Researcher

Nada Lavrač

Also known as Nada Lavrac

Lavrač coauthored Kardio with Ivan Bratko and Igor Mozetič in 1989, and Inductive Logic Programming with Sašo Džeroski in 1994. These works examine knowledge-based and logic-based learning. Lavrač led the Jožef Stefan Institute’s Knowledge Technologies department from 2004 to 2020. Her research includes machine learning, data mining and applications in medicine and bioinformatics. Lavrač coauthored Foundations of Rule Learning with Johannes Fürnkranz and Dragan Gamberger in 2012, and Representation Learning with Vid Podpečan and Marko Robnik-Šikonja in 2021.

Now at
Jožef Stefan Institute and Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School
Works
460
Citations
10,262
h-index
48

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 14 October 2026.

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Timeline

  1. 1989–1994

    Expert systems and logic learning

    Lavrač coauthored Kardio with Ivan Bratko and Igor Mozetič in 1989, and Inductive Logic Programming with Sašo Džeroski in 1994. These works examine knowledge-based and logic-based learning.

  2. 2004–2020

    Knowledge-technologies leadership

    Lavrač led the Jožef Stefan Institute’s Knowledge Technologies department from 2004 to 2020. Her research includes machine learning, data mining and applications in medicine and bioinformatics.

  3. 2012–2021

    Rules and representations

    Lavrač coauthored Foundations of Rule Learning with Johannes Fürnkranz and Dragan Gamberger in 2012, and Representation Learning with Vid Podpečan and Marko Robnik-Šikonja in 2021.

Sources and credits

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  1. Nada Lavrač kt.ijs.si. Checked 13 October 2026.