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Questionnaire

Summary of the main activities of a scientific Organisation

of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

Period: January 1, 2007 - December 31, 2011

I. Formal information on the assessed Organisation:

1. Legal name and address

Institute of Informatics, SAS, Dúbravská cesta 9, 84507 Bratislava, Slovakia.

2. Executive body of the Organisation and its composition

Directoriat name age years in the position

director Doc. Ing. Ladislav Hluchý, CSc. 60 1992 -

deputy director Ing. Ivana Budinská, PhD. 47 2008 -

Prof, Ing. Dr. h. c. Baltazár Frankovič, DrSc. 80 2001 - 2007

scientific secretary Ing. Ján Glasa, CSc. 50 2008 - 2011

Ing. Ivana Budinská, PhD. 47 2005 - 2007

3. Head of the Scientific Board

Ing. Pavol Hrkút, CSc. 2008 -

Prof. Ing. Dr. h. c. Baltazár Frankovič, DrSc. 2007

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4. Basic information about the research personnel

i. Number of employees with a university degree (PhD students excluded) engaged in research and development and their full time equivalent work capacity (FTE) in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and average number during the assessment period

ii. Organisation units/departments and their FTE employees with the university degree engaged in research and development

Research staff 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 average

No. FTE No. FTE No. FTE No. FTE No. FTE No. FTE

organisation in whole 61 56,50 63 58,31 66 57,63 64 58,64 65 60,48 63,80 58,31

1.1 Parallel and distributed computing

20 20,00 21 20,80 24 21,76 23 21,38 24 22,62 22,40 21,31

1.2 Design and diagnostics of digital systems

9 7,10 9 7,35 8 5,96 7 5,68 7 6,16 8,00 6,45

1.3 Numerical methods and algorithms

5 5,00 4 4,00 4 4,00 4 4,00 4 4,00 4,20 4,20

1.4 Speech analysis and synthesis 6 3,90 8 6,66 8 6,30 7 6,25 7 6,00 7,20 5,82

1.5 Electron beam lithography 12 12,00 12 11,50 12 11,45 12 12,00 12 11,80 12,00 11,75

1.6 Discrete processes modelling and control

6 5,50 6 5,00 7 5,16 7 6,00 7 5,90 6,60 5,51

1.7 Sensor systems 3 3,00 3 3,00 3 3,00 4 3,33 4 4,00 3,40 3,27

5. Basic information on the funding

i. Total salary budget of the Organisation allocated from the institutional resources of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS) in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and average amount for the assessment period

Salary budget 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 average

total salary budget (millions of EUR ) 0,809 0,852 0,854 0,836 0,778 0,826

6. URL of the Organisation’s web site

www.ui.sav.sk

II. General information on the research and development activity of the Organisation:

The Institute of Informatics, Slovak Academy of Sciences was established by Resolution No. 304 of

the Presidium of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (hereinafter: SAS Presidium) of April 16, 1991 with

effect from July 1, 1991, by successive transformation of the Laboratory of Theoretical and Applied

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Mechanics established in 1956, and of the Institute of Technical Cybernetics established in 1966. The

original name – Institute of Computer Systems, Slovak Academy of Sciences – was changed by

Resolution of SAS Presidium No. 147 of December 17, 1998 in effect from January 1, 1999. By

Resolution of SAS Presidium No. 830 of April 26, 2001 in effect from July 1, 2001, the Institute of

Control Theory and Robotics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, has merged with the Institute of

Informatics. The Institute is an allowance-endowed organisation, and performs administration of state

property to several immovables.

The Institute is the Publisher of international impact current journal Computing and Informatics, a

journal abstracted in ISI Current Contents.

1. Mission Statement of the Organisation as presented in its Foundation Charter The basic mission and scope of activities of the Institute cover basic and oriented research in the

following fields of science (Resolution of the SAS Presidium on the issuance of II SAS

Foundation Charter, in force from 1.7.2008):

Informatics, information and communication technologies

Electrical engineering, automation and control systems.

The scientific and research activity of the Institute is focused into the following basic directions:

application informatics, cybernetics, microelectronics

parallel and distributed information processing, knowledge technologies

design of information system components, microelectronic structures and nano-structures and

their technological realisation, design and testability of digital systems

numerical mathematics and scientific and technical calculations, mathematical modelling and

computer simulation of complex natural phenomena

processing and coding of digital signals in multimedia systems

research of speech communication, automatic speech processing, natural language processing

and computer linguistics

modelling, simulation and control of discrete and hybrid systems

animation and control of mechatronic systems and sensor systems.

The aim of the research is in new scientific knowledge in the fields of science covering the Institute's

scope of activities, in design and implementation of models, methods, algorithms, simulations,

program tools, effective program systems, architectures, diagnostics and testing, as well as in

research of parameters and behaviour of micro-electronic structures and methods of developing

them.

The Institute performs scientific education within generally valid legal regulations.

The Institute´s activities include development and realisation of information system

components,including micro/nano-electronic structures and development of laboratory and

experimental equipmentfor research applications.

The Institute ensures publicity of the scientific and research work results through periodical and non-

periodical publications. Publication of periodicals and non-periodicals is subject to SAS Presidium

resolutions.

2. Summary of R&D activity pursued by the Organisation during the assessed period, from both national and international aspects and its incorporation in the European Research Area (max. 10 pages)

Parallel and distributed information processing, knowledge technologies:

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II SAS has rich international cooperation within European research area focused on knowledge-

oriented technologies for the long period of EU 7th-8

th Framework Program programs. II SAS took part

in information and knowledge management, modelling and processing as well as processing of

unstructured data from the web, enterprise data sources and electronic communication. In last period

the research has been conducted in Commius - Community-based Interoperability Utility for SMEs

(2008-2011, FP7-ICT) and VENIS - Virtual Enterprises by Networked Interoperability Services

(2011-2014, FP7 NMP-ICT) projects focusing on information processing in enterprise context as well

as enterprise interoperability, business intelligence and enterprise search. In the Commius project we

have achieved scientific results in text processing and information extraction using lightweight

semantic graphs which is summarized in two CC publications [18, 31]. Scientific results are

continuously turned into open source software libraries such as: Ontea1 (Pattern based information

extraction tool, which can identify entities such as people, organizations, contact data or product in

text and especially in emails), Acoma (Email processing and recommendation tool reuses extracted

entities for enriching email communication and email based contextual recommendation). In

Commius we also started with R&D of Email Social Network Extractor and Search, which reuses

email social network for knowledge management, enterprise search or relation discovery. Recently we

made the approach and algorithms generic which resulted in development of gSemSearch focusing on

relation discovery in graph and network structures extracted from texts, which was evaluated in

several application domains and lead us to new research with probability of high impact scientific

results in unstructured data analysis using lightweight semantic networks and graph algorithms.

In Commius and national projects Raport (2005-2007, APVT) and AIIA (2008-2010, APVV)

we started to focus on email communication processing, which is topic well covered in research.

participates in international research activities of various e-mail communication aspects

(http://emailresearch.org/), where it is cooperating with well-known institutions from Europe, US and

Australia. The international cooperation resulted in organization of international workshops: IEEE

E3C workshop in Vienna in 2009 and Email2012 workshop within WWW conference in Lyon this

year. It is considered as a great recognition and approval of the institute’s research results in respective

areas.

The activities of II SAS in the field of web services, distributed data integration and data

mining continued also after finishing the very successful 6FP project K-Wf Grid (2004-2007, FP6-

IST) . The project Advanced Data Mining and Integration Research for Europe – ADMIRE (FP7-

ICT) – started in 2008, and finished also very successfully in 2011. The technology developed within

ADMIRE used web services as its main platform, and concentrated on providing comfortable and

reliable tools for integration and mining of large, distributed and heterogeneous databases. Its main

contributions include a platform for distributed data mining, supported by a novel high-level data

mining and integration (DMI) language called DISPEL. The results and know-how of the project are

described in a book soon to be published by John Wiley & Sons.

II SAS has significantly contributed to the ADMIRE effort in several fields, including

knowledge management, web-based and GUI-based user interfaces (structured according to

several types of users, thus significantly increasing usability), and especially pilot applications. In the

ADMIRE project, the framework for data integration and mining for scientific applications were

created. The high-level abstraction layer of data was designed, a new language DISPEL was created

for description of data flow during integration and mining. Several applications were implemented by

in cooperation with Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute and Slovak Water Enterprise: hydrological

applications at Orava river and waterwork, short-term weather prediction using radar images. II SAS

also participated in creating application interface and writing a book on data mining.

II SAS is also serious about dissemination and exploitation of results of international research projects,

and so two national projects, the SEMCO-WS (2007-2009) and DMM (2009-2011, both funded by

APVV) have continued the research of web services, distributed data integration and data mining

locally, with partners from both academia and business in Slovakia. SEMCO-WS concentrated on

research of web services as applied to meteorological predictions and warning systems, whereas DMM

has continued the research of ADMIRE with local applications.

1 http://ontea.sourceforge.net/

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SECRICOM (2008-2012, FP7-SEC) is a research project creating Seamless Communication

for Crisis Management for EU safety. Thirteen partners from eight EU countries have united their

capacities in order to produce a competitive solution for secure communication and collaboration of

emergency responders with advanced functions. The project is co-funded from the FP7 programme. II

SAS was a Work Package 4 leader. WP4 dealt with design and development of the Secure Agent

Infrastructure (SAI). Research was focused and delivered results in the following areas:

secure agent code execution on distant platforms,

agent platform discovery,

PKI (Public-private Key Infrastructure) integration,

agent communication security,

agent signing and certification,

design and implementation of different-purpose core agents, including User

Communication Agent (UCA), IP Agent (IPA) or Database Agent (DBA),

design and implementation of SAI subsystems: Distributed Secure Agent Platform

(DSAP), Resource Inquiry System (RIS) or Agent Repository (AR).

II SAS was also involved in other work packages where the SAI was integrated with other

technologies, namely:

Secure Docking Module (SDM),

Push To Talk (PTT),

Multi Barer Router (MBR).

Participation in the EUSAS project (2010-2013, EDA) put the Institute in contact with the

latest trends in the area of agent-based modelling and simulation. The EUSAS project deals with

asymmetric security threats in urban environment and aims at improving and combining mission

analysis capabilities with virtual training of security forces in a highly realistic 3-D cyber

environment. This will be achieved by a detailed modelling and simulations of the behaviour of

individuals and crowds on the basis of latest findings deriving from psychology. The Institute is taking

care of the intermediation infrastructure underlying the system, and participates in several related

activities, such as the design and implementation of the interfaces between the Agent-based

Simulation component (ABS) and virtual training (serious game) component, or between ABS and

Data Farming component. We also participate in the design and implementation of the Agent

Definition, Scenario Definition and Data Analysis tools. So far we have finished the design of the

principal components and implemented their first versions, which were successfully demonstrated to

the project contractor – the European Defence Agency (EDA). Our main achievement in this period

was the creation of a generic and modular agent architecture representing the simulated people

– both the crowd members and security forces. The agent models include various motivation

factors (emotions), behaviour patterns (various forms of aggression and flight to safety, etc.) and

perception and behaviour moderators (e.g. fatigue). The agent architecture is implemented in MASON

- a JAVA-based open-source simulation framework. Based on these results our Institute has been

invited to join project consortia for several new project proposals in various EU 7FP project calls.

The project Riot (Virtual and constructive modelling, training and simulation of crowd

behaviour in urban environment, 2011-2014, APVV) aims at developing an open, modular and

universal multiagent platform for simulations of human behaviour and group dynamics. The

platform would enable the creation of new models, as well as adaptation of the existing models from

scientific literature. It will also enable complex parametric studies on high-performance computing

infrastructures by employing large-scale data analysis methods. The project started in May 2011 and

so far we have covered the phases of user requirement analysis, evaluation of the existing simulation

platforms, the system architecture design and preliminary prototyping of several system components.

In distributed computing, software engineering and complex applications, the Institute

was continuing in participating in other EU 6RP and 7RP projects: Int.Eu.Grid (2006-2008, FP6-RI,

DEGREE (2006-2008, FP6-IST), EGEE-II (2006-2008, FP6-RI), EGEE-III (2008-2010, FP7-RI),

EGI-InSPIRE (2010-2014, FP7-RI).

In the DEGREE project (Dissemination and Exploitation of Grids in Earth science), the state

of the art of Grid applications in Earth Science community was analysed and the gaps between Earth

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Science communities and Grid developers were identified. Test suites with typical scenarios from

Earth Science communities were created for Grid developers for testing, validation and demonstration

of the developed middleware with Earth Science applications. White paper of Earth Science on Grids

and Final Progress Report on ES family of applications and their Grid requirements are also created. II

SAS was the project coordinator as well as a work package leader of the project.

The aim of the Int.eu.grid project was to create and operate production Grid infrastructure for

interactive applications. II SAS participated in operation of the infrastructure and application supports.

The air pollution application from Microstep-MIS company was parallelized and ported to the Grid.

The results were significant speedup of the computation and better accuracy of the simulation.

In 3D visualization of simulation research results, the Institute was continuing by

participating in other EU 7RP projects and in national projects. The results achieved included 3D

visualization of simulation results. Research and services in the field of 3D visualization were

developing within the VEGA, EGEE III and GridTtools (2007-2008, APVV) projects. Within EGEE-

III (Enabling Grids for E-sciencE III), GRIDTOOLS - (Tools for preparation, effective execution and

visualization of applications and data management in Grid environment) and VEGA (Efficient tools

and mechanisms for grid computing, 2006-2008) tools for 3D visualization of natural disasters

research simulation results and 3D visualization for animation of astrophysical simulation results have

been developed. The purpose of 3D visualization service is to model and display intermediate or final

results of various simulations of natural disasters - before fire spread in time. Grid-based applications

that generate visualization outputs on-the-fly require a unified application framework. Applied on-line

visualization as a sequence application in grid environment rise on correct solution. 3D service was

tested with outputs from applications, developed at our institute and also with data from applications

of the international natural disasters projects.

Processing and coding of digital signals in multimedia systems: Basic research in Processing and coding of digital signals in multimedia systems has been

concentrated on perfect reconstruction cosine/sine-modulated filter banks: general properties,

fast algorithms and audio coding applications. Perfect reconstruction cosine- and sine-modulated

filter banks such as the modified discrete cosine and sine transforms (MDCT and MDST) and the

modulated complex lapped transform (MCLT) have played an important role in the transform/sub-

band coding systems and the international audio/speech coding standards. These systems currently

represent modern information technologies for high-quality compression and decompression of digital

audio/speech signals in consumer electronics. The computation of complete filter banks is the most

time-consuming operation in an audio/speech encoder/decoder. Therefore, the existence of fast,

efficient algorithms with a simple and regular structure is very important for their efficient

implementation.

The research has been focused on algorithmic problems of the MDCT, MDST and MCLT, i.e.,

the investigation and definition of sparse matrix factorizations of their transform matrices, and design

and implementation of fast algorithms. The main goal of the research was to contribute to the

knowledge about basic mathematical properties, sparse matrix factorizations of transform matrices and

essentially on fast computational structures for their efficient implementation. During the assessed

period, the following main original scientific results have been achieved in the framework of the

VEGA projects No. 2/7097/27 (2007-2009) and No. 2/4149/24 (2010-2012):

New fast computational structures (universal/improved/extended) for an efficient

computation of the complete analysis and synthesis MDCT and MDST filter banks.

Survey describing various efficient implementations (published as well as unpublished) of

the forward and backward MDCT in the MPEG layer III (MP3) audio coding standard

developed in the time period 1990-2010.

Simplified implementation of the analysis/synthesis filter banks (long and two short

transforms) in the Dolby Digital (Plus) AC-3 Dolby Labs audio coding standards. This

result has an impact on the current implementation of filter banks both in the AC-3

encoder and decoder in terms of the structural simplicity.

These original scientific results have been published in outstanding European and U. S.

scientific journals (abstracted in the CC database), such as Signal Processing, IEEE Signal Processing

Letters and IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing (seven papers). The

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scientific quality of the research is proved by 167 citations (71 SCI WOS, 89 SCOPUS, 3 Books and 3

Patent citations) in the assessed period 2007-2011. Numerous invitations have been received to review

papers in journals, such as IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, IEEE Signal Processing Letters,

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and

Systems II: Analog and Digital Signal Processing, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, IEEE

Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing,

IET Signal Processing, IET Circuits, Devices & Systems and Signal Processing.

In June 2011, RNDr. V. Britaňák, CSc. submitted his doctoral (DrSc.) dissertation titled “Fast

Computational Structures for the Discrete Sinusoidal Transforms and Perfect Reconstruction

Cosine/Sine-modulated Filter Banks” to the Commission in Computer and Information Sciences (No.

010200).

The basic and applied research in numerical mathematics and scientific calculations, and

mathematical modelling and computer simulation of complex nature phenomena has been focused

on mathematical modelling and simulation of forest fires and fires in human structures and their

efficient realization. All these types of fire have their own characteristic fire behaviour and require

different methods, approaches and computational power.

In the field of forest fire simulation, we achieved important scientific results developing an

original mathematical interpretation of key assumptions for the elliptical fire spread model (the core

module of the FARSITE simulator) which allowed us to describe a new method for the model

derivation not requiring the assumption of locally elliptical fire spread. This result opened a chance to

derive the forest fire spread model also for other observed types of local fire spread. For homogeneous

case, we have been able to demonstrate the model for 4 types of local fire spread and derive universal

explicit formulae. Besides the theoretical knowledge, the 10-year experience in forest fire research

brought the ability to solve various complex problems related to the use of advanced forest fire

simulators in Slovak conditions. We have adapted and calibrated FARSITE for real Slovak conditions

and used it for the reconstruction of a tragic fire in Slovak Paradise National Park (6 people died). The

related report (about the complete course of fire simulation and the cause of atypical fire spread in the

first 3 hours of fire, clarifying the reason and circumstances which led to the tragic event and the

relatively rapid changes at the fire front, and 3D fire visualization) has been documented and

submitted to commander of Department of Forest Fire Services in Spišská Nová Ves. The outstanding

credit of our work in forest fire simulation field at the national level can be documented by requests to

prepare fire scenarios for fire fighting authorities in Bratislava (exercises) and in Banská Bystrica

(decision making). The generalization of the basic principle of fire spread mode was published in 2

CC journals and presented at outstanding international conferences (for example at ICFFR 2010,

surely the main word conference in the field organized in Europe with quadrennial periodicity; 3

papers presented). In 2010, invited chapter in the scientific monograph “Forest Fires” was published in

the USA. Considerable work has also been done in popularization and dissemination of results in the

fire community. In the field of simulation of fires in human structures, the research has been

concentrated on knowledge about fire models, their implementation and practical use, and about

burning of a single automobile, the materials contributing to fire, and fire spread from one vehicle to

another to validate computer simulations of such fires. During an APVV project (finished in 2011, 3

institutions participated, coordinated by our department), a series of full-scale automobile fire

experiments were carried out in open air in the testing facilities of Fire Protection College of the

Ministry of Interior SR in Považský Chlmec and in the experimental tunnel of Scientific Research

Coal Institute in Štramberk (Czech Republic). The primary objective of these experiments was to

measure gas and surface temperatures to gather data for validation of corresponding fire simulations.

Simulations of fire in engine compartment, passenger and/or luggage compartment, and fire spread

onto near-standing vehicle in different conditions, as well as simulations of fire and smoke

development in human structures (in buildings, tunnels, including ventilation aspects) were performed

using the FDS simulator. For the simulations, often requiring high-performance distributed computing,

efficient multi-core computers and the Woodcrest Cluster (University of Erlangen) were used. The fire

research was also covered by 2 VEGA projects and the CRISIS project (supported by ERDF EU

structural funds). The former VEGA project was evaluated by VEGA Scientific Grant Agency VEGA

as a project with excellent scientific results being among the best projects finished in 2008; the latter

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one is an ongoing project). Due to the participation in the CRISIS project, simulation tasks can be

calculated on the cluster at the Institute of Informatics. The fire research team also participates in the

VT project (in the framework of the 7RP EGEE project) focused on complex fire applications

requiring European grid infrastructure. In 2011, the fire research team was invited to participate in a

joint international research project (Danube Strategy project) related to forest fires. The nice

acceptance of the fire research team on national level can be documented by the request of the Fire

Technical and Expertise Institute of Ministry of Interior of the SR in Bratislava and Fire Brigade in

Banská Bystrica to make computer simulation of a family house fire for law action purposes. In 2010

and 2011, a number of workshops with the President of HaZZ of the SR and the staff of the Secretariat

of the Minister of Interior of the SR were made to negotiate on cooperation in selecting of especially

dangerous areas that should be carefully analysed in terms of fire risk (tunnels, large garages,

industrial zones, etc.). A deal about possibilities of conducting computer simulation of fire in power

station is currently underway. The outstanding credit of the fire research team on national and

international levels can be documented by numerous publications (14 journal and 24 conference

papers, including 3 articles in the journal „Spravodajca: Protipožiarna a záchranná služba“ published

by the HaZZ SR Presidium) and citations (91 WoS citations and 16 Scopus citations) in the assessed

period. In 2011, the fire research team received an invitation to write a chapter for the

“Fluidodynamics” monograph edited by Prof. Ch. Liu, University of Texas at Arlington, USA.

Research of speech communication, automatic speech processing, of natural language processing

and computer linguistics

The most important result of research in speech synthesis was represented by creation of Kempelen,

the new generation unit-selection synthesizer for Slovak, which uses an original solution of the

phonetic elements pre-selection, which is far less computationally demanding compared to the

approaches used elsewhere. Beside significantly increased naturalness of speech units we have used

the CART trees for prosody modelling, which contributed to further enhancement of synthetic speech

naturalness. The development of the synthesizer was supported by the knowledge gained during

cooperation with Graz University (Austria) on the international bilateral project "Grapheme and

phoneme frequencies in Slovak". In addition to research of the Slovak language, we focused on

research of the Romany language, resulting in a unit-selection synthesizer of Romany. In 2011 two

projects started, namely CRISIS (IMTS 26240220060) where Activity 1.2 covers the problem of

expressive speech synthesis to generate emotionally shaded warnings in information systems, and

RPKOM (IMTS 26240220064) "Research of technologies for business process management in

heterogeneous distributed systems in real time with support of multimodal communication", where

Activity 3.3 covers the problem of automatic speech recognition in harsh acoustic environments.

Recording studio with special soundproofing has been built within the Department of speech

analysis and synthesis, where high quality sound recordings can be made. Annotation room with 8

annotation workstation has also been built, to be used for annotation of large speech databases.

Within the international project "EURONOUNCE - An intelligent system for teaching

languages to multimodal functions of feedback", an Intelligent Language Tutoring System with

multimodal feedback functions informing about foreign accent was developed in collaboration with

partners from Germany, Poland, Czech Republic and Russia. Within the project COST 271/06

"Nonverbal Speech Gestures in Slovak in Multimodal and Multicultural Context", we have created a

publicly available website collecting nonverbal speech gestures together with their audio-visual

realization.

Research on speech synthesis and analysis was supported by the following grants: in 2007

the VEGA grant "Modern processing technology in the Slovak language using speech database" was

finished, between 2007 and 2009 the project AV 0006 07 4 "Automated, voice-controlled

telecommunication systems and their applications", between 2008 and 2010 the project APVV 0369-

07 "Speech Technologies for Modern Telecommunication and Information Systems and Services",

between 2008 and 2010 the VEGA 2/0138/08 project "Robust Speech Technologies for Information

Systems in Slovak and their Diagnostics". International projects "EURONOUNCE: Intelligent system

for teaching languages to multimodal functions of feedback" and "Non-verbal gestures in Slovak

speech in multimodal and multicultural context" have also been supported by MVTS grant of the

Slovak Academy of Sciences.

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The most important result of our speech recognition research is represented by the

implementation of the project "APD - Automatic transcription of dictation", which won the Slovak

Academy of Sciences Prize for the best application result in 2010. Within the APD project, in

collaboration with the Department of Electronics and Multimedia Communications of the Technical

University of Košice and in active cooperation with the Ministry of Justice the software for automatic

recognition of dictation of judicial decision has been developed, which will accelerate the currently

used time-consuming transcription. The software is currently installed on 1,800 computers at different

courts in Slovakia. During the project large speech databases have been built, being a great

contribution for the research of spoken Slovak.

Design of information system components, microelectronic structures and nano-structures and

their technological realisation, design and testability of digital systems:

Research activities in design and diagnostics of digital circuits and systems have been aimed at

algorithms and methods improving diagnosis of permanent and delay faults in synchronous and

asynchronous sequential digital circuits, as well as at real implementation of the MDCT (modified

discrete cosine transformation) algorithm design into FPGA and CMOS technologies. The research

outcomes are as follows:

Test pattern generation (TPG) methods and algorithms for delay faults in embedded cores of

systems on a chip

New optimization methods for the parallel interface of digital cores surrounded with the test wrapper

have been proposed. They generate parallel lines based on four criteria for different types of the

applied test thereby offering effective utilization of the whole parallel interface width in the test

wrapper design.

A new TPG method (SfW) for the transition delay fault (TDF) model based on skewed-load test that

eliminates the disadvantage of fast scan enable signal has been proposed. The assembled test vectors

(previous excitation and next initialization) are partially/fully overlapped to shifting-in the minimal

number of new bits. SfW generates three types of tests for which the methodology of their application

for different test wrapper architectures was designed; by this approach the method gained on

universality. The generated delay fault test can be applied through the test wrapper with only simple

boundary scan chain thus ensuring the smallest area overhead. The experiments show significant

reduction of the test vector application time in comparison with other recently published TDF test

methods for embedded cores. SfW offers a good alternative to other approaches which use enhanced

scan cells or assistance of surrounding cores. The methods and algorithms were the subject of the

successfully defended PhD thesis.

Further research work based on these achieved results has led to the proposal of a unique satisfiability-

based TPG (SKEWSAT) of compressed skewed-load tests for embedded cores with the minimal test

wrapper (one storage element per cell in the wrapper boundary register and in the internal scan chain).

SKEWSAT detects a TDF by extending the test with the minimal number of new bits. Despite of the

test length significant reduction the fault coverage has increased.

System level algorithms over the PMC model for faulty units diagnosis in multi-processor systems

New rules were defined for the symmetric PMC graph model of regular system structures. Two

innovative and effective algorithms (SYDEB-Z and SYDEB-D) of one-step system level diagnostics

have been developed (using newly defined simplified Boolean expression) and implemented for faulty

unit identification from a test syndrome in t-diagnosable systems. SYDEB-Z based on the heuristic

algorithm EDARS transforms Z-aggregates idea into generation of Boolean function, and the number

of Boolean variables can be significantly reduced. New implementation approaches were defined for

SYDEB-D in the form of index and mapping tables for decreasing the time for decoding of several

syndromes. Unlike the primary SYDEB algorithm, syndrome decoding process is performed without

the need to generate and solve the Boolean function. Effectiveness and complexity of the implemented

algorithms were evaluated by experiments over several regular computing architectures (hypercube,

torus, 2-dimensional grid). Time complexity and memory consumptions are linearly dependent on the

number of subsystems defined by system decomposition. The algorithms consume less time for more

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complex and larger computer systems in comparison with current EDARS and SYDEB algorithms.

The scientific work resulted in successfully defended doctoral thesis.

Novel automatic TPG (ATPG) for stuck-at faults of asynchronous sequential digital circuits

(ASDCs)

Developed methods ensure time- and cost-effective testing of combinational representation of speed-

independent and quasi-delay-insensitive ASDCs. The contribution is (1) unique hazardous transition

identification before the test generation process, which helps in early identification of unacceptable

test sequences; (2) state justification on the gate level (simple gates are used); (3) sequential fault

propagation based on breadth-first search, which guarantees the shortest test sequence generation; and

(4) stepwise composition of state graphs for sequential test generation (for a state just one state

justification and/or sequential fault propagation is performed). The ATPG is supported by a developed

deductive fault simulator that uses the 13-valued logic and the time stamps for hazard detection, which

also deal with the races. The generation of optimal tests with good fault coverage was confirmed by

experimental results. The biggest advantage is that the implemented ATPG does not require support of

any design-for-testability method or external software tool. The proposed methods are linkable with

existing academic and commercial tools. PhD thesis in this area was successfully defended. The

research work was awarded twice, at the Czech-Slovak PhD students’ symposiums and by the Dean of

FIIT SUT.

IP core design for the MDCT/IMDCT (forward/backward modified discrete cosine transform)

computation

Optimised hardware architectures for a highly scalable generic MDCT IP core has been proposed to

accelerate the MDCT/IMDCT computation in MP3 audio coding standard. The original fast MDCT

algorithm has been further modified and specifically optimised for dedicated hardware

implementation. The MDCT IP core is pipelined and capable to compute both MDCT and IMDCT on

the same hardware. First, it has been implemented to FPGA and ASIC technologies (AMS 350 nm

CMOS). Further implementation has utilised UMC 90 nm CMOS low-power digital libraries and

clock gating technique, so the power consumption has been reduced to one-fifth and the area to one-

eighteenth compared to the previous one. Comparisons with existing hardware implementations show

higher precision and computational speed, as well as lower area and power consumption of the

proposed minimal architecture. As the architectures are optimised to achieve high computational speed

with high precision, they are suitable for lossless audio compression; in particular, high computational

speed permits multichannel real-time acceleration of the MDCT and IMDCT computation. Obtained

scientific results obtained were treated in doctoral thesis.

Low-overhead BIST architecture for digital data processing circuits

A new method of the built-in self-test (BIST) design has been proposed for digital data processing

circuits. On-line and off-line testing capabilities are connected to ensure more reliable testing. Some

circuit functional blocks are reconfigured and utilized for test pattern generation and test response

compaction. After the partitioning, the circuit is tested mutually by its subparts. The experiments show

negligible stuck-at fault coverage loss (0.6 % less) independent on the test length, but significant area

reduction (39 – 64 % according to the implementation technology) in comparison with the

conventional BIST. The use of existing arithmetic units for the test generation and signature analysis

can be a model example of the optimal testing of complex digital circuits with convincing results.

Research in the field of micro- and nanotechnologies has been concentrated on the

investigation in the field of patterning methods based on electron beam lithography. The goal of this

research has been the application and support of national and international projects:

The basic research in the field of micro- and nanotechnologies has been realised within the

following projects: within the grant VEGA 2/6184/26 Investigation of Novel Resist Materials for Next

Generation Lithography, experiments on the preparation of nanostructures with control system for e-

beam nanolithography NanoMaker. Optimisation of parameters in e-beam lithography for negative e-

beam resist ma-N 2405 and AR-N 7020 on Cr/Quartz substrates at 20 keV electron energy. Within the

grant VEGA 2/0214/09 - Investigation of novel nanolithographic technologies, limiting factors and

parameters of the lithography processes for the preparation of submicrometers and nanometers

structures using direct writing e-beam lithography were investigated and optimised at electron energy

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20 keV. The interaction of electrons in resist materials PMMA, SU-8, ARN7700 and ma-N2405 was

investigated using scanning electron microscope equipped with the control system for

nanolithography. The project APVV VTS SK-BUL-010-06 NANOELIT - Innovation of sub-

micrometer electron beam lithography was devoted to the development of a new algorithm for the

non-linear process development of e-beam chemically amplified resists. Simulation of resist processes

in e-beam nanolithography for CAMP6, PMMA and HSQ e-beam resists at 20 keV electron energy.

II SAS was involved in the European nanotechnology research and technology transfer in

the frame of 6FP projects STREP No 017133, the project RIMANA - Radical Innovation of Maskless

Nanolithography and IP No 515739, the project PRONANO - Technology for the Production of

Massively Parallel Intelligent Cantilever-Probe Platforms for Nanoscale Analysis and Synthesis. The

methodology for main numerical lithographic parameters at 20 and 30 keV exposure were developed

and verified for PMMA and HSQ electron beam resists. The methodology for the optimisation of

lithographic process parameters in case of PMMA and SU-8 electron beam resists at 20 and 30 keV

electron energy was developed and applied for the photomasks fabrication for the development of

massively parallel intelligent cantilever-probe platforms. With the use of these photomasks, the

prototype of a device consisting of up to 16x32 intelligent cantilever-probe platforms was realised and

tested. The application was demonstrated by Carl Zeiss SMS, GmbH (Germany) (defect repair on

photomasks in SEM), SIOS Meßtechnik GmbH (Germany) (test system for surface scanning and

testing), and Infineon (Germany) (surface analysis on 8-inch semiconductor substrates).

