RNDr. Kryštof Eben, CSc.

Scientist

Department: Complex Systems
Phone: +420 266 05 3720
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Email: (email)

Education

1981 – 1986CSc.Research topic: Statistical discriminant analysis
Institute of Mathematics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague. Supervisor: RNDr. Zbyněk Šidák, DrSc
1975 - 1979RNDr. Probability and Mathematical Statistics
Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics

Work Experience

since 1992Institute of Computer Science of the Czech Academy of Sciences
1996Westlakes research institute, Whitehaven, Cumbria, UK
Project: Forecasting mortality in worker cohorts. Epidemiological research in workers of nuclear facilities.
1992ICT responsible, University Hospital „Pod Petřínem“, Prague. Responsibility: hospital information system.
1980 - 1991Institute of Mathematics of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Research topics: multivariate statistical analysis, discriminant analysis, applications of mathematical statistics in medicine

Research Interests

  • multivariate statistical analysis
  • applications of mathematical statistics in environmental science, especially data assimilation into numerical models
  • running numerical weather prediction models, statistical postprocessing of outputs, energy meteorology.

Technical skills

  • Linux, Python, shell scripting
  • WRF Numerical Weather Prediction model configuration and running,
  • CAMx chemical transport model configuration and running
  • using High Performance Computing platforms
  • SAS statistical package

Selected Projects

2017 - 2020Urbi Pragensi (urbanization of weather and air quality prediction)
(together with Math.Phys. Faculty, Charles Univ. Prague and Czech Hydrometeorological Institute, team member)
2004 - 2008Mathematical modelling of air quality with applications in management of emergencies
1ET400300414, programe "Information society" Grant Agency of the Czech Rep. (principal investigator, together with Math.Phys. Faculty, Charles Univ. Prague and Czech Hydrometeorological Institute)
2013 - 2016Advanced random field methods in data assimilation for short-term weather prediction. Grant Agency of the Czech Rep. (team member)
2016 - 2018 GNSS4SWEC - Advanced Global Navigation Satellite Systems tropospheric products for monitoring severe weather events and climate EU COST Action ES1206 (team member)
2007 - 2011Improvement and specification of modelling of air pollution and acquisition of fundaments for prediction of healts effects. SP/1a4/107/07, Ministry of Environment (investigator for Inst. of Computer Science, under coordination of Czech Hydrometeorological Institute)
EU COST action ES 0602 „Towards a European Network on Chemical Weather Forecasting and Information Systems“. Management Committee member for the Czech Republic
2006 - 2008EU consortium ACCENT, ACCENT associate
MEDARDone of the key team members of the long-term project MEDARD in the Inst. of Computer Science. This project provides an operational forecast of weather and air quality for middle Europe and the Czech Rep., which is widely used by different organizations and the general public (medard-online.cz).