MIODRAG PETKOVIC

Full professor

Mathematics

msp@kalca.junis.ni.an.yu


Personal Data

Date of birth

February 10, 1948

Place of birth

Malca, Serbia, Yugoslavia

Marital status

Married (two children)

Citizenship

Yugoslav


Education

University of Nis, B. S. Computing Science

1967--72

University of Nis, M. S. Mathematics

1977

University of Nis, Ph. D. Mathematics

1980


Experience

University of Oldenburg, FR Germany, Visiting Professor

1989

University of Strasbourg, France, Visiting Professor

1992

University of Nis, Faculty of Electronic Engineering,Full Professor

1991--present

University of Nis, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Associate Professor

1986--1991

University of Nis, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Assistant Professor

1981--1986

University of Nis, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Teaching Assistant

1973--1981


Mathematical Specialization

 Interval analysis; Nonlinear equations; Iterative processes; Computational complex analysis; Analytic inequalities


Supervisory Commissions

Commisions for postgraduate students

Commisions for Ph. D. students


Thesis Direction

Master's thesis: University of Nis, 1984, 1991, 1995, University of Novi Sad 1997

Doctoral dissertation: University of Nis, 1986, University of Novi Sad 1996, 1997


Research Contracts

Projects of the Serbian Science Foundation: 1973--1975, 1976--1980, 1981--1985, 1986--1990, 1991--1995, 1996 - present


Invited Lectures

University of Freiburg (FR Germany) (1984)

University of Novi Sad (YU) (1984, 1985, 1986, 1995, 1996)

University of Cirich (Switzerland) 1985

University of Ljubljana (Slovenia) (1987)

University of Sofia (Bulgaria) (1988)

University of Oldenburg (FR Germany) (1989)

University of Strasbourg (France) (1992)

University of Sofia (Bulgaria) (1996)


Congresses and Conferences

XIV International Symposium on Information Processing, Bled (YU), October 9-14, 1979.

II International Simposium on Interval Mathematics, Freiburg (FR Germany), May 27-31, 1980.

VI Symposium on Informatics, Jahorina (YU), March 22-26, 1982.

IV International Simposium "Computer at the University", Cavtat (YU), May 24-27, 1982.

IV Conference on Computing and Design by Computers, Stubicke Toplice (YU), November 15-17, 1982.

V Conference on Computing and Design by Computers, Stubice Toplice (YU), November 16-18, 1983.

VI International Simposium "Computer at the University", Dubrovnik (YU), May 25-27, 1984.

IV Conference on Applied Mathematics, Split (YU), May 28-30, 1984.

I Symposium on Numerical Methods and Approximation Theory, Nis (YU), September 26-28, 1984.

GAMM Annual Conference, Dubrovnik (YU), April 1-4, 1985.

III International Simposium on Interval Mathematics, Freiburg (FR Germany), September 23-26, 1985.

VIII International Simposium "Computer at the University", Cavtat (YU), May 23--27, 1986.

V Conference on Applied Mathematics, Ljubljana (YU), September 2--5, 1986.

I International Conference on Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Paris (France), June 29--Jul 3, 1987.

International Symposium on Numerical Methods and Approximation Theory, Nis (YU), August 18--21, 1987 (a member of Scientific Committee)

GAMM Annual Conference, Wien (Austria), April 5--9, 1988.

VI Conference on Applied Mathematics, Tara (YU), August 31-- September 3, 1988.

GAMM Annual Conference, Karlsruhe (FR Germany), March 28--31, 1989.

VII Conference on Applied Mathematics, Osijek (YU), September 13--15, 1989.

International Symposium on Computer Arithmetic, Scientific Computation and Mathematical Modelling, Albena (Bulgaria), September 23--28, 1990.

International Symposium on Computer Arithmetic, Scientific Computation and Mathematical Modelling, Oldenburg (FR Germany), October 1--4, 1991 (a member of Scientific Committee).

I World Conference of Nonlinear Analysts, Tampa (USA), August 19-26, 1992 (as an invited lecturer).

