PRO LEARN (2004-present) - A 'Network of Excellence' project financed by the IST (Information Society Technology) Framework 6 programme of the European Commission, dealing with technology enhanced professional learning. The project focuses on questions of European importance and stresses a better integration of research efforts. It initiates and improves cooperation between various actors of academia and industry in the area of technology enhanced learning, particularly supporting multinational co-operation. The GOOD OLD AI research group, coordinated by Vladan Devedzic, is an associated partner in the project. The group's duties include R&D activities related to personalized adaptive learning, online experiments, learning objects, metadata and standards, PROLEARN virtual competence centre, and PROLEARN academy.
ARIADNE (2003-present) - The ARIADNE Foundation creates tools and methodologies for producing, managing and reusing computer-based pedagogical elements and telematics supported training curricula. In particular, the Foundation has created a network of knowledge pool servers containing a large number of different learning objects and supported by different Web-based learning and management tools. The GOOD OLD AI research group, coordinated by Vladan Devedzic, is a member of the Foundation. The group maintains a local knowledge pool server and contributes to ARIADNE through its R&D activities.
WEB INTELLIGENCE AND E-LEARNING (2005-2007) - A 3-year project, co-funded by the Government of the Republic of Serbia and industry partners. Vladan Devedzic is the project leader and coordinator. The project objectives include defining flexible generic software architectures for building systems and adaptive software tools to support E-Learning using WI technologies, as well as building specific software applications and tools to demonstrate the benefits that E-Learning systems can have from using WI technologies. It is expected for such applications and tools to be integrated with existing Web-based applications developed by the project participants from industry. This project is also supposed to enable transfer of results from similar European research projects to which researchers from this project already actively participate.
RESEARCH COMMUNITY WEB PORTALS (2005) - A 1-year project funded by the Government of the Republic of Serbia. Vladan Devedzic is the project leader and coordinator. The project objectives include development and implementation of research community Web portals in the areas of artificial intelligence and e-Learning. Such research portals are Web portals that provide research groups, university boards, managers of higher education institutions, and other decision makers in science and government with the latest information on important topics in research and public policy. They can also ensure for quick and efficient channels of communication by supporting and sustaining personal relationships and contacts between individual researchers and research groups. Thus research portals can serve as ongoing virtual conferences and platforms for dialogue between the scientific community, government, and the general public. The experience acquired through this project can be used to efficiently build research portals in other knowledge areas as well.
ONLINE LEARNING: COURSE DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY (2004) - A short-term project within the Partnerships for Tomorrow Program Phase II (PTP II), funded by the Canadian International Development Agency and administered by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada. The project objective was to bring together experts from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada and FON - School of Business Administration, University of Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro, in looking into models of successful professional training solutions that will help faculty develop online programs and courses primarily at the graduate, but also at the undergraduate level. Vladan Devedzic helped in strengthening the collaboration between the two institutions and establishing good foundations for the development of mutually beneficial online education programs in the areas of organization, management and information systems.
GOOD OLD AI PORTAL (2004-present) - The project objective is to develop and maintain an authoritative Web portal in the area where the broad fields of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Software Engineering (SE) intersect. The portal centralizes access to information, applications, educational contents, and services for researchers, developers, and other users interested in artificial intelligence systems and knowledge engineering. It delivers a consolidated view that lets users access the most important electronic resources related to AI & SE, establish efficient communication, and exchange all relevant information. Vladan Devedzic coordinates all the activities in the project.
FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM IN SERBIA (2003-2004) - The project was funded by the European Agency for Reconstruction (EAR), with the objective to develop a new model of the Health Information System (HIS) in Serbia and pilot it in certain medical regions. Specifically, the project results included the definition and agreement on a minimum health data set for integration in the new HIS, a unique patient identification and a coding system to classify all relevant health information. Vladan Devedzic was an IT consultant who helped develop data models and use cases for HIS to include identification of patients, providers and facilities, health insurance identifiers, data on medicines’ prescribing, dispensing and use, basic medical data of patients, and social data.
COMPUTING CURRICULA SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (CCSE) (2001-2004) - A long-term international project carried out by a joint task force created by Educational Activities Board of the IEEE Computer Society and the ACM Education Board. The goal was to create the software engineering volume of the revised curriculum guidelines for undergraduate programs in computing. Vladan Devedzic was among the project volunteers. A part of the project was to define the knowledge area of software engineering. Within that part, Vladan Devedzic was a member of the group KA3-Design. Another part focused on pedagogical issues. Within that part, Vladan Devedzic chaired the group for International adaptation (Group 4).
TEACHING BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS (2002-2004) - A 2-year, international project, funded by TEMPUS agency (project JEP 16067), with the objective to unify curricula for teaching business information systems across universities in Serbia and Montenegro (ex Yugoslavia) and focus the curricula on certain important and promising developments identified from the perspectives of academia, industry, and research funding agencies in EU and North America. The project consortium members included several universities from from Serbia and Montenegro, University of Brighton, UK, and Centre for Research and Technology – Hellas (ITI–CERTH), Thessaloniki, Greece. The project's starting points in defining the reference model for business information systems curricula were the corresponding curricula from EU universities and the official IEEE/ACM guidelines.
INTELLIGENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
(2002-2004) - A 3-year project, co-funded by the Government of the Republic
of Serbia and industry partners. Vladan Devedzic was the project leader and coordinator. The
project objectives included application of intelligent software technologies
and Internet technologies in engineering, manufacturing, education, business
information systems, and knowledge management. The project results achieved are used by both
the project participants from academia and industrial partners.
HANDBOOK ON SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AND KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING (2000-present) - A large, 3-volume reference book covering all the important aspects of software engineering and knowledge engineering, edited by Professor S. K. Chang, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA. Vol.1 appeared in 2001, and Vol.2 in Mid 2002. Vladan Devedzic was a member of the Advisory Board and the author of three chapters. Vol.3 is expected in 2005. Vladan Devedzic is a co-author of one chapter, and was a member of the Advisory Board.
OBJECT-ORIENTED INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS (1996-2000) - A 5-year, government funded project. Results achieved include development of an object-oriented model of knowledge bases (OBOA), and an object-oriented model of intelligent tutoring systems (GET-BITS). The OBOA model has been used to develop an object-oriented model of intelligent manufacturing systems, and an object-oriented model of intelligent reasoning. All these models were presented worldwide at scientific meetings, conferences and journals. Based on them, several practical software tools, components and systems were developed.
Last updated on June 20th, 2005.