2011: Habilitation for the docent degree at the Slovak University of Tehcnology in Bratislava, Slovakia
2003 - 2008: Ph.D. from ETH Zurich, Switzerland. Supervised by prof. Manfred Morari
1995 - 2000: Engineering degree, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava.
Supervised by prof. Jan Mikles
1991 - 1995: High School Puchov, Slovakia
Positions
2019 (ongoing): Head of the Institute of Information
Engineering, Automation, and Mathematics at the Slovak University of Technology in
Bratislava
2019 (ongoing): Head of the Department of Information
Engineering and Process Control at the Slovak University of Technology in
Bratislava
2009, 2011, 2013,
2015, 2017, 2019:
Chairman of the National Organizing Committee of the IEEE International
Conferences on Process Control
IPC membership: European Control Conference (2013-present), IFAC Nonlinear Model Predictive Control Conference (2018), UKACC Conference on Control
(2018)
Leader of an international team for development of
software tools for model predictive control (in cooperation with ABB Switzerland, ETH
Zurich and EPFL Lausanne)
Awards
2020: Prize of the Literary Fund of the Slovak Republic for the
best technical book (certificate)
2018: Prize of the Literary Fund of the Slovak Republic for the second
most frequently cited article (certificate)
2017: Prize of the Literary Fund of the Slovak Republic for the second highest number citations in 3 years (certificate)
2017: Prize of the Literary Fund of the Slovak Republic for the most frequently cited article (certificate)
2010: Best Presentation in Session Award, American Control Conference, Baltimore, MD (certificate)
2008: Best young researcher of the Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, (certificate)
Research Interests
Model predictive control
Machine learning and artificial intelligence in decision making and control