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Slavko Milekic, M.D., Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae |
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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. |
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1993 |
Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs |
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1987 |
M.S. degree in Neuropsychology, School of Medicine, Belgrade University, Yugoslavia |
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1987,1988 |
Inter-University Center for Postgraduate Studies, Dubrovnik -- Cognitive Linguistics, Psycholinguistics |
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1985-1986 |
Internship practice in Neuropsychology, Institute for Mental Health, Belgrade University |
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1982 |
Graduated General Medicine with high academic rank at the School of Medicine, Belgrade University |
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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) |
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1993-94 |
Research Methods Lab, Mount Holyoke College |
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1991 |
Psychological Theories of Social Deviance, graduate level, University of New Haven |
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1991-1993 |
Introduction to Psychology, TA, University of Connectictict |
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2001 |
"International Cultural Heritage Informatics Meeting - ICHIM '01" September 2-7, Milan, Italy, Program Committee Member |
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1998 |
Technology and Education 99: Frameworks for Education New England Regional Conference, June 3-4, Amherst MA, member of the Organizing Committee |
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1998 |
Technology and Education 98: Will the Partnership Work? New England Regional Conference, 29-30 May, Amherst MA, member of the Organizing Committee |
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1997-98 |
Technology Resource Team (Springfield County) |
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1997-98 |
Multimedia Access Project (MAP) Committee Member, Five Colleges, Inc. |
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1997 |
AWAKE (Association for Worldwide Academic Knowledge Exchange), founder, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA |
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1996 |
Innovative Instruction Laboratory, co-founder, Hampshire College |
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1990-93 |
Haskins Laboratories, New Haven, project "Phonological Processes in Sentence Comprehension, RA |
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1992-93 |
Eye-Tracking Laboratory, setting up and methodology development, University of Connecticut |
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1988 |
principal investigator for project "Developmental Word Association Norms for Serbo-Croatian" for the Institute for Speech and Language Pathology in Belgrade, monograph published |
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1999 |
Lemelson Assistive Technology Design Center support for the course "Digital interface design for diverse needs" |
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1999 |
Soros Foundation / Foundation for an Open Society grant: "Touch-screen based applications in rehabilitation of autistic children" |
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1998 |
Lemelson National Program in Innovation, Invention and Creativity grant for the project "Innovative interfaces and digital environments |
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1997-98 |
MacArthur grant for the development of Internet Collaboratives |
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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) |
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1996-97 |
Lemelson National Program in Innovation, Invention and Creativity grant for the project "Investigations of Gesture-based Interface" |
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1996 |
Lemelson National Program in Innovation, Invention and Creativity grant for the course "The Psychology of Human/Computer Interface" |
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1985 |
federal award (Yugoslav) for the best educational computer program (EATENGLISH -- Computer Aided Instruction of English as a second language) |
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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
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