Curriculum vitae

Education and academic qualification

• 2009, Professor, Brno University of Technology, branch Design and Process Engineering
• 2001, Doc. (Associate Professor), Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology, branch Applied Mathematics
• 1998, Ph.D., Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology, branch Technical Cybernetics
• 1986, RNDr., Faculty of Sciences, Masaryk University of Brno, branch Mathematical Computer Science
• 1985, Mgr. (MSc.), Faculty of Sciences, Masaryk University of Brno, branch Mathematical Computer Science
• 1976, Ing. (MSc.), Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Brno University of Technology, branch Technical Cybernetics, specialization Control Technique

Career overview

• 2009-present, Professor, Institute of Automation and Computer Science, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology
• 2000-2010, director of Institute of Automation and Computer Science
• 2001-2009: Assoc. Prof., Institute of Automation and Computer Science, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology
• 1994-2001, senior lecturer, Institute of Automation and Computer Science, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology
• 1991-1994, senior lecturer, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology
• 1986-1991, system operator, Unified Computational Workplace, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology
• 1976-1986, designer, ABB Brno

Pedagogic activities

• Bachelor's study programme: Automation, Database Systems, Operational and System Analysis
• Follow-up master's study programme: Graph Theory, Database Systems
• Doctoral study programme: Graph Algorithms
• supervisor of Ph.D. students (6 graduated)
• supervision of successfully defended diploma theses (50) and bachelor theses (31)

Scientific activities

• Graph theory and its applications (Steiner tree problems, multicommodity network flows, ...)
• Computational geometry, its structures and applications (Voronoi diagrams, Delaunay triangulation, visibility graphs; robot motion planning, ...)
• Fuzzy modelling (fuzzy graphs, uncertainty management in databases, ...)
• Combinatorial optimisation (scheduling flow shops and job shops, resource-constrained project scheduling, set covering problems in telecommunication applications ...)

Academic internships abroad

• 2009, 2 weeks, University Politehnica of Bucharest (Romania)
• 2008, 2 weeks, University Politehnica of Bucharest (Romania)
• 2007, 2 weeks, Technical University of Gabrovo, Technical University of Sofia, branch Plovdiv (Bulgaria)
• 2006, 2 weeks, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim (Norway)
• 2005, 2 weeks, Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona (Spain)
• 2005, 2 weeks, University of Malta, Msida (Malta)
• 2004, 1 month, University of Split (Croatia)
• 2003, 1 month, Graz University of Technology (Austria)
• 2002, 1 month, Vienna University of Technology (Austria)
• short stays: Dublin (2019), Wilhelmshaven (2018), Moscow (2018), Vilnius (2017), San Francisco-Berkeley (2009), Lublin (2008), Kielce (2008), Kapfenberg (2006), Vienna (2006), Dortmund (2006), Košice (2006), Warsaw (2004, 2007), Zittau (2003), Mailand (2002), Cairo (2002), Rotterdam (2001), Helsinki (1997), Cracow (1995) 

University activities

Non-University activities

• 2006-present: member of Scientific Board of Faculty of Applied Informatics at Tomas Bata University in Zlín
• 2011-present: member of the Control of Machines and Processes Ph.D. Study Academic Council at VSB-TU Ostrava
• 2002-present: member of the Technical Cybernetics & Engineering Informatics Ph.D. Study Academic Council at Tomas Bata University in Zlín

Prizing by scientific community

• Member of organising and programme committees in international conferences, chair of sessions
• Invited lectures – plenary and/or keynote speaker
• Reviews of books
• Evaluation of projects (APVV, eKEGA, VEGA, GA ČR)
• Reviews of habilitation theses (17) and dissertation theses (63)
• Reviews of papers in international journals and conferences 
• Member of habilitation committees (11) and professorial committees (10)
• More than 100 reviews in scientific journals with IF (Soft Computing, Electronics, Applied Sciences, Symmetry, Mathematics, Algorithms, Biomimetics, The Journal of Supercomputing, Contemporary Mathematics, Operations Research and Decisions, ...), and international conferences

Projects

• 2009-2011, Control Algorithm Design by Means of Evolutionary Approach. GA ČR 102/09/1668.
• 2005-2010, Simulation Modelling of Mechatronic Systems. Research plan MSM 0021630518.
• 2002-2004, Research and Development of Mechatronic Systems. Research plan MSM 262100024.
• 1999-2004, Automation of Technologies and Production Processes. Research plan MSM 261100013.
• 1999-2004, Non-Traditional Methods for Investigating Complex and Vague Systems. Research plan MSM 261100009

Sum of citations (without self-citations) indexed within SCOPUS

81

Sum of citations (without self-citations) indexed within ISI Web of Knowledge

85

Sum of other citations (without self-citations)

450