PERSONAL INFORMATION

Academic title:

Assistant Professor

Year and institution of PhD obtained:

2010 University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing

Address:

Unska 3

Phone:

00385 1 6129 815

Fax:

00385 1 6129 809

E-mail:

nikola.miskovic@fer.hr

Personal web page:

http://lapost.fer.hr/nmiskovic/

Citizenship:

Croatian

Date and place of birth:

17/03/1982, Zagreb, Croatia

EDUCATION
(CHRONOLOGICALLY)

Date:

03/2005 – 04/2010

Place:

Zagreb, Croatia

Institution:

University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing

Title of qualification awarded:

Doctor of Science (Ph.D.)

Date:

2000 – 2005

Place:

Zagreb, Croatia

Institution:

University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing

Title of qualification awarded:

Master of Electrical Engineering (Dipl.ing.)

TRAINING
(CHRONOLOGICALLY)

Year:

March 2009

Place:

Paris, France

Institution:

HYCON-EECI Graduate School on Control

Subject and skills covered:

Networked Control Systems

Year:

March 2009

Place:

Paris, France

Institution:

HYCON-EECI Graduate School on Control

Subject and skills covered:

Switched System and Control

Year:

2008

Place:

Genova, Italy

Institution:

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - The Institute of Intelligent Systems for Automation

Subject and skills covered:

Marine robotics – identification and control

LANGUAGES

Mother tongue

Croatian

English language

Speaking:

excellent

Writing:

excellent

Reading:

excellent

OTHER FOREIGN LANGUAGES

Language:

Italian

Speaking:

excellent

Writing:

very good

Reading:

excellent

Language:

German

Speaking:

good

Writing:

satisfactory

Reading:

satisfactory

RESEARCH AND OTHER PROJECTS
(CHRONOLOGICALLY; LEADER AND ASSOCIATES; FUNDING SOURCE)

International projects:

1. H2020 FET LaunchPad project “aPad - smaller, lighter, smarter autonomous marine surface vehicle”, Coordinator, duration 18 months 2017 - 2018. Financed by the European Commission in the amount of 100.000,00 EUR.
2. INTERREG MED “BLUEMED - Plan/test/coordinate Underwater Museums, Diving Parks and Knowledge Awareness Centres in order to support sustainable and responsible tourism development and promote Blue growth in coastal areas and islands of the Mediterranean”, UNIZG-FER responsible , duration 36 months 2016 - 2019. Financed by the European Commission in the amount of 2.500.000,00 EUR.
3. H2020 FLAG-ERA Joint Transnational Research “RoboComm++: Rethinking robotics for the robot companion of the future”, Researcher, duration 36 months 2017 - 2019.
4. H2020 project (under HORSE project) “CROBOHUB - Feasibility study for Croatian robotics digital innovation hub”, Researcher, duration 6 months 2016 - 2017. Financed by the European Commission in the amount of 50.000,00 EUR.
5. H2020 FIRE+ project (under RAWFIE project) "PLADYFLEET - A fleet of unmanned surface marine vehicles PlaDyPos". Researcher, duration 27 months 2016 - 2018. Financed by the European Commission in the amount of 7.000.000,00 EUR.
6. H2020-TWINNING project "EXCELLABUST – Excelling LABUST in marine robotics". Coordinator, duration 36 months 2016 - 2018. Financed by the European Commission in the amount of 1.000.000,00 EUR.
7. NICOP project „SeaJumper - Bio-inspired synchronous jumping marine sensor networks“ (No N62909-15-1-N162) UNIZG-FER responsible, duration 15 months 2015 - 2016. Financed by Office of Naval Research Global in the amount of 147.609,00 USD.
8. H2020-FET project „ "subCULTron - Submarine cultures perform long-term robotic exploration of unconventional environmental niches" (project ID 640967). UNIZG-FER responsible, duration 48 months 2015 - 2019. Financed by the European Commission in the amount of 3.900.000,00 EUR.
9. NICOP project „SPATEL - Spatial Auditory HMI for UxV Teleoperation “ (No N62909-15-1-N111) Coordinator, duration 18 months 2014 - 2016. Financed by the Office of Naval Research Global in the amount of 129.557,00 USD.
10. NATO Science for Peace project "MORUS - Unmanned systems for maritime security and environmental monitoring". Researcher, duration is 36 months, 2015 - 2017. Financed by the NATO in the amount of 394.430,00 USD.
11. NICOP project „DINARO - Diver navigation using range-only measurements from an autonomous surface vehicle “ (No N62909-14-1-N076) Coordinator, duration 30 months 2014 - 2016. Financed by the Office of Naval Research Global in the amount of 55.053,00 USD.
12. FP7-ICT project „CADDY - Cognitive Autonomous Diving Buddy“ (CADDY 611373) Coordinator, duration 36 months 2014 - 2016. Financed by the European Commission in the amount of 3.700.000,00 EUR.
13. EC-ECHO project „URready4OS - Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Ready for Oil Spill“, Researcher, duration 24 months 01/2014 – 12/2015. Financed by the European Commission in the amount of 436.640,00 EUR.
14. FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES project „EUROFLEETS 2 - Towards an Alliance of European Research Fleets“ Researcher, duration 48 months 2013 - 2017. Financed by the European Commission in the amount of 9.000.000,00 EUR.
15. FP7 (research for SMEs) project „Cooperative Autonomous Robotic Towing system“ (CART 285878) Researcher, duration 21 months 2011 - 2013. Financed by European Commission by the amount of 658.440,00 EUR.
16. FP7 project „Developing the Croatian Underwater Robotics Research Potential“ (CURE) Human Resources Manager/Researcher (Coordinator: Prof. Zoran Vukić), duration 36 months: 01.04.2009. – 31.03.2012, Financed by European Commission by the amount of 959.0490,00 EUR. (http://cure.fer.hr).
17. Bilateral research project between Italy and Croatia „Analysis of new potentialities in the synergic management of different underwater robotics devices“, (2009-2010) Researcher. Financed by Ministry of science, education and sport of Republic of Croatia (MZOŠ).
18. Researcher of the cooperation with NATO Undersea Research Centre (NURC), LaSpezia, Italia on a project on Mine Counter Measures (MCM) by use of autonomous marine vehicles. Duration 2009 – 2011. Financed by NATO-NURC.

