Prof. RNDr. Jiří Wiedermann, DrSc.

Prof. RNDr. Jiří Wiedermann, DrSc.

Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

Institute of Computer Science
Tel: +420 2 6605 3520
Fax: + 420 2 8658 5789
E-mail: jiri.wiedermann@cs.cas.cz

Biography:

Prof. of  Computer Science, Charles University, Prague,  2004
Assoc. Prof. of Computer Science, Charles University, Prague,  2000
DrSc. degree in computer science, Comenius University, Bratislava, 1993
CSc. (equiv. of PhD) in computer science, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague, 1980
RNDr. degree, Comenius University, Bratislava, 1974
M.Sc. degree, Comenius University, Bratislava, 1971

Current Position:

Research Interests:

Theoretical computer science, computational complexity; models of sequential and parallel computational systems; neurocomputing; non-standard computing; complexity of data structures and algorithms; artificial intelligence, artificial life, embodied cognition, history and prospects of informatics

Invited Talks:

1.       FCT'85 (Fundamentals of Computer Science),  1985, Cottbus, NDR

2.       23rd semster in the International Banach Center,Warszaw, 1985

3.       summer school "Parallel Algorithms and Architectures", 1988, 1990,   Czechoslovakia

4.       IMYCS'90 (International Meeting of Young Computer Scientists), 1990, Czechoslovakia

5.       konference FAIR'91 (Foundations of Artificial Intelligence), 1991, Poland

6.       MFCS'92 (Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science), 1992, Czechoslovakia

7.       Kurt-Gödel Gessellschaft Colloquium, Wien, 1994, 1997, 1999

8.       SOFSEM: Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Informatics,  1995, 1997, 2001, Czechoslovakia

9.       Workshop on Computability, Complexity, and Logic WCCL'96, Usedom, 1996, Germany

10.   IVth South American Workshop on String Processing'97, Viňa del Mar, Chile, 1997

11.   MFCS'98,  1998, Czech Republic

12.   MFCS‘2001, 2000, Slovakia

13.   ECAL‘2001 (European Colloquium on Artificial Life), Praha, 2001

14.   DCFS‘2007 (Descriptional Complexity of Formal Systems), Slovakia, 2007

Projects:

1.       ALTEC (Algorithms For Future Technologies), deputy coordinator,  EU project, participants: University of  Bordeaux, Bratislava, Budapest,  Prague, Saarbrücken, Utrecht, Warszaw; total budget: 500 000 ECU, 1992-1995

2.       HYPERCOMPLEX (Complexity Issues in High Performance Computing),  Czech Grant Agency, 1995-1997,  700 000 CZK

3.       ALTEC-KIT (Keep in Touch),  follow-up on the  ALTEC project, , INCO-COPERNICUS, local coordinator (with the participation of  Charles University), 1997-1998

4.       Machine  models and computational complexity, Czech Grant Agency,  1999-2001, 1 200 000 CZK

5.       Soft Computing: theoretical foundations and experiments, Czech Grant Agency, 2000-2002, 2 350 000 CZK

6.       New Information Technologies – Theoretical Foundations, Methodology, Tools and Applications (Institute’s Research Project, Ministry of Education and Science) , 1999-2003

7.       Mathematics, Computer Science and Cybernetics: Methods, Tools and Applications (Institute’s Research Project, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic), 2000-2004

8.       Specialized computational models in contemporary computer science, Czech Grant Agency,  participants: Charles University and Technical University, Ostrava, 2 640 000. CZK

9.       Computer Science for Information Society: Models, Algorithms, Applications. Institute‘s Research Project, 2005-2010

Teaching (Charles University):

  1. Models of Sequential and Parallel Computers (Charles University)
  2. Hora Informaticae (a weekly seminar on complexity theory running since 1994, Charles University and Institute of Computer Science AS CR)

Editorship:

1.       Proceedings of MFCS'86, LNCS Vol. 233, Springer Verlag 1986 (with J. Gruska and B. Rovan)

2.       Proceedings of MFCS'95, LNCS Vol. 969, Springer Verlag 1995 (with P. Hájek);

3.       Proceedings of SOFSEM'95, LNCS Vol. 1016, Springer Verlag, 1995 (with  J. Staudek a M. Bartošek

4.       Proceedings of ICALP'99, LNCS Vol. 1644, Springer Verlag (with  P. van Emde Boas and M. Nielsen)

5.       Proceedings of SOFSEM‘00, Vol. 1963, Springer (with V. Hlaváč and K.J. Jeffery)

6.       Proceedings fo SOFSEM’06, Vol.  3831, Springer  (with G. Tel, J Pokorný, M. Bieliková, J. Štuller)

Honors and  Memberships:

  • Member of  Academia Europaea, section Informatics, since 2006
  • Member of the Czech Learned Society, since 2003
  • Member of the Board of Directors of the ERCIM (European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics), since 1997
  • EATCS (European Association for Theoretical Computer Science): vicepresident  1997-2002; council member 1995-2003; member, since 1993

