Curriculum Vitae

Academician Gradimir V. Milovanović

Personal data

  • Birthdate:
    January 2, 1948
  • Birthplace:
    Zorunovac, Serbia, ex-Yugoslavia
  • Marital Status:
    Married

Education

  • May, 1976
    Ph.D.
    Mathematics (Thesis advisor: D.S. Mitrinović )
    University of Niš
  • June, 1974
    M.S.
    Mathematics
    University of Niš
  • May, 1971
    B.S.
    EE, Computer Sciences
    University of Niš

Professional Experience

  • November, 2011 - present
    Research Professor
    Mathematical Institute SANU
  • July, 2008 - October, 2011
    Professor
    Megatrend University
  • March, 1986 - June, 2008
    Professor
    University of Niš
  • February, 1982 - February, 1986
    Associate Professor
    University of Niš
  • October, 1976 - January, 1982
    Assistant Professor
    University of Niš
  • September, 1971 - September, 1976
    Assistant
    University of Niš

Professional Positions

  • October, 2010 - October, 2016
    President of the Scientific Committee for Mathematics, Computer Sciences and Mechanics (Serbian Ministry of Science and Technological Development)
    Belgrade
  • July, 2008 - October, 2011
    Dean of the Faculty of Computer Sciences, Megatrend University
    Belgrade
  • April, 2006 - March, 2010
    President of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development
    Belgrade
  • October, 2004 - November, 2006
    Rector of the University of Niš
    Niš
  • October, 2002 - September, 2004
    Dean of the Faculty of Electronic Engineering, University of Niš
    Niš
  • November, 2002 - May, 2016
    Vice-president of the Scientific Society of Serbia
    Belgrade
  • July, 1997 - October, 2010
    President of the Scientific Council of the Mathematical Institute
    SANU, Belgrade
  • February, 2003 - February, 2006
    The member of the Managing Board of the Mathematical Society of Serbia
    Belgrade
  • October, 1989 - September, 1991
    Vice-rector of the University of Niš (for Science and International Collaboration)
    Niš

Membership in Academies and Professional Societies

Honors

  • Anniversary Award for Teaching and Research Achievements, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, University of Niš (1980 and 1985)
  • University Award for Advancement of Science, University of Niš (1985)
  • Niš City Liberation Anniversary Award for Distinguished Contribution to the Science Development, Community of Niš (1988)
  • Golden Award for Research and Teaching Achievements, University of Niš (1995)
  • Anniversary Award for Distinguish Contribution in Research and Teaching Activities, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, University of Niš (1995)
  • City of Belgrade Award for the Year 2014 in the Field: Natural and Technical Sciences, Assembly of the City of Belgrade (2015)

Listings in Encyclopedias

  • Who's Who in the World (8th Edition, 1987 - 1988, and 9th Edition, 1989 - 1990), Marquis Who's Who, Macmillan Directory Division, Wilmette, IL USA.
  • Men of Achievement (13th Edition, 1989), International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England.
  • Who's Who in Serbia (1st Edition, 1991; 2nd Edition 1995), Biblofon, Belgrade (Serbian).

Teaching Activities

  • Several courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels, such as: Numerical Analysis, Approximation Theory, Real Analysis, Linear Algebra, Special Functions, Mathematical Programming, Differential Equations, etc.

Visiting Professorship

  • Purdue University, USA (1985, 1989)
  • University of Pau, France (1987, 1990, 1992, 1994)
  • Universitity of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy (1991, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014)

