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Slavko Milekic, M.D., Ph.D.

Curriculum Vitae

Biographical Summary

       Slavko Milekic holds a medical degree (Belgrade School of Medicine) as well as Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology (University of Connecticut). His research interests include digital design, the psychology of human/computer interaction and building of WWW-based tools for knowledge transfer. Dr Milekic's innovative, child-friendly digital environment (KiddyFace) has been already implemented in a museum setting. He is co-author and principal interface designer for the "Theory of Language", the first CD ROM-based text published by the MIT Press. Slavko Milekic has received several grants from the Lemelson National Program in Innovation, Invention and Creativity for teaching academic courses and research in the area of psychology of human/computer interaction.

Dr. Milekic is frequently leading workshops on the educational uses of technology and human/computer interface design. He has been engaged as a consultant for the development of digital tools for art education by a number of institutions including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Dallas Museum of Art, Please Touch Museum, Phoenix Art Museum and Cleveland Museum of Art. He currently holds the position of an associate professor of Cognitive Science & Digital Design at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.


Education:

1993 

Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs 

1987 

M.S. degree in Neuropsychology, School of Medicine, Belgrade University, Yugoslavia

1987,1988 

Inter-University Center for Postgraduate Studies, Dubrovnik -- Cognitive Linguistics, Psycholinguistics 

1985-1986 

Internship practice in Neuropsychology, Institute for Mental Health, Belgrade University 

1982 

Graduated General Medicine with high academic rank at the School of Medicine, Belgrade University 


Teaching experience:

1994-99 

selection of courses: NeuroCognition, Cognitive Psychology, Digital Interface Design for Diverse Populations, Computer Aided Course Instruction, at Hampshire College (see list of courses) 

1993-94 

Research Methods Lab, Mount Holyoke College 

1991 

Psychological Theories of Social Deviance, graduate level, University of New Haven 

1991-1993

Introduction to Psychology, TA, University of Connectictict 


Research/organizational  experience:

2001

"International Cultural Heritage Informatics Meeting - ICHIM '01" September 2-7, Milan, Italy, Program Committee Member

1998

“Technology and Education ‘99:  Frameworks for Education” New England Regional Conference, June 3-4, Amherst MA, member of the Organizing Committee

1998

“Technology and Education ‘98:  Will the Partnership Work?” New England Regional Conference, 29-30 May, Amherst MA, member of the Organizing Committee

1997-98

Technology Resource Team (Springfield County) 

1997-98

Multimedia Access Project (MAP) Committee Member, Five Colleges, Inc.

1997

AWAKE (Association for Worldwide Academic Knowledge Exchange), founder, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA

1996

Innovative Instruction Laboratory, co-founder, Hampshire College

1990-93 

Haskins Laboratories, New Haven, project "Phonological Processes in Sentence Comprehension, RA 

1992-93 

Eye-Tracking Laboratory, setting up and methodology development, University of Connecticut 

1988

principal investigator for project "Developmental Word Association Norms for Serbo-Croatian" for the Institute for Speech and Language Pathology in Belgrade, monograph published 


Awards/Grants:

1999

Lemelson Assistive Technology Design Center support for the course "Digital interface design for diverse needs"

1999

Soros Foundation / Foundation for an Open Society grant: "Touch-screen based applications in rehabilitation of autistic children"

1998

Lemelson National Program in Innovation, Invention and Creativity grant for the project "Innovative interfaces and digital environments”

1997-98

MacArthur grant for the development of Internet Collaboratives

1997-99

Soros Foundation / Foundation for an Open Society grant:  “Neuropsychological diagnosis, assessment and rehabilitation of young children with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) using touchscreen-based computer applications” (PI)

1996-97

Lemelson National Program in Innovation, Invention and Creativity grant for the project "Investigations of Gesture-based Interface"

1996 

Lemelson National Program in Innovation, Invention and Creativity grant for the course "The Psychology of Human/Computer Interface" 

1985

federal award (Yugoslav) for the best educational computer program (EATENGLISH -- Computer Aided Instruction of English as a second language)


Recent publications / talks / workshops:
 

Milekic, S.: Computer Interface Design for Young Children, Kluwer Publishers (in preparation)

Milekic, S. (2003) The more you look the more you get: Intention-based interface using gaze-tracking, in Bearman, D., Trant, J. (eds.) Museums and the Web 2002: Selected Papers from an International Conference, Archives & Museum Informatics, Pttsburgh

Milekic, S. (2002) Towards Tangible Virtualities: Tangialities, in Bearman, D., Trant, J. (eds.) Museums and the Web 2002: Selected Papers from an International Conference, Archives & Museum Informatics, Pttsburgh

Milekic, S. (2001) Using Technology to Support Effective Inclusionary Practice in the Art Room, workshop presented at "Working with Special Needs Students in the Art Room" CE Workshop organized by the Art Education Dept., University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Sept.29, 2001

Milekic, S. (2001) (invited session chair & presenter), Zero Interface, Museum Computer Network/CIMI Conference, Cincinnati, OH, March 24-27

Milekic, S., Walczak, M. (2001) Physical computing, full day workshop Museum Computer Network/CIMI Conference, Cincinnati, OH, March 24-27

