Advancing Knowledge in Decision Sciences

Education

• 1971, Czech Technical University, Prague, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, specialization Technical Cybernetics
• 1976, Candidate of Sciences in Technical Cybernetics
• 1991, Doctor of Sciences in Mathematics
• 1997, Docent of Mathematics

Professional Experience

Since 1979 he has been with UTIA CAV, first in the Department of Optimal Control, now in the Department of Decision Making Theory. His main research interests include theory of optimization, in particular optimal control, duality theory, convex and nonsmooth analysis and numerical optimization methods.

Long-term Visits Abroad

• USSR – Computing Center of the Academy
• France – INRIA, CEREMADE, and the universities in Clermont-Ferrand, Montpellier, Nice, Pau and Limoges
• Germany – Bayreuth University, Humboldt University Berlin, FS University Jena, FA University Erlangen-Nuremberg and Weierstrass Institut in Berlin
• 1991 to 1994: on leave with the Mathematical Institute of the Bayreuth University, participating at the project of the German Scientific Foundation (DFG) "Applied Optimization and Control"

Teaching Experience

• He has taught externally Nonsmooth Optimization at the Mathematical Faculty of the Charles University
• Convex and Nonsmooth Analysis at the University of Bayreuth
• Analysis at the FA University Erlangen-Nuremberg

Memberships

• Member of the Advisory Board of the journal Nonsmooth Analysis and Optimization
• Associate Editor of Kybernetika
• Member of the IFIP TC7 Committee (International Federation for Information Processing, Technical Committee 7 – System Modeling and Optimization)

Ph.D. graduates:

• Kalčeva Rosica
• Beremlijski Petr (VSB Ostrava)
• Červinka Michal (ÚTIA AVČR)
• Surowiec Thomas (Simula Research Laboratory, Oslo)
• Adam Lukáš (AI Center FEE CTU)
• Pištěk Miroslav (ÚTIA AVČR)

Awards

• 2018 - Prize of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic for extraordinary results of research, experimental development, and innovation
• 2007 - Honorary medal of Bernard Bolzano for Merit in the Mathematical Sciences
• 2013 - Adjunct Professorship, University of Ballarat, School of Science, Information Technology and Engineering, Australia

Invited (plenary) talks

• Frontiers of Stochastic Optimization and its Applications in Industry,Weierstrass Institute Berlin, May 2023
• Workshop on Nonsmooth Optimization, Special Semester on Optimization, Linz, Austria, November 2019
• Colloquium dedicated to the 70th birthday of Boris Mordukhovich, Halle, Germany, July 2018
• Annual Meeting of the Schwerpunktprogramm 1962, Kremmen, Germany, October 2017
• Lecture in honor of Prof. E. Cech, Mathematical Institute Prague, Czech Republic, December 2016
• International Workshop "Variational Analysis and Applications", Erice, Italy, August 2015
• South Pacific Optimization Meeting, Newcastle, Australie, February 2013
• Czech - German - Slovak Conference on Mathematical Methods in Economy and Industry, Berlin, Germany, June 2012
• International Conference on Variational Analysis and Applications, Erice, Italy, May 2012
• 3^rd Latin American Conference on Optimization and Control, Valparaiso, Chile, January 2012
• International Symposium on Generalized Convexity and Monotononicity, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, August 2 2011
• Parametric Optimization and Related Topics X, Karlsruhe, Germany, September 2010
• Czech - German - Slovak Conference on Mathematical Methods in Economy and Industry, Budweiss, Czech Republic, July 2010
• European Conference on Operational Research, Prague, Czech Republic, July 2007
• 5^th Ballarat Workshop on Global and Non-Smooth Optimization: Theory, Mehods and Applications , Ballarat, Australia, November 2006
• International Conference on Nonlinear Programming and Variational Inequalities, Hong Kong, December 1998