Dr. Iva Vasic

Iva Vasic is a postdoctoral researcher in the Digitalization and Information Systems Research Group and the Smart Living Lab, Department of Informatics, University of Fribourg, Switzerland. In 2025, she received a PhD degree in the field of Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy. Since her enrolment in doctoral studies in 2021, she has been a member of the Vision, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (VRAI) research team (Italy). In 2023, she was also a visiting PhD student at the Digitalization and Information Systems Group and the Smart Living Lab at the University of Fribourg, where she conducted research focused on artificial intelligence (AI), knowledge graphs, and three-dimensional (3D) visualization. Dr. Vasic was involved in the Virtual Immersion in Territorial Arts (V.I.T.A.) project from 2021 to 2024, in the Digital Curator Training & Tool Box (DCbox) Erasmus+ Programme project from 2022 to 2024, and in the INTERREG - IPA in 2013 and 2020. She has served as a reviewer for multiple venues, including the ACM and Expo DH25, and is a member of the IEEE. She won the Salento AVR 2021 Best Paper award.

Her research focuses on the fundamental aspects of AI-driven spatial computing and semantic modeling in built environments. Within the Digitalization and Information Systems Research Group, she investigates metamodeling and knowledge-based approaches for connecting geometric representations with formal and data-driven processes that describe and reason about built spaces in XR contexts. Her broader research interests include large language models, spatial computing, neural and neuro-symbolic architectures, human-computer interaction, and mathematical approaches to 3D geometry understanding.

 
Publications
  • Vasic, Iva, Fill, Hans-Georg, Quattrini, Ramona, Pierdicca, Roberto (2025): Knowledge Graphs vs. Large Language Models: Competitors or Partners in Supporting Virtual Museums, ACM Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage, DOI: 10.1145/3756016.
  • Fill, Hans-Georg, Härer, Felix, Vasic, Iva, Borcard, Daniel, Reitemeyer, Benedikt, Muff, Fabian, Curty, Simon, Bühlmann, Marcel (2024): CMAG: A Framework for Conceptual Model Augmented Generative Artificial Intelligence, in: Gallinucci et al. (eds.): Companion Proceedings of the 43rd International Conference on Conceptual Modeling: ER Forum, Special Topics, Posters and Demos, Co-located with ER 2024, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, CEUR-WS, Vol. 3849, 56-69 (pdf).
  • Muñoz-Cádiz, Jesús, Vasic, Iva, Vasic, Bata (in press): A Preliminary GIS-based Documentation of the Archaeological Landscape in the Central Balkans: Naissus as a Starting Point, In: Miriam, González Nieto, José Luís, Domínguez Jiménez (eds.): The Roman Road Network Through Landscape Archaeology, University of Cordoba, UCOPress Colección Ancian, Cordoba
  • Muñoz-Cádiz, Jesús, Vasic, Iva, Vasic, Bata (2024): Ensuring the Watermark Bits Synchronization in VR Representations Using the Hybrid Watermarking Model in the Transform Domain and 3VR Spatial Geometry Determination, In: Faculty of Business and Law, "MB" University (eds.): Modern Challenges in Management, Economy, Law, Security and Information Society: Book of Abstracts,  Faculty of Business and Law "MB" University. Management and Law, Belgrade, Serbia, p. 68, URL: https://mbuniverzitet.edu.rs/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Z-BOOK-OF-ABSTRACTS-MELSIS-2024.pdf
  • Vasic, Iva, Fill, Hans-Georg, Quattrini, Ramona, Pierdicca, Roberto (2024): LLM-Aided Museum Guide: Personalized Tours Based on User Preferences, In: Lucio Tommaso, De Paolis, Pasquale, Arpaia, Marco, Sacco (eds.): International Conference on Extended Reality (XR Salento 2024), Springer, 249-262, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-71710-9_18 (pdf).
  • Vasic, Iva (2024): Large language models for museums - Benefit or threat?, In: Ramona, Quattrini, Costa, Carlos, Smaniotto Costa, Catarina, Patricio (eds.): Enriching heritage through digital curation. Practice and training handbook, PUBLICA, 203-206, URL: https://www.publicapress.it/index.php/book/enriching-heritage-through-digital-curation-practice-and-training-handbook/

  • Clini, Paolo, Vasic, Iva, Quattrini, Ramona, Pierdicca, Roberto, Malinverni, Eva S., Papetti, Stefano, Felicetti, Matteo (2024): Trasformazione digitale delle Collezioni civiche di Ascoli Piceno: Un progetto innovativo tra università e musei, Archeomatica, Vol. 15. URL: https://mediageo.it/ojs/index.php/archeomatica/article/view/2004

  • Vasic, Iva, Quattrini, Ramona, Pierdicca, Roberto, Mancini, Adriano, Vasic, Bata (2024): 3VR: Vice Versa Virtual Reality Algorithm to Track and Map User Experience, ACM Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage, Vol. 17, DOI: 10.1145/3656346
  • Ferretti, Maddalena, Di Leo, Benedetta, Quattrini, Ramona, Vasic, Iva (2022): Creativity and digital transition in central Appennine, In: Burak, Pak, Gabriel, Wurzer, Rudi, Stouffs (eds.): Co-creating the Future: Inclusion in and through Design, Proceedings of the 40th eCAADe conference, September, Ghent, Belgium, eCAADe and KU Leuven Faculty of Architecture, Vol. 2, URL: https://papers.cumincad.org/cgi-bin/works/paper/ecaade2022_154
  • Vasic, Iva, Pauls, Aleksandra, Mancini, Adriano, Quattrini, Ramona, Pierdicca, Roberto, Angeloni, Renato, Malinverni, Eva S., Frontoni, Emanuele, Clini, Paolo, Vasic, Bata (2022): Virtualization and Vice Versa: A New Procedural Model of the Reverse Virtualization for the User Behavior Tracking in the Virtual Museums, In: Lucio Tommaso, De Paolis, Pasquale, Arpaia, Marco, Sacco (eds.): Extended Reality: First International Conference, XR Salento 2022, Lecce, Italy, July, 2022, Springer, Part II. 329–340, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-15553-6_23
  • Vasic, Iva, Quattrini, Ramona, Pierdicca, Roberto, Frontoni, Emanuele, Vasic, Bata (2022): A Method for Determining the Shape Similarity of Complex Three-Dimensional Structures to Aid Decay Restoration and Digitization Error Correction, Information, Vol. 13, DOI: 10.3390/info13030145
  • Vasic, Iva, Pierdicca, Roberto, Frontoni, Emanuele, Vasic, Bata (2021): A New Technique of the Virtual Reality Visualization of Complex Volume Images from the Computer Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging, In: Lucio Tommaso, De Paolis, Pasquale, Arpaia, Patrick, Bourdot (eds.): International Conference on Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Computer Graphics. Springer, 376–391, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-15553-6_23
  • Vasic, Iva, Vasic, Bata, Nikolic, Zorica (2020): Artificial Intelligence ordered 3D vertex importance, FBIM Transactions, Vol. 8, 193-201, 

    arXiv:2012.10232, DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2012.10232

 

 

 
 

Postdoctoral Researcher

(Assistante-docteure)