{"id":2020,"date":"2025-03-03T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hicup.famnit.upr.si\/?p=2020"},"modified":"2025-03-10T15:17:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T15:17:45","slug":"professor-marko-tkalcic-delivers-the-inaugural-lecture-as-full-professor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hicup.famnit.upr.si\/index.php\/2025\/03\/03\/professor-marko-tkalcic-delivers-the-inaugural-lecture-as-full-professor\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Marko Tkal\u010di\u010d delivers the Inaugural Lecture as Full Professor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/markotkalcic.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/markotkalcic.com\/\">Professor Marko Tkal\u010di\u010d<\/a>, who was promoted to Full Professor recently, conducted his inaugural lecture on the 3rd of March, 2025 at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.famnit.upr.si\/sl\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.famnit.upr.si\/sl\/\">FAMNIT<\/a>, and many of Prof. Tkal\u010di\u010d&#8217;s colleagues and students attended the event to celebrate this significant achievement in his academic career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/hicup.famnit.upr.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PXL_20250303_173332897-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2028\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hicup.famnit.upr.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PXL_20250303_173332897-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hicup.famnit.upr.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PXL_20250303_173332897-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hicup.famnit.upr.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PXL_20250303_173332897-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hicup.famnit.upr.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PXL_20250303_173332897-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hicup.famnit.upr.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PXL_20250303_173332897-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In his lecture, titled &#8220;From Amateur Musicianship to User Modeling&#8221;, he reflected on his academic journey and contributions to the field. He expressed gratitude for the support he received along the way and shared insights from his experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"771\" src=\"https:\/\/hicup.famnit.upr.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PXL_20250303_171125475.PORTRAIT.ORIGINAL-1024x771.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hicup.famnit.upr.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PXL_20250303_171125475.PORTRAIT.ORIGINAL-1024x771.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hicup.famnit.upr.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PXL_20250303_171125475.PORTRAIT.ORIGINAL-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hicup.famnit.upr.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PXL_20250303_171125475.PORTRAIT.ORIGINAL-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hicup.famnit.upr.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PXL_20250303_171125475.PORTRAIT.ORIGINAL-1536x1157.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hicup.famnit.upr.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PXL_20250303_171125475.PORTRAIT.ORIGINAL-2048x1542.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor Tkal\u010di\u010d focuses on improving personalized recommender systems, by integrating psychological models into personalization algorithms. His research combines machine learning and user studies to explore how psychological insights can enhance the effectiveness of personalized systems. He provided an overview of his research area and its potential future directions during the lecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some photos from the event:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"771\" data-id=\"2030\" src=\"https:\/\/hicup.famnit.upr.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PXL_20250303_165930027ed-1024x771.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2030\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hicup.famnit.upr.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PXL_20250303_165930027ed-1024x771.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hicup.famnit.upr.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PXL_20250303_165930027ed-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hicup.famnit.upr.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PXL_20250303_165930027ed-768x578.jpg 768w, 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