Putting Croatia on the Map: 2001 Census Data Made Available on the Web in Graphic Form

Vesna Luzar-Stiffler obtained her B.Sc. in Mathematics at the University of Zagreb, her M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in Zagreb, specializing in Computational Statistics. She was awarded Fulbright Postdoctoral Grant for research at the Department of Statistics, Stanford University, specializing in computational statistics and multivariate analysis (i.e., data mining foundations). Her work experience includes research, development, and teaching at the University Computing Centre, teaching of statistics at the University of Zagreb, Stanford University, University of Maryland, University of Naples, SAS Institute. She has consulted in the area of statistical applications in business, data mining operations, and SAS software support with various companies (including pharmaceutical, aeronautic, automotive, semiconductor manufacturing technology, insurance, food retail, beverage, telecommunications) and government organizations in the US, Italy, Croatia, Slovenia, Macedonia, Romania.

Charles Stiffler obtained his MBA in 1980 at San Diego State University, specializing in Consumer Psychology and Market Research, and his doctorate (Ph.D.) in Business and Administration from the University of Colorado, Boulder in 1985, specializing in Market Research and Business Strategy. He taught at the University of Colorado, Boulder until 1987, where over a 7 year period he completed 120+ market research projects. He has consulted in industry, taught in the area of enterpreneurship and was owner/ director of a research firm (Environmental Marketing Inc.) during the late 80’s. From 1990 until 1995 he taught with the University of Maryland at various locations in Europe. For the past several years he has worked as a private consultant in Europe and the US, and has periodically taught at the University of Zagreb, SAS Institute, University Computing Centre, Zagreb and various institutions in Europe. Recent areas of research activity include beverage industry, food retailing, insurance marketing, automotive sales, telecommunications, customer relationship applications, business analytical solutions, consumer behavior, and excellence in business intelligence systems.