National activities in nanotechnology have been realised in the frame of Center of

Excellence SAS, CEPI: Physics of Information, CEPI, NFP 26240120018, 01/2005-12/2007 devoted

to the research of new phenomenon in the field of the physics of information. The main contribution of

II SAS was in preparation of nanostructures for the project partners. The partial result was the

development of the technology for the micro-electro-mechanical matrix preparation, which was

applied in the research of the nanoparticles manipulation. In the frame of the project APVV-0173-06,

01/02/2007-31/12/2009, Hybrid Spintronic Nanostructures Controlled by Spin-Polarized Current -

NANO-SPIN, II SAS was involved in the investigation of spintronic GMR and TMR nanopillars

(lateral size (150nm) for current induced magnetization switching. GMR nanopillars were prepared by

UHV deposition and nanoparticles lift off lithography and electron beam lithography. The

optimisation of direct writing e-beam lithography process for the patterning of submicrometer bridges

in high-temperature superconducting MgB2 thin film for the development of SQUID devices was

realised in the frame of the project APVT 51-016604 Superconductors for future technologies.

The important application of research results of II SAS was demonstrated in projects devoted

to the development of MEMS devices and sensors. II SAS was involved in the fabrication methods

development for the new designed MEMS sensor devices in some projects: APVV-0655-07

CHEMISEC - Advanced MEMS chemical sensors for extreme conditions, APVV-0450-10

PiezoMEMS - Advanced piezoelectric MEMS pressure sensors, APVV-51-045705 Preparation of

'active' tips for probe microscopy, SK-AT-0012-08 Micro- and nanotechnological processes using

UV-, DUV- and electron lithography for the realisation of micro-, opto- and bioelectronic components,

APVV VTS SK-AT-001-07 MIPRO –Microtechnological processes for large structured surfaces with

high component density suitable for realisation of opto-electronic elements and holograms. In the

frame of these projects, electron beam lithography at II SAS was applied successfully for direct

writing of submicrometer gates, surface acoustic structures, Hall probes, high density optoelectronic

structures, as well as for fabrication of photomasks.

An important activity has been the participation in structural projects OPVaV-2008/4.1/01-

SORO, ITMS-26240120011, CENTE 1 and OPVaV-2009/4.1/02-SORO, ITMS-26240120018,

CENTE 2 - Centre of Excellence for New Technologies in Electrical Engineering supported by

European Regional Development Fund. Electron beam gun with directly heated cathode for e-beam

lithograph ZBA23 and 'control system for SEM based nanolithography' were installed. The operation

of ZBA23 e-beam lithography equipment with 20 and 40 keV electron energy has been started.

Parameters of the lithography process for the preparation of submicrometers and nanometers structures

using direct writing e-beam lithography were optimised at electron energy 20 keV. Lithographic

structures in the positive e-beam resist PMMA and the negative e-beam resist SU-8 were prepared

according to the project partners requirements. Interaction of electrons in resist materials PMMA, SU-

8, ARN7700 and ma-N2405 was investigated using scanning electron microscope equipped with the

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control system for nanolithography. II SAS is the partner in another project, namely OPVaV-

2009/4.2/03-SORO ITMS-26240220037 – Resistant sensor system for extreme environments with

high pressures, temperatures and high level of electromagnetic perturbation.

Research in cybernetics, mechatronics and sensing systems is, in line with up-to-date

trends, oriented on problems related to animation and control of mechatronic systems, application of

artificial intelligence methods in control systems, design of MEMS and mechatronic vision systems.

The research was conducted within several national and international grants.

The most significant results:

Design and development of multi-agent control system and control algorithms based on

artificial immune systems analogy (VEGA project 2/7101/27, APVV LPP 0231-06). The main

idea is similarity between natural immune systems (representing defence mechanisms of living

systems) and artificial immune systems that are represented by computational systems. Agents

control system utilises generic capability of artificial immune systems algorithms in the

process to eliminate unknown and unexpected failures of the controlled system. An ontology

representation for agents’ coalition creation in large scale multi-agent systems was designed.

The representation is based on several types of formal logic that support the coalition creation

process in large-scale systems. The application domain is e.g. in power grid control.

Formalization of production scheduling for plastic foil recycling lines and proposal of

iterative framework of simulation based production lines optimization (project VEGA

2/0197/10, APVV OptiMAT). Design and implementation of Particle Swarm Optimization

(PSO) and Artificial Immune Systems (AIS) based algorithms for production lines

optimization. A group of algorithms inspired by mammals immune system belongs to new

approaches tested on the domain of scheduling and planning. The algorithm is based on

pseudo evolutionary cycle that does not employ sexual operations but moves along the space

of solutions according progressive mutation only.

Analysis of Discrete Event Systems and the Synthesis of their Knowledge-Based and

Intelligent Control (VEGA project 2/6102/26). The most important result of the project is the

method for finding feasible state trajectories of DES by means of the intersection of the

straight-lined and backward reachability trees appropriate for the Petri net-based model of

DES. The results were published in the book chapter published in USA, in the CC journal

Computing and Informatics, in a foreign journal out of CC and in three international

conferences.

Methods and algorithms of cooperative interaction of intelligent decentralized control

subsystems based on DES (discrete-event systems) – VEGA project 2/0075/09. A method of

cooperative interaction of intelligent subsystems (agents) based on principles of supervisory

control for discrete event systems was proposed. Dynamic behaviour of autonomous agents

was described by means of place/transition Petri nets - P/T PN. The supervisor represents a

strategy how to achieve a common aim of a group of agents and ensures its execution. The

supervisor synthesis consists in forming conditions for the cooperation. The theory of P-

invariants of P/T PN is used in the synthesis process. The synthesis can be one-level or

multilevel (in order to remove possible deadlocks, to make a working cycle possible, etc.).

The method allows a hierarchy too. If the multi agent system (MAS) contains more

cooperating groups of agents, separate groups can be treated as autonomous agents and the

additional supervisor can be synthesized with respect to their common aim. More hierarchical

levels may be synthesized too. The result was the most important result of the institute in

2010. The results were published in two book chapters (one of them was issued in USA; the

second one in Springer Verlag, where the co-author was the partner from the joint bilateral

MAD project), in CC journal Computing and Informatics, in Springer Transactions on

Computational Collective Intelligence (out of CC), in two other foreign journals out of CC

(one of them is indexed in SCOPUS), in four LNCS or LNAI proceedings published by

Springer Verlag, at nine international conferences, thereof three IEEE, one IFAC where the

contribution was invited, and on one of further ones (at the EMCSR multi-conference in

Vienna) the Best Paper Award in the area of Mathematical Methods in Cybernetics and

Systems Theory was awarded to the contribution.

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Design, analysis and simulation of micro-robotic devices. The methods for the design,

analysis and solving complex micro-mechanisms based on compact – multi degree of freedom

elastic structures have been elaborated. Theoretical elaboration resulted in submission of the

PhD dissertation “Analysis, modelling and optimal design of elastic mechanisms“(defended

successfully) and several papers published / presented at international robotic conferences.

Results of this study are practically applied in designing new sensors (forces / displacements)

in cooperation with Faculty of Electrical Engineering (Bratislava) – Department of

Measurement, within the current common VEGA project No. 2/0006/1 “Construction and

control of micro-electro-mechanical elements and devices”. The results obtained during

solving this project (2009-2011) were presented / published in international conference

proceedings and in 12 papers.

In the frame of VEGA projects a mechatronic vision system for automatic perception and

monitoring of static and moving objects has been developed. The system consists of several

relatively independent subsystems cooperating in order to achieve the common goal to

recognize the existence and the motion of objects from the background, to measure parameters

of its motion and to support tracking. The combination of an automatic recognition subsystem

with an automatic object motion prediction and camera orientation control facilitates the

ability of the whole system to work autonomously in real time. The system is designed in a

modular way to enable simple adaptation to several static and mobile cameras mechanically

oriented in space by the two degrees of freedom. Open architecture of the system allows

integration of several cameras control in the frame of the activity 1.4 Smart mechatronic

systems within the CRISIS project.

3. Concept of R&D activity of the Organisation for the next four years (max. 5 pages)

i. Present state of knowledge and status of ongoing research related to the subject of the Concept, from both international and national perspective ii. Organisation’s role or significance in the overall research effort within the field of the Concept on both the national and international scales iii. Objectives of the Concept iv. Proposed strategies and methods to be applied, and time schedule

Field of parallel and distributed information processing, knowledge technologies:

i. The knowledge oriented technologies and knowledge based research was represented by

semantic web and knowledge management. New opportunities to fulfil the challenge of past research

arisen with new Internet technologies and services as social networks, Wikipedia and availability of

vast amount of structured data (LinkedData, government data, community data) in the form of

lightweight semantic networks. Lightweight semantic networks and graphs are not represented by

strict semantic model, but evolve based on new data, resources integration, systems and user

interaction, and can be used for new type of knowledge bases. The challenge of unstructured data

(web, text and documents) processing still remains.

Mobile agents provide a distributed computing-based paradigm for code mobility that has

already demonstrated high effectiveness and efficiency in IP-based highly dynamic distributed

environments. Several mobile agent systems were proposed and developed. Based on the requirements

analysis and current state of the art we will focus on pervasive and trusted agent-based platforms used

in distributed processing.

Agent-based models have been used since the mid-1990s to solve a variety of business and

technology problems: supply chain optimization, consumer behaviour, economic analysis, social

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networks, the spread of epidemics, distributed computing, etc. Agent-based modelling is mainly used

to test how changes in individual behaviours will affect the system's emerging overall behaviour.

Agent-based simulation techniques represent an extremely active research area with growing relevance

to many scientific fields under overall umbrella of computationally intensive science (e-Science).

Although grid computing still plays a significant role in high performance computing, the research and

development of the area gradually shifted to cloud computing. World´s largest IT companies like

IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Google, Amazon offer public cloud computing service for customers, and

build private cloud systems within companies. Our research will be focused on interoperability of

different cloud platform and on trusted and elastic cloud computing.

ii. IISAS is quite known in knowledge oriented technologies in national and international scale.

In international scale, II SAS is a leader in email communication processing, where we have co-

organized related workshops E3C and EMAIL2012.

II SAS has been involved in EU projects related to semantics, enterprise search, email

processing. II SAS focuses also on emerging entity search, where we got international recognition by

acceptance of the research paper on WWW 2012 conference with 12% acceptance rate.

II SAS is also the author of research concept and main developer of the Secure Agent

Infrastructure (SAI) framework, its subsystems and agents. We also actively continue the research in

agent-based and service-based computing; we were the coordinators of numerous national and

international submitted project proposals, where SAI was the central part of the proposed project

concept and idea.

In agent-based simulation, our main focus is the development of a generic and modular agent-

based simulation platform (including universal large-scale data analysis methods).

II SAS has been playing significant roles in high performance computing in Slovakia and

will continue in research and development in this field. The Institute has rich experiences and good

cooperation with international as well as domestic partners within the past projects, as well as in good

HPC infrastructure for research and development. Recent project proposals within the area have been

initiated by IISAS.

iii. In the knowledge based technologies research we will continue with our research on

lightweight semantics gathered from structured and unstructured data. We are aware of many research

challenges, which need to be solved, and which are quite well covered in ongoing or proposed R&D

national and international projects.

The main objective in agent-based systems is in further research and exploiting the use of SAI

in systems for first respondents and crisis response, in business process execution and in secure cloud

resource management.

The objectives in high performance computing, parallel and distributed computing include

making cloud computing more acceptable by scientific and business communities by overcoming its

obstacles, mainly in interoperability, security and privacy.

In 3D visualization research, we are continuing by developing 3D visualization tools within current

projects.

iv. II SAS is currently involved in related research through the VENIS project (2011-2014, FP-

NMP-ICT); we shall try to be involved in new research projects related to knowledge oriented

technologies, where web or enterprise data are processed and managed in order to reuse them for

analytics, knowledge bases, web or enterprise search, or for entity search.

In agent-based systems, we shall continue to pursue our objectives through proposing and

delivering competitive 7th-8

th EU Framework Program projects in Security and IST calls as well as

national (APVV, VEGA) projects.

In order to intermediate between heterogeneous agent models, we plan to use semantic

approaches including (but not limited to) ontologies and JAVA reflection techniques, such as

annotations. Other potentially useful approaches include aspect-oriented programming, meta-

programming and model-driven software development.

Regarding data analysis tools we intend to investigate new methods of graph-based data

analysis, such as probabilistic and fuzzy inference, and explore new graph structures, especially the so-

called conceptual graphs.

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In cloud computing, an abstraction layer of cloud resources will be designed that would allow

applications to be portable between different cloud providers. Agent technologies would be applied to

strengthen security of cloud infrastructures and to improve customer’s data privacy in cloud.

Field of processing and coding of digital signals in multimedial systems:

i. Perfect reconstruction cosine/sine-modulated filter banks as the MDCT and MCLT are

fundamental processing components in many current international audio coding standards for the time-

to-frequency representation of digital signals. However, recently new audio/speech coding standards

have been established, such as Digital Radio Mondiale – digital audio broadcasting standard, MPEG-4

AAC-ELD audio coding standard, G.EV-VBR speech coding standard and G.729.1, 3GPP2 vocoders.

Beside new filter banks these systems define quite different transform lengths which are not a power

of two, specifically, the mixed-radix or composite transform lengths. Such transform lengths require

new fast and efficient computational structures to be designed. Consequently, new established

audio/speech coding standards have become the motivating and driving force for the research activities

to design new fast algorithms or fast computational structures necessary for their efficient

implementation for variety of composite transform lengths.

ii. The basic research in perfect reconstruction cosine/sine-modulated filter banks has been

conducted at the Institute more than one decade and resulted in the original scientific results published

in outstanding European and U. S. scientific journals.

iii. The basic research in perfect reconstruction cosine/sine-modulated filter banks would extend

knowledge in the theory of fast algorithms for their efficient implementation for variety of composite

transform lengths.

iv. The long-term basic research in perfect reconstruction cosine/sine-modulated filter banks has

led to the preparation of a monograph by V. Britaňák with the preliminary title: “Perfect

Reconstruction Cosine/Sine-modulated Filter Banks: General properties, Fast Algorithms and Audio

Coding Applications”.

Field of numerical mathematics and scientific and technical calculations, mathematical modelling

and computer simulation of complex natural phenomena:

i. In the field of computer simulation of fires considerable effort has been devoted currently to

precising mathematical and physical models of forest fires, fires in buildings, shopping centres, road

tunnels and subsequently to development of necessary program tools. In recent years, computer

simulation of fire is used as an economically least expensive method to obtain the knowledge about

ongoing fire processes and their visualization. This approach is especially valid in the case of fires in

human structures (tunnels, car parks and buildings) because full-scale fire experiments in such

structures could cause serious damages. Nowadays, monitoring the development of processes in the

fire environment allows to achieve relatively good knowledge about the dynamics of liquids and gases

and existing software tools provided by CFD (Computer Fluid Dynamics) simulation enable to

visualize their development. The careful verification and validation of these systems continue to

enhance their quality and reliability. An important progress in such activities has been achieved by the

National Institute of Standards and Technology, SP Swedish National Testing and Research institute

of Fire Technology, University of Greenwich, ETH Zurich, Lund University.

ii. The fire research team has achieved a high degree of the results acceptance on national level

and abroad. For the purpose of forest fire modeling, a team of experts from II SAS and TU Zvolen

established is able to model the course of forest fires by help of computers. Is is assumed that the

outcome of their research will become the subject of training specialists and will be introduced for

practical application.

II SAS (in collaboration with experts from the Faculty of Special Engineering of University in

Zilina) has ranked among few outstanding foreign institutions that have successfully conducted full-

scale automobile fire experiments in different conditions. A big amount of experimental data gathered,

experienced use of advanced fire simulators, the knowledge about fire models and their

implementations are promising basis for future research. An efficient reliable realization of fire

simulations for large open, closed, or semi-closed spaces (road tunnels, etc.) on high-performance

distributed computational infrastructure (available at II SAS and abroad) for fire safety purposes is a

challenging problem.

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iii. Future research aims at extending activities to computer simulation of forest fires and fires in

closed, semi-closed and open spaces using high-performance computers. Research in this field

requires the necessary input data for the mathematical and physical models which can be obtained by

extensive measurements during controlled fire experiments.

iv. within the coming period selected types of fire propagation simulation will be available both

for forest and for residential areas of town.

Field of research of speech communication, automatic processing of speech, processing of natural

language and computer linguistics:

i. Large –scale speech databases and text databases have been developed recently which enabled

the design of up to date speech recognition and speech synthesis systems. APD (Automatic

transcription of dictate) has already been installed to 1800 computers at the law courts and at the

Ministry of Justice and is in everyday use. Other 1800 licenses are ready to be installed in the first half

of 2012.

ii. The recognition accuracy of the APD (Automatic transcription of dictate) system is

comparable to that of the systems designed by the big foreign companies for English. It has shown that

our results are fully competitive to the comparable systems of the world best-known companies.

Moreover it works for Slovak, which is the inflective language and the task of large vocabulary

continuous speech recognition is therefore much more difficult than for instance in English.

iii. The success in APD design opens possibilities to utilize our recognition systems in other areas

of state management and in media-monitoring companies.

The research in foreign language speech-processing has started in the area of security of the aviation

communication. UI SAV Works on this task in the frame of the FP7 EU grant GAMMA in the frame

of the international consortium including companies like Boeing, Airbus and DLR

(Forschungszentrum der Bundesrepublik Deutschland für Luft- und Raumfahrt). (The grant is now in

the last phase of the approval procedure with evaluation 13 points out of 15).

In the speech synthesis we want to develop expressive speech synthesizer and to develop speech

synthesizer with higher understandability in adverse background conditions.

iv. The research concerning speech synthesis oriented on expressive speech synthesis and

synthesis in noisy environment is coducted within two ongoing EU structural funds project. The tasks

in the field of security of the aviation communication.should be fulfilled in four years within an FP7

project GAMMA.

Field of design of information system components, microelectronic structures and nano-structures

and their technological realisation, design and testability of digital systems:

i. a/ Methods and principles of designing highly dependable systems integrated on a single chip

(SoC) are required, especially when reliability of system components (cores) shows the decreasing

tendency due to new fault mechanisms and their increased occurrence probability in the nowadays

nanotechnologies. Increasing the reliability of complex SoCs is not possible without the

implementation of built-in self-repair (BISR) capability. The International Technology Roadmap for

Semiconductors advertises the need for increasing the reliability of irregular logic cores embedded in

SoCs, since the methods for BISR application to logic cores are at the present basically ad hoc

methods. b/ There are many methods of depth perception for building 3D models of the observed

objects and scenes; however still growing demand for real-time methods, or such that do not require

meticulous and time consuming scanning, but deliver both visual and 3D information instantly. Such

methods are extremely useful in numerous applications that deal with dynamic scenes (robotic

navigation, 3D map building, motion detection and tracking, object identification and scene

interpretation, etc.). The advantages of both methodologies should to be combined and build a

universal RGBD sensor working both indoors and outdoors and featuring a long range of depth

measurement.

- Electron-beam direct-write (EBDW) tools have been around for decades and are still successfully

used in the semiconductor industry as mask writers and for rapid device development. EBDW devices

have excellent resolution capabilities. In the past decade, the feature size in ultra large-scale

integration (ULSI) has been continuously decreasing, leading to nanostructure fabrication. The resist-

based electron beam lithography (EBL) seems to be the most suitable technique when nanostructures

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are desired. The achievement of sub-22-nm structures using EBL is a very sensitive process

determined by various factors, starting with the choice of resist material and ending with the

development process.

ii. a/ Two project proposals to the Slovak research and development agency (one in cooperation

with the FIIT SUT and FEI SUT) and one VEGA project have been submitted with the research

objective in this area. There is also an intention to establish cooperation with the research group at the

University of Cottbus in Germany and HES-SO Valais in Switzerland. b/ An FP7 project with an

international consortium has been submitted.

- The II SAS has many years experiences in electron beam lithography and patterning methods and

has been participating in a numerous domestic and international projects. The application of the next

research in the period 2012–2015 in domestic and international research projects is expected. The

facilities of II SAS – e-beam lithography machines ZBA series are unique equipments in the research

infrastructure in the middle Europe.

iii. a/ Research will be focused at developing a collection of new BISR methods, algorithms and

processes for random logic cores embedded in SoCs with the goal to automate the design process of

dependable random logic cores according to the required level of reliability and limitation of the

additional chip area. The hypothesis is that it is more suitable to use heuristic methods based on

incremental evaluation of chip parameters (reliability, chip area). The proposed approach represents a

unique research direction. b/ Since stereovision is a computationally intensive task that can be

parallelized, it will be implemented in hardware so to be independent of the computer. The objective is

designing the visual depth sensor applicable in many areas requiring real time 3D measurements,

especially in robotics for navigation, maps building, object recognition and scene interpretation. The

sensor would deliver high quality colour images with accompanying depth information at high frame

rates practically without limitations on range and environment of operation.

The e-beam nanolithography processes at nanometer dimensions will be investigated

experimentally followed with simulations. The final aim is to use of research results for exposures of

patterns at the dimensions region below 100 nm.

iv. a/ The steps of built-in self-repair clearly determine the order of the planned methods

development and provide a time sequence of their design, implementation and verification targeting

combinational and sequential circuits, control circuits, processors and other specific digital circuits. b/

The sensor will be composed of cameras, laser projector, computation core, memory all placed on

custom PCB and tightly enclosed. The main computation algorithms will be implemented into FPGA.

- Nanometer scale device fabrication rules require tight control of the developed polymer resist

profile. Process simulation is a key tool for optimization of the obtained lithography results. Crucial

item in nanolithography is appropriate e-beam sensitive resist material which can fulfill demands on

the current fabrication of sub-100 nm structures. Different e-beam sensitive resist materials will be

examined by using the new e-beam equipment ZBA Series and NanoMaker. Experimental

investigation of critical dimension control, line edge roughness, line width roughness, proximity

parameters, sensitivity/contrast curves for various process parameters will be performed. The process-

depending numerical lithographic parameter sets will be determined for direct writing e-beam

lithography exposure technology.

Field of modelling, simulation and control of discrete and hybrid systems:

i. New trends in the area of cybernetics, automation and control theory are research of emergent

behaviour in complex systems that are characterised by mutual interactions that influence dynamic

behaviour of such systems. Emergence in such systems is characterized by self-organization and self-

regulation. While control theory offers conceptual tools how to understand complex systems, the role

of up-to-date research is focused on explaining of emergent model of control in dependence of existing

environment. Modelling and simulation of complex systems can employ newest technology like cloud

computing virtualization and mobile solutions.

ii. Institute of informatics SAS and one of its predecessors – ICTR SAS since long has been

oriented on research of complex systems with emphasis on discrete and event systems. Great results

were achieved in the area of formalization of problems, modelling and simulation of the systems using

formalisms of Petri Nets and state-charts. Distinguished results were achieved in the domain of agents

and multi-agents technology, recently also with application in domain of mobile robotics (coordinated

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behaviour of a group of robots). The results were published in journals, books and proceedings

including those published by Springer, ad indexed in CC, SCOPUS and other databases.

iii. The research will be oriented on coordination and cooperation, application of artificial

intelligence methods and their application on distributed intelligence and distributed control. The goal

is to research and evolve methods of collective intelligence and apply the results in the area of swarm

robotics, social systems, economical and political systems, etc.

iv. The research group participated on several FP7 project proposal preparations in the area of

Security and Cognitive robotics, where research and development of complex systems behaviour were

the main topic addressed by the group. The research will be will be conducted under ongoing (APVV,

ERDF EU, VEGA, MAD) and possibly new national and international projects oriented on

development of new strategies for complex systems behaviour with emphasis on stability, robustness

and adaptivity. Application areas are e.g. in mobile robotics.

Field of animation and control of mechatronic systems and sensor systems:

i. The EC established the network of excellence “AMIOCOM” for RF MEMS that consist of 25

research institutes from 14 countries.

- This Interest in MEMS devices is confirmed by large publication activity in important

periodicals and books. (e.g. IEEE / ASME Trans. on Mechatronics, IEEE Trans. on Robotics and

Automation, Mechatronics, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, as well as thematically

oriented world conferences DETC, SPIE, IEEE, etc..

ii. Activities and research results in the field of mechatronics, robotics and sensor systems can be

summarised as follows:

Design, analysis and simulation of micro-robotic devices. The methods for the design, analysis and

solving complex micro-mechanisms based on compact – multi degree of freedom elastic structures

have been elaborated.

A mechatronic vision system for automatic perception and monitoring of static and moving

objects has been developed. The system consists of several relatively independent subsystems

cooperating in order to achieve the common goal to recognize the existence and the motion of objects

from the background, to measure parameters of it‘s motion and to support tracking. The combination

of an automatic recognition subsystem with an automatic object motion prediction and camera

orientation control facilitates the ability of the whole system to work autonomously in a real time. The

system is designed in a modular way to enable simple adaptation to several static and mobile cameras

mechanically oriented in space by the two degrees of freedom. The open architecture of the system

allows integration of several cameras control in the frame of ERDF EU project - CRISIS.

iii. The research and elaboration of previously stated problems concerning micro-roboti devices

will be oriented to investigation in MEMS structures with possibility of non-contact/wireless

energy/signal transmission. The complex approach includes design, analysis and modeling of MEMS

devices, mainly sensors and actuators, design of micro-electro-mechanical structures for sensors and

actuators, design methods and tools for analysis, modeling and simulation of MEMS characteristics.

- Research oriented to monitoring, recognition and motion tracking of persons, vehicles, aeroplanes

and other objects on the base of the mechatronic vision system. Standard and extraordinary situations

recognition (vehicle stop, motion of people, fire set up, vandalism) will be studied and elaborated.

iv. Research in this domain will be oriented to the following problems:

Development of tools and methods for design, analysis and modeling characteristics of micro/

electro/ mechanical structures and systems.

New principles of sensing together with elaboration of methodologies for design and solving

sensors / actuators and signal processing strategies.

Transmission of energy / signals “into” and “out of” micro–mechatronic devices.

Task related “smart” sensory systems.

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III. Partial indicators of the main activities:

1. Research output

i. List of the selected publications documenting the most important results of basic research. Total number of publications in the whole assessed period should not exceed the average number of the research employees

2007

[1] M. Babík and L. Hluchý. Optimizing Description Logic Reasoning for the Service

Matchmaking and Composition. accepted: Computing and Informatics Journal, 2007

[2] M. Babík, O. Habala, L. Hluchý, and M. Laclavík. Semantic Services Grid in Flood-

forecasting Simulations. Computing and Informatics, 26(4):447-464, 2007.

[3] Marek Bundzel, Tomas Kasanický and Baltazár Frankovič, Building Support Vector Machine

Alternative Using Algorithms of Computational Geometry, In: IEEE International Symposium

on Neural Networks 2006, Pages955-961, Chengdu, China, ISBN 978-3-540-34439-1

[4] Frankovič, B. - Budinská, I. Survey of agent and multiagent´s systems approach to the

modelling, management and control of production systems. In Proceedings of the 8th

International Symposium of Hungarian Researchers on Computational Intelligence and

Informatics. - Budapest: Budapest Tech Hungarian Fuzzy Association, 2007. ISBN 978-963-

7154-65-2, s. 55-69.

[5] Rusko, M. - Trnka, M. - Darjaa, S. - Kováč, R.: Modelling acoustic parameters of prosody in

Slovak using Classification and Regression Trees. In: Human Language Technologies as a

Challenge for Computer Science and Linguistics - Proceedings. Poznań, Poland, 2007. ISBN

978-83-7177-407-2, pp. 231-235.

[6] Rusko, M. - Sabo, R. - Dzúr M.: Sk-ToBI Scheme for Phonological Prosody Annotation in

Slovak. In: Text, Speech and Dialogue, 10th International Conference, TSD 2007, Pilsen,

Czech Republic. Springer-Verlag, LNAI 4629. ISBN 978-3-540-74627-0, pp. 334-341.

2008

[7] GLASA, Ján - HALADA, Ladislav. On elliptical model for forest fire spread modelling and

simulation. In Mathematics and Computers in Simulation. ISSN 0378-4754, 2008, Vol. 78,

No. 1, pp. 76-88. (0.738 – IF2007).

[8] ČAPKOVIČ, FRANTIŠEK: Modelling, analysis and control of agents’ behaviour (Chapter

XIV). In: Intelligence integration in distributed knowledge management, Section III Fuzzy-

based and other methods for integration, IGI Global, Hershey, PA: Information Science

Reference, 2009, pp. 226-252, ISBN 978-1-59904-576-4.

[9] ČAPKOVIČ, FRANTIŠEK: Synthesis of the supervising agent in MAS. In Computational

Science - ICCS 2008: 8th International Conference. Editor Marian Bubak, Geert Dick van

Albada, Jack Dongarra, Peter M. A. Sloot. - Berlin: Springer, 2008. ISSN 0302-9743. Lecture

Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 5102, part III, pp. 545-554.

2009

[10] Ciglan, Marek - Hluchý, Ladislav: Back-edge heuristic for efficient data distribution in grid

systems, LNCS Volume 5375, Springer Verlag, Berlin 2009, ISSN 0302-9743, ISBN 978-3-

540-89736-1, 51-56.

[11] BRITAŇÁK, Vladimír. Comment on "Fast radix-9 algorithm for the DCT-Icomputation". In

IEEE Signal Processing Letters, 2009, Vol. 16, No. 11, pp. 1005-1006. (1.203 - IF2008). ISSN

1070-9908.

[12] BRITAŇÁK, Vladimír. New universal rotation-based fast computational structures for an

efficient implementation of the DCT-IV/DST-IV and analysis/synthesis MDCT/MDST filter

banks. In Signal Processing, 2009, Vol. 89, pp. 2213-2232. (1.256 - IF2008). ISSN 0165-1684.

[13] BRITAŇÁK, Vladimír - LINCKLAEN ARRIËNS, Huibert J. Fast computational

structures for an efficient implementation of the complete TDAC analysis/synthesis

MDCT/MDST filter banks. In Signal Processing, 2009, Vol. 89, pp. 1379-1394. (1.256 -

IF2008). ISSN 0165-1684.

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[14] VUTOVA, Katia - KOLEVA, Elena - MLADENOV, Georgy - KOSTIČ, Ivan. Some

peculiarities of resist-profile simulation for positive-tone chemically amplified resists in

electron beam lithography. In Journal of Vacuum Science Technology B, 2009, Vol. 27, No. 1,

pp. 52-57. (1.445 - IF2008).

[15] VUTOVA, Katia - KOLEVA, Elena - MLADENOV, Georgy - KOSTIČ, Ivan -TANAKA, T.

- KAWABATA, Keishi. A simulation model for chemically amplified resist CAMP6. In

Microelectronic Engineering: an international journal of semiconductor manufacturing

technology. ISSN 0167-9317, 2009, Vol. 86, pp. 714-717. (1.583 - IF2008)

[16] DOBAI, Roland. Testing of delay faults in asynchronous circuits. In 14th IEEE European Test

Symposium : ETS 2009. Editor: J. L. Huertas. - IEEE Computer Society, 2009, CD

[17] DOBAI, Roland - GRAMATOVÁ, Elena. Deductive fault simulation for asynchronous

sequential circuits. In Proceedings of the 2009 12th EUROMICRO Conference on Digital

System Design, Architectures, Methods and Tools: DSD 2009. Editor Antonio Nunez, Pedro

P. Carballo. - Los Alamitos: IEEE Computer Society, 2009. ISBN 978-0-7695-3782-5, pp.

459-464.

[18] LACLAVÍK, Michal - ŠELENG, Martin - CIGLAN, Marek - HLUCHÝ, Ladislav. Ontea:

Platform for pattern based automated semantic annotation. In Computing and informatics,

2009, Vol. 28, No. 4, pp. 555-579. (0.492 - IF2008). (2009 - Current Contents). ISSN 0232-

0274.

2010

[19] ČAPKOVIČ, František - JOTSOV, Vladimir. A system approach to agent negotiation and

learning. In Intelligent systems: from theory to practice. - Berlin: Springer, 2010, pp. 133-160.

ISBN 978-3-642-13427-2.

[20] ČAPKOVIČ, František. A system approach to describing, analysing and control of the

behaviour of agents in MAS: chapter 14. In Cybernetics and systems theory in management:

tools, views, and advancements. - New York: Information Science Reference, 2010, pp. 253-

273. ISBN 978-1-61520-668-1.

[21] GLASA, Ján - HALADA, Ladislav. On mathematical foundations of elliptical forest fire

spread model: chapter 12. In Forest fires: detection, suppression and prevention. - Nova

Science Publishers, 2009, pp. 315-333. ISBN 978-1-60741-716-3.

[22] ČAPKOVIČ, František. Automatic control synthesis for agents and their cooperation in MAS.

In Computing and Informatics, 2010, Vol. 29, No.7, pp. 1045-1071. (0.456 - IF2009). ISSN

0232-0274.

[23] DOBAI, Roland - GRAMATOVÁ, Elena. Deductive fault simulation technique for

asynchronous circuits. In Computing and Informatics, 2010, Vol. 29, No. 6, pp. 1025-1043.

(0.456 - IF2009). ISSN 0232-0274.

