Danica Kragic

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.

Danica Kragic
Danica Kragic
Born (1971-08-10) 10 August 1971
Rijeka, Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Occupationprofessor

Education

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

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

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

References
  1. "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.
  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.
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