VIII Conference on Applied Mathematics, Tivat (YU), May 27-29, 1993.

International Conference on Interval and Computer-Algebraic Methods in Science and Engineering, St. Petersburg (Russia),March 5-11, 1994.

IX Conference on Applied Mathematics, Budva (YU), May 28-30, 1994.

Conference on Geometry and Computer Science, Filomat 94, Nis (YU), October 20-22, 1994.

Conference on Algebra, Logic and Discrete Mathematics, Filomat 94, Nis (YU), April 14-16, 1995. (as an invited lecturer).

IX Conference of Yugoslav Mathematicians, Petrovac (YU), May 22-27, 1995.

X Conference on Applied Mathematics, Budva (YU), May 29-31, 1995.

Symposium on Numerical Methods and Error-Bounds, Oldenburg (Germany), July 9-12, 1995.

V Colloquium on Numerical Analysis, Plovdiv (Bulgaria), August 13-17, 1995.

VII Conference on Logic and Computer Science, Novi Sad (Yugoslavia), September 26-30, 1995.

XI Conference on Applied Mathematics, Budva (YU), June 4-7, 1996.

International Memorial Conference "D.S. Mitrinovic", Nis (YU), June 20-22, 1966.

II World Congress of Nonlinear Analysts, Athens (Greece),July 10-17, 1996. ( as an invited lecturer).

IV International conference on functional analysis and its applications, Arandjelovac (YU), May 26-30, 1997.

XII Conference on Applied Mathematics, Subotica (YU), September 8-12, 1997.


Miscellaneous

Visiting Professor, Fachbereich Mathematik, Universitat Oldenburg (FR Germany), 1989.

Visiting Professor, Departement de Mathematique, Universite Louis Pasteur Strasbourg (France), 1992.

Visiting Scientist, Institut fur Angewandte Mathematik, University of Freiburg (FR Germany), 1984.

Visiting Scientist, Dept. of Computer Science, University of London, 1984.

Visiting Scientist, Columbia University, New York, 1990.

Vicepresident of the Mathematical Board at Serbian Ministry of Science.

Member of Scientific Committee at two national conferences and four international conference.

Member of GAMM Society.

Member of American Mathematical Society.

Referee (expert) for Yugoslav international science projects.

Referee for ten international journals, three national journals, five national conferences and four international conferences.

 

Reviewer for Mathematical Reviews and Zentralblatt fur Mathematik.

Member of Editorial Board of the journals Facta Universitatis,

University of Nis and Novi Sad Journal of Mathematics, University of Novi Sad.


Publications

About 130 scientific papers were published, most of them in eminent international journals as SIAM J., Numer. Analysis., Numer. Math., Computing, Intern. J. Computer Math, J. Comput. Appl. Math, Comp. Maths. with Appls., ACM Trans. Math. Software, BIT, Proceeding of AMS, Z. Angew. Math. Mech, Appl. Numer. Math, Appl. Math. Comput., Proc. Royal Soc. Edinburgh, Nonlinear Analysis,Reliable Computing, Japan J. Industr. Appl. Math., Serdica, etc.


Books

1. M.S. Petkovic: Amusing Mathematical Problems (in Serbian). Naucna knjiga, Beograd 1985, II edition 1988.

2. M.S. Petkovic: Introduction to Interval Mathematics (in Serbian). Naucna knjiga, Beograd 1989.

 

3. M.S. Petkovic: Iterative Methods for Simultaneous Inclusion of Polynomial Zeros. Springer-Verlag,Berlin-Heidelberg-New York 1989.

4. M.S. Petkovic: Amusing World of Mathematics (in Serbian). Tehnicka knjiga, Beograd 1994.

5. M.S. Petkovic: Mathematics and Chess. Dover Book Publ., New York 1997

6. M.S. Petkovic, D. Herceg, S.M. Ilic: Point Estimation Theory and its Applications, Institute of Mathematics, Novi Sad 1997.

7. M.S. Petkovic, Lj. D. Petkovic, Complex Interval Arithmetic and its Applications (submitted).