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donald davendra

S U P P L E M E N TA RY M AT E R I A L& C U R R I C U L U M V I TÆ

H A B I L I TAT I O N T H E S I S

Department of Computer ScienceFaculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava

September 2012

C U R R I C U L U M V I TÆ

donald davendra

1 personal details

Date of Birth: January 4, 1980

Place of Birth: Suva, Fiji IslandsPermanent Address: 3 Moti Chandra Cresent, Natabua, Lautoka, Fiji IslandsPresent Address: Podlesí II 5609, Zlín 76005, Czech RepublicMarital Status: Married

2 education

doctor of philosophy (Ph.D.)

• Thesis Topic: Chaotic Attributes and Permutative Optimization• Institution: Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Czech Republic• Principle advisor: Professor Ivan Zelinka• Secondary advisor: Professor Godfrey Onwubolu• Area of Study: Chemical and Process Engineering• Graduated: October 2009

master of science (MSc.)

• Thesis Topic: Hybrid Differential Evolution Algorithm-Scatter Searchfor Discrete Domain Problems

• Institution: University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji Islands• Advisor: Professor Godfrey Onwubolu• Area of Study: Computing Science• Graduated: March 2004

post graduate diploma in computing science (PGDip.)

• Thesis Topic: Drilling Machine Graphical User Interface (Design andOptimization)

• Institution: University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji Islands• Advisor: Professor Godfrey Onwubolu• Area of Study: Manufacturing Engineering / Computer Science• Graduated: December 2002

bachelor of science (BSc.)

• Thesis Topic: Flowshop scheduling using Differential Evolution Algo-rithm

• Institution: University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji Islands• Advisor: Professor Godfrey Onwubolu• Major 1: Computer Science• Major 2: Electrical / Electronics Engineering• Graduated: December 2001

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3 employment history

University of the South Pacific - Laucala Campus, Suva, Fiji Islands

• Faculty: Science, Technology and Environment

• Department: Engineering

• Position: Tutor

• Duration: April 2003 - April 2004 (1 year)

The main responsibility was the development of teaching materials in thefirst year course of Materials Engineering. This encompassed the tasks ofdesigning and supervising the laboratory work. The secondary task was thepreparation and lecturing for the introduction of C/C++ programming forfirst year engineering students.

As a member of the department, supervision of final year project thesiswas also part of the job description. During my tenure, I have successfullysupervised nine final year bachelor students.

University of Fiji - Saweni Campus, Lautoka, Fiji Islands

• Faculty: School of Science & Technology

• Department: Computing Science and Information Technology

• Position: Lecturer and Assistant Head of Department

• Duration: July 2005 - August 2006 (13 months)

As a founding member of the University, the main responsibility was thedevelopment of the teaching and research activities of the Department ofComputing Science. This included the designing of hardware and softwarelabs for programming and networking. In addition, I was the coordinator ofsix different subjects in the first and second year of Computing Science andInformatics degrees.

Tomas Bata University in Zlin - Zlin, Czech RepublicResearcher for the European Union 7th Framework Project

• Project Name: Promoveo

• Project Number: FP7-222165

• Topic: Independent living for today’s society: understanding the elderlyand disabled for tomorrows inclusive smart home solution.

• Developer - Semantic Engine and Adaptive Learning Module.

• Duration - November 2009 - December 2010 (13 months)

VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava - Ostrava, Czech Republic

• Faculty: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

• Department: Computer Science

• Position: Assistant Professor

• Duration: November 2010 - current (22 months)

My main responsibility is the laboratory teaching of the following courses;Algorithms 2, Programming Languages 2, Bio Inspired Computing and Fun-damentals of Programming. I am also the lecturer for Fundamentals ofProgramming for English and Erasmus students. My secondary responsibil-ity is to develop and enhance the research profile of the department throughmy research activities and association with the Media Research Lab.