National projects:

1. Croatian Science Foundation project “CroMarX - Cooperative robotics in marine monitoring and exploration”, Duration 48 months 2017 – 2021. Coordinator. Financed by the Croatian Science Foundation in the amount of 000.000,00 HRK.
2. Croatian Science Foundation research project “AdriaS - Archaeology of Adriatic Shipbuilding and Seafaring”. Duration 48 mjeseci, 1/06/2015 – 31/05/2019. Associate (coordinator doc. dr. sc. Irena Radić-Rossi, Sveučilište u Zadru). Total project value 600.000 HRK.
3. Research project “Cooperative control of heterogeneous robotic systems” . Duration 7 months  2013 – 2014. Coordinator. Financed by the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia in the amount of 70.000,00 HRK.
4. BICRO Proof of Concept project “Autonomous surface platform for diver tracking and navigation” . Duration 12 months  2012 – 2013. Coordinator. Financed by Business Innovation Croatian Agency (BICRO) in the amount of 208.000,00 HRK.
5. Research program (MZOŠ 0362975) titled “Systems & technologies in sub-sea, coastal zone protection and maritime security” . Duration 2006 – 2011. Program consist of 5 research projects. Researcher. Financed by MZOŠ.
6. Research project (MZOŠ 036-0362975-2999) titled “RoboMarSec – Underwater robotics in sub-sea protection and maritime security”. Duration 2006-2010. Researcher. Financed by MZOŠ.
7. Research project (MZOŠ 0036010) titled “RoboLab – guidance and control system for automated marine laboratory”. Duration: 2002-2006. Researcher. Financed by MZOŠ.

TEACHING
(CHRONOLOGICALLY; UNDERGRADUATE, GRADUATE , POSTGRADUATE STUDY PROGRAMMES

Graduate Courses

1. Adaptive and Robust Control - Lecturer from 2010/2011, Teaching Assistant 2008/2009 - 2009/2010
2. Laboratory of Automatics 2 - Lecturer from 2010/2011, Teaching Assistant 2008/2009 - 2009/2010
3. Nonlinear Control Systems - Lecturer from 2010/2011, Teaching Assistant 2007/2008 - 2009/2010
4. Guidance and Control of Marine Vehicles - Lecturer from 2010/2011

Undergraduate Courses

1. Automatic Control - Lecturer from 2010/2011, Teaching Assistant 2007/2008 - 2009/2010

Previous Courses

1. Laboratory of Automatics 1 - Teaching Assistant in 2008/2009 
2. Synthesis of Linear Control systems - Teaching Assistant in 2008/2009
3. Matlab - Teaching Assistant 2007/2008 - 2008/2009
4. Digital Control Systems - Teaching Assistant 2005/2006 - 2007/2008
5. Adaptive and Robust Control - Teaching Assistant 2005/2006 - 2007/2008  
6. Digital and Nonlinear Control Systems - Teaching Assistant 2005/2006 - 2007/2008
7. Nonlinear and Optimal Control systems - Teaching Assistant 2005/2006 - 2007/2008

MENTORSHIP OF DEFENDED DOCTORAL AND MASTER DISSERTATIONS
AND TRAINING OF YOUNG RESEARCHERS AND SCIENTISTS 
(CHRONOLOGICALLY)

Mentorship of master theses:
Mentored more than 20 Master thesis in the last 4 years

Training of young researchers:
Nadir Kapetanović, PhD student (2015-)
Anja Babić, Department collaborator, PhD student (2015-)
Ivor Rendulić, Department collaborator, PhD student (2014-)
Filip Mandić, Department collaborator, PhD student (2014-)
Đula Nađ, Department collaborator, PhD student (2010-)

VISITS TO FOREIGN RESEARCH AND EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
(CHRONOLOGICALLY; ONLY VISITS LONGER THAN 3 MONTHS)

January 2008 – April 2008

visiting researcher at the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Studi sui Sistemi Intelligenti per l'Automazione in Genova, Italy (mentor Massimo Caccia)

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
(CHRONOLOGICALLY)

1. 2015 annual State science award for 2015, awarded by the Croatian Parliament
2. 2014 Young scientist award "Vera Johanides" of the Croatian Academy of Engineering (HATZ) for scientific achievements
3. 2008  best paper presentation award, Workshop on Navigation, Guidance and Control of Underwater Vehicles, Limerick, Ireland
4. January 2008 – July 2008  scholarship by foundation „prof. Zlata Bartl“ for funding of excellent PhD students
5. January 2008 – April 2008  scholarship by the Government of the Italian Republic for research at the CNR, Genova, Italy
6. June 2005  IEEE Industrial Electronics Society Travel Grant
7. October 2003 – February 2005  scholarship by the City of Zagreb
8. 2004  acknowledgement «Josip Lončar» for excellent achievements in the 4^th year of diploma studies at the University of Zagreb
9. 2003  acknowledgement «Josip Lončar» for excellent achievements in the 3^rd year of diploma studies at the University of Zagreb
10. October 2001 – October 2003  scholarship by the Ministry of Science, Education and Sport of the Republic of Croatia
11. 2002  acknowledgement «Josip Lončar» for excellent achievements in the 2^nd year of diploma studies at the University of Zagreb

ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
(CHRONOLOGICALLY; ORGANIZATION OF HOME AND INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE EVENTS )

1. 2014: “Breaking the surface” a week long field-training. Biograd na Moru, Croatia (http://bts.fer.hr/ ). Chairman of the Programme Committee.
2. 2013: “Breaking the surface” a week long field-training. Murter, Croatia (http://bts.fer.hr/ ). Chairman of the Programme Committee.
3. 2012: “Breaking the surface” a week long field-training. Murter, Croatia (http://bts.fer.hr/ ). Chairman of the Programme Committee.
4. 20-23.06.2011, IEEE 19^th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation - MED’11, Corfu, Greece. Organizer of an Invited Session.
5. 19-24.09.2011: “Breaking the surface” a week long field-training in scope of the FP7 CURE project. Murter, Croatia (http://bts.fer.hr/ ). Chairman of the Programme Committee.
6. 01.04.2011: “Intelligent underwater systems and technologies” workshop in scope of the FP7 CURE project (http://cure.fer.hr). Hotel Atrium, Split, Croatia. Member of the Organizing Committee.
7. 27.09.-03.10.2010: “Breaking the surface” a week long field-training in scope of the FP7 CURE project. Murter, Croatia (http://bts.fer.hr/Bts2010 ). Member of the Organizing Committee.
8. 15.04.2010: “Intelligent underwater systems and technologies” workshop in scope of the FP7 CURE project (http://cure.fer.hr). Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Zagreb, Croatia. Member of the Organizing Committee.
9. 04-11.10.2009: “Breaking the surface” a week long field-training in scope of the FP7 CURE project. Murter, Croatia. (http://bts.fer.hr/Bts2009/ ). Member of the Organizing Committee.
10. 19-22.09.2007, IFAC Conference on Control Applications in Marine Systems - CAMS’07, Bol, Croatia. Member of the National Organizing Committee.

MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENCE ORGANIZATIONS AND BODIES
(CHRONOLOGICALLY; HOME AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND BODIES)

1. IFAC Technical Committee on Marine Systems, member since 2015
2. IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Croatian Section: president 2016 – 2017, vice-president 2014 – 2015
3. Non-government organization “Centre for underwater systems and technologies”. NGO obtained the European Commission registration as a scientific NGO (from 2010 ) (Member from 2005 - present)
4. IEEE society (Member from 2005 - present)
   1. Control System Society i
   2. Oceanic Engineering Society
5. European Embedded Control Institute (Member from 2009 - present)

COMMISSIONS, COMMITTEES, BOARDS AND WORK GROUPS
(CHRONOLOGICALLY; HOME AND INTERNATIONAL)

• vice-chair of the IEEE Croatia Section Chapter Robotics and Automation (since 4/5/2014)
• member of the University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing Workgroup for teaching laboratories (since 2013)
• member of the NATO research task group on Evaluating the Effectiveness of Coordination Methods for Distributed Mobile Sensors (since 2012)

PAPERS
(CHRONOLOGICALLY; RESEARCH BOOKS, HOME AND INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNALS, HOME AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE  PROCEEDINGS; PLEASE WRITE THEIR IMPACT FACTOR)

Book chapters:

1. Thenius, Ronald; Moser, Daniel; Varughese, Joshua Cherian; Kernbach, Serge; Kuksin, Igor; Kernbach, Olga; Kuksina, Elena; Mišković, Nikola; Bogdan, Stjepan; Petrović, Tamara; Babić, Anja; Boyer, Frédéric; Lebastard, Vincent; Bazeille, Stéphane; Ferrari, Graziano William; Donati, Elisa; Pelliccia, Riccardo; Romano, Donato; Van Vuuren, Godfried Jansen; Stefanini, Cesare; Morgantin, Matteo; Campo, Alexandre; Schmickl, Thomas.
2. subCULTron - Cultural Development as a Tool in Underwater Robotics // Artificial Life and Intelligent Agents / Lewis, Peter R. ; Headleand, Christopher J. ; Battle, Steve ; Ritsos, Panagiotis D. (ur.).
3. Birmingham, UK : Springer International Publishing, 2018. Str. 27-41.
4. 2. Buxton, Bridget; Sharvit, Jacob; Planer, Dror; Mišković, Nikola; Hale, John.
5. An ASV (Autonomous Surface Vehicle) for Archaeology: The Pladypos at Caesarea Maritima, Israel // Mobilizing the Past for a Digital Future: The Potential of Digital Archaeology / Walcek Averett, Erin ; Gordon, Jody Michael ; Counts, Derek B. (ur.).
6. Grand Forks, North Dakota : Digital Press at The University of North Dakota, 2016. Str. 279-318. 
7. Barišić, Matko; Vukić, Zoran; Mišković, Nikola. Formation Guidance of AUVs Using Decentralized Control Functions // Autonomous Underwater Vehicles / Cruz, Nuno (ur.). Rijeka, Croatia : InTech - Open Access Publisher, 2011. Str. 99-132.
8. Mišković, Nikola; Vukić, Zoran; Barišić, Matko. Identification of Underwater Vehicles for the Purpose of Autopilot Tuning.  Underwater Vehicles / Inzartsev, Alexander V. (Ed.).Beč : In-Tech, 2009. Str. 327-346.

