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Zoran Stejic, researcher and software engineer
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* E-mail: zs(at)mm(dot)st, WWW: http://www.stejic.mm.st/
* Residence: Tokyo, Japan

[Summary]
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* 10 years experience in design, implementation and evaluation
  of algorithms, prototypes and production-level components
  for analysis and retrieval of multimedia information
  (images, videos, and text).

* 20 international journal and conference publications.
  30 patent applications.

* 15 years experience studying and working in international environments
  (Europe and Japan).

* Fluent in English, Japanese, and Croatian.

[Experience]
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(Jan 2011-present) chief software engineer,
Rakuten Inc, Development Unit, Japan

* Working on development of search technologies,
  in particular distributed search functionality.

(Feb 2008-Dec 2010) researcher,
Yahoo Japan Corp, Research Lab, Japan

* Developed both prototypes and production-level components for:
  region-based image retrieval, object recognition, video shot detection
  and summarization, and personalization of search results.
* Filed 18 patent applications related to multimedia information
  retrieval technology.  Promoted once.

(Nov 2004-Jan 2008) specialist R&D engineer,
Ricoh Co. Ltd, Software R&D Group, Japan

* Developed prototypes for integrated browsing and retrieval
  of multimedia contents (text, images, and video)
  and tag recommendation in an enterprise social bookmarking system.
* Leader of a 1.5 years-long international software development project,
  involving five members in Japan and five in Europe.  Several joint
  research projects with leading European research institutes.
* Filed 12 patent applications related to information retrieval technology.
  Promoted 3 times.

(Oct 2000-Sep 2003) research assistant,
Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Japan

* Conducted research related to image retrieval: the doctoral research
  topic.  Proposed the "visual keywords" concept that resulted in
  two M.Sc. and one Ph.D. thesis.  Administered four Linux servers.

(Jul 1997-Aug 1997) IAESTE trainee,
Ricoh Co. Ltd, R&D Group, Japan

* Developed, in C language, software for network performance analysis
  using TCP and UDP protocols.

[Education]
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(Sep 2003) Ph.D. degree in Computational Intelligence,
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

* Thesis: "Local similarity pattern family of similarity models
  for genetic algorithm based relevance feedback in image retrieval."
  Supervisor: Prof. Kaoru Hirota.
* Achievements: 12 international publications.
  Early graduation: Ph.D. in 2.5 years.  Tejima Memorial Research Award.
  Japanese Government Scholarship (Monbusho).

(Mar 2001) M.Sc. degree in Computational Intelligence,
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

* Thesis: "Integrated retrieval of images and text using natural language
  'kansei' (sensitivity) expressions."  Supervisor: Prof. Kaoru Hirota.
* Achievements: 3 international publications.
  Japanese Government Scholarship (Monbusho).

(Jun 1998) B.Sc. degree in Software Engineering,
Technical University of Budapest, Hungary

* Thesis: "Developing a graphical interactive tool
  for displaying solution sets of boundary value problems (BVPs)."
  Supervisor: Prof. Imre Szeberenyi.
* Achievements: Graduation with Honors: GPA 5.0/5.0.
  Four times "Student of the Year" award.

[Skills]
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* Software development: C/C++, Python, Java.  UNIX/Linux.
  HTML, CSS, XML, CGI, HTTP.  Object-oriented design.  Unit testing.
  Version control.  Requirements analysis.

* Research: Information retrieval.  Multimedia information analysis
  and processing: images, video, and text.  Machine learning.  Data mining.

* Project management: International software development
  and research projects, between Japan and European countries.

* Languages: Croatian: native.  English and Japanese: fluent.
  German and Hungarian: elementary.

[Publications and Patents]
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* 20 international publications: 7 in journals and 13 at conferences.
  30 patent applications.

Update: Apr 2011
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