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4 international publications

4.1 Monograph

1. Onwubolu G and Davendra D (Eds) (2009) Differential Evolution: Ahandbook for Permutation-based Combinatorial Optimization. Springer,Germany. ISBN: 978-3-540-92150-9

2. Davendra D (Ed) (2010) Traveling Salesman Problem, Theory and Applica-tions. InTech Publishing. ISBN 978-953-307-426-9

4.2 Articles in Impacted Journals

1. Onwubolu G and Davendra D (2006) Scheduling flow shops using differ-ential evolution algorithm. European Journal of Operations Research. Vol.171, Pp.674-679 (IF 1.815)

2. Davendra D and Zelinka I (2009) Optimization of Quadratic AssignmentProblem using Self Organising Migrating Algorithm. Journal of Computingand Informatics. Vol. 28, Pp. 169-180 (IF - 0.456)

3. Davendra D, Zelinka I and Senkerik R (2010) Chaos driven evolutionaryalgorithms for the task of PID control. Computers and Mathematics withApplications. Vol. 60. Issue 4. Pp. 1088-1104. ISSN: 0898-1221. (IF -1.747)

4. Senkerik R, Zelinka I, Davendra D and Oplatkova Z (2010) Utilization ofSOMA and Differential Evolution for Robust Stabilization of Chaotic LogisticEquation. Computers and Mathematics with Applications. Vol. 60.Issue 4. Pp. 1026-1037. ISSN: 0898-1221. (IF - 1.747)

5. Davendra D, Zelinka I, Bialic-Davendra M, Senkerik R and Jasek R(2011) Clustered Enhanced Differential Evolution for Blocking Flow ShopScheduling Problem. Central European Journal of Operations Research.DOI: 10.1007/s10100-011-0198-3 (IF - 0.484)

6. Zelinka I, Chadli M, Davendra D, Senkerik R and Jasek R (2011) An In-vestigation On Evolutionary Reconstruction Of Continuous Chaotic Systems.Mathematical and Computer Modelling. DOI: 10.1016/j.mcm.2011.06.034

(IF - 1.346)

7. Senkerik R, Davendra D, Zelinka I, Oplatkova, Z and Jasek, R (2012)Performance Comparison Of Differential Evolution And SOMA On ChaosControl Optimization Problem. International Journal of Bifurcation andChaos. Vol. 22, No. 8 (IF - 0.76)

8. Davendra D, Zelinka I, Bialic-Davendra M, Senkerik R and Jasek R(2013) Discrete Self-Organising Migrating Algorithm for Flow Shop Schedul-ing with No Wait Makespan. Mathematical and Computer Modelling.Vol 65, Num. 1-2, Pp. 100-110 (IF - 1.346)

9. Senkerik R, Oplatkova Z, Zelinka I and Davendra D (2013) Synthesis ofFeedback Controller for Three Selected Chaotic Systems by Means of Evolu-tionary Techniques - Analytic Programming. Mathematical and ComputerModelling. Vol 57, Num. 1-2, Pp. 57-67 (IF - 1.346)

10. Davendra D and Bialic - Davendra M (2012) Scheduling flow shops withblocking using a discrete self-organising migrating algorithm. InternationalJournal of Production Research. DOI:10.1080/00207543.2012.711968 (IF- 1.115)

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4.3 Articles in Non-Impacted Journals

1. Zelinka I, Davendra D (2011) Investigation on Relations Between ComplexNetworks and Evolutionary Algorithm Dynamics. International Journal ofComputer Information Systems and Industrial Management Applica-tions. Vol. 3, Pp. 236-247, ISSN 2150-7988.

2. Zelinka I, Davendra D, Senkerik R and Jasek R (2011) Do Evolution-ary Algorithms Dynamics Create Complex Network Structures? ComplexSystems. Vol. 20, No. 4, Pp. 127-140, ISSN 0891-2513.

3. Zelinka I, Davendra D, Jasek R and Senkerik R (2012) Investigationon Visualization, Analysis, and Control of Complex Networks Dynamics.International Journal of Energy Optimization and Engineering, Vol. 1,Issue 3, Pp. 48-73, DOI: 10.4018/IJEOE, ISSN: 2160-9500.

4. Senkerik R, Zelinka I, Davendra D and Oplatkova Z (2012) Evolutionaryoptimisation of Hénon map control: A black box approach. InternationalJournal of Operational Research. Vol. 13, No. 2, Pp. 129 - 146.

4.4 Book Chapters

1. Onwubolu G and Davendra D (2009) Motivation for Differential Evolutionfor Permutative-Based Combinatorial Problems. In: Differential Evolution:A Handbook for Global Permutation-Based Combinatorial Optimiza-tion, (Eds) Onwubolu G and Davendra D. Springer, Germany, Pp.1-11.

