Background

  
Education
 
1999  Ph.D., Geography (Dean's honours list)
Department of Geography, University of Montreal
Research area: Geographical Information Systems 
 
1993  M.Sc., Geodesy
Department of Geodesy, Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Belgrade
Research area: Geodetic Metrology
 
1987  B.Eng., Geodesy
Department of Geodesy, Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Belgrade
 
Awards
 
2018 Best Paper Award, with T. Anderson, GeoSimulation Workshop, ACM SIGSpatial 2018 Conference

2016 Dean of Graduate Studies Award for Excellence in Graduate Supervision, SFU
 
2008 Outstanding Reviewer Award for 2007 for the Elsevier’s journal Environmental Modelling & Software
 

 
Editorships
 
Co-Editor, Springer Book Series Advances in Geographic Information Science
 
Associate Editor:
Computers, Environment and Urban Systems; Earth Science Informatics and Geomatica journals
 
Past Editorship work: Associate Editor, Landscape and Urban Planning (2011-2016); Editor for Geographic Information Science, The Canadian Geographer (2007-2011).
 
Member of the journal Editorial Boards:
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, Landscape and Urban Planning; Journal of Geographical Systems; Geographical Analysis, Cartography and Geographic Information Science; Geodetska Služba; International Journal on Advances in Intelligent Systems; International Review for Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development; Environments; Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design (2008-2016); Journal of Earth Sciences Informatics (2007-2015);  Landscape and Urban Planning (2007-2011); Environmental Modelling & Software (2010-2012);
 
Memberships
 
Member, Board of Directors, Canadian Regional Science Association (CRSA) (2018-Current)

Vice-President, Technical Commission IV - Spatial Information Science; International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) (2016-Current)

Coordinator of SFU Esri Canada GIS Centre of Excellence (ECCE) (2013-Current)
 
Member, Board of Directors, International Community of Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development (SPSD), Kanazawa University, Kanazawa City, Japan (2013-Current)

GeoComputation Interest Group coordinator for North American Regional Science Council (NARSC), Regional Science Association International (2010-Current)

Vice-President, Technical Commission II - Theory and Concepts of Spatial Information Science; International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) (2012-2016)

Member, NSERC Evaluation Committee for Geosciences (GSC) (2012-2015)

Secretary of Technical Commission IV, WG IV/5 – Web based Geographic Information and Applications, International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) (2005-2012)

International: Association of American Geographers (AAG)

National: Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG)Canadian Institute of Geomatics (CIG)
 
SFU: 
The Institute for Canadian Urban Research Studies (ICURS), Centre for Coastal Studies, Centre for Scientific Computing, Centre for Systems Science, Institute for Health Research and Education