Email:
studeny@utia.cas.cz
studeny@utia.cas.cz
Phone:
266052304
266052304
Research interests:
Probabilistic conditional independence structures, conditional independence in context uncertainty calculi in AI, graphical statistical models (Bayesian networks, chain graphs), methods of polyhedral geometry in coalitional game theory, information-theoretical inequalities for entropic function (study of the entropic region), algebraic statistics.
Probabilistic conditional independence structures, conditional independence in context uncertainty calculi in AI, graphical statistical models (Bayesian networks, chain graphs), methods of polyhedral geometry in coalitional game theory, information-theoretical inequalities for entropic function (study of the entropic region), algebraic statistics.
Publications
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Education
- (1976 - 1981) graduate diploma, Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Prague.
Thesis topic: The differentiation of measures in metric spaces. (in Czech, under guidance of David Preiss). - (1982 - 1983) stay at university, Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Prague. Research in real analysis under guidance of David Preiss.
- (1983 - 1986) doctoral studies (for CSc. degree), specialization: theoretical cybernetics. Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Information Theory and Automation, Prague. Thesis topic: The notion of multiinformation in probabilistic decision making (in Czech, under guidance of Albert Perez).
- (2001) DrSc. degree, specialization: mathematical informatics and theoretical cybernetics.
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. Thesis topic: On mathematical description of probabilistic conditional independence structures.
Employment
- (1982 - 1983) stay at Charles University, see above.
- (1983 - 1986) doctoral studies, see above.
- (1987 - 1991) research worker, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Information Theory and Automation (ÚTIA), Czechoslovakia.
- (1996 - 2000) partially, external research worker, University of Economics, Prague, Faculty of Informatics and Statistics, Laboratory of Intelligent Systems, Prague, Czech Republic.
- (1991 - present) senior research worker, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, ÚTIA, Department of Decision-Making Theory (MTR), Czech Republic.
- (2003 - 2004) head of MTR, ÚTIA, Czech Republic.
Research projects lead in the role of PI
- Conditional independence properties in uncertainty processing. Internal grant n. 275105 of Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (1993–1995).
- (in the role of co-PI) Marginal problem and its applications. Grant n. 201/94/0471 of the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic (1994–1996).
- Conditional independence structures: information theoretical approach. Grant n. 201/98/0478 of the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic (1998).
- Conditional independence structures: information theoretical approach II. Grant n. 201/01/1482 of the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic (2001–2003).
- Conditional independence structures: information theoretical approach III. Grant n. 201/04/0393 of the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic (2004–2006).
- Conditional independence structures: graphical and algebraic approaches. Grant n. 201/08/0539 of the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic (2008–2012).
- Conditional independence structures: algebraic and geometric methods. Grant n. 13-20012S of the Czech Science Foundation (new name for the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic) (2013–2015).
- Conditional independence structures: combinatorial and optimization methods. Grant n. 16-12010S of the Czech Science Foundation (2016–2018).
- Conditional independence structures: methods of polyhedral geometry. Grant n. 19-04579S of the Czech Science Foundation (2019–2021).
Educational activities (in cooperation with either Charles University or Czech Technical University in Prague):
- supervisor of a PhD student Petr Šimeček (2004–2006). Thesis title: Graphical models and conditional independence structures (in Czech). Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics. Defended in September 2007.
- supervisor of diploma student J. Fontán. Thesis title: Conditional independence structures in directed graphs (in Czech). Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Nuclear Science and Physical Engineering, 1996.
- supervisor of diploma student M. Volf. Thesis title: Independency models induced by chain graphs. (in Czech). Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Nuclear Science and Physical Engineering, 1998.
- supervisor of diploma student Š. Štěpánová. Thesis title: Equivalence of chain graphs (in Czech). Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Prague 2003.
- supervisor of diploma student E. Beljayeva. Thesis title: Annotated graphs and Bayesian networks. Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Prague 2015.
- supervisor of a bachelor student J. Zouhar. Thesis title: Recursive linear models and conditional independence structures (in Czech). Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Prague 2010.
- lecturing an optional one-term course "Conditional Independence Structures" for MSc students. Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Prague (since 2003 until now, sometimes in English)
- supervising "Seminar on Probability for PhD students I." Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Prague (autumn 2012, autumn 2016)
- mentor of a PhD student Vera Djordjilovič from Padua University, Italy during her stay at Institute of Information Theory and Automation (August–December 2013, October 2014)
- external examiner of PhD thesis (K. Sadeghi), Oxford University, UK (January 2012)
reviewer of PhD thesis (T. Boege), Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Germany (April 2022)
More details on publications and organizational activities can be found on the personal web (see the link above).