Faculty
Master in Computational Finance (MCF)
MCF is taught by international researchers and experienced industry practitioners who combine academic knowledge with practical experience in finance, investment management, banking, consulting and technology.
Faculty
Prof. Branko Urošević
Created IMQF in 2003 - Balkans' first quantitative finance program.
Professor of Banking and Finance at Singidunum University and Fellow of CESifo, Munich. He holds a PhD in Physics from Brown University and a PhD in Finance from U.C. Berkeley's Haas School of Business.
In 2003 he founded IMQF at the University of Belgrade - the first integrative master's program in quantitative finance in Southeast Europe - and directed it until 2020. He went on to create the MCF program at the School of Computing (RAF) in 2021, and in 2026 brought it to its permanent home at Singidunum University, where he now teaches and serves as its Program Director.
He has also taught at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, ICEF at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow, and Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona. Earlier in his career he worked at McKinsey & Company and at KPMG in Chicago. His current research focuses on applications of machine learning in finance, risk management, and quantitative investment strategies.
Faculty
Drago Inđić, PhD
Oxquant Consulting · Imperial College London
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Drago Inđić is Managing Director at Oxquant Consulting. He holds a PhD in Engineering from Imperial College London and has taught at institutions including London Business School and Queen Mary University of London. His professional background includes hedge funds and quantitative finance.
Nikola Vasiljević, PhD
University of Zurich · former Credit Suisse
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Nikola Vasiljević holds a PhD in Economics, Banking and Finance from the University of Zurich and previously worked as an investment strategist at Credit Suisse International Wealth Management.
Vladislav Radak, PhD
TU Dortmund · former Deloitte, PwC
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Vladislav Radak is a finance lecturer and banking consultant with a PhD from TU Dortmund. His professional experience includes work with major German financial institutions through Deloitte and PwC.
Lidija Barjaktarović
Singidunum University · Banking and Finance
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Prof. Lidija Barjaktarović is a Full Professor of Banking and Finance at Singidunum University. She currently serves as an independent member of the Supervisory Board of UniCredit Leasing Serbia.
Previously, she held the same role at UniCredit Bank Serbia and served as President of the Shareholders' Assembly of Jubmes Bank Belgrade.
She brings a decade of senior banking experience to her academic work, having held positions between 1998 and 2008 at several leading Serbian banks, including Jugobanka, Société Générale Yugoslav Bank, Raiffeisen Bank, and Erste Bank. She is an academic partner of the CFO Association of Serbia and the CFA Society Serbia.
Nebojša Bačanin-Džakula
Singidunum University · Computer Science and AI
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Prof. Nebojša Bačanin-Džakula is a Full Professor of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, Vice-Rector for Scientific Research, and Head of the Applied Artificial Intelligence Study Program at Singidunum University.
He has held appointments at Middle East University in Jordan, INTI International University in Malaysia, Saveetha School of Engineering in India, Modern College of Business and Science in Oman, Harbin Engineering University in China, and First Moscow State Medical University in Russia.
Nebojša is a globally-renowned researcher in the area of artificial intelligence, machine and deep learning. He has published more than 300 citation-indexed journal papers and over 450 Scopus-indexed publications.
He has been included in Stanford University's list of the world's top 2% most influential scientists in Artificial Intelligence for multiple consecutive years and for career-long impact.
In Miodrag's words
“Investment banks, hedge funds are basically the experimental ground for new financial understanding. If you are in it, you have a chance to create relevant models because you see how the money is being made. Then if you can translate it into academics and teach your students - they have some advantage.”
dr Miodrag Janjušević · Investment Banker · JP Morgan Chase
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Academic partners
Academic · Lab access
ARPM
Advanced Risk and Portfolio Management curriculum integrated into MCF coursework.
Academic · Membership
CQF Institute
Certificate in Quantitative Finance Institute membership for all MCF cohort members.