Work Experience

Working experience

02/2020 - Present Visiting Researcher, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen (Netherlands)

Research on the possibilities of biofeedback applications in VR treatment for psychiatric disorders at the Department of Psychiatry at University Medical Center Groningen (University of Groningen).

10/2019 - Present Research scientist in healthcare, Kana, Leeuwarden (Netherlands)

Research on affective states of stress and relaxation, and how these influence the mental mindset of gamers
Data analysis of physiological data relating to the task performance in the VR serious games
System architect for the affective artificial intelligence in the VR serious games for the stress-related treatments
Protocol design for the clinical RTC user study, together with the ethical approval applications

01/2019 - 09/2019 Senior Lecturer, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Karlskrona (Sweden)

10/2016 - 11/2018 R&D Software Designer, Philips Healthcare, Best (Netherlands)

Development of X-ray systems in the area of cardiac or vascular medical diagnosis and intervention (i.e., a “dotter” treatment)
Requirements design, development, testing and integration of software units related to imaging system and user interface
Development of the user interface for the low level control for the movement to combine (high speed) motion with safety for the patient and the operator
Working in Agile Scrum Team employing Lean Software development practices
Following the Software Documentation Process ISO 13485 standard for Software Development for Medical devices – Class III (IEC 60601)
Tooling: C++, Qt5, CMake, Google Test

01/2015 - 09/2016 Researcher and Developer of Physiology sensors for Hearing Aid, The School of Medicine, Split (Croatia)

Research Fellowships for professional development of young researchers and postdoctoral researchers in the field of medical neuroelectronics [EU project]
Developememt of physiology sensors and experiments for the use of fundamental investigation of neurobiology in the human hearing
Development of the neuroelectronic software interface based on electroencephalograph (EEG) sampled at high frequency (> 20 kHz)
Development of the artifact removal algorithm for the cochlear implants on EEG signals using Independent Component Analysis (ICA)
Tooling: MATLAB.

01/2014 - 05/2014 Robotic system developer, RIKEN Brain Science Institute (RIKEN BSI), Tokyo (Japan)

Development of robotic technologies communicating with physiological sensor technologies (i.e., EEG and Microsoft Kinect)
Collaborative interaction between human and robot
System architect and software engineer, knowledge and technology transfer
Tooling: C/C++, Python, MATLAB.

04/2013 - 06/2013 Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) developer, Radboud University, Nijmegen (Netherlands)

Development of Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) technologies using Serious Games as training tools, which use EEG medical sensor to extract information on various brain states
Used wearable EEG device and Serious games allowing convenience and short setup times
System architect and software engineer, knowledge and technology transfer
Demonstration at Europeans Researcher Night 2014 for popularization of science
Tooling: C/C++, C#, MATLAB

06/2012 - 09/2013 Researcher and Developer of Dynamic Robotic Systems, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Karlskrona (Sweden)

Psychophysiological Interaction and Empathic Cognition for Human-Robot Cooperative Work - PsyIntEC [EU project]
Advances that address safe ergonomic and empathetic adaptation by a robotic system to the needs and characteristics of a human co-worker during collaborative work in a joint human-robot work cell
Psychophysiological (or biometric) data input (i.e., ECG, EEG and GSR) as the basis for affective and cognitive modelling of the human partner as a basis for behavioral adaptation
Project proposal, managing publishing and reporting research
System architect and software engineer
Tooling: C/C++, C#, Java, MATLAB.

03/2010 - 09/2012 Researcher and Developer of Serious Game Technologies, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Karlskrona (Sweden)

Excellence in public and professional decision making: boosting deliberate practice and handling biases through immersive cognitive and emotional reinforcement strategies and tools - xDelia [EU project]
Improving financial decision making by developing and evaluating the potential of serious games and medical sensors
Development of tools to conduct experimental and field research, medical instrumentation and serious games
The importance for competence building of contextual and psychological validity, and of the need for timely and relevant feedback
Biofeedback using Serious games and medical sensors (i.e., ECG, EEG and GSR)
Managing publishing and reporting research
Knowledge transfer
Tooling: C/C++, Unity 3D, C#, Java, MATLAB, DirectX, OpenGL

03/2009 - 01/2010 Systems architect and developer, FESB (Lama d.o.o.), Split (Croatia)

08/2008 - 09/2008 C# and SQL developer, Ghent University (UGent), Ghent (Belgium)

Development of software solution for simulating flow and behavior of refrigerants in heat exchangers
Mechanical engineering department
User interface
Tooling: C, C#, SQL

01/2008 - 05/2008 Fortran and Matlab Developer, University of Michigan (UMICH), Ann Arbor (United States)

09/2007 - 01/2009 Web developer, Internet partner (Booking IT), Split (Croatia)

Introduction to Programing, School of Computing, 2010/13
3D Programing, School of Computing, 2010/14
Advanced 3D Programing, School of Computing, 2010/14
Game and Interaction Design, School of Computing, 2013/14
Student Game Projects, School of Computing, 2013/14
Supervision of bachelor and master theses in Computer Science, Game Development and Technical Artist program (BTH) 2013-19
Research Methodology (Course Responsible), Department of Computer Science, 2018/19
Data Visualization, Department of Computer Science, 2018/19
Bachelor Thesis in Computer Science (Course Responsible, Supervision) BTH 2019
Certified on two pedagogy courses bearing 15 ECTS points (Pedagogy 1, University Teaching 101)

Instructional Design of Serious Games for Healthcare, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), 2020