Vladimir Tosic - Work History
Vladimir Tosic - Work History
- [2007-present] Researcher, Managing Complexity – Sydney/ATP (Empirical Software Engineering) Research Group, NICTA (National ICT Australia) (Sydney, Australia): Conducting research (and some software development) on technologies for business process modeling, implementation, and management. The major emphasis is on business-driven IT management and value-based software engineering, as related to implementation of business processes with service-oriented architectures. Actively collaborating with industry partners, such as Australian companies involved in various aspects of lending (mortgages). Results published in refereed papers or in preparation for refereed publication.
- [2007-present] Visiting Fellow, School of Computer Science and Engineering, The University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia): Collaborating in research projects and in supervision of graduate and undergraduate students.
- [2005-present] Adjunct Research Professor, Department of Computer Science, The University of Western Ontario (London, Canada): Collaborating on research projects related to the management of distributed computing systems. The major projects are on business-driven management of Web Services and Web Service compositions and on management of Web Services executing in mobile and pervasive computing systems. Results published in refereed papers or in preparation for refereed publication.
- [2006] Research Officer, School of Computer Science and Engineering, The University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia): Contributed to a research project on building policy-driven middleware for QoS-aware and adaptive Web Services composition in peer-to-peer (P2P) settings. The project was sponsored by Microsoft Australia and the Australian Research Council (ARC). Results published in refereed papers or in preparation for publication.
- [2005-2006] Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Department of Software Engineering, Lakehead University (Thunder Bay, Canada): Researched business-oriented management of Web Services and Web Service compositions and started development of appropriate management algorithms, protocols, and infrastructures. Results published in refereed papers or in preparation for refereed publication. Supervised undergraduate research students. Taught undergraduate software engineering courses.
- [2004-2005] NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada) Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Computer Science, The University of Western Ontario (London, Canada): Researched management of Web Services executing in mobile and/or embedded environments. Developed new version of the Web Service Offerings Language (WSOL) for the formal specification of context and other mobility management information, as well as new version of the corresponding monitoring and management Web Service Offerings Infrastructure (WSOI). Results published in several refereed papers.
- [1999-2004] Research Assistant, Network Management and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada): Researched management of Web Services and their compositions. Developed novel Web Service Offerings Language (WSOL) for the formal specification of constraints and contracts for Web Services, as well as the corresponding monitoring and management Web Service Offerings Infrastructure (WSOI). Results published in several refereed papers and the Ph.D. dissertation. Assisted in network, system, and WWW page administration.
- [1996-1998] Intern / Student Researcher, OpenView Software (Network and Systems Management) Division, Hewlett-Packard Company (Boeblingen, Germany): Developed various network and system management software, such as compilers for the Managed Object Format (MOF) language of the Common Information Model (CIM) standard for Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM). Contract extended two times and resulted in the M.Sc. thesis. Non-proprietary results of the M.Sc. thesis published in a refereed paper.
- [1996] Research Assistant, Computer Graphics and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Lab, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, University of Nis (Serbia, Yugoslavia): Developed GIS software (tasks in computer graphics and networking) and WWW presentations. This GIS software has been used by commercial customers. Results published in several refereed papers.
- [1995] Research Assistant, Robotics Lab, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, University of Nis (Serbia, Yugoslavia): Developed neural network software applications in robotics. Work resulted in the Dipl.Ing. thesis and several refereed papers.