Prof. Andrzej Kucharski is Dean of the Faculty of Information and Communication Technology for the next four years. The vice-deans are again: Prof. Robert Burduk, Prof. Maciej Gębala, Prof. Bogumiła Hnatkowska, Prof. Dariusz Król and Prof. Paweł Wachel. Congratulations!
Prof. Andrzej Kucharski – dean
An experienced researcher and advisor, formerly among others the head of the Antenna Theory and Computational Electromagnetics Lab at the ICT and Telecommunications Department, deputy head of the ICT and Telecommunications Department, deputy dean of the Faculty of Electronics, WUST, and vice-rector for cooperation with economy and computerization.
The professor's scientific interests revolve around applications of integral equations in descriptions of the phenomena related to the scattering of electromagnetic fields by material objects and include moment-based methods of solving the above-mentioned equations. His scientific activity is also related to the theory of antennas and antenna technology and metrology, electromagnetic compatibility, as well as to research on the propagation of electromagnetic waves in satellite links.
As part of his current teaching duties, prof. Kucharski lectures on the subject of Numerical Methods and teaches classes in the Case Study Lab and diploma seminars.
Between 1989 and 1993, he was a student of full-time doctoral studies at the Faculty of Electronics, Wroclaw University of Science Technology. In 1993 he started work as an assistant at the Radiocommunication Department. He has worked at the Department as an assistant professor since 1994. The professor is also a senior member of two associations: the Antennas and Propagation, Microwave Theory and Techniques association and the Electromagnetics Compatibility association at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He is also a laureate of the Prime Minister of Poland Award (2001, as part of the team led by Prof. Daniel J. Bem).
The dean was born in Wroclaw and has always been associated with the city. He received the M.Sc. (engineer) degree and the degrees of doctor and habilitated doctor at Wroclaw University of Science and Technology in 1988, 1994 and 2001, respectively. In 2014 he was awarded the title of professor of technical sciences.
Prof. Robert Burduk – vice-dean for academic and educational affairs
He graduated from two faculties at Wrocław University of Science and Technology. In 1998 he graduated from Biomedical Engineering at the Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology, and in 2000 he was awarded MSc in computer science from the Faculty of Computer Science and Management. This is when he started work at the Department of Computer Systems and Networks, Faculty of Electronics at WUST. Three years later he was awarded his PhD. He was awarded the DSc degree in 2014. Prof. Robert Burduk is an author and co-author of more than 120 research publications. He also co-authored 6 monographic works published by the Springer publishing house. On many occasions he was also chair of the organizational committee of the CORES international conference dedicated to computer-aided recognition systems. A researcher at the Department of Computer Systems and Networks.
Dr Maciej Gębala, prof. uczelni – vice-dean for academic and educational affairs
He attended both primary school and secondary school in Chojnów (Lower Silesia). Between 1990 and 1995 he studied at the Institute of Computer Science, Wrocław University, and between 1995 and 2000 he pursued his PhD there. In 1995 he was awarded MSc in computer science, specializing in the development and analysis of algorithms.
In 2002 he obtained PhD of mathematical sciences in the field of computer science at Wrocław University.
In 2000-2001 he was a research assistant at the Institute of Mathematics, the University of Opole. In October 2001 he started work at the Institute of Mathematics, Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology, where he was part of a computer science team, which was later transformed into the Department of Computer Science at the same Faculty. He is employed at the Department of Fundamentals of Computer Science.
Dr inż. Bogumiła Hnatkowska, prof. uczelni – vice-dean for academic and educational affairs
In 1992, she graduated from the Faculty of Computer Science and Management, specializing in Software Engineering, while in 1997 she was awarded PhD degree in technical sciences.
She has been an Assistant Professor at the Department of Applied Computer Science for more than 20 years.
As a valued academic teacher, she was repeatedly awarded with the rector's (2010-2017, 2019-20) and dean's awards (2018), the Bronze Medal for Long-term Service (2008) and the Golden Badge of Wrocław University of Science and Technology (2011). In 2019, she received the Medal of the National Education Commission.