2. Onwubolu G and Davendra D (2009) Differential Evolution for Permutation-Based Combinatorial Problems. In: Differential Evolution: A Handbookfor Global Permutation-Based Combinatorial Optimization, (Eds) On-wubolu G and Davendra D. Springer, Germany, Pp. 13-34.

3. Davendra D and Onwubolu G (2009) Forward Backward Transformation.In: Differential Evolution: A Handbook for Global Permutation-BasedCombinatorial Optimization, (Eds) Onwubolu G and Davendra D.Springer, Germany, Pp. 35-80.

4. Davendra D (2010) Edge of chaos and evolutionary algorithms. In: Evolu-tionary Algorithms and Chaotic Systems, (Eds) Zelinka I, Celikovsky S,Richter H and Chen G. Springer, Germany, Pp. 145-161.

5. Davendra D and Zelinka I (2010) Controller parameters optimization on arepresentative set of systems using deterministic-chaotic-mutation evolution-ary algorithms. In: Evolutionary Algorithms and Chaotic Systems, (Eds)Zelinka I, Celikovsky S, Richter H and Chen G. Springer, Germany, Pp.447-480.

6. Davendra D, Zelinka I and Onwubolu G (2010) Chaotic Attributes andPermutative Optimization. In: Evolutionary Algorithms and ChaoticSystems, (Eds) Zelinka I, Celikovsky S, Richter H and Chen G. Springer,Germany, Pp. 481-521.

7. Senkerik R, Zelinka I, Davendra D and Oplatkova Z (2010) Evolutionarydesign of chaos control in 1D . In: Evolutionary Algorithms and ChaoticSystems, (Eds) Zelinka I, Celikovsky S, Richter H and Chen G. Springer,Germany, Pp. 165-190

8. Davendra D, Zelinka I and Onwubolu G (2009) Hybrid differential evolu-tion - scatter search algorithm for permutative optimization. In: EvolutionaryComputation, (Eds) Wellington dos S. In-Teh Publishing, Croatia, Pp.273-296, ISBN 978-953-307-006-3

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9. Davendra D, Zelinka I, Senkerik R and Bialic-Davendra M (2010) Chaosdriven evolutionary algorithm for the Traveling Salesman Problem. In: Trav-eling Salesman Problem, Theory and Applications, (Ed) Davendra D.InTech Publishing, Pp. 55-70. ISBN 978-953-307-426-9.

10. Zelinka I, Davendra D, Senkerik R, Jasek R and Oplatkova Z (2011)Analytical Programming - a Novel Approach for Evolutionary Synthesis ofSymbolic Structures. In: Evolutionary Algorithms, (Ed) Kita E. InTechPublishing, Pp. 149-173. ISBN 978-953-307-171-8.

11. Davendra D and Zelinka I (2012) GPU Based Enhanced Differential Evolu-tion Algorithm: A Comparison between CUDA and OpenCL. In: Handbookof Optimization: From Classical to Modern Approach, (Eds) Zelinka I,Snasel V and Abraham A. Pp. 845-868. ISBN 978-3-642-30503-0.

12. Davendra D, Zelinka I and Onwubolu G (2012) Hybrid Self OrganisingMigrating - Scatter Search Algorithm. In: Handbook of Optimization:From Classical to Modern Approach, (Eds) Zelinka I, Snasel V andAbraham A. Pp. 889-906. ISBN 978-3-642-30503-0.

13. Senkerik R, Oplatkova Z, Zelinka I, Davendra D and Jasek R (2012)Application of Evolutionary Techniques for Optimization of Chaos Control -Introduction of Three Approaches. In: Handbook of Optimization: FromClassical to Modern Approach, (Eds) Zelinka I, Snasel V and AbrahamA. Pp. 801-820. ISBN 978-3-642-30503-0.

14. Guimaraes F, Silva R, Prado R, Neto O and Davendra D (2012) FlowShop Scheduling Using a General Approach for Differential Evolution. In:Handbook of Optimization: From Classical to Modern Approach, (Eds)Zelinka I, Snasel V and Abraham A. Pp. 597-614. ISBN 978-3-642-30503-0.

15. Zelinka I, Davendra D, Chadli M, Senkerik R, Dao T and SkanderovaL (2012) Evolutionary Dynamics and Complex Networks. In: Handbookof Optimization: From Classical to Modern Approach, (Eds) Zelinka I,Snasel V and Abraham A. Pp. 215-244. ISBN 978-3-642-30503-0.

