Aleksandar Kartelj

Associate professor
Department for Computer Science, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Belgrade

• Date and place of birth: 10.11.1986, Novi Kneževac (SRB)
• Lives in: Belgrade (SRB)
• Website: http://www.math.rs/~kartelj
• Emails: kartelj@math.rs, aleksandar.kartelj@gmail.com

• 2005-2008, Faculty of Mathematics, Univ. Belgrade, B.Sc. in Computer Science (GPA 9.94/10.00)
• 2008-2010, Faculty of Mathematics, Univ. Belgrade, M.Sc. in Computer Science (GPA 9.92/10.00)
  • Thesis: Genetic Algorithm for Solving The Strong Minimum Energy Topology Problem in Weighted Graph
  • Advisor: Vladimir Filipović
• 2010-2014, Faculty of Mathematics, Univ. Belgrade, PhD in Computer Science (GPA 10.00/10.00)
  • Thesis: Applications of Electromagnetism-like Method in Solving Classification Problems
  • Advisor: Vladimir Filipović
• 2010-present, Faculty of Economics, Univ. Belgrade, M.Sc. in Quantitative Finance

• October, 2023-present, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Belgrade, Associate professor
• October, 2015-2023, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Belgrade, Assistant professor
• October, 2018-present, Faculty of Natural Science and Mathematics, University of Banjaluka, Guest professor
• October, 2008-October, 2015, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Belgrade, Teaching assistant
• September, 2015-2019, Computer Gymnasium, Belgrade, Computer science teacher
• January, 2014-2016, Mathematical Grammar School, Belgrade, Computer science teacher

• Fields: Optimization and Data mining
• Member of "Modelling and optimization group" at the Faculty of Mathematics
• Research projects:
• 2011-2020, Research member on project "Mathematical Models and Optimization Methods for Large-Scale Systems", grant number: 174010, Republic of Serbia, Ministry of Education, Science, and Technological Development
• 2019-present, Research leader on project "Combinatorial optimization for cancer progression inference and comparison" of bilateral cooperation between Italy and Serbia

• Milutinović, V., Mitić, N., Kartelj, A., & Kotlar, M. (2022).
  Implementation of Machine Learning Algorithms Using Control-Flow and Dataflow Paradigms.
  IGI Global. ISBN13: ISBN13: 9781799883500.
• Kartelj, A., Filipović, V., Tošić, D. (2023).
  Objektno orijentisano programiranje: Programski jezik Java - 1.
  Matematički fakultet, Univerzitet u Beogradu. ISBN13: 9788675891765.