Journal papers:

1. Vasilijević, Antonio; Nađ, Đula; Mandić, Filip; Mišković, Nikola; Vukić, Zoran. Coordinated Navigation of Surface and Underwater Marine Robotic Vehicles for Ocean Sampling and Environmental Monitoring. // IEEE/ASME transactions on mechatronics. 22 (2017) , 3; 1174-1184 
2. Mandić, Filip; Rendulić, Ivor; Mišković, Nikola; Nađ, Đula. Underwater object tracking using sonar and USBL measurements. // Journal of Sensors. 2016 (2016) ; 8070286-1-8070286-10 (članak, znanstveni).  [URL link to work] [URL link to work]
3. Mišković, Nikola; Bibuli, Marco; Birk, Andreas; Caccia, Massimo; Egi, Murat; Grammer, Karl; Marroni, Alessandro; Neasham, Jeff; Pascoal, Antonio; Vasilijević, Antonio; Vukić, Zoran. CADDY - Cognitive Autonomous Diving Buddy: Two Years of Underwater Human-Robot Interaction. // Marine technology society journal. 50 (2016) , 4; 54-66 (članak, znanstveni).  
4. Mišković, Nikola; Nađ, Đula; Vukić, Zoran. Full–scale identification by use of self– oscillations for overactuated marine surface vehicles. // International journal of adaptive control and signal processing. 2016 (2016) ; 2709-1-2709-19 (članak, znanstveni). 
5. Nađ, Đula; Mišković, Nikola; Mandić, Filip. Navigation, guidance and control of an overactuated marine surface vehicle. // Annual reviews in control. 40 (2015) ; 172-181 Impact factor: 2.518
6. Mišković, Nikola; Nađ, Đula; Rendulić, Ivor. Tracking Divers: An Autonomous Marine Surface Vehicle to Increase Diver Safety. // IEEE robotics & automation magazine. 22 (2015) , 3; 72-84 Impact factor: 2.413
7. Mišković, Nikola; Vukić, Zoran; Vasilijević, Antonio. Autonomous Marine Robots Assisting Divers. // Lecture Notes in Computer Science - Computer Aided Systems Theory (EUROCAST 2013). 8112 (2013) , 2; 357-364
8. Mišković, Nikola; Bibuli, Marco; Caccia, Massimo; Vukić, Zoran; Bruzzone, Gabriele. Fast In-Field Identification of Unmanned Marine Vehicles. Journal of field robotics. 28 (2010) , 1; 101-120. Impact factor: 1.989 (5-year IF 2.62)
9. Mišković, Nikola; Nađ, Đula; Vukić, Zoran. 3D Line Following for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles. Brodogradnja :  61 (2010) , 2; 121-129.
10. Mišković, Nikola; Vukić, Zoran; Barišić, Matko. Identification of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles by Self-Oscillation Method. Automatika :  3-4 (2009) ; 167-183.

Papers at international conferences:

