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Laboratory for Computational Neuroscience
Department of Electrical Engineering
University of Pittsburgh
348 Benedum Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15261
(412) 692-5093 (ctr.), (412) 624-6773 (off.)
(412) 692-5921 (fax)

ACADEMIC TRAINING

B.S. May 1986

Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia

M.S. August 1992

Theoretical and Experimental Decomposition of Neuronal Structures

Electrical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, U.S.A.

Ph.D. August 1995,

Signal and System Analysis in Fuzzy Information Space

Electrical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, U.S.A.

SPECIAL TRAINING

1969-1979

``Stevan Mokranjac'' School of Music, Belgrade, Yugoslavia

Classical music training: piano, music theory & forms, music history, counterpoint, chamber music.

1976-1980

Mathematics High School, Belgrade, Yugoslavia

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

1991-1992

Graduate Research Assistant

Laboratory for Computational Neuroscience, Departments of Electrical Engineering and Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.

Changes in Neuronal Network Properties Induced by Learning, Office of Naval Research, N000147-87-K-0472, total direct costs $281,851 over three years.

Developed a discrete-time nonlinear system algebra to be used in functional analysis of neuronal structures.

1992-1995

Graduate Research Assistant

Laboratory for Computational Neuroscience, Departments of Electrical Engineering and Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.

Psychobiology of Depression in Children and Adolescents: Project IV - Quantitative EEG Sleep Analysis, National Institute of Mental Health, MH41712, total costs $4,726,276 over five years.

Proposed a family of ordered fuzzy sets for modeling and analysis of ordered physical structures, a family of temporal fuzzy sets for modeling and analysis of physical systems, time-frequency analysis and signal processing. Proposed a concept of hidden process modeling that generalizes hidden Markov models, a concept of a fuzzy information space and a dynamic (time-varying) fuzzy set that characterize the dynamics of complex systems.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1987-1989

Instructor, System Management, System Programming, and General User courses for VAX/VMS systems.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1985-1988

Systems Programmer

Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Yugoslavia.

Designed and implemented a multiuser student administration system based on distributed data management with programmable levels of security. Developed system utilities for managing and monitoring system resources and local area network.

1988-1991

Senior Development Engineer

Telecommunication Division, Digital Signal Processing Group, "M. Pupin" Institute, Belgrade, Yugoslavia.

Designed and implemented a digital signal processing workstation (hardware architecture, user interface, graphics, application and development libraries) to be used in spectral estimation, real-time telephone channel simulation, digital radio, digital image processing and other DSP applications. Managed software development and commercial promotion for a workstation. Designed software for a host of V.32 modem. Implemented a digital filter design package and a MIDI dump tool for ATARI ST and ROLAND TR707 rhythm composer.

1991-1995

Graduate Student Researcher

Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.

Designed and implemented an interactive package for scanning, processing and analysis of long term EEG spectrograms, a software for estimation of temporal fuzzy sets, a multidimensional signal processing package, a software for nonlinear decomposition of neuronal structures, a software for real-time wavelet transform using DSP56000ADS, an algorithm for pitch change of recorded speech, and software for RPC using Lightweight Process and monitor mechanisms.

CONSULTING EXPERIENCE

1987-1989

Computer Engineering Consultant

Institute for Materials and Structures, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Belgrade

COMPUTER EXPERIENCE

Operating Systems:

UNIX, Ultrix, HP-UX (MPower), SunOS, IRIX, Apollo Domain/OS, VMS, RSX-11, MS-DOS

Architectures:

VAX-11, DLX (RISC), PDP-11, Apollo (DN3500, 425), Sun4c, SG Indigo-2, HP700, M68000, Intel 80x86, Z80, M6502, TMS320C25/30, DSP56001, 8031/8051 micro controllers

Languages:

ANSI C, FORTRAN-77, COBOL, Pascal, LISP, C++, Ada, Assembly and Macro languages for most of the above architectures

Graphical Environments:

GKS, GEM, VGA, X-11, OSF/Motif, HP VUE

Other:

MIDI, VHDL, MATLAB, Mathematica, TeX, HTML, Logic & State Analyzers, Protocol Analyzers

GENERAL RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS

Electrical and Systems Engineering

Signal & Image Processing, Pattern Recognition, Fuzzy Sets and Systems, System Identification and Modeling, Nonlinear & Complex Systems, Chaos, General Systems Theory

Computer Engineering

Digital Signal Processing Hardware & Software, Digital Audio, Sound Processing, Analysis, and Synthesis, Real-Time Computing, Embedded Systems

Biomedical Engineering

Modeling of Physiological Processes, Applications of Signal & Image Processing in Medicine

Computer Science

Approximate and Qualitative Reasoning, Computer Vision, Computer Assisted Music Production, Multimedia Computer Systems, Mapping Biological Signals into the Components of Virtual Reality

ACADEMIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Graduate education completely financed through research grants and scholarships.

