Starting by May, 1, I was nominated by the dean to the position of the director of the Institute for a period of 4 years.

This change also involves appointment of my two deputies: Ľubka Horanská for education and Martin Klaučo for research. The team is completed with Marián Gall being the institute secretary.

I am happy to confirm Martin Klaučo to continue as head of the Department of Information Engineering and Process Control. The new head of the Department of Mathematics will be Ľubka Horanská as Zdenko Takáč decided to step down. Zdenko, thank you for your lasting commitment to the department and its quality.

Last, but not the least, I would like to thank Michal Kvasnica, who served the last term. The times at the institute have never been better and our team will have to work hard to keep it.

Miroslav Fikar

Check the current RTVS report about our new prototype of the ecological smart greenhouse VESNA:

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Professor Miroslav Fikar (STUBA) took part at a workshop entitled “Advanced Materials & Processes and Artificial Intelligence for Sustainability” held in Regensburg, Germany, March 22-23, 2023. Read more in our blog.

On March 20-24, 2023, Rastislav Fáber and Radoslav Paulen participated in an exchange stay at the Faculty of Chemical and Industrial Engineering of the University of Pisa. The exchange stay was conducted as a part of the European project FrontSeat. Read more in the blog.

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On Friday, March 24, 2023, Radoslav Paulen, associate professor at the Institute of Information Engineering, Automation, and Mathematics, gave a pedagogical lecture for the master students on "Introduction to Optimization" during his stay at the University of Pisa. The exchange stay is a part of the European project FrontSeat.

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We are coauthors of a new paper in the prestigious international scientific journal Journal of Process Control:

Raphael Dyrska - Michaela Horváthová - Peter Bakaráč - Martin Mönnigmann - Juraj Oravec: Heat exchanger control using model predictive control with constraint removal

The publisher Elsevier provides open access to new research articles for 50 days to help share the current results. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon under grant no. 101079342 (Fostering Opportunities Towards Slovak Excellence in Advanced Control for Smart Industries).

On Wednesday, March 22, 2023, Radoslav Paulen, associate professor at the Institute of Information Engineering, Automation, and Mathematics, gave a lecture on "Optimal Control of Batch Membrane Processes" during his stay at the University of Pisa. The exchange stay is a part of the European project FrontSeat.

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On Monday, March 20, 2023, Rastislav Fáber, a doctoral student at the Institute of Information Engineering, Automation, and Mathematics, gave a lecture on "Machine Learning-Based Classification of Industrial Datasets" during his stay at the University of Pisa. The exchange stay is a part of the European project FrontSeat.

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We would like to invite you and your colleagues who are interested in applying to Horizon Europe schemes to participate in the Info Day and Workshops which will take place at the Rectorate STU on March 15-16. The event is organized under the project FrontSeat and will be held by our partners from UNIPI. Registration is open till March, 13. Please register here.