CURRICULUM VITAE
HULUSIĆ, Vedad
Date of birth: 07/07/1982
Nationality: Bosnian
Email: vedad.hulusic@telecom-paristech.fr
Phone (mobile): +33 7 52 96 08 36
EDUCATION
2007 – 2011 School of Engineering, University of Warwick, United Kingdom
PhD in Engineering
Dissertation title: Auditory-Visual Interaction in Computer Graphics
Short description: In the thesis, auditory-visual cross-modal interaction
research findings have been investigated and adapted to graphics rendering
purposes. The results from five psychophysical experiments, involving 233
participants, showed that, even in the realm of computer graphics, there is a
strong relationship between vision and audition in both spatial and temporal
domains.
2000 – 2006 Computing and Informatics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering Sarajevo,
University of Sarajevo
Computer Engineer, BSc*
* Five-year programme, Master equivalent
CURRENT POSITIONS
2015 -
Post-doctoral fellow (Research and Development Engineer)
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
2011 – 2015
Assistant Professor
Computer Science and Information Systems Department
University Sarajevo School of Science and Technology
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2010 – 2015
Coordinator
Digital Media Center
University Sarajevo School of Science and Technology
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2009 – 2010
Teaching Assistant
School of Engineering
University of Warwick
United Kingdom
2006 – 2007
Teaching Assistant
Computer Science and Information Systems Department
University Sarajevo School of Science and Technology
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2004 – 2007
Developer, Graphics designer
K-ing Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina
MEMBERSHIPS
2010 –
Association for Digitization and Informatization of Cultural Heritage
DIGI.BA
Active member and researcher
2006 –
Sarajevo Graphics Group
Active member and researcher
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
2008
2007 – 2010
Best paper award at the ACM 25th Spring Conference on Computer
Graphics
Vice Chancellor Scholarship, University of Warwick, United Kingdom
SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS
2012 – 2015
Supervisor and co-supervisor for PhD, Master and Undergraduate
students
Computer Science and Information Systems Department
University Sarajevo School of Science and Technology
Bosnia and Herzegovina
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
2011 – 2015
Assistant Professor
Computer Science and Information Systems Department
University Sarajevo School of Science and Technology
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Courses thought: Computer Graphics, Design and Implementation in Web Environments,
Computer Organization and Architectures, Independent Project Study (Applied
Programming), System Analysis and Design, Human-Computer Interaction
2009 – 2010
Teaching Assistant
International Digital Lab, Warwick Manufacturing Group
University of Warwick
United Kingdom
2006 – 2007
Teaching Assistant
Computer Science and Information Systems Department
University Sarajevo School of Science and Technology
Bosnia and Herzegovina
RESEARCH INTERESTS
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High Dynamic Range Imaging
Image and Video Quality Assessment
Perception and Attention
Image Processing
Serious Games
Cultural Heritage
Virtual Museums
Cross-Modal Interaction
PROJECT PARTICIPATION
Large-Scale Collaborative Projects
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4EVER-2
Project,
Research
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Development
Engineer,
2015-present
(http://www.4ever-2.com/)
FP7 Network of Excellence 270404: V-MusT.net - Virtual Museum Transnational
Network. Member of the General Assembly, Researcher, 2011-2014 (http://www.vmust.net/)
COST Action IC1005: HDRi: The digital capture, storage, transmission and display of
real-world lighting. Management Committee member, 2011-2015 (http://ic1005hdri.inesctec.pt/)
Other Projects
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Member of the Sarajevo Graphics Group:
o Keys to Rome (http://www.keys2rome.eu/)
o Interactive Digital Media Presentation of Butmir Neolithic Culture
(http://dmc.ssst.edu.ba/ButmirNeolithicCulture/)
o Virtual Reconstruction of the Church of the Holy Trinity in Mostar
(http://h.etf.unsa.ba/crkva-sv-trojice/)
o Virtual City of Sarajevo (http://www.virtualnosarajevo.com.ba/)
Coordinator and designer of the UNICEF funded project “Educational interactive ebook for early child stimulation”
Lead developer for the UNICEF funded project for tracking field work with children with
autism “EDUStat”
Lead developer for the UNDP funded project “Teaching basic shapes to children using
a computer”
Lead developer for the online system for conducting student surveys and tests at
University Sarajevo School of Science and Technology (SSST)
Project coordinator and developer for the improvement of GIS for Municipal water and
waste management company in Sarajevo
3D modeller and graphics designer in several other research and commercial projects
ORGANISATIONAL EFFORTS
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Local Organising Chair - HDRi 2014: Second International Conference and SME
Workshop on HDR imaging, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, March 2014
Local Organising Chair - EU IC1005 Cost Action WG and MC semi-annual project
meetings, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, March 2014
Co-organization Committee - 10th VAST International Symposium on Virtual Reality,
Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, VAST 2009, St.Julians, Malta on the 22-25th
September 2009
Co-organization Committee - EUROGRAPHICS 2009 Symposium on Parallel Graphics
and Visualization, EGPGV ‘09, Munich, Germany
Local organizing Committee - 19th EUROGRAPHICS Symposium on Rendering 2008,
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Local organizing Committee - Graphics Hardware Workshop, Sarajevo, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, 2008.