[24] DOBAI, Roland - GRAMATOVÁ, Elena. Test pattern generation for the

combinational representation of asynchronous circuits. In 13th IEEE International Symposium

on Design and Diagnostics of Electronic Circuits and Systems: 13th IEEE DDECS 2010. Eds

Z. Kotásek, A. Steininger, E. Gramatová, H. Zimmermann, E. Armengaud, H.T. Vierhaus,

M.Függer, J.Lechner. - Vienna: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2010, pp.

323-328. ISBN 978-1-4244-6610-8.

[25] GLASA, Ján - HALADA, Ladislav. A generalization of elliptical fire spread model. In Forest

fire research: proceedings. Editor D.X. Viegas. - Coimbra: University of Coimbra, 2010, 9 pp.

ISBN 978-989-20-2157-7.

2011

[26] BEŇUŠ, Štefan. Control of phonemic length contrast and speech rate in vocalic and

consonantal syllable nuclei. In Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2011, Vol. 130,

No. 4, pp. 2116-2127. (1.644 - IF2010). (2011 - Current Contents). ISSN 0001-4966

[27] BRITAŇÁK, Vladimír. On properties, relations, and simplified implementation of filter banks

in the Dolby digital (plus) AC-3 audio coding standards. In IEEE Transactions on Audio,

Speech, and Language Processing, Vol. 19, No. 5, pp. 1231-1241. (1.668 - IF2010). ISSN

1558-7916.

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[28] BRITAŇÁK, Vladimír. A survey of efficient MDCT implementations in MP3 audio coding

standard: retrospective and state-of-the-art. In Signal Processing, 2011, Vol. 91, No. 4, pp.

624-672. (1.351 - IF2010). ISSN 0165-1684.

[29] MALÍK, Peter. Highly scalable IP core to accelerate the forward/backward modified discrete

cosine transform in MP3 implemented to FPGA and low-power ASIC. In IET Journal: IET

Circuits, Devices & Systems, 2011, Vol. 5, No. 5, pp. 351-359. (0.495 - IF2010). ISSN 1751-

858X.

[30] MALÍK, Peter. Computational models designed in MATLAB to improve parameters and cost

of modern chips: chapter 5. In MATLAB for engineers - applications in control, electrical

engineering, IT and robotics. - Rjeka: InTech Open Access Publisher, 2011, pp. 97-118. ISBN

978-953-307-914-1.

[31] LACLAVÍK, Michal - DLUGOLINSKÝ, Štefan - ŠELENG, Martin - KVASSAY, Marcel -

GATIAL, Emil - BALOGH, Zoltán - HLUCHÝ, Ladislav. Email analysis and information

extraction for enterprise benefit. In Computing and Informatics, 2011, Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 57-

87. (0.356 - IF2010). ISSN 0232-0274

Selected CC publications:

The first author is from II SAS:

[32] BABÍK, Marian - HLUCHÝ, Ladislav. Optimizing description logic reasoning for the large-

scale semantic repositories. In Concurrency and computation - practice & experience, 2009,

Vol. 21, pp. 635-650. (1.791 - IF2008). ISSN 1532-0626. ADC

[33] BABÍK, Marian - LACLAVÍK, Michal - BALOGH, Zoltán - HLUCHÝ, Ladislav -

HABALA, Ondrej. Knowledge-based Grid workflow system. In Lecture Notes in Computer

Science: computational science - ICCS 2007, 2007, Vol. 4489, part III. ADCA

[34] BEŇUŠ, Štefan - GRAVANO, Agustin - HIRSCHBERG, Julia. Pragmatic aspects of temporal

accommodation in turn-taking. In Journal of Pragmatics, 2011, Vol. 43, pp. 3001-3027. (0.856

- IF2010). (2011 - Current Contents). ISSN 0378-2166.ADCA

[35] BRITAŇÁK, Vladimír. New fast computational structures for an efficient implementation of

the forward/backward MDCT in MP3 audio coding standard. In Signal Processing, 2010, Vol.

90, pp. 536-547. (1.135 - IF2009). (2010 - Current Contents). ISSN 0165-1684. ADCA

[36] DOBAI, Roland - GRAMATOVÁ, Elena. A novel automatic test pattern generator for

asynchronous sequential digital circuits. In Microelectronics Journal, 2011, Vol. 42, No. 3, pp.

501-508. (0.787 - IF2010). (2011 - Current Contents). ISSN 0026-2692. ADCA

The first author is not from II SAS:

[37] ANTOS, J. - BABÍK, Marian - BENJAMIN, D. - CABRERA, S. - CHAN, A.W. - CHEN,

Y.C. - COCA, M. - COOPER, b. - FARRINGTON, S. - GENSER, K. - HATAKEYAMA, K. -

HOU, S. - HSIEH, T.L. - JAYATILAKA, B. - JUN, S.Y. - KOTWAL, A.V. - KRAAN, A.C. -

LYSAK, R. - MANDRICHENKO, I.V. - MURAT, P. - ROBSON, A. - SAVARD, P. -

SIKET, M. - STELZER, B. - SYU, J. - TENG, P.K. - TIMM, S.C. - TOMURA, T. -

VATAGA, E. - WOLBERS, S.A. Data processing model for the CDF experiment. In IEEE

Transactions on Nuclear Science, 2006, Vol. 53, No. 5. ISSN 0018-9499. Available on:

<http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/login.jsp?url=/ieI5/23/36085/01710292.pdf>. ADCA

[38] BALAŽOVJECH, Martin - HALADA, Ladislav. Effective computation of restoring force

vector in finite element method. In Kybernetika, 2007, Vol. 43, No. 6. pp. 767-776. (0.293 -

IF2006). (2007 - Current Contents). ISSN 0023-5954. ADCA

[39] BOVOLO, C. Isabella - ABELE, Simon J. - BATHURST, James C. - CABALLERO, David -

CIGLAN, Marek - EFTICHIDIS, George - ŠIMO, Branislav. A distributed framework for

multi-risk assessment of natural hazard used to model the effects of forest fire on hydrology

and sediment yield. In Computers and Geosciences, 2009, Vol. 35, pp. 924-945. (1.188 -

IF2008). (2009 - Current Contents). ISSN 0098-3004. ADCA

[40] CAMBEL, Vladimír - ELIÁŠ, Peter - GREGUŠOVÁ, Dagmar - FEDOR, Ján - MARTAUS,

Jozef - KARAPETROV, Goran - NOVOSAD, V. - KOSTIČ, Ivan. Novel magnetic tips

developed for the switching magnetization magnetic force microscopy. In Journal of

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Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2010, Vol.10, pp. 4477-4481. (1.435 - IF2009). (2010 -

Current Contents). ISSN 1533-4880. ADCA

[41] DUJAVOVÁ, Agáta - SOJKOVÁ, Michaela - CHROMIK, Štefan - ŠTRBÍK, Vladimír -

KOSTIČ, Ivan. Tl-based patterned superconducting structures: fabrication and study. In

Superconductor Science and Technology, 2010, Vol. 23, art. No. 045007. (2.694 - IF2009).

(2010 - Current Contents, SCOPUS). ISSN 0953-2048. ADCA

[42] DUJAVOVÁ, Agáta - SOJKOVÁ, Michaela - GAŽI, Štefan - ŠTRBÍK, Vladimír - POLÁK,

Milan - KOSTIČ, Ivan - CHROMIK, Štefan. The influence of the rhenium in the precursor

film on the properties of the thin superconducting films based on thallium. In Physica C, 2009,

Vol. 469, pp. 308-311. (0.740 - IF2008). (2009 - Current Contents, SCOPUS). ISSN 0921-

4534. ADCA

[43] DUJAVOVÁ, Agáta - VALERIÁNOVÁ, Michaela - ŠTRBÍK, Vladimír - MATKOVIČOVÁ,

Z. - PLESCH, G. - KOSTIČ, Ivan. Influence of the reaction conditions on the formation of

Tl(Re)-Ba-Ca-Cu-O superconducting thin films by thallination in open system. In Central

European Journal of Physics, 2007, Vol. 5, pp. 229-235. (2007 - Current Contents, SCOPUS).

ADCA

[44] ELIÁŠ, Peter - KOSTIČ, Ivan - ŠOLTÝS, Ján. Patterning of pyramidal recesses in (1 0 0) InP

substrate. In Microelectronic Engineering, 2011, Vol. 88, pp. 36-40. (1.569 - IF2010). (2011 -

Current Contents). ISSN 0167-9317. ADCA

[45] ELIÁŠ, Peter - ŠOLTÝS, Ján - KOSTIČ, Ivan. Study of ordinary facets revealed in (1 0 0)

InP by etching in HCl. In Materials Science and Engineering. – Lausanne : Elsevier Sequoia.

B. Solid-State Materials for Advanced Technology, 2007, Vol. 138, pp. 172-179. (1.330 -

IF2006). ADCA

[46] GREGUŠOVÁ, Dagmar - KÚDELA, Róbert - ELIÁŠ, Peter - ŠOLTÝS, Ján - KOSTIČ, Ivan

- CAMBEL, Vladimír. GaAs/AlAs/InGaP heterostructure: a versatile material basis for

cantilever designs. In Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 2010, Vol. 20, art.

No. 097001. (1.997 - IF2009). (2010 - Current Contents). ISSN 0960-1317. ADCA

[47] GREGUŠOVÁ, Dagmar - MARTAUS, Jozef - FEDOR, Ján - KÚDELA, Róbert - KOSTIČ,

Ivan - CAMBEL, Vladimír. On-tip sub-micrometer Hall probes for magnetic microscopy

prepared by AFM lithography. In Ultramicroscopy, 2009, Vol. 109, pp. 1080-1084. (2.629 -

IF2008). (2009 - Current Contents). ADCA

[48] HALAHOVETS, Yuriy - ŠIFFALOVIČ, Peter - JERGEL, Matej - SENDERÁK, Rudolf -

MAJKOVÁ, Eva - LUBY, Štefan - KOSTIČ, Ivan - SZYMANSKI, B. - STOBIECKI, F.

Scanning magneto-optical Kerr microscope with auto-balanced detection scheme. In Review

of Scientific Instruments, 2011, Vol. 82, No. 8, 083706. (1.598 - IF2010). (2011 - Current

Contents, SCOPUS). ISSN 0034-6748. ADCA

[49] CHITU, Lívia - LUBY, Štefan - MAJKOVÁ, Eva - HRKÚT, Pavol - MATAY, Ladislav -

KOSTIČ, Ivan - SATKA, A. Assembling of nanoparticle arrays using microelectromagnetic

matrix. In Superlattices and Microstructures, 2008, Vol. 44, No. 4-5, pp. 528-532. (1.340 -

IF2007). ISSN 0749-6036. ADCA

[50] IVANOVA, K. - SAROV, Y. - IVANOV, T.Z. - FRANK, A. - ZÖLLNER, J. - BITTERLICH,

Ch. - WENZEL, U. - VOLLAND, B. - KLETT, S. - RANGELOW, I.W. - ZAWIERUCHA, P.

- ZIELONY, M. - GOTSZALK, T. - DONTZOV, D. - SCHOTT, W. - NIKOLOV, N. - ZIER,

M. - SCHMIDT, B. - ENGL, W. - SULZBACH, T. - KOSTIČ, Ivan. Scanning proximal

probes for parallel imaging and lithography. In Journal of Vacuum Science Technology B,

2008, Vol. 26, No. 6, pp. 2367-2373. (1.419 - IF2007). ADCA

[51] LALINSKÝ, Tibor - VANKO, Gabriel - VINCZE, A. - HAŠČÍK, Štefan - OSVALD, Jozef -

DONOVAL, D. - TOMÁŠKA, M. - KOSTIČ, Ivan. Effect of fluorine interface redistribution

on performance of AlGaN/GaN HEMTs. In Microelectronic Engineering, 2011, Vol. 88, pp.

166-169. (1.569 - IF2010). (2011 - Current Contents). ISSN 0167-9317. ADCA

[52] LALINSKÝ, Tibor - DRŽÍK, Milan - JAKOVENKO, J. - VANKO, Gabriel - MOZOLOVÁ,

Želmíra - HAŠČÍK, Štefan - CHLPÍK, J. - HOTOVÝ, I. - ŘEHÁČEK, V. - KOSTIČ, Ivan -

MATAY, Ladislav - HUSÁK, M. GaAs based micromachined thermal converter for gas

sensors. In Sensors and Actuators A : Physical, 2008, Vol. 142, pp. 147-152. (1.350 - IF2007).

ADCA

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[53] LECCA, Guiditta - PETITDIDIER, Monique - HLUCHÝ, Ladislav - IVANOVIC, M. -

KUSSUL, Nataliia - RAY, N. - THIERON, V. Grid computing technology for hydrological

applications. In Journal of hydrology, 2011, No. 403, pp. 186-199. (2.514 - IF2010). (2011 -

Current Contents). ISSN 0022-1694. ADCA

[54] LUCKÁ, Mária - MELICHERČÍK, Igor - HALADA, Ladislav. Application of multistage

stochastic programs solved in parallel in portfolio management. In Parallel Computing, 2008,

Vol. 34, No. 6-8, pp. 469-485. (0.825 - IF2007). ISSN 0167-8191. ADCA

[55] PARULEK, Július - CIGLAN, Marek - ŠIMO, Branislav - ŠRÁMEK, Miloš - HLUCHÝ,

Ladislav - ZAHRADNÍK, Ivan. Grid problem solving environment for stereology based

modelling. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science, lNCS 4804, Part II, pp. 1417-1434. ISSN

0302-9743. ADCA

[56] RANGELOW, I.W. - IVANOV, T.Z. - IVANOVA, K. - VOLLAND, B. - GRABIEC, P. -

SAROV, Y. - PERSAUD, A. - GOTSZALK, T. - ZAWIERUCHA, P. - ZIELONY, M. -

DONTZOV, D. - SCHMIDT, B - ZIER, M. - NIKOLOV, N. - KOSTIČ, Ivan - ENGL, W. -

SULZBACH, T. - MIELCZARSKI, J. - KOLB, S. - DU LATIMIER, P. - PEDREAU, R. -

DJAKOV, V. - HUQ, S.E. - EDINGER, K. - FORTAGNE, O. - ALMANSA, A. - BLOM,

H.O. Piezoresistive and self-actuated 128-cantilever arrays for nanotechnology applications. In

Microelectronic Engineering: An International Journal of Semiconductor Manufacturing

Technology, 2007, Vol. 84, No. 5-8, p. 1260-1264. ISSN 0167-9317. ADCA

[57] SAROV, Y. - FRANK, A. - IVANOV, Tzv. - ZÖLLNER, J.-P. - IVANOVA, K. -

VOLLAND, B. - RANGELOW, I.W. - BROGAN, A. - WILSON, R. - ZAWIERUCHA, P. -

ZIELONY, M. - GOTSZALK, T. - NIKOLOV, N. - ZIER, M. - SCHMIDT, B - KOSTIČ,

Ivan. Parallel proximal probe arrays with vertical interconnections. In Journal of Vacuum

Science and Technology B. - Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures, 2009, Vol. 27, No.

6, pp. 3132-3138. (1.445 - IF2008). (2009 - Current Contents). ISSN 1071-1023. ADCA

[58] SCHWIEGELSHOHN, Uwe - BADIA, Rosa M. - BUBAK, Marian - DANELUTTO, Marco -

DUSTDAR, Schahram - GAGLIARDI, Fabrizio - GEIGER, Alfred - HLUCHÝ, Ladislav -

KRANZLMÜLLER, Dieter - LAURE, Erwin - PRIOL, Thierry - REINEFELD, Alexander -

RESCH, Michael - REUTER, Andreas - RIENHOFF, Otto - RÜTER, Thomas - SLOOT, Peter

M. A. - TALIA, Domenico - ULLMANN, Klaus - YAHYAPOUR, Ramin. Perspectives on

grid computing. In Future Generation Computer Systems: The International Journal of Grid

Computing - Theory Methods and Application, 2010, Vol. 26, No. 8, pp.1104-1115. (2.229 -

IF2009). (2010 - Current Contents). ISSN 0167-739X. ADCA

[59] SOJKOVÁ, Michaela - ODIER, P. - CHROMIK, Štefan - ŠTRBÍK, Vladimír - POLÁK, Milan

KOSTIČ, Ivan. Influence of the buffer layer on the growth of superconducting films based on

mercury. In Superconductor Science and Technology. ISSN 0953-2048, 2007, Vol. 20, pp.

900-903. (1.440 - IF2006). ADCA

[60] ŠOLTÝS, Ján - KÚDELA, Róbert - KUČERA, Michal - ELIÁŠ, Peter - NOVÁK, Jozef -

CAMBEL, Vladimír - VÁVRA, Ivo -KOSTIČ, Ivan. Characterization of an AlGaAs/GaAs

quantum well prepared on objects of pyramidal shape. In Journal of Crystal Growth, 2011,

Vol. 316, pp. 67-70. (1.737 - IF2010). (2011 - Current Contents, SCOPUS). ISSN 0022-0248.

ADCA

[61] VALERIÁNOVÁ, Michaela - ODIER, P. - CHROMIK, Štefan - ŠTRBÍK, Vladimír -

POLÁK, Milan - KOSTIČ, Ivan. Influence of the buffer layer on the growth of

superconducting films based on mercury. In Superconductor Science and Technology, 2007,

Vol. 20, pp. 900-903. (1.440 - IF2006). (2007 - Current Contents, SCOPUS). ISSN 0953-

2048. ADCA

[62] VANKO, Gabriel - LALINSKÝ, Tibor - MOZOLOVÁ, Želmíra - LIDAY, J. - VOGRINČIČ,

P. - VINCZE, A. - UHEREK, F. - HAŠČÍK, Štefan - KOSTIČ, Ivan. Nb-Ti/Al/Ni/Au based

ohmic contacts to AlGaN/GaN. In Vacuum, 2007, Vol. 82, pp. 193-169. (0.830 - IF2006).

ADCA

[63] VANKO, Gabriel - LALINSKÝ, Tibor - HAŠČÍK, Štefan - RÝGER, I. - MOZOLOVÁ,

Želmíra - ŠKRINIAROVÁ, J. - TOMÁŠKA, M. - KOSTIČ, Ivan - VINCZE, A. Impact of

SF6 plasma treatment on performance of AlGaN/GaN HEMT. In Vacuum, 2009, Vol. 84, pp.

235-237. (1.114 - IF2008). ISSN 0042-207X. ADCA

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[64] VANKO, Gabriel - DRŽÍK, Milan - VALLO, Martin - LALINSKÝ, Tibor - KUTIŠ, V. -

STANČÍK, S. - RÝGER, Ivan - BENČÚROVÁ, Anna. AlGaN/GaN C-HEMT structures for

dynamic stress detection. In Sensors and Actuators A, 2011, Vol. 172, pp. 98-102. (3.368 -

IF2010). (2011 - Current Contents). ISSN 0925-4005. ADCA

[65] VOLLAND, B. - IVANOVA, K. - IVANOV, T.Z. - SAROV, Y. - GULIYEV, E. -

PERSAUD, A. - ZOLLNER, J.-P. - KLETT, S. - KOSTIČ, Ivan - RANGELOW, I.W. Duo-

action electro thermal micro gripper. In Microelectronic Engineering: An International Journal

of Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology, 2007, Vol. 84, pp. 1329-1332. ISSN 0167-

9317. ADCA

[66] VUTOVA, Katia - KOLEVA, Elena - MLADENOV, Georgy - KOSTIČ, Ivan - TANAKA,

T. Computer simulation of resist profiles at electron beam nanolithography. In Microelectronic

Engineering: an international journal of semiconductor manufacturing technology, 2010, Vol.

87, pp. 1108-1111. (1.488 - IF2009). (2010 - Current Contents). ISSN 0167-9317. ADCA

ii. List of the selected publications documenting the most important results of applied research

2007

[1] L.Halada, P.Weisenpacher, J.Glasa: Reconstruction of the Forest Fire Propagation Case When

People Where Entrapped by Fire, Forest Ecology and Management, Vol. 234S, pp. S127,

November 2006.

[2] J.Glasa, L.Halada: Application of Envelope Theory for 2D Fire Front Evolution, Forest

Ecology and Management, Vol. 234S, pp. S129, November 2006.

[3] J.Glasa, L.Halada: On Elliptical Model for Forest Fire Spread Modelling and Simulation,

Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, July 2007, DOI: 10.1016/j.matcom.2007.06.001.

(electronic source, to appear)

[4] Budinská I. - Gatial E. - Frankovič B. - Oravec V.: Ontology driven administrative workflow

management system with knowledge support. In MCPL 2007: Management and control of

production and logistics. ISBN 978-973-739-481-1, part II, PP. 337-342.

[5] Laclavík M. - Šeleng M. - Hluchý L.: Network enterprise interoperability and collaboration

using e-mail communication. In Expanding the knowledge economy: Issues, applications, case

studies. - Amsterdam: IOS Press, 2007. ISBN 978-1-58603-801-4, part 2, s. 1078-1084.

2008

[6] LACLAVÍK, Michal - CIGLAN, Marek - ŠELENG, Martin - HLUCHÝ, Ladislav. Ontea:

Empowering automatic semantic annotation in grid. In Parallel processing and applied

mathematics: 7th International Conference, PPAM 2007. Editor R. Wyrzykowski, Jack

Dongarra, Konrad Karczewski, Wasniewski. - Berlin: Springer, 2008. ISBN 978-3-540-

68105-2. ISSN 0302-9743. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 4967, pp. 302-311.

[7] LACLAVÍK, Michal - ŠELENG, Martin - HLUCHÝ, Ladislav. Towards large scale semantic

annotation built on MapReduce architecture. In Computational Science - ICCS 2008: 8th

International Conference. Editor Marian Bubak, Geert Dick van Albada, Jack Dongarra, Peter

M. A. Sloot. - Berlin: Springer, 2008. ISSN 0302-9743. Lecture Notes in Computer Science.

Vol. 5102, 2008, part III, pp. 331-338.

[8] DARJAA, Sachia - RUSKO, Milan - TRNKA, Marián - ZEMAN, Viliam. How to teach

Slovak TTS to speak (serviko) Romani. In Proceedings ELMAR-2008 : 50th International

Symposium ELMAR-2008. Editor Mislav Grgic, Sonja Grgic. - Zadar : Croatian Society

Electronics in Marine - ELMAR, 2008. ISBN 978-953-7044-06-0. ISSN 1334-2630, Vol. 2,

PP. 647-650.

[9] RUSKO, Milan - DARJAA, Sachia - TRNKA, Marián - ZEMAN, Viliam - GLOVŇA, Juraj.

Making speech technologies available in (Serviko) Romani language. In Text, Speech and

Dialogue : TSD 2008. - Berlin : Springer Verlag, 2008. ISBN 978-3-540-87390-7. Lecture

Notes in Artificial Intelligence. Vol. 5246, 2008, pp. 501-508.

[10] SABO, Róbert. Annotated speech database of parliament recordings. In Akustika a

spracovanie reči : Zborník referátov zo seminára. Editors: Milan Rusko, Marián Trnka, Jozef

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Juhár. - Bratislava : Ústav informatiky SAV : Slovenská akustická spoločnosť, 2008. ISBN

978-80-969202- 8-0, pp. 131-135 (in Slovak).

[11] SABO, Róbert - TRNKA, Marián - PLEVA, Matúš. Comparison of properties of speecj

database annotation tools. In Akustika a spracovanie reči: Zborník referátov zo seminára.

Editors: Milan Rusko, Marián Trnka, Jozef Juhár. - Bratislava : Ústav informatiky SAV:

Slovenská akustická spolocnost, 2008. ISBN 978-80-969202-8-0, pp. 136-141 (in Slovak).

2009

[12] KOSTIČ, Ivan - BARÁK, Vladislav - BENČÚROVÁ, Anna - ČAPLOVIČ, Igor - HRKÚT,

Pavol - KONEČNÍKOVÁ, Anna - MATAY, Ladislav - NEMEC, Pavol - RITOMSKÝ,

Adrian. E-beam lithography for photomask fabrication. In Multi-cantilever parallel scanning

systems: proceedings: PRONANO Workshop 2009. Editor Peter Scharff. - Ilmenau: Ilmenau

University of Technology, 2009, pp. 71-78.

[13] Y. SAROV, A. FRANK, TZV. IVANOV, J. ZÖLLNER, K. IVANOVA, B. VOLLAND AND

I.W. RANGELOW, A. BROGAN AND R. WILSON, P. ZAWIERUCHA, M. ZIELONY

AND T. GOTSZALK, N. NIKOLOV, M. ZIER AND B. SCHMIDT, I. KOSTIČ. Parallel

Proximal Probe Arrays with Vertical Interconnections. Submitted to J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B

(poster, 53rd

International Conference on Electron, Ion, And Photon Beam Technology &

Nanofabrication, Marco Island, USA, May 26-29, 2009).

[14] HLUCHÝ, Ladislav - HABALA, Ondrej - TRAN, Dinh Viet - CIGLAN, Marek.

Hydrometeorological scenarios using advanced data mining and integration. In The Sixth

International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery: proceedings: FSKD

2009. Vol. 7. Editor: Y. Chen, Hepu Deng, Degan Zhang, Yingyuan Xiao. - Los Alamitos:

IEEE Computer Society, 2009. ISBN 978-0-7695-3735-1, pp. 260-264.

[15] HLUCHÝ, Ladislav - HABALA, Ondrej - CIGLAN, Marek - TRAN, Dinh Viet - ŠIMO,

Branislav. Data mining and integration for environmental data archives. In Materials of the

International Conference Electronic Geophysical Year: State of the Art and Results. –

Geophysical Center RAS, 2009, pp. 25-26.

2010

[16] LACLAVÍK, Michal - ŠELENG, Martin - DLUGOLINSKÝ, Štefan - GATIAL, Emil -

HLUCHÝ, Ladislav. Tools for email based recommendation in enterprise. In ENTERprise

Information Systems: CENTERIS 2010. Eds J.E.Q. Varajo, M. M. Cruz-Cunha, G.D. Putnik,

A. Trigo. - Berlin: Springer, 2010, part I, pp. 209-218. ISBN 978-3-642-16401-9. ISSN 1865-

0929.

[17] LACLAVÍK, Michal - DLUGOLINSKÝ, Štefan - KVASSAY, Marcel - HLUCHÝ, Ladislav.

Use of email social networks for enterprise benefit. In WI-IAT 2010: the 2010

IEEE/WIC/ACM International Joint Conference on Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent

Technology. Eds X.J. Huang, I. King, V. Raghavan, S. Rueger. - Los Alamitos: IEEE

Computer Society, 2010, pp. 67-70. ISBN 978-0-7695-4191-4.

[18] WEISENPACHER, Peter - GLASA, Ján - HALADA, Ladislav. Automobile fires in wildland-

urban interface. In Forest fire research: proceedings. Editor D.X. Viegas. - Coimbra:

University of Coimbra, 2010, 12 pp. ISBN 978-989-20-2157-7.

[19] WEISENPACHER, Peter - GLASA, Ján - HALADA, Ladislav. Computer simulation of

automobile engine compartment fire. In Combustion and fire dynamics: international

congress. Editor J.A. Capote. - Santander: GIDAI - Fire Safety - Research and Technology,

2010, pp. 257-270. ISBN 978-84-86116-23-1.

[20] HALADA, Ladislav - WEISENPACHER, Peter - GLASA, Ján. Possible use of computer fire

simulation for automobile fire safety purposes. In Ochrana pred požiarmi a záchranné služby. -

Žilina: FŠI ŽU v Žiline, 2010, pp. 68-77. ISBN 978- 80-554-0208-6.

2011

[21] RUSKO, Milan - JUHÁR, Jozef - TRNKA, Marián - STAŠ, Ján - DARJAA, Sakhia -

HLÁDEK, Daniel - CERŇAK, Miloš - PAPCO, Marek - SABO, Róbert - PLEVA, Matúš -

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RITOMSKÝ, Marian - LOJKA, Martin. Slovak automatic transcription and dictation system

for the judicial domain. In Human Language Technologies as a Challenge for Computer

Science and Linguistics: 5th Language & Technology Conference. - Poznań : Fundacja

Uniwersytetu Im. A. Miczkiewicza, 2011, pp. 365-369. ISBN 978-83-932640-1-8.

[22] BEŇUŠ, Štefan. Control of phonemic length contrast and speech rate in vocalic and

consonantal syllable nuclei. In Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2011, Vol. 130,

No. 4, pp. 2116-2127. (1.644 - IF2010). (2011 - Current Contents). ISSN 0001-4966.

[23] BEŇUŠ, Štefan - GRAVANO, Agustin - HIRSCHBERG, Julia. Pragmatic aspects of temporal

accommodation in turn-taking. In Journal of Pragmatics, Vol. 43, pp. 3001-3027. ISSN 0378-

2166.

[24] ČAPKOVIČ, František. Cooperation of hybrid agents in models of manufacturing systems. In

Agent and multi-agent systems : technologies and applications. - Berlin : Springer, 2011,

LNAI 6682, pp. 221-230. ISBN 978-3-642-21999-3. ISSN 0302-9743.

[25] BUDINSKÁ, Ivana - BALOGH, Zoltán - ZELENKA, Ján. Implementation of discrete event

simulation on a manufacturing system optimization. In Journal of Cybernetics and Informatics,

2010, Vol. 11, 7 pp. ISSN 1336-4774. ADFB

[26] ZELENKA, Ján. Cooperation particle swarm optimization with discrete events systems by

dynamical rescheduling : chapter 5. In Recent advances in Intelligent Engineering Systems :

Studies in Computational Intelligence. - Springer, 2012, Vol. 378, pp. 105-130. ISBN 978-3-

642-23229-9. Accepted for printing in 2011, ABC

iii. List of monographs/books published abroad

[1] HAVLÍK, Štefan. Land robotic vehicles for demining. In Humanitarian demining, innovative

solutions and the challenges of technology. - 2007. ISBN 978-3-902613-16-5, p.. (chapter in

monograph)

[2] HAVLÍK, Štefan. Some robotic approaches and technologies for humanitarian demining. In

Humanitarian demining, innovative solutions and the challenges of technology. - 2007. ISBN

978-3-902613-16-5, (chapter in monograph)

[3] ČAPKOVIČ, František. Modelling, analysing, and control of agents’ behaviour. In

Intelligence integration in distributed knowledge management : Section III: Fuzzy-based and

other methods for integration. - Hershey, PA : Information Science Reference, 2009, chapter

XIV, PP. 226-252. ISBN 978-1-59904-576-4. (chapter in monograph)

[4] FRANKOVIČ, Baltazár - DANG, Thanh Tung - KASANICKÝ, Tomáš - ORAVEC, Viktor -

BUDINSKÁ, Ivana. Agent oriented engineering and methodologies with application to

production, economic and social systems. In Multiagent systems. - Vienna : In-Tech Education

and Publishing KG, 2009, chapter 15, pp. 289-314. ISBN 978-3-902613-51-6. (chapter in

monograph)

[5] ČAPKOVIČ, František - JOTSOV, Vladimir. A system approach to agent negotiation and

learning. In Intelligent systems : from theory to practice. - Berlin : Springer, 2010, pp. 133-

160. ISBN 978-3-642-13427-2. (chapter in monograph)

[6] ČAPKOVIČ, František. A system approach to describing, analysing and control of the

behaviour of agents in MAS : chapter 14. In Cybernetics and systems theory in management :

tools, views, and advancements. - New York : Information Science Reference, 2010, pp. 253-

273. ISBN 978-1-61520-668-1. (chapter in monograph)

[7] GLASA, Ján - HALADA, Ladislav. On mathematical foundations of elliptical forest fire

spread model : chapter 12. In Forest fires: detection, suppression and prevention. - Nova

Science Publishers, 2009, pp. 315-333. ISBN 978-1-60741-716-3. (chapter in monograph)

[8] HAVLÍK, Štefan. Robotic tools for de-mining and risky operations. In Using robots in

hazardous environments: landmine detection, de-mining and other applications : chapter 14. -

Abington : Woodhead Publishing Limited, 2010, pp. 327-352. ISBN 978-1-84569-786-0.