Basset, B., Milekic, S. (2001) Recreating the Gallery Experience in Interactive Media, presentation at NAEA Convention, March 14-18, 2001, New York

Lengauer, M., Milekic, S., Pandolfi, M. (2001) Children, Cyber Tools and Art Education, presentation at NAEA Convention, March 14-18, 2001, New York

Milekic, S. (2001) Re-Purposing of Content and Digital Delivery Convergence: Implications for Interface Design, in Bearman, D., Trant, J. (eds.) Museums and the Web 2001: Selected papers from an international conference, 77-86, Archives and Museum Informatics, Pittsburgh

Milekic, S. (2001) Museum Web Site Design Strategies, Museums and the Web: an International Conference, Seattle, WA, March 13-16, 2001

Milekic, S (2001) Museums and Globalization of Digitization, SPECTRA Vol. 27, Issue 1, 2001

Milekic, S. (2000) Designing Digital Environments for Art Education / Exploration, Journal of the American Society for Information Science, Vol. 51-1, 49-56, Wiley

Milekic, S.: (2000) Design principles for the development of digital pedagogical tools and learning environments, 32 International Visual Literacy Conference, October 11-14, Ames, Iowa

Milekic, S. (1999) Emerging tools & techniques of digital media: history log and multiple futures, in Bearman, D., Trant, J. (eds.) Cultural Heritage Informatics: Selected papers from ICHIM'99, Archives and Museum Informatics, Pittsburgh

Milekic, S. (1999) Collaborative Digital Environments for Art Education/Exploration, in Bearman, D., Trant, J. (editors), Museums and the Web '99: Selected papers, Archives and Museum Informatics

Weisler,S., Milekic,S.(1999): The Theory of Language, interactive CD ROM & introductory linguistics text, MIT Press

Milekic,S., (1998) Knowledge exchange, digital environments & social contexts, CHATVM '98 The Social Context of Information Use in Museums, Libraries & Galleries, an International Symposium, 22-24 June, York, UK (invited speaker)

Milekic,S., Goodman, B., Benjamin, Z.A., Sullivan, K., Newman, J., Irons, N. (1998) Innovative Interfaces: KiddyFace, project presentations at the Smithsonian Institution, 2n Annual NCIIA National Conference, March 13-15, Washington DC

Milekic,S., Prince,G.,Bernstein,C., Bozin-Mirkovic,I. (1998) An Experiment in Collaborative Teaching & Learning, presented at the “Technology and Education ‘98:  Will the Partnership Work?” New England Regional Conference, 29-30 May, Amherst MA

Milekic,S. (1998) Using the Net for low-tech, narrow-bandwidth, hands-on Art Education, presented at the “Technology and Education ‘98:  Will the Partnership Work?” New England Regional Conference, 29-30 May, Amherst MA

Milekic, S. (1998) Building digital environments, workshop presented at the “Museums and the Web ’98: an International Conference”, April 22-25, Toronto

Milekic, S., Moreno, C., Kazee,A. (1998)  Museums and WWW-based art education, paper for the “Museums and the Web ’98: an International Conference”, April 22-25, Toronto

Milekic, S., Bozin-Mirkovic, I.  (1997) The Internet and the End of Distance Education, at “Education & Technology:  Asking the Right Questions” an International Conference, Penn State University Park Campus State College, Pennsylvania, September 17-20, 1997

Milekic, S. (1997) Designing for humans: big and small, invited workshop on interface design, at the “Fourth International Conference on Hypermedia and Interactivity in Museums (ICHIM ’97)”, held in partnership with and at the Louvre Museum, September 4-6, Paris, France

Milekic, S. (1997) Healing the ‘brain-drain’ with ‘net-brain’, Proceedings from “The Internet in Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia on the Internet” international conference, pp. 31-34, May 28-29, Belgrade, Yugoslavia

Cluff, C., Milekic,S. (1997) Computers in the classroom:  Using computers for nutrition education, Nutrition and Food Service Management Training Conference, May 27-29, Boston, MA

Milekic,S. (1997) Virtual Museums: How to make digital information child-friendly?, in Museums and the Web: Selected papers, Archives and Museum Informatics

Milekic,S.: presentation of several applications on the Five College Instructional Multimedia Fair, including a touch-screen based “KiddyFace: an Interface for Young Children”, Lederle GRC, Amherst, MA, November 14, 1996

Milekic, S., Weisler, S. (invited co-chairs) Round table presentation on the role of educators in multimedia creations at the Third Annual Global Village Schools Conference, San Francisco, Ca., March 25-27, 1996

Milekic, S. (1996) Clinical and not-so-clinical approaches to the study of aphasia, ASHA Special Interest Division (Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders), Vol. 6, No. 1, 14-17

Milekic,S.,Boskovic,Z,Crain,S.( 1995) Comprehension of non-lexical categories in agrammatism, Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, Vol. 24, No. 4

Milekic,S., Shankweiler,D.,Crain,S.:  Distance and position effects in sentence processing by agrammatic aphasics, TENNET III, poster presentation, 20-22 May, 1992, Montreal, Canada

Milekic,S. et al. (1989)  Word-Associations in Children:  Word Association Test, Developmental Word Association Norms, (in Serbo-Croat, English abstract), monograph, Savremena Administracija Publishing House, Belgrade  


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