Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Klemenc et al., "Automated Assignment Grading with Large Language Models: Insights From a Bioinformatics Course", Frontiers in Neuroinformatics, 2026. (link)
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Poličar et al., "Automated Assignment Grading with Large Language Models: Insights From a Bioinformatics Course", Bioinformatics, 2025. (link)
Oral Presentation at ISMB/ECCB 2025. - Poličar, Zupan, "Uncovering temporal patterns in visualizations of high-dimensional data", Machine Learning, 2025. (link)
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Poličar et al., "Teaching bioinformatics through the analysis of SARS-CoV-2: project-based training for computer science students", Bioinformatics, 2024. (link)
Oral Presentation at ISMB 2024. - Poličar et al., "openTSNE: a modular Python library for t-SNE dimensionality reduction and embedding", Journal of Statistical Software, 2024. (link)
- Poličar, Zupan, "Refining Temporal Visualizations Using the Directional Coherence Loss", Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Discovery Science, 2023. Porto, Portugal (link)
- Poličar et al., "Nation-wide ePrescription Data Reveals Landscape of Physicians and their Drug Prescribing Patterns in Slovenia", Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, 2023. Portorož, Slovenia (link)
- Stražar et al., "scOrange — a tool for hands-on training of concepts from single-cell data analytics", Bioinformatics, 2019. (link)
Preprints
- Poličar et al., "Generating Statistical Charts with Validation-Driven LLM Workflows", In review. (link)
- Poličar et al., "Inferring Chronic Treatment Onset from ePrescription Data: A Renewal Process Approach", In review. (link)
- Bischoff et al., "velotest: Statistical assessment of RNA velocity embeddings reveals quality differences for reliable trajectory visualizations", In review. (link)
- de Bodt & Diaz-Papkovich et al., "Low-dimensional embeddings of high-dimensional data", In review. (link)
- Poličar, Zupan, "VERA: Generating Visual Explanations of Two-Dimensional Embeddings via Region Annotation", In review. (link)
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Conference
Preprint
Talks & Seminars
- KMJS 2026 – Young Generation Nuclear Conference - invited lecture (2026) (link)
- MEDAI 2025 – Data-Driven Healthcare Transformation (2025), Magdeburg
- MEDAI 2024 – Data-Driven Healthcare Transformation (2024), Pavia (link)
- Dagstuhl Seminar 24122 – Low-Dimensional Embeddings of High-Dimensional Data: Algorithms and Applications (2024) (link)
- AI in Medicine and Healthcare Meetup – organized by VTIS Slovenia - invited lecture (2024)
Honors & Awards
- Special Faculty Award for Outstanding Research (2025) was awarded to our automated LLM grading study published in ISMB/ECCB 2025
- University of Ljubljana Prešeren Award (2019) was awarded for the work in my Master’s Thesis on the t-SNE algorithm and its applications to single-cell RNA seq analysis. This is the highest university award for students awarded to 12 out of 40,000 students
- Golden Plaque of the University of Ljubljana (2019) was awarded to our laboratory for exemplary work on the Orange machine learning toolbox