Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department, College of Science

Email

Preferred: jelena.gligorijevic@sjsu.edu

Telephone

Preferred: (408) 924-4087

Office Hours

Tuesday, 12:30 PM to 3:30 AM, MacQuarrie Hall 211

Please schedule your time here: https://calendar.app.google/Apm1tfq4oUxz1ZHa9 

Please check my office-hours calendar before coming, since other students may already be scheduled during that time. Booking through the calendar helps ensure you don’t wait and that we can use the time efficiently.

 

Teaching:

Spring 2026

CS131 - Processing Big Data: Tools and Techniques 

Fall 2025

• CS131 - Processing Big Data: Tools and Techniques
• CS133 - Introduction to Data Visualization

Education

Ph.D. Computer and Information Sciences, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

 

Bio

Jelena Gligorijevic is an Assistant Professor in Computer Science at San José State University. She received her Ph.D. in Computer and Information Sciences from Temple University, Philadelphia, PA in 2018, and her B.S. and M.S. in Information Systems and Technologies from University of Belgrade, Serbia. Her research interests include topics in Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Data Mining, Knowledge Graphs, User Understanding, Computational Advertising, Computational Healthcare. Currently, her research focuses on knowledge-driven machine learning by integrating structured knowledge (e.g., knowledge graphs, domain expertise, prior context) with large-scale data and modern AI systems. Her goal is to develop transparent, reliable, and impactful AI that not only learns from data, but also reasons with knowledge. She collaborates across disciplines to develop reliable AI methods that support societally relevant applications. 

Links

SKILLab: SJSU Knowledge-driven Intelligence and Learning Lab