Kosta Jovanović

Associate Professor · University of Belgrade – School of Electrical Engineering (ETF) · company speakers →

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 the 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, Politecnico 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 the application of robots and AI in human-centred 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 the postgraduate level. Kosta Jovanović served as a vice-dean for collaboration with industry at ETF from 2018-2022. He has been honoured with numerous awards: scientific achievements at conferences in Serbia, Germany, and Italy, the American Chamber of Commerce in Serbia, the City of Belgrade, the Nikola Tesla Foundation, and the 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, which represents one of the most substantial private-sector investments in education in the region.

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