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Milos Stojakovic is a Full Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Informatics at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia. He has held this position since 2016, following appointments as Associate Professor (2011-2016) and Assistant Professor (2006-2011) at the same institution. Since 2018, he has led the Foundations of Computer Science research group. His academic foundation includes dual Bachelor's degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science (1999), a Master's degree in Computer Science (2001), and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from ETH Zurich (2005) under Emo Welzl and Tibor Szabó.
Dr. Stojakovic's research focuses on:
- Positional games and their variants
- Discrete and computational geometry
- Discrete random structures
- Combinatorial algorithms
- Graph theory and applications
His extensive publication record reveals a consistent focus on positional games, with recent work exploring Maker-Breaker games, Avoider-Enforcer games, and Constructor-Blocker games. His research bridges combinatorics, game theory, and computational geometry, with notable contributions to hypergraph coloring, graph searching algorithms, and geometric matchings. He co-authored the seminal book 'Positional Games' (2014) in the Oberwolfach Seminars series.
Dr. Stojakovic has received significant recognition including the 'Dr Z. Đinđić Award' for best young scientist in Vojvodina (2008) and the 'Best Student of University of Novi Sad Award' (1998/99).
He has successfully mentored three PhD students to completion: Mirjana Mikalački (2014, 'Positional games on graphs'), Marko Savić (2018, 'Efficient algorithms for discrete geometry problems'), and Jelena Stratijev (2023, 'Strong positional games'). His research has been supported by various grants, including the 1 million RSD grant accompanying the Dr Z. Đinđić Award.
As head of the Foundations of Computer Science group, Dr. Stojakovic leads research in theoretical computer science and discrete mathematics. He has organized international workshops including multiple editions of the Novi Sad Workshop on Foundations of Computer Science (NSFOCS) and specialized workshops at the Oberwolfach Research Institute for Mathematics.
