Curriculum Vitae

dr Selma Rizvic

Nationality: Bosnian

Home Language: Bosnian

Languages: English (speak, read write); German, Italian (basic understanding)

Present appointments:

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering Sarajevo, University of Sarajevo , Bosnia and Herzegovina

Assistant Professor, Head of the Laboratory for Cultural Heritage Digitization, Sarajevo School of Science and Technology, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Head of Broadcast Design Department, BH Radio Television

Qualifications: PhD, 2007, University of Sarajevo

MSc, 2002, University of Sarajevo

BScEE, 1990, Faculty of Electrical Engineering Sarajevo

Research: Computer Graphics, Computer Animation, Broadcast Graphics, Virtual Heritage, Digital Storytelling

Publications:

Books:

S. Rizvic, E. Kunovac – Računarska grafika, Ministarstvo za obrazovanje, nauku, kulturu i sport Federacije BiH, Sarajevo, 1998.

S. Rizvic, Kompjuterska grafika i multimedia, Grafo Art Sarajevo, 2004.

Selected Conference Papers:

B. Ramic-Brkic, Z. Karkin, A. Sadzak, D. Selimovic, S. Rizvic, Augmented Real-Time Virtual Environment of the Church of the Holy Trinity in Mostar, accepted at VAST 2009, Malta
S.Rizvic, A. Sadzak, Digital Storytelling - Representation of Bosnian Intangible Heritage in the Virtual Sarajevo Project, project paper, VAST 2008, Braga, Portugal
Vanja Jovišić , Selma Rizvić, Photorealistic reconstruction and multimedia presentation of the medieval fortress in Travnik, SEEDI 2008, Belgrade, Serbia
Aida Sadžak, Selma Rizvić, Alan Chalmers, The Influence of Storytelling Quality on the Human Perception of Computer Animation, short paper, VAST 2007, Brighton, UK

Selma Rizvic, Aida Sadzak , Emir Buza, Alan Chalmers - Virtual reconstruction and digitalization of cultural heritage sites in Bosnia and Herzegovina , Cetinje, SEEDI 2007, Review of the National Center for Digitization, 82 – 90, Publisher: Faculty of Mathematics, Belgrade, Serbia, ISSN: 1820-0109

· A. Sadzak, S. Rizvic, C. Dalton, A. Chalmers – Information Perception in Virtual Heritage Storytelling Using Animated and Real Avatars, SCCG 07

· S. Rizvic, A. Sadzak, Z. Avdagic, A. Chalmers – Visual Perception of Facial Animation, SCCG 06

· Ramic B., Hasic, J., Rizvic, S., Chalmers, A. Selective rendering in a multimodal environment: Scent and graphics. Spring Conference on Computer Graphic 2006 ACM SIGGRAPH.

· S. Rizvic, A. Sadzak, Z.Avdagic, A. Chalmers, Maya Sun Simulation of Bosnian Gravestone Virtual Model, EuroGraphics Italian Chapter, Catania 2006.

· Selma Rizvić, Aida Sadžak, Zikrija Avdagić, The Techniques of Virtual 3D Reconstruction of Heritage Sites in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, ICAT05

· S. Rizvic, S. Jeginovic, S. Konjicija, Z. Avdagic - Static Linking of Phonemes to Polygonal 3D Model’s Facial Expressions, SCCG 2005, ACM SIGGRAPH

· S. Rizvic, Z. Avdagic – Phoneme Reduction in Automated Speech for Computer Animation, SCCG 04, ACM SIGGRAPH

· S. Rizvic, Z.Avdagic – Model for Speech Animation based on MaxScript Scripting Language, Sarajevo , IKT 2003

· S. Rizvic - Broadcast Design Application of Computer Graphics, Graz, EWV 2002

· S. Rizvic, M. Kantardzic - WAQUM – Water acquisition and monitoring system (1991.)

· M. Kantardzic, V. Okanovic, S. Rizvic, A. Filipovic, H. Glavic: Temporal and Spatial Data and Default Assumptions in Dipsy-E Systems. AI*IA 1991: 410-414

Projects:

Virtual Reconstruction of Isa-begova Tekija in Sarajevo

Virtual 3D reconstruction of Cultural Heritage Sites in Bosnia and Herzegovina - UNESCO participation project

Virtual City of Sarajevo – sponsored by BH Telecom

Virtual BH Museum

Fully Refereed Animations

Chalmers A.G. Rizvic S., Gutierrez D. Sundstedt V. Dust and Light: Reconstructing Ancient Egypt. Eurographics Animation Festival, September 2006.

Rizvic S. Sadzak. A – Sun Simulation of Bosnian Gravestone Virtual Model – Computer Animation Contest winner, SCCG 06

Conference Organisation

Local Organizing Chair - 19th Eurographics Symposium on Rendering, Sarajevo 2008.

Local Organizing Chair - Graphics Hardware Workshop, Sarajevo 2008.

Organizing Committee Member - First International Symposium on Digitalization of Cultural Heritage of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo 2008.

International Programme Committee Member and Reviewer - Central European Seminar on Computer Graphics - CESCG

Rewieving Board Member– Graphite 2006: 4th International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Australasia and South East Asia, Kuala Lumpur, December 2006.

Posters Rewiewing Board Member - SIGGRAPH 2006

Organizing Committee Member – BIHTEL08, Sarajevo

Organizing Committee Member – ICAT07, Sarajevo

Organizing Committee Member – BIHTEL06, Sarajevo

Organizing Committee Member – ICAT05, Sarajevo

Organizing Committee Member – BIHTEL04, Sarajevo

Organizing Committee Member – IKT03, Sarajevo

Theses:

MSc: Computer Graphics in Broadcast Design

PhD -"Automatic Speech Animation of a 3D Polygonal Model with Preprocessing using Artificial Neural Networks"

Work experience:

1990-1992 – Research Assistant, LERT Laboratory, Faculty of Electrical Engineering Sarajevo

1996-1997 – Public Relations Assistant – UNHCR Sarajevo

1993 – 2006 – Broadcast Designer, Public Broadcasting Service B&H

since 2006 - Head of Broadcast Design Department, Public Broadcasting Service B&H

- as a Broadcast Designer in Public Broadcast Service of Bosnia and Herzegovina, she has designed the visual identities of RTVBiH, FTV, BHTV1 and many other opening animations, commercials and visual effects for Bosnia and Herzegovinian broadcast and movie production

since 1995 - Lecturer, Faculty of Electrical Engineering Sarajevo

since 2005 - Lecturer, Sarajevo School of Science and Technology, Sarajevo

since 2008 - Assistant Professor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering Sarajevo

since 2008 - Assistant Professor, Sarajevo School of Science and Technology, Sarajevo

since 2009 - Head of the Laboratory for Cultural Heritage Digitization, SSST, Sarajevo