Personal Data:
Date and place of birth:
January 3, 1974, Leskovac, Serbia
Address:
University of Niš
Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics
Department of Computer Science
Višegradska 33, P. O. Box 224, 18000 Niš, Serbia
Tel.: +381 18 533014, +381 18 224492 (Office)
+381 63 1041112 (Mobile)
e-mail: aca@pmf.ni.ac.rs

Education:
BSc: 1998, Mathematics
Faculty of Philosophy, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia
MSc: 2004, Mathematics
Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia
MSc thesis: Minimality Conditions in Semigroups and Formal Languages (Uslovi minimalnosti na polugrupama i formalnim jezicima), (in Serbian)
Thesis supervisor: Miroslav Ćirić
PhD: 2010, Computer Science
Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia
PhD thesis: Fuzzy Automata and Fuzzy Regular Expressions (Fazi automati i fazi regularni izrazi), (in Serbian)
Thesis supervisor: Miroslav Ćirić

Professional Experience:
Junior Teaching Assistant:
1998-1999, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia
Junior Teaching Assistant:1999-2005, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia
Teaching Assistant:
2005-2010, Department of Mathematics and Informatics, Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia
Teaching courses (bachelor and master level):

•  Mathematics I (1997/98-1998/99)
•  Algebra (1998/99-2009/10)
•  Mathematical Logic (1998/99-2007/08)
•  Discrete Structures (2007/08-2009/10)
•  Cryptografy (2007/08-2009/10)
•  Informatics for chemistry students (1998/09-2009/10)
•  Informatics for geography students (2006/07-2007/08)
•  Informatics for biology students (2007/08-2009/10)                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Assistant Professor:
2010-present, Department of Mathematics and Informatics, Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia

• Informatics for chemistry students (2010/11-present)
• Informatics for biology students (2010/11-present)
• Electronic publishing (2010/11-present)
• Teaching courses (master level):
• Mathematical Logic (2010/11-present)
• Teaching courses (PhD level):
• Natural Computing (2010/11-present)
• Implimentation and Application of Automata (2010/11-present)

Research interests

Fuzzy relations: Fuzzy equivalences, fuzzy quasi-orders, fuzzy relation equations, applications to fuzzy control, fuzzy descrete event systems, etc.

Fuzzy automata and languages: Algebraic theory of fuzzy automata and languages, state reduction, bisimulation and structural equivalence, fuzzy regular expressions and their conversion to fuzzy automata, relationships with nondeterministic and deterministic automata, applications to discrete event systems, etc.

Weighted automata: Weighted automata over semirings, especially over max-plus algebra, state reduction, bisimulation and structural equivalence, weighted regular expressions and their conversion to weighted automata.

Max-plus algebra: Matrix equalities and equations over max-plus algebra

Research projects:

• Algebraic and Combinatorial Methods in Information and Communication Technologies - 101227 (2002-2005). Funded by: Ministry of Science and Technological Development, Republic of Serbia Project holder: Faculty of  Sciences and Mathematics, University of Niš Project leader: Miroslav Ćirić
• Algebraic Structures and Information Processing Methods - 144011 (2006-2010). Funded by: Ministry of Science and Technological Development, Republic of Serbia Project holder: Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, University of Niš. Project leader: Miroslav Ćirić
• Weighted Automata over Semirings and Lattices - D/08/02092 (2009-2010). Funded by: Deutcher Akademischer Austauchdienst – DAAD Ministry of Science and Technological Development, Republic of Serbia Project  leader in Serbia: Andreja Tapavčević, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad. Project leader in Germany: Heiko Vogler, Faculty of Computer Science, Technical University Dresden
• Development of methods of computation and information processing: theory and applications - 174013 (2011-2014). Funded by: Ministry of Education and Science, Republic of Serbia. Project holder: Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, University of Niš Project leader: Miroslav Ćirić