Unlock your academic potential and expand your network by joining us!

Information

Doc. Dr. Sc. Nikola Lopac received the BSc, MSc, and PhD degrees in Electrical engineering from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Rijeka, in 2015, 2017, and 2022, respectively. He is currently an Assistant Professor and Head of the Laboratory for Information Processing (iPRO Lab) at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Automation and Computing at the Faculty of Maritime Studies, University of Rijeka. He is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Engineering, Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Head of the Laboratory for Cybersecurity of Communication and Navigation Devices and member of the Laboratory for Information Processing and Pattern Recognition at the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity, University of Rijeka. He holds scientific titles of Research associate in Electrical engineering and Traffic technology and transport. He has led or participated in several national and international research projects, authored a number of papers in WoS journals, and presented his work at several scientific conferences. He has reviewed over 230 research papers for 23 WoS journals, been a member of the Editorial Board of the WoS journal, and a member of organizing committees of scientific conferences. He has been a visiting researcher at several universities in Europe and Japan. His research interests include digital signal processing, time-frequency signal analysis, image processing, artificial intelligence, and deep learning.

Research Keywords & Expertise

Adaptive Filtering
CNN
Digital Signal Process...
Image Processing
Information Processing

Fingerprints

17%
Adaptive Filtering
17%
Deep learning
9%
CNN
9%
Signal Processing
9%
Convolutional Neural Networks

Short Biography

Doc. Dr. Sc. Nikola Lopac received the BSc, MSc, and PhD degrees in Electrical engineering from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Rijeka, in 2015, 2017, and 2022, respectively. He is currently an Assistant Professor and Head of the Laboratory for Information Processing (iPRO Lab) at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Automation and Computing at the Faculty of Maritime Studies, University of Rijeka. He is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Engineering, Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Head of the Laboratory for Cybersecurity of Communication and Navigation Devices and member of the Laboratory for Information Processing and Pattern Recognition at the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity, University of Rijeka. He holds scientific titles of Research associate in Electrical engineering and Traffic technology and transport. He has led or participated in several national and international research projects, authored a number of papers in WoS journals, and presented his work at several scientific conferences. He has reviewed over 230 research papers for 23 WoS journals, been a member of the Editorial Board of the WoS journal, and a member of organizing committees of scientific conferences. He has been a visiting researcher at several universities in Europe and Japan. His research interests include digital signal processing, time-frequency signal analysis, image processing, artificial intelligence, and deep learning.

Honors and Awards

Award for research excellence in academic year 2020/2021

Award for research excellence in academic year 2020/2021 in the category of young researchers; 2021

Faculty of Maritime Studies, University of Rijeka


Annual award “Hrvoje Požar”

Award for outstanding academic performance; 2016

Croatian Energy Association and Foundation “Hrvoje Požar"


Rector’s award for academic excellence

Award for the best students in the University of Rijeka; 2017

University of Rijeka


View All

Career Timeline

University of Rijeka, Faculty of Maritime Studies

Senior Scientist or Principal Investigator

01 October 2023 - 16 March 2025


Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Faculty of Engineering

Senior Scientist or Principal Investigator

01 November 2022 - 16 March 2025


University of Rijeka, Faculty of Maritime Studies

Post Doctoral Researcher

01 October 2022 - 01 October 2023


University of Rijeka, Faculty of Maritime Studies

Research and Teaching Assistant

01 October 2020 - 01 October 2022


View All