Assoc. Prof. Mladen Kovačević


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Mladen Kovačević

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Mladen Kovacevic was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in 1984. He obtained his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineering (communications and signal processing) from the University of Novi Sad, Serbia, where he is currently an Associate Professor. From October 2015 to May 2018 he worked as a Research Fellow at the National University of Singapore (NUS), and from March to August 2023 as a Senior Researcher at the Eurecom institute in Sophia Antipolis, France. His research interests include information theory, coding theory, and discrete mathematics. He is an IEEE Senior Member and a member of the Editorial Board of IEEE Transactions on Information Theory.

Associate Professor
21.08.2022.
PositionFromToOrganizational unit
Assistant Professor21.01.2020.20.08.2022.Chair of Telecommunications and Signal Processing
Assistant Professor01.05.2015.30.04.2020.Chair of Telecommunications and Signal Processing
Assistant with PhD15.10.2014.01.04.2015.Department of Power, Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering
Assistant - Master23.02.2011.01.10.2014.Department of Power, Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering
Teaching Associate01.02.2009.01.02.2011.Department of Power, Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering
TitleIn institution
Analiza kompleksnosti sekvencijalnog dekodovanja

Bachelor's thesis

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Faculty of Technical Sciences

2007

Error-Correcting Codes in Spaces of Sets and Multisets and Their Applications in Permutation Channels

PhD thesis

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Faculty of Technical Sciences