1. Kapetanović, Nadir; Bibuli, Marco; Mišković, Nikola; Caccia, Massimo. Real-time model predictive line following control for underactuated marine vehicles // IFAC-PapersOnLine / Dochain Denis ; Henrion Didier ; Peaucelle, Dimitri (ur.). Elsevier Ltd., 2017. 12374-12379 (predavanje,međunarodna recenzija,objavljeni rad,znanstveni).
2. Kapetanović, Nadir; Bibuli, Marco; Mišković, Nikola; Caccia, Massimo; Bruzzone, Gabriele; Nađ, Đula. Development of model predictive guidance for underactuated marine vehicles: \newline From simulations to experiments // OCEANS 2017 - Aberdeen. Aberdeen, UK : IEEE, 2017. 1-6 (predavanje,međunarodna recenzija,objavljeni rad,znanstveni).
3. Babić, Anja; Lončar, Ivan; Mišković, Nikola; Vukić, Zoran. Energy-efficient environmentally adaptive consensus-based formation control with collision avoidance for multi-vehicle systems // Proceedings of the 10th IFAC Conference on Control Applications in Marine Systems (CAMS'16) / Hassani, Vahid (ur.). IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline), 2016. 361-366 (predavanje,međunarodna recenzija,objavljeni rad,znanstveni).
4. Guštin, Franka; Rendulić, Ivor; Mišković, Nikola; Vukić, Zoran. Hand gesture recognition from multibeam sonar imagery // Proceedings of the 10th IFAC Conference on Control Applications in Marine Systems (CAMS'16) / Hassani, Vahid (ur.). Trondheim : IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline), 2016. 470-475 (predavanje,međunarodna recenzija,objavljeni rad,znanstveni).
5. Mandić, Filip; Mišković, Nikola; Palomeras, Narcis; Carreras, Marc; Vallicrosa, Guillem. Mobile beacon control algorithm that ensures observability in single range navigation // Proceedings of the 10th IFAC Conference on Control Applications in Marine Systems (CAMS'16) / Hassani, Vahid (ur.). IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline), 2016. 48-53 (predavanje,međunarodna recenzija,objavljeni rad,znanstveni).
6. Maždin, Petra; Arbanas, Barbara; Haus, Tomislav; Bogdan, Stjepan; Petrović, Tamara; Mišković, Nikola. Trust Consensus Protocol for Heterogeneous Underwater Robotic Systems // Proceedings of the 10th IFAC Conference on Control Applications in Marine Systems (CAMS'16) / Hassani, Vahid (ur.). IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline), 2016. 341-346 (predavanje,međunarodna recenzija,objavljeni rad,znanstveni).
7. Mišković, Nikola; Murat, Egi; Nađ, Đula; Pascoal, Antonio; Sebastiao Luis; Bibuli, Marco. Human–Robot Interaction Underwater: Communication and Safety Requirements // Proceedings of 2016 IEEE Third Underwater Communications and Networking Conference (UComms). 2016. 1-5 (predavanje,međunarodna recenzija,objavljeni rad,znanstveni).
8. Mišković, Nikola; Pascoal, Antonio; Bibuli, Marco; Caccia, Massimo; Neasham, Jeffrey A.; Birk, Andreas; Egi, Murat; Grammer, Karl; Marroni, Alessandro; Vasilijević, Antonio; Vukić, Zoran. CADDY Project, Year 2: The First Validation Trials // Proceedings of the 10th IFAC Conference on Control Applications in Marine Systems (CAMS'16) / Hassani, Vahid (ur.). IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline), 2016. 420-425 (predavanje,međunarodna recenzija,objavljeni rad,znanstveni).
9. Nađ, Đula; Mandić, Filip; Mišković, Nikola. Diver Tracking Using Path Stabilization - the Virtual Diver Experimental Results // Proceedings of the 10th IFAC Conference on Control Applications in Marine Systems (CAMS'16) / Hassani, Vahid (ur.). IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline), 2016. 214-219 (predavanje,međunarodna recenzija,objavljeni rad,znanstveni).
10. Nađ, Đula; Ribeiro, Miguel; Silva Henrique; Ribeiro, Jorge; Abreu, Pedro; Mišković, Nikola; Pascoal, Antonio. Cooperative Surface/Underwater Navigation for AUV Path following missions // Proceedings of the 10th IFAC Conference on Control Applications in Marine Systems (CAMS'16) / Hassani, Vahid (ur.). IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline), 2016. 355-360 (predavanje,međunarodna recenzija,objavljeni rad,znanstveni).
11. Vasilijević, Antonio; Vukić, Zoran; Mišković, Nikola. Teleoperated trajectory tracking of remotely operated vehicles using spatial auditory interface // Proceedings of the 10th IFAC Conference on Control Applications in Marine Systems (CAMS'16) / Hassani, Vahid (ur.). IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline), 2016. 97-102 (predavanje,međunarodna recenzija,objavljeni rad,znanstveni).
12. Buxton, Bridget; Mišković, Nikola. Postcards from the Pladypos: Field-Testing the First Generation of Cognitive Robots for Underwater Archaeology // Mobilizing the Past for a Digital Future: The Potential of Digital Archaeology. 2015. (predavanje,međunarodna recenzija,objavljeni rad,znanstveni). 
13. Gilabert, Javier; Sousa, João; Vukić, Zoran, Georgiou, Georgios; López-Castejón, Francisco; Guerrero, Antonio; Calado, Pedro; Mišković, Nikola; Vasilijević, Antonio; Hayes, Dan; Martínez, Daniel. Underwater Robotics ready for Oil Spills // Interspill 2015 Conference Proceedings. 2015., na CD-u.
14. Gomez Chavez, Arturo; Pfingsthorn, Max; Birk, Andreas; Rendulić, Ivor; Mišković, Nikola. Visual Diver Detection using Multi-Descriptor Nearest- Class-Mean Random Forests in the Context of Underwater Human Robot Interaction (HRI) // Proceedings of MTS/IEEE OCEANS'15 Conference. IEEE, 1-7,  .
15. Goodfellow, Geraint M.; Neasham, Jeffrey A.; Rendulić, Ivor; Nađ, Đula; Mišković, Nikola. DiverNet - a Network of Inertial Sensors for Real Time Diver Visualization // Proceedings of IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS) 2015. IEEE, 2015. 1-6  .
16. Mandić, Filip; Mišković, Nikola. Tracking Underwater Target Using Extremum Seeking // Proceedings of the 4th IFAC Workshop on Navigation, Guidance and Control of Underwater Vehicles (NGCUV’2015) / Ridao, Pere ; Carreras, Marc ; Ribas , David (ur.).Girona : International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), 2015. 149-154.
17. Mandić, Filip; Mišković, Nikola; Vukić, Zoran. Range–only Navigation – Maximizing System Observability by Using Extremum Seeking // Proceedings of the 10th Conference on Manoeuvring and Control of Marine Craft. Kopenhagen, 2015., na CD-u  .
18. Mišković, Nikola; Pascoal, Antonio; Bibuli, Marco; Caccia, Massimo; Neasham, Jeffrey A.; Birk, Andreas; Egi, Murat; Grammer, Karl; Marroni, Alessandro; Vasilijević, Antonio; Vukić, Zoran. CADDY Project, Year 1: Overview of Technological Developments and Cooperative Behaviours // Proceedings of 4th IFAC Workshop on Navigation, Guidance and Control of Underwater Vehicles (NGCUV’2015). Ridao, Pere ; Carreras, Marc ; Ribas , David (ur.). Girona : International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), 2015. 125-130  .
19. Mišković, Nikola; Pascoal, Antonio; Bibuli, Marco; Caccia, Massimo; Neasham, Jeffrey A.; Birk, Andreas; Egi, Murat; Grammer, Karl; Marroni, Alessandro; Vasilijević, Antonio; Vukić, Zoran. Overview of the FP7 project "CADDY - Cognitive Autonomous Diving Buddy" // Proceedings of MTS/IEEE OCEANS'15 Conference. IEEE, 1-5,  .
