Konrad STEBLOVNIK

Dr. Konrad Steblovnik has worked most of his professional life in various research and development departments of Gorenje Velenje. He led the R&D departments and sectors that developed different electronics for products in the field of computer science, colour TVs, and electronics for white goods. In different periods, these development departments developed with their expertise a large number of products manufactured by Gorenje for the former Yugoslav, Slovenian, European, American, and world markets, such as the PAKA family computer terminals compatible with DEC, IBM, Burroughs, Honeywell, and CDC computers; colour TVs; household appliances (hot, wet and cold) as well as the Gorenje smart house system. He contributed many innovations and patents that have been implemented in these products. He was also for some time a lecturer at the Electrical High School in Velenje and at the Faculty of Polymer Technology in Slovenj Gradec.

Dr. Steblovnik studied smart home systems with intelligent devices, and within this developed a model of a multi-agent dynamic structure of a smart house helper. Shown above is a graphical user interface of the Gorenje oven.

1975 Degree, majoring on gyrators, University of Ljubljana

1985–1989 Head of R&D for computer terminals and other peripherals in Gorenje

1991–2000 Head of R&D for color TVs in Gorenje and Elektronika Velenje

2007 PhD on agent-based concept of household appliances, University of Maribor

2000–2012 Head of R&D for electronics in white goods and home automation in Gorenje

Important Works

K. Steblovnik, S. Grilli (2007) Software configuration management for ambient intelligence: The COMANCHE approach. In Proc. 21st Internat. Conf. on Adv. Netw. and Appl. Worksh. Symposia, Niagara Falls, pp. 362-367.

K. Steblovnik, D Zazula (2011) A novel agent-based concept of household appliances. Journal of Intell. Manufact. 22(1):73-88.

Selected Awards

1985 B. Kidrič Foundation Award for inventions and improvements: VIDEO CONTROL MODUL KLT-T, PAKA 3000

1987 B. Kidrič Foundation Award for inventions and improvements: VIDEO TERMINAL PAKA 5000

2002 Gorenje company innovator