2014

Criterium of productionDescription
() M. Kovačević, I. Stanojević, V. Šenk, "On the Entropy of Couplings," Information and Computation, vol. 242, pp. 369-382, June 2015.
() Monographic study/chapter in M11 or research in the thematic collection of the leading international importanceStanojević I., Kovačević M., Šenk V.: Application of Maxeler DataFlow Supercomputing to Spherical Code Design, in: Exploring the DataFlow Supercomputing Paradigm, eds: V. Milutinović, M. Kotlar, Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2019, str. 133-168, ISBN 978-3-030-13803-5
() Researches published in the journals of the international importanceKovačević M., Popovski P.: Zero-Error Capacity of a Class of Timing Channels, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 2014, Vol. 60, No 11, pp. 6796-6800, ISSN 0018-9448
() Researches published in the journals of the international importanceKovačević M.: Vector Multispaces and Multispace Codes, Applied Mathematics and Computation, 2025, Vol. 486, No. 129041, ISSN 0096-3003
() Research published in the top international journalSakai Y., Y. F. Tan V., Kovačević M.: Second- and Third-Order Asymptotics of the Continuous-Time Poisson Channel, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 2020, Vol. 66, No 8, pp. 4742-4760, ISSN 0018-9448
() Research published in the top international journalKovačević M.: Zero-Error Capacity of Duplication Channels, IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2019, Vol. 67, No 10, pp. 6735-6742, ISSN 0090-6778
() Research published in the top international journalKovačević M.: Runlength-Limited Sequences and Shift-Correcting Codes: Asymptotic Analysis, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 2019, Vol. 65, No 8, pp. 4804-4814, ISSN 0018-9448
() Research published in the top international journalKovačević M., Wang C., Y. F. Tan V.: Fundamental Limits of Communication Over State-Dependent Channels With Feedback, IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2019, Vol. 67, No 5, pp. 3182-3191, ISSN 0090-6778
() Research published in the top international journalKovačević M., Y. F. Tan V.: Codes in the Space of Multisets---Coding for Permutation Channels with Impairments, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 2018, Vol. 64, No 7, pp. 5156-5169, ISSN 0018-9448
() Research published in the top international journalKovačević M., Stojaković M., Y. F. Tan V.: Zero-Error Capacity of P-ary Shift Channels and FIFO Queues, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 2017, Vol. 63, No 12, pp. 7698-7707, ISSN 0018-9448
() Research published in the top international journalKovačević M.: A Note on Parallel Asynchronous Channels with Arbitrary Skews, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 2017, Vol. 63, No 11, pp. 7320-7321, ISSN 0018-9448
() Research published in the prominent international journalKovačević M., Vukobratović D.: Asymptotic Behavior and Typicality Properties of Runlength-Limited Sequences, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 2022, Vol. 68, No. 3, pp. 1638-1650, ISSN 0018-9448
() Research published in the prominent international journalKovačević M., Y. F. Tan V.: Asymptotically Optimal Codes Correcting Fixed-Length Duplication Errors in DNA Storage Systems, IEEE Communications Letters, 2018, Vol. 22, No 11, pp. 2194-2197, ISSN 1089-7798
() Research published in the prominent international journalKovačević M., Y. F. Tan V.: Improved Bounds on Sidon Sets via Lattice Packings of Simplices, SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics, 2017, Vol. 31, No 3, pp. 2269-2278, ISSN 0895-4801
() Research published in the prominent international journalKovačević M.: On Error Detection in Asymmetric Channels, IEEE Communications Letters, 2017, Vol. 21, No 9, pp. 1933-1936, ISSN 1089-7798
() Research published in the prominent international journalKovačević M., Stanojević I., Šenk V.: On the Entropy of Couplings, Information and Computation, 2015, Vol. 242, pp. 369-382, ISSN 0890-5401
() Research published in the prominent international journalKovačević M., Vukobratović D.: Perfect Codes in the Discrete Simplex, Designs Codes and Cryptography, 2015, Vol. 75, No 1, pp. 81-95, ISSN 0925-1022
() Research published in the prominent international journalKovačević M., Vukobratović D.: Subset Codes for Packet Networks, IEEE Communications Letters, 2013, Vol. 27, No 4, pp. 729-732, ISSN 1089-7798
() Research published in the prominent international journalHou X., Breier J., Kovačević M.: Another Look at Side-Channel Resistant Encoding Schemes, IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems, 2024, Vol. 32, No. 7, ISSN 1063-8210
() Research published in the prominent international journalKovačević M.: On the Maximum Number of Non-Confusable Strings Evolving Under Short Tandem Duplications, Problems of Information Transmission, 2022, Vol. 58, No. 2, pp. 111-121, ISSN 0032-9460
() Research published in the prominent international journalKovačević M.: Lattice Packings of Cross-polytopes from Reed–Solomon Codes and Sidon Sets, Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society, 2022, Vol. 54, No. 6, pp. 2372-2378, ISSN 0024-6093
() Research published in the prominent international journalKovačević M., Pinelis I., Kountouris M.: An Information-Theoretic Analog of the Twin Paradox, Europhysics Letters / EPL, 2024, Vol. 146, No. 4, ISSN 0295-5075
() Research published in the international journalKovačević M.: Abelian Difference Sets as Lattice Coverings and Lattice Tilings, Bulletin of Australian Mathematical Society, 2022, Vol. 106, No. 2, pp. 177–184, ISSN 0004-9727
() Research published in the international journalKovačević M.: On the Maximum Entropy of a Sum of Independent Discrete Random Variables, Theory of Probability and Its Applications, 2021, Vol. 66, No. 3, pp. 482-487, ISSN 0040-585X
() Research published in the international journalKovačević M.: Signaling to Relativistic Observers: An Einstein–Shannon–Riemann Encounter, Problems of Information Transmission, 2020, Vol. 56, No 4, pp. 303-309, ISSN 0032-9460
