BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
EDUCATION:
Dr. Sci. (1963), M.S. (1961), B.S. (1958), Faculty of Electrical Engineering,
University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
B & M Swig University Chair, 1983-present.
Professor, Department of
Electrical Engineering, 1964-1983
Docent Professor, Faculty of Electrical
Engineering, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1963-1964
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University
of Belgrade, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1960-1963
VISITING POSITIONS:
The Hoam Distinguished Foreign Scholar, Seoul National University, Seoul,
South Korea, 1991
Distinguished Professor, Fulbright Foundation, University
of Belgrade, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1984
Distinguished Foreign Lecturer, Japan
Society for Promotion of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, 1981
PLENARY LECTURES:
Organically-Structured
Control of Complex Systems, International Conference on
Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive Systems, London, Ontario, Canada, 2001.
Organically-Structured
Control via Inclusion Principle for Discrete-Time
Dynamic Systems, Augsburg, Germany, 2001.
Stability of Polytopic Dynamic Systems, International Conference on
Differential Equations and Dynamic Systems, University
of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada,
1997
Decentralized Control and Computations: Status and Prospects, The 8th
IFAC Symposium on Large Scale Systems,
London, 1995
Parametric Stability of
Comparison Systems, Symposium on Comparison Methods and Stability Theory, The
Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical
Sciences, Waterloo, Canada, 1993
Parametric Stability, University of
Genova-The Ohio State University Joint Conference on New Trends in System
Theory, Genova, Italy, 1990
Decentralized
Control and Estimation of Large Scale Systems, Second SIAM Conference on Linear
Algebra: Signals, Systems, and Control, San
Francisco, California, 1990
Decentralized Control with Overlapping
Information Sets, International Conference on differential Equations and
Applications, Colorado Springs, Colorado,
1989
Hierarchical Liapunov Functions, International Symposium on Lyapunov
Functions, Irkutsk, Russia, 1989
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP:
Life Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow,
International Federation of Nonlinear Analysts (IFNA) International Fellow:
Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
EDITORIAL MEMBERSHIP:
Associate Editor for the
following Journals:
Communications in Applied Analysis Journal of Difference
Equations Nonlinear Analysis Mathematical Problems in
Engineering Dynamics of Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive
Systems Nonlinear Studies Stability and Control: Theory and
Applications International Journal of Computer Research Problems of
Nonlinear Analysis in Engineering Systems
International
Journal of Hybrid Systems
Nonlinear
Dynamics and Systems Theory
 
The Autobiographical Sketches
Chapter I-WAR
Chapter II-OCCUPATION
Chapter III-LIBERATION
Chapter IV-COMMUNISM
Chapter IV-OLYMPICS
 
DRAGO'S GOLD
From an Olympic water polo medal to designing systems for the rocket that put men on the Moon.
Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 54, Number 2, Fall 2012.
 

Yugoslav National Water Polo Team, Silver Medal, The XVth Olympic Games, Helsinki, Finland, 1952. Standing: Jozo Bacic (official), Ivo Kurtini, Vladimir Ivkovic, Bosko Vuksanovic, Zdravko Kovacic, Lovro Radonic, Marko Brainovic, Veljko Bakasun, Bozo Grkinic (coach). Squatting: Jura Amsel, Dragoslav Siljak, Zdravko Jezic, Ivo Stakula.

Yugoslav National Water Polo Team, Champion, World Cup "Trofeo Italia", Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 1953. Back row: Lovro Radonic, Bosko Vuksanovic, Ivo Cipci, Ivo Stakula, Ivo Kurtini, Hrvoje Kacic, Marko Brainovic. Middle row: Jura Amsel, Tomislav Franjkovic, Veljko Bakasun. Front row: Dragoslav Siljak, Zdravko Kovacic, Vladimir Ivkovic, Zdravko Jezic.

The XVIIth Olympic Games at Rome, Italy.


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