(chapter in monograph)

[9] BALÁŽ, Marcel - DOBAI, Roland - GRAMATOVÁ, Elena. Delay faults testing. In UBAR,

Raimund - RAIK, Jaan - VIERHAUS, Heinrich T. Design and test technology for dependable

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systems-on-chip. - New York : Information Science Reference, 2011, pp. 377-394. ISBN 978-

1-60960-214-7. (chapter in monograph)

[10] FISCHEROVÁ, Mária - GRAMATOVÁ, Elena. Memory testing and self-repair. In UBAR,

Raimund - RAIK, Jaan - VIERHAUS, Heinrich T. Design and test technology for dependable

systems-on-chip. - New York : Information Science Reference, 2011, pp. 155-174. ISBN 978-

1-60960-214-7. (chapter in monograph)

[11] LETO, Giuseppe - ASTALOŠ, Ján - JAKUBÍK, Marián - NESLUŠAN, Luboš -

DYBCZYŃSKI, Piotr A. The usage of the Grid in the simulation of the comet Oort-Cloud

formation. In Grid Computing: Towards a Global Interconnected Infrastructure. - London :

Springer-Verlag, 2011, pp. 293-306. ISBN 978-0-85729-675-7. (chapter in monograph)

[12] MALÍK, Peter. Computational models designed in MATLAB to improve parameters and cost

of modern chips : chapter 5. In MATLAB for engineers - applications in control, electrical

engineering, IT and robotics. - Rjeka : InTech Open Access Publisher, 2011, pp. 97-118. ISBN

978-953-307-914-1. (chapter in monograph) iv. List of monographs/books published in Slovakia

[1] LACLAVÍK, Michal - CIGLAN, Marek -ŠELENG, Martin: Information retrieval. pp. 179 –

202, In: BIELIKOVÁ, Mária et al.: Studies of selected software engineering topics (3) :

Advanced methods of program system design: Advanced methods of information gathering,

retrieval, representation and presentation. Bratislava : Slovenská technická univerzita v

Bratislave, 2007. Edition: Research texts on informatics and information technologies 3,

ISBN 978-80-227-2701-3. pp. 216 (a monograph chapter)

[2] LACLAVÍK, Michal: FIPA compliant multi-agent systems, pp. 203-215, Studies of selected

software engineering topics (3) : Advanced methods of program system design: Advanced

methods of information gathering, retrieval, representation and presentation. Bratislava :

Slovenská technická univerzita v Bratislave, 2007. Edition: Research texts on informatics and

information technologies 3, ISBN 978-80-227-2701-3. pp. 216 (a monograph chapter)

[3] CERŇAK, Miloš: Processing recognition errors. Chapter 8, in JUHÁR, Jozef. Speech

technologies in telecommunication and information systems, Košice : EQUILIBRIA, s.r.o.,

2011, pp. 283-300. ISBN 978-80-89284-75-7. (a monograph chapter – in Slovak)

[4] DARJAA, Sakhia - TRNKA, Marián - RUSKO, Milan: Speech synthesis, Chapter 9, in

Speech technologies in telecommunication and information systems, Košice : EQUILIBRIA,

s.r.o., 2011, pp. 283-300. ISBN 978-80-89284-75-7. (a monograph chapter – in Slovak)

[5] BALÁŽ, Marcel - GRAMATOVÁ, Elena - MALÍK, Peter - TREBATICKÝ, Peter: How to

design a digital circuit in graphic design environment. Bratislava : Ústav informatiky SAV,

2011. ISBN 978-80-970145-4-4. BAB (in Slovak)

v. List of other scientific outputs specifically important for the Organisation (normalization, standardization, maps, etc.)

Rusko, M. - Trnka, M. - Darjaa, S. - Kováč, R.: Modelling acoustic parameters of prosody in

Slovak using Classification and Regression Trees. In: Human Language Technologies as a

Challenge for Computer Science and Linguistics - Proceedings. Poznań, Poland, 2007. ISBN 978-83-

7177-407-2, pp. 231-235.

State of the art methods for prosody modelling (intonation, rhythm and phoneme lengths) in

Slovak were studied. The approach utilizing Classification and Regression Trees was adapted and

optimized for Slovak, as the inflective language with the fixed word accent at the first syllable. The

created models were implemented in the speech synthesizer and so the quality and naturalness of the

synthesized speech reached very high level (professional production quality).

Rusko, M. - Sabo, R. - Dzúr M.: Sk-ToBI Scheme for Phonological Prosody Annotation in Slovak.

In: Text, Speech and Dialogue, 10th International Conference, TSD 2007, Pilsen, Czech Republic.

Springer-Verlag. LNAI 4629. ISBN 978-3-540-74627-0, pp. 334-341.

The phonological annotation convention was designed and its usability was proved. The

convention is inspired by the Tones, Breaks and Indices (ToBI) system for American English. The

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Slovak convention Sk-ToBI is a result of our extensive research on intonation of neutral and

moderately expressive speech displays in Slovak. The designed convention is being used in further

research and development.

Hluchý, L. – Laclavík, M. – Šeleng, M. et al.: Scientific results are continuously turned into open

source software libraries such as: Ontea (Pattern based information extraction tool, which can

identify entities such as people, organizations, contact data or product in text and especially in emails),

Acoma (Email processing and recommendation tool reuses extracted entities for enriching email

communication and email based contextual recommendation), gSemSearch focusing on relation

discovery in graph and network structures extracted from texts, which was evaluated in several

application domains and lead us to new research with probability of high impact scientific results in

area of unstructured data analysis using lightweight semantic networks and graph algorithms.

vi. Table of research outputs

Table Research outputs shows research outputs in number of specified entries; these entries are then divided by FTE employees with a university degree (from Tab. Research staff) for all Organisation at the respective year; finally these entries are divided by the total salary budget (from Tab. Salary budget)

(and the name of research organisations appears in the list of authors)

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CC publications 12 0,212 15,08 10 0,171 11,74 12 0,208 13,67 12 0,205 13,23 14 0,231 17,99 60 12,0 0,206 14,00

SCOPUS 31 0,549 38,94 46 0,789 53,99 42 0,729 47,84 49 0,836 54,02 49 0,810 62,98 217 43,4 0,744 50,64

scientific publications

in other journals5 0,088 6,28 12 0,206 14,08 8 0,139 9,11 10 0,171 11,03 14 0,231 17,99 49 9,8 0,168 11,44

publications in proc. of

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conferences

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active participations at

international conferences45 0,796 56,53 45 0,772 52,82 27 0,469 30,75 46 0,784 50,72 43 0,711 55,27 206 41,2 0,707 48,07

active participations at

national conferences23 0,407 28,89 23 0,394 27,00 11 0,191 12,53 21 0,358 23,15 17 0,281 21,85 95 19,0 0,326 22,17

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Research

outputs

2007 2008 2009 20112010

vii. List of registered patents

[1] Chromík, Š. - Vincenc, O. J. - Kostič, I.: A method for shaping sub-micrometer structures in

cryoelectronics using fullerene C60. Patent No. 286519, Úrad priemyselného vlastníctva SR,

2008.

viii. Supplementary information and/or comments on the scientific output of the Organisation

Some scientific works were published (2010-2011) in proceedings of important informatics

conferences, thereof:

Year 2010 2011

WoS 9 8

SCOPUS 19 27

Total 28 35

The Institute's researchers present latest research results in informatics and management

sciences during significant conferences under the auspices of significant international organisations

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(IEEE, IFAC, IFIP, etc.), and their contributions are published in proceedings in significant

monograph series (LNCS, LNAI) and in renowned publishing houses (Springer Verlag, Elsevier,

etc.). With respect to rapid changes in the trends of contemporary informatics, the usage is to publish

results in significant reviewed conferences sooner than in journals, where theoretical aspects of

informatics are emphasized. Several examples of such fields can be given, such as cluster computing,

grid computing, peta-computing, ambient and pervasive information processing and cloud computing,

where enormous effort is given to research and results are published primarily during conferences.

Among the scientific results the significant importance is given to technical reports and

deliverables. Some of the most important deliverables, where II SAS was the leader or

considerable contributor are as follows:

ADMIRE Platform Release 5, within the FP7 ADMIRE project, 1.3.2008 - 31.5.2011 (39 months),

contributor, software release, 2011

ADMIRE Book Draft, within the FP7 ADMIRE project, 1.3.2008 - 31.5.2011 (39 months),

contributor, book (to be published by John Wiley & sons), 2011

Report on Pilot Applications Deployment and Platform Evaluation, the FP7 ADMIRE project,

1.3.2008 - 31.5.2011 (39 months), contributor, software release

Security requirements and specification for docking station module – the FP7 SECRICOM project

- Leader - PU Public – 2009

http://www.secricom.eu/images/articles/D4.1_SECRICOM_SecurityReqsAndSpecificationForDM_v1

.3.pdf

Secure agent infrastructure for crisis management support prototype - the FP7 SECRICOM

project - Leader - RE Restricted - 2010

Report from validation process 1 - the FP7 SECRICOM project - Contributor - PU Public - 2010

In the project EUSAS (funded by European Defence Agency), II SAS has been the lead or key

contributor to a number deliverables in Work package 4 (Intermediation Infrastructure), namely

deliverables D4.1, D4.2.1, D4.4.1 and D4.4.2 that were related to the design of methods and tools for

the intermediation infrastructure. Additionally, II SAS has significantly contributed to the deliverables

D4.3.1, D4.3.2, D4.5.1 and D4.5.2 related to the design of methods and tools for the analysis of

data from human behaviour simulations as well as from virtual trainings of real people (security

personnel).

Other most important results of applied research

Scheduling optimization for plastic recycling production lines. A pilot application for the

research was a production line for recycling so called soft plastics on the basis of polymerization and

for production of waste plastic bags from recycled LDPE foil in MAT obaly, s.r.o. Models of real

production process were created on the basis of the process analysis. The model encompasses several

formalisms: first order hybrid Petri Nets, state charts and state-transitions diagrams, discrete event

systems. Several methods based on algorithms and technologies inspired by nature (PSO - Particle

Swarm Optimization, CLONALG – algorithm based on artificial immune systems, and MAS - multi-

agent systems) were implemented in order to simplify the scheduling in the process. Optimization

algorithm based on PSO was integrated into the Optimat software tool, developed within the

OptiMAT project granted by SRDA. Input of the software includes production line characteristics,

accepted orders, current state of the production, works in progress and planned maintenance. The

output of the Optimat software includes schedules for each production workstation in the production

line.

The pilot applications developed by II SAS used several hydro-meteorological scenarios

designed by experts at the Slovak Hydro-Meteorological Institute (SHMI) and the Slovak Water

Enterprise (SWE). One of the scenarios, designed by the Department of Hydrology at SHMI, predicts

the water level and water temperature at selected points along the Orava river, below the Orava

Reservoir, and is able to predict conditions which can lead to local ice dams and floods. The prediction

is done using data mining models and ADMIRE platform, and its results in terms of accuracy are on

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par with the best currently available technologies. Another scenario, also designed by SHMI experts

computes very short-term precipitation predictions based on meteorological radar images, and is

intended to provide warning in case of local floods caused by high-yield summer storms. The final

scenario was designed by SWE, and it uses data mining to compute the expected inflow into the Orava

and Liptovská Mara water reservoirs, especially taking into account the rate of snow cover melting in

the spring months.

Astronomical applications have a character of Grid based parametric studies. Developed 3D

visualization tool was tested in astronomical simulations within collaboration between Astronomical

Institute of SAS, Catania Observatory and Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan. The simulation

was ported to EGEE infrastructure. One of them was the simulation of the Oort-cloud formation.

Dynamical evolution of the test particles was followed via numerical integration, in the GRID, for the

period of 1 and 2 Gyr. Visualization research results were presented at several national and

international conferences and user forums.

2. Responses to the scientific output

Table Citations shows specified responses to the scientific outputs; these entries are then divided by the FTE employees with a university degree (from Tab. Research staff) for all Organisation at the respective year; finally these entries are divided by the total salary budget (from Tab. Salary budget).

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SCOPUS 6 0,1 7,4 21 0,4 24,6 33 0,6 38,6 31 0,5 37,1 75 1,2 96,4 166 33,2 0,6 40,2

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proceedings and other

publications abroad

35 0,6 43,3 29 0,5 34,0 18 0,3 21,1 14 0,2 16,7 19 0,3 24,4 115 23,0 0,4 27,8

in monographs, conf.

proceedings and other

publications in

Slovakia

28 0,5 34,6 7 0,1 8,2 12 0,2 14,1 5 0,1 6,0 3 0,0 3,9 55 11,0 0,2 13,3

Citations

total2006 2007 2008 20102009

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i. List of 10 top-cited publications from staff members since the establishment of the Organisation up to 2010 and number of their citations in the period 2006 – 2010

2000-2010 2006-2010

1 Moczo, P. – Kristek, J. – Vavryčuk, V. – Archuleta, R.J. –

Halada, L.: 3D heterogeneous staggered-grid finite-difference

modelling of seismic motion with volume harmonic and

arithmetic averaging of elastic moduli and densities. In

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 2002, Vol.

92, No. 8, pp. 3042-3066

90 72

2 Britaňák, V. – Rao, K.R. An efficient implementation of the

forward and inverse MDCT in MPEG audio coding. In IEEE

Signal Processing Letters, 2001, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 48-51

71 48

3 Britaňák, V. – Yip, P.C. – Rao, K.R. Discrete cosine and sine

transforms: general properties, fast algorithms and integer

approximations. 1st ed. San Diego, USA: Academic Press,

2007. xiv, 349 pp.

58 48

4 Britaňák, V. – Rao, K.R.: A new fast algorithm for the unified

forward and inverse MDCT/MDST computation. In Signal

Processing, 2002, Vol. 82, No. 3, pp. 433-459

48 48

5 Hrkút, P. – Hudek, P. – Rangelow, I.W. – Loschner, H.

Process for producing a carbon film on a substrate: Patent

number: 6136160: Issue date: October 24, 2000

44 26

6 Britaňák, V. – Rao, KR. The fast generalized discrete Fourier

transform: a unified approach to the discrete sinusoidal

transforms computation. In Signal Processing, 1999, Vol. 79,

No. 12, pp. 135-150

38 38

7 Moczo, P. – Kristek, J. – Halada, L. 3D fourth-order

staggered-grid finite-difference schemes: stability and grid

dispersion. In Bulletin of the Seismological Society of

America, 2000, Vol. 90, No. 3, pp. 587-603

36 20

8 Nguyen, T.G. – Dang, T.T. – Hluchý, L. – Laclavík, M. –

Balogh, Z. – Budinská, I. Agent platform evaluation and

comparison. Report of Institute of Informatics SAS, 2002

36 20

9 Pleceník, A. – Satrapinskij, L. – Kúš, Š. – Beňačka, Š. –

Vávra, I. – Kostič, I. MgB2 superconducting thin films on Si

and Al2O3 substrates. In Physica C, 2001, Vol. 363, pp. 224-

230

30 8

10 Pollak,P. – Černocký,J. – Boundy,J. – Chourki,K. – van den

Heuvel,H. – Vicsi,K. – Virag,A. – Siemund,R. – Majewski,W.

– Staroniewicz,P. – Tropf,H. – Kochanina,J. – Ostroukhov,A.

– Rusko,M. – Trnka,M. SpeechDat(E) Eastern Europe

telephone speech databases. 200, pp. 20-25

22 17

[1] MOCZO, Peter - KRISTEK, Jozef - VAVRYČUK, Václav - ARCHULETA, Ralph J. -

HALADA, Ladislav. 3D heterogeneous staggered-grid finite-difference modelling of

seismic motion with volume harmonic and arithmetic averaging of elastic moduli and

densities. In Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 2002, Vol. 92, No. 8, s. 3042-

3066. ISSN 0037-1106.

Citations: 90; 2006-2010: 71

[2] BRITAŇÁK, Vladimír - RAO, K.R. An efficient implementation of the forward and inverse

MDCT in MPEG Audio coding. In IEEE Signal Processing Letters, 2001, Vol. 8, No. 2, p.

48-51. ISSN 1070-9908.

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Citations: 71; 2006-2010: 48

[3] BRITAŇÁK, Vladimír - YIP, Patrick C. - RAO, K.R. Discrete cosine and sine transforms:

general properties, fast algorithms and integer approximations. 1st ed. San Diego, USA:

Academic Press, 2007. xiv, 349 s. ISBN 978-0-12-373624-6.

Citations: 48; 2006-2010: 48

[4] BRITAŇÁK, Vladimír - RAO, K.R. A new fast algorithm for the unified forward and

inverse MDCT/MDST computation. In Signal Processing, 2002, Vol. 82, No. 3, p. 433-459.

ISSN 0165-1684. Citations: 45; 2006-2010: 40

[5] HRKÚT, Pavol - HUDEK, Peter - RANGELOW, I.W. - LOSCHNER, H. Process for

producing a carbon film on a substrate: Patent number: 6136160: Issue date: October 24,

2000. US Patent, 2000. Citations: 42; 2006-2010: 32

[6] BRITAŇÁK, Vladimír - RAO, K.R. The fast generalized discrete Fourier transforms: A

unified approach to the discrete sinusoidal transforms computation. In Signal Processing,

1999, Vol. 79, No. 12, p. 135-150. (0.482 - IF1998). ISSN 0165-1684.

Citations: 37; 2006-2010: 12

[7] MOCZO, Peter - KRISTEK, Jozef - HALADA, Ladislav. 3D fourth-order staggered-grid

finite-difference schemes: Stability and grid dispersion. In Bulletin of the Seismological

Society of America, 2000, Vol. 90, No. 3, p. 587-603. (2000 - Current Contents). 2/5131/99.

Citations: 31; 2006-2010: 19

[8] NGUYEN, Thu Giang - DANG, Thanh Tung - HLUCHÝ, Ladislav - LACLAVÍK, Michal -

BALOGH, Zoltán - BUDINSKÁ, Ivana. Agent platform evaluation and comparison.

Institute of Informatics SAS, 2002.

Citations: 31; 2006-2010: 20

[9] PLECENÍK, Andrej - SATRAPINSKIJ, Leonid - KÚŠ, P. - GAŽI, Štefan - BEŇAČKA,

Štefan - VÁVRA, Ivo - KOSTIČ, Ivan. MgB2 superconducting thin films on Si and Al2O3

substrates. In Physica C, 2001, Vol. 363, pp. 224-230. (1.489 - IF2000).

Citations: 30; 2006-2010: 8

[10] POLLÁK, P. - ČERNOCKÝ, Jan - BOUNDY, Jerome - CHOUKRI, Khalid - VAN DEN

HEUVEL, Henk - VICSI, Klara - VIRAG, Attila - SIEMUND, Rainer - MAJEWSKI, W. -

STARONIEWICZ, Piotr - TROPF, Herbert - KOCHANINA, Julia - OSTROUKHOV,

Alexander - RUSKO, Milan - TRNKA, Marián. SpeechDat(E) Eastern European telephone

speech databases. In Proceedings LREC 2000 Satellite Workshop XLDB - Very large

telephone speech databases. - 2000, pp. 20-25.

Citations: 18; 2006-2010: 17

ii. List of 10 top-cited publications from staff members published 2000 - 2010 and number of their citations in the period 2006 – 2010

Publication 2000-2010 2006-2010

1 Moczo, P. – Kristek, J. – Vavryčuk, V. – Archuleta, R.J. –

Halada, L.: 3D heterogeneous staggered-grid finite-difference

modelling of seismic motion with volume harmonic and

arithmetic averaging of elastic moduli and densities. In

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 2002, Vol.

92, No. 8, pp. 3042-3066

90 72

2 Britaňák, V. – Rao, K.R. An efficient implementation of the

forward and inverse MDCT in MPEG audio coding. In IEEE

Signal Processing Letters, 2001, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 48-51

71 40

3 Britaňák, V. – Yip, P.C. – Rao, K.R. Discrete cosine and sine

transforms: general properties, fast algorithms and integer

approximations. 1st ed. San Diego, USA: Academic Press,

2007. xiv, 349 pp.

58 48

34

4 Britaňák,V. – Rao,KR. A new fast algorithm for the united

forward and inverse MDCT/MDST computation. In Signal

Processing, 2002, Vol. 82, No. 3, pp. 433-459

48 38

5 Hrkút,P. – Hudek,P. – Rangelow,I.W. – Loschner,H. Process

for producing a carbon film on a substrate: Patent number:

6136160: Issue date: October 24, 2000

44 26

6 Moczo,P. – Kristek,J. – Halada,L. 3D fourth-order staggered-

grid finite-difference schemes: stability and grid dispersion. In

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 2000, Vol.

90, No. 3, pp. 587-603

36 20

7 Nguyen,T.G. – Dang,T.T. – Hluchý,L. – Laclavík,M. –

Balogh,Z. – Budinská,I. Agent platform evaluation and

comparison. Report of Institute of Informatics SAS, 2002

36 20

8 Pleceník,A. – Satrapinskij,L. – Kúš,Š. – Beňačka,Š. – Vávra,I.

– Kostič,I. MgB2 superconducting thin films on Si and Al2O3

substrates. In Physica C, 2001, Vol. 363, pp. 224-230

30 0

9 Pollak,P. – Černocký,J. – Boundy,J. – Chourki,K. – van den

Heuvel,H. – Vicsi,K. – Virag,A. – Siemund,R. – Majewski,W.

– Staroniewicz,P. – Tropf,H. – Kochanina,J. – Ostroukhov,A.

– Rusko,M. – Trnka,M. SpeechDat(E) Eastern Europe

telephone speech databases. 200, pp. 20-25

22 0

10 Dubnička,S. – Dubničková,A.Z. – Weisenpacher,P. Nucleon

electromagnetic structure revised. In Journal of Physics G:

Nuclear and particle physics, 2003, Vol. 29, pp. 405-429

20 0

iii. List of top-cited authors from the Organisation (at most 10 % of the research

employees) and their number of citations in the period 2006 - 2010

1, 1.1, 1.2 2.1, 2.2 3, 4 9, 10 2006-2010 Total

1 RNDr. V.Britaňák, CSc. 256 17 20 293 297

2 RNDr. I.Kostič 195 8 10 213 241

3 Doc.RNDr. L.Halada, CSc. 147 1 6 16 170 171

4 Doc. Ing. L. Hluchý, CSc. 106 7 58 143 314 368

5 RNDr. M.Laclavík, PhD. 57 5 46 91 199 213

6 Ing. P.Hudek, CSc. 62 2 49 113 137

7 Ing. Z.Balogh, PhD. 40 4 33 73 150 165

8 Ing. M.Rusko 38 2 16 40 96 101

9 Ing. T.G.Nguyen, PhD. 28 3 16 34 81 98

10 Ing. I.Budinská, PhD. 27 2 38 33 100 110

1, 1.1, 1.2 Citations in abroad publications registered in WOS and SCOPUS citation index.

2.1, 2.2 Citations in national publications registered WOS and SCOPUS in citation index.

3, 4 Citations in abroad and national publications not registered in WOS and SCOPUS.

9, 10 Citations in abroad and national publications registered in other citation database than

WOS and SCOPUS

iv. Supplementary information and/or comments on responses to the scientific

output of the Organisation

List of responses in Patents:

It is cited in list III-2-ii in item No. 5.

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List of selected requested reviews in international journals:

Š. Beňuš

Journal of Phonetics, Elsevier, ISSN: 0095-4470 (CC)

Speech Communication, Elsevier, ISSN: 0167-6393 (CC)

Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing, IEEE, ISSN: 1558-7916 (CC)

Phonology (Cambridge University Press), ISSN: 0952-6757

Computing and Informatics, AE Press, ISSN: 1335-9150 (CC) M. Babík

Computing and Informatics (CC)

Z. Balogh

Computing and Informatics (CC)

V. Britaňák IEEE Signal Processing Letters (CC)

IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing (CC)

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Videotechnology (CC)

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Analog and Digital Signal Processing (CC)

IEEE Transactions on Multimedia (CC)

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II“ Express Briefs 9CC0

IEEE Transactions on Image Processing (CC)

IET Signal Processing (CC)

IET Circuits, Devices & Systems (CC)

Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing (Birkhauser) (CC)

Journal of Electronic Imaging

Journal of Mathematical Physics (CC)

Signal Processing (Elsevier Science) (CC)

Journal of Real-Time Image Processing (Elsevier Science)

Signal, Image and Video Processing (Springer-Verlag)

EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing (Hindawi Publishing Corp.) (CC)

I. Budinská

Acta Electrotechnica et Informatica

FGCS Future Generation Computer Systems – Elsevier

M. Cerňak

Computing and Informatics, AE Press, ISSN: 1335-9150 (CC)

Neurocomputing, ELSEVIER, ISSN: 0925-2312 (CC)

Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing, IEEE, ISSN: 1558-7916 (CC)

Signal, Image and Video Processing, Springer, ISSN: 1863-1703 (CC)

Speech Communication, Elsevier, ISSN: 0167-6393 (CC)

M. Ciglan

Computing and Informatics (CC)

F. Čapkovič

Computing and Informatics (CC)

Journal of applied systems studies – JASS

Journal of Universal Computer Science -JUCS (CC)

International Journal of Intelligent Information and Database Systems-IJIIDS – Elsevier,

(Scopus)

Information Sciences – Elsevier (CC)

Computational Intelligence – Wiley-Blackwell (CC)

KES International Journal of Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Engineering Systems

Elsevier (Scopus)

R. Dobai

Computing and Informatics (CC)

B. Frankovič

Computing and Informatics (CC)

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International Journal of Production Research (Taylor and Francis) (CC)

Acta electrotechnica et Informatica

Journal of Electrical engineering

AI Communication

Acta polytechnica hungarica

E. Gramatová

Computing and Informatics (CC)

Journal of Electrical Engineering

Acta Electrotechnica et Informatica

IEEE Proc. Computer&Digital Techniques

Journal of Systems Architecture

Proc. of the Estonian Academy of Sciences

Microsystems and Microprocessors

IEEE Trans. on Very Large Scale Integration Systems

IEEE Trans. on Parallel and Distributed Systems

O. Habala

Computing and Informatics (CC)

Š. Havlík

Mechanism and machine Theory

Robotics and automation

L. Hluchý

Computing and Informatics (CC)

FGCS Future Generation Computer Systems - Elsevier

JSA Journal of Systems Architecture - Elsevier

D. Janglová

International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems

T. Kasanický

FGCS Future Generation Computer Systems – Elsevier

I. Kostič

Microelectronic Engineering (CC)

Nanotechnology (IOP-Institute of Physics) (CC)

M. Laclavík Computing and Informatics (CC)

L. Matay Biosensors & Bioelectronics (CC)

Sensors & Transducers

Journal of Electrical Engineering

I. Mokriš

Acta Electrotechnica et Informatica

Scientific monograph and University text books

M. Rusko

Computing and Informatics (CC)

Viet Tran

FGCS Future Generation Computer Systems - Elsevier

3. Research status of the Organisation in the international and national context

International/European position of the Organisation

i. List of the most important research activities documenting international importance of the research performed by the Organisation, incl. major projects (details of projects should be supplied under Indicator 4). Provide the arguments why the selected projects are particularly important and represent the international position of the Organisation ).

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[1] Sprístupnenie Gridu pre e-vedu v Európe ( Enabling Grid for E-sciencE II ), 31688,

2006-04-01/2008-03-31

[2] Sprístupnenie Gridu pre e-vedu III (Enabling Grids for E-science III), FP7-222667,

01/05/2008-30/04/2010

[3] EGI: Integrovaná udržatelná pan-európska infraštruktúra pre vedu v Európe (EGI:

Integrated Sustainable Pan-European Infrastructure for Researchers in Europe (EGI-

InSPIRE)), FP7-261323, 1.5.2010 / 30.4.2014

Our institute coordinates the national grid initiative in Slovakia and acts as the contact

point to the European Grid Initiative, aimed at providing a single integrated persistent

production infrastructure for researchers within the European Research Area (scientific

computing). This infrastructure is created mostly thanks to the FP5, FP6 and FP7

projects of European Commission [1, 2, 3].

Scientific research is no longer conducted within national boundaries and is becoming

increasingly dependent on large-scale analysis of data, generated from instruments or

computer simulations housed in trans-national facilities, by using e-Infrastructure

(distributed computing and storage resources linked by high-performance networks).

The 48 month EGI-InSPIRE project continues the transition to a sustainable pan-

European e-Infrastructure started in EGEE-III. It will sustain support for grids of high-

performance and high-throughput computing resources, while seeking to integrate new

Distributed Computing Infrastructures (DCIs), i.e. clouds, supercomputing, desktop

grids, etc., as they are required by the European user community.

[4] Gridová infraštruktúra pre údajovú fúziu (Data Fusion Grid Infrastructure), 06-1000024-9154,

2007-01-01/2008-12-12 (INTAS)

The project was coordinated by our institute and has established the assimilation of

satellite data products into the NWP model with the goal to increases the precision of

model output by incorporation actual satellite measurements pertinent to local weather

into the model.

The geospatial data archive enables accessing geospatial data using WCS interface

independently of their storage format. Such functionality is essential for easy

integration of simulation models with data coming from various sources and stored in

different formats and is needed for building seamless grid systems.

[5] Znalostná konštrukcia toku práce v Gridových aplikáciach (Knowledge-based workflow

System for Grid Applications), FP6-511385, 2004-09-01/2007-02-28

[6] Pokročilé dolovanie a integrácia dát pre Európu (Advanced Data Mining and Integration

Research for Europe), FP7-215024, 1.3.2008 / 28.2.2011.

The FP6 project "Knowledge-based Workflow System for Grid Applications" (K-Wf Grid)

was one of the pioneering projects researching concertation of independent web services, its

idea being at the cutting edge of this area in its time, and its results have been used by later

projects and have seen implementation in the industry. One of its ideological followers was

also the FP7 project "Advanced Data Mining and Integration Research for Europe"

(ADMIRE), which used concertation of web services to create extensive flows and processing

of data from distributed sources, so important in today's information environment composed of

millions of terrabyte-scale databases.

[7] Radikálna inovácia bezmaskovej nanolitografie (Radical Innovation Maskless

Nanolithography - RIMANA), 17133, 2005-10-01/2008-09-30

The goal of the project was research and development of a key maskless nanolithography

technology for low to medium volume production for the 32 nm node and beyond, essential

for the semiconductor industry and emerging nanotechnology industry. In this project, II SAS

was involved in European nanotechnology research and technology transfer, being the partner

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of the world established company IMS Nanofabrication AG which is a strong innovator in the

area of lithography and structuring of materials in nanometer dimensions.

[8] Technológia výroby matice paralelných inteligentných nosníkov –sondových platform pre

analýzu a syntézu v nanometrovej oblasti (Technology for the Production of Massively

Parallel Intelligent Cantilever – Probe Platform for Nanoscale Analysis and Synthesis),

515739, 2005-04-01/2010-09-30 (6FP)

The goal of the project was the development of the technology for production of device

consisting of intelligent cantilever-probe platforms for nanoscale analysis and synthesis. In

this project, II SAS was involved in European nanotechnology research and technology

transfer, being the partner of the European established universities and companies, e.g Carl

Zeiss SMS, GmbH and Infineon (Germany), II SAS demonstrated the ability to apply

research results in the large international project.

[9] Neverbálne rečové gestá v slovenčine v multimodálnom a multikulturálnom kontexte

(Nonverbal speech gestures in Slovak in multimodal and multicultural context)

COST 271/06, 9.10.2008 / 30.11.2010

Nonverbal speech gestures, vocalizations or conversational grunts are non-lexical speech

elements that do not have an unambiguous written form, but carry a certain meaning and have

their function in dialogue. Beside their phonetic content they are characterized mainly by their

melodic and rhythmical structure. Their semantic and pragmatic content may be strongly

dependent on their lexical context. At the same time they may have different forms and

meanings in different cultures. In the frame of COST 2102 and related MVTS project

23092402 (formerly 23142402) we have made a research on these elements in Slovak and

proceeded to their examination in intercultural and multi-modal contexts. We have so

confirmed our position in a wide international scientific community and created conditions for

building electronic multi-cultural and multi-modal dictionary of gestures.

[10] Rozšírenie a využitie gridov vo vede o Zemi (Dissemination and Exploitation of GRids in

Earth sciencE ), FP6-034619, 2006-06-01/2008-05-31

The only project of FP6 we coordinated. DEGREE was a Specific Support Action

(SSA) project which aimed to promote grids throughout a large and diverse Earth

Science (ES) community, in order to increase the awareness and uptake of GRID

technology and infrastructure by EU Earth Science Industry and Research

communities.

[11] Podpora Interoperability pre MSP založená na ISU (COMMunity-based Interoperability

Utility for SMEs (2008-2011), FP7-213876, 1.2.2008 / 31.1.2011

[12] Virtuálne podniky zosieťované navzájom prepojenými službami (Virtual Enterprises by

Networked Interoperability Services (VENIS)), FP7 – 284984, 1.9.2011 / 28.2.2014

Commius and VENIS projects focuses on information processing in enterprise context as well

as enterprise interoperability, business intelligence and enterprise search. In Commius project

we have achieved scientific results in text processing and information extraction using

lightweight semantic graphs which is summarized in two CC publications. Scientific results

are continuously turned into open source software libraries such as: Ontea (Pattern based

information extraction tool, which can identify entities such as people, organizations, contact

data or product in text and especially in emails), Acoma (Email processing and

recommendation tool reuses extracted entities for enriching email communication and email

based contextual recommendation). In Commius we also started with R&D of Email Social

Network Extractor and Search, which reuse email social network for knowledge management,

enterprise search or relation discovery. Recently we made the approach and algorithms

generic which resulted in development of gSemSearch focusing on relation discovery in

graph and network structures extracted from texts, which was evaluated in several application

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domains and lead us to new research with probability of high impact scientific results in area

of unstructured data analysis using lightweight semantic networks and graph algorithms.