() Research published in the international journalKovačević M., Stanojević I., Šenk V.: Information-Geometric Equivalence of Transportation Polytopes, Problems of Information Transmission, 2015, Vol. 51, No 2, pp. 103-109, ISSN 0032-9460
() Research published in the international journalKovačević M., Stanojević I., Šenk V.: Some Properties of Rényi Entropy over Countably Infinite Alphabets, Problems of Information Transmission, 2013, Vol. 49, No 2, pp. 99-110, ISSN 0032-9460
() Research published in the international journalKovačević M., Šenk V.: On Possible Dependence Structures of a Set of Random Variables, Acta Mathematica Hungarica, 2012, Vol. 135, No 3, pp. 286-296, ISSN 0236-5294
() Prominent international scientific journal editing on an annual basis (guest editor)Kovačević M.: Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 2023, ISSN 0018-9448
() Prominent international scientific journal editing on an annual basis (guest editor)Kovačević M.: Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 2024, ISSN 0018-9448
() Invited lectures from the international meeting printed in extractsKovačević M.: Packings in Z^n and Their Applications in Coding Theory, 1. International Seminar on Algebra and Coding Theory (INSACT), Changanassery, 8-10 Februar, 2017
() Invited lectures from the international meeting printed in extractsKovačević M.: Timing Channels and Shift-Correcting Codes, 1. Network Coding and Designs, Dubrovnik, 4-8 April, 2016
() Report from the international meeting printed in its entiretyKovačević M., Vukobratović D.: Asymptotics of Constant-Weight Constrained Sequences with Applications, 26. IEEE Information Theory Workshop ITW, Kanazawa, 17-21 October, 2021
() Report from the international meeting printed in its entiretyKovačević M., Sakai Y., Y. F. Tan V.: Second-Order Asymptotics of the Continuous-Time Poisson Channel, 24. IEEE Information Theory Workshop ITW, Vizbi: IEEE, 25-28 Avgust, 2019
() Report from the international meeting printed in its entiretyKovačević M.: Bounds on Codes for the Bit-Shift Channel with (d,k)-Constrained Inputs, 52. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory ISIT, Pariz: IEEE, 7-12 Jul, 2019, pp. 1587-1591, ISBN 978-1-5386-9291-2
() Report from the international meeting printed in its entiretyKovačević M., Brdar S., Crnojević V.: Some Enumeration Problems in the Duplication-Loss Model of Genome Rearrangement, 52. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory ISIT, Pariz: IEEE, 7-12 Jul, 2019, pp. 927-931, ISBN 978-1-5386-9291-2
() Report from the international meeting printed in its entiretyKovačević M., Wang C., Y. F. Tan V.: Error-Free Communication Over State-Dependent Channels with Variable-Length Feedback, 51. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory ISIT, Vejl: IEEE, 17-22 Jun, 2018, pp. 286-290, ISBN 978-1-5386-4780-6
() Report from the international meeting printed in its entiretyKovačević M., Y. F. Tan V.: Coding for the Permutation Channel with Insertions, Deletions, Substitutions, and Erasures, 50. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory ISIT, Aachen: IEEE, 25-30 Jun, 2017, pp. 1933-1937, ISBN 978-1-5090-4096-4
() Report from the international meeting printed in its entiretyKovačević M., Stanojević I., Šenk V.: On the Hardness of Entropy Minimization and Related Problems, 17. IEEE Information Theory Workshop ITW, Lausanne: IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.), 3-7 Septembar, 2012, pp. 512-516, ISBN 978-1-4673-0223-4
() Report from the international meeting printed in its entiretyKovačević M., Vukobratović D.: Optimal Error-Detecting Codes for General Asymmetric Channels via Sperner Theory, 27. IEEE Information Theory Workshop ITW, Mumbai: IEEE, 6-9 November, 2022, pp. 636-641
() Report from the international meeting printed in its entiretyGoyal K., Dao D., Kiah H., Kovačević M.: Evaluation of the Gilbert-Varshamov Bound Using Multivariate Analytic Combinatorics, 56. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory ISIT, Taipei, 25-30 June, 2023, pp. 2458-2463
() Report from the international meeting printed in extractsKovačević M., Y. F. Tan V.: Sidon Sets and Their Applications in Coding Theory, 12. Information Theory and Applications Workshop - ITA, San Diego, 11-16 Februar, 2018
() Report from the international meeting printed in extractsKovačević M., Wang C., Y. F. Tan V.: Error-Free Communication Over State-Dependent Channels with Feedback, 12. Information Theory and Applications Workshop - ITA, San Diego, 11-16 Februar, 2018
() Report from the international meeting printed in extractsKovačević M., Y. F. Tan V.: Sidon Sets in Abelian Groups and Lattice Packings of Simplices, 2. Novi Sad Workshop on Foundations of Computer Science - NSFOCS, Novi Sad, 17-21 Jul, 2017
() Report from the international meeting printed in extractsKovačević M., Vukobratović D.: On Perfect Codes in An Lattices, 1. Algebra, Codes and Networks, Bordeaux, 16-20 Jun, 2014
() Report from the international meeting printed in extractsKovačević M., Vukobratović D.: Error-Correcting Codes in Spaces of Multisets, 1. Workshop in Combinatorics, Segedin, 7-9 Mart, 2014
() Report from the international meeting printed in extractsKovačević M., Vukobratović D.: Coding for the Permutation Channel, 1. Conference on Random Network Codes and Designs over GF(q), Ghent, 18-20 Septembar, 2013
() Defended Doctoral dissertationKovačević M.: Error-Correcting Codes in Spaces of Sets and Multisets and Their Applications in Permutation Channels, Novi Sad, Fakultet tehničkih nauka, Novi Sad, 2014
TitleScientific areaHigher education institutionElection date
Associate ProfessorTelecommunications and Signal ProcessingUniversity of Novi Sad21.08.2022.
Assistant ProfessorTelecommunications and Signal ProcessingUniversity of Novi Sad24.01.2020.
Assistant ProfessorTelecommunications and Signal ProcessingUniversity of Novi Sad01.05.2015.
Assistant - MasterTelecommunications and Signal Processing23.02.2014.
Assistant - MasterTelecommunications and Signal ProcessingFaculty of Technical Sciences23.02.2011.
Teaching AssociateTelecommunications and Signal ProcessingFaculty of Technical Sciences15.01.2010.
Teaching AssociateTelecommunications and Signal ProcessingFaculty of Technical Sciences15.01.2009.