Nikola Serbedzija

Dr. Nikola Šerbedžija is the founder of iTETA Consulting, specialized in deploying advanced information technology achievements in praxis, offering support in digital transformation, research on future technologies, coaching and teaching. He was scientific advisor at Fraunhofer FOKUS [1992-2018], responsible for new research initiatives and innovative technology, visiting professor at University of Sydney [1999-2000] and at the University of Arts, Berlin [2000-2007]. His research work is primarily concerned with distributed computing, especially applied to ubiquitous systems, cyber-physical systems and IoT. In addition, his research covers modelling, architectural approach and practical deployment of adaptive and autonomous systems. He was principal investigator in the various research projects that led to REFLECT and ASCENS frameworks for developing pervasive-adaptive systems and self-aware autonomous systems, respectively. He has been acting as an expert for European FP7 and Horizon 2020 programmes, mostly for the Future Emerging Technology actions. He has been on numerous international conference committees and held various invited/keynote talks at scientific events. He co-authored many chapters in special edition monographies or books and he is the author of over 100 journal and conference papers.