[13] Bezproblémová komunikácia pre krízový manažment (Seamless Communication for Crisis

Management), FP7-218123, 1.9.2008 / 30.4.2012

[14] Simulácia správania pre asymetrické scenáre v urbanizáciách (European Urban Simulation for

Asymmetric Scenarios (EUSAS)), A-0938-RT-GC, 1.3.2010 / 31.8.2012 (EDA)

The two main projects in this research area in which our Institute participates are EDA proejct

EUSAS, and the national project APVV 0233-10 RIOT. In both, our main focus is the

development of a generic and modular agent-based simulation platform (including universal

large-scale data analysis methods) that can be filled with models from various scientific

disciplines, such as sociology, education, economics or epidemiology, and used for a wide

variety of simulation tasks and parametric studies. The first version of this platform already

exists – it is implemented in a JAVA-based open-source simulation framework MASON.

Thanks to its utility and versatility, our Institute has been invited to join several project

consortia for project proposals in various EU 7FP project calls.

ii. List of international conferences (co-) organised by the Organisation

2007

[1] 1st DEGREE workshop about management and control in grid applications for Earth science

01.03.-02.03.2007, Bratislava, 37 participants. II SAS acted as a coordinator of the FP7

DEGREE project. The workshop aimed to support cooperation between grid and Earth science

researchers’ communities.

[2] EGEE Information day for e-health, 19.09.-19.09.2007II SAS, Bratislava, 63 participants.

[3] GCCP 2007 - 3rd International Workshop on Grid Computing for Complex Problems, 22.10.

- 23.10.2007, II SAS, Bratislava, 30 participants.

2008

[4] 11th

IEEE DDECS Workshop on Design and Diagnostics of Electronic Circuits and Systems

2008

[5] GCCP 2008 - 4rd International Workshop on Grid Computing for Complex Problems 27.10.

- 29.10.2008, II SAS, Bratislava, 30 participants.

2009

[6] The 1st International Workshop on Emails in e-Commerce and Enterprise Context (E3C)

20.07.- 23.07.2009, Vienna, Austria

[7] GCCP 2009 - 5th International Workshop on Grid Computing for Complex Problems,

Bratislava, 2009, 30 participants

[8] Workshop of project 7.FP - SECRICOM - WP4, Bratislava, 2009, 17 participants

[9] Workshop of ADMIRE project, Smolenice, 6.10.-9.10.2009, 25 participants

[10] Workshop of PRONANO, 6. EU FP, 9.-21.10.2009, Bratislava, 31 participants

2010

[11] GCCP 2010 – 6th International Workshop on Grid Computing for Complex Problems. 8. 11 –

10. 11. 2010, Bratislava, 74 participants

[12] 5th WIKT 2010 Workshop on Intelligent and Knowledge Oriented Technologies, Bratislava,

II SAS, 48 participants, 11.11.-12.11.2010

[13] 13th IEEE International Symposium on Design and Diagnostics of Electronic Circuits and

Systems (13th IEEE DDECS 2010). Eds.: Z. Kotásek, A. Steininger, E. Gramatová, H.

Zimmermann, E. Armengaud, H.T. Vierhaus, M.Függer, J.Lechner. Vienna: Institute of

Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2010. 407 pp. ISBN 978-1-4244-6610-8.

2011

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[14] GCCP 2011 – 7th International Workshop on Grid Computing for Complex Problems,

Bratislava, 24. 10. – 26. 10. 2011, 69 participants

[15] SAMI 2011, IEEE - International Symposium on Applied Machine Intelligence and

Informatics, Smolenice, 27.-29.1. 2011

Beside the listed conferences, II SAS has actively organized numerous internal workshops in the

frame of large international consortia of the projects, where II SAS has been involved.

iii. List of international journals edited/published by the Organisation

[1] Computing and Informatics, CC, one of the most important journals in central Europe focused

on new trends in informatics and information technologies.

The impact factor values:

Year 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Impact factor 0,136 0,349 0,492 0,456 0,356

iv. List of edited proceedings from international scientific conferences and other proceedings

2007

[1] 2007 IEEE Workshop on design and diagnostics of electronic circuits and systems:

proceedings. Editors Patrick Girard, Elena Gramatová, Tomasz Garbolino, Andrzej

Krasniewski, A. Pawlak. IEEE, 434 s. ISBN 1-4244-1161-0.

[2] 2nd international workshop on Grid computing for complex problems: GCCP 2006: associate

action to create national Grid initiative: Making the Grid accessible for electronic science in

Slovakia. Editors Ladislav Hluchý, Miroslav Dobrucký, Jolana Sebestyénová. Bratislava:

VEDA, 2007, 242 pp. ISBN 978-80-969202-6-6.

[3] 3rd

International Workshop on Grid Computing for Complex Problems: GCCP 2007:

Proceedings. Editor Ladislav Hluchý, Jolana Sebestyenová, Peter Kurdel, Miroslav Dobrucký.

Bratislava: Institute of Informatics SAS, 2007. ISBN 978-80-969202-7-3.

2008

[4] GCCP 2008: 4th International Workshop on Grid Computing for Complex Problems. Editors

Ladislav Hluchý, Jolana Sebestyénová, Peter Kurdel, Miroslav Dobrucký. Bratislava: Institute

of Informatics, SAS 2008. ISBN 978-80-969202-9-7.

[5] 2008 IEEE Workshop on Design and Diagnostics of Electronic Circuits and Systems:

proceedings. Editors B. Straube, M. Drutarovský, M. Renovell, P. Gramata, Mária Fischerová.

Bratislava: The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 2008. x, 346 pp. ISBN 978-1-

4244-2276-0.

2009

[6] GCCP 2009: Proceedings: 5th International Workshop on Grid Computing for Complex

Problems. Editors Ladislav Hluchý, Peter Kurdel, Jolana Sebestyénová, Miroslav Dobrucký.

Bratislava: Institute of Informatics, SAS, 2009. 186 pp. ISBN 978-80-970145-1-3.

2010

[7] GCCP 2010: proceedings: 5th International Workshop on Grid Computing for Complex

Problems. Editors Ladislav Hluchý, Peter Kurdel, Jolana Sebestyénová, Miroslav Dobrucký.

Bratislava: Institute of Informatics, SAS, 2010. ISBN 978-80-970145-3-7.

2011

[8] GCCP 2011: proceedings: 7th International Workshop on Grid Computing for Complex

Problems. Editors Ladislav Hluchý, Peter Kurdel, Jolana Sebestyénová, Miroslav Dobrucký.

Bratislava: Institute of Informatics, SAS, 2011. 299 pp. ISBN 978-80-970145-5-1.

[9] SAMI 2011 – proceedings of the 9th IEEE International Symposium on Applied Machine

Intelligence and Informatics. - Budapest: IEEE, 2011, ISBN 978-1-4244-7428-8.

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National position of the Organisation

i. List of selected most important national projects (provide the arguments why the selected projects are particularly important and represent the international position of the Organisation)

Center of Excellence SAS, ASFEU:

[1] CEPI: Physics of Information, CEPI, NFP 26240120018, 01/2005-12/2007

II SAS was involved in the research of new phenomenon in physics of information. The main

contribution was the preparation of nanostructures for the project partners. Partial result was

the development of the technology for micro-electro-mechanical matrix preparation, which

was applied in the research of the nanoparticles manipulation.

CENTE and CENTE II

[2] Centrum excelentnosti pre nové technológie v elektrotechnike (Center of Excellence for New

Technologies in Electrical Engineering), ITMS-26240120011, 15/05/2009/14/05/2011

[3] Budovanie Centra excelentnosti pre nové technológie v elektrotechnike - II. etapa (Centre of

Excelence for New Technologies in Electrical Engineering, stage II), ITMS-26240120019,

01/03/2010-28/02/2012

The Centre was established with the support of the European Regional Development Fund

(ERDF). At first, the important goal for II SAS is intense collaboration of the e-beam

lithography team with partners of the Centre and access to the joint infrastructure, namely

SEM based nanolithograhy, the ultra-high resolution scanning electron microscope, the

focused ion beam equipment, and evaporation system. The second stage covers installation of

'Electron beam gun with directly heated cathode for e-beam lithograph' and 'Control system

for nanolithography' with financial support of the Centre. The operation of ZBA23 e-beam

lithography equipment with 20 and 40 keV electron energy and with the latest lithography

software increases the chance of II SAS to be involved in international projects.

SMART and SMART II

[4] Podpora budovania Centra exelentnosti pre SMART technológie, systémy a služby (Support

of Creation of Centre of Excelence for SMART Technologies, Systems and Services),

26240120005, 01/05/2009-03/04/2011

[5] Podpora dobudovania Centra exelentnosti pre SMART technológie, systémy a služby – II

(Support of Creation of Centre of Excelence for SMART Technologies, Systems and Services,

Stage II), 26240120029, 01/01/2010-31/12/2012

The centre was established with the support of ERDF. The goal of the project was to establish

scientific and research centre with up-to-date equipment for research in smart technologies,

systems and services. The project has been organized into three levels: the physical level, the

process level and the information level. II SAS has been responsible for the information level.

An advanced information technology equipment - a Hadoop cluster was obtained, in close

cooperation with Faculty of Informatics and Information Technology, STU. The Hadoop

cluster is intended for state-of-the-art research in distributed data processing, knowledge

oriented technology and e-mail communication processing.

Other important projects (industrial, APVV, APVT, SFU):

[6] Research and development of new information technologies for prediction and management of

crisis situations and population security (CRISIS), ITMS 26240110060, 03/01/2011-

31/12/2013

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The project, funded by ERDF, oriented to population security and management of crisis

situations and scenarios, is particularly important for the institute, because it integrates

research activities from all of the scientific departments. The research conducted in the frame

of the project provides a unique approach to crisis situations foreseeing and management while

bringing together excellent research teams from different fields of information technologies,

sensing systems and mechatronics. The research includes:

Research and development of sensors for critical situations and environments monitoring,

mechatronic vision systems and mobile systems development, central coordination unit design

and development (including secure agent infrastructure and workflow management systems

for emergency management), expressive speech synthesis to generate emotionally shaded

warnings in information systems and also computer simulation models (fire, flood, air

pollution, evacuation dynamics). The strategic importance of the project is in bringing new

research challenges and ideas, and in strengthening of application potentials for the Institute’s

scientific results.

[7] Kompetenčné centrum inteligentných technológií pre elektronizáciu a informatizáciu

systémov a služieb (Competence centre of intelligent technologies for electronization and

informatization of systems and services) - (KC-INTELINSYS), ITMS 26240220072,

01/09/2011-31/12/2014

This project brings together researches and commercial companies in Slovakia in order to use

state-of-the-art information technology to tackle challenges in selected domains - intelligent

housing, environmental management and telemedicine - and to transfer latest fruits of research

into the business domain. This will give Slovak companies competitive advantage needed in

the global market.

[8] Slovenská infraštruktúra pre vysokovýkonné počítanie (Slovak infrastructure for high

performance computing (SIVVP)), ITMS 26230120002, 15/01/2010-14/01/2015

The national project financed by structural funds (ERDF) aims to build a high

performance computing facility in Slovakia, which will allow the national science to

work at European level. Our institute coordinates the grid sub-activities of the project

in which 4 universities and 2 academic institutes will provide computing resources to

the whole academic society in Slovakia. [9] Príprava 'aktívnych' hrotov sondovej mikroskopie metódou MOCVD (Preparation of 'active'

tips for probe microscopy by MOCVD), APVV-51-045705, 01/03/2006-31/12/2009

The multilevel direct writing electron beam lithography at II SAS was optimised and applied

for the preparation of 'active' tips for probe microscopy and for the development of

submicrometer Hall probes.

[10] Supravodiče pre budúce technológie (Superconductors for future technologies), APVT 51-

016604, 01/01/2005-31/12/2007

Electron beam lithography at II SAS was applied for the research of high-temperature

superconductors. The preparation of submicrometer structures was demonstrated in the

different high-temperature superconductor thin films.

[11] Hybridné spintronické štruktúry riadené spinovo polarizovaným prúdom (NANO-SPIN)

(Hybrid Spintronic Nanostructures Controlled by Spin-Polarized Current), APVV-0173-06,

01/02/2007-31/12/2009

II SAS was involved in the investigation of spintronic GMR and TMR nanopillars (lateral size

150nm) for current induced magnetization switching. GMR nanopillars were prepared by

UHV deposition and nanoparticles lift off lithography and electron beam lithography.

[12] Integrované mikromechanické senzory elektromagnetického žiarenia na báze manganitových

tenkych vrstiev (Integrated micromechanical electromagnetic radiation sensors based on

manganite thin films), APVT-51-032902, APVT-51-032902, 01/01/2004-30/06/2007

[13] Pokročilé MEMS chemické senzory pre extrémne podmienky (Advanced MEMS chemical

sensors for extreme conditions), APVV-0655-07, 01/06/2008-31/12/2010

[14] Pokročilé piezoelektrické MEMS senzory tlaku (Advanced piezoelectric MEMS pressure

sensors), APVV-0450-10, 01/05/2011-31/10/2014

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II SAS was involved in development of the fabrication methods for the the newly

designed MEMS sensor devices in some projects. Electron beam lithography at II SAS was

successfully applied for direct writing of submicrometer gates and surface acoustic structures

as well as for fabrication of photomasks.

[15] Požiare osobných motorových vozidiel, počítačová simulácia požiarov a ich experimentálne

overenie (Personal motor car fires, computer simulation of fires and their experimental

verification), APVV-0532-07, 01/09/2008-31/12/2010

The number of cars and their density on roads and highways is increasing. This phenomenon

causes that the number of car fires is also increasing. For this reason, loss of human lives and

physical and environmental damages are also increasing. Such fires are especially dangerous

if they are in tunnels, high-capacity garages, etc. Computer simulation is one of the cheapest

and most effective means to study fire processes and prepare of various fire fighting scenarios

with the aim of effective strategy and rapid fire elimination. The research team at the Institute

of Informatics, SAS deals with computer simulation of fires for 10 years. They actively

present their results at home and abroad through publications and presentations at international

conferences.

Significant appreciation of our work and achievements in computer simulation is demonstrated

by the fact that we were invited by Prof. Dr. Chaoqun Liu, the Director of Center for

Numerical Simulation and Modelling, University of Texas at Arlington, USA, to provide a

summary of our knowledge by "Computer Modelling of Automobile Fires" chapter in

"FLUDODYNAMICS" book to appear this summer. In 2009, invited chapter entitled „On

mathematical foundations of elliptical forest fire spread model“ was published in the scientific

monograph „Forest fires: detection, suppression and prevention“ in Nova Science Publishers,

Inc., New York, USA.

[16] Rečové technológie pre moderné telekomunikačné a informačné systémy a služby (Speech

Technologies for Modern Telecommunication and Information Systems and Services), APVV-

0369-07, 01/09/2008-31/12/2010

[17] Štúdia realizovateľnosti projektu Automatický prepis pojednávaní (Project feasibility study –

Automatic transcription of trial), 01/01/2008-31/12/2008

[18] Automatický prepis diktátu (Automatic transcription of dictation), 21/04/2009-20/04/2011

[19] Automatizované, hlasom ovládané telekomunikačné systémy a ich aplikácie (Automated,

Voice Controlled Telecommunication Systems and their Applications), AV 4 0006 07,

01/01/2007-31/12/2009

The projects [17 – 19] are aimed at exploiting the results of our basic research in production

quality applications in voice driven teleservices in telecommunications. Thus we can

demonstrate usability of our results and prove the quality of our research and development at

the international automatic speech processing scene.

The Feasibility study of automatic transcription of law court recordings (project [18] and the

contract with Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic ([19], (Automatic transcription of

dictation, APD) have shown that our results are fully competitive to comparable systems of the

world´s best-known companies. Moreover, it works for Slovak, which is an inflective

language and the task of large vocabulary continuous speech recognition is therefore much

more difficult than for instance in English. APD has already been installed to 1800 computers

at law courts and at the Ministry of Justice and is in everyday use. Other 1800 licenses are

ready to be installed in the first half of 2012.

[20] Optimization of recycling production lines by application of nonconventional control methods,

VMSP-016-09, 01/09/2009-31/08/2011

The goal of the project was to design and develop state-of-the-art, non-conventional methods

for production process optimization. The research was focused on planning and scheduling.

Better performance with lower power consumption level was achieved by tuning the

production line on the basis of the measured values analysis. Based on the analysis of

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the production system, several process models were created. The models are based on

several formalisms: FOHPN – First Order hybrid Petri Nets, State Charts, and Discrete

Event Systems. Several methods based on algorithms and technologies such as PSO

(Particle Swarm Optimization), CLONALG - algorithm based on artificial immune

systems and multi-agent technology have been designed and implemented in order to

simplify the process of planning and scheduling. The Optimat program applies

optimization technique based on PSO algorithm. Its input parameters are individual

orders, current production state, which can be adjusted manually or loaded

automatically from Google Calendar application, current inventory, and scheduled

maintenance of production facilities. The project is particularly important for its real

application character and an academic-industry partnership establishment. The industrial

partner is involved in recycling of plastic materials.

[21] Bio-inspired multirobot coordination - BioMRCS, APVV 0261-10, 01/05/2011-31/10/2014

A long-term research in multi-agent systems, together with previous results in mobile robotics

has led to a new research area, which has been developing in the frame of the BioMRCS

project. A coordinated behaviour of a group of mobile robots has been investigated with strong

emphasis on bio-inspired methods and approaches. A modification Particle Swarm

Optimization method is proposed to accomplish unknown area exploration, monitoring, and

patrolling tasks. The proposed methods are tested on Lego robots. The application potentials

are in many real applications.

[22] Priemyselný výskum v oblasti efektívnej práce s rozsiahlymi dátami v používatelsky

orientovaných aplikáciách (Industry research in the field of effective work with large data in

user oriented applications (RECLER)), ITMS 26240220029, 01/05/2010-30/04/2012

II SAS was testing, benchmarking and developing scalable technologies for large data

sets querying built on commodity PC clusters. We have focused on key-value stores, column

store databases, scalable warehouses based on MapReduce, as well as technologies for

scalable data streaming and graph processing and graph querying.

Research and Development State Program projects:

[23] NAZOU - Tools for acquisition, organization and maintenance of knowledge in an

environment of heterogeneous information resources, 01/09/2004-31/05/2008

The project was among of the first ones that started a perspective and successful research in

the area of knowledge oriented technology. A large cooperation with three universities and

industrial partners has led to numerous significant results in this area. Numerous PhD students

and young researchers worked together under supervision of experienced researchers that have

influenced the development of the research community in Slovakia considerably. The project

also resulted in a couple of consecutive projects, both national and international.

VEGA projects:

[24] Efektívne metódy pre matematické modelovanie a simuláciu zložitých prírodných procesov

vytvorené na základe poznatkov teórie kriviek a celočiselnú aproximáciu výpočtu

MDCT/MDST (Effective methods for mathematical modelling and simulation of complex

natural processes based on knowledge of curves theory, digital curve analysis and integer

approximation of the MDCT/MDST computation), 2/7097/27, 01/01/2007-01/12/2009

[25] Modifikované diskrétne kosínusové a sínusové transformácie (MDCT a MDST) (Modified

discrete cosine and sine transforms (MDCT and MDST)), 2/0129/10, 01/01/2010-31/12/2013

Basic research in Processing and coding of digital signals in multimedia systems at the Department

of Numerical Methods and Algorithms has been conducted for a long time. During the research

projects, international cooperation has continued with the following experts:

Prof. K. R. Rao, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington,

Arlington, Texas 76019-0016, Arlington, USA,

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Prof. S. Oraintara, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington,

Arlington, Texas 76019-0016, Arlington, USA,

H. Malvar, Communication and Signal Processing Group, Microsoft Research, Redmond,

WA 98 052, USA,

Huibert J. Lincklaen Arriens, Department of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and

Computer science, Delft University of Technology, 2628 CD Delft, The Netherlands.

In the end of the period under assessment, long term research activities in fast algorithms for the

efficient computation of discrete trigonometric transforms, and long-term collaboration with co-

authors (Prof. K. R. Rao and Dr. P. Yip (Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McMaster

University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada)) resulted in publishing the scientific monograph “V. Britaňák,

P. Yip and K. R. Rao: Discrete Cosine and Sine Transforms: General Properties, Fast Algorithms and

Integer Approximations” (Academic Press Inc. Elsevier Science, Amsterdam 2007, ISBN 0-12-

373624-2).

During the period under assessment (2007-2011), the achieved original scientific results have been

published in outstanding European and U. S. scientific journals (abstracted in the CC database), such

as Signal Processing, IEEE Signal Processing Letters and IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and

Language Processing (seven papers). The scientific quality of the research is proved by 167 citations

(71 SCI WOS, 89 SCOPUS, 3 Books and 3 Patent citations) in the period under assessment (2007-

2011).

On the other hand, during the period under assessment (2007-2011), numerous invitations have

been received to review papers in journals, such as IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, IEEE

Signal Processing Letters, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, IEEE

Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Analog and Digital Signal Processing, IEEE Transactions

on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, IEEE Transactions

on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, IET Signal

Processing, IET Circuits, Devices & Systems, EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal

Processing and Signal Processing.

Finally, it is important to note that the scientific quality of the research activities up to now is

proved by the total of 272 citations.

ii. List of national scientific conferences (co)-organised by the Organisation

[1] Acoustics and speech processing seminar, Bratislava, II SAS, 29.-30.11. 2008, 20 participants.

[2] Information day of the RAPORT project – 28.6.2007, II SAS, 11 invited participants from the

defence and military government departments and project´s partners.

[3] WIKT 2007: Workshop on Intelligent and Knowledge oriented Technologies 15.11.-

16.11.2007, Košice, 51 participants.

[4] Courses for teachers of digital integrated circuits design, 10.1., 11.1., 8.2., 15.2., 21.11., II

SAS, 12 participants (2007)

WIKT 2008: Workshop on Intelligent and Knowledge oriented Technologies 6.11.- 7.11.2008,

Smolenice, 41 participants.

[5] WIKT 2009: Workshop on Intelligent and Knowledge oriented Technologies, 12.11.-

13.11.2009, Herľany, 30 participants.

[6] Workshop of SEMCO-WS project. Bratislava, 29.6.-30.6.2009, 17 participants.

WIKT 2010: Workshop on Intelligent and Knowledge oriented Technologies. Herľany, 11. 11

– 12. 11.2010. 60 participants.

[7] WIKT 2011: Workshop on Intelligent and Knowledge oriented Technologies. Herľany,

24.11.- 25.11.2011. 55 participants.

iii. List of national journals published by the Organisation

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iv. List of edited proceedings of national scientific conferences/events 2007

[1] 1st Workshop on intelligent and knowledge oriented technologies : WIKT 2006 proceedings.

Editor Michal Laclavík, Ivana Budinská, Ladislav Hluchý. Bratislava: Institute of Informatics

SAS, 2007, 138 pp. ISBN 978-80-969202-5-9.

[2] Tools for acquisition, organisation and presenting of information and knowledge: proceedings

in informatics and information technologies. Editors Pavol Návrat, Pavol Bartoš, Mária

Bieliková, Ladislav Hluchý, Peter Vojtáš. Košice : STU, 2007, 160 pp. ISBN 978-80-227-

2716-7.

2008

[3] Acoustics and speech processing: proceeding of the seminar. Editors Milan Rusko, Marián

Trnka, Jozef Juhár. Bratislava : Institute of Informatics, SAS : Slovak Acoustic Society, 2008.

157 pp. ISBN 978-80-969202-8-0.

2010

[4] 5th Workshop on Intelligent and Knowledge Oriented Technologies : WIKT 2010

proceedings. Eds M. Laclavík, L. Hluchý. Bratislava : Ústav informatiky SAV, 2010. 140 pp.

ISBN 978-80-970145-2-0.

International/European position of the individual researchers

i. List of invited/keynote presentations at international conferences, documented by an invitation letter or programme

[1] FRANKOVIČ, Baltazár - BUDINSKÁ, Ivana. Survey of agent and multiagent´s systems

approach to the modelling, management and control of production systems. 8th International

Symposium of Hungarian Researchers on Computational Intelligence and Informatics. –

Budapest. Published in: Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium of Hungarian

Researchers on Computational Intelligence and Informatics. - Budapest : Budapest Tech

Hungarian Fuzzy Association, 2007. ISBN 978-963-7154-65-2, p. 55-69.

[2] HLUCHÝ, Ladislav - HABALA, Ondrej - BABÍK, Marian – LACLAVÍK, Michal -

BALOGH, Zoltán - GATIAL, Emil. Knowledge-based platform for environmental risk

management. 6th international symposium on parallel and distributed computing. Hagenberg,

Austria, July 5-8, 2007. Publishing in: International symposium on parallel and distributed

computing. ISPDC 2007 : 6th international symposium on parallel and distributed computing.

IEEE Computer society, 2007. ISBN 0-7695-2917-8, p. 3-9

[3] HLUCHÝ, Ladislav - HABALA, Ondrej - BABÍK, Marian - LACLAVÍK, Michal -

BALOGH, Zoltán - GATIAL, Emil. Grid and Knowledge based Flood Forecasting System.

International Summer School on Grid Computing 2007, Stockholm - Mariefred, Sweden 2007

[4] HLUCHÝ, Ladislav: Grid computing for flood forecast. International Summer School of

Young Researchers within INTAS project, Ukraine September 2007

[5] FRANKOVIČ, Baltazár - BUDINSKÁ, Ivana - ORAVEC, Viktor. Modelling of social

environment in multi-agent systems. In SAMI 2008 : 6th International Symposium on Applied

Machine Intelligence and Informatics. Editor I. Rudas, P. Sinčák. - IEEE Communications

Society, 2008. ISBN 978-1-4244-2106-0, p. 1-4.

[6] GRAMATOVÁ, Elena - FISCHEROVÁ, Mária. Memory test, BIST and self-repair. In Design

and Test Technology for Dependable Hardware/Software Systems. - Cottbus : BTU, 2008,

2008, CD, 84 slides.

[7] DARJAA, Sachia - RUSKO, Milan - TRNKA, Marián - ZEMAN, Viliam. Sprístupňovanie

jazykových technológií v rómčine. In Noise and Vibration in Practice : Proceedings of the13th

International Acoustic Conference. Editor Stanislav Žiaran. - Bratislava : Slovenská technická

univerzita, 2008. ISBN 978-80-227-2885-0, 2008, p. 21-26.

[8] HLUCHÝ, Ladislav - HABALA, Ondrej - CIGLAN, Marek - TRAN, Dinh Viet. Mining and

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integration of environmental data. In IEEE 6th International Conference on Computational

Cybernetics. Editor Anikó Szakál. - Budapest : IEEE Communication Society, 2008. ISBN

978-1-4244-2875-5, 2008, p. 247-252.

[9] MOKRIŠ, Igor. Dimension reduction of classification space by neural networks. In IEEE 6th

International Conference on Computational Cybernetics. Editor Anikó Szakál. - Budapest :

IEEE Communication Society, 2008. ISBN 978-1-4244-2875-5, p. 247-252.

[10] RUSKO, Milan - DUFEK, Juraj. Sound colour analysis of Slovak folk aerophones using the

“source-filter” model (Analýza farby zvuku slovenských ľudových aerofónov s použitím

modelu "zdroj-filter"). In Noise and Vibration in Practice : Proceedings of the13th

International Acoustic Conference. Editor Stanislav Žiaran. - Bratislava : Slovenská technická

univerzita, 2008. ISBN 978-80-227-2885-0, 2008, p. 83-90.

[11] HLUCHÝ, Ladislav - ŠIMO, Branislav - HABALA, Ondrej Flood forecasting based on

advanced information and communication technologies (Predpoveď povodní na báze

pokrokových informačno-komunikačných technológií). Invited lecture, 2009 International

scientific conference of police, security, fire fighting and rescue technique, Bratislava 2009.

[12] HLUCHÝ, Ladislav - HABALA, Ondrej - TRAN, Dinh Viet - CIGLAN, Marek.

Hydrometeorological scenarios using advanced data mining and integration. In The Sixth

International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery : proceedings: FSKD

2009. Vol. 7. Editor Y. Chen, Hepu Deng, Degan Zhang, Yingyuan Xiao. - Los Alamitos :

IEEE Computer Society, 2009, p. 260-264. ISBN 978-0-7695-3735-1.

[13] HLUCHÝ, Ladislav Computational methods and computer graphics, seminars at AGH

University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Automatics,

Computer Science and Technology, Department of Computer Science, Krakow, Poland, 2.-7.

November 2009.

[14] HLUCHÝ, Ladislav - HABALA, Ondrej - BARTOK, Juraj - BEDNÁR, Peter - GAŽÁK,

Martin. Prediction of significant meteorological phenomena using advanced data mining and

integration methods. In Fuzzy systems and knowledge discovery : proceedings: FSKD 2010.

Vol. 6, p. 2998-3002. - Piscataway : IEEE, 2010. ISBN 978-1-4244-5932-2.

[15] HLUCHÝ, Ladislav - ŠELENG, Martin - HABALA, Ondrej - KRAMMER, Peter. Mining

environmental data in hydrological scenarios. In Fuzzy systems and knowledge discovery :

proceedings: FSKD 2010. Vol. 6, p. 2988-2992. Eds. M. Li, Q. Liang, L. Wang, Y. Song. -

Piscataway : IEEE, 2010. ISBN 978-1-4244-5932-2.

[16] ASTALOŠ, Ján - BABÍK, Marian - BREIER, Robert - BRUNCKO, Dušan - CHOCHULA, P.

- FEKETE, V. - KULKOVÁ, Ingrid - ŠÁNDOR, Ladislav - SITÁR, Branislav - STRAKA,

Miloslav - STRÍŽENEC, Pavol - TOKÁR, S. - VALA, Martin - VRLAKOVÁ, Jana - ZENIS,

Tibor. Slovak participation in the World LHC computing grid. In 6th International Workshop

on Grid Computing for Complex Problems, November 8 - 10, 2010, Bratislava : GCCP 2010

proceedings. Eds. L. Hluchý, P. Kurdel, J. Sebestyénová. - Bratislava : Institute of Informatics,

SAS, 2010, pp. 21-27. ISBN 978-80-970145-3-7.

[17] HLUCHÝ, Ladislav - BALOGH, Zoltán - GATIAL, Emil. Distributed agent-based

architecture for management of crisis situation using trusted code execution. In SAMI 2010 :

8th International Symposium on Applied Machine Intelligence and Informatics. Editor Anikó

Szakál. - Budapest : IEEE Computer Society, 2010, pp. 25-30. ISBN 978-1-4244-6423-4.

[18] ČAPKOVIČ, František. Modularity and supervision in Petri net based synthesis of agents’

cooperation. In Special International Conference on Complex Systems: Synergy of Control,

Communications and Computing : proceedings of COSY 2011 papers. - Skopje : ETAI

Society- Macedonian NMO of the IFAC, 2011, pp. 195-200. ISBN 978-9989-2175-8-6.

[19] HLUCHÝ, Ladislav. From grid to cloud computing. In Proceedings of the Second Symposium

on Information and Communication Technology : SoICT 2011. - Hanoi : Hanoi University of

Science and Technology, 2011, pp. 4. ISBN 978-1-4503-0880-9.

[20] HLUCHÝ, Ladislav - HABALA, Ondrej - TRAN, Dinh Viet - KRAMMER, Peter - ŠIMO,

Branislav. Using ADMIRE framework and language for data mining and integration in

environmental application scenarios. In Proceedings 2011 Eighth International Conferenced

on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery : FSKD 2011. Vol. 4, pp. 2488-2492. - Danvers

: IEEE, 2011. ISBN 978-1-61284-178-6.

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[21] HLUCHÝ, Ladislav - KVASSAY, Marcel - DLUGOLINSKÝ, Štefan - SCHNEIDER, B. -

BRACKER, H. - KRYZA, B. - KITOWSKI, Jacek. Handling internal complexity in highly

realistic agent-based models of human behaviour. In 6th IEEE International Symposium on

Applied Computational Intelligence and Informatics : SACI 2011. - IEEE, 2011, pp. 11-16.

ISBN 978-1-4244-9107-0.

[22] HLUCHÝ, Ladislav - HABALA, Ondrej - ŠELENG, Martin - KRAMMER, Peter - TRAN,

Dinh Viet. Using advanced data mining and integration in environmental risk management. In

SAMI 2011 : 9th IEEE International Symposium on Applied Machine Intelligence and

Informatics. - Budapest : IEEE, 2011, pp. 49-54. ISBN 978-1-4244-7428-8.

