Veljko Pejovićمشاهده پروفایل
دانشیار
Veljko Pejović is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Computer and Information Science (FRI), University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, where he also serves as Head of the Computer Communications Laboratory. His research focuses on mobile computing with special emphasis on resource efficiency in mobile and IoT environments. His educational background includes a PhD in Computer Science from the University of California, Santa Barbara (2012) and a dipl. ing (BS) from the University of Belgrade, Serbia (2006). Pejović's research interests center around mobile deep learning, approximate computing, and resource-efficient computing. His work explores how computation accuracy can be dynamically adapted based on contextual factors to optimize resource usage without significantly compromising user experience. He has made significant contributions to mobile sensing, machine learning on resource-constrained devices, and security in IoT environments. His recent publications reveal a strong trend toward making AI more efficient and accessible on mobile and edge devices, with particular focus on approximate computing techniques, federated learning frameworks, and context-aware adaptation of computational resources. His research spans applications from precision agriculture using UAVs to behavioral authentication in IoT environments and mental health inference from mobile sensor data. Scientific Awards: 10-Year Impact Runner Up Award at ACM UbiComp for InterruptMe work Outstanding research achievement award for 2024 by the Faculty of Computer and Information Science Best Paper Nominee (top 4%) at UbiComp'14 for InterruptMe Pejović actively mentors PhD and master's students, with numerous theses resulting in workshop, conference, and journal publications. He serves as Associate Editor for ACM IMWUT and ACM JCSS, and has held organizational roles in major conferences including ACM UbiComp 2025. His research is supported by multiple significant projects including approXimation for adaptable diStributed artificial intelligence (ARIS), CODA, AgriAdapt, and CARMA. His laboratory, the Computer Communications Laboratory at FRI, focuses on developing practical systems and frameworks for resource-efficient mobile computing, with several open-source tools and datasets publicly available for the research community.