4.5 Conferences - reviewed

1. Davendra D and Onwubolu G (2007) Flow Shop Scheduling using En-hanced Differential Evolution. Proceeding of the 21st European Confer-ence on Modelling and Simulation, June 4-5, Prague, Czech RepublicPp. 259-264

2. Davendra D, Zelinka I and Onwubolu G (2007) Chaotic Optimization.Proceeding of the 21st European Conference on Modelling and Simula-tion, June 4-5, Prague, Czech Republic Pp. 265-273

3. Davendra D and Onwubolu G (2007) Enhanced Differential Evolutionhybrid Scatter Search for Discrete Optimisation. Proceeding of the IEEECongress on Evolutionary Computation, Sept 25-28, Singapore Pp.1156-1162

4. Senkerik R, Zelinka I and Davendra D (2007) Comparison of EvolutionaryAlgorithms in the Task of Chaos Control Optimization. In. Proceedings ofthe IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation. Singapore. Septem-ber 25-28. Pp. 3952-3958.

5. Davendra D and Zelinka I (2008) Optimization of Quadratic AssignmentProblem using Self Organising Migrating Algorithm. In. Proceedings ofthe European Workshop on Intelligent Computational Methods andApplied Mathematics. Krakow, Poland. March 28-31.

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6. Davendra D and Zelinka I (2008) Flow Shop Scheduling using Self Organ-ising Migrating Algorithm. In. Proceedings of the European Conferenceof Modelling and Simulation. Nisosia, Cyprus. June 3-6. Pp. 195-200

7. Davendra D, Zelinka I and Onwubolu G (2009) Clustered PopulationDifferential Evolution for Quadratic Assignment Problem Proceeding of theIEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, May 18-21, Trondheim,Norway.

8. Davendra D, Zelinka I and Onwubolu G (2009) Flow shop Schedulingusing Clustered Differential Evolution. Proceeding of the 23rd EuropeanConference on Modelling and Simulation, June 9-12, Madrid, Spain.

9. Davendra D, Zelinka I and Senkirik R (2009) Clustered Self OrganisingMigrating Algorithm for the Quadratic Assignment Problem Proceeding ofthe 2nd Global Conference on Power and Optimization, June 1-3, Bali,Indonesia.

10. Zelinka I, Senkerik R, Oplatkova Z and Davendra D (2009) EvolutionaryIdentification of Chaotic System Proceeding of the Choas 09, June 22-24,London.

11. Senkerik R, Zelinka I, Oplatkova Z and Davendra D (2009) Evolutionarysynthesis and control of chaotic systems Proceeding of the Choas 09, June22-24, London.

12. Davendra D, Zelinka I and Senkerik R (2010) Chaos driven Differen-tial Evolution for PID controller design. Proceeding of the 3rd GlobalConference on Power and Optimization, February 2-4, Gold Coast,Australia.

13. Senkerik R, Zelinka I, Davendra D and Oplatkova Z (2010) Advancedtargeting cost function design for evolutionary optimization of control ofLogistic equation. Proceeding of the 3rd Global Conference on Powerand Optimization, February 2-4, Gold Coast, Australia.

14. Davendra D, Zelinka I, Senkerik R and Jasek R (2010) Discrete Self-Organising Migrating Algorithm for Flow Shop Scheduling with No WaitMakespan. Proceeding of the 4th Global Conference on Power andOptimization, December 2-4, Kuching, Malaysia. ISBN: 978-983-44483-32

15. Senkerik R, Oplatkova Z, Zelinka I, Davendra D and Jasek R (2010)Synthesis of Feedback Controller for Chaotic Systems by Means of Evolution-ary Techniques. Proceeding of the 4th Global Conference on Power andOptimization, December 2-4, Kuching, Malaysia. ISBN: 978-983-44483-32

16. Zelinka I, Davendra D Senkerik R and Jasek R (2010) An Investigationon Evolutionary Identification of Continuous Chaotic Systems. Proceedingof the 4th Global Conference on Power and Optimization, December2-4, Kuching, Malaysia. ISBN: 978-983-44483-3

