Jurij TASIČ

Dr. Jurij F. Tasič’s field of research and development is systems theory. Due to the need for real-time processing, he developed the DARTA 80 computer system, which represented the basis for many research and industrial projects. In 1979 he developed a CPM-based single board computer. He focused on using artificial intelligence methods in data analysis and pattern recognition in the area of one and more dimensional signals. He cooperated with professor D. J. Evans, a mathematician, and researcher of parallel algorithms, to develop new approaches to the fast execution of algorithms. For the application of this knowledge in medicine, he has developed algorithms for pattern recognition in dedicated medical signals and images. Such an approach has been successfully used in the fields of ECG signal analysis, in the non-invasive imaging of muscle structures, automated breast cancer recognition, telemedical applications, etc. He has collaborated with several universities across Europe, e.g., Loughborough University of Technology, Imperial College, and Westminster University.

Breast anatomy. Image of a body scheme with a regions of interest (left) and axial T1-weighted MRI scan (right), both published in Comput Biol Med 62:55-64, 2015.

1977 PhD

1975–1980 Development of instruments for Carl Zeiss

1979–80 Development of multiprocessor architecture for ELES

1989 Full professor, University of Ljubljana

1992–1994 Visiting professor and researcher at Un. of Westminster in Loughborough University of Technology

1994 Chair, founder of Signal and Image Processing Lab, University of Ljubljana

1996–2003 Secretary, IAS

2004–2008 Vice-president of the Council for Higher Education

2000–2004 Department head, UL FE

Important Works

J. Tasič, M. Gušev (1992) Systolic implementation of preconditioned conjugate gradient method in adaptive transversal filters. Parallel Computing 18: 1053-1065.

N. Suljanović, A. Mujčić, M. Zajc, J. Tasič (2004) Approximate computation of high-frequency characteristics for power line with horizontal disposition and middle-phase to ground coupling. Electric Power Systems Research 69:17-24.

A. Mujčić, J. Tasič et. al. (2004) Influence of data frame duration on performance of BITCM system over HV power line. In Joint 1st Workshop on Mobile Future & Symposium on Trends In Communications, Piscataway, 150-153.

Selected Awards

2015 “Donald Michie and Alan Turing” award for life achievements in Slovenian Information Society