Emir SokicCurriculum Vitae

Kemala Kapetanovica 36Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

H (+387) (0)61 798 XXXT (+387) (0)33 250 700

B esokic@etf.unsa.ba

Personal DataPlace and Date of

BirthBosnia and Herzegovina, Visoko | 10 February 1985

Marital status Married, Two children

Education2012–2015 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) - 3 years programme, Electrical Engineer-

ing, University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Department ofAutomatic Control and Electronics, GPA – 10.0 of 10.0 .Research area: Signal/image processing and image retrieval

2008–2011 Master of Science (Mr.sci) - 2 years programme, Electrical Engineering,University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Department of Auto-matic Control and Electronics, GPA – 10.0 of 10.0.Graduated first in class, Best student award; Thesis research area: Signal processingand modelling

2003–2008 Diploma Engineer (dipl.el.ing) - 5 years programme, Electrical Engineer-ing, University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Department ofAutomatic Control and Electronics, GPA – 9.86 of 10.0.Graduated first in class, Gold student award; Thesis research area: Image processing

ExperienceVocational

2016–present Assistant Professor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Departmentfor Automatic Control and Electronics, Sarajevo.Responsible the following courses: Signal Theory, Signals and Systems, Logical SystemsDesign, Design of Microprocessor Based Systems, Electronics TK2

2011–2016 Senior Teaching and Research Assistant, Faculty of Electrical En-gineering, Department for Automatic Control and Electronics, Sarajevo.Organized tutorials and laboratory exercises mostly in the following courses: SignalTheory, Signal and System Analysis, Digital Control Systems, Embedded Systems.

2008–2011 Teaching and Research Assistant, Faculty of Electrical Engineer-ing, Department for Automatic Control and Electronics, Sarajevo.Organized tutorials and laboratory exercises mostly in the following courses: SignalTheory, Signal and System Analysis, Digital Control Systems, Electronic Elements andCircuits, Lab Work in Automatics and Informatics, Lab Work in Electrical Engineeringand Electronics, Robotics 1, Introduction to Control Systems, Digital Signal Processing,Microelectronic Components and Structures.Miscellaneous

2008–Present Consultant and Researcher - part time.Worked as a Electrical engineering and Image/Signal processing consultant on variousprojects in industry and academic research, in collaboration with:{ EnergoBos ILJIN doo, Sarajevo{ School of Dentistry, University of Sarajevo{ Traffic Institute of Faculty of Civil Engineering, Sarajevo{ Factory Metal As, Visoko{ Elreg doo, Sarajevo{ SAC Testing & Consulting, Sarajevo{ Private clients

2004–2008 Student Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Electrical Engineering,Department for Automatic Control and Electronics, Sarajevo.Assisted in organization of tutorials and laboratory exercises for various courses.

Scientific projects2014-2016 Researcher. "A hybrid 2D visualization of the environment using ultrasonic

reflections", funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Science, Bosniaand Herzegovina.

2014.-2015. Researcher. EU ICT7 Horizon 2020 proposal CLOUDS 2014. "Cloud Orches-tration and Unified Deployment of Services" preparation, funded by Council ofMinisters, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Grants, Honors and Awards2015 The paper "Shape description using phase-preserving Fourier descriptor" entered

the Top 15% papers list of IEEE ICME 20152013 Partial Scholarship for PhD study, University of Sarajevo2012 Partial Scholarship for PhD study, University of Sarajevo2011 First and best Masters graduate in Class, GPA 10.02008 Full Masters Scholarship, Faculty of Electrical Engineering Sarajevo2008 Golden Ring Award, Faculty of Electrical Engineering Sarajevo2008 First graduate in Class, GPA 9.862008 Academic Edhem Camo Award

2003-2008 Most Valuable Student Award, Faculty of Electrical Engineering Sarajevo2003 Best Student, Electrotechnical High School "Hazim Sabanovic", Visoko2003 Honorable mention, International Mathematical Olympiad, Tokio, Japan2003 Silver medal, Mediterranean Mathematical Olympiad

2001 Honorable mention, Mediterranean Mathematical Olympiad2001 Participation, Junior Balkan Mathematical Olympiad, Belgrade, Serbia

1995–2001 Multiple local Junior Mathematical Competitions winner

Certificates2012 IRC5 2-day operator course, for ABB robot manipulators, issued by ABB

Slovenia2011 Exemption from taking the State professional exam, issued by Federal ministry

of Physical Planning, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Memberships and activities2013–Present Member of Ethical Committee, Faculty of Electrical Engineering Sarajevo2015–Present IEEE Signal Processing Society, Member2015–Present Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Member

2011–2014 IEEE Signal Processing Society, GOLD student member2008–2014 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) GOLD student member2004–2008 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) student member

