Professor Vesna Brujic-Okretic
Faculties, deparments and locations
- Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment
- Department of Networks and Digital Media
- School of Computer Science and Mathematics
- Penrhyn Road
Head of School of Computer Science and Mathematics
- Email:
- vesna@kingston.ac.uk
About
I am a Professor of Computer Science with background in engineering and physics. My expertise is in the area of augmented and virtual reality - with applications ranging from unmanned vehicle navigation to real-time integration of complex data forms into systems supporting decision making process. Recent completions include an intelligent urban transport system application in the context of Smart Cities.
The School of Computer Science and Mathematics continues to perform strongly in both its education portfolio and in research. Our cyber security centre has become a national Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Education, achieving a Silver Award by the National Cyber Security Centre (GCHQ) - taking the cyber security agenda vigorously forward within and beyond the University. The School's performance is reflected in the REF2021 results, with 73% of our research rated as world-leading or internationally excellent (4* or 3*) and in The Guardian League Table for 2023 - it is placed in the top 37% of computer science departments in the UK.
The School offers a programme of modern and popular courses in computer science, data science, user experience design, cyber security, games programming and digital media technologies - at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. From 2023, an undergraduate course in Artificial Intelligence will be launched - matching the areas of strength in the School's research.
Qualifications
- PhD in Plasma Physics, University of Belgrade, (former Yugoslavia)
- MSc in Physics, with Distinction, University of Belgrade, (former Yugoslavia)
- BSc in Engineering Physics, First Class Honours, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade
- Chair of British Association for Information and Library Education and Research, BAILER
- Fellow of the British Computer Society, Chartered Institute of IT
- Member of the IEEE
Publications
Scalable system for smart urban transport management
Ahmad Khan, Nauman, Nebel, Jean-Christophe, Khaddaj, Souheil and Brujic-Okretic, Vesna, 2020, Journal of Advanced Transportation (2020), pp 8896705
Prototyping expressive 3D social worlds
John, David, Gatzidis, Christos, Boucouvalas, Anthony, Liarokapis, Fotis and Brujic-Okretic, Vesna, 2011, The Open Virtual Reality Journal (3), pp 1 -15
Framework for context-aware smartphone applications
Papakonstantinou, Stelios and Brujic-Okretic, Vesna, 2009, The Visual Computer (25), 12, pp 1121-1132
Exploring urban environments using virtual and augmented reality
Liarokapis, Fotis, Brujic-Okretic, Vesna and Papakonstantinou, Stelios, 2007, Journal of Virtual Reality and Broadcasting (3), 5
CAL programs developed in advanced programming environments for teaching electrical engineering
Cvetkovic, S.R., Seebold, R.J.A., Bateson, K.N and Okretic, V.K., 1994, IEEE Transactions on Education (37), 2, pp 221-227
MHD wave reflection in presence of resonant processes
Okretic, V.K. and Cadez, V.M., 1991, Physica Scripta (43), 3, pp 306-309
Leakage of MHD surface waves in structured media
Čadež, V.M. and Okretič, V.K., 1989, Journal of Plasma Physics (41), 1, pp 23-30
Reflection of a transient plane wave obliquely incident on compressible plasma half-space
Stanic, B.V. and Okretic, V.K., 1982, Proceedings of the IEEE (70), 1, pp 85-88
Embracing AI in cyber security education: a postgraduate case study
Pfluegel, Eckhard, Usman, M. Rehan, Pickard, David and Brujic-Okretic, Vesna (2024). In: Legg, Phil, (eds.), Coull, Natalie, (eds.) and Clarke, Charles, (eds.), Advances in Teaching and Learning for Cyber Security Education. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland, pp 116-136
Intelligent integration framework for smart transport system
Khan, Nauman Ahmad, Brujic-Okretic, Vesna and Khaddaj, Souheil(2016). In: 12th International Conference on Intelligent Environments - IE'16, 14 - 16 Sep 2016 :London, U.K.
Self-adaptive service driven architecture for intelligent transport system
Khan, Nauman Ahmad, Brujic-Okretic, Vesna and Khaddaj, Souheil(2016). In: 15th International Symposium on Distributed Computing and Applications to Business, Engineering and Science (DCABES 2016), 24-26 Aug 2016 :Paris, France
Real-time sensor data integration in vertical transport systems
Francik, Jarek, Brujic-Okretic, Vesna, Menegazzo, Mirko, Godwin, Adrian and Zienowicz, Krzysztof(2016). In: Sensors Applications Symposium, 20-22 April 2016 :Catania, Italy
Evaluation of non-photorealistic 3D urban models for mobile device navigation
Gatzidis, Christos, Brujic-Okretic, Vesna and Mastroyanni, Maria(2009). In: Third International Conference on Virtual and Mixed Reality VMR 2009 (held as part of HCI International 2009), 19-24 Jul 2009 :San Diego, U.S.A.
A framework for the development of online, location-specific, expressive 3D social worlds
John, D., Gatzidis, C., Liarokapis, F., Boucouvalas, A. and Brujic-Okretic, V.(2009). In: First International IEEE Conference in Serious Games and Virtual Worlds, 23-24 Mar 2009 :Coventry, U.K.
Recent advances in the user evaluation methods and studies of non-photorealistic visualisation and rendering techniques
Gatzidis, C., Papakonstantinou, S., Brujic-Okretic, V. and Baker, S.(2008). In: 12th International Conference on Information Visualisation, 4 - 11 July 2008 :London, U.K.
Towards rapid generation and visualisation of large 3D urban landscapes for mobile device navigation
Gatzidis, Christos, Brujic-Okretic, Vesna, Liarokapis, Fotis and Baker, Stuart(2008). In: IEEE Virtual Reality Workshop on Virtual Cityscapes: Key Research Issues in Modeling Large-Scale Immersive Urban Environments, 08 - 09 Mar 2008 :Reno, Nevada, U.S.
Real-time scene reconstruction for remote vehicle navigation
Brujic-Okretic, Vesna(2003). In: SIAM conference on Geometric design and Computing, 10 -13 Nov 2003 :Seattle, U.S.A.
Remote vehicle manoeuvring using augmented reality
Brujic-Okretic, Vesna, Guillemaut, J.Y., Hitchin, L.J., Michielen, M. and Parker, G.A.(2003). In: International Conference on Visual Information Engineering, 7-9 July 2003 :Guildford, U.K.
Nurbs fitting through large sets of scattered data
Ristic, Mihailo, Brujic, Djordje, Ainsworth, Iain and Brujic-Okretic, Vesna(2001). In: 7th SIAM Conference on Geometric Design and Computing, 5 - 8 Nov 2001 :Sacramento, U.S.A.
Efficient shape description using NURBS
Brujic, Djordje, Ainsworth, Iain, Ristic, Mihailo and Brujic, Vesna(2001). In: 4th International Workshop on Visual Form, 28–30 May 2001 :Capri, Italy
The resonant absorption of a propagating MHD fast wave in a structured plasma
Okretic, V.K. and Cadez, V.M.(1993). In: International Conference on Solar magnetic fields, 29 June - 2 July 1993 :Freiburg, Germany