17. Zelinka I, Davendra D, Snasel V, Jasek R, Senkerik R and Oplatkova Z(2010) An Investigation on Evolutionary Identification of Continuous ChaoticSystems. Proceeding of the International Conference on ComputerInformation Systems and Industrial Management Applications, October8-10, Krakow, Poland. Pp. 148-153. ISBN: 978-1-4244-5612-3

18. Davendra D, Zelinka I, Senkerik R, Jasek R and Bialic-Davendra M(2011) Hybrid Self Organizing Migrating Algorithm - Scatter Search for theTask of Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem. Proceeding of the 5th GlobalConference on Power and Optimization, June 1-3, Dubai, UAE. ISBN:983-44483-49

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19. Zelinka I, Davendra D, Senkerik R and Jasek R (2011) EvolutionaryTechniques and its possibility to identify Catastrophic Events. Proceeding ofthe 5th Global Conference on Power and Optimization, June 1-3, Dubai,UAE. ISBN: 983-44483-49

20. Senkerik R, Oplatkova Z, Zelinka I, Davendra D and Jasek R (2011)Synthesis of Feedback Control Law for Stabilization of Chaotic System Oscilla-tions by means of Analytic Programming - Preliminary Study. Proceedingof the 5th Global Conference on Power and Optimization, June 1-3,Dubai, UAE. ISBN: 983-44483-49

21. Davendra D, Gaura J, Bialic-Davendra M and Senkerik R (2012) CUDABased Enhanced Differential Evolution: A Computational Analysis. Proceed-ing of the 26th European Conference on Modelling and Simulation, Pp.399-404, May 29 - June 1, Koblenz, Germany. ISBN: 978-0-9564944-4-3,doi: 10.7148/2012

22. Oplatkova Z, Senkerik R, Zelinka I and Davendra D (2012) UtilizationOf Analytic Programming For The Stabilization Of High Order OscillationsOf Chaotic Hénon Map. Proceeding of the 26th European Conferenceon Modelling and Simulation, Pp. 410-418, May 29 - June 1, Koblenz,Germany. ISBN: 978-0-9564944-4-3, doi: 10.7148/2012

23. Pluhacek M, Senkerik R, Davendra D and Zelinka I (2012) DesigningPID Controller For DC Motor System By Means Of Enhanced PSO Algo-rithm With Discrete Chaotic Lozi Map. Proceeding of the 26th EuropeanConference on Modelling and Simulation, Pp. 405-409, May 29 - June 1,Koblenz, Germany. ISBN: 978-0-9564944-4-3, doi: 10.7148/2012

24. Bernardes de Oliveira F, Davendra D and Guimaraes F (2012) Multi-Objective Differential Evolution on the GPU with C-CUDA. Proceedingof the 7th International Conference on Soft Computing Models inIndustrial and Environmental Applications. September 5 - 7. Ostrava,Czech Republic.

5 local publications - czech

5.1 Conferences - local

1. Oplatkova Z, Senkerik R, Zelinka I, Davendra D and Jasek R (2011)Evolutionary Synthesis of Controller for Stabilization of Synthesized ChaoticSystm Oscillations. Proceeding of the 17th Soft computing ConferenceMENDEL 2011, Pp. 73-80, June 15-17, Brno, Czech Republic. ISBN978-80-214-4302-0

2. Zelinka I, Davendra D, Senkerik R and Jasek R (2011) EvolutionaryIdentification of Catastrophic Events. Proceeding of the 17th Soft comput-ing Conference MENDEL 2011, Pp. 94-102, June 15-17, Brno, CzechRepublic. ISBN 978-80-214-4302-0

3. Davendra D, Zelinka I, Bialic-Davendra M, Senkerik R and Jasek R(2011) Discrete Self Organising Migrating Algorithm For The Task Of Capac-itated Vehicle Routing Problem. Proceeding of the 17th Soft computingConference MENDEL 2011, Pp. 259-265. June 15-17, Brno, CzechRepublic. ISBN 978-80-214-4302-0

6 professional activities

6.1 Citation Listing - Web of Science (Figure 1)

• Total results: 20

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• Sum of Times Cited: 81

• Sum of times cited without self-citations: 73

• Citing Articles: 79

• Citing Articles without self-citations: 72

• Average Citations per item: 4.05

• h-index: 2

Figure 1: Web of Science Records.