1. Babović, Z., Bajat, B., Barać, D., Bengin, V., Đokić, V., Đorđević, F., Drašković, D., Filipović, N., French, S., Furht, B., Ilić, M., Irfanoglu, A., Kartelj, A., ..., Zak, S.,
   Teaching computing for complex problems in civil engineering and geosciences using big data and machine learning: synergizing four different computing paradigms and four different management domains,
   Journal of Big Data, Vol. 10, Iss. 1, Num. 89, pp. 1-25, 2023, DOI: 10.1186/s40537-023-00730-7.
   IF2021=10.835, M21a (Q1) in Computer Science, Theory & Methods.
2. Djukanović, M., Kartelj, A., Blum, C.,
   Self-adaptive CMSA for solving the multidimensional multi-way number partitioning problem,
   Expert Systems with Applications, Vol. 232, 2023, DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2023.120762.
   IF2021=8.665, M21 (Q1) in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence.
3. Kartelj, A., Djukanović, M.,
   RILS-ROLS: robust symbolic regression via iterated local search and ordinary least squares,
   Journal of Big Data, Vol. 10, Iss. 1, p. 71, 2023, DOI: 10.1186/s40537-023-00743-2.
   IF2021=10.835, M21a (Q1) in Computer Science, Theory & Methods.
4. Kapunac, S., Kartelj, A., Djukanović, M,
   Variable neighborhood search for weighted total domination problem and its application in social network information spreading,
   Applied Soft Computing, Vol. 143, p. 110387, 2023, DOI: 10.1016/j.asoc.2023.110387.
   IF2021=8.263, M21a (Q1) in Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications.
5. Babović, Z., Bajat, B., Đokić, V., Đorđević, F., Drašković, D., Filipović, N., Furht, B., Gačić, N., Ikodinović, I., Ilić, M., Ifranoglu, A., Jelenković, B., Kartelj, A., ..., Zak, S.,
   Research in computing-intensive simulations for nature-oriented civil-engineering and related scientific fields, using machine learning and big data: an overview of open problems,
   Journal of Big Data, Vol. 10, Iss. 1, Num. 73, pp. 1-21, 2023, DOI: 10.1186/s40537-023-00731-6.
   IF2021=10.835, M21a (Q1) in Computer Science, Theory & Methods.
6. Đukanović, M., Kartelj, A., Matić, D., Grbić, M., Blum, C., Raidl, G.,
   Graph search and variable neighborhood search for finding constrained longest common subsequences in artificial and real gene sequences,
   Applied Soft Computing, 2022, DOI: 10.1016/j.asoc.2022.108844.
   IF2021=8.263, M21a (Q1) in Computer Science, Interdisciplinary applications.
7. Nikolić, B., Kartelj, A., Đukanović, M., Grbić, M., Blum, C., Raidl, G.,
   Solving the Longest Common Subsequence Problem Concerning Non-Uniform Distributions of Letters in Input Strings,
   Mathematics, Vol. 9, Iss. 13, p. 1515, 2021, DOI: 10.3390/math9131515.
   IF2021=2.592, M21a (Q1) in Mathematics.
8. Kartelj, A., Grbić, M., Matić, D., Filipović, V.,
   The Roman domination number of some special classes of graphs - convex polytopes,
   Applicable Analysis and Discrete Mathematics, 2021, DOI: 10.2298/AADM171211019K.
   IF2021=1.414, M21 (Q1) in Mathematics.
9. Grbić, M., Matić, D., Kartelj, A., Vračević, S., & Filipović, V.,
   A three-phase method for identifying functionally related protein groups in weighted PPI networks,
   Computational Biology and Chemistry, 2020, DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2020.107246.
   IF2020=2.877, M22 (Q3) in Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications.
10. Filipović, V., Kartelj, A., Kratica, J.,
    Edge Metric Dimension of Some Generalized Petersen Graphs,
    Results in Mathematics, 2019, DOI: 10.1007/s00025-019-1105-9.
    IF2019=1.162, M21 (Q2) in Mathematics.
11. Banković, M., Filipović, V., Graovac, J., Hadži-Purić, J., Hurson, A. R., Kartelj, A., ..., Živković, M.,
    Teaching graduate students how to review research articles and respond to reviewer comments,
    Advances in Computers, 2019, DOI: 10.1016/bs.adcom.2019.07.001.
    IF2019=1.833, M22 (Q2) in Computer Science, Software Engineering.
12. Grbić, M., Kartelj, A., Janković, S., Matić, D., Filipović, V.,
    Variable neighborhood search for partitioning sparse biological networks into the maximum edge-weighted k-plexes,
    IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, 2019, DOI: 10.1109/TCBB.2019.2898189.
    IF2019=3.015, M22 (Q2) in Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications.
13. Kartelj, A.,
    An Improved Electromagnetism-like Method for Feature Selection,
    Journal of Multiple-Valued Logic and Soft Computing, Old City Publishing, Vol. 25, Iss. 2, pp. 169-187, 2015.
    IF2015=0.325, M23 (Q4) in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence.
14. Kartelj, A., Šurlan, N., Cekić, Z.,
    Case-based Reasoning and Electromagnetism-like Algorithm in Construction Management,
    Kybernetes, Emerald, Vol. 42, Iss. 2, pp. 265-280, 2014.
    IF2014=0.429, M23 (Q4) in Computer Science, Cybernetics.
15. Kartelj, A., Mitić, N, Filipović V., Tošić, D.,
    Electromagnetism-like Algorithm for Support Vector Machine Parameter Tuning,
    Soft Computing, Springer, pp. 1-14, 2013.
    IF2013=1.304, M22 (Q2) in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence.
16. Filipović, V., Kartelj, A., Matić, D.,
    An Electromagnetism Metaheuristic for Solving the Maximum Betweenness Problem,
    Applied Soft Computing, Elsevier, Vol. 13, pp. 1303-1313, 2013.
    IF2013=2.679, M21 (Q1) in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence.