Journal/Conference reviewer and organizationConference Session

chairICINCO 2016, BIHTEL 2016, IWSSIP 2011

Journal Reviewer Elsevier Displays, IET BiometricsConferenceReviewer

ICAT 2013/15/17, IWSSIP 2011, BIHTEL 2012/14/16, HSI 2011, ICM 2011

Technical/Engineering skills and technologiesBasic FPGA

Intermediate Robot manipulationAdvanced 32bit MCU (NXP, Freescale), 8bit MCU (Atmel, Microchip), Data acquisi-

tion, PCB design and layout, Industrial automation, Signal/Image processing,Research

Expert Teaching, Electronic components and structures

Computer skillsBasic Mathcad, Java, QT, HTML

Intermediate OpenCV, mBed, SoMachine, Solidworks, LPCXpresso, Altium, C#, C++,EPlan, NI LABView, Microchip/ATMEL Assebler, LATEX, OpenOffice and MSOffice, Ubuntu Linux, Microsoft Windows

Advanced Eagle PCB, C, Easy Soft ProExpert MATLAB

Communication Skills2008-Present Numerous oral presentations at international scientific conferences2004-Present Experience in teaching, tutoring, writing instruction materials - always graded

excellent in student polls

LanguagesBosnian MothertongueEnglish Advanced Conversationally fluentItalian Basic Good understanding and reading

Interests- Signal processing - Teaching- Research - Mechatronic structures- Electronics/Design - Embedded systems- Industrial automation

PhD ThesisTitle Algorithms for Shape Analysis Based on Fourier Descriptors

Supervisor Associate Professor Samim KonjicijaDescription The main research topic of this doctoral dissertation was the Fourier descriptor

and its application in shape-based image retrieval problems. The thesis proposedseveral shape descriptors: a novel type of scale invariant Fourier descriptor,called NCC Fourier descriptor; a method of determining nominal orientationand starting point and a corresponding phase-preserving shape descriptor, socalled phase-including Fourier descriptor - PIFD, were proposed; three differentweighting functions are analyzed. All proposed descriptors outperformed otherstate-of-the-art shape descriptors in terms of performance to complexity ratio.

Master ThesisTitle Detection of Objects in Space Using Sound Field Modelling

Supervisors Associate Professor Samim Konjicija & Professor Melita Ahic-DjokicDescription The thesis investigated the possibility of synthesis of a sensory system based

on active sound sources and sound sensors that would be capable of qualitativedetection of objects in an artificially generated sound field. Unlike the commonsweeping methods, the research was inspired by human and animal interpretationof sound signals. A simulator, together with all analytical descriptions, wasdeveloped for conducting experiments and simulations. Some partial resultswere obtained in simulation, but the research in real-world environment is notyet conducted.

Diploma Thesis

Title Synthesis of the Computer Vision System for Chess Playing Robot ManipulatorSupervisor Professor Melita Ahic-DjokicDescription The thesis proposed a solution for a computer vision system designed to be

implemented on a computer controlled robot manipulator (such as ABB IRB120), in order to allow the robot manipulator to play chess with a humanopponent. The system was based on a single CCD low quality camera, andMATLAB as main software program for image processing and communicationwith external hardware. All parameters needed for robot trajectory planning werecalculated, together with a simple chess engine communication interface neededfor chess game presentation, and robot manipulator chess moves generation.

PublicationsArticles in peer-reviewed journalEmir Sokic, Vedad Becirovic, Amer Smajkic, Dejan Beslija, Mahir Muratovic, BelmaBosovic, and Kapetanovic Mirsad. Design, development and implementation of apressure measurement sensory system for a high voltage circuit breaker model bhelektrotehnika. BH Elektrotehnika (Bosnian version), 10(46-55), 2016.

Emir Sokic and Samim Konjicija. Phase preserving fourier descriptor for shape-basedimage retrieval. Signal Processing: Image Communication, 40:82–96, 2016.

Vildana Dzemidzic, Emir Sokic, Alisa Tiro, and Enita Nakas. Computer basedassessment of cervical vertebral maturation stages using digital lateral cephalograms.Acta Informatica Medica, 23(6):364, 2015.

Emir Sokic, Alisa Tiro, Elma Sokic-Begovic and Enita Nakas. Semi-automaticAssessment of Cervical Vertebral Maturation Stages using Cephalograph Images andCentroid-based Clustering. Acta Stomatologica Croatica, 46(4):280–290, December2012.

International peer-reviewed conferences/proceedingsDelila Halac, Emir Sokic, and Emir Turajlic. Almonds classification using supervisedlearning methods. In XXVI International Conference on Information, Communicationand Automation Technologies ICAT, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, October 2017.

Emir Sokic and Kenan Softic and Mina Ferizbegovic and Jasmina Zubaca and MelitaAhic-Djokic. A Hybrid Visualization of the Environment using Smart Ultrasound-basedSensor Arrays. In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Informatics inControl, Automation and Robotics ICINCO 2016, pages 573–578, Lisbon, Portugal,July 2016.

Nermina Ahmic, Emir Sokic, and Melita Ahic-Djokic. Weighted-function basedAlgorithm for Retrieving Handwriting Trajectory from Off-line Data. In XI IEEEInternational Symposium BIHTEL 2016, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, October2016.

