Curriculum citae - CV

Prof. Dr. Peter Sinčák

Adress:

Center for Intelligent Technologies
Department of Cybernetics and AI
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics,
Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia,
http://www.tuke.sk, Letna 9, 040 00 Kosice, Slovakia
Fax: +421-55-6257864
E-mail Peter.Sincak@tuke.sk, http://neuron.tuke.sk/cig

Bio:

1983 M. Sc. in Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence from Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia in the branch of Biocybernetics and his Final Thesis were involved with image processing
1984-1992 Institute of Experimental Physics, Department of Space Physics, Slovak Academy of Science, Kosice, Slovakia (1984 until 1992). Involved in an institutional project concerning image processing of remotely sensed images.
1992 Ph.D. at the Institute of Information Theory and Automation, Czech Academy of Science in Prague, Czech Republic (1988 until 1992). Ph.D. dissertation dealing with image processing of multi-spectral images from remote sensing defended in 1992.
1992 Department of Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics at Technical University of Kosice (July 1992 - present).
1994-1997 Head of the AI section of the Department of Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence (1994 until October 1997).
1997 Associate Professorship from Department of Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence, Technical University of Kosice (1997).
2001 Full Professorship in the branch of AI at Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia

Publications and Teaching Activities Approximately 50 papers in journals and domestic & international conferences. Lecturing in two subjects : Neural Networks and Neuro-Fuzzy Systems. Supervising four M. Sc. students, four internal Ph.D. students, and two external Ph.D. students. One PhD student finished in April 2000 and 6 PhD students are in progress. One of them is finishing his PhD in Boston University with Prof. Carpenter.

International experience, Cooperation & visits

Kent State University, Ohio(1994).
University of Stirling, Scotland (1994).
Siemens Vienna , Austria (1995).
Technical University of Vienna, Austria (1996).
University of Minnesota, Minnesota (1996).
Danish Hydrological Institute, Copenhagen (1997).
University of Dortmund, Germany(1998)
University of Minnesota, Minnesota (1998)
University of Boston (1998)
University of Laussane (1999).
University of Milan, Italy (1999)
University of Twente, Holland (2000)
University of Salford, Great Manchaster (2000)

Professional Affiliations, Research Groups, and Conference Committees Computational Intelligence Group at Department of Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence, Technical University of Kosice. This group is trying to promote neural networks and neuro-fuzzy systems.

Prof. Sinčák is a member of European & International Neural Network Society and Slovak Artificial Intelligence Society.