UCM
Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
prof. RNDr. Jiří Pospíchal, DrSc.
Email:
jiri.pospichal@ucm.sk
Homepage:
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Fakulta/Univerzita:
FPV UCM - Faculty of Natural Sciences
Pracovisko:
UPTI - Ústav počítačových technológií a informatiky

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Pospíchal
I.2 - Name
Jiří
I.3 - Degrees
prof. RNDr. DrSc.
I.4 - Year of birth
1961
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Institute of Computer Technologies and Informatics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Ss. Cyril nd Methodius in Trnava
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Nám. J. Herdu 2 917 01 Trnava
I.7 - Position
professor
I.8 - E-mail address
jiri.pospichal@ucm.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/13527
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
applied informatics
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0002-2617-7184

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
University of Jan Evangelista Purkyne (now Masaryk University), Faculty of Natural Sciences, Brno
II.b - Year
1984
II.c - Study field and programme
Physical chemistry
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Radlinského 9, 812 37 Bratislava
II.b - Year
1990
II.c - Study field and programme
Physical chemistry
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Faculty of Informatics and Information Technologies, Ilkovičova 2, SK-842 16 Bratislava 4
II.b - Year
1997
II.c - Study field and programme
Applied Informatics
II.5 - Professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Faculty of Informatics and Information Technologies, Ilkovičova 2, SK-842 16 Bratislava 4
II.b - Year
2006
II.c - Study field and programme
Applied Informatics
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2004
II.c - Study field and programme
Artificial Intelligence

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
professor of aplied informatics Institute of Computer Technologies and Informatics (previously Department of Applied Informatics) FNS UCM 1.1.2015 - until now
professor of aplied informatics Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Faculty of Informatics and Information Technologies 2006-2015
assoc. professor of aplied informatics Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Faculty of Informatics and Information Technologies 1997-2006
assistent professor of aplied informatics Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Faculty of Informatics and Information Technologies 1990-1997
study stay, PhD. Student Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Faculty of Informatics and Information Technologies 1985-1990

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

IV.a - Activity description, course name, other IV.b - Name of the institution IV.c - Year
Erasmus+ KA1 Training course 1 week English language SpainBcn-Programs, Barcelona 2023, 2024

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a - Name of the profile course V.1.b - Study programme V.1.c - Degree V.1.d - Field of study
algorithms and data structures I applied informatics 1 Computer Science
applications of artificial and computational intelligence applied informatics 2 Computer Science
algorithms and data structures II applied informatics 1 Computer Science
knowledge discovery in databases applied informatics 2 Computer Science
software systems applied informatics 2 Computer Science
database systems applied informatics 1 Computer Science
V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
V.2.a - Name of the study programme V.2.b - Degree V.2.c - Field of study
applied informatics 2 Computer Science
V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
3
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
6
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
43
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
40
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
6
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a - Name of the course V.5.b - Study programme V.5.c - Degree V.5.d - Field of study
research in informatics applied informatics 2 Computer Science
introduction into database systems applied informatics 1 Computer Science
computer architectures applied informatics 1 Computer Science
modelling and simulation in Matlab environment applied informatics 1 Computer Science

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
97 WOS
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
8 WOS
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
1160 WOS
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
120 WOS
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
8
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
0
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs

Svozil D., Kvasnička V., Pospíchal J.: Introduction to multi-layer feed-forward neural networks. Chemometrics and Intell. LaboratorySystems 39(1997) 43-62 (1271 Scopus cit.).

V. Kvasnička, Š. Sklenák, and J. Pospíchal:”An Application of Recurrent Neural Networks in Chemistry. Prediction and Classification of C13 NMR Chemical Shifts in a Series of Monosubstituted Benzenes”, J. Chem. Inf. Comp. Sci. 32, 742-747 (1992)., (59 Scopus cit.).

V. Kvasnička, J. Pospíchal a P. Tiňo: Evolutionary algorithms (in Slovak). STU Publishing, Bratislava 2000 (141 cit.).

V. Kvasnička and J. Pospíchal: A Hybrid of Simplex Method and Simulated Annealing, Chemometrics 39 (1997) 161-172 (62 cit.)

Kvasnička V., Beňušková Ľ., Pospíchal J., Farkaš I., Tiňo P., Kráľ A.: “Introduction into theory of Neural Networks”, IRIS Press, Bratislava, 1997 (93 cit.).

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years

Šimon, M., Huraj, L., Dirgová Luptáková, I. and Pospíchal, J., 2019. Heuristics for Spreading Alarm throughout a Network. Applied Sciences, 9(16), p.3269. (CC, IF 2.217) (21 Scopus cit)

Šimon, M., Iveta, D.L., Huraj, L. and Pospíchal, J., 2019. Multi-Hub Location Heuristic for Alert Routing. IEEE Access, 7, pp.40369-40379. (CC, IF 4.098) (3 Scopus cit.)

Kubovčík, Martin, Iveta Dirgová Luptáková, and Jiří Pospíchal. "Signal Novelty Detection as an Intrinsic Reward for Robotics." Sensors 23, no. 8 (2023): 3985. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23083985 (CC,IF 3.576) (2 Scopus cit.)

Pospíchal, Jiří, Martin Kubovčík, and Iveta Dirgová Luptáková. "Solar Irradiance Forecasting with Transformer Model." Applied Sciences 12, no. 17 (2022): 8852. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12178852 (CC, IF 2.7) (13 Scopus cit.)

Dirgová Luptáková, I., Kubovčík, M., and Pospíchal, J.: Wearable Sensor-Based Human Activity Recognition with Transformer Model, Sensors 2022, 22(5), 1911; (CC, IF 3.576) A+ (123 Scopus cit.)

