 3, 2012. DAAD Project, Center of Excellence for Applications of Mathematics, Vrnjačka Banja.

PhD Course - Linear and integer programming, October-January (2010-2011), Mathematical Institute of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, dr Jozef Kratica.

Summer School - Foundations of Information Technologies (FIT), June 14 and June 27, 2009, Tempus project DEUKS, Novi Sad, Serbia.

 Research Interests

Graph theory, Data Science, Machine Learning, Big Data, Semantic Web technologies.

 Teaching Experience

Conducting tutorials for the following courses: 

Undergraduate level:

  • Web development
  • Client-side Web technologies
  • Information systems 1
  • Information systems 2
  • E-bussines

Previously:

  • Descrete mathematics
  • Software tools 2
  • Mathematics 1 (for students of chemestry)