[23] HLUCHÝ, Ladislav. EGI: the present and future of the Pan-European grid infrastructure,

invited lecture, GCCP 2009 Conference, Bratislava 2009.

ii. List of employees who served as members of the organising and/or programme

committees for international conferences Ing. M. Baláž, PhD.

Member of organisation committees:

- IEEE DDECS 2008 (Design and Diagnostics of Electronic Circuits and Systems)

Ing. J. Bečková

Member of organisation committees:

- IEEE Workshop on Design and Diagnostics of Electronic Circuits and Systems

Bratislava, Slovakia, 2008.

Mgr. Š. Beňuš, PhD.

- LNCS 5967 Second COST 2102 International Trading School Development of Multimodal

Interfaces: Active Listening and Synchrony. Dublin, Ireland 2010.

- LNCS 6456 Third COST 2102 International Trading School. Toward Autonomous,

Adaptive, and Context-Aware Multimodal interfaces. Caserta, Italy 2010.

Doc.Ing. F. Čapkovič, CSc. Member of programme committees:

- 4th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Systems - IS 2008, Golden Sands, Varna,

Bulgaria, September 6-8, 2008

- 2nd KES International Symposium on Agents and Multi-Agent Systems - Technologies and

Applications - KES AMSTA 2008, Inha University, Korea, 26 - 28 March 2008. Special

Session on Self-Organization in Multi-Agent Systems - SOMAS 2008.

- 2nd International Conference on Advanced Control Circuits & Systems - ACCS’07, Cairo,

Egypt, December 9-12, 2007

- Workshop on Collective Intelligence on Semantic Web - CISW 2007. At the EEE/WIC/ACM

- Joint International Conference on Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology 2007,

Silicon Valley, USA, November 2-5, 2007

-International Workshop on Recommender Agents and Adaptive Web-based Systems –

RAAWS 2007. At the 11th International Conference on Knowledge-Based and Intelligent

Information & Engineering Systems - KES 2007, Vietri sul Mare, Italy, September 12-14,

2007.

- International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems and Web Technologies -

EISWT- 07. Orlando, FL, USA, July 9-12, 2007.

- International Conference on Knowledge Generation, Communication & Management –

KGCM 2007. Jointly with 11th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and

Informatics - WMSCI, Orlando, FL, USA, July 8-11, 2007.

- 9th International Conference INFORMATICS '07, Bratislava, Slovakia, June 21-22, 2007.

- 5th IIGSS (International Institute for General Systems Studies) Workshop, Huazhong

University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, June 14-17, 2007.

- Industrial Simulation and Modelling Conference - ISC 2007, Track: Complex Systems

Modelling, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, June 11-13, 2007.

- 1st KES Symposium on Agent and Multi-Agent Systems, Technologies and Applications –

KES, AMSTA 2007, Wroclaw, Poland, 31 May - 1 June 2007.

- International Workshop on Collective Intelligence for Semantic and Knowledge Grid

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(CISKGrid). At the International Conference on Computational Science - ICCS 2007, Beijing,

China, May 27-30, 2007.

- 2nd International Conference on Knowledge Generation, Computing and Management -

KGCM 08, Orlando, FL, USA

- 2nd KES International Symposium on Agents and Multi-Agent Systems - Technologies and

Applications - KES AMSTA 08, Special Session on Self-Organization. Inha University, Korea

- 4th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Systems - IS 2008, Varna, Bulgaria

- Industrial Simulation Conference - ISC 08, stream Complex Systems Modelling, Lyon,

France

- International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Pattern Recognition - AIPR 08

Orlando, FL, USA

- International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems and Web Technologies - EISWT

08, Orlando, FL, USA

Ing. M. Dobrucký

Member of programme committees:

- GCCP 2008, Bratislava

Mgr. M. Fischerová Member of organisation committees:

- IEEE DDECS 2008 (Design and Diagnostics of Electronic Circuits and Systems)

I. Fodorová

Member of organisation committees:

- IEEE DDECS 2008 (Design and Diagnostics of Electronic Circuits and Systems)

Prof. Ing. B. Frankovič, DrSc.

Member of programme committees:

- 23rd IFIP 7 Conference on system Modelling and Optimization; 2007, Cracow, Poland

- 8th International Symposium o Computational Intelligence 2007 Hungary

- 7th International Scientific Technical Conference Process Control 2007, Czech Republic

- 16th International Conference on Process Control 2007

- Applied Machine Intelligence, 2007

- EUROSIS, 2007

- IFAC Symposium Egypt 2007

Doc. RNDr. E. Gramatová, CSc.:

Member of programme committees:

- IEEE DDECS (Design and Diagnostics of Electronic Circuits and Systems);

- ECS (Electronic Circuits and Systems), 2007;

- EUROMICRO Conferences DSD (Digital System Design), 2007;

- IEEE ETS (European Test Symposium), 2007;

- Informatika 2007

- Czech and Slovak seminar for PhD students, 2007

- Computer architectures and diagnostics, 2007.

- Seminar for PhD students – Computer architectures and diagnostics, Liberec, Czech

Republic

- IEEE DDECS (Design and Diagnostics of Electronic Circuits and Systems)

- Biennial Baltic Electronic Conference, Tallinn, Estonia

- East-West Design and Test Symposium, Moscow, Russia

- EUROMICRO Conferences DSD (Digital System Design), Luebeck, Germany

- IEEE European Test Symposium, Verbania, Italy

- IEEE Workshop on Design and Diagnostics of Electronic Circuits and Systems,

Bratislava, Slovakia

- International Scientific Conference on Computing Science and Engineering, Vysoké Tatry,

Slovakia

- Seminar for PhD students – Computer architectures and diagnostics, Liberec, Czech

Republic

Member of organisation committees:

- IEEE DDECS 2008 (Design and Diagnostics of Electronic Circuits and Systems)

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Ing. Š, Havlík, DrSc.

- RAAD 2009

- RAAD 2010

- RAAD 2011

Ing. L. Hluchý, CSc.

Member of programme committees:

- PPAM 2007

- EUROMICRO PDP 2007

- EURO PVM/MPI 2007

- ICCS 2007

- DAPSYS 2007

- E-Science 2007

- CGW 2007

- Informatics 2007

- 16th Euromicro International Conference on Parallel, Distributed and network-based

Processing (PDP), Toulouse, France

- 7th International Conference on Distributed and Parallel Systems (DAPSYS), Debrecen,

Hungary

- 7th International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Computing (ISPDC), Krakow,

Poland

- International Conference on Computational Science, Krakow, Poland

- International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications (ICCSA)

Perugia, Italy

- International Scientific Conference on Computer Science and Engineering (CSE)

Vysoké Tatry, Stará Lesná, Slovakia

- ITAT - Information Technologies - Applications and Theory, Vysoké Tatry, Hotel Hrebienok,

Slovakia

Member of organisation committees:

- 6th International Symposium on Applied Machine Intelligence and Informatics (SAMI),

Herľany, Slovakia

- 4th International Workshop on Grid Computing for Complex Problems (GCCP)

Bratislava, Slovakia

- 6th International Conference on Computational Cybernetics, Vysoké Tatry, Stará Lesná,

Slovakia

RNDr. I. Kostič

Member of programme committees:

- 34th Conference on Micro and Nano Engineering MNE 2008, Athens, Greece

- 35th Conference on Micro and Nano Engineering MNE 2009, Ghent

Ing. P. Kurdel

Member of organisation committees:

- GCCP 2007, Bratislava (Slovakia)

- GCCP 2008, Bratislava

- GCCP 2009, Bratislava

- GCCP 2010, Bratislava

- GCCP 2011, Bratislava

Ing. P. Malik, PhD.

Member of organisation committees:

- IEEE DDECS 2008 (Design and Diagnostics of Electronic Circuits and Systems)

Ing. J. Sebestyénová, PhD.

Member of organisation committees:

- GCCP 2007, Bratislava

- GCCP 2008, Bratislava

- GCCP 2009, Bratislava

- GCCP 2010, Bratislava

- GCCP 2011, Bratislava

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Prof. Ing. I. Mokriš, CSc.

Member of programme committees:

- Informatics 2007

- Informatics 2008, Bratislava

- SAMI 2008 - 6th

IEEE International Symposium on Applied Machine Intelligence and

Informatics, Herľany

- ICCC2008 – 6th IEEE International Conference on Computational Cybernetics, Stará Lesná Ing. M. Rusko

- LNAI 6231 Text, Speech and Dialogue. Brno, Czech Republic 2010

- LNAI 6836 Text, Speech and Dialogue. Pilsen, Czech Republic 2011

- LNCS 5967 Second COST 2102 International Trading School Development of Multimodal

Interfaces: Active Listening and Synchrony. Dublin, Ireland 2010

- LNCS 6456 Third COST 2102 International Trading School. Toward Autonomous,

Adaptive, and Context-Aware Multimodal interfaces. Caserta, Italy.. 2010.

Ing. P. Trebatický

Member of organisation committees:

- IEEE DDECS 2008 (Design and Diagnostics of Electronic Circuits and Systems)

iii. List of employees who served as members of important international scientific bodies (e.g. boards, committees, editorial boards of scientific journals)

Member of international scientific bodies:

Mgr. Š. Beňuš, PhD. - International Speech Communication Association (member)

- COST Action 2102 (member)

- EuCOG II (member)

RNDr. V. Britaňák, CSc.

- IEEE Computer Society (Signal Processing Society) – member

Ing. M. Cerňak, PhD.

- IEEE – Signal Processing Society - member

Doc. Ing. F. Čapkovič, CSc.:

- IEEE - member

- International Directory of Distinguished Leadership, American Biographical Institute (ABI), Inc. –

member

Prof. Ing. B. Frankovič, DrSc.:

- Technical Commitee IFIP on Modelling and Simulation – member

- Technical Committee IFAC TC.5.1 on Manufacturing and Plant Control- member

- John v. Neumann Society of Computer Science Budapest – honorary member

- Hungarian Fuzzy Society Budapest- honorary member

- Scientific Society of Hungarian Academy of Sciences – member

- Central European Academy of Sciences and Arts- full member

Doc. RNDr. E. Gramatová, CSc.:

- IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering – member

- IEEE Computer Society, Test Technology Technical Council – member

Ing. Š. Havlík, DrSc.

- Committee IFToMM (Int. Fed. Theory of Machines and Mechanisms) – international member

- IARP (International Advanced Robotic Program) – member

- Committee IFToMM-History (Int. federation on the Theory of Machines and Mechanisms)

(permanent member)

RAAD- Robotics in Alps-Adria-Danube Region (permanent member)

Doc. Ing. L. Hluchý, CSc.

- IEEE Computer Society – member

- Information and Communication Security (ICS) NATO Panel – member

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- e-Infrastructure Reflection Group (delegate of SR)

- EGI - European Grid Initiative (permanent member)

- ES Cluster – Earth Science Cluster (member)

- AA – Astrophysical Cluster (member)

- ACM – Association for Computing Machinery (member)

- EGU – European Geosciences Union (member)

RNDr. V. Jablonská

- SPIE – The International Society for Optical Engineering – member

RNDr. I. Kostič

- SED IUVSTA (the Surface Engineering Division of the International Union for Vacuum Science,

Technique, and Applications) – delegate of SR

- SPIE – The International Society for Optical Engineering – member

Ing. M. Rusko

- European Acoustic Association - member

- Arbeitkreis für Musikwissenschaft – member

Members of editorial boards of scientific journals:

Mgr. Š. Benuš, PhD.

- IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing (member)

- Journal of Phonetics (member)

- Speech Communication (member)

- Phonology (member)

Doc.Ing. F. Čapkovič, CSc.

- International Journal of Intelligent Information and Database Systems (Intderscience Publishers,

Intderscience Enterprises Ltd., UK) ISSN: 1751-5858

- Journal of Applied Systems Studies (Cambridge International Science Publishing, Cambridge,

England, UK) ISSN 1466-7738

- Advances in Applied Intelligence Technologies (AAIT) Book Series, IGI Global, USA, (member)

Prof. Ing. B. Frankovič, DrSc.:

- Acta Polytechnica Hungarica, Journal of Applied Sciences - member

- AI COMMUNICATION- Advisory Board

Doc. RNDr. L. Halada, CSc.

Journal of the Applied Mathematics, Statistics and Informatics (Editorial Board member)

Doc. Ing. L. Hluchý, CSc.

- Acta Electrotechnica et Informatica (Editorial Board member)

- Computing and Informatics (Editor-in-Chief)

- Journal of Computational Science, Elsevier (member)

Ing. D. Janglová, CSc.

- International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems – member of Editorial Consulting Board

Ing. L. Matay, PhD.

- Editorial Advisory Board of Journal: Sensors & Transducers. (from April 2006). ISSN 1726-5479,

published by International Frequency Sensor Association (IFSA).

iv. List of international scientific awards and distinctions

[1] Grand Prize of Hungarian Fuzzy Association- Prof. Ing. Baltazár Frankovič, DrSc.

[2] IEEE Computer Society TTTC Meritorious Service Award - Doc. RNDr. Elena Gramatová,

CSc.

[3] 12th IFToMM World Congress, Besancon (France), June 18-21,2007 for his contribution to

the research in mechatronics and mechanics - Ing. Š. Havlík, DrSc.

[4] Doc. Ing. E. Gramatová, IEEE Golden Core member, Awarded by IEEE Computer Society

[5] Doc. Ing. L. Hluchý, CSc.: Professor h.c. Awarded by Obuda University, Budapest

(Hungary).

[6] Ing. F. Čapkovič, CSc.: Best paper award in the frame of the symposium Mathematical

Methods in Cybernetics and Systems Theory, 20th European Meeting on Cybernetics and

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Systems Research, Vienna, Austria, April 6-9, 2010. Awarded by: International Program

Committee.

[7] Ing. TRAN, Dinh Viet, PhD. : SPRERS Award. Awarded by: Dana Petcu, West University

of Timisoara, Romania. Award for the best idea in FP7 proposals, goals 1.2, FP7-ICT Call 8,

in the area of technology development (cloud computing).

National position of the individual researchers

i. List of invited/keynote presentations at national conferences documented by an invitation letter or programme

[1] LACLAVÍK, Michal. Creation of semantic metadata. In Proceedings 2nd Workshop on

Intelligent and Knowledge Oriented Technologies : WIKT 2007 proceedings. Editor František

Babič, Ján Paralič. - Košice : Centre for Information Technologies, Faculty of Electrical

Engineering an Informatics, Technical University in Košice, 2008. ISBN 978-80-89284-10-8,

pp. 2-6.

[2] MOKRIŠ, Igor - FORGÁČ, Radoslav - DUBJEL, P. - PEŠTA, Z. - STROMKOVÁ, B.

Znalostný systém pre prípravu CAX (Knowledge system for CAX preparation). In

Proceedings of the conference "Využitie simulačných technológií pri riešení krízových situácií

v MO SR a MV SR" (The use of simulation technologies in managing crisis situations in the

Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic), Liptovský Mikuláš :

Národná akadémia obrany, 2008, CD, 12 pp..

[3] HALADA, Ladislav - WEISENPACHER, Peter - OKŠA, Gabriel - GLASA, Ján - BEČKA,

Martin. Počítačová simulácia požiarov v rizikových priestoroch (Computer simulation of fire

in risk areas). In IXth international conference FIRECO 2011: Ochrana pred požiarmi (Fire

prevention), Bratislava: Požiarnotechnický a expertízny ústav MV SR, 2011, pp. 93-102.

ISBN 978-80-89051-11-3.

[4] FRANKOVIČ, Baltazár - BUDINSKÁ, Ivana. Suvislosti kybernetiky, informatiky a umelej

inteligencie (Connections of cybernetics, informatics and artificial intelligence). Conference

with at least 30 % foreign participants - Evolučné systémy - evolučná výpočtová technika -

genetické algoritmy – aplikácie (Evolution systems – evolution computer hardware – genetic

algorithms – applications). Published in: Suvislosti kybernetiky, informatiky a umelej

inteligencie : Zbornik vyzvanych prispevkov. ISBN 978-80-8073-862-4, s. 51-56.

ii. List of employees who served as members of organising and programme committees of national conferences

L. Hluchý

- WIKT 2007

- WIKT 2008

- WIKT 2009

- WIKT 2010

- WIKT 2011

M. Laclavík

- WIKT 2007

- WIKT 2008

- WIKT 2009

- WIKT 2010

- WIKT 2011

M. Rusko

- Acoustics and speech processing, 2008, Bratislava

M. Trnka

- Acoustics and speech processing, 2008, Bratislava

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iii. List of employees serving in important national scientific bodies (e.g. boards, committees, editorial boards of scientific journals).

National scientific societies

Ing. I. Budinská, PhD.

- Slovenská spoločnosť pre kybernetiku a informatiku (Slovak Society for Cybernetics and

Informatics); function: Main Committee member (2010)

Ing. M. Cerňak, PhD.

- Slovenská akustická spoločnosť (Slovak Acoustic Society) - member

Doc. Ing. F. Čapkovič, CSc. - Slovenská spolocnosť pre kybernetiku a informatiku (Slovak Society for Cybernetics and

Informatics) - member;

Prof. Ing. B. Frankovič, DrSc.:

- IFAC National Commitee - member

- IFIP National Commitee - member

- Slovenská spoločnosť pre kybernetiku a informatiku pri SAV (Slovak Society for Cybernetics and

Informatics at Slovak Academy of Sciences – main committee member

- Slovenská informačná spoločnosť (Slovak Information Society) – member

Doc. RNDr. E. Gramatová, CSc.

- Slovenská informačná spoločnosť (Slovak Information Society) – member

- Slovenská spoločnosť pre kybernetiku a informatiku (Slovak Society for Cybernetics and Informatics

- member

Doc. Ing. L. Hluchý, CSc.

- Slovenská informačná spoločnosť (Slovak Information Society) – member

- Slovenská spoločnosť pre kybernetiku a informatiku (Slovak Information Society) – member

Ing. M. Rusko

- Slovenská akustická spločnosť (Slovak Acoustic Society) - Secretary, Vice-President

Ing. Sachia Darjaa

Slovenská akustická spoločnosť (Slovak Acoustic Society) - member

Ing. M. Trnka

Slovenská akustická spoločnosť (Slovak Acoustic Society) – member

Members of editorial boards of scientific journals

Prof. Ing. B. Frankovič, DrSc.:

- ATP Journal- member

- Acta Electrotechnica et Informatica- member

- Computing and Informatics (CC) – member

Doc. RNDr. E. Gramatová, CSc.

- Elektronické noviny EN SAV

Doc. Ing. L. Hluchý, CSc.

- Editor-in-Chief of the journal Computing and Informatics

- Editorial Board member of Acta Electrotechnica et Informatica

Members of scientific boards of universities

Prof. Ing. Dr.h.c B. Frankovič, DrSc. - FEI TUKE (Slovak Technical University) Košice

Doc. Ing. L. Halada, CSc.

- FPV UCM Trnava

Doc. Ing. L. Hluchý, CSc.

- FM TnUAD (Faculty of Mechatronics, A. Dubček University in Trenčín)

- FEI TUKE (Slovak Technical University) Košice

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- FEI STU (Slovak University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics),

Bratislava

- FIIT STU (Slovak University of Technology, Faculty of Informatics and Information Technologies),

Bratislava

- FI PEVŠ Bratislava

Members of scientific bodies of SAS

Ing. I. Budinská, PhD.

- Board of SAS Assembly, member (2009, 2010, 2011)

Prof. Ing. B. Frankovič, DrSc.

- Scientific College of SAS for Mathematics, Physics and Informatics – chair (2007, 2008)

- Learned Society – emeritus member (2007, 2008)

Doc. RNDr. E. Gramatová, CSc.

- Scientific Board of SAS, member (2007)

- Deputy of Scientific Secretary (2007, 2008, 2009)

- SAS Board for Education and PhD studies, member (2007, 2008)

Doc. Ing. L. Halada, CSc.

- Assembly of SAS, member (2007, 2008)

- Board of SAS Assembly, member (2007)

- Scientific College of SAS for Mathematics, Physics and Informatics – member (2007, 2008, 2009,

2010)

- Scientific College of SAS for Electronics, Material Research and Technologies – member (2011)

Doc. Ing. L. Hluchý, CSc.

- Scientific College of SAS for Mathematics, Physics and Informatics – member (2007, 2008, 2009,

2010, 2011)

VEGA committees

RNDr. V. Britaňák, CSc.

- VEGA Commission No. 4 for Electronics and Informatics – member (2007, 2008)

Ing. I. Budinská, PhD. - VEGA Commission No. 5 for Electrical Engineering, Automation and Control Systems and related

information and communication technologies – member (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)

Doc.Ing. F. Čapkovič, CSc.

- VEGA No.4 for electronics and informatics – member (2007, 2008)

- VEGA Commission No. 5 for Electrical Engineering, Automation and Control Systems and related

information and communication technologies – member (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)

RNDr. J. Glasa , CSc. - VEGA Commission No. 5 for Electrical Engineering, Automation and Control Systems and related

information and communication technologies – member (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)

Ing. Š. Havlík, DrSc.

- VEGA Commission No.4 for Electrical Engineering, Automation and Control Systems and related

information and communication technologies – member (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)

Prof. Ing. I. Mokriš, CSc.

- VEGA Commission No.4 for Electrical Engineering, Automation and Control Systems and related

information and communication technologies – member (2007, 2008)

- VEGA Commission No. 5 for Electrical Engineering, Automation and Control Systems and related

information and communication technologies – member (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)

SAS Committee

Ing. V. Barák

- SAS Committee for expensive instrument equipment, member (2007, 2008, 2009)

Ing. I. Budinská, PhD.

- SAS Commission for Information and Communication Technologies, member (2009, 2010, 2011)

- SAS Commission for Damages, member (2009, 2010, 2011)

Prof. Ing. B. Frankovič, DrSc.

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- SAS Committee for Science and Society Scientific and Development Prognoses – member (2007,

2008)

Doc. RNDr. E. Gramatová, CSc. - SAS Committee for Information and Communication Technologies, chair (2007, 2008, 2009)

- SAS Committee for the Equality of Opportunities – chair (2007, 2008, 2009)

- SAS Committee for International Scientific and Technical Collaboration – deputy chair (2007, 2008,

2009)

- SAS Committee for Publicity and Media - member (2007, 2008, 2009)

RNDr. I. Kostič

- Commission for Intellectual Property (patents and copyright) – member (2009, 2010, 2011)

RNDr. Michal Laclavík, PhD.

- SAS Committee for Information and Communication Technologies – member - WEBSAS (2007,

2008, 2009)

Ing. Ľubomír Obžera

- SAS Commission for Information and Communication Technologies – member (2009, 2010, 2011)

iv. List of national prizes and awards

[1] SAS Prize for cooperation with Slovak universities for the Department of Modelling and

Control of Discrete Processes and Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Faculty

of Mechanical Engineering, Slovak University of Technology Bratislava; Faculty of Electrical

Engineering, Technical University Košice

[2] SAS Prize for establishing the infrastructure for science "Proposal and realisation of Electron

Lithography Laboratory at the Institute of Informatics of the Slovak Academy of Sciences"

[3] Babík Marián – Award: Slovak Student Personality for the academic year 2007-2008;

awarded by Junior Chamber International, Slovakia

[4] Hluchý Ladislav – Award: Commemorative Medal of the Faculty of Informatics and

Information Technologies, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava; awarded by FIIT

SUT Bratislava

[5] Hluchý, Ladislav - Balogh, Zoltán - Ciglan, Marek - Gatial, Emil - Laclavík, Michal -

Nguyen, Giang - Šeleng, Martin: SAS Prize for scientific and research achievements in the

area of cooperation with universities. Awarded by SAS Scientific Board

[6] Cerňak Miloš, Darjaa Sakhia, Rusko Milan, Sabo Róbert, Trnka Marian: SAS Prize for

scientific and research achievements. Awarded by SAS. Description: The prize was awarded

for the scientific and research work "Fluent speech recognition for automatic transcription of

parliament debates".

[7] Benuš Štefan: Prize of the UKF Rector for the publication published by foreign publishers.

Awarded by: The UKF Rector

[8] Roland Dobai: Prize of the Dean of the Faculty of Informatics and Information

Technologies, Slovak University of Technology for PhD studies. Awarded by the Dean of the

FIIT SUT

v. Supplementary information and/or comments documenting international and

national status of the Organisation

Participation of experts in evaluation of international projects (EÚ RP, ESF etc.)

S. Havlík – FP7 ICT

L. Hluchý – FP7 ICT

M. Laclavík – FP7 ICT

Remarks to international position of the Institute:

Beside taking part in international projects and in bilateral contracts, the Institute received the visits of

significant persons from abroad, with whom experience and results achieved within the Institute's

fields of research have been interchanged.

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Important visits from abroad received at Institute of Informatics between 2007 and 2011:

- Delegation of DG-INFSO Directorate F Unit F1, F2, 14. 5. 2009, W. Boch (Head of Unit Future and

Emerging Technologies - Proactive, A. Fiala (Head of Unit Future and Emerging Technologies –

Open Directorate-General for Information Society and Media, EU). Results of the Institute were

presented by II SAS deputy head Ing. Ivana Budinská, PhD.

- Delegation of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 27. 2. 2008, Prof. Štefan Chadžitodorov, BAS

Scientific Secretary, Rumiana Radeva, the Director of BAS Office for Foreign Relations, and Atanas

Najdenov from the same office. Results of the Institute were presented by Ladislav Hluchý, the

Director of II SAS.

- Delegation of the Ministry of Defense of the French Republic Ministry of Defense of the Slovak

Republic, on 2. 7. 2008. The reception was attended by Jean DESJEAUX, DGA Deputy Director for

foreign relations, Loic LE GALL, DGA and Col. Jean MORNARD PO FR for the French side,

and doc. Ing. Stanislav SZABO, PhD., General Manager of SEOPMZ – NRpV, Ing. Ivan KOBLEN,

CSc, Director of Division of Arming, SEOPMZ and doc. Ing. Ľubomír Uherík, CSc., NRpRaT OdV

SEOPMZ. Results of the Institute were presented by Ladislav Hluchý, the Director of II SAS and by

other representatives of the Institute.

- Delegation of guests from Taiwan on 6.11.2008, and preparation of lectures for them. The reception

was attended by Jwu-Sheng Hu, Yeau-Ren Jeng (National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan),

Jonathan S. Shieh (STD, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Prague), Yung-Mei Lin (National

Science Council), Cheewee Liu (National Taiwan University), Lisa J.C. Lai (CPC Corporation,

Taiwan), Welkin Ling (Industrial Technology Research Institute) a representatives of II SAS.

Total number of visitors (2007-2011) in the Institute: 273, from 26 countries worldwide.

There were also significant negotiations and consultations with companies from abroad, such

as SOFTTECO SISMAT (Italy), LOGICDIS (Greece), CGG (Compagnie Générale de Géophysique

France), Infineon Technologies AG (Germany), HITACHI Europe SAS (France), etc. Results of the

negotiations are expected in the coming years.

National position of the Institute consisted also in consultations with representatives of the

government authorities, research institutes and companies, related to application of concrete results

and/or incorporation thereof into research projects of the Institute (Anasoft, s.r.o., MAT-obaly, s.r.o.,

Softec, s.r.o., Siemens, s.r.o, Applied Precision, s.r.o. a.s....).

4. Project structure, research grants and other funding resources

International projects and funding

i. List of major projects within the European Research Area – 6th and 7th Framework Programme of the EU, European Science Foundation, NATO, COST, INTAS, CERN, ESA etc. (here and in items below please specify: type of project, title, grant number, duration, total funding and funding for the Organisation, responsible person in the Organisation and his/her status in the project, e.g. coordinator, work package leader, investigator)

[1] Type of project: 6 FP

Title: Knowledge-based Workflow System for Grid Applications

Grant number: FP6-511385

Duration: 01/09/2004-28-02-2007

Total funding:

Funding for Organisation: EC 17957, 91; MVTS 3717, 72; Total: 21676 EUR

Responsible person: Ladislav Hluchý

Status in project: work package leader (WPL)

[2] Type of project: 6 FP

Title: Enabling Grids for E-sciencE II

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Grant number: RI-031688

Duration: 01/04/2006-31/03/2008

Total funding:

Funding for Organisation: EC 135929; MVTS 30140; II SAS 100345; Total: 266414 EUR

Responsible person: Ladislav Hluchý

Status in project: WPL

[3] Type of project: 6 FP

Title: Interactive European Grid

Grant number: FP6-31857

Duration: 01/05/2006-30/04/2008

Total funding:

Funding for Organisation: EC 90939; MVTS 16531; Total: 107470 EUR

Responsible person: Ladislav Hluchý

Status in project: WPL

[4] Type of project: 6 FP

Title: Dissemination and Exploitation Grids in Earth sciencE

Grant number: FP6-034619

Duration: 01/06/2006-31/05/2008

Total funding:

Funding for Organisation: EC 101948; MVTS 20082; Total: 122030 EUR

Responsible person: Ladislav Hluchý

Status in project: WPL

[5] Type of project: 6 FP

Title: Radical Innovation Maskless Nanolithography

Grant number: 17133

Duration: 01/10/2005-30/09/2008

Total funding:

Funding for Organisation: EC 14155; MVTS 2620: Total: 16775 EUR

Responsible person: Ivan Kostič

Status in project: WPL

[6] Type of project: 6 FP

Title: Technology for the Production of Massively Parallel Intelligent Cantilever – Probe

Platform for Nanoscale Analysis and Synthesis

Grant number: 515739

Duration: 01/04/2005-30/04/2009

Total funding:

Funding for Organisation: EC 54024; MVTS 14738; Total: 68762 EUR

Responsible person: Ivan Kostič

Status in project: coordinator

[7] Type of project: INTAS

Title: Data Fusion Grid Infrastructure

Grant number: 06-1000024-9154

Duration: 01/01/2007-12/12/2008

Total funding:

Funding for Organisation: INTAS EU 10000; MVTS 4581; Total: 14581 EUR

Responsible person: Ladislav Hluchý

Status in project: coordinator

[8] Type of project: COST

Title: Nonverbal speech gestures in Slovak in multimodal and multicultural context

Grant number: COST 271/06

Duration: 09/10/2008-30/11/2010

Total funding:

Funding for Organisation: ESF 574; MVTS 6638; Total: 7212 EUR

Responsible person: Milan Rusko

Status in project: project leader

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[9] Type of project: 7 FP

Title: Enabling Grids for E-sciencE III

Grant number: FP7-222667

Duration: 01/05/2008-30/04/2010

Total funding:

Funding for Organisation: EC 238544; MVTS 40530; National fund 5768; Total:

284842EUR Responsible person: Ladislav Hluchý

Status in project: WPL

[10] Type of project: 7 FP

Title: COMMunity-based Interoperability Utility for SMEs

Grant number: FP7-213876

Duration: 01/02/2008-31/01/2011

Total funding:

Funding for Organisation: EC 204647; MVTS 48997; APVV 22664; National fund 5768;

Total: 282076 EUR

Responsible person: Ladislav Hluchý

Status in project: WPL, not coordinator

[11] Type of project: 7 FP

Title: Advanced Data Mining and Integration Research for Europe

Grant number: FP7-215024

Duration: 01/03/2008-28/02/2011

Total funding:

Funding for Organisation: EC 269218; MVTS 57035; APVV 17697; National fund 27854;

Total: 371804 EUR

Responsible person: Ladislav Hluchý

Status in project: WPL, nor coordinator

[12] Type of project: 7 FP

Title: Seamless Communication for Crisis Management

Grant number: FP7-218123

Duration: 01/09/2008-30/04/2012

Total funding:

Funding for Organisation: EC 254897; MVTS 32182; APVV 12803; Capital expenditure

2645; National fund 32799; Total: 335326 EUR

Responsible person: Ladislav Hluchý

Status in project: WPL, not coordinator

[13] Type of project: 7 FP

Title: Integrated sustainable Pan-European infrastructure for researchers in Europe

Grant number: FP7-261323

Duration: 05?2010-04/2014

Total funding:

Funding for Organisation: EC 114997; MVTS 15600; National fund 11440; Total: 142037

EUR

Responsible person: Ladislav Hluchý

Status in project: WPL, not coordinator

[14] Type of project: EDA

Title: European urban simulation for asymmetric scenarios (EUSAS)

Grant number: A-0938-RT-GC

Duration: 03/2010-08/2012

Total funding:

Funding for Organisation: EC 187020; MVTS 8000; Total: 195020 EUR

Responsible person: Ladislav Hluchý

Status in project: WPL, not coordinator

[15] Type of project: 7 FP

Title: Virtual enterprises by networked interoperability services (VENIS)

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Grant number: FP7-284984

Duration: 09/2011-02/2014

Total funding:

Funding for Organisation: EC 14597; MVTS 1333; Total: 15930 EUR

Responsible person: Ladislav Hluchý

Status in project: not coordinator

ii. List of other international projects incl. total funding and funding for the Organisation