1. Grbić, M., Crnogorac, V., Predojević, M., Kartelj, A., & Matić, D.,
   Supportness of the protein complex standards in PPI networks.
   Journal of Information and Telecommunication, 6(1), 6-26, 2022.
2. Filipović, V., Matić, D., & Kartelj, A.,
   Solving the signed Roman domination and signed total Roman domination problems with exact and heuristic methods.
   arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.00394, 2022.
3. Kratica, J., Filipovic, V., Matic, D., & Kartelj, A.,
   An Integer Linear Programming Formulation for the Convex Dominating Set Problems.
   arXiv preprint arXiv:1904.02541, 2019.
4. Kartelj, A.,
   Electromagnetism Metaheuristic Algorithm for Solving The Strong Minimum Energy Topology Problem,
   Yugoslav Journal of Operations Research, Vol. 23, pp. 43 - 57, 2013.
5. Kartelj, A.,
   Classfication of Smoking Cessation Status Using Various Data Mining Methods,
   Mathematica Balkanica, Vol. 24, pp. 199 - 205, 2010.

1. Predojević, M., Kartelj, A., & Djukanović, M.,
   Variable neighborhood search for solving the k-domination problem.
   . In Proceedings of the Companion Conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (pp. 239-242), Lisbon, Portugal, 2023.
2. Djukanović, M., Kartelj, A.,
   Integrating Top-level Constraints into a Symbolic Regression Search Algorithm.
   In 2023 Second Serbian International Conference on Applied Artificial Intelligence (SICAAI), Kragujevac, Serbia, 2023. (Best paper award).
3. Djukanović, M., Matić, D., Blum, C., & Kartelj, A.,
   Application of A to the Generalized Constrained Longest Common Subsequence Problem with Many Pattern Strings.
   In International Conference on Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence (pp. 53-64), Springer, Cham, 2022.
4. Zec, T., Kartelj, A., Djukanović, M., Grbić, M., & Matić, D.,
   Statistical analysis of correlation between weather parameters and new COVID-19 cases: a case study of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
   In 2021 International Conference on INnovations in Intelligent SysTems and Applications (INISTA) (pp. 1-6), IEEE, 2021.
5. Grbić, M., Crnogorac, V., Predojević, M., Kartelj, A., & Matić, D.,
   How well are known protein complexes supported in PPI networks?.
   In 2020 International Conference on INnovations in Intelligent SysTems and Applications (INISTA) (pp. 1-7), IEEE, 2020.
6. Grbić, M., Kartelj, A., Matić, D., Janković, S., Filipović, V.,
   A heuristic approach for clustering metabolic networks into highly connected components,
   4th NGP-NET symposium, Druskininkai, Lithuania, 2018.
7. Matić, D., Grbić, M., Kartelj, A., Janković, S., Filipović, V.,
   On clustering large biological networks into dense components,
   US-Serbia & West Balkan Data Science Workshop, Belgrade, Serbia, 2018.
8. Grbić, M., Kartelj, A., Matić, D., Filipović, V.,
   Partitioning biological networks in k-plex subnetworks with maximum edge weights,
   Proceedings of 3rd Symposium on non globular proteins, Košice, Slovakia, 2017.
9. Grbić, M., Kartelj, A., Matić, D., Filipović, V.,
   A local search based heuristic for clustering large biological networks into highly connected components,
   1st Congress of Molecular Biologists of Serbia (COMBOS), Belgrade, Serbia 2017.
10. Šandrih, B., Filipović, V., Malkov, S., Kartelj, A.,
    Globalna izračunavanja u mreži Internet pregledača,
    XV Konferencija Digitalizacija kulturne baštine, starih zapisa iz prirodnih i društvenih nauka i digitalna humanistika, Beograd, Srbija, 2017.
11. Grbić, M., Kartelj, A., Matić, D., Filipović, V.,
    Improving 1NN strategy for classification of some procaryotic organisms,
    Book of abstracts, Belgrade Bioinformatic Conference (BelBI) 2016, pp. 57-58, Belgrade, Serbia, 2016.
12. Kartelj, A., Dražić, Z., Mladenović, N.,
    Basic variable neighborhood search for the bipartite unconstrained 0-1 quadratic programming problem,
    Proceedings of XLII International Symposium on Operations Research (SYMOPIS), Silver Lake Resort, Serbia, 2015.
13. Filipović, V., Kartelj, A., Matić, D.,
    Primena keširanja u metaheuristici zasnovanoj na elektromagnetizmu,
    Peta matematička konferencija Republike Srpske - Knjiga rezimea, pp. 42, Trebinje, Bosna i Hercegovina, 2015.
14. Kartelj, A., Filipović, V., Milutinović, V.,
    Novel Approaches to Automated Personality Classification: Ideas and Their Potentials,
    MIPRO 2012, Proceedings of the 35th International Convention, pp. 1017-1022, Opatija, Croatia, 2012.
15. Kartelj, A., Filipović, V., Milutinović, V.,
    Automated Personality Classification,
    YUINFO 2012, Proceedings of the 18th Conference on Information and Communication Technologies, pp. 658-663, Kopaonik, Serbia, 2012.
16. Fijuljanin, J., Kartelj, A., Kojić, J.,
    Electromagnetism metaheuristic for probabilistic satisfiability problem,
    Probabilistic logics and applications, Mathematical Institute of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia, 2011.