6.2 Citation Listing - Scorpus (Figure 2)

• Total results: 34

• References: 312

• Citations: 138

• Citing Articles: 125

• h-index: 4

6.3 Awards

Cena Siemens – Werner von Siemens Excellence Award

“Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation in Czech Republic”, - awarded by Siemensand the Industry and University Forum, held under the auspices of theMinistry of Education, Youth and Sports and the Ministry of Industry andTrade - 2009

Galavecer - Vedecká a tvurcí cinnost

Tomas Bata University award for “Science and Research Activity” - 2009

Best Bachelor Thesis in Engineering - Computing

University of the South Pacific, Engineering Department Award for bestthesis in the discipline of Computing Science and Applied Engineering -2001

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Figure 2: Scorpus Database Records.

6.4 International Projects

Tomas Bata University in ZlinResearcher for the European Union 7th Framework Project

• Project Name: Promoveo

• Project Number: FP7-222165

• Topic: Independent living for today’s society: understanding the elderlyand disabled for tomorrows inclusive smart home solution.

• Developer - Semantic Engine and Adaptive Learning Module.

• Duration - November 2009 - December 2010 (13 months)

6.5 Research Groups

Tomas Bata University in ZlinJunior Researcher at the CebiaTECH Research Centre.Member of the Evolutionary Computation Research group.Duration: January 2011 - December 2011 (12 months)

6.6 Memberships

British Computer Society - Professional Member (2002 to current)Address: First Floor, Block D, North Star House, North Star Avenue, Swindon,UK, SN2 1FAwww.bcs.org

6.7 Invited Lectures

Topic: Enhanced Differential Evolution for Flow Shop Scheduling Problems.University of Bielsko-Biala, Bielsko-Biala, PolandNovember 20, 2007

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Topic: Bio-Inspired Evolutionary Computation.Laboratory of DNA Information Analysis, Human Genome Center, Insti-tute of Medical Science University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku,Tokyo 108-8639, Japan.May 24, 2012

6.8 Conference Technical Programme Committee Member

• European Conference of Modelling and Simulation - 2007, 2008, 2009

• IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence - 2009, 2011,2013

• Nostradamus - 2012

7 pedagogical activities

7.1 Development of New Subjects/Lectures

University of Fiji

Successfully initiated, coordinated (guaranteed) and lectured in the follow-ing courses for the study program in Computing Science and InformationTechnology.

• Java Programming - First year course dealing with the introduction ofJava language and development tools.

• Networking - First year course dealing with the basic of networking,introduction to protocols, chipers and encryption.

• Communication Technology - First year course dealing with commoncommunication technologies and terminologies.

• Data Structures and Abstraction in C - First year course dealing with theintroduction to the C language, with emphasis on pointers, memorymanagement and abstraction.

• Quality Management Principles - First year course introducing projectmanagement, quality control and fault diagnostics.

• Artificial Intelligence - Second year course outlining the basics of artificialintelligence and introduction to LISP programming.

VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava

Submitted the proposal of the following course for consideration in the 2013

academic year.

• Operations Research - is a discipline of applying advanced analyticalmethods to help make better decisions. Also known as managementscience or decision science, it involves the application of informationtechnology in designing systems to operate in the most effective way ordeciding how to allocate scarce human resources, money, equipment,or facilities. The aim of this course is to teach the basic deterministicand advanced stochastic methods for solving different complex com-binatorial / discrete problems of an optimization nature. This coursewill also introduce different problems in transportation, assignmentand scheduling, which are common and have a practical foundation.

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7.2 International Study Programs

Spent two weeks (May 14 - 28) on attachment at the Laboratory of DNAInformation Analysis, Human Genome Centre, Institute of Medical ScienceUniversity of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan.

7.3 Student Supervision

University of the South Pacific

Successfully supervised nine final year engineering Bachelor Thesis’s. Topicswere from the field of of internet based electrical engineering technologies,evolutionary computation and adaptive mechanical engineering.The topics of the dissertation works were:

• Application of networks in the creation of a user based search engine.

• Application of Evolutionary Algorithms for Automated Guided Vehiclerouting optmization.

• Development of an electrical simulation system based on the threebasic electronic components.

• Development of a electronic simulation software on a GUI system.

• Analysis of scheduling on a manufacturing shop floor.

• Development of a electrical component based website for SafewayElectronics Limited.

VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava

Currently, acting as a consultant for two doctoral students in the Departmentof Computing Science in the field of GPU programming.

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