I am an Assistant Professor at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Computer and Information Science, working at the intersection of artificial intelligence, ethics, theology, and human formation. My technical research spans intelligent agents, adaptive and resource-efficient AI, mobile and edge computing, federated learning, and context-aware systems. I also study how AI reshapes cognition, moral agency, education, relationships, spiritual life, and human flourishing.

I am a member of the University of Ljubljana Centre for Human-Centred AI and the Ethics of New Technologies. From October 2026, I will also be a John Paul II Postdoctoral Fellow at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas—the Angelicum—in Rome, where I will research artificial companionship, agentic AI, and the crisis of human relation.

Background and research

My academic formation spans engineering, computer science, ethics, and theology. I trained as an electronics and computer engineer and completed a PhD in reconfigurable and energy-efficient computing. Alongside this technical path, I pursued formal studies in theology, motivated by questions of dignity, suffering, responsibility, relationality, and human formation. These two strands now jointly shape my approach to AI and digital technology.

A central question guides my work: What is AI doing to us as human beings? My recent research examines conversational and agentic AI, artificial companionship, cognitive and relational deskilling, recommender systems, AI-mediated moral guidance, and the growing role of AI in spiritual life. I am particularly interested in how personalized and frictionless systems reshape judgment, intimacy, authority, and expectations of human relationships.

I currently lead a Future of Life Institute-funded project, Mobilizing Catholic Moral Authority on AI, Human Agency, and the AGI Race, which develops moral red lines for AI and practical formation resources for institutions, educators, clergy, parents, and communities.

Teaching, experience, and public engagement

My teaching and technical research cover ubiquitous computing, process automation, mobile and edge AI, context-aware systems, and programming for resource-constrained devices. I also serve as Adjunct Research Professor at Babeș-Bolyai University. Earlier, I held academic positions at Transilvania University of Brașov and worked in semiconductor design, embedded systems, energy-efficient software, and web development.

I regularly translate interdisciplinary research for researchers, educators, parents, faith communities, policymakers, and general audiences. My talks across Central Europe address AI and education, cognitive deskilling, artificial companionship, human dignity, spiritual formation, and the societal implications of the race toward AGI.

A central conviction of my work is that AI should remain a tool under meaningful human control and ordered toward the common good. I support systems that strengthen human agency and clearly defined human purposes, while remaining critical of technologies designed to replace judgment, responsibility, relationship, or moral authority. My aim is to help shape AI that is technically sound, resource-conscious, and genuinely human-centred.