Prof. Dr. Milan Z. Bjelica
Dr. Bjelica is the Full Professor at the FTN Uni Novi Sad, a Functional Safety Instructor at the University of California San Diego, and the CEO of NIT Institute. He actively participates in research and innovation activities for various computer-engineering sectors, focusing on consultancy and training in the fields of system safety, functional safety, automotive engineering, and consumer electronics. During his career, he consulted companies in the automotive industry (ZF Germany, TTTech Austria, Qualcomm Automotive USA, Daimler Germany) and also other companies in consumer electronics, industrial machinery, and computing domains. He is a frequent participant and a speaker at major industry events worldwide. Dr. Bjelica holds a Ph.D. degree in computer engineering from the University of Novi Sad, Serbia, as well as an Academic Safety Engineer degree from the FH CampusWien - Vienna Institute for Safety and Systems Engineering (Austria). His professional and research focus is on complex system and software architectures with specific interactions and virtualization. He authored over 100 publications across major journals and scientific conferences and holds 30 patents.
References
- Petra Saskia Bayerl, Erin Lawlor, Menno Tom Maris, Daniele Miorandi, Gediminas Pekšys, Milan Z. Bjelica, Kristijan Stojšin, Margarita Anastasova, Oliver Smith, Angelica Lermann Henestrosa, Ivan P. Yamshchikov, Marieke Bak, Babak Akhgar. “Operational ethics guidelines on use cases related to human behaviour and cognition”. 2026.
- Milan Z. Bjelica, Bojan Mrazovac. “Reliability of Self-Driving Cars: When Can We Remove the Safety Driver?”. IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine, 2023, Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 46-54. DOI: 10.1109/mits.2023.3244271.
- Milan Z. Bjelica. “Systems, Functions and Safety”. Springer eBooks, Springer International Publishing, 2023. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-15823-0.
- Ivan Kaštelan, Miroslav V. Popovic, Milan Z. Bjelica. “A Learning Model for Lifelong Education of Computer Engineers”. IEEE Access, 2023, Vol. 11, pp. 101296-101308. DOI: 10.1109/access.2023.3314760.
- Bogdan Pavković, Vladimir Marinković, Dragana Đorđević Čegar, Milan Z. Bjelica. “Safety done right: Systems, Software, Standards and Attitudes”. In: 2022 IEEE Zooming Innovation in Consumer Technologies Conference (ZINC), IEEE, 2022, pp. 1-1. DOI: 10.1109/zinc55034.2022.9840691.
- Bojan Mrazovac, Milan Z. Bjelica. “Human-Centric Role in Self-Driving Vehicles: Can Human Driving Perception Change the Flavor of Safety Features?”. IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine, 2022, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 117-125. DOI: 10.1109/mits.2022.3169597.
- Milan Z. Bjelica. “My Big, Fat, Safe Software Stack: Functional Safety for Complex Software for Next-Generation Vehicles”. In: ECBS 2021: 7th Conference on the Engineering of Computer Based Systems (7th Conference on the Engineering of Computer Based Systems), ACM, 2021, pp. 1-2. DOI: 10.1145/3459960.3461563.
- Srdjan Popic, Nikola Dj. Teslic, Milan Z. Bjelica. “Simple Framework for Efficient Development of the Functional Requirement Verification-specific Language”. Advances in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2021, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 11-20. DOI: 10.4316/aece.2021.03002.
- Milan Z. Bjelica, Željko Lukač. “Central Vehicle Computer Design: Software Taking Over”. IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine, 2019, Vol. 8, No. 6, pp. 84-90. DOI: 10.1109/mce.2019.2929813.
Courses
NIT-FSBA-03
Fault Tolerant Systems
Learn how to make your systems work under unexpected and faulty conditions.
NIT-FSBA-01
Systems, Functions and Safety
Gain a system-level perspective and understand how to achieve system safety.
NIT-AU-11
Automotive Cybersecurity Fundamentals
Get an overview of the present-day cybersecurity standards, with the focus on automotive ISO/SAE 21434