Jump to content

Danica Kragic

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Danica Kragic
Danica Kragic
Born (1971-08-10) 10 August 1971 (age 53)
Occupationprofessor

Danica Kragic (born c. 1971[1]) is a professor of computer science from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden. She was named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2016[2] for contributions to vision-based systems and robotic object manipulation.

Education

[edit]

Kragić was born in Rijeka, Croatia.[1] She received MSc in Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University of Rijeka in 1995 and PhD in Computer Science from KTH in 2001.

Career

[edit]

In March 2019, Kragić was nominated for the board of directors of Swedish fashion group H&M.[3]

Danica Kragic is co-director of the Swedish research program Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program

Awards

[edit]

In 2019 she was named Sweden's most powerful woman in technology by the Swedish Business Week.[4]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b "KARIJERNI ZAOKRET HRVATSKE ZNANSTVENICE O KOJOJ JE PISAO I VOGUE 'Da me roditelji nisu potjerali na fakultet, danas bih bila manekenka'". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). 6 October 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  2. ^ "2016 elevated fellow" (PDF). IEEE Fellows Directory. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 23, 2015.
  3. ^ "H&M's nomination committee proposes election of Danica Kragic Jensfelt to the board of directors". about.hm.com. Archived from the original on 2019-03-06.
  4. ^ "AI-forskaren om året som Näringslivets mäktigaste techkvinna: Nu kan det bara gå utför". Veckans affärer. Retrieved 2020-03-30.