Former office (retired since May 2021):

Address: Jozef Stefan Institute (JSI), Department of Communication Systems, Parallel and Distributed Systems Laboratory, Jamova 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Mobile: +386 41 708 994

Email: roman.trobec@ijs.si

Email: roman.trobec@gmail.com

Biographical sketch

Research and applied projects

Selected Publications

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Teaching at FRI, University of Ljubljana

Teaching at FE, University of Ljubljana

Teaching at University of Salzburg

Selected Books and Chapters:
- Parallel Scientific Computing: Theory, Algorithms, and Applications of Mesh Based and Meshless Methods, Springer 2015
- Parallel Computing: Numerics, Applications, and Trends, Springer 2009
- Application and Multidisciplinary Aspects of Wireless Sensor Networks, Springer 2011
- Advances in the MLPG Meshless Methods, Tech Science Press 2010, 209-272
- Heat transfer phenomena and applications, InTech 2012, 99-152

Biographical sketch

• born, February 18th, 1953, Nemska vas, Slovenia
• B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana (UOL), 1976
• M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, UOL, 1979
• Ph.D. in Computer Science, UOL, 1988
• research assistant, JSI, 1976-1989
• researcher, JSI, 1989-1996
• group leader, Department of Communication Systems, JSI, since 1991
• assist. prof., Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, UOL, 1990-1995
• principal investigator, JSI, since 1996
• assoc. prof., Faculty of Computer and Information Science, UOL, since 2009
• head of Parallel and Distributed Computing Laboratory, JSI, since 2012
• retired since May 2021.

Areas of research

• parallel systems, algorithms, computing clusters
• scientific computing, HPC, BigData
• distributed systems, grids, clouds
• digital transmission systems, wireless sensor networks
• computers in biomedicine, e-health

Publications

• 86 papers in reviewed journals
• 14 contributions in book series
• 145 papers in conference proceedings
• 4 patents
• 6 technical innovations

Other

• JSI Board of Governors member from 2003-2006.
• Editorial board member SCPE - Scalable Computing: Practice and Experience (former PDCP - Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing Practices, from 1998.
• Conference chair: MIPRO DC VIS - Distributed Computing, Visualization and Biomedical Engineering
• Programme Committee member: PARLE, ParCo, Euromicro, ParNum, PPAM, PDCP, PDP, IMCIC, WMSCI, WONS ...
• Journal reviews: IEEE Design&Test, Parallel Processing Letters, Parallel Computing, Informatica, Journal of Systems Architecture, Paral.and Distr. Comp. Practices, JCICS, IJQC, CIBM ...
• Some Invited Talks: Technische Universitaet Graz, CEA Saclay, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, University of Salzburg, Cardiff University.
• Fellowship: University of Illinois, Department of Computer Science, 1986.
• Membership: IEEE
• Award: Boris Kidric Foundation for research on Parallel System Diagnostics, 1989.
• Hobbies: skiing, kayaking, sailing, and windsurfing

Recent projects

Research:

• 1993/96 - PACT (Programming Environments, Algorithms, Applications, Compilers, and Tools for Parallel Computation, CEI project, workpackage leader
• 1994/96 - Homogeneous parallel computer structures, J2 5092, project leader
• 1994/97 - Paralellization of computing intensive methods in Electrical Engineering, J2-6180, JSI project leader
• 1994/95 - Multimedia communications, L2-6258, project leader
• 1996/98 - Communications and mapping in parallel computers, J2-7648, project leader
• 1999/01 - Parallel Algorithms and Communication, J2-1297, project leader
• 1999/03 - Parallel and Distributed Systems, P2-0095, research group leader
• 2004/08 - Parallel and Distributed Systems, P2-0095, research group leader
• 2009/15 - Parallel and Distributed Systems, P2-0095, research group leader

Applied:

• 1991/93 - Digital CCITT multiplexer 2/8/34 MHz/s, Iskra Elektrozveze/MZT
• 1993/94 - Automatic measurements of digital transmission equipment, Iskra Elektrozveze/MZT
• 1994/96 - Digital cross connect DCC8, Iskra Transmission/MZT
• 1996/98 - Measurements and simulation of thermical and electrophysiological processes in the human heart (no flow, with flow) and computer modelling of spatial heart structure
• 2000/01 - Digital Transmission of Compressed Video, Iskra Transmission/MZT
• 2002/03 - Power line communication modem, IskraTel
• 2003/08 - Computing services on Grid infrastructure, GRID, ARRS, MSZS, MG
• 2007/08 - Interactive Visual Analysis of Bio-signals, IVAB, SEE-ERA.NET
• 2008/10 - Promote, mobilize, reinforce and integrate WSN research and researchers, ProSense, EU-FP7
• 2011/14 - CLoud Assisted ServiceS, KC CLASS, Coordinator: Zavod E.-Oblak, MVZT
• 2015 - Wearable Multifunctional Body Sensor (MedSens), TETRACOM-FP7

Selected Publications

1. TROBEC Roman, GERŠAK Borut. Direct measurement of clamping forces in cardiovascular surgery. Medical & biological engineering & computing 35, 17-20, 1997.
2. TROBEC Roman. Two-dimensional regular d-meshes, Parallel Computing 26, 1945-1953, 2000.
3. TROBEC Roman. Computer analysis of multichannel ECG, Computers in Biology and Medicine 33, 215-226, 2003.
4. TROBEC Roman, TOMAŠIĆ Ivan. Synthesis of the 12-lead electrocardiogram from differential leads, IEEE transactions on information technology in biomedicine 15, 615-621, 2011.
5. FLYNN Michael J., MENCER Oscar, MILUTINOVIĆ Veljko, RAKOČEVIĆ Goran, STENSTROM Per, TROBEC Roman, VALERO Mateo. Moving from petaflops to petadata, Commun. ACM 56(5), 39-42, 2013.
6. AVBELJ Viktor, TROBEC Roman. A closer look at electrocardiographic P waves before and during spontaneous cardioinhibitory syncope, Int. j. cardiol., 166(3), e59-e61, 2013.
7. KOSEC Gregor, TROBEC Roman. Simulation of semiconductor devices with a local numerical approach. Engineering analysis with boundary elements 50, 69-75, 2014.
8. KOSEC Gregor, DEPOLLI Matjaž, RASHKOVSKA Aleksandra, TROBEC Roman. Super linear speedup in a local parallel meshless solution of thermo-fluid problem. Computers & Structures 133, 30-38, 2014.
9. RASHKOVSKA Aleksandra, TROBEC Roman, AVBELJ Viktor, VESELKO Matjaž. Knee temperatures measured in vivo after arthroscopic ACL reconstruction followed by cryotherapy with gel-packs or computer controlled heat extraction. Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy 22(9), 2048-2056, 2014.
10. TROBEC Roman, VASILJEVIĆ Radivoje, TOMAŠEVIĆ Milo, MILUTINOVIĆ Veljko, BEIVIDE Ramon, VALERO Mateo. Interconnection Networks in Petascale Computer Systems: A Survey. ACM Computing Surveys 49(3), 2016.
11. TROBEC Roman, KOSEC, Gregor. Parallel scientific computing : theory, algorithms, and applications of mesh based and meshless methods, SpringerBriefs in computer science, Springer, 2015.