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Dr. Sanja Seljan

Dr. Sanja Seljan

Dr. Sanja Seljan

Professor (University of Zagreb) and SAFIR Affiliated Researcher

PhD Credentials

PhD in Information and Communication Sciences

Bio

Dr. Sanja Seljan is a full professor with permanent tenure, holding a PhD in Information and Communication Sciences, with expertise in Artificial Intelligence, including Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning, Data Science, Predictive and Business Analytics, Language Technologies, and Machine Translation.


She is an internationally recognized researcher, reviewer, consultant, and a leader or collaborator on numerous national and international projects. She is a certified Lead Auditor for AI Management Systems and is actively engaged as a consultant. She is the author and co-author of more than 120 scientific publications and editor or co-editor of 10 monographs.


She has served as a member of the National Board for scientific advancement in Information and Communication Sciences, Deputy Head of the Department, and Head of the Chair for Informatics, and currently serves as an Advisory Board Member at MiRAS-SUAD. She has supervised 17 national and international doctoral dissertations and more than 150 graduate and undergraduate theses. She has been teaching, among others, in doctoral study programs in several countries and has been an invited speaker at the European Parliament, European Commission, and leading international universities.


Her work has received several international recognitions, including the Golden Medal for Research Innovation in 2023 for AI-based phishing detection research and the Bronze Medal for Innovation in 2025 for the project Inclusive Social Education Fit for Healthy Lifestyle: Preventing Obesity in Young Adults.


She has completed several international specializations and academic collaborations. Languages: Croatian (native), English, French, and Italian.


Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Policy

Centre for Humanities, Languages and Education

Invited / plenary speaker

Seljan, S. (2025). Artificial Intelligence in Health: Benefits and Limitations. Next of Health and Telemedicine, Zagreb, Croatia, 8-11.11.2025.


Seljan, S., Kučiš, V., Đunđer, I. Technology for Translation of Academic Course Syllabi: Implementation of CAT Tools and ChatGPT. Translation and Transcreation in Digital Environment, Maribor, Slovenia, 8-15.9.2024.


Kučiš, V.; Seljan, S. (2023). Integrated Machine Translation and Quality Evaluation in Business Communication. Translation and Transcultural Business Communication, Maribor, Slovenia, 10-17.9.2023.


Round table

Seljan, S. (2023). Traduction Assistée par Ordinateur. Intégration du numérique aux méthodologies de l’enseignement/apprentissage et défis de formation des enseignants. Rectorat de l’Université de Zagreb, Croatie, 8.5.2023.


Workshop

Seljan, S. (2023). Evaluation of Machine Translation. Winter school on translation technology for DGT – European Commission, Zagreb, Croatia, 17.2.2023.


Conference participation

Baretić, M.; Seljan, S. (2026). Digital media, lifestyle behaviors, and weight gain among European university students: the need for evidence-based health education. 19th International Conference on Advanced Technologies & Treatments for Diabetes/Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics, Barcelona, Spain.


Seljan, S.; Baretić, M. (2025). Big Data Insights into Obesity Prevalence and Sensitive Healthcare Communication. It's About People 2026: Social and Technological Resilience for Health and Sustainable Development, Alma Mater Europea University, Slovenia, EU.


Puškarić, D., Seljan, S. (2025). Artificial Intelligence in Predicting Satisfaction with Quality of Life for Student Population. It's About People 2026: Social and Technological Resilience for Health and Sustainable Development, Alma Mater Europea University, Slovenia, EU.


Dunđer, I.; Seljan, S.; Odak, M. (2025). Phishing Attacks in the Age of Embeddings: A Word-Vector Approach to Cyber Threats. 2025 MIPRO 48th ICT and Electronics Convention doi: 10.1109/MIPRO65660.2025.11131976


Radišić, B.; Dunđer, I.; Seljan, S. (2025). Impact of Imputation Methods on the Performance of Classification Algorithms. Proceedings of the 36th International Scientific Conference: Central European Conference on Information and Intelligent Systems: CECIIS 2025 https://ceciis.foi.hr/sites/default/files/ProceedingsCECIIS2025.pdf


Hofmann, G.; Seljan, S.; Dunđer, I. (2024). Sentiment Analysis for Mesuring Image in Tourism. 29. International Scientific Conference Society and Technology 2024, Zagreb, Croatia.


Svard, P.; Seljan, S. (2024). The Use of Large Language Models (LLMs) in Public Sector and the Impact on Public Records: a Case of Sweden and Croatia. 34th conference “International Archival Days” 2024, 18th International Archival School and Open Archives for Widening Countries, Alma Mater Europaea University, Slovenia, 2024.


Svard, P.; Seljan, S. (2024). The Use of Large Language Models (LLMs) in Public Sector and the Impact on Public Records: a Case of Sweden and Croatia. 16th Archival Education Research Institute 2024 (AERI), Sorbonne Abu Dhabi.

Artificial Intelligence; Machine Learning; Natural Language Processing (NLP); Data Science; Data Analytics and Visualization; Predictive and Business Analytics; Machine Translation and Computer-Assisted Translation

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