ALIJA PAŠIĆ, PhD

Birth Place: Novi Sad (Yugoslavia)

WORK EXPERIENCE

2025–present Associate Professor, Department of Network Systems and Services, BME
2024–2025 Associate Professor, Department of Telecommunications and Artificial Intelligence, BME
2019–2024 Assistant Professor, Department of Telecommunications and Media Informatics, BME
2017–2020 Researcher, MTA–BME Information Systems Research Group
2016–2019 Assistant Lecturer, Department of Telecommunications and Media Informatics, BME
2013–2018 Researcher, MTA–BME Lendület Future Internet Research Group
2017 (Dec.) Short-Term Scientific Mission (STSM), University of Coimbra, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (DEEC), Portugal
2017 (Jan.) Short-Term Scientific Mission (STSM), Ghent University – imec, Department of Information Technology (IDLab), Techno-Economics, Belgium

2019 PhD in Electrical Engineering, Doctoral School of Electrical Engineering, BME — Summa Cum Laude
Dissertation: Instantaneous Failure Recovery and Localization in Transport Networks (Supervisors: Dr. Péter Babarczi, Dr. János Tapolcai)
2016–2018 PhD Candidate, BME
2013–2016 PhD Studies in Electrical Engineering, BME
2013 (July) TU Chemnitz – Summer School on Network Performance Evaluation and Optimization
2011–2013 MSc in Electrical Engineering (English program), BME
2009–2010 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany) – BSc in Electrical Engineering (Robert Bosch Scholarship)
2007–2011 BSc in Electrical Engineering (German program), BME

2024 New National Excellence Program (ÚNKP) – Design and Management of Reliable Critical Infrastructures
2022 For the Nation’s Young Talents Scholarship – QoE Analysis of URLLC Services Using Artificial Intelligence
2021–present Principal Investigator, OTKA PD137698 – Development of Reliable Networks with Machine Learning
2021–2024 Bolyai Research Scholarship – Intelligent Network Management
2018–2022 Participant, OTKA K128062 – Methods for Building Internet-Based Critical Network Infrastructures
2018–2022 Participant, OTKA KH129589 – Traffic Management in Large-Scale Networks
2018–2020 Participant, OTKA FK128233 – From Data to Theory: Analysis of Team Sports Dynamics
2013–2018 Participant, OTKA K108947 – Optimization Methods in Cloud Computing and Communication

2021–present Project Coordinator and Lead Researcher, Ericsson Hungary – Expert Analytics (EEA PDU)
2020–2023 Project Coordinator and Lead Researcher, Ericsson Hungary – Network-Based Localization (ENL PDU)
2016–2020 Management Committee Substitute, COST CA15127 Action: Resilient Communication Services Protecting End-User Applications from Disaster-Based Failures (RECODIS)
2014–2015 GÉANT Open Call Project MINERVA at BME (Consortium Partner: I2CAT, GÉANT TV)

New National Excellence Program (ÚNKP)
HTE Silver Badge Award
For the Nation’s Young Talents Scholarship
OTKA Postdoctoral Excellence Program
Bolyai János Research Scholarship
Young Educators for Successful Teaching Award (Department of Telecommunications and Media Informatics, BME)
Robert Bosch Scholarship
1st Prize – Scientific Students’ Association Conference (TDK)
1st Prize – National Scientific Students’ Association Conference (OTDK)
Graduated with Honors, MSc in Electrical Engineering, BME (2013)

Serbo-Croatian (Bosnian) – Native
Hungarian – Native
German – Professional working proficiency (DSD – Deutsches Sprachdiplom, C1 level)
English – Professional working proficiency (B2 level)