Curriculum vitae
Marko Kolarek
PERSONAL INFORMATION
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/kolarek
Date of birth 24 Sep 1989
WORK EXPERIENCE
Computer Vision Research Associate
Jul 2014–Present
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, Zagreb (Croatia)
Research and development of gaze estimation methods integrated in the commercially available
VisageSDK at the Croatian branch of Visage Technologies at FER, Zagreb.
Bartender
May 2013–Jul 2014
KSET (Student Club), Zagreb (Croatia)
Serving various beverages (coffee, tea, juice, soda) during the day shift. Checking stock, basic
bookkepping, busing tables.
Software Developer
Nov 2013–Nov 2013
divIT systems, Zagreb (Croatia)
Development of QR code reader in Unity3D (combined with basic Augmented Reality features).
Summer Intern
Jul 2013–Aug 2013
divIT systems, Zagreb (Croatia)
Development of modules for the mash.me interactive mo-cap project (face detection and face feature
detection) using Unity3D and OpenCV (C#).
Photographer
Sep 2009–Apr 2015
KSET (Student Club), Zagreb (Croatia)
Volunteering Position
Photographing various events (concerts, plays, workshops) using various photographing equipment.
Lecturer in Photography Courses and Workshops
Jan 2010–Apr 2015
KSET (Student Club), Zagreb (Croatia)
Volunteering Position
Lecturer in numerous photography workshops and during four semester-long photography courses
covering various topics (analog photography, film development, analog and digital image processing
etc.).
Head of Photography Division
Apr 2011–Mar 2012
KSET (Student Club), Zagreb (Croatia)
Volunteering Position
Leader of a group of 20+ volunteering members of the Photography Division in KSET.
Responsibilities: budget and course organization, overseeing other division projects (exhibitions,
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workshops, event media coverage), managing volunteers during various events in KSET (concerts,
plays etc.), being a member of the KSET council and participating in decisions and plans regarding
various dealings in KSET.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Master of Science in Information and communication technology,
2012–2014
Information Processing
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb
Master Thesis: Efficient face recognition from a limited data base; Prof. Marko Subašić, PhD; 8 July
2014
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Information
2008–2012
Technology, Information Processing and Multimedia Systems
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb
Bachelor Thesis: Mobile system for face detection and limited face recognition; Prof. Marko Subašić,
PhD; 6 July 2012
PERSONAL SKILLS
Mother tongue(s) Croatian
Other language(s) UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING WRITING
Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production
B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
German
C2 C2 C2 C2 C2
English
A1 A1 A1 A1 A1
Japanese
Levels: A1 and A2: Basic user - B1 and B2: Independent user - C1 and C2: Proficient user
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
Communication skills Good communications skills gained through working in mostly team projects, including work with
international teams.
Organisational / managerial skills Good leadership skills gained as the head of the Photography Division at the Electrical Engineering
Students' Club (responsible for 20+ people during a one year period, including projects and finances).
Job-related skills C, C++, Python, OpenCV, Matlab, C#, Photoshop, Lightroom, Linux, Bash, LaTeX, Analog
Photography, Photography, Microsoft Office, GIMP, Image Processing, Signal Processing, Team
Organisation, Lecturing, Unity, Computer Vision, Programming, Artificial Intelligence, Object Oriented
Design, Computer Science, Software Engineering, OpenGL, Unity3D, Visual Studio, Machine
Learning
Other skills Technology, Digital photography, Analog photography, Comics, Cycling
Driving licence B
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Certifications Certificate of Proficiency in English
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