Jasmina Zubaca, Mina Ferizbegovic, Kenan Softic, Emir Sokic and Melita Ahic-Djokic.Design of a distributed ultrasound-based sensory system. In at XXV InternationalConference on Information, communication and automation technologies ICAT 2015,Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, October 2015.

Almir Salihbegovic, Mujo Hebibovic and Emir Sokic. Synthesis of the integral slidingmode control and the robust internal-loop compensator for a class of nonlinear systems

with matched uncertainties. In XXV International Conference on Information, commu-nication and automation technologies ICAT 2015, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina,October 2015.

Emir Sokic, Mina Ferizbegovic, Jasmina Zubaca, Kenan Softic and Melita Ahic-Djokic.Design of an ultrasound-based sensory system for environment inspection robots. InIn Proceedings of 58th International Symposium "Electronics in Marine" - ELMAR,Zadar, Croatia, September 2015.

Emir Sokic and Samim Konjicija. Shape description using phase-preserving Fourierdescriptor. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Multimedia andExpo ICME, Torino, Italy, July 2015.

Emir Sokic, Delila Halac and Samim Konjicija. Human-inspired shape-based imageretrieval using weighted City-block distance and Fourier descriptors. In Proceed-ings of Human Memory-Inspired Multimedia Organization and Preservation WorkshopHMMP, Torino, Italy, July 2015.

Emir Sokic and Samim Konjicija. Novel Fourier Descriptor Based on ComplexCoordinates Shape Signature. In Proceedings of 12th IEEE International Workshopon Content-Based Multimedia Indexing CBMI, Klagenfurt, Austria, June 2014.

Almir Salihbegovic, Emir Sokic, Nedim Osmic and Mujo Hebibovic. High PerformanceDisturbance Observer based Control of the Nonlinear 2DOF Helicopter System. InProceedings of XXIV IEEE International Conference on Information, Communicationand Automation Technologies ICAT, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, November2013.

Senka Krivic, Admir Kaknjo, Muhidin Hujdur, Nadir Zubovic and Emir Sokic. HapticPaddle and Fuzzy Based Virtual Environment Model Control System as a DidacticTool. In Proceedings of 9th France-Japan and 7th Europe-Asia Congress on Mecha-tronics (REM) and 13th Int’l Workshop on Research and Education in Mechatronics(MECATRONICS), Paris, France, November 2012.

Almir Salihbegovic, Emir Sokic, Aida Salihbegovic and Mujo Hebibovic. ReducingOff-road Vehicle Seat Vibrations Using Hydraulic Piston and Fuzzy Logic Controller.In Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium "Electronics in Marine" - ELMAR,Zadar, Croatia, September 2012.

Emir Sokic, Melita Ahic-Djokic and Almir Salihbegovic. Analysis of Off-line Hand-written Text Samples of Different Gender using Shape Descriptors. In Proceedingsof 11th IEEE International Symposium BIHTEL, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina,October 2012.

Emir Sokic, Melita Ahic-Djokic and Almir Salihbegovic. Understanding Signal Theorythrough Play. In Proceedings of the 34th IEEE International Convention MIPRO,Opatija, Croatia, May 2011.

Emir Sokic, Samim Konjicija, Melita Ahic-Djokic and Almir Salihbegovic. StabilityIssues in Discretization of Wave Equation. In Proceedings of 18th IEEE InternationalConference on Systems, Signals and Image Processing (IWSSIP), Sarajevo, Bosniaand Herzegovina, June 2011.

Emir Sokic, Melita Ahic-Djokic and Samim Konjicija. Sound Field simulation andanalysis using wave equation and finite differences method. In Proceedings of IEEEInternational Symposium "Electronics in Marine" - ELMAR, Zadar, Croatia, September2010.

Emir Sokic and Melita Ahic-Djokic. Simple Computer Vision System for Chess PlayingRobot Manipulator as a Project-Based Learning Example. In Proceedings of IEEEInternational Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology (ISSPIT),Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, December 2008.

International poster papersAlisa Tiro, Emir Sokic, Vildana Dzemidzic, Lejla Redzepagic-Vrazalica and Enita Nakas.Can Computer predict Cervical Vertebral Maturation Stages?, June 2012. 88th EOSCongress in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

Local peer-reviewed conferences/proceedingsVedad Becirovic, Dejan Beslija, Amer Smajkic, Emir Sokic and Mirsad Kapetanovic.System for simultaneous measurement of multiple travel records in a high voltagecircuit breaker kinematic chain. In 12. Savjetovanje Bosanskohercegovackog komiteta,Neum, Bosnia and Herzegovina, October 2015.

Emir Sokic and Melita Ahic-Djokic. Jednostavan sistem racunarske vizije za imple-mentaciju na robotskom manipulatoru kao primjer za projektno bazirano ucenje. InProceedings of VII International Symposium BIHTEL, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegov-ina, November 2008.