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prof. Ing. Roman Šenkeřík, Ph.D.

Department of Informatics and Artificial Intelligence
E-mail: senkerik@utb.cz TEL: +420 576 035 189 Office:
U51/509 Twitter:
https://twitter.com/RomanSenkerik

Research interests:

  • Methods of artificial intelligence: evolutionary algorithms, neural networks, and their interdisciplinary applications.
  • Hybridization and development of soft-computing techniques.
  • Optimization of process control using artificial intelligence.
  • Development, modification, and benchmarking of metaheuristics, swarm, and evolutionary algorithms.
  • Cybersecurity and A.I.
  • Cryptology.
  • Data mining and high-performance computing.
  • Synthesis of complex systems.
  • Chaos theory.

Professional activities:

Head of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (A.I.Lab)

Work outputs and Awards:

  • Best paper award: AETA Conference 2018
  • Best paper award: CISIM Conference 2014
  • Best paper award: Nostradamus Conference 2012 and 2013
  • Best paper award: PCO Conference 2010
  • Since 2006, the supervisor has successfully defended 49 bachelors and 38 diploma theses.
  • Since 2013, the supervisor/consultant of more than 10 students of the doctoral study program (4x successful defense).

Selected grants and projects:

  • GACR and NCN CEUS CZ-PL project 21-45465L, Metaheuristic-based parametric optimization of time-delay models and control systems, 2021 – 2024
  • 01.1.02/0.0/0.0/20_321/0023805, Robotized camera workplace for measuring and checking shape defects of forgings and workpieces using artificial intelligence, 2020 – 2023
  • 01.1.02/0.0/0.0/20_321/0023870, Development of a new unmanned flight system for monitoring and management of ecological farming, 2020 – 2023
  • TACR FW01010381: Intelligent robotic health protection of hydroponic greenhouse ecosystem, 2020 – 2023.
  • COST Action IC1406 High-Performance Modeling and Simulation for Big Data Applications (cHiPSet), (2015 – 2019), Management Committee member.
  • COST Action CA15140: ImAppNIO – Improving Applicability of Nature-Inspired Optimization by Joining Theory and Practice (2016 – 2020), Management Committee member.
  • COST Action CA17124: DigForASP – Digital forensics: evidence analysis via intelligent systems and practices (2018 – 2022), Management Committee member.
  • GAČR P103 / 15 / 06700S Unconventional Control of Complex Systems (supervised by Prof. Ing. Ivan Zelinka, Ph.D., 2015 – 2017), co-applicant, head of the TBU in Zlin research group.
  • Senior Researcher at the CEBIA-Tech Regional Research Center, No. CZ.1.05 / 2.1.00 / 03.0089, (2011 – present), and subsequent sustainability project NPU I No. MSMT-7778/2014 by the Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic (2014 – present), in the team of solvers.
  • GAČR 102/09/1680 Evolutionary design of control algorithms (co-supervised prof. Ing. Ivan Zelinka, Ph.D., 2009 – 2011), in the team of solvers
  • EU 7th Framework Project, Project Name: Promoveo, Project Number: FP7-222165 Topic: Independent living for today’s society: understanding the elderly and disabled for tomorrow’s inclusive smart home solution, (2008-2010), supervisor for Czech Republic prof. Ivan Zelinka, in the team of solvers

 

Curriculum vitae

Education

  • 2022: VŠB Technical University of Ostrava, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Professor in "Informatics", (prof.).
  • 2013: VŠB Technical University of Ostrava, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Assoc. prof. in "Informatics", (doc.).
  • 2004 - 2008: TBU Zlín, Faculty of Applied Informatics, Ph.D. in "Technical Cybernetics"
  • 1999 - 2004: TBU Zlín, Faculty of Technology, Master’s degree in "Automation and control technology in the consumer industry", (Ing.).

 

Internships and study stays

  • In the period 2009 - 2020: about 17 one-week study stays within the Erasmus/Erasmus+ framework (Spain, France, Turkey, Malta, Portugal, Cyprus, Finland, Poland, Slovenia, Greece ...).
  • 05/2019 - 10/2019: Six-month internship within the program "International mobility of TBU researchers in Zlín" project no. CZ.02.2.69 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 16_027 / 0008464, FERI, University of Maribor, Slovenia.
  • 03/2018: STSM - Short Term Scientific Mission, Josef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
  • 04-05 / 2017: a 5-week internship at FERI University of Maribor, Slovenia.
  • 03/2005 - 06/2005: a 3-month internship at Strathclyde University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK

 

Process of employment

  • 2018 – present: Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Faculty of Applied Informatics, Head of A.I.Lab
  • 2014 – present: Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Faculty of Applied Informatics, Department of Informatics and Artificial Intelligence, Associated Professor
  • 2007 – 2013: Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Faculty of Applied Informatics, Department of Applied Informatics, Researcher/Lecturer

 

Membership of expert organizations

  • IEEE member,
  • IEEE Computational Intelligence Society member,
  • Member of editorial boards of international journals,
  • A recognized reviewer of a number of JCR impacted and other respected journals.
  • IPC member of a number of prestigious conferences (GECCO, IEEE WCCI, IEEE CEC...).
  • Organizer / Chair / Co-Chair of a number of international and national conferences and workshops.

 

Membership of bodies

  • Member of the FAI Academic Senate
  • Member of the FAI Economic Commission
  • Member of the council of the doctoral study program "Information Technology" at FAI TBU in Zlín

 

Other publications

 

 

Faculties and departments

Faculty of Technology

Faculty of Management and Economics

Faculty of Multimedia Communications

Faculty of Applied Informatics

Faculty of Humanities

Faculty of Logistics and Crisis Management

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