Assoc.Prof. Tomislav Kos, Ph.D. - CURRICULUM VITAE

Personal Information:

• place of birth: Zagreb, Croatia
• year of birth: 1958
• citizen of Croatia
• nationality: Croatian
• marital status: unmarried

Education:

• 1964-1968; Elementary School "Bozidar Maslaric"; Zagreb; Croatia
• 1968-1972; Elementary School "Jordanovac"; Zagreb; Croatia
• 1972-1976; VII Gymnasium ("Vladimir Nazor"); Zagreb; Croatia
• 1976-1981; University of Zagreb; Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing; Zagreb; Croatia; (B.Sc.)
• 1982-1987; University of Zagreb; Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing; Zagreb; Croatia; (M.Sc.)
• 1995-1998; University of Zagreb; Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing; Zagreb; Croatia; (Ph.D.)

Degrees:

• 1981; B.Sc. ("Diplomirani inzenjer elektrotehnike"); University of Zagreb; Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing
• 1987; M.Sc. ("Magistar tehnickih znanosti"); University of Zagreb; Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing
• 1998; Ph.D. ("Doktor tehnickih znanosti"); University of Zagreb; Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing

Theses:

• B.Sc. thesis: "Teletext decoder"
• M.Sc. thesis: "Quality parameters of CCTV systems"
• Ph.D. thesis: "Influence of Nonlinearities in CATV Distribution System on Picture Quality"

Association Memberships:

• TC 80 - Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems, technical committee member at State bureau of standards (DZNM)
• TC 92 - Safety of audio, video and similar electronic equipment, technical committee member at State bureau of standards (DZNM)

Work Experience:

• 1982-1990; RIZ - IETA, Department for video and audio technique
• 1984-1990; collaboration on Project 54 of Ministry of science, Republic Croatia, on Development of radiocommunication systems
• 1990-1994; Cable television systems and satellite reception of television signals
• 1994-1998; University of Zagreb; Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing; Assistant at the Department of Radiocommunications and Microwave Engineering
• 1998-2000; University of Zagreb; Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing; Senior Assistant at the Department of Radiocommunications and Microwave Engineering
• 1999-2000; 2nd ELMAR International Workshop on Video Processing and Multimedia Communications; Zadar; VIPromCom-2000 Proceedings Chair & Secretary and Member of the Organising Committee
• 2000-2002; International Symposium Electronics in Marine, ELMAR, Zadar, Program Co-Chair and Member of the Organising Committee

Scientific Projects:

• 1987 registered in the Register of scientific researchers as Research Collaborator
• 1988 registered in the Register of scientific researchers as Scientific Assistant
• 1995-1996; University of Zagreb; Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing; Zagreb; Croatia; Researcher on the project 2-07-277: "Research of Advanced Technologies for Croatian Broadcasting Systems", Ministry of Science and Technology, Republic of Croatia
• 1996-2002; University of Zagreb; Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing; Zagreb; Croatia; Researcher on the project 036015: "Multimedia Communications Technologies", Ministry of Science and Technology, Republic of Croatia
• 2001-2002; University of Zagreb; Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing; Zagreb; Croatia; Researcher on the project 036041: "Research and Development of Cable TV Services in Croatia", Ministry of Science and Technology, Republic of Croatia
• 2002-____; University of Zagreb; Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing; Zagreb; Croatia; Researcher on the project 0036015: "Multimedia Communication Systems", Ministry of Science and Technology, Republic of Croatia

Research Interests:

• Cable Television Systems
• New Services over CATV Network
• Satellite Distribution of Analog and Digital Television Signal
• Scrambling Systems in Television
• Radio Direction Finding and Navigation

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