[1] Type of project: IVF (International Visegrád Found)

Title: Design and Diagnostics of Electronic Circuits and Systems Workshop

Grant number: 12745

Duration: 01/02/2008-31/07/2008

Total funding:

Funding for Organisation: IVF 4041; SAS 1328; Total: 5369 EUR

Responsible person: Elena Gramatová

Status in project: Project leader

[2] Type of project: Multilateral

Title: Intelligent Language Tutoring System with Multimodal Feedback Functions

Grant number: 135379-LLP-1-2007-21-DE-KA2-KA2MP

Duration: 01/11/2007-31/10/2009

Total funding:

Funding for Organisation: EACEA 67138; MVTS 9678; Capital expenditure 1944; Total:

78760 EUR

Responsible person: Milan Rusko

Status in project: coordinator

[3] Type of project: Bilateral

Title: Innovation of sub-micrometer electron beam lithography

Grant number: SK-BUL-010-06

Duration: 01/01/2007-31/12/2009

Total funding:

Funding for Organisation: APVV 1394 EUR Responsible person: Ivan Kostič

Status in project: coordinator

[4] Type of project: Bilateral

Title: Microprocesses for large structured arrays with high pattern density suitable for

realization of optoelectronic devices and holograms

Grant number: SK-AT-00107

Duration: 01/01/2007-31/12/2008

Total funding:

Funding for Organisation: APVV 1113 EUR

Responsible person: Ladislav Matay

Status in project: coordinator

[5] Type of project: Bilateral

Title: Micro-, nano-technological processes for micro-, opto- and bio-electronic devices with

utilization of UV-, DUV- and EB-lithography

Grant number: SK-AT-0012_08

Duration: 01/2009-12/2010

Total funding:

Funding for Organisation: APVV 1407 EUR Responsible person: Ladislav Matay

Status in project: coordinator

[6] Type of project: SAIA – bilateral contract

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Title: Grapheme and Phoneme Frequencies in Slovak

Grant number: 58s3

Duration: 01/06/2007-01/11/2008

Total funding:

Funding for Organisation: SAIA 3319 EUR Responsible person: Milan Rusko

Status in project: project leader

[7] Type of project: Intergovernmental agreement SK-RO

Title: Hybrid medical complex systems

Grant number:

Duration: 01/2011-12/2012

Total funding:

Funding for Organisation: APVV 1756 EUR Responsible person: Ladislav Hluchý

Status in project: coordinator

iii. List of other important projects and collaborations without direct funding

[1] Type of project: SF EU (R&D)

Title: Center of Excellence for New Technologies in Electrical Engineering I

Grant number: ITMS-26240120011

Duration: 05/2009-05/2011

Total funding:

Funding for Organisation: 0 EUR

Responsible person: Ivan Kostič

Status in project: not coordinator

[2] Type of project: AF EU

Title: KC-INTELINSYS

Grant number: ITMS 26240220072

Duration: 09/2011-12/2014

Total funding:

Funding for Organisation: 0 EUR

Responsible person: Ladislav Hluchý

Status in project: not coordinator

[3] Type of project: MAD

Title: Hybrid Intelligent Modelling

Grant number: Duration: 01/01/2005-31/12/2007

Total funding:

Funding for Organisation: 0 EUR

Responsible person: František Čapkovič

Status in project: project leader (coordinator)

[4] Type of project: MAD

Title: Digital systems design and its testability

Grant number: 24

Duration: 01/01/2007-31/12/2009

Total funding:

Funding for Organisation: 0 EUR

Responsible person: Mária Fischerová

Status in project: project leader

[5] Type of project: MAD

Title: Modelling, simulation and control problems of intelligent manufacturing systems

Grant number: 8

Duration: 01/01/2007-31-12/2009

Total funding:

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Funding for Organisation: 0 EUR

Responsible person: Baltazár Frankovič

Status in project: coordinator

[6] Type of project: MAD

Title: Intelligent Agents and Information Technology Applications

Grant number: none

Duration: 01/02/2008-31/12/2010

Total funding:

Funding for Organisation: 0 EUR

Responsible person: František Čapkovič

Status in project: coordinator

[7] Type of project: MAD

Title: Advanced methods for distributed intelligent and knowledge oriented control

Grant number:

Duration: 01/2010-12/2012

Total funding:

Funding for Organisation: 0 EUR

Responsible person: Ivana Budinská

Status in project: coordinator

[8] Type of project: MAD

Title: Programming environment for adaptive development of high performance parallel

software on heterogeneous platforms

Grant number:

Duration: 01/2011-12/2013

Total funding:

Funding for Organisation: 0 EUR

Responsible person: Ladislav Hluchý

Status in project: coordinator

[9] Type of project: MAD

Title: Design and testability of low power processor and MDCT algorithm in 90 nm CMOS

technology

Grant number: 23

Duration: 01/2010-12/2012

Total funding:

Funding for Organisation: 0 EUR

Responsible person: Mária Fischerová

Status in project: coordinator

National projects and funding

i. List of projects supported by the European Social Funds (ESF) and Structural Funds of EU and the role of the Organisation

[1] Type of project: ESF

Title: Railway Network of Excellence

Grant number: SORO/JPD 3-094/2005/NP1-033, 13120200104

Duration: 03/01/2007-31/12/2007

Total funding:

Funding for Organisation: EC 273120 EUR Responsible person: Ladislav Hluchý

Status in project: coordinator

[2] Type of project: ESF

Title: Advanced study cluster – development of further education in the field of

multidisciplinary research and development of advanced materials and nanomaterial’s

considering permanent sustainable development

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Grant number: 1310200055

Duration: 01/01/2005-31/12/2007

Total funding: 0 EUR

Funding for Organisation:

Responsible person: Ivan Kostič

Status in project: investigator

[3] Type of project: SF EU (R&D)

Title: Support of Creation of Centre of Excellence for SMART Technologies, Systems and

Service

Grant number: 26240120005

Duration: 05/2009-04/2011

Total funding:

Funding for Organisation: ASFEU 175819 EUR Responsible person: Ladislav Hluchý

Status in project: not coordinator

[4] Type of project: SF EU

Title: Support of Creation of Centre of Excellence for SMART Technologies, Systems and

Service - II

Grant number: 26240120029

Duration: 01/2010-12/2012

Total funding:

Funding for Organisation: ASFEU 95182 EUR Responsible person: Ladislav Hluchý

Status in project: not coordinator

[5] Type of project: SF EU

Title: Industry research in the area of effective work with large data in user oriented

applications (RECLER)

Grant number: ITMS-2624020029

Duration: 05/2010-04/2012

Total funding:

Funding for Organisation: ASFEU 42456 EUR Responsible person: Ladislav Hluchý

Status in project: not coordinator

[6] Type of project: SF EU

Title: Slovak infrastructure for high performance computing (SIVVP)

Grant number: 26230120002

Duration: 01/2010-01/2015

Total funding:

Funding for Organisation: Ministry of Education of the SR 602; ASFEU 214; Total: 816

EUR Responsible person: Ladislav Hluchý

Status in project: not coordinator

[7] Type of project: SF EU

Title: RPKOM

Grant number: ITMS-26240220064

Duration: 01/2011-11/2013

Total funding:

Funding for Organisation: ASFEU 37746 EUR Responsible person: Ladislav Hluchý

Status in project: not coordinator

[8] Type of project: AF EU

Title: CRISIS

Grant number: ITMS 26240220060

Duration: 01/2011-12/2013

Total funding:

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Funding for Organisation: ASFEU 61439 EUR Responsible person: Ladislav Hluchý

Status in project: coordinator

ii. List of projects supported by APVV and the role of the Organisation

[1] Project title: Application framework for interactive grid applications (INTAP)

Project number: APVV RPEU-0 0029-06

Duration: 02/2007-08/2008

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): Total: 49782 EUR Role of Organisation: coordinator

[2] Project title: Tools for preparing, effective execution and visualization of applications and

data management in grid environment (GRIDTOOLS)

Project number: APVV RPEU-0 0024-06

Duration: 02/2007-08/2008

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): Total: 49783 EUR Role of Organisation: coordinator

[3] Project title: Semantic composition of Web and Grid Services (SEMCO-WS)

Project number: 0391-06

Duration: 02/2007-12/2009

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): Total: APVV 127631; II SAS 132643

EUR

Role of Organisation: coordinator

[4] Project title: Research and development of a knowledge based system to support workflow

management in organizations with administrative processes (RAPORT)

Project number: APVT 024504

Duration: 2006-2008

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): Total: 57094 EUR Role of Organisation: coordinator

[5] Project title: Microelectronics in secondary education network

Project number: LPP-0021-06

Duration: 09/2006-09/2009

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): Total: 44593 EUR Role of Organisation: coordinator

[6] Project title: Multiagent technology for enterprise modelling and performance optimisation

Project number: LPP-0231-06

Duration: 11/2006-11/2009

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): Total: 35916 EUR Role of Organisation: coordinator

[7] Project title: Preparation of “active” tips for probe microscopy by MOCVD

Project number: APVV-51-045705

Duration: 03/2006-12/2009

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): Total: 18821 EUR Role of Organisation: not coordinator

[8] Project title: Superconductors for future technologies

Project number: APVT 51-016604

Duration: 01/2005-12/2007

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): Total: 17925 EUR Role of Organisation: not coordinator

[9] Project title: Hybrid spintronic nanostructures controlled by spin-polarized current

Project number: APVV-0173-06

Duration: 02/2007-04/2010

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): Total: 33418 EUR

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Role of Organisation: not coordinator

[10] Project title: Integrated micromechanical sensors of electromagnetic radiation based on

manganite thin films

Project number: APVT-51-032902

Duration: 01/2004-06/2007

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): 0 EUR Role of Organisation: not coordinator

[11] Project title: Personal motor car fires, fires computer simulation and their experimental

verification

Project number: APVV-0532-07

Duration: 09/2008-12/2010

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): 4315,21 II, all 16596,96 (08); 22704 II,

all 55135 (09); 23966 (10)

Role of Organisation: coordinator

[12] Project title: Adaptive interoperability framework for private and public sector

Project number: APVV-0216-07

Duration: 09/2008-12/2011

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): 6340,04 II, all 14107,42 (08); 37907

II, all 84711 (09); 37907 (10)

Role of Organisation: coordinator

[13] Project title: Advanced MEMS chemical sensors for extreme conditions

Project number: APVV-0655-07

Duration: 06/2008-12/2010

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): Total: 20015 EUR Role of Organisation: not coordinator

[14] Project title: Unconventional procedures for separation and molecular characterization of

components of complex polymer systems

Project number: APVV-0592-07

Duration: 09/2008-12/2010

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): Total: 4613 EUR Role of Organisation: not coordinator

[15] Project title: Speech technologies for modern telecommunication and information systems

and services

Project number: APVV-0369-07

Duration: 09/2008-12/2010

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): Total: 88826 EUR Role of Organisation: not coordinator

[16] Project title: Optimization of recycling production lines by application of nonconventional

control methods

Project number: VMPS-016-09

Duration: 09/2009-08/2011

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): APVV 74238; Own source of funds

24921; Total: 99159 EUR

Role of Organisation: not coordinator

[17] Project title: Virtual digital design laboratory for high schools

Project number: LPP-0149-09

Duration: 09/2009-08/2012

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): Total: 58659 EUR Role of Organisation: coordinator

[18] Project title: Data mining meteo

Project number: VMSP-P-0048-09

Duration: 09/2009-08/2011

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): APVV 70000; Own source of funds

22430; Total: 92430 EUR

Role of Organisation: not coordinator

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[19] Project title: COMMunity-based interoperability utility for SMEs (Commius-APVV)

Project number: DO7RP-0005-08

Duration: 02/2008-01/2011

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): Total: 40478 EUR Role of Organisation: coordinator

[20] Project title: Advanced data mining and integration research for Europe (ADMIRE-APVV)

Project number: DO7RP-0006-08

Duration: 03/2008-02/2011

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): Total: 43791 EUR

Role of Organisation: coordinator

[21] Project title: 09/2008-04/2012

Project number: DO7RP-0007-08

Duration: 09/2008-04/2012

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): Total: 39288 EUR Role of Organisation: coordinator

[22] Project title: Bio-inspired multirobot coordination

Project number: APVV-0261-10

Duration: 05/2011-10/2014

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): Total: 24545 EUR

Role of Organisation: coordinator

[23] Project title: Virtual and constructive modelling, training and simulation of crowd behaviour

in urban environment (RIOT)

Project number: APVV-0233-10

Duration: 05/2011-10/2014

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): Total: 32009 EUR Role of Organisation: coordinator

[24] Project title: Cognitive traveling in digital space of the Web and digital libraries supported

by personalized services and social networks (TraDiCe)

Project number: APVV-0208-10

Duration: 05/2011-10/2014

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): Total: 6297 EUR

Role of Organisation: not coordinator

[25] Project title: Advanced piezoelectric MEMS pressure sensors

Project number: APVV-0450-10

Duration: 05/2011-10/2014

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): Total: 11463 EUR Role of Organisation: not coordinator

iii. Number of projects supported by the Scientific Grant Agency of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and the Ministry of Education (VEGA) for each year, and their funding

VEGA 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

number 11 11 11 11 10

funding in the year (EUR) 49391 66152 82325 108417 99095

[1] Project title: Analysis of discrete event systems and synthesis of the knowledge-based control

systems and intelligent control systems for them

Project number: 2/6102/26

Duration: 01/2006-12/2008

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Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): 929 (07); 1095 (08)

Role of Organisation: coordinator

[2] Project title: Computer kit for development, modelling, simulation and animation of

mechatronic systems

Project number: 2/7100/27

Duration: 01/2007-12/2009

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): 2257 (07); 2423 (08); 2206 (09)

Role of Organisation: coordinator

[3] Project title: Methodology proposal and more accurate material tension diagram

determination for elastoplastic numerical analysis improvement

Project number: 1/4103/07

Duration: 01/2007-12/2009

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): 896 (08); 515 (09)

Role of Organisation: not coordinator

[4] Project title: Research development of knowledge engineering methods on the base of

ontology with application on intelligent control system

Project number: 2/7101/27

Duration: 01/2007-12/2009

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): 5311 (07); 5610 (08); 4633 (09)

Role of Organisation: coordinator

[5] Project title: Effective methods for mathematical modelling and simulation of complex

natural processes based on knowledge of curves theory, digital curve and analysis and integer

approximation of the MDCT/MDST computation

Project number: 2/7097/27

Duration: 01/2007-12/2009

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): 4614 (07); 4315 (08); 4412 (09)

Role of Organisation: coordinator

[6] Project title: Techniques and algorithms for digital systems on chip testing optimisation

Project number: 2/5123/27

Duration: 01/2005-12/2007

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): Role of Organisation: coordinator

[7] Project title: Tools for design, modelling and simulation of micro electro-mechanical

systems (MEMS)

Project number: 2/7099/7

Duration: 01/2007-12/2009

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): 929 (07); 1095 (08); 1103 (09)

Role of Organisation: coordinator

[8] Project title: Research of resistant materials for new generation lithography

Project number: 2/6184/26

Duration: 01/2006-12/2008

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): 10124 (07); 11883 (08)

Role of Organisation: coordinator

[9] Project title: Intelligent technologies for knowledge oriented organizations

Project number: 2/7098/27

Duration: 01/2007-12/2009

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): 10954 (07); 12846 (08); 13127 (09)

Role of Organisation: coordinator

[10] Project title: Modern speech processing technologies in Slovak utilising speech corpora

Project number: 2/5124/27

Duration: 01/2005-12/2007

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): 4149

Role of Organisation: coordinator

[11] Project title: Effective tools and methods for grid computing

Project number: 2/6103/27

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Duration: 01/2006-12/2008

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): 10124 (07); 11618 (08);

Role of Organisation: coordinator

[12] Project title: Robust speech technologies for information systems in Slovak and their

diagnostics

Project number: 2/0138/08

Duration: 01/2008-12/2010

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): 7037 (08); 6067 (09); 8796 (10)

Role of Organisation: coordinator

[13] Project title: Reliable architectures and digital systems testability

Project number: 2/0135/08

Duration: 01/2008-12/2010

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): 7336 (08); 8714 (09); 8839 (10)

Role of Organisation: coordinator

[14] Project title: Methods and algorithms of the cooperative interaction of intelligent

decentralized control subsystems based on DES

Project number: 2/0075/09

Duration: 01/2009-12/2012

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): 2570 (09); 1980 (10); 2033 (11)

Role of Organisation: coordinator

[15] Project title: Service-based distributed computing and data management

Project number: 2/0211/09

Duration: 01/2009-12/2011

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): 25741 (09); 27883 (10); 29802 (11)

Role of Organisation: coordinator

[16] Project title: Investigation of novel nanolithographic technologies

Project number: 2/0214/09

Duration: 01/2009-12/2011

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): 13237 (09); 16688 (10); 15973 (11)

Role of Organisation: coordinator

[17] Project title: Modified discrete cosine and sine transforms (MDCT and MDST)

Project number: 2/0129/10

Duration: 01/2010-12/2013

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): 4868 (10); 4066 (11)

Role of Organisation: coordinator

[18] Project title: Advanced methods and methodologies for integrated intelligent control systems

Project number: 2/0197/10

Duration: 01/2010-12/2012

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): 6200 (10); 8712 (11)

Role of Organisation: coordinator

[19] Project title: Mechatronic vision system

Project number: 2/0216/10

Duration: 01/2010-12/2012

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): 7080 (10); 4066 (11)

Role of Organisation: coordinator

[20] Project title: Mathematical modelling and simulation of fire spread

Project number: 2/0216/10

Duration: 01/2010-12/2013

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): 8223 (10); 6099 (11)

Role of Organisation: coordinator

[21] Project title: Construction and control of micro-electro-mechanical elements and devices

Project number: 2/0006/10

Duration: 01/2010-12/2012

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): 2404 (10); 4356 (11)

Role of Organisation: coordinator

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[22] Project title: Intelligent methods for large scale information processing

Project number: 2/0184/10

Duration: 01/2010-12/2012

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): 15456 (10); 11791 (11)

Role of Organisation: coordinator

[23] Project title: Automatic meeting speech recognition with application to courtroom recordings

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Project number: 2/0202/11

Duration: 01/2011-12/2013

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): 12197 (11)

Role of Organisation: coordinator

Summary of funding from external resources (based on annual financial report

of the Organisation)

External resources 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 total average

external resources (milions of EUR) 1,199 1,358 1,895 1,647 1,545 7,644 1,529

external resources transfered to

coooperating research organisations

(milions of EUR)

0,031 0,093 0,151 0,067 0,035 0,377 0,075

ratio between external resources and total

salary budget1,482 1,594 2,219 1,970 1,986 – 1,850

overall expenditures from external as well

as institutional resources (milions of EUR)1,755 2,588 2,934 2,574 2,690 12,541 2,508

iv. Supplementary information and/or comments on research projects and funding resources

These projects are not listed in list of present projects:

[1] Type of project: intergovernmental agreement

Title: Testable and Reconfigurable Digital Cores

Grant number: 14

Duration: 01/01/2004-31/12/2007

Total funding:

Funding for Organisation:

Responsible person: Elena Gramatová

Status in project: project leader

[2] Type of project: intergovernmental agreement

Title: 3D Visualization of Spatial Data

Grant number: 53s07

Duration: 01/01/2006-30/11/2007

Total funding:

Funding for Organisation:

Responsible person: Ladislav Hluchý

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Status in project: project leader

[3] Project title: Automated, voice controlled telecommunication systems and their applications

Project number: AV 4 0006 07

Duration: 01/2007-12/2009

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): 3319,39 (07)(MS); 5311,03 (08); 0

(09)

Role of Organisation: not coordinator

[4] Project title: CEPI – Center of Excellence SAS: Physics of Information

Project number: CEPI NFP 26240120018 SF EU

Duration: 01/2005-12/2007

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): 2987,45 (07); 2987,45 (08)

Role of Organisation: not coordinator

[5] Project title: Tools for acquisition, organization and maintenance of knowledge in an

environment of heterogeneous information resources

Project number:

Duration: 09/2004-05/2008

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): 162650,20 (07)

Role of Organisation: not coordinator

[6] Project title: Tools for data acquisition and organisation in heterogeneous and distributed

environment

Project number: Duration: 01/2007-12/2009

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): 58699,53 (FIIT STU) (08)

Role of Organisation:

[7] Project title: Project feasibility study: Automatic transcription of dictation

Project number:

Duration: 01/2008-12/2008

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): 32961,56 (08)

Role of Organisation: coordinator

[8] Project title: Automatic transcription of dictation

Project number:

Duration: 04/2009-04/2011

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): 125513 MS SR (09); 64005 MS SR

(10); 102723 MSpr SR (11)

Role of Organisation: coordinator

[9] Project title: Centre of Excellence for New Technologies in Electrical Engineering II

Project number: ITMS-26240120019

Duration: 03/2010-02/2012

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): 296 ASFEU (10); 259088 ASFEU

(11)

Role of Organisation: not coordinator

[10] Project title: EkoWatt

Project number: ITMS 26240220037

Duration: 01/2011-10/2013

Funding for Organisation within 2007-2011 (EUR): 8500 ASFEU (11)

Role of Organisation: not coordinator

Proposed international projects in 7.FP IST EC submitted in 2011:

II SAS - Coordinator II SAS - Not coordinator

Number of submitted projects

7th FP EC 2 7

71

List of submitted 7th FP projects in 2011: 9

SMARSENS, Small or medium scale focused research project (CP-FP-INFSO), ICT-2011.3.2

Smart components and smart systems integration, recipient: ElÚ SAV, head: Ivan Kostič

GAMMA FP7-SEC-2012-1, FP7-312382, recipient: Selex Sistemi Integrati S.p.A., Italy, head:

Milan Rusko

WILCO FP7-AAT-2012-RTD-1, recipient: Deutches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.,

Germany, head: Milan Rusko

PHOENIX, call FP7-ICT-2011-7, Patient-centric, Knowledge-based Remote Holistic

Rehabilitation of Stroke, FP7-288793, coordinator: AGH Poland, head: Ladislav Hluchý

SATORi, call FP7-ICT-2011-7, Smart Agents on the Road, FP7-288852, coordinator: II SAS,

head: Ladislav Hluchý (not accepted)

SUSTAIN, call FP7-ICT-2011-7, SUSTAINability advanced information access and mining

from targeted internet sources, FP7-288043, coordinator: EADS France, head: Ladislav

Hluchý (not accepted)

STABLE, call FP7-SEC-2012-1, Situation Total Awareness Blue Light Evacuation, FP7-

313057, coordinator: EADS England, head: Ladislav Hluchý

TrustInCloud, FP7-SEC-2012-1, Agent-based Trustworthy Cloud Computing for Critical

Infrastructures, FP-312812, coordinator: II SAS, head: Ladislav Hluchý

BeGreen, call FP7-SME-2012, Green Business Intelligence & Environmental Accounting

Utilities Enriching the Enterprise Application Systems of the European SME Vendors, FP7-

315267, coordinator: LOGO Turkey, head: Ladislav Hluchý

Project: COST in 2011:

European Network for improving scientific and technical e-collaboration in Earth System

Sciences, coordinator: KNMI The Netherlands, head: Ladislav Hluchý

Proposed national projects submitted in 2011:

List of submitted projects VEGA and KEGA in 2011: 4

VEGA 2/0034/12, Vstavaná samočinná opraviteľnosť logických jadier vnorených v systémoch

na čipe (Built-in self-repair of logic cores embedded in systems-on-chip), head: Marcel Baláž

KEGA 022STU-4/2012, MEDU - laboratórium pre systematický návrh digitálnych obvodov

(laboratory for systematic design of digital circuits), recipient: FIIT STU Bratislava, head:

Mária Fischerová

VEGA 2/0054/12, Vybrané metódy, prístupy a nástroje pre distribuované spracovanie

informácií (Selected methods, approaches and tools for distributed information processing),

head: Ladislav Hluchý

VEGA 2/0021/12, Pokročilé mikro/nano technologické procesy s využitím elektrónovej

litografie (advanced micro/nanotechnological processes using electron lithography), head: L.

Matay

List of submitted APVV projects in 2011: 10

Elektro-mechanické štruktúry a MEMS (EMSTRUC) (Electromechanical structures and

MEMS – EMSTRUC), APVV-0298-11, character: basic research, recipient: II SAS, head:

Štefan Havlík

ReLiLogic, APVV-0111-11, Nové metódy návrhu spoľahlivých logických jadier vnorených v

systémoch na čipe (New methods of designing reliable logic cores embedded in systems-on-

chip, recipient: II SAS, head: Roland Dobai

DENSiTY, APVV-0039-11, Návrh nízkoenergetických inteligentných systémov na čipe v

nanotechnológiách (Design of low-energy intelligent systems-on-chip in nanotechnologies),

recipient: STU Bratislava, head: Marcel Baláž

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NANOSAPP, APVV-0348-11, recipient: Institute of Physics, SAS, head: Ivan Kostič

AHUMANIT, APVV-0771-11, recipient: TU Košice, head: Milan Rusko

MOLFAB, international bilateral APVV SK-GR-0047-11, recipient: II SAS, head: Ivan Kostič

Clan, Cloudové počítanie pre analýzu veľkých dát (Cloud computing for huge data analysis),

APVV-0809-11, recipient: II SAS, head: Ladislav Hluchý

MagNaRec, international bilateral APVV SK-GR- , recipient: II SAS, head: Robert Andok

FEROPOLAR, international bilateral APVV SK-FR-0033-11, recipient: II SAS, head: Ivan

Kostič

Clan, APVV-0809-11, Cloudové počítanie pre analýzu veľkých dát (Cloud computing for

huge data analysis), recipient: II SAS, head: Ladislav Hluchý

List of submitted SF projects v r. 2011: 5

Inteligentná ochrana mobilných objektov (Intelligent protection of mobile objects), 2620002

OP VaV, call code: OPVaV-2011/2.2./07-SORO, priority axis 2: R+D support, action 2.2.

Transfer of knowledge and technologies acquired by research and development into practice,

sector: private, applicant: VÝVOJ Martin, a. s., II SAS is subcontracted in the project, head:

Štefan Havlík

Výskumné centrum senzorických systémov pre rýchlu diagnostiku v medicine (Research

centre for sensor systems fort quick diagnostics in medicine), OPVaV-2011/4.2/07-SORO,

recipient: ElÚ SAV, head: Ivan Kostič

Centrum výskumu rizík zásobovania vodou velkého mesta (Risk investigation centre for water

supply in a big city), 2620002 OPVaV-2011/4.2/07-SORO, recipient: Bratislavská vodárenská

spoločnosť, a.s., head: Ladislav Hluchý

Centrum Aplikovaného Výskumu Technológií pre Optimalizáciu Riečnej plavby (CAVTOR)

(Centre of applied research for river navigation optimization), OPVaV-2011/2.2/07-SORO,

recipient: KIOS s.r.o., head: Ladislav Hluchý

Výskum technológií pre efektívnu správu a realizáciu elektronických služieb (Research of

technologies for effective administration and realisation of electronic services), Ekolok,

NFP26240220215, OPVaV-2011/4.2/07-SORO, recipient: ARDACO a.s., head: Ladislav

Hluchý

5. Organisation of PhD studies, other pedagogical activities

i. List of accredited programmes of doctoral studies (as stipulated in the previously effective legislation as well as in the recently amended Act on the Universities) Applied informatics – 25-11-9 until 2010

Applied informatics – 9.2.9 - since 2004

Automation and control – 38-01-9 – until 2010

Cybernetics – 9.2.7 - since 2004

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ii. Summary table on doctoral studies (number of internal/external PhD students; number of students who completed their study by a successful thesis defence; number of PhD students who quitted the programme)

PhD study 31.12.2007 31.12.2008 31.12.2009 31.12.2010 31.12.2011

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a) external funding (specify the source) b) internal funding - the Slovak Academy of Sciences Supporting Fund of Stefan

Schwarz – RNDr. Michal Laclavík, PhD. iv. Summary table on pedagogical activities in undergraduate programmes for

each year

Teaching 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

lectures (hours/year) 234 171+76* 310+72* 104+4* 106

practicum courses (hours/year) 172 430 248 356 332

supervised diploma works (in total) 17 8 34^ 30^ 21

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researcher in several committees.

v. List of published university textbooks

vi. Number of published academic course books

HLUCHÝ, Ladislav - ASTALOŠ, Ján - CIGLAN, Marek - DOBRUCKÝ, Miroslav - KURDEL, Peter

- SEBESTYÉNOVÁ, Jolana - ŠIMO, Branislav - ŠIPKOVÁ, Viera - TRAN, Dinh Viet. Gridové

pocítanie : prírucky, kurzy, ukážky a príklady aplikácií (Grid computing: handbooks, courses,

demonstrations, application examples). Bratislava: Ústav informatiky SAV, 2009. CD. ISBN 978-80-

970145-0-6.

vii. List of joint research laboratories/facilities with the universities

[1] Centre for Information Technologies, joint workplace of FEI TU Košice (Faculty of electrical

Engineering, Technical University Košice) and Institute of Informatics, SAS. The workplace takes

part in common APVV, SEMCO-WS project+; additional common projects had been submitted within

APVV 2007 call (public VVCE call). The Centre also took part in organising GCCP 2007 and WIKT

2007 workshops.

[2] NAO Liptovský Mikuláš, headed by Prof. I. Mokriš, CSc. – cooperation is underway related

to research visits of Ing. R.Forgáč, PhD. and Ing. L. Skovajsová. The workplace takes part in common

APVT RAPORT project and in developing proposals of new projects within ESF a APVV.

viii. Supplementary information and/or comments on doctoral studies and

pedagogical activities There is a specific situation in PhD study for information and computational science. The graduates

from respective specialization are demanded and highly valuated by commercial branches. It is very

difficult to obtain an excellent student who prefers academic carrier to business. However, the Institute

offers very attractive positions due to numerous international cooperations and projects. PhDs

involved in projects are often external university students. The problem is that university charges for

external form of PhD study are often very high. It would be desirable to take students according to

project starting and closing dates like in other EU countries.

List of universities and departments the institute cooperates with:

TU Košice, Centre for information technologies

FEI TU Košice

SjF TU Košice

ŽU Žilina,

STU – Slovak Technical University, Bratislava

FIIT STU Bratislava

FEI STU Bratislava

FF UK Bratislava .

KMFI UK Bratislava

NAO CST– National Academy of Defense - Liptovský Mikuláš

FM TnU – Alexander Dubček Trenčín University, Trenčín

UJPJŠ – Pavol Jozef Šafárik University, Košice

UMB Banská Bystrica

PdF UK Bratislava

Members of SOK (Spoločná odborová komisia – Common departmental committee for PhD study)

Ing. I. Budinská, PhD.

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- SOK 9- 2 -7 Cybernetics - member

- SOK 38-01-9 Automation and Control - member

Doc.Ing. F. Čapkovič, CSc.

- SOK 9- 2 -7 Cybernetics - member

Doc.Ing. K. Dobrovodský, CSc.

- SOK 39-51-9 Mechatronics – member

- SOK 38-01-9 Automation and Control

Prof. Ing. B. Frankovič, DrSc

- SOK 9- 2 -7 Cybernetics – member

- SOK 38-01-9 Automation and Control – deputy chair

- SOK 37-01-9 Transportation and Connecting systems – member

- SOK 21-05-9 Control of processes of acquisition and processing of raw materials - member

Doc. RNDr. E. Gramatová, CSc.

- SOK 25-11-9 Applied informatics - member

- SOK 25-21-9 Computer devices and systems - member

- SOK 9-2-4 Computer engineering - member

Doc.RNDr. L. Halada, CSc.

- 11-07-9 Numerical analysis and scientific- technical computations – deputy head

- 11-14-9 Applied mathematics - member

Ing. Havlík Štefan, DrSc.

- SOK 9-2 -7 Cybernetics - member

- SOK 39-51-9 Mechatronics

- SOK 38-01-9 Automation and Control

Doc. Ing. Ladislav Hluchý, CSc.

- SOK 25-11-9 Applied informatics - member

- SOK 9.2.9 Applied informatics - member

- SOK 25-31-9 Programming and information devices - member

Prof. Ing. I. Mokriš, CSc.

– SOK For artificial intelligence – deputy chief

6. Applied research

i. List of the most important results of applied research projects and their socio-economic impact

[1] Forest fire computer simulation. Result user: TU Zvolen, management of HaZZ Slovenska

and next. Published in: J.Glasa, L.Halada: On Elliptical Model for Forest Fire Spread

Modelling and Simulation, Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, July 2007, DOI:

10.1016/j.matcom.2007.06.001. (electronic source)

[2] RAPORT - Research and development of a knowledge based system to support workflow

management in organizations with administrative processes, APVT-51-024604 (2007)

A new partnership with the Armed Forces Academy in Liptovský Mikuláš was established. A

workflow management system for simulated training was implemented.

