Branko Mihaljevic - Featured Faculty 2016
Branko Mihaljevic
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BRANKO MIHALJEVIC IS A SENIOR LECTURER AT RIT CROATIA.
Besides being an educator and researcher in the field of computing for almost seventeen years, he is also a consultant, software architect, and entrepreneur.
He is a member of the Web and Mobile Computing / Information Technology program faculty at RIT Croatia, currently teaching software development and database-related courses according to B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences program. He received his dipl. ing. (MSc), mr. sc., DSM, and dr. sc. (PhD) at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, where he worked for many years. Prior to coming to RIT Croatia, he was a lecturer at Algebra University College and VERN' University of Applied Sciences. He worked on various research and professional projects, authored many papers, and delivered numerous workshops.
His research interests include soft, biologically-inspired, and evolutionary computing with a focus on artificial immune systems, but he has also done research in the fields of software architectures for web applications, object-oriented programming languages, ubiquitous, open, and cloud computing, and distance and e-learning. He gained professional experience as a software architect, consultant, project manager, and development lead on various projects in financial, telecom, public health, and satellite systems sectors in Europe. He was also a co-owner and CTO of a successful startup company.
One of his passions is Java programming language. He is one of the founders and the president of Croatian Java User Association (HUJAK). In the last few years, he has been involved in the organization of fifteen conferences, including JavaCro, Javantura, WebCamp, and HrOUG. He is the author of various popular Java articles and keynote presentations. In 2016 he coauthored a book chapter, wrote four conference papers, delivered five keynote and guest speeches at conferences, and co-organized three conferences, where he was a program committee chair.
Branko Mihaljevic
Senior Lecturer
RIT Croatia