20. Rendulić, Ivor; Bibulić, Aleksandar; Mišković, Nikola. Estimating diver orientation from video using body markers // Proceedings of MIPRO 2015 Conference / Petar Biljanović (ur.). Rijeka : Croatian Society for Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics - MIPRO, 2015. 1257-1263  .
21. Stilinović, Nikola; Nađ, Đula; Mišković, Nikola. AUV for Diver Assistance and Safety - Design and Implementation // Proceedings of MTS/IEEE OCEANS'15 COnference. IEEE, 1-4,  .
22. Vasilijević, Antonio; Buxton, Bridget; Sharvit, Jacob; Stilinović, Nikola; Nađ, Đula; Mišković, Nikola; Planer, Dror; Hale, John; Vukić, Zoran. An ASV for Coastal Underwater Archaeology: the Pladypos survey of Caesarea Maritima, Israel // Proceedings of MTS/IEEE OCEANS'15 Conference. IEEE, 1-7,  .
23. Vasilijević, Antonio; Calado, Pedro; Lopez-Castejon, Francisco; Hayes, Dan; Stilinović, Nikola; Nađ, Đula; Mandić, Filip; Dias, P.; Gomes, J.; Molina, J. C.; Guerrero, A.; Gilabert, Javier; Mišković, Nikola; Vukić, Zoran; Sousa, Joao; Georgiou, G. Heterogeneous robotic system for underwater oil spill survey // Proceedings of MTS/IEEE OCEANS'15 Conference. IEEE, 1-7,  .
24. Vasilijević, Antonio; Stilinović, Nikola; Nađ, Đula; Mandić, Filip; Mišković, Nikola; Vukić, Zoran. AUV based mobile fluorometers: system for underwater oil-spill detection and quantification // Proceedings of IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS), 2015. IEEE, 2015. 1-6  .
25. Menix, Mario; Mišković, Nikola; Vukić, Zoran. Interpretation of divers' symbolic language by using hidden Markov models // Proceedings of 37th International Convention on Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics (MIPRO). IEEE, 2014. 976-981  .
26. Mišković, Nikola; Bogdan, Stjepan; Nađ, Đula; Mandić, Filip; Orsag, Matko; Haus, Tomislav. Unmanned marsupial sea-air system for object recovery // Proceedings of the 22nd Mediterranean Conference of Control and Automation (MED). IEEE, 2014. 740-745  .
27. Mišković, Nikola; Bogdan, Stjepan; Petrović, Ivan; Vukić, Zoran. Cooperative control of heterogeneous robotic systems // Proceedings of 37th International Convention on Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics (MIPRO). IEEE, 2014. 982-986  .
28. Mišković, Nikola; Nađ, Đula; Vasilijević, Antonio; Vukić, Zoran. Dynamic positioning of a diver tracking surface platform // Proceedings of the 19th World Congress The International Federation of Automatic Control / Boje, Edward ; Xia, Xiaohua (ur.). International Federation of Automatic Control, 2014. 4228-4233  .
29. Vasilijević, Antonio; Mišković, Nikola; Vukić, Zoran; Mandić, Filip. Monitoring of seagrass by lightweight AUV: A Posidonia oceanica case study surrounding Murter island of Croatia // Proceedings of 22nd Mediterranean Conference of Control and Automation (MED). IEEE, 2014. 758-763.
30. Vasilijević, Antonio; Nađ, Đula; Mišković, Nikola; Vukić, Zoran. Auditory Interface for Teleoperation - Path Following Experimental Results // Proceedings of the 19th IFAC World Congress / Boje, Edward ; Xia, Xiaohua (ur.). International Federation of Automatic Control, 2014. 4234-4239  .
31. Mišković, Nikola; Nađ, Đula; Stilinović, Nikola; Vukić, Zoran. Guidance and control of an overactuated autonomous surface platform for diver tracking // Proceedings of 21st Mediterranean Conference on Control & Automation (MED) / Tzafestas, Costas S. (ur.). Kreta, Grčka, 2013. 1280-1285  .
32. Vasilijević, Antonio; Mišković, Nikola; Vukić, Zoran. Comparative assessment of human machine interfaces for ROV guidance with different levels of secondary visual workload // Proceedings of 21st Mediterranean Conference on Control & Automation (MED) / Tzafestas, Costas S. (ur.). Kreta, Grčka, 2013. 1292-1297  .
33. Barišić, Matko; Mišković, Nikola; Vasilijević, Antonio. Fusing Hydroacoustic Absolute Position Fixes with AUV On-Board Dead Reckoning // Proceedings of the 10th IFAC Symposium on Robot Control / Petrovic, Ivan ; Korondi, Peter (ur.). International Federation of Automatic Control, 2012. 211-217  .
34. Barišić, Matko; Mišković, Nikola; Vukić, Zoran. A Measure of Quality of Control for 2D AUV Formations // Proceedings of 9th IFAC Conference on Manoeuvring and Control of Marine Craft / Bruzzone, Gabriele ; Caccia Massimo (ur.). Genova, Italija : International Federation of Automatic Control, 2012. 299-306  .
35. Nađ, Đula; Lugarić, Tomislav; Mišković, Nikola; Vukić, Zoran. Distributed Frameworks in Control and Navigation of Small Underwater Vehicles // Proceedings of the 10th IFAC Symposium on Robot Control SYROCO2012 / Petrovic, Ivan ; Korondi, Peter (ur.). Kidlington : Elsevier Limited, 2012. 224-228  .
36. Stilinović, Nikola; Mišković, Nikola; Nađ, Đula; Vukić, Zoran. Testing and technical characteristics of a small overactuated marine platform // Proceedings of the 35th international convention on information and communication technology, electronics and microelectronics MIPRO/CTS 2012). Rijeka : Croatian Society for Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics - MIPRO, 2012. 812-816  .
37. Triska, Zoran; Mišković, Nikola; Nađ, Đula; Vukić, Zoran. Virtual Target Algorithm in Cooperative Control of Marine Vessels // Proceedings of the 35th international convention on information and communication technology, electronics and microelectronics MIPRO/CTS 2012). Rijeka : Croatian Society for Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics - MIPRO, 2012. 806-811  .
38. Vladić, Viktor; Mišković, Nikola; Vukić, Zoran. Quick Identification and Dynamic Positioning Controller Design for a Small–Scale Ship Model // Proceedings of the 2012 20th Mediterranean Conference on Control & Automation (MED) / Albertos, Pedro ; Quevedo, Joseba (ur.). Barcelona : IEEE, 2012. 1385-1390  .
39. Mišković, Nikola; Djapic, Vladimir; Nađ, Đula; Vukić, Zoran. Multibeam Sonar-Based Navigation of Small UUVs for MCM Purposes // Proceedings of the 18th IFAC World Congress / Bittanti, Sergio ; Cenedese, Angelo ; Zampieri, Sandro (ur.). Milano, 2011. 14754-14759  .
40. Mišković, Nikola; Triska, Zoran; Nađ, Đula; Vukić, Zoran. Guidance of a Small-Scale Overactuated Marine Platform – Experimental results // Proceedings of the 34th international convention on information and communication technology, electronics and microelectronics vol. III (MIPRO/CTS 2011) / Bogunović, Nikola ; Ribarić, Slobodan (ur.). Rijeka : Croatian Society for Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics - MIPRO, 2011. 39-44  .
41. Nađ, Đula; Mišković, Nikola; Djapic, Vladimir; Vukić, Zoran. Sonar Aided Navigation and Control of Small UUVs // Proceedings of the 19th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation. Krf : IEEE, 2011. 418-423  .
42. Barišić, Matko; Mišković, Nikola; Vukić, Zoran; Vasilijević, Antonio. Geometric Primitives-Based AUV Path Planning In Cluttered Waterspaces // Procedings of the 8th IFAC Conference on Control Applications in Marine Systems / Lampe, Bernhard (ur.). Rostock-Warnemunde : International Federation of Automatic Control, 2010. 22-27  .