[3] Speech Synthesis in (Serviko) Romani language. Result user: Štátny pedagogický ústav v

Bratislave (State Pedagogic Institute Bratislava), Úrad splnomocnenkyne vlády SR pre rómske

komunity, Bratislava (Office of the Slovak Government Attorney for Romani Communities).

Published in: RUSKO, Milan - DARJAA, Sachia - TRNKA, Marián - ZEMAN, Viliam -

GLOVŇA, Juraj. Making speech technologies available in (Serviko) Romani language. In

Text, Speech and Dialogue : TSD 2008. - Berlin : Springer Verlag, 2008. ISBN 978-3-540-

87390-7. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence. Vol. 5246, 2008, pp. 501-508.

[4] Large Vocabulary Continuous Speech Recognizer for Parliament Speech Transcription.

Ordered by the Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic, and APVV 0369-07,

Customer: Ministry of Justice of the SR). A customer committee during the 2nd

control day of

the APP project in October 2009 reviewed the recognizer´s system and fully accepted the

results of the project.

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[5] Fabrication of photomasks for research and development projects. EU FP6-515739,

international 6th FP EU project. Result user: Nanoworld service, Ltd., Erlangen, Germany, TU

Ilmenau. Published in: KOSTIČ, Ivan - BARÁK, Vladislav - BENČÚROVÁ, Anna -

ČAPLOVIČ, Igor - HRKÚT, Pavol - KONEČNÍKOVÁ, Anna - MATAY, Ladislav -

NEMEC, Pavol - RITOMSKÝ, Adrian. E-beam lithography for photomask fabrication. In

Multi-cantilever parallel scanning systems: proceedings: PRONANO Workshop 2009. Editor

Peter Scharff. - Ilmenau: Ilmenau University of Technology, 2009, pp. 71-78.

[6] Email communication analysis and processing. APVV-0216-07. Result users: Anasoft,

SANET (2010). Within the project, tools for the following applications have been created:

extraction of information and objects included in e-mail messages (such as people, companies,

telephone numbers, addresses, products, documents, etc.), extraction and analysis of social

networks included in e-mail messages, which can be used to find out about the relations

among the objects stored in e-mail archives (e.g. company-product relations, people-

companies relations, etc.; the networks can also be used for better e-mail archives retrieval),

and to enrich e-mail messages by information related to the tasks included in e-mail

communication (e.g. showing an address on a map, transaction processing, retrieving

information about a company/an individual, etc.). Simultaneously, the system integrating this

functionality into one system has been created, which has been tested on Anasoft´s Helpdesk

applications and during voting in SANET academic network.

[7] Computer automobile fire simulation and its verification by full-scale automobile fire

experiments. APVV-0532-07 (II SAS is the project coordinator). 2010. Result users:

Presidium of fire fighting and rescue brigades of the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak

Republic, Fire-fighting technical expertise institute of the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak

Republic, PO MV SR secondary school in Považský Chlmec, Coal science and research

institute, a.s. in Ostrava; other potential customers: institutions dealing with manufacturing

and security of personal motor cars, fire fighting and prevention, education, training and

preparation of fire fighting and rescue brigade members, and with special tasks and research

related to safety (such as protection and monitoring of the Schengen border of the Slovak

Republic).

[8] Intelligent Language Tutoring System with multimodal feedback functions. Project number:

135379-LLP-1-2007-1-DE-KA2-KA2MP, EACEA. (2010) Result users: VSBI - Association

of Institutions of Vocational and Adult Education in Saxony (DE), Goethe Institute Dresden –

Weimar (DE), SPSOS - Private Vocational High School in Roudnice nad Labem (CZ),

Schenck Workshops GbR (DE), Private Financial Academy in Zwickau (DE). Consortium:

Technische Universität Dresden (coordinator), Institute of Acoustics and Speech

Communication (DE), REZO - Computer-Service GmbH & Co. KG (DE), UAM –

Department of Phonetics, Institute of Linguistics of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan

(PL), VIC - VoiceInterConnect GmbH (DE), SPIIRAS St. Petersburg Institute for Informatics

and Automation, Russian Academy of Sciences (RU). Published in: BENUŠ, Štefan -

BÍROVÁ, Jana - CHEBENOVÁ, Viera - MOLNÁROVÁ, Andrea. Výučba výslovnosti

cudzích jazykov pomocou porovnávacej akustickej analýzy (Teaching foreign language

pronunciation by help of comparative acoustic analysis). Nitra : UKF, December 2010. - pp.

115. ISBN 978-80-8094-741-5.

[9] Automatic Transcription of Dictation for the Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic.

Ministry of Justice order. The basic research results from several previous projects by the

Department of speech analysis and synthesis were applied to accomplish the order. Result

users: Ministry of Justice of the SR, The Supcourt of the SR, The Special Court of the SR

(1800 system installations in 2011, 1800 installations in 2012).

[10] Optimization of scheduling of plastic recycling production lines using non-conventional

methods and approaches. VMSP-P-0168-09, APVV (2011). Results user: MAT-obaly, s.r.o.,

Prievidza. Optimization of scheduling of plastic recycling production lines using non-

conventional methods and approaches. VMSP-P-0168-09, APVV (2011). Results user: MAT-

obaly, s.r.o., Prievidza. OptiMAT project outputs can be divided into two main groups. The

first section covers the results of the production process analysis in order to detect bottlenecks,

and implementation of a system of measurement and analysis of power consumption. The

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second section covers implementation of a measurement system, power consumption analysis,

and application of software tools for production scheduling. It has increased the production

system performance while maintaining low power consumption, reduced work in progress

production and thereby reducing storage costs.

ii. List of the most important studies commissioned for the decision-making

authorities, the government and NGOs, international and foreign organisations

Ing. Z. Balogh, PhD. – substitute member of the Monitoring Committee for Knowledge Economics at the Office of the

Government of the Slovak Republic (starting from December 2007)

Prof. PhDr. J. Glovňa, CSc.

– advisory body of the Minister of Culture of the Slovak Republic – Central Linguistic Board –

member (2007, 2008) Doc. RNDr. E. Gramatová, CSc. - member of the Board of Experts for Informatics and Informatization in Education at the Ministry of

Education of the Slovak Republic (2007)

- Monitoring Committee for Knowledge Economics – member (2008, 2009)

- Council of the Ministry of Education of the SR for Informatics and Information Technologies -

member (2008, 2009, 2010)

- Working group of the Accreditation Commission for Informatics, Automation and

Telecommunication – member (2008, 2009)

Doc. Ing. Ladislav Hluchý, CSc.

- member of Working Group of D. Čaplovič, Vice-Prime-Minister of the Slovak Republic for

preparation of Operation Program "Information of the Society", development of background

documents for the study for knowledge society development (2007, 2008)

- member of ŠPVV Council for cross-sectional state program "Information Society Development" at

the Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic (2007, 2008)

- e-Infrastructure Reflection Group, SR delegate (2010, 2011)

- Working Group for Computer Science and Data Processing in ESFRI infrastructure – SR delegate

(2011)

Ing. Rusko Milan

- Council of the Minister of Culture of the SR for immaterial heritage preservation – member (2008,

2009, 2010, 2011)

- Working Group of the Ministry of Justice of the SR for the development of speech analyser to be

used for transcription of court proceedings records – member (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)

- Feasibility study development for the intent of automatic transcription of court proceedings records

into text. (2008)

RNDr. M. Laclavík, PhD. – member of the - Monitoring Committee for Knowledge Economics at the Office of the Government

of the SR (starting from December 2007, 2008)

Ing. J. Sebestyénová, PhD.

- - Monitoring Committee for Knowledge Economics – member (2009, 2010, 2011)

Ing. J. Vojtko – Expert assessment for the tender for the provider of information system for public

health insurance houses. (2007, 2008,)

iii. List of patents issued abroad, incl. revenues

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iv. List of the patents issued in Slovakia, incl. revenues

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v. List of licences sold abroad, incl. revenues

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vi. List of licences sold in Slovakia, incl. revenues

[1] Licence on utilisation of program for speech synthesis in Slovak – Kempelen. Licence contract

– with SVOP S.r.o., Košická 14, 821 09 Bratislava, from December 10, 2004.

[2] Licence on utilisation of program for speech synthesis in Slovak – Kempelen. Licence

contract – with RNDr. Radovan Scheibel, Vansovej 12, 080 01 Prešov, from December 5,

2004.

vii. List of contracts with industrial partners, incl. Revenues

[1] Automatic Transcription of Dictation for the Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic. The

contract with Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic Order. Result users: Ministry of

Justice of the Slovak Republic, The Supcourt, The Special Court, regional courts (1800 system

installations in 2011, 1800 installations in 2012).

[2] DISCOVERY, SCS Group SA, Switzerland, 30000 EUR

[3] e-Gene, SCS Group SA, Switzerland, 30000 EUR

[4] EVPU Nová Dubnica, EOU-012-806/11, 40000 EUR

viii. List of research projects with industrial partners, incl. revenues Slovak companies:

Name of the company Project

Anasoft, s.r.o. Adaptive Interoperability Framework for Private and Public

Sector (AIIA), APVV, 2008/2010

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Priemyselný výskum v oblasti efektívnej práce s rozsiahlymi

dátami v používateľsky orientovaných aplikáciách (RECLER)

(Industrial research in the field of effective work with huge data

in user-oriented applications), ERDF, 2010/2012

MAT-obaly, s.r.o. Application of Unconventional Control Methods for Optimization of

Recycling Production Lines (OptiMAT), APVV project VMSP-P-

0168-09, 2009/2011

Softec, s.r.o. Knowledge Management Tools for Heterogeneous Information

sources (NAZOU/ZNALOSTI), National ŠPVV, project 2004/2008

Microstep-MIS Semantic composition of Web and Grid Services (SEMCO-WS),

APVV, 2007/2009

and

Data Mining Meteo (DMM), APVV, 2009/2011

and

Kompetenčné centrum inteligentných technológií pre elektronizáciu a

informatizáciu systémov a služieb (KC-INTELINSYS) (Centre of

Competence of intelligent technologies for electronization and

informatization of systems and services), ERDF, 2009/2010

Siemens, s.r.o. Kompetenčné centrum inteligentných technológií pre elektronizáciu a

informatizáciu systémov a služieb (KC-INTELINSYS) (Centre of

Competence of intelligent technologies for electronization and

informatization of systems and services), ERDF, 2009/2010

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APPLIED PRECISION s.r.o. Kompetenčné centrum inteligentných technológií pre elektronizáciu a

informatizáciu systémov a služieb (KC-INTELINSYS) (Centre of

Competence of intelligent technologies for electronization and

informatization of systems and services), ERDF, 2009/2010

Centire Research s.r.o. Kompetenčné centrum inteligentných technológií pre elektronizáciu a

informatizáciu systémov a služieb (KC-INTELINSYS) (Centre of

Competence of intelligent technologies for electronization and

informatization of systems and services), ERDF, 2009/2010

PRVÁ ZVÁRAČSKÁ, a.s. Kompetenčné centrum inteligentných technológií pre elektronizáciu a

informatizáciu systémov a služieb (KC-INTELINSYS) (Centre of

Competence of intelligent technologies for electronization and

informatization of systems and services), ERDF, 2009/2010

NanoDesign, s.r.o. Kompetenčné centrum inteligentných technológií pre elektronizáciu a

informatizáciu systémov a služieb (KC-INTELINSYS) (Centre of

Competence of intelligent technologies for electronization and

informatization of systems and services), ERDF, 2009/2010

ARDACO a.s. SeCriCom FP7-218123

and

Výskum technológií pre riadenie podnikových procesov v

heterogénnych distribuovaných systémoch v reálnom c'ase s podporou

multimodálnej komunikácie (RPKOM) (Research of enterprise

process management technologies in heterogeneous distributed

systems in real time with multimodal communication support), ERDF,

2010/2013 Medzinárodné laserové centrum

(International laser centre)

Support of building the Centre of Excellence for Amart Technologies,

systems and services (SMART), ERDF, 2009/2010

and

(SMART-II), ERDF, 2010/2013

and

Kompetenčné centrum inteligentných technológií pre elektronizáciu a

informatizáciu systémov a služieb (KC-INTELINSYS), ERDF,

2009/2010

INTERSOFT a.s. VENIS FP7-284984

Smartrends, s.r.o. SeCriCom FP7-218123

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Abroad companies:

Name of the company Country Project

SOFTECO SISMAT Italy KWfGrid FP6-511385

Commius FP7–213876

LOGICDIS Greece KWfGrid FP6-511385

Dutch Space BV

Nederland DEGREE FP6-034619

CGG (Compagnie Générale de

Géophysique)

France DEGREE FP6-034619

DATAMAT Italy IntEuGrid RI-031857

Microsystems Ltd. Bulgaria PRONANO FP6-515739

ID-MOS SA France PRONANO FP6-515739

Leica Microsystems GmbH Deutschland PRONANO FP6-515739

Infineon Technologies AG Deutschland PRONANO FP6-515739

SIOS Meßtechnik GmbH Deutschland PRONANO FP6-515739

Nanoworld Services GmbH Deutschland PRONANO FP6-515739

ARC Seibersdorf Research GmbH Austria PRONANO FP6-515739

NaWoTec GmbH Deutschland PRONANO FP6-515739

Delong Instruments, a.s. Czech Republic RIMANA FP6-017133

IMS Nanofabrication GmbH Austria RIMANA FP6-017133

Atos Origin Spain Commius FP7-213876

SingularLogic Greece Commius FP7-213876

Fedit Spain Commius FP7-213876

Aitek SpA

Italy Commius FP7-213876

Techfin SrL Italy Commius FP7-213876

EADS Defence and Security

Systems

France EUSAS (EDA) A-0676-RT-GC

EADS Deutschland GmbH Germany EUSAS (EDA) A-0676-RT-GC

Fujitsu Labs of Europe United Kingdom ADMIRE FP7-215024

ComArch S.A. Poland ADMIRE FP7-215024

ENGINEERING - INGEGNERIA

INFORMATICA SPA

Italy VENIS FP7-284984

LINK TECHNOLOGIES SA Greece VENIS FP7-284984

ITLINK SRL Italy VENIS FP7-284984

Bumar Ltd. Poland SeCriCom FP7-218123

QinetiQ Ltd. United Kingdom SeCriCom FP7-218123

NEXTEL S.A. Spain SeCriCom FP7-218123

Infineon Technologies AG Germany SeCriCom FP7-218123

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ITTI Sp. z o.o. Poland SeCriCom FP7-218123

Hitachi Europe SAS France SeCriCom FP7-218123

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Outreach activities 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 total

studies for the decision sphere, government and NGOs,

international and foreign organisations6 11 6 8 16 47

7. Popularisation of Science

i. List of the most important popularisation activities

[1] Exposition: KOSTIČ, Ivan - BARÁK, Vladislav - BENČUROVÁ, Anna - KONEČNÍKOVÁ,

Anna - ČAPLOVIČ, Igor - RITOMSKÝ, Adrian - ANDOK, Robert - HRKÚT, Pavol -

MATAY, Ladislav - NEMEC, PaVol. Poster presentation: Exhibition of Centres of Excellence

in research and development, Incheba, Bratislava, November 5 – 8, 2009.

[2] Mikroelektronika v sieti stredoškolskeho vzdelávania (Microelectronics in secondary

education network), LPP-0021-06, 101/10/2006-31/09/2009

[3] Virtuálne laboratórium digitálneho návrhu pre stredné školy (Virtual digital design laboratory

for high schools), LPP-0149-09, 01/09/2009-31/08/2012.

The projects have created mini-centres of digital circuit design at secondary school focused on

electrical engineering and/or applied informatics equipped with professional design software

and hardware environment for FPGA technology. The aim was in developing partnership of

researchers, teachers and students by providing transfer of research knowledge and currently

available technologies in microelectronics, thus enhancing the chance for innovation of subject

curricula, passing new skills to students, and motivating them for the study and practice in

technological branches.

8 researchers, and 19 trained teachers and gradually approx. 550-600 students from 5 electrical

engineering secondary school and 1 secondary grammar school were involved in various

activities (professional design software and hardware installation and maintenance, preparing

training and course materials, trainings for teachers, demonstrations at the high schools, digital

design courses for students at their schools, practical works for school leaving examinations,

high school student professional practices at a research institute, developing interactive

education tools, special lessons giving by researchers at the schools, student design

competitions, innovation of of vocational subjects curricula, writing a textbook).

[4] Scientific and popularizing activities in the field "Speech analysis and synthesis" (M. Rusko et

al.): - lectures and discussion meetings on speech synthesis and recognition, automatic

transcription of dictations, the applications developed in the Department of speech analysis

and synthesis of II SAS, etc.

- lecture on theme "From Kempelen till today – Researcher´s night in Aupark, Avion

Shopping Park.

[5] Publication: L. Hluchý: Cooperation of FIIT STU (Faculty of Informatics and Information

Technologies, Slovak University of Technology) and II SAS within the project "Support of

establishing the Centre of Excellence for SMART technologies, systems and services; paper

for the journal Spektrum, No. 7, 2011

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[6] Lectures during various seminars in the field "Computer simulation of fire in risk areas (the

Sitina tunnel, Bratislava); L. Halada, J. Glasa, P. Weisenpacher.

[7] L. Hluchý - eQUARK (Interiew) – Networked computers – June 7th, 2011

[8] Open day – each year – cca 80 high school students

[9] The Researcher´s Night 2011 – Presentation of three activities:

Speech synthesis (Rusko. Trnka, Sachia, et al)

Fire simulation (Halada, Glasa, Weisenpacher)

Lego robots (Zelenka, Masár)

[10] M. Rusko, M. Trnka – Lecture on Automated Dictation transcription –Workshop

Criminal Transactions, November 30th

, 2011

[11] I. Kostič - 28.5.2008, Slovak Radio, Devín radio station, program: Solárium,

Discussion on microscopes

23.1.2008, Slovak Radio, Devín radio station, program: Solárium, Discussion

„Microsystem technologies – the technologies which move the world”.

[12] Activities for students of different types of high schools, 16.11.2011, 4.11.2010,

4.11.2009, 25.11.2008. The week of science and engineering, lecture: „The

technologies with utilize of electron beam in research and industry“.

ii. Summary of outreach activities

Popularisation of science 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 total

articles in press media/internet popularising results of science, in particular those achieved by the Organization

15 3 0 5 2 25

appearances in telecommunication media popularising results of science, in particular those achieved by the Organization

6 4 1 1 1 13

public popularisation lectures 15 15 22 19 17 88

* Including seminars and presentations given within Open Day

iii. Supplementary information and/or comments on popularisation activities

8. Background and management. Staffing policy and implementation of findings from previous assessments

i. Summary table of personnel

Personnel 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

all personnel 92 92 93 95 94

research employees from Tab. Research staff

61 63 66 64 65

FTE from Tab. Research staff 56,5 58,31 57,63 58,64 60,48

average age of research employees with university degree

44,9 45,4 45,1 45,8 45,7

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ii. Professional qualification structure

Number of 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Chief senior scientist DrSc./ research professor DrSc.

2 1 1 1 1

Chief senior CSc., PhD/research professor CSc., PhD 1 1 1 1 1

senior scientist 10 10 10 12 11

research scientist 14 17 17 19 22

Full Professor

1 1 1 1 1

Associate Professor 4 4 5 5 4

iii. Status and development of research infrastructure incl. experimental, computing and technical basis (description of the present infrastructure, premises, and material and technical resources. Infrastructure, instrumentation and major technical equipment necessary for the achievement of the objectives specified in the research concept)

Department of parallel and distributed computing

- IBM cluster with 54x12=648 computing cores and 96 TB disk storage (all cores connected with

InfiniBand) + 6 managing servers

- HP blade cluster with 14x8=128 computing cores and 48 TB disk storage (including 6x8 cores

connected with InfiniBand)

- HP blade nodes used as experimental cloud computing system with 32 cores

- PC cluster with 16x4 computing cores

- PC cluster with 16x2 computing cores

- Hadoop cluster with 6 computing nodes

- many other necessary servers

Design and diagnostics of digital circuits and systems

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The present infrastructure:

Standard personal computers with Windows and Linux operating systems.

Software package Design, Verification & Test from Mentor Graphics Corporation for designing

digital systems described by hardware description languages and their implementation into

selected types of FPGA circuits.

Programmable board XILINX ML403 with a circuit from the Virtex-4 line able to implement

prototypes of basic and simple circuits with different functionalities.

Xerox printer/copier.

Technical equipment necessary to achieve the research concept objectives:

purchase of dual-processor server for the design and test laboratory,

consecutive replacement of out-of-date computers,

yearly issued license for running a broader set of Mentor Graphics software,

EUROPRACTICE Software Service Membership to obtain licenses of Combined IC & Systems

Package and Access to IC Design Kit, as well as to have the possibility of custom circuits

production,

Xilinx programmable board with an FPGA with higher parameters and corresponding software.

Department of speech analysis and synthesis - infrastructure (2007-2011)

The department possesses basic computer equipment consisting of personal computers, one

computer with HD data storage device NETGEAR 7,5 GB for centralized back-up, IBM server

X3400 with 26 GB of RAM for high-performance computing, seven notebooks for

presentations and mobility.

An acoustically treated recording sound studio was built at the department. It is equipped with

three notebooks for sound recording, three RODE N3 microphones with EMU for USB

preamplifiers, two wireless Sennheiser EW112-p G3 Camera Mount Wireless Microphone

Systems with ME2 and ME4 Lavalier Mics., three Sennheiser ME3 close talk mics for speech

database recording, three Sennheiser MZA 900 P - In-Line Preamplifier and Power Supply for

EW Series Microphones, a pair of GENELEC 8030A sound monitors, Motu Traveller digital

mixer, digital recorder ZOOM H4n.

The studio is also used for taking photographs and capturing video. For this purpose it is

equipped with two FOMEI reflector lights, and with Panasonic commercial level CCD HD

video camera.

Large speech databases are the most valuable, culture dependent component needed for basic

research in speech communication, and in up to date automatic speech processing systems

design and evaluation. The sound signal of these databases is annotated by our trained

annotators in the annotator room, which was designed especially for this purpose. At the

moment the room has ten annotator places equipped with quiet PCs, transcription software and

Sennheiser PX 200 headphones.

Figures 1 and 2 show the recording studio and the annotation room

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Laboratory of E-Beam Lithography

Description of technical equipment:

E-beam lithography:

E-beam pattern generator ZBA23 (Vistec,

Ltd., formerly Carl-Zeiss, Jena), 20 and

40keV, variable shape beam 50 nm2 – 6,3

µm2 , vector scan, substrates 3 - 7-inch

E-beam pattern generator ZBA21 (Vistec,

Ltd., formerly Carl-Zeiss, Jena), 20keV,

variable shape beam 100 nm2 – 6,3 µm

2 ,

vector scan, substrates 3 - 7-inch

E-beam pattern generator ZBA10/1 (Carl-

Zeiss, Jena, updated), 30keV, variable shaped

beam 50 nm2 – 10 µm

2, vector scan,

substrates 1 - 4-inch

SEM based nanolithography (control system

NanoMaker, Interface, Ltd.)

Resist processes:

- Resist spinners (CONVAC 1001G, CONVAC 1001 GS ver. 8531)

- Resist processor (APT 915)

- Substrate cleaner (ULTRATECH)

- Demi water station (W.Werner)

- Wet etching bench

Measurements:

- Jenatech Inspection optical microscopes

- High resolution scanning electron microscope (HITACHI S-800), FE cathode

- Masks comparator (SVG 160, CARL-ZEISS)

- Profilometer (Alphastep; Talystep, TAYLOR HOBSON)

Thin film deposition:

- Sputtering system ALCATEL SCM 600 (200mm) with cryopump

- Evaporation system, e-gun with planetary system (BAK5.55-3, HOCHVAKUUM)

Data preparation:

- CAD-software for data preparation using PC Systems

- ePLACE (Equicon) data preparation tool

- PROXECCO (PDF Solutions) the proximity effects correction program

Clean-room

Mobile robotics laboratory

The laboratory was considerably reconstructed and equipped with up-to-date technology in 2011 with

a support of SRDA grant agency within the BioMRCS grant. The laboratory is intended for simulation

and testing of control algorithms preferably for coordinated behaviour of mobile robots. The

laboratory is equipped with a testing field, a workstation, server and sets of Lego Mindstorm robots

equipped with various sensors and platforms. The laboratory relies on open source simulation

software. The only proprietary simulation tool used within the laboratory is MATLAB. Further

development of the laboratory depends of funds received from grant agencies and from industrial

partners.

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iv. Status and development of bibliographic resources, activities of the Organisation’s library and/or information centre

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Number of taken

periodical publications

32 32 31 31 31

foreign 15 15 18 18 18

from Czech Republic 4 4

from Slovakia 1 1

journal published by II SAS 1 1 1 1 1

New books 76 90 70 60 58

bought 75 90 64 59 56

donations 1 6 1

statutory copy 2

Books decrease 2700 230 181

v. Describe how the results and suggestions of the previous assessment were taken into account

- To identify the research directions in which high expertise has been achieved by the Institute.

To emphasize the position of basic research in research plans of the Institute. To formulate the vision

of the Institute in the form of specific scientific goals.

The basic mission and scope of activities of the Institute cover basic and oriented research in

the following fields of science (Resolution of the SAS Presidium on issuance of II SAS Foundation

Charter, in force from 1.7.2008). It is listed in Questionnaire - part II-1.

II SAS will focus on its scientific goals in conjunction with Horizon 2020 which is a Europe

flagship initiative. Horizon 2020 will combine all research and innovation funding currently provided

through the Framework Programmes for Research and Technical Development, the innovation related

activities of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) and the European

Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). II SAS will continue in its basic research within

Horizon 2020 mainly in the following major ICT challenges:

Challenge 1: Pervasive and trusted network and service infrastructures focused on

networking, cloud computing, Internet of Things and Trustworthy ICT with the following

scientific objectives: innovative software and tools for innovative services and Advanced

computing architectures and software engineering beyond the cloud, Security and privacy in

cloud computing, Security and privacy in mobile services

Challenge 2: Cognitive systems and robotics focused on development of artificial systems

that operate in dynamic real life environments, reaching new levels of autonomy and

adaptability with the following scientific objectives: Intelligent robotics systems, advanced

cognitive systems research, smart spaces consisting of infrastructures, the design of new

interactive technologies based on new theories and models of human emotion, non-rational

decision-making and temporal perception and processing

Challenge 3: Alternative Paths to Components and Systems focused on Nanoelectronics with

scientific objectives: research of nanostructuring focused on nanoimprint methods,

nanophotonics and nanosensoric systems.

Challenge 4: Technologies for digital content and languages focused on exploring and testing

new approaches, methods and techniques to extract, interpret and exploit information from

unstructured multimedia sources, yielding actionable knowledge across different languages

and on developing and testing new algorithms and software frameworks in realistic operating

conditions to analyse and visualize extremely large volumes of data in real time with the

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following scientific objectives: Tools for mining unstructured information embedded in text,

speech, audio and video for the purposes of context-aware interpretation, correlation,

aggregation and summarisation, turning information into usable understanding and actionable

knowledge, Speech-enabled interfaces based upon multimodal verbal and non-verbal

communication and Scalable algorithms, software frameworks, visualization for extremely

large volumes of data.

Challenge 7: ICT for enterprise and manufacturing focused on simulation services for

engineering and manufacturing with scientific objectives: Adoption of HPC-cloud-powered

simulation services for engineering and manufacturing.

II SAS has focused on its R&D activities for a long time within ERA (European Research Area),

and it is building its research infrastructure based on the strategy of European Research

Infrastructures e.g. Pan-European Grid Infrastructure.

- To consider the option of cooperating with geo-science institutes in modelling and simulation

of natural hazards.

II SAS cooperates widely with organizations working with geospatial data, primarily

with Slovak Meteorological Institute, Hydrological Institute of the Slovak Academy of

Sciences, Slovak Water Enterprise, GEODIS Ltd which is the owner of geospatial data, more

or less for whole Slovakia, and also with other institutions. - To prepare the measures for support and monitoring of scientific excellence. To increase the

effort for publishing scientific research results in periodicals or proceedings of wide coverage.

In the period under assessment (2007-2011), every year the Criteria for book, journal and

conference proceedings publications with emphasis on scientific quality had been monitored

(The Criteria are listed on the Institute´s website). The Institute´s Directorate, in cooperation

with its Scientific Board, has developed the II SAS Progress Conception for the years to come

(2008-2011). II SAS progress report is periodically disputed by II SAS Scientific Board.

The scientific results of II SAS have improved significantly compared to the Institute´s

accreditation in in 2003-2006. - To increase the number of PhD students in groups headed by top scientists who will cooperate

in research; this would result in increased number of scientific and research publications.

Within the period under assessment the number of researchers that are involved in PhD study

has increased in both applied informatics and cybernetics. Two new researchers were

accepted by the Scientific Board of the University as PhD supervisors. Currently there are

three researchers with PhD students in applied informatics and another three in cybernetics.

The other researchers have been announcing their topics regularly to find new PhD students.

II SAS recognizes a critical situation in PhD studies in relation to application of the

current Act on Universities where PhD students from Slovak Academy of Science are

disadvantaged in several directions; the Act complicates the situation of PhD studies at SAS,

which has been rather bad though. Currently, the Faculty of Informatics and Information

Technologies of Slovak University of Technology as our contract partner for PhD studies

requests annual fee of up to 2000 Euros, whereby our PhD students are included in teaching

of students (possible reduction must be negotiated with the Dean). It is known as well that at

SAS the number of internal PhD students is limited. II SAS researchers apply for PhD study,

because it is required by their scientific work and professional development. Charge for PhD

study influences the motivation of PhD candidates from SAS and from universities adversely,

because their income during the studies is rather low. - The Institute's scientists should be trying hard to achieve the PhD and DrSc. degrees, as well

as the Associate Professor and Full Professor ones as a result of more intense cooperation with

universities.

On June 2011, RNDr. V. Britaňák, CSc. submitted his doctoral (DrSc.) dissertation entitled:

“Fast Computational Structures for the Discrete Sinusoidal Transforms and Perfect Reconstruction

Cosine/Sine-modulated Filter Banks” to the Commission in Computer and Information Sciences (No.

010200).

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During the period in question, II.b and II.a scientific degrees have been achieved by five and

four researchers, respectively. .

The number of researchers acting as instructors of the fields of science given below has increased as

follows:

Applied informatics – 25-11-9 until 2010, Applied informatics – 9.2.9 - since 2004:

Doc. Ing. E. Gramatová, CSc., Doc. RNDr. L. Halada, CSc., Doc. Ing. L. Hluchý, CSc., Ing.

M. Laclavík, PhD., Prof. Ing. I. Mokriš, CSc.

RNDr. V. Britaňák, CSc. – PhD study consultant.

Automation and control – 38-01-9 – until 2010, Cybernetics – 9.2.7 - since 2004: Ing. I. Budinská, PhD., Doc. Ing. F. Čapkovič, CSc., Doc. Ing. K. Dobrovodský, CSc., Prof.

Ing. B. Frankovič, DrSc., Ing. Š. Havlík, DrSc.

vi. Supplementary information and/or comments on management, research infrastructure, and trends in personnel development

The Institute is strongly oriented on projects implementation. Project

leaders together with heads of the scientific departments form the

Management Boards of the Institute. The Board holds session at least

twice a year. The role of the Board is to handle problems related to

project management, financial questions and future development of the

Institute. Each researcher at the institute has to be involved at least in

one project.

The Institute is well known for its success in obtaining FP projects.

According to Slovakia – ICT RTD Technological Audit by Dr. Stephan

Pascal, the Institute, and specifically its director dr. Hluchý, was

valuated as one of the most excellent organizations, and a major and

potential Centre of Excellence in Slovakia. The Institute builds on the

great potential with strong influence to the future.

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9. Supplementary information and/or comments important for the assessment of organisation which are not explicitly mentioned in the questionnaire (concerning each previously mentioned evaluation criteria, facts not included, evaluation of research teams by ARRA, etc.)

The research carried out at the Institute is not focused only on theoretical work in the

field of theoretical informatics, but also on research in the field of applied informatics and

cybernetics, where the Institute is achieving very good results, carries out successful PhD studies

and guarantees outstanding level thereof. Despite the above facts, as a result of annual

evaluation of scientific institutions within Slovak Academy of Sciences, and during accreditation

as well, the Institute is ranked among "theoretical" sciences – mathematics, physics and

informatics, and research in theoretical rather than applied informatics is often expected.

Consequently, the opinion of the evaluators on the Institute's scientific results is often deformed

adversely. Thus, II SAS management believes that such misunderstandings could be avoided by

ranking the Institute among scientific institutions carrying out research in engineering.

Other information relevant to the assessment

Bratislava, 28. 5. 2012 Doc. Ing. Ladislav Hluchý, CSc.

The Director