PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Almir Badnjević

Also known as Almir Badnjevic

Almir Badnjević's work connects medical-device verification, bioengineering education and artificial-intelligence research. His education includes a 2010 Master of Electrical Engineering from Sarajevo and a 2015 doctorate from Zagreb; at International Burch University, he leads Bosnia and Herzegovina's first bioengineering master's and PhD programs. He founded Verlab in 2014, co-edited a 2017 book on medical-device inspection and presented AI research on sports performance in 2022. Since 2023, he directs IDDEEA; in 2026, he appeared on both Stanford–Elsevier lists of the world's top 2% of scientists.

Now at
International Burch University and Agency for Identification Documents, Registers and Data Exchange of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Works
193
Citations
4,051
h-index
35
Badges

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 18 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 1986–2010

    From Bosanska Krupa to Sarajevo

    He is born in Bosanska Krupa in 1986. He enrolls in electrical engineering at the University of Sarajevo in 2005 and earns a Master of Electrical Engineering in 2010.

  2. 2014

    Verlab for device testing

    He establishes Verlab in 2014 as a laboratory for testing and verifying medical devices.

  3. 2015

    A doctorate in engineering

    At the University of Zagreb, he earns a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computing in 2015.

  4. Since 2015

    Bioengineering at Burch

    From 2015, he leads International Burch University's Genetics and Bioengineering department. He also founds and leads Bosnia and Herzegovina's first master's and PhD programs in bioengineering.

  5. 2017

    A medical-device inspection book

    He co-edits the Springer Nature book Inspection of Medical Devices for Regulatory Purposes, published in 2017.

  6. December 2022

    AI for sports performance

    At a coaching course in December 2022, he presents on artificial intelligence for sports performance prediction as a senior research associate at Verlab Institute.

  7. 2023

    Appointed to IDDEEA

    The Council of Ministers appoints him director of IDDEEA for a term from 2023 to 2028.

  8. October 2026

    A top 2% ranking

    He directs IDDEEA in October 2026 and appears on both Stanford–Elsevier lists of the world's top 2% of scientists.

A language model matched the links in this timeline to people, organizations and papers (provisional, model-judged).

Career

  1. Since 2023Agency for Identification Documents, Registers and Data Exchange of Bosnia and HerzegovinaDirector
  2. Since 2015International Burch University
  3. 2016–2023University of Sarajevo
  4. 2014–2015VerlabFounder
  5. Verlab InstituteSenior Research Associate

Education

  1. 2015University of ZagrebPhD in Electrical Engineering and Computing
  2. 2010University of SarajevoMaster of Electrical Engineering

From the biography and OpenAlex affiliations (the years of papers that list the organization), so some years are approximate.

Most-cited works

  1. Nanocomposites: a brief review2019 · Health and Technology · 443 citations
  2. Machine learning techniques for classification of diabetes and cardiovascular diseases2017 · Mediterranean Conference on Embedded Computing (MECO) · 157 citations
  3. Correlation between Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD) and Posture Evaluated trough the Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (DC/TMD): A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis2023 · Journal of Clinical Medicine · 152 citations
  4. An Expert Diagnostic System to Automatically Identify Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Clinical Settings2018 · Scientific Reports · 142 citations
  5. FPGA-based real-time epileptic seizure classification using Artificial Neural Network2020 · Biomedical Signal Processing and Control · 137 citations

From OpenAlex, as of 18 October 2026.

  1. 14% of AI doctorate holders from 2010 to 2016 founded or led a company or lab by 10 years after graduationIncludes Almir Badnjević. We estimate how often AI doctorate holders founded or led a company or lab by 10 years after their doctorate, and how the timing changed across cohorts.
  2. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionIncludes University of Zagreb. Our estimates of where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led, from education records in cited biographies.
  3. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers rose from 2% to 32%Includes University of Zagreb. We estimate where leading AI researchers worked when their most-cited papers appeared. The company share rose from 2% in 1975–1979 to 32% in 2020–2024.
  4. Google had the most people shaping AI every year from 2014 to 2025Our estimates of which organizations employed the most people shaping AI from 1962 to 2025, with a year-by-year chart.

Colleagues

People with dated positions at the same organization in the same years.

Sources and credits

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  1. Dr Almir Badnjevic warwick.ac.uk. Checked 18 October 2026.
  2. Interview with Mr.Badnjevic, a Bosnian on the List of the most Prominent People (Who is Who) sarajevotimes.com. Checked 18 October 2026.
  3. Management – IDDEEA iddeea.gov.ba. Checked 18 October 2026.
  4. A one-day technical course for coaches on the topic “Scientifically based approach to the coaching profession” – Verlab Institute verlabinstitute.com. Checked 18 October 2026.
  5. IDDEEA Director Almir Badnjević Again Ranked Among the World’s Top 2% Most-Cited Scientists iddeea.gov.ba. Checked 18 October 2026.