Zdenko Kovačić

Zdenko Kovačić is full professor at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing in Zagreb and head of the Laboratory for Robotics and Intelligent Control Systems (LARICS). In 1990/91 he was a visiting researcher at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and the State University, Blacksburg, USA. For contributions to the fields of robotics, automation, and control, he received the University of Zagreb Award “Fran Bošnjaković” for the year 2013 and the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing Award “Josip Lončar” for the year 2018. He was the principal researcher of more than 40 international and Croatian R&D projects including 3 ongoing ESF funded R&D projects and 3 R&D projects with industrial partners. He is the MC member of COST Action CA19104 Advancing Social inclusion through Technology and Empowerment (a- STEP). He is the author of 3 books in the fields of robotics, manufacturing systems and intelligent control. He is a member of the EuRobotics PhD Award Jury (2016-2022). He is the Senior Member of IEEE. He was president of Croatian Robotics Society 2005-2010. In the years 2012-2015 he was the elected president of Croatian Robotic Association. He is also a member of Croatian Society for Communication, Computer, Electronics, Measurement and Control. He is active in editorial boards of international journals and participated in the organization of numerous international conferences, workshops and academic seminars, and other events aimed at popularizing science.