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs

Šimon, M., Huraj, L., Dirgová Luptáková, I. and Pospíchal, J., 2019. Heuristics for Spreading Alarm throughout a Network. Applied Sciences, 9(16), p.3269. (CC, IF

2.217).

Cited by:

Gautam, R. K., & Kare, A. S. (2021). Faster heuristics for graph burning. Applied Intelligence, 1-11. (CC, IF 5.086)

Citing paper is 10 times cited itself in WOS.

Šimon, M., Dirgová Luptáková, I., Huraj, L., Hosťovecký, M. and Pospíchal, J.: Combined Heuristic Attack Strategy on Complex Networks. Mathematical Problems in

Engineering, vol. 2017, Article ID 6108563, 9 pages, 2017. doi.org/10.1155/2017/6108563 (CC, IF 1.145).

Cited by:

Lou, Y., Wu, R., Li, J., Wang, L., & Chen, G. (2021). A Convolutional Neural Network Approach to Predicting Network Connectedness Robustness. IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, 8(4), 3209-3219. (CC, IF 5.213)

Citing paper is 29 times cited itself in WOS.

Svozil, D., Kvasnicka, V., & Pospichal, J. (1997). Introduction to multi-layer feed-forward neural networks. Chemometrics and intelligent laboratory systems, 39(1), 43-62.

Cited by:

Min, S., Lee, B., & Yoon, S. (2017). Deep learning in bioinformatics. Briefings in bioinformatics, 18(5), 851-869.

Citing paper is 589times cited itself in WOS

Babinec, Š. and Pospíchal, J., 2007, September. Improving the prediction accuracy of echo state neural networks by anti-Oja’s learning. In International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks (pp. 19-28). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.

Cited by:

Lukoševičius, M. and Jaeger, H., 2009. Reservoir computing approaches to recurrent neural network training. Computer Science Review, 3(3), pp.127-149.

Citing paper is 1102 times cited itself in WOS.

Kvasnicka, V. and Pospichal, J., 1999. An emergence of coordinated communication in populations of agents. Artificial Life, 5(4), pp.319-342.

Cited by:

Christiansen, M. H., & Chater, N. (2008). Language as shaped by the brain. Behavioral and brain sciences, 31(5), 489-509.

Citing paper is 446times cited itself in WOS.

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years

Roadmap of a digital platform providing AI (Artificial Intelligence) automation of decision-making processes in the field of communication strategy. APVV-22-0469, Researcher

VEGA 1/0145/18 Optimisation of network security by computational intelligence. Deputy of principal investigator

VEGA 2/0070/21 Low-dimensional materials- manipulation, functionalization and bioapplications. Researcher

CCA22137 - Randomised Optimisation Algorithms Research Network ((Start date - 02/10/2023 End date - 01/10/2027)

APVV-17-0116. Algorithm of collective intelligence: Interdisciplinary study of swarm behavior of bats. Principal investigator for UCM

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VII.a - Activity, position VII.b - Name of the institution, board VII.c - Duration
member of scientific committee of UCM Trnava UCM Trnava 2018-2022
member of scientific committee of FNS UCM Trnava FNS UCM Trnava 2015 - until now
Member of the Academic Senate FNS UCM Trnava FNS UCM Trnava 2017-2021
member of editorial board of scientific journals Computing and Informatics; Journal of Applied Mathematics, Statistics and Informatics; MENDEL Soft Computing Journal SAV, FPV UCM, Brno University of Technology until now
member of scientific committee of Faculty of Machine Engineering, Brno University of Technology FSI VUT, Technická 2896/2, 616 69 Brno 2015 - 2018

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

VIII.a - Name of the institution VIII.b - Address of the institution VIII.c - Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d - Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
University of Southampton, UK University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK 1993, 3 months study stay, Open Society
Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge Huntingdon Rd, Cambridge CB3 0DF, United Kingdom 1993, 1996, 1999, 3 x one month study stay, Open Society
Teesside University, UK Middlesbrough, Tees Valley, TS1 3BX 2000, one week invited lecture, Chemical Society
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Informatics, University of J.E. Purkyne, Ústí nad Labem České mládeže 8, 400 96 Ústí nal Labem 3.6. 2019 - 7.6.2019 Erasmus+
Faculty of applied informatics, Tomáš Bata University in Zlín Nám. T. G. Masaryka 5555, 760 01 Zlín 23.04.2019 - 26.04.2019 Erasmus+
Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Ostrava 30. dubna 22, 701 03 Ostrava 11.6.2018 - 15.6.2018 Erasmus+
University of Bielsko-Biala, Bielsko-Biala, Poľsko ul. Willowa 2 43-309 Bielsko-Biała, Poland 12.06.2017 - 16.06.2017 Erasmus+
Silesian University in Opava Faculty of Philosophy and Science Masarykova třída 343/37, 746 01 Opava 20.6.2016 - 24.06.2016 Erasmus+
Oulu University of Applied Science Yliopistokatu 9, 90570 Oulu 15.03.2015 - 22.03.2015 FNS project - Design and innovation of study programs
University of Bielsko-Biala University of Bielsko-Biala ul. Willowa 2 43-309 Bielsko-Biała Poland 22 - 26.04.2024 Blended Intensive Programme on Applied Artificial Intelligence, Erasmus+

IX. - Other relevant facts

IX.a - If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artistic/other activities are mentioned

co-organization of 11 conferences on neural networks and cognitive sciences and editing of their proceedings, was a member of 32 program committees of scientific conferences, reviewed scientific articles for the journals Computing and Informatics, Neural Network World and others, reviewed projects for the Grant Agency VEGA, KEGA, Grant Science Agency of the Czech Republic , APVV member of national and international scientific and professional societies (Slov. society for artificial intelligence, EURO Working group on fuzzy sets (EUROFUSE)).

Date of last update
2025-03-11