Conference Chairmanships:

  • MFCS’95, (i.e. Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science)
  • ICALP’99 (International Colloquium on Automata, Programming and Languages)
  • SOFSEM’95, 2000; 2006

Conference Committees:

  • MFCS (1981, 1984, 1994); Graph-Theoretic Concepts in Computer Science (1993, 1994); Theoretical Computer Science – Exploring New Frontiers of Theoretical Informatics, 2000, 2002; ALGOSENSORS  2004; 2006;
  • SOFSEM Steering Committee Chairman 1996-2000

Scientific Council Memberships:

Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Brno (since1998); Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University, Prague (2000-2002); Faculty of Nuclear Physics nad Engineering, Czech Technical University (since 2000); Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University, Bratislava (1995-2002); Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague (2002-2005); Technical University Liberec (since 2001).

Editorial Board:

Selected Publications[1]

1.      van Leeuwen, J., Wiedermann, J.: A Theory of Interactive Computation. A chapter in: Interactive Computation: The New Paradigm.  Goldin, D.; Smolka, S. A.; Wegner, P. (Eds.)  Springer Verlag,  XV, 487 p., 84 illus., Hardcover, 2006

2.      Wiedermann, J. : HUGO: A Cognitive Architecture with an Incorporated World Model. Proc. of the European Conference on Complex Systems ECCS'06, Said Business School, Oxford University, 2006

3.      Wiedermann, J.:Globular Universe and Autopoietic Automata: A Framework for Artificial Life. In: Advances in Artificial Life. (Ed.: Capcarrere M., Freitas A.A., Bentley P.J., Johnson C.G., Timmis J.) - Berlin,  LNCS Vol. 3630, Springer-Verlag 2005, pp. 21-30

4.      Wiedermann, J.:Computing by Self-Reproduction: Autopoietic Automata.  In: Unconventional Computation. (Ed.: Calude C.S., Dinnen M.J., Paun G., Perez-Jimenez M.J., Rozenberg G.) - Berlin, LNCS 3699, Springer-Verlag 2005, pp. 224-236, 2005

5.      Verbaan, P.R.A., Leeuwen, J. van, & Wiedermann, J. Complexity of Evolving Interactive Systems. In: Theory Is Forever, Essays Dedicated to Arto Salomaa on the Occasion of His 70th Birthday  Springer-Verlag, Berlin, p. 261-281, 2004.

6.      Wiedermann, J.: Characterizing the super-Turing computing power and efficiency of classical fuzzy Turing machines. Theoretical Computer Science Vol. 317, Elsevier,  pp. 61-69, 2004

7.      Wiedermann, J.: Building a Bridge between Mirror Neurons and Theory of Embodied Cognition. In: SOFSEM 2004: Theory and Practice of Computer Science (Ed. Peter van Emde Boas et al.), LNCS Vol.  2932, Berlin, Springer 2004, p. 361-372

8.      Wiedermann, J.:Mirror Neurons, Embodied Cognitive Agents and Imitation Learning. In: Computing and Informatics. Vol. 22, no. 6 (2003), p. 545-559.

9.      Wiedermann, J.: The Computational Limits to the Cognitive Power of the Neuroidal Tabula Rasa. Journal of Experimental & Theoretical Artificial Intelligence (JETAI), Taylor & Francis Publ., Vol. 15, No. 3, 2003, pp. 267-279

10.  Wiedermann, J.: Fuzzy Turing Machines revised. Computing and Information, Vol. 21, 2002, pp. 1-13

11.  Wiedermann J., van Leeuwen, J: The Emergent Computational Potential of Evolving Artificial Living Systems. Ai Communications, IOS Press, Vol. 15, No. 4, 2002, pp. 205-216

12.  van Leeuwen, J. - Wiedermann, J.: The Turing machine paradigm in contemporary computing, in: B. Enquist and W. Schmidt (Eds), Mathematics Unlimited - 2001 and Beyond, Springer-Verlag, 2001, pp. 1139-1155.

13.  van Leeuwen, J. - Wiedermann, J.: On algorithms and interaction, in: M. Nielsen and B. Rovan (Eds), Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science 2000, 25th Int. Symposium (MFCS'2000), Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol. 1893, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2000, pp. 99-112.

14.  Wiedermann, J.: Simulated Cognition: A Gauntlet Thrown to Computer Science. ACM Computing Surveys, Vol. 31, Issue 3es, paper No. 16, 1999.

15.  Wiedermann, J.: Towards Algorithmic Explanation of Mind Evolution and Functioning (Invited Talk). In: L. Brim, J. Gruska and J. Zlatuška (Eds.), Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science, Proc. of the 23-rd International Symposium (MFCS'98), Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol. 1450, Springer Verlag, Berlin, 1998, pp. 152--166.

16.  Šíma, J. - Wiedermann, J.: Theory of Neuromata. Journal of the ACM, Vol. 45, No. 1, 1998, pp. 155--178.


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