معرفی
Matej Kristan is a Full Professor at the Faculty of Computer and Information Science, University of Ljubljana, where he serves as Vice Chair of the Department of Artificial Intelligence. He leads the Visual Object Tracking (VOT) Initiative, presides over the IAPR Slovenian Pattern Recognition Society, and acts as Associate Editor for IJCV.
- PhD from Faculty of Electrical Engineering, UL (2008)
- Co-organized 13+ workshops/conferences
Research Interests focus on:
- Visual Object Tracking: Long-term re-detection, transparent object tracking, segmentation-based methods
- Autonomous Boats: Obstacle detection, sensor fusion, maritime navigation
- Physics-Informed Deep Learning: Sea level forecasting (HIDRA models), climate prediction
- Surface Defect Detection: Real-time deep architectures for cracks/dents
Scientific Excellence:
- 26 Research Excellence Awards (Slovenian Research Agency)
- 10 Teaching Excellence Awards (UL/FRI)
- Best Paper Awards: ISPA2015, BMVC2022, Pattern Recognition Journal 2024
Student Mentorship: Supervised 8 PhD students including Alan Lukežič (summa cum laude 2021), Domen Tabernik, and Peter Uršič. His students have won 23 awards including multiple Prešeren Awards and Uroš Seljak distinctions.
Laboratory Involvement: Key member of the Visual Cognitive Systems Laboratory, contributing to multimodal perception systems for maritime robotics, educational robotics platforms, and advanced deep learning architectures.
