prof. RNDr. Jiří Zlatuška, CSc.

Curriculum vitae

Person Identification

• Prof. Dr Jiří Zlatuška, CSc., born September 15, 1957, in Brno, Czechoslovakia, 3 children.

Workplace

• Faculty of Informatics
  Masaryk University
  Botanická 68a
  602 00 Brno
  Czech Republic

Employment Position

• Professor, Head of the Center for Education, Research, and Innovations in Informatics

Education and Academic Qualifications

• 1994: Professor of Computer Science (Faculty of Science of Masaryk University);
• 1990: Associate Professor of Computer Science (Faculty of Science of Masaryk University);
• 1987: PhD in Theoretical Computer Science; Czechoslovak Academy of Science; theses: "Functional data modelling", developing a typed-lambda-calculus-based data model for data modelling encompassing formal tools for data description and data manipulation on several levels of abstraction.
• 1981: graduated with honors from Computer Science studies at faculty of Science, Masaryk University, awarded RNDr degree upon graduation (theses: "Program schemata and their applications"; advisor: J. Hořejš).

Employment Summary

• 2023 -: Head of the Center for Education, Research, and Innovations in Informatics;
• 2015 - 2023: Dean, Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University;
• 2011 - 2015: Head of the Center for Education, Research, and Innovations in Informatics;
• 2004 - 2011: Dean, Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University;
• 1998 - 2004: Rector of Masaryk University;
• 1995 - : Full Professor of Computer Science at the Faculty of Informatics at Masaryk University;
• 1994 - 1998: Dean of the Faculty of Informatics at Masaryk University;
• 1994 - 1995: Associate Professor of Computer Science at the Faculty of Informatics at Masaryk University;
• 1990 - 1994: Associate Professor of Computer Science and research director of the Institute of Computer Science of Masaryk University;
• 1988 - 1989: Visiting Associate Professor at the University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA;
• 1987 - 1994: research director of the Institute of Computer Science of Masaryk University;
• 1981 - 1986: research assistant at the Institute of Computer science of Masaryk University.

Teaching Activities

• Information Society, Semantics of Programming Languages, Types and Proofs, Introduction to Theoretical Computer Science, Lambda-Calculus, Functional Data Bases, Logic Programming, Theory of Compilers, Database and Knowledge-Based Systems, Logic and Programming, Introduction to Computer Science.

Scientific and Research Activities

• Information society, general impact of Informatics, Computer Science and mathematical logic, lambda-calculus-based systems, information systems, logic programming and specification-based programming methods, electronic typesetting.

Academic Stays

• 1996: Eisenhower Exchange Fellow (USA);
• 1993: three-month research stay at the Department of Computer Science, School of Informatics, City University of London;
• 1993: teaching one-week intensive course within TEMPUS at the University of Coimbra, Portugal: "Lambda-calculus, Functional data bases"
• 1989: teaching one-month PhD course at School of doctoral studies in Pisa, Italy;
• 1988 - 1989: 18 months as Visiting Associate Professor Computer Science at the University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA.

University Activities

• 2015 - 2023: Dean, Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University;
• 2015 -: member of the Scientific Council of Masaryk University;
• 2011 - 2015: Head of the Center for Education, Research, and Innovations in Informatics (CERIT);
• 2004 - 2011: Dean, Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University;
• 1998 - 2004: Rector of Masaryk University;
• 1994 - 1998: founding Dean of the Faculty of Informatics at Masaryk University;
• 1990 - 2011: member of the Scientific Council of Masaryk University;
• 1990 - 1994: member of Vice-Rector's research advisory board;
• 1990: Vice-rector of Masaryk University;
• 1987 - 1994: research director of the Institute of Computer Science.

Extra-University Activities

• 2020 -: member of the Scientific Council Faculty of Information Technology Brno University of Technology; 2014 - 2015: member SWAFS ad hoc expert group Horizon2020;
• 2013 - 2017: deputy of the Parliament of the Czech Rrepublic, chairman of the Committe for Education, Science, Culture Youth and Sports
• 2013 - 2015: member CONNECT Advisory Forum (CAF) of the European commission;
• 2010 - 2014: member of the Board of Directors of the European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics (ERCIM);
• 2010 - 2014: member of Academy Assembly of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic;
• 2009 - 2019: member of the Scientific Council of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic;
• 2002 - 2008: Senator of the Czech Parliament, Committee for Education, Science, Culture, Human Rights and Petitions, 2004-6 Vice-Chairman, 2006- Vice-Chairman of the Committee for Legal and Constitutional Affairs;
• 2006 - 2010: member of the Brno City Council, head of the Council Committee for Information Technology;
• 2006 - 2010: European Movement of the Czech Republic, 2006-7 President, now Vice-President
• 2002 - 2006: member of Academy Assembly of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic;
• 1999 - 2004: Salzburg Seminar Universities Project participant, speaker, and member of university evaluation teams
• 1998 - 2004: member of Council for Research and Development of the Government of the Czech Republic.

Science Community Activities

• 2006 - : board member, American Fund for Czech and Slovak Leadership Studies (formerly Czechoslovak Fund for American Relief) Vice-President 2007-2018;
• 2005 - 2009: steering group member, Project on Democratic Transitions, FPRI (Philadelphia, USA);
• 1998: General Conference Chair for Federated MFCS/CSL'98 Conferences, Satellite Workshops and Tutorials in Brno;
• 1998 - 2006: Executive Chairman of the Czech Nominating Commitee for Eisenhower Exchange Fellow Multi-Nation Program;
• 1997 - 1999: member of the economic committee of the Council of Universities of Czech Republic;
• 1997 - 1999: member of the ERCIM (European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics) Executive Board and Executive Director of CRCIM (Czech Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics);
• 1995 - 1998: member of TUG (TeX Users Group) Board of Directors;
• 1994 - 1998: member of board of HESP (Higher Education Support Program of the Open Society Fund) for Czech Republic; chairman of the board 1996--1998;
• 1994: vice-chairman of the ``Informatics'' sub-committee of the Higher Education Development Fund of the Ministry of Education;
• 1994 - 1997: member of the Czech IFIP Committee; IFIP TC-2 representative for Czechoslovakia;
• 1994 - 1998: member of the program Committee of the MFCS conference, General Conference Chairman of the CSL/MFCS'98 Federated Conferences in 1998;
• 1993 - 1997: member of the ministerial board for the university development projects in Informatics of the Ministry of Education of Czech Republic;
• 1992 - 1998: member of the Scientific council of the European Association for Computer Science Logic;
• 1992: program committee chairman for the EuroTeX'92 conference, conference proceedings editor.
• 1991 - 1996: member of the advisory board for Informatics of the Ministry of Education;
• 1991 - 1993: vice-chairman of the Czechoslovak IFIP Committee; IFIP TC-2 representative for Czechoslovakia;
• 1991 - 1997: member of program committees of international conferences Extending Database Technology, International Conference on Database Theory;
• 1991 - 1993: member of the Advisory board of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship;
• 1990 - 1992: member of the the Coordination Board of the IBM Academic Initiative CSFR at the federal government, from Fall 1991 to Fall 1992 chairman of the scientific part of the Program;
• 1990 - 1994: executive committee member of the Czechoslovak Society for Computer Science;
• 1989 - 2001: member of committees for theses defending for DrSc and CSc in Informatics at the Academy of Sciences and several universities in Czech Republic and Slovakia;
• 1988 - 1992: program committee chairman of the Logic programming Winter School LOP;
• 1987 - 1996: program committee member of SOFSEM conference series;

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