ACTIVITIES AND DISTINCTIONS

1980-1989

Composer, Studio Musician, and Music Producer, Belgrade Radio

1983-1984

Founding President, Programmers' Club, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade

1991

Committee Member, University of Pittsburgh Modeling and Simulation Conference

1995

Organizing Committee, ISUMA-NAFIPS'95: Special Session on Fuzzy Sets and Systems in Signal Processing Applications

Referee, IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, ISUMA-NAFIPS'95

MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES

• IEEE (Computer Society, Signal Processing Society),
• North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society (NAFIPS),
• Belgrade Society of Jazz Musicians.

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

1. B.R. Kosanovic, M. Sun, N.D. Ryan, R.E. Dahl, G.N. Foutrakis, and R.J. Sclabassi, ``Fuzzy Modeling of Dynamic Processes,'' submitted to IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, 1994.
2. B.R. Kosanovic, L.F. Chaparro, and R.J. Sclabassi, ``Signal Analysis in Fuzzy Information Space,'' Fuzzy Sets and Systems, 1995. In press.

CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS

1. Z. Orsolic, and B.R. Kosanovic, ``A Student Administration System for a University Department,'' (in serbo-croatian), Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium ``Computer at the University,'' Cavtat, Yugoslavia, May 12-15, 1986.
2. B.R. Kosanovic, and A. Kabovic, ``One Solution for Realization of a Universal Digital Signal Processing Board,'' Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Networks, Systems and Signal Processing, Zagreb, Yugoslavia, June 27-29, 1989.
3. R.J. Sclabassi, D.N. Krieger, J. Solomon, B.R. Kosanovic, and T.W. Berger, ``Theoretical Decomposition of Neuronal Networks,'' Proceedings of the 34th Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, pp. 114-117, IEEE, Monterey, CA, May 14-17, 1991.
4. R.J. Sclabassi, B.R. Kosanovic, G. Barrionuevo, and T.W. Berger, ``Nonlinear Properties of the Hippocampal Formation,'' Proceedings of Computational Neuroscience Symposium, pp. 81-105, MIRG Publishers, Indianapolis, IN, October 1992.
5. M. Sun, M.S. Scher, R.E. Dahl, N.E. Ryan, S. Iyengar, B.R. Kosanovic, and R.J. Sclabassi, ``Analysis of Aliasing and Quantization Problems in EEG Data Acquisition,'' Proceedings of the 12th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference, pp. 280-282, IEEE, New Orleans, LA, April 1993.
6. B.R. Kosanovic, R.E. Dahl, N.D. Ryan, and R.J. Sclabassi, ``Sleep Onset Dynamics Characterized by a Fuzzy Clustering Technique,'' presented on The 8th Annual Meeting of Associated Professional Sleep Societies, Boston, MA, June 4-9, abstract published in Sleep Research, 23, pp. 448, 1994.
7. B.R. Kosanovic, L.F. Chaparro, and R.J. Sclabassi, ``Modeling of Quasi-Stationary Signals Using Temporal Fuzzy Sets and Time-Frequency Distributions,'' Proceedings of the IEEE-SP International Symposium on Time-Frequency and Time-Scale Analysis, pp. 425-428, IEEE, Philadelphia, PA, October 25-28, 1994.
8. B.R. Kosanovic, L.F. Chaparro, M. Sun, and R.J. Sclabassi, ``Physical System Modeling Using Temporal Fuzzy Sets,'' Proceedings of the 1994 First International Joint Conference of NAFIPS/IFIS/NASA, pp. 429-433, IEEE, San Antonio, TX, December 18-21, 1994.
9. B.R. Kosanovic, L.F. Chaparro, and R.J. Sclabassi, ``Hidden Process Modeling,'' Proceedings of the 1995 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech & Signal Processing, 5:2935-2938, IEEE, Detroit, MI, May 8-12, 1995.

BOOKS, BOOK CHAPTERS, AND TECHNICAL REPORTS

1. B.R. Kosanovic, T.W. Berger, and R.J. Sclabassi, ``Discrete-Time Nonlinear System Algebra,'' Technical Report 2, Laboratory for Computational Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, June 1, 1993.
2. R.J. Sclabassi, B.R. Kosanovic, G. Barrionuevo, and T.W. Berger, ``Computational Methods of Neuronal Network Decomposition,'' Advanced Methods of Physiological System Modeling, 3, pp. 55-86, edited by V.Z. Marmarelis, Plenum Press, New York, 1994.

INVITED LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS

1. B.R. Kosanovic, R.E. Dahl, ``Analysis of Sleep Onset Dynamics Using Temporal Fuzzy Sets,'' Seminar on Signal Analysis in Basic Sleep Research: Methods and Applications, Sleep and Chronobiology Center, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, PA. March 29-April 5, 1995.

EXHIBITS

May 1990

Wizard-25 DSP Workstation, International Science and Technology Fair Belgrade'90

LANGUAGES

• Serbian,
• Croatian,
• English.

REFERENCES

• Furnished upon request.