In addition, between 2014 and 2016 she was a member of a team for supplying the IT department with the content of the curriculum in mathematics and physics at the 1st and 2nd cycle studies. She was former deputy chair of the Department of Software Engineering in 2016-2019, the dean's representative for the field of Computer Science and Applied Computer Science in 2016-2021, member of the Program Committee of the Field of Computer Science in 2013-20, member of the Program Committee of the Field of Applied Computer Science in 2020-21, member of the Faculty Committee for Quality Assurance and Assessment in 2016-2021, member of the Council of the Faculty of Computer Science and Management in 2016-20, and member of the W8 Faculty Consultative Board in 2020-21.
Professionally, she is interested in broadly understood software engineering and knowledge engineering.
On the other hand, privately, she likes hiking, biking and – as she says about herself – she "devours" books. She is an employee at the Department of Applied Computer Science.
Dr hab. inż. Dariusz Król, prof. uczelni – vice-dean for general affairs
He was head of the Knowledge Engineering Laboratory at the Department of Applied Computer Science. He is an IT specialist and an academic teacher. His research revolves around artificial intelligence. It is closely related to solving practical problems, including in the production sector and in government and local government units. He is an expert in knowledge engineering. His scientific interests are related to the issues of knowledge propagation, data integration and quality, including predictive analysis, cognitive techniques, and deep learning. He co-authored of over 150 scientific publications.
He is an IBM Eclipse Award winner, a Marie Curie Fellow at Bournemouth University and a DAAD Fellow at the Frederick Alexander University in Erlangen and Nuremberg. He actively participated in the works of scientific and organizational committees in over a hundred conferences in Poland and abroad. He is an expert of the European Commission, the National Centre for Research and Development, the National Agency for Academic Exchange, the Foundation for Polish Science and several foreign research scholarship programs.
In addition, he is a member of the Computational Collective Intelligence IEEE SMC Technical Committee and an editor of the Computational Intelligence journal and International Journal of Distributed Systems and Technologies, as well as the chairman of the Program Committee for the field of Applied Computer Science at WUST.
In 2020, he was elected the deputy chair of the Management Board of the SMC 28th Polish Section of IEEE. He was also a speaker at several renowned universities, including: Korea (Yeungnam University, Chung-Ang University), Germany (University of Erlangen-Nürnberg), Japan (Kyoto University), Great Britain (Queen Mary University of London, King's College London), New Zealand (University of Otago).
Privately, he is a fulfilled husband and father of four children, a lover of art, theatre and chamber music.
Dr hab. inż. Paweł Wachel, prof. uczelni – vice-dean for student affairs
He greatly appreciates the creative aspect of the contact with students. As an academic teacher, he tries not only to convey knowledge, but also to intrigue hs students with the topic discussed.
His research interests are focused on the issues of identification and modelling of nonlinear dynamical systems and on the problems of control in uncertainty conditions. He is the author of several dozen publications on the above topics.
He also actively cooperates with research centres in Sweden and the Netherlands.
He received his PhD in 2008 and his habilitation in 2018 at the Faculty of Electronics, WUST.
Privately, he is a lover of hiking and the history of science. He also plays the electric guitar in a band and has been skating and roller skating for many years. He is an employee at the Department of Control Systems and Mechatronics.
Dean's representatives:
- for the accreditation of the fields of study: Prof. Jerzy Świątek
- for contacts with shareholders: Dr. Waldemar Grzebyk
- for the Erasmus+ program: Dr. Dariusz Caban
- for the Erasmus+ program: Dr. Agnieszka Indyka-Piasecka
- for admissions to 1st and 2nd cycle studies: Dr. Ewa Szlachcic
- for studies in English: Prof. Arkadiusz Liber
- for cooperation with secondary schools: Dr. Jacek Mazurkiewicz
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