About us / O nama

DataIntelligence.hr was initiated by Jonatan Lerga, Ph.D., an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Engineering and Head of the Center for Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity, University of Rijeka. Professor Lerga is a scientist in the field of digital signal processing, artificial intelligence, and information processing. He participated and led various research projects, funded by local, national, and European sources, as well as co-authored a number of scientific papers in leading international scientific peer-reviewed journals and on scientific conferences.

He is also Head of the Department of Computer Engineering and Head of Information Processing Laboratory at the Faculty of Engineering and a member of UNESCO International Research Centre On Artificial Intelligence. He was also a member of the Workgroup for preparing the National Plan for Development of Artificial Intelligence (Ministry of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Crafts, Croatia). Besides, he is the Local Coordinator of the CEEPUS network “International Cooperation in Computer Science“ and served as Vice-President of the Alumni Club of the Faculty of Engineering.

Professor Lerga received multiple awards for his work, such as awards from the Croatian Academy of Engineering (2012), City of Rijeka (2015), Primorje-Gorski Kotar County (2018), and University of Rijeka Foundation (2008, 2010, 2018). He was editor of several prominent international scientific journals and reviewed over 250 papers for international journals and conferences. He has been teaching Digital Image Processing, Information Theory, Coding and Cryptography, Applied Computing, Digital Logics, Computer Software in Engineering, Digital Signal Processing, Signals and Systems, Digital Control Systems, Development of Internet Applications, Automation Control, and others at the Faculty of Engineering.

DataIntelligence.hr pokrenuo je dr. sc. Jonatan Lerga, izvanredni profesor na Tehničkom fakultetu i predstojnik Centra za umjetnu inteligenciju i kibernetičku sigurnost Sveučilišta u Rijeci. Profesor Lerga je znanstvenik u području digitalne obrade signala, umjetne inteligencije i obrade informacija, a sudjelovao je i vodio brojne istraživačke projekte, financirane iz lokalnih, nacionalnih i europskih izvora. Također, autor je niza znanstvenih radova u vodećim međunarodnim znanstvenim časopisima i na znanstvenim skupovima.

Trenutno je predstojnik Zavoda za računarstvo i voditelj Laboratorija za obradu informacija na Tehničkom fakultetu, kao i član UNESCO Međunarodnog istraživačkog centra za umjetnu inteligenciju. Bio je i član Radne skupine za izradu Nacionalnog plana razvoja umjetne inteligencije (Ministarstvo gospodarstva, poduzetništva i obrta, Republika Hrvatska). Osim toga, lokalni je koordinator CEEPUS mreže “International Cooperation in Computer Science” i bio je potpredsjednik Alumni kluba Tehničkog fakulteta.

Za svoj je rad profesor Lerga višestruko nagrađivan, uključujući nagradama Hrvatske akademije tehničkih znanosti (2012.), Grada Rijeke (2015.), Primorsko-goranske županije (2018.) i Zaklade Sveučilišta u Rijeci (2008., 2010., 2018.). Bio je također urednik nekoliko uglednih međunarodnih znanstvenih časopisa i recenzirao je preko 250 radova za međunarodne časopise i konferencije. Na Tehničkom fakultetu predaje ili je predavao Digitalnu obradu slike, Teoriju informacija, kodiranje i kriptografiju, Primjenu računala, Digitalnu logiku, Programsku podršku u inženjerstvu, Digitalnu obradu signala, Signale i sustave, Sustave digitalnog upravljanja, Razvoj internetskih aplikacija, Automatsko upravljanje i dr.