Editorial Activities

  • Editor-in-Chief Publ. Inst. Math. (Beograd) (N.S.) Institut Mathématique. Publications . Nouvelle Série. Inst. Math., Belgrade, ISSN 0350-1302;
  • Editor-in-Chief Bull. Cl. Sci. Math. Nat. Sci. Math. Bulletin, Classe des Sciences Mathématiques et Naturelles, Sciences mathématiques, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, ISSN 0561-7332;
  • Associate Editor of Appl. Math. Comput. Applied Mathematics and Computation. Elsevier, Inc., New York, USA, ISSN 0096-3003;
  • Associate Editor of Optim. Letters. Optimization Letters. Springer, ISSN 1862-4472 (print version), ISSN 1862-4480 (electronic version);
  • Editor-in-Chief J. Inequal. Appl. Journal of Inequalities and Applications. Springer, ISSN 1029-242X (electronic version; open access);
  • Member of Editorial Board for FILOMAT (Formerly: Zb. Rad.). Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, University of Niš, Niš, ISSN 0354-5180;
  • Member of Editorial Board for Appl. Anal. Discrete Math. Applicable Analysis and Discrete Mathematics (Formerly: Univ. Beograd. Publ. Elektrotehn. Fak. Ser. Mat. ). University of Belgrade and Academic Mind, Belgrade, ISSN 1452-8630;
  • Member of Editorial Board for Facta Univ. Ser. Math. Inform. Facta Universitatis. Series: Mathematics and Informatics. University of Niš, Niš, ISSN 0352-9665 [Founder and Editor-in-Chief in the period 1986-2008];
  • Editor of JIPAM. J. Inequal. Pure Appl. Math. JIPAM. Journa of Inequalities in Pure and Applied Mathematics. Vic. Univ. Technol., Melbourne, Australia, ISSN 1443-5756;
  • Member of Advisory Board for Banach J. Math. Anal. Banach Journal of Mathematical Analysis. An International Open Access Electronic & ISI Journal, Mashhad, Iran, ISSN 1735-8787 [2007 - 2010];
  • Member of Advisory Board for Ann. Funct. Anal. Annals of Functional Analysis. An International Open Access Electronic Journal, Mashhad, Iran, ISSN 2008-8752;
  • Member of Editorial Board for East J. Approx.East Journal on Approximations. Darba, Sofia, Bulgaria, ISSN 1310-6236;
  • Member of Editorial Board for Math. Balkanica.(N.S.). Mathematica Balkanica. New Series. Bulgar. Acad. Sci., Sofia, Bulgaria, ISSN 0205-3217;
  • Member of Editorial Board for Armenian J. Math.Armenian Journal of Mathematics. Electronic Open Access Publication of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia, ISSN 1829-1163;
  • Member of Editorial Board for J. Numer. Anal. Approx. Theory. Journal of Numerical Analysis and Approximation Theory. Ed. Acad. Romane, Bucharest, Romania, ISSN 2457-6794;
  • Member of Editorial Board for Studia Univ. Babeş-Bolyai Math. Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai Mathematica. Univ. Babeş-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, ISSN 0252-1938;
  • Member of Editorial Board for Novi Sad J. Math. Novi Sad Journal of Mathematics.(Formerly: Univ. u Novom Sadu Zb. Rad. Prirod.-Mat. Fak. Ser. Mat. ). Univ. Novi Sad, Novi Sad, ISSN 0352-0900;
  • Member of Editorial Board for Yugosl. J. Oper. Res. Yugoslav Journal of Operations Research. Univ. Belgrade, Belgrade, ISSN 0354-0243;
  • Member of Editorial Board for Kragujevac J. Math. Kragujevac Journal of Mathematics.(Formerly: Zb. Rad. (Kragujevac)) . Institute of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, ISSN 1450-9628;

Refereeing and Reviewing

  • Referee for various important journals (e.g. SIAM J. Math. Anal., SIAM J. Numer. Anal., Math. Comp., J. Comput. Appl. Math., J. Approx. Theory, J. Math. Anal. Appl., East J. Approx., Calcolo), and reviewer for the Mathematical Reviews and Zentralblatt für Mathematik (AMS Subject Classification: 26, 33, 41, 42, 65).

Plenary, Invited, Contributed and Colloquium Lectures

  • Has been invited to a number of International Conferences, e.g., Sofia, Bulgaria (1988, 1994, 2011, 2014); Banach Center, Warsaw, Poland (1992); Purdue University, USA (1993); Oberwolfach, Germany (1995, 1998); Cluj-Napoca, Romania (1996, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014); Vico Equense, Italy (1997, 1999); Acquafredda di Maratea, Italy (2000, 2004, 2009); Røros, Norway (2003); Copenhagen, Denmark (2003); University of Stellenbosch, South Africa (2005); Borovetz, Bulgaria (2006); CIRM Marseille, France (2007); Zürich, Switzerland (2007); Sao Paolo, Brazil (2008); Budapest, Hungary (2008); S. Margherita di Pula, Cagliari, Italy (2011); Port Elizabeth, South Africa (2011); Kos, Greece (2012); Ubeda, Jaen, Spain (2013); Dongguk University, Gyeongju, South Korea (2014).
  • Has also given a number of colloquium and seminar talks in several centers in ex-Yugoslavia and abroad.

Research Interests

  • Orthogonal Polynomials and Systems
  • Interpolation, Quadrature Processes and Integral Equations
  • Approximations by Polynomials and Splines
  • Polynomials (Extremal Problems, Inequalities, Zeros)
  • Inequalities

Citations

Projects

  • 1986 - 1990
    Participant in the Project Mathematics with Applications
  • 1991 - 1995
    Leader of a subproject in 0401 (Serbian Ministry of Science):
    Contemporary Problems of Mathematics
  • 1996 - 2000
    Leader of the project 04M03 (Serbian Ministry of Science):
  • 2002 - 2005
    Leader of the project # 2002 (Serbian Ministry of Science and Environmental Protection):
    Applied Orthogonal Systems, Constructive Approximation and Numerical Methods
  • 2006 - 2010
    Leader of the project # 144004 (Serbian Ministry of Science and Technological Development)
    Orthogonal Systems and Applications
  • 2006 - 2008
    Leader of the Serbian Team in SCOPES Joint Research Project No. IB7320-111079 (Swiss National Scientific Foundation):
    New Methods for Quadrature
  • 2007 - present
    Leader of the project (Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts):
    Interpolation and Quadrature Processes Based on the Theory of Orthogonality
  • 2011 - 2015
    Participant in the project # III 44006 (Serbian Ministry of Education and Science):
    Development of New Information and Communication Technologies, Based on Advanced Mathematical Methods, with Applications in Medicine, Telecommunications, Power Systems, Protection of National Heritage and Education
  • 2011 - 2015
    Leader of the project # OI 174015 (Serbian Ministry of Education and Science):
    Approximation of Integral and Differential Operators and Applications