Borivoje Furht#
| Membership Number: | 5064 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | INFORMATICS |
| Elected: | 2019 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SERBIA |
| Homepage(s): | https://faculty.eng.fau.edu/bfurht |
Present and Previous Positions
- Present Mathematical Institute of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
- 1992 - present Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida
- 2009 - present Director of the NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research
- Center for Advanced Knowledge Enablement, FAU Site
- 1992 - present Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
- 2009 - 2013 Chairperson, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
- 2002 - 2009 Chairperson, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
- 1992 - present Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
- 2003 - 2006 Senior Advisor to VP for Research and Graduate Study
- 1993 - 1997 Director of CSE Graduate Programs
- 1988 - 1992 Senior Director of Advanced Development and Vice-President of Research, Modular Computer Systems (Modcomp), Computer Division of Daimler Benz (Germany), Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Fields of Scholarship
- Video coding
- Cloud computing
- Mobile multimedia
- Big data
- Multimedia systems
- Video and image processing
Honours and Awards
- 2019 FAU Researcher of the Year Award at the Professor level
- 2019 Distinguished Engineering Education Award, The Engineer’s Council
- 2019 Research Park at FAU Distinguished Researcher
- 2013 FAU Researcher of the Year Award at the Professor level
- 2009 NSF Award to create Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Advanced Knowledge Enablement at FAU
- 2008 Appreciation for dedication and drive in the challenging journey of the One Pass to Production (OPP) Project, Motorola, Sunrise
- 2004 Technical Achievement Award, presented at YuInfo Conference, Kopaonik, Yugoslavia
- 1996 Teaching award (TIP: Teaching Incentive Program) at Florida Atlantic University
- 1982 Annual Technical Award, Institute Boris Kidric-Vinca, Belgrade, for the Development of a Multiprocessor System for Digital Signal Processing