43. Barišić, Matko; Vukić, Zoran; Mišković, Nikola. Decentralized Control Functions In Trajectory Guidance Of A Non-Holonomic AUV // Proceedings of the 18th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, 2010 / Benzaouia, A., El Hajjajii, A. and Sauter, D. (ur.). Marrakesh, Morocco : Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morroco, 2010. 1194-1199  .
44. Barišić, Matko; Vukić, Zoran; Mišković, Nikola; Nađ, Đula. Developing the Croatian Underwater Robotics Research Potential // Proceedings of the 7th IFAC Symposium on Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles 2010, Lecce, Italy / Parlangeli, G., Pascoal, A. M. and Indiveri, G. (ur.). Lecce, Italy : Università del Salento, via Monteroni 73100 Lecce, Italy, 2010. 431-436  .
45. Mišković, Nikola; Nađ, Đula; Vukić, Zoran. Guidance of Laboratory Marine Platforms // Proceedings of the 33rd International convention on information and communication technology, electronics ad mircroelectronics MIPRO 2010, CTS / Bogunović, Nikola ; Ribarić, Slobodan (ur.). Rijeka : Croatian Society for Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics - MIPRO, 2010. 17-22  .
46. Mišković, Nikola; Đula, Nađ; Vukić, Zoran; Marszalek, Berislav. Laboratory Platforms for Dynamic Positioning – Modeling and Identification // Proceedings of the 8th IFAC Conference on Control Applications in Marine Systems / Lampe, Bernhard (ur.). Rostock-Warnemunde, 2010. 161-166  .
47. Barišić, Matko; Vukić, Zoran; Kragelund, Sean P.; Mišković, Nikola. A MOOS-Based Online Trajectory Re-planning System For AUVs // Proceedings of the IEEE OCEANS'09 Conference. Bremen, 2009., 1 - 6,  .
48. Barišić, Matko; Vukić, Zoran; Mišković, Nikola. The Virtual Potential Field Method As A Tool For Formation Guidance of AUV-s // Proceedings of the Eleventh IASTED International Conference on Control Applications. Cambridge, 2009. 47-53.
49. Barišić, Matko; Vukić, Zoran; Mišković, Nikola. Heuristic Parameter Tuning Procedures for a Virtual Potential Based AUV Trajectory Planner // Proceedings of the 8th IFAC International Conference on Manoeuvring and Control of Marine Craft / Crissol Donha, Decio (ur.). Guaruja, 2009. 328-333  .
50. Mišković, Nikola; Bibuli, Marco; Bruzzone, Gabriele; Caccia, Massimo; Vukić, Zoran. Tuning Marine Vehicles’ Guidance Controllers through Self-Oscillation Experiments // Proceedings of the 8th IFAC International Conference on Manoeuvring and Control of Marine Craft / Donha, Crissol Decio (ur.). Guaruja, 2009. 115-120  .
51. Mišković, Nikola; Bibuli, Marco; Caccia, Massimo; Bruzzone, Gabriele; Vukić, Zoran. Marine Vehicles' Line Following Controller Tuning through Self-Oscillation Experiments // Proceedings of the 17th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED 2009). 2009. 916-921  .
52. Mišković, Nikola; Vukić, Zoran; Petrović, Ivan; Barišić, Matko. Distance Keeping for Underwater Vehicles - Tuning Kalman Filters Using Self-Oscillations // Proceedings of the IEEE OCEANS'09 Conference. Bremen, 2009. , 1 - 6,  .
53. Barišić, Matko; Vukić, Zoran; Mišković, Nikola. Effects of Rotors on UUV Trajectory Planning Via the Virtual Potentials Method // Proc. of the 16th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation,MED'08. 2008. 1144-1149  .
54. Bibuli, Marco; Bruzzone, Gabriele, Caccia, Massimo; Mišković, Nikola; Vukić, Zoran. Self-oscillation Based Identification and Heading Control for Unmanned Surface Vehicles // Proceedings of the 17th International Workshop on Robotics in Alpe– Adria– Danube Region (RAAD 2008). 2008. , na CD-u.
55. Mišković, Nikola; Vukić, Zoran; Omerdić, Edin. Control of UUVs Based upon Mathematical Models Obtained from Self-Oscillations Experiments // Proceedings of the Workshop on Navigation, Guidance and Control of Underwater Vehicles 2008 / Toal, Daniel ; Roberts, Geoff (ur.). Limerick, Ireland : University of Limerick, 2008., 13-18,  .
56. Barišić, Matko; Vukić, Zoran; Mišković, Nikola. Kinematic Simulative Analysis of Virtual Potential Field Method for AUV Trajectory Planning // Proceedings of the 15th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation / Valavanis, Kimon ; Kovačić, Zdenko (ur.). Atena, 2007. 1-6  .
57. Barišić, Matko; Vukić, Zoran; Mišković, Nikola. A Kinematic Virtual Potentials Trajectory Planner For AUV-s // Proceedings of the 6th IFAC Symposium on Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles / Devy, Michel (ur.). Toulouse : LAAS CNRS, 2007., 1-6, (predavanje, međunarodna recenzija,objavljeni rad,znanstveni).
58. Barišić, Matko; Vukić, Zoran; Mišković, Nikola; Tovornik, Boris. AUV Formations Achieved By Virtual Potentials Trajectory Planning In A Simulated Environment // Proceedings of the 7th IFAC Conference on Control Applications in Marine Systems / Vukić, Zoran ; Longhi, Sauro (ur.). Zagreb : Centar za podvodne sustave i tehnologije, 2007.. 135-134,  .
59. Mišković, Nikola; Vukić, Zoran; Barišić, Matko. Identification of Coupled Mathematical Models for Underwater Vehicles // Proceedings of the OCEANS'07 Conference. Aberdeen, 2007., 1-6,  .
60. Mišković, Nikola; Vukić, Zoran; Barišić, Matko. Transfer Function Identification by Using Self-Oscillations // Proceedings of the 15th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation / Valavanis, Kimon ; Kovačić, Zdenko (ur.). Atena, 2007., 1-6, (predavanje, međunarodna recenzija,objavljeni rad,znanstveni).
61. Mišković, Nikola; Vukić, Zoran; Barišić, Matko; Soucacos, Philip P. AUV Identification by Use of Self-Oscillations // Proceedings of the 7th IFAC Conference on Control Applications in Marine Systems / Vukić, Zoran ; Longhi, Sauro (ur.). Zagreb : Centar za podvodne sustave i tehnologije, 2007., 181-186.
62. Stipanov, Marin; Mišković, Nikola; Vukić, Zoran; Barišić, Matko. ROV Autonomization - Yaw Identification and Automarine Module Architecture // Proceedings of the 7th IFAC Conference on Control Applications in Marine Systems / Vukić, Zoran ; Longhi, Sauro (ur.). Zagreb : Centar za podvodne sustave i tehnologije, 2007., 175-180,  .
63. Barišić, Matko; Vukić, Zoran; Mišković, Nikola. Design of a coordinated control system for marine vehicles // Proceedings of the 7th IFAC Conference on Manoeuvring and Control of Marine Craft 2006 / Pascoal, Antonio (ur.). Lisabon : Institut Superior Tecnico, 2006., na CD-u,  .
64. Mišković, Nikola; Vukić, Zoran; Barišić, Matko; Tovornik, Boris. Autotuning Autopilots for Micro-ROVs // CD-ROM Proceedings of 14th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation : MED06. Ancona : Universita Politecnica delle Marche, 2006., 1-6,
65. Mišković, Nikola; Barišić, Matko. Fault detection and localization on underwater vehicle propulsion system using principal component analysis // Proceedings of International Symposium on Industrial Electronics 2005 in Dubrovnik, Croatia / Perić, Nedjeljko ; Petrović, Ivan ; Butković, Željko (ur.). Zagreb : The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., 2005. 1721-1727.

