Dr. Vlatko Bečanović

Sonova AG specializes in hearing care solutions. It is one of the largest providers in the sector worldwide: - Developed, maintained and monitored audiological verification tests.

QualySense AG is specialized in developing high-throughput grain & seed sorting devices: - Invented and implemented new tools for data visualization and markup. - Delivered statistics and analysis of raw data based on customer requirements.

Glory Global Solutions AG is a leader in cash technology solutions with expertise in the core fields of banknotes recognition/identification and handling: - Supported subsidiary in Switzerland during a transition period. - Conceptualized innovative technical solutions for robust banknotes recognition under a wide range of environmental conditions.

Vironova AB is a Swedish biotechnology company that is a leader in nanocharacterization technologies and services: - Coordinated the technical activities for a rapid virus classification system. - Delivered statistics and analysis based on project requirements.

Tobii Technology AB is a Swedish IT company that is a leader in eye tracking technology solutions with focus on changing how people interact with computers, games and cars: - Automated steps of the manufacturing quality control process. - Contributed to the base structure of development tools.

Focus: Robotic vision and biologically inspired systems design • Started a new lab, the Bionics lab (that now is incorporated with Ishii-Lab). • Supervised and mentored students at the masters and PhD level. The education was part of an ambitious two-year interdisciplinary master’s excellence program. • Taught courses each semester as part of a masters excellence program for selected top performing students, mentored as well as hosted students from other laboratories.

Focus: Autonomous robotics and machine vision with the aim to utilize state-of-the-art neuromorphic technology • Supervision and mentoring of masters & diploma students in collaboration with the University of Hamburg and RWTH Aachen. • Organizing committee member of the RoboCup humanoid league. Frequent participant in robot competitions around the world during 4+ years.

Focus: Biologically inspired signal and image processing in autonomous robotics.

Savantic AB is a Swedish IT consultancy that pools physicists and computer scientists to offer unique problem solving skills to the industry. - Outsourced as software developer for Ericsson. - Frequently used tools/libraries: PLEX; C/C++.

Biologically inspired signal processing of data in high energy particle physics with applications to vision recognition and odor sensing (E-nose).

Wavelet pre-processing and Pulse Coupled Neural Networks.