Curriculum Vitae

Academic Background

2005 – now Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University
Ph.D. studies on Self-Organizing Neural Networks. Name of my Ph.D. thesis is: "Processing Structural Data with Self-Organizing Neural Networks". My advisor is MSc. Igor Farkas Ph.D.
2000 – 2005 Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University
MSc. in Informatics, speciality in Artificial Intelligence
1996 – 2000 Grammar school of J.A.Rayman, Prešov

Work Experience

September 2008 — Present Research Assistant, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Working on Self-Organizing Maps with professor Nuno Marques. Concentrating on Parts of Speech Tagging.
October 2006 — Present MSc. Supervisor, Comenius University
Preparing student for MSc title in artificial intelligence. The topic is OCR of handwritten text by neural networks. Main goal is to compare existing models and create a specific one for learning children to write. Neural network models will be self-oranizing maps.
September 2007 — June 2008 Bc Supervisor, Comenius University
Leading undergraduate students for Bc title. Topics cover Self-Organizing Neural Networks and Generative Topographic Maps.
March 2006 — June 2008 Java Programmer/Analyst, Centaur
Java programmer - J2EE and middleware with connection to Oracle products (Toplink, Oracle iAS) as well as: JavaScript with PLSQL , Webservices, Java, HTML, CSS, AJAX, ...
September 2007 — February 2008 University Teacher, Comenius University
Teaching "Mathematics - Algebra Structures" for the second year Applied Computer Science students. Topics of lectures: group theory, modular arithmetics, rings and fields, boolean algebra.
September 2006 — January 2007 University teacher, Comenius University
Teaching "Mathematics - Algebra Structures" for the second year Applied Computer Science students. Topics of lectures: group theory, modular arithmetics, rings and fields, boolean algebra. 90+ students attended.
October 2004 — February 2006 Staging Specialist, AT&T
Responsible for managing configuration of routers/switches/CSU/DSU etc. Communication with external companies as well as with internal departments and resolving problems on time. Resolving logistic problems - late deliveries, lost equipment.
July 2001 — August 2004 Leader in Computer Summer Camp, Faculty of Math, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University
Leading children in Computer Summer Camp organized by Comenius University. Responsible for teaching children, creating interactive programs and resolving any problem. I was also group leader so I was responsible for all other leaders and their work in Camp.

Other skills:

Languages: State exam in English, German
Applications: OS Linux, OS MS Windows (2003, XP (certificate)), Open Office, MS Office, GIMP, etc.
Programming: Java, JavaScript, AJAX, UML, J2EE, PLSQL, SQL, C/C++, etc.

Interests

Sport & culture: Basketball, tennis, photography, books, theatre, teaching, analyzing, solving hard problems, taking photos, talking, trekking & hiking, reading, science-fiction, etc.
Computers: Project analysis, voice recognition, computer vision

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