Jelena Vasiljevic

Jelena Vasiljevic serves as Associate Professor of Intelligent Systems at the School of Computing, Union University in Belgrade, Serbia, and as Scientific Associate at Mihajlo Pupin Institute. Her teaching spans PhD studies (Analysis and Making Genetic sequences), Master's programs (Bioinformatics, Robotics, Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic, Knowledge Based Systems), and Primary studies (Intelligent Systems, Neural Networks, Genetic Algorithms, Robotics).

Her research centers on Medical Image Analysis for Cancer Diagnostics using multifractal techniques, with significant contributions to Biomedical Engineering and Telecommunications through medical image analysis software. Additional expertise includes Intelligent Systems (Neural Networks, Robotics), Wireless Sensor Networks, and Social Movements in the Western Balkans context. Her work bridges computer science applications with societal challenges, particularly in healthcare technology innovation.

Recent publications reveal dual research trajectories: (1) technical innovations in ZigBee networks, swarm robotics, and sensor calibration; (2) sociopolitical analyses of social movements, trust dynamics, and environmental activism in post-pandemic Western Balkans. This interdisciplinary approach connects engineering solutions with democratic resilience studies.

Her scientific recognition includes:

• Top ten Ph.D from Serbia (Centar for Promotion of Science, 2016)
• Best Researcher at Mihajlo Pupin Institute (2014)
• First Prize at International Medical Fair for Cancer Diagnostic Project (2014)
• Special Award for Cancer Image Detection PhD work (2014)
• Top ten women award (Blic Women Magazine, 2015)
• Female Hero for Medical Image Cancer Detection Research (2015)
• Listing in Oxford Encyclopedia as Successful Person of Serbia

She manages government-funded research projects with annual budgets exceeding €400,000 per project (typically two annually), focusing on medical image analysis applications. Her cancer diagnostics work has received extensive media coverage in Serbian television and newspapers as a leading medical technology advancement. At Mihajlo Pupin Institute, she contributes to research teams in Digital Image Processing, Telecommunications, and Biomedical Engineering.