1. 2022, Data Do, Microloc -- software for assortment optimization on the micro-location level (backboned by the Algopto software)
2. 2021, Data Do, Algopto -- software for assortment optimization in retailing business
3. 2021-present, Direct Media, Software and data operations external consultant
4. 2020, Modulor construction company, Time management software karnet.rs
5. 2019, Data Do, Visualization algorithm for asymmetric competition with many products -- electric equipment
6. 2018-2020, Hyperoptic, Optimization algorithm for design of large-scale fiber-optic networks
7. 2018, FAO United Nations, Software for agricultural risks assesment
8. 2017-2020, OlimpBet, Complete software solution for sport betting
9. 2017-2018, International Monetary Fund, IT consultant on project of natural disaster prevention in Republic of Serbia
10. 2016-2018, Direct Media, WOMA Software solution for public Internet information retrieval
11. 2014, E-learning Web Portal ucenjenadaljinu.com
12. 2013, CeSID*, Statistical Processing and Analysis Software (SPAS), statistical software package similar to SPSS
13. 2012, Direct Media agency and CeSID*, Media Mix Optimizer, software package
14. 2012, Blic news portal and CeSID*, Pre-elective compass, online application
15. 2012, CeSID*, Software for monitoring and analysis of Serbian 2012 Elections
16. 2009-2010, Ministry of Human and Minorities rights and CeSID*, Software for technical and logistic support for organizing elections for National counsels of national minorities
17. 2008-2009, CeSID*, Centralized database with information about local government authorities
18. 2008-2010, Municipiality of Bar (Montenegro), Elektronska opstina, E-government software
19. 2007, 2008, CeSID*, Software for monitoring and analysis of Serbian 2007 and 2008 Elections
20. 2007, CeSID*, RECO, software for automated recognition and analysis of paper inquiries