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME COMMITTEES
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International IEEE Conference in Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications
Spring Conference on Computer Graphics
Education Technology and Society Journal Special Issue Game-Based Learning (ETS
GBL)
Serious Games for Healthcare: Applications and Implications
REVIEWER FOR JOURNALS AND CONFERENCES
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Computer Graphics Forum
Signal Processing: Image Communication
The Visual Computer
Computers and Graphics Journal (Elsevier)
Journal of Computing and Cultural Heritage
i-Perception: Open-access journal of human, animal and machine perception
SEGAH: International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health
PUBLICATIONS
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Hulusic, V., Valenzise, G., Provenzi, E., Debattista, K., & Dufaux, F. (2016). Perceived
Dynamic Range in HDR Images. In Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on
Quality of Multimedia Experience (QoMEX), IEEE.
Hulusic, V., Pistoljevic, N. (2015). Read, Play and Learn: An Interactive E-book for
Children with Autism. In Games and Learning Alliance. Springer International
Publishing.
Hulusic, V., Pistoljevic, N. (2013). Teaching Children with and without Disabilities
School Readiness Skills. In Proceedings of ECC '13 - 7th WSEAS European Computing
Conference (pp. 316-323).
Hulusic, V., & Rizvic, S. (2013). Story guided virtual environments in educational
applications. In Transactions on Edutainment IX (pp. 132-149). Springer Berlin
Heidelberg.
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Hulusic, V., Debattista, K., & Chalmers, A. (2013). Smoothness perception: Investigation
of beat rate effect on frame rate perception.The Visual Computer, 29(11), 1159-1172.
Hulusic, V., & Pistoljevic, N. (2012). “LeFCA”: Learning framework for children with
autism. Procedia Computer Science, 15, 4-16.
El-Zayat, M., Rizvic, S., & Hulusic, V. (2012, September). Enhancing integration of virtual
objects in augmented reality applications. In Virtual Systems and Multimedia (VSMM),
2012 18th International Conference on (pp. 125-132). IEEE.
Rizvic, S., Sadzak, A., Hulusic, V., & Karahasanovic, A. (2013, March). Interactive digital
storytelling in the sarajevo survival tools virtual environment. In Proceedings of the 28th
Spring Conference on Computer Graphics (pp. 109-116). ACM.
Hulusic, V., Harvey, C., Debattista, K., Tsingos, N., Walker, S., Howard, D., & Chalmers,
A. (2012, February). Acoustic Rendering and Auditory–Visual Cross‐Modal Perception
and Interaction. In Computer Graphics Forum (Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 102-131). Blackwell
Publishing Ltd.
Rizvic, S., Sadzak, A., Ramic-Brkic, B., & Hulusic, V. (2011). Virtual Museum
Applications and Their Public Perception in Bosnia and Herzegovina. ISPRSInternational Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information
Sciences, 3816, 421-427.
Hulusic, V., & Rizvic, S. (2011, May). The use of live virtual guides in educational
applications. In Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications (VS-GAMES), 2011
Third International Conference on (pp. 92-97). IEEE.
Hulusic, V., Harvey, C., Tsingos, N., Debattista, K., Walker, S., Howard, D., & Chalmers,
A. (2011, April). Acoustic Rendering and Auditory–Visual Cross‐Modal Perception and
Interaction. Eurographics 2011 State of The Art Report (STAR). – selected for journal
Hulusić, V., Debattista, K., Aggarwal, V., & Chalmers, A. (2011). Maintaining frame rate
perception in interactive environments by exploiting audio-visual cross-modal
interaction. The Visual Computer, 27(1), 57-66.
Hulusic, V., Debattista, K., Aggarwal, V., & Chalmers, A. (2010, March). Exploiting audiovisual cross-modal interaction to reduce computational requirements in interactive
environments. In Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications (VS-GAMES), 2010
Second International Conference on(pp. 126-132). IEEE.
Happa, J., Artusi, A., Dubla, P., Bashford-Rogers, T., Debattista, K., Hulusic, V., &
Chalmers, A. (2009, September). The Virtual Reconstruction and Daylight Illumination of
the Panagia Angeloktisti. In VAST (pp. 49-56).
Hulusić, V., Czanner, G., Debattista, K., Sikudova, E., Dubla, P., & Chalmers, A. (2009,
April). Investigation of the beat rate effect on frame rate for animated content.
In Proceedings of the 25th Spring Conference on Computer Graphics(pp. 151-159).
ACM. – best paper award
Happa, J., Zányi, E., Hulusic, V., Chrysanthou, Y., Chalmers, A. (2008, June). Capturing
and Visualising the Past: High-Fidelity Computer Reconstruction of Byzantine Artefacts.
Presented at the World Archaeological Congress, Dublin, Ireland.
Happa, J., Zányi, E., Hulusic, V., Chrysanthou, Y., Chalmers, A. (2008). The High−
Fidelity Computer Reconstruction of Byzantine Art in Cyprus. In Proceedings of IV
International Cyprological Congress. Proceedings of IV International Cyprological
Congress.
Hulusic, V., Aranha, M., & Chalmers, A. (2008, February). The influence of cross-modal
interaction on perceived rendering quality thresholds. In Proceedings of the 16th
International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and
Computer Vision'2008.
Hulusic, V. (2007). Optimization threshold in Sarajevo City Hall virtual model for Efficient
Web Presentation. In Central European Seminar on Computer Graphics, Slovakia.
Hulusic, V., Rizvić, S. (2006, November) Virtual 3D model optimization for Web
implementation. BIHTEL 2006 Conference.