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES (CHRONOLOGICALLY; CHIEF EDITOR OR EDITOR OF RESEARCH BOOK, HOME AND INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNALS, HOME AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS AND OTHER)

• Editor of special issue: Redfield, Signe; Djapic, Vladimir; Miskovic, Nikola; Ehlers, Frank. Maritime Robotics: New Capacities - New Behaviors. // PALADYN Journal of Behavioral Robotics - Special Issue on Maritime Robotics. 4 (2013) , 4; 194-195 (editorial)

COMPUTER SKILLS

- MS Office (Word, Excell, PowerPoint, ...),

- WordPerfect,

- LateX (Scientific Work Place), ...

- Matlab/Simulink,

-LabVIEW

- C, C++

OTHER IMPORTANT SKILLS AND COMPETENCES

Mission planning for the Autonomous Underwater Vehicle – Iver2 (AUV))

Operating the Remotely Operated Vehicles – VideoRay and Seamor (ROVs)

Category B skipper licence

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND NOTES

Programme Chair “Breaking the Surface” (http://bts.fer.hr/)

Project Coordinator H2020 EXCELLABUST (http://excellabust.fer.hr/)

Project Coordinator FP7 CADDY (http://caddy-fp7.eu/)

Team Leader H2